Improvements in Fastenings or Protectors for the Security of Watches, Purses, and such like Articles of Value.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application; 27th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1892-Accepted, 17th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastenings or Protectors for the Security of
Watches, Purses, and such like Articles of Value.
HENRY FOOT, Watchmaker, 59, Fore Street St. Clements Ipswich Suffolk do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a small metal plate of suitable size and shape that
can be conveniently fastened inside an ordinary watch or dress pocket for. which
purpose the plate is provided with holes so that it may be attached with thread,
or which acts equally as well, a safety pin, or such like contrivance. About, the
centre of the plate I fix a hook, the hook may be either jointed or a spring hook,
which enables the bow or ring of a watch, purse or such like article to be attached..
to it, in a longitudinal line with the hook I pivot or fix by a joint a straight spring
preferably jointed near its centre, so that one end lays across the opening of the
said hook, and the other end left free to be manipulated by the hand which by
raising or lowering causes the hook to open or close as may be required.
In order to lock the said hook when closed, (that is when in use) I provide at
the outer end of the spring an upraised indentation in the plate which when the
outer end of the spring is pressed over it in order to close the hook..it is locked
and retained in this position by the said projection.
It is obvious that the hook may be either jointed or a spring-hook, in the case
of a jointed hook it is closed by a spring inside or the hook may be so formed
that when ready for use its mouth, is open ready to slip into it a ring of a watch,
in which case the pivoted strait spring acts as a lever by being raised or lowered,
and causes the mouth of the hook to be closed or opened at will, which by being
locked when closed makes it a safe protection against burgalars, as it is impossible
to detatch any article that is fastened to it, without first unlocking it, which must
be done from the inside of the pocket.
October 26th 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastenings or Protectors for the Security of
Watches, Purses, and such like Articles of Value.
HENRY FOOT Watchmaker 59, Fore Street St. Clements Ipswich Suffolk, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention consists of a metal plate of suitable size and shape, that it can be
conveniently fastened inside an ordinary watch or dress pocket, for which purpose
the plate is provided with holes so that it may be attached with thread or which
would answer the purpose equally as well a saftey pin or such like contrivance,
fixed at the back of the plate. About the centre of the plate I fix rigidly a hook
which may be jointed or of suitable flexibility to enable the bow, ring or such like
appendage of a watch, purse or such like article to be attached to it in connection
with the said hook I provide a pivoted lever, having a grooved slot at one end, and
a thumb-piece or knob at the other end, I pivot the said lever in such a position
that the jointed or flexible part of the hook lies in the said groove, so that by
pressing down or raising up the thumb-piece or knob of the lever causes the hook
to open or close as required, in order that the hook may remain in the required
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page_text: position I provide two little raised points at and near the thumb-piece end of lever
which may be supplied by indentation from underneath.
In order that this invention should be better understood, reference is made to the
accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 represents it in front view. B representa
the hook with its flexible or jointed portion in its natural position between the jaws
or groove of the pivoted lever C. DD' represents the raised surface points that
limit and retain in position the pivoted lever, E is the thumb-piece or knob end of
said lever, F, F1, F2, F', represent the holes provided for attaching the plate by
means of thread.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is,
1st. The mechanical action of the grooved lever C in combination with the
flexible hook B.
2nd. The plate A, with holes F, F, F, F, for the purpose of being attached
ΤΑΤΙΑΤΙΤ
J. R. Hughes,
10, Bartholomew Close, London, Ĕ.C., Agent to the Applicant.