IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR BRACELETS, SCARF RINGS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1885

page_text: other similar Articles.
I, GEORGE ANSCOMBE of 11 Porchester Street Birmingham, in the county of
Warwick, Jeweller do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN FASTENINGS FOR BRACELETS, SCARF RINGS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES, to
be as follows :-
This invention relates to the fastenings of Bracelets Scarf rings, or other similar
articles and has for its object the automatic closing of such articles by means of an
arrangement of a spring in connection with the hinge or joint of such articles,
thereby giving greater security to them when being worn, and the more ready
putting on or fixing, or removal of the same.
This spring may be made as a part of the hinge, or, it may be separate and
distinct from the hinge but acting thereon. Generally this spring would be made
of coiled wire, with the wire or stem forming the hinge joint, passing through its
centre, and one end of the said coiled spring acting upon the one part of the article,
and the other end of the spring acting upon the other part of the article in such a
Imanner that the said spring tends to keep the two parts of the article closed.
A flat spring may however be used if desired in place of the wire spring.
At the front or that part of the article where the two parts close together there
may or may not be any ordinary fastening, but for most purposes none would be
needed.

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improvements in Fastenings for Dracelets, Scari rings, anu
other similar Articles.
I, GEORGE ANSCOMBE of 11 Porchester Street Birmingham, in the county of
Warwick Jeweller do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN FASTENINGS FOR BRACELETS, SCARF RINGS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to the fastenings of bracelets, scarf rings, or other similar
articles, and has for its object the automatic closing of such articles by means of an
arrangement of a spring in connection with the hinge or joint of such articles, or,
it may be independent from the hinge itself; thereby giving greater security to
such articles when being worn, and the more ready putting on or fixing, or removal
of the same.
This spring may be made as aforesaid, as a part of the hinge, or, it may be
separate and distinct from the hinge, but acting thereon.
Generally this spring would be made of coiled wire, the said coiled wire coiling
around the stem or wire, which at its ends forms the hinge joint, and with one
extended end of the said coiled wire acting upon the one part of the article, and
the other extended end of the coiled wire acting upon the other part of the article
in such a manner that the said spring tends to keep the two parts of the article
closed.
A flat spring may however be used if desired in place of the wire spring.
At the front or that part of the article where the two parts close together, there
may or may not be any ordinary fastening, but for most purposes none would be
needed.
In order to further explain this my said invention I have appended hereunto a
sheet of drawings having thereon figures and letters of reference.
Fig. 1 shews a part sectional elevation of this my invention as applied to a
bracelet, and which is shewn closed, illustrating the application of a round wire
coiled spring a.
.
Fig. 2 shews a method which may be adopted in forming the front part of the
bracelet &c, and shewn open, although I have shewn this figure 2, thus I wish it to
be understood that I do not lay any claim to this method as the manner in which
the front part of the bracelet &c is made, forms no part of this my invention, and
therefore I may adopt any method that may prove beneficial.
Fig. 3 is another part sectional elevation of my invention as applied to a bracelet,
and shewing the application of a flat spring b.
Fig. 4 shews an enlarged front and side elevation of the joint part of Fig. 1,
shewing more clearly the coiled wire spring a. The joint of the bracelet is formed
at o, connecting the two parts d & e together forming the bracelet, the ends of the
spring at f and g, acting respectively upon the parts d & e, to keep them closed.
Instead of using this spring as thus shewn, I may in some instances insert more
than one spring, as for instance I may put two short springs instead of one long

page_text: one, or I may make these springs either long or short (by long or short I mean
number of coils) of a flat section similar to that shewn at h, Fig. 5.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the joint part of Fig. 3, shewing more
clearly how a flat spring 6, of any width may be adopted to answer the same
purpose as the wire coiled spring shewn in Figs. 1 & 4, ƒ and g also in this case
acting upon the two parts d & e, to keep them closed in the same manner as the
aforesaid wire spring. Further, it will be readily seen that if desired the joint
pin i, may be dispensed with, in so far as the spring is concerned, as in the case of
the wire spring a, the two ends f and g, may be soldered or otherwise secured to
their respective parts d & e, and thus dispense with the joint passing through its
centre; and in the case of the flat spring, such spring may be rivetted or soldered
to the two parts and thus again dispense with the central pin if necessary.
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
1 claim is
The application of a coiled or flat spring, or springs, to bracelets, scarf rings, and
other similar articles, for the purpose of automatically closing such articles.
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CHAS. T. POWELL,
Agent for the Applicant.