An Improved Construction of Watch Guard Cross Bar for Easy Insertion into and Withdrawal from a Button Hole or Slit.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1886..
Complete Left, 28th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 29th Mar., 1887.
BESERVE
An Improved Construction of Watch Guard Cross Bar for Easy
Insertion into and Withdrawal from a Button Hole or Slit.
I HENRY THOMAS CLARKE of 17 Burnt Ash Lane, Lee, Kent Solicitors Clerk,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to hinge, slot, or telescope the cross bar of a watch
guard so that it may be folded or closed to reduce its bulk as to be easily
passed into and through a button hole or slit and having the same facilities
for withdrawing the article.
If the cross bar is hinged which is preferable, it is jointed at about the centre
of its length as. to form two arms which can be folded towards one another for
the purpose above mentioned.
The two arms may be hinged to a centre piece and be folded in a similar manner.
Insertion into and Withdrawal from a Button Hole or Slit.
I HENRY THOMAS CLARKE, of 17, Burnt Ash Lane, Lee Kent, Solicitors Clerk,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of this invention is to hinge, slot or telescope the cross bar of a
watch guard so that it may be folded or closed to reduce its bulk as to be easily

page_text: passed into and through a button hole or slit and having the same facilities
for withdrawing the article.
The invention will be understood by reference to the annexed drawings which show
several modified arrangements of my invention.
In Figure 1 the cross bar is hinged (which is preferable) and is jointed at about the
centre of its length as to form two arms a, b, which can be folded towards one another
for the purpose above mentioned as shown at Figure 2.
The two aruis may be hinged to a centre piece c as represented at Figures 3 and 4
and be folded but in the reverse manner the spring & being of sufficient strength
to hold the arms extended and to support the chain e hanging therefrom.
In Figures 5 and 6 I show a cross bar hinged and provided with a sliding ferrule f
which can be pushed over the hinged joint after passing the cross bar through
the button hole to hold it firmly. This method of jointing enables either arm
to be turned to the right or to the left to facilitate the easy insertion into or
withdrawal from a button hole.
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Figures 7 and 8 show a cross bar a¹ with a slot g in it for a sliding piece / (which
supports the chain e) to slide to the end as indicated by dotted lines, the cross bar
being pushed endwise through the button hole and then brought at right angles and
the sliding piece pushed to the centre which may be notched or otherwise prepared
to retain the sliding, piece in place.
Figure 9 indicates a cross bar of telescopic form so that when one arm bis pushed
in, the other arm a can be readily passed through the button hole, the article
being secured therein by drawing the arm bout again.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The particular formation of watch guard cross bars as indicated on the annexed
drawings by which their length can be reduced by folding, sliding, telescoping, or by
arranging one part to move in or on the other as and for the purposes described.
H. GARDNER,
116, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said H. T. Clarke.