AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF CLOSING SPATTERDASHES, APPLI- CARLE ALSO TO Rozse Donmako
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Emile Carchon, of No. 82, Boulevart de Sébastopol,
in the City of Paris, in the Empire of France, Dealer in Feathers, for
the Invention of "AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF CLOSING SPATTERDASHES, APPLI-
CARLE ALSO TO Rozse Donmako
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Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th
March 1865.
I, EMILE CARCHON, of No. 82, Boulevart de Sébastopol, in the City of
Paris, in the Empire of France, Dealer in Feathers, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF CLOSING SPATTER-
DASHES, APPLICABLE ALSO TO BOXES, PORTEMONNAIES, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES,"
to be as follows:-
My improved system of closing spatterdashes consists in adapting to
them a peculiarly constructed catch or fastener, of which the following is a
description :-
The catch or fastener, which is a species of lock, is made of brass or other
metal, and of an oblong form; having small holes at the upper and lower ends
or at the sides for the reception of screws or rivets in order to fix it to the
metal band or bands employed in the manufacture of and placed at the sides
of the spatterdashes as in use at the present time; it is formed of two parts,

page_text: the first consisting of a small thin metal plate, and the second of a convex
metal piece fixed to the former by means of solder or other convenient manner,
and in the upper part of which a circular hole is cut in order to receive a
metal peg furnished with an eye, into which the bolt or lock of the fastener
enters when locked; this peg is fixed to the corresponding metal band bearing
the catch, which is moved up and down by means of a knob or button connected
to it, and working in an aperture made in the convex piece for that purpose.
The bolt or lock is mounted on a metal piece of the same form as that of the
convex part of the fastener, but a trifle smaller, so as to permit of its moving
freely up and down in the interior thereof; at the bottom of this metal piece
a spiral spring is fixed, the other end of which is fastened to the bottom of
the convex piece. One or more of these fasteners may be used for closing
the spatterdash, or one alone, the bottom thereof being fastened in the usual
way, that is, by means of a short peg (fixed to one of the metal bands) fitting
into an eye piece attached to the corresponding band.
This kind of fastener is equally applicable to boxes, portemonnaies, and other
similar purposes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Emile Carchon in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th
August 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EMILE
CARCHON, of No. 82, Boulevart de Sébastopol, in the City of Paris, in the
Empire of France, Dealer in Feathers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Emile Carchon, Her special licence that I, the said
Emile Carchon, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said Emile Carchon, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN
IMPROVED SYSTEM OF CLOSING SPATTERDASHES, APPLICABLE ALSO TO BOXES, PORT-
MONNAIES, AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others)

page_text: that I, the said Emile Carchon, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Emile Carchon, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying Drawings, that is to say:-
My improved system of closing spatter dashes consists in adapting to
them a peculiarly constructed catch or fastener, the nature of which will be
readily understood, reference being made to the Drawings.
The catch or fastener, which is a species of lock, is made of brass or other
metal, and of an oblong form, having small holes at the upper and lower ends
or at the sides for the reception of screws or rivets in order to fix them to the
metal band or bands usually employed in the manufacture of and placed at
the sides of the spatterdashes as in use at the present time. It is formed of
two parts, the first consisting of a small thin metal plate a, Figs. 1 and 3, and
the second of a convex metal piece b, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, fixed to the former
by means of solder, or other convenient manner, and in the upper part of
which a circular hole c is cut in order to receive a metal peg d, Figs. 3 and 4,
furnished with an eye e, into which the bolt or lock of the fastener f, Figs. 1, 2,
and 3, enters when locked; this peg is fixed to the corresponding metal band
bearing the catch, which is moved up and down by means of a knob or
button g, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, connected to it, and working in an aperture made
in the convex piece for that purpose. The bolt or lock is mounted on a
metal piece h, Figs. 2 and 3, of the same form as that of the convex part of
the fastener, but a trifle smaller, so as to permit of its moving freely up and
down in the interior thereof; at the bottom of this metal piece a spiral spring i
is fixed, the other end of which is fastened to the bottom of the convex piece.
One or more of these fasteners may be used for closing the spatterdash, or
one alone, the bottom of the legging being fastened in the usual way, that is,
by means of a short peg j, Fig. 5, fixed to one of the metal bands, and fitting
into an eye piece attached to the corresponding band.
In the accompanying Drawings I have represented the fastener the natural
size so as to better illustrate the nature thereof.
This kind of fastener is equally applicable to boxes, portmonnaies, and other
similar articles.

page_text: Fig. 5 shews a legging or spatterdash without the fastener, and dispensing
with the metal bands, and in lieu thereof small spring straps a, which may
be made of any material which will not readily be affected by dampness,
and are made to button as illustrated.
Fig. 6 shews a legging furnished with one of my improved fasteners, the
bottom of the legging closing as usual by the means already described. In
addition to the fastener one or more of the above-mentioned bands may be
employed.
Having thus described my Invention, what I claim and desire to secure by
Letters Patent is, the improved system of closing spatterdashes as herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Emile Carchon, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Witness,
HÉBRÉ,
82, Boulevard Sebastopol,
Paris.
EMILE CARCHON. (L,s.)