An Improved Watch Key and Swivel Combined.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 16th Jan. 1890-Accepted. 22nd Feb., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Watch Key and Swivel Combined.
We JOHN CARTER of the Firm of Messrs. John Carter & Son of 190 Warstone
Lane Birmingham in the County of Warwick Goldsmiths and WILLIAM ROBERT HUTT
of the same place, Snap and Bar maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The watch key is fixed horizontally to the shank or end of the swivel to which the
chain is attached the shank or end of the swivel being somewhat prolonged in order
that a loop or collar may be formed on same to receive the watch key.
The barrel of the watch key is countersunk or shouldered so that when passed into
the loop or collar and the loop or bow portion screwed onto the barrel and pinned
through the key is free to revolve for winding purposes and at the same time is held
securely by the loop or collar on the swivel.
Thus when required to wind or adjust the hands of a watch the swivel and key can
be turned over the watch either front or back without the necessity for detaching it
from the watch bow and chain.
Dated thin 1th dow of Outabor An 1000
EDWARD J. PAYNE & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Watch Key and Swivel Combined.
We JOHN CARTER of the Firm of Messrs. John Carter & Son of 190 Warstone Lane
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Goldsmiths and WILLIAM ROBERT HUTT of
the same place Snap and bar maker, 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, reference being had to the accompany-
ing drawings and to the letters and Figures marked thereon
The watch key is fixed horizontally to the shank or end of the swivel to which the
chain is attached the shank or end of the swivel being somewhat prolonged in order
that a loop or collar may be formed on the same to receive the watch key.
The barrel of the watch key is countersunk or shouldered so that when passed into
the loop or collar and the loop or bow portion screwed onto the barrel and pinned
through the key is free to revolve for winding purposes and at the same time is held
securely by the loop or collar on the swivel.
Thus when required to wind or adjust the hands of a watch the swivel and key can
be turned over the watch either front or back without the necessity for detaching it
from the watch bow and chain.
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a view of our improved watch key and swivel combined attached to a
chain.
Fig. 2 is the shank portion of the swivel by which the watch key is held and through
which it revolves.
Fig. 3 is the barrel or key portion and Fig. 4 is the bow or winding part of
the key.
Fig. 5 is a view of a watch shewing the position the key and swivel will take when
required to wind or set the hands.
(A) Fig. 1 is an ordinary swivel but which is somewhat prolonged in the shank or
chain end (B) which is formed as shewn in Fig. 2. and having a loop or collar (C).
Through this loop or collar the upper part (D) Fig. 3 of the barrel of the watch key
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page_text: passes, this upper part being countersunk and screw threaded for the bow (E)
Fig. 4 to screw onto.
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The upper part of the key, having, heen passed through the loop or collar. (C) the
bow (E) Fig. 4 is screwed on and a small rivet (F) passed through the neck thereof
as at (G) to prevent the bow from working loose and becoming unfastened.
By reason of the barrel of the key being, countersunk the collar or loop (C) will
have a firm bearing upon the shouldered key part (H) Fig. 3. and moreover the key
will be unable to be pulled out of the collar. or loop in the swivel shank the whole
being kept firm by the bow. being screwed on the top.
The key whilst being firmly held in position is perfectly free to revolve within the
collar on the swivel shank for the purpose of winding the watch or setting the hands
and thus by the combination of swivel and. watch key a very convenient article is
obtained.
When required say to wind up a watch the swivel being attached to the watch' bow
at the one end and to the watch chain at the other it is merely necessary to turn back
the watch how having the combined'swivel and key attached and' it will be seen as
in Fig. 5 that the key will come exactly over the hole for winding or setting' the
hands so that the key will be immediately in place and the watch can be wound
or the hands set as it is obvious it is merely necessary to change the key from one
hole to another the position will be practically the same.
This key and swivel can be turned over the watch case either front' or 'back as
required without the necessity for detaching the same from the watch or chain.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manier the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is,
The combination with a swivel of a watch key, whereby the watch may be wound
or the hands adjusted without détaching the combined swivel' and key from the
watch or chain, substantially in manner as herein more fully set forth and
described:
Dated this 15th day of January 1890.
EDWARD J. PAYNE & SON,
104; Colmore Row, Birmingham; Agents for the: Applicants:..