Improvements in Finger Shields.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar.. 1895
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Dec., 1895-Accepted, 15th Feb.,
1896
Improvements in Finger Shields.
I, JOHN SOMERVILLE of No. 2 Dalkeith Street, Joppa, in the County of
Midlothian Scotland, Accountant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
My invention relates to certain improvements in finger shields and is a further
development in the design and construction of the finger shield for which I obtained
Letters Patent dated the Twenty seventh day of August 1892 A.D. and
numbered 15435.
It consists in connecting the shield at the open or partly open side-one side with
the other-in a manner to make it more convenient, secure and easy fitting to the
user.
This is done by making a slit, or incision or opening in one arm or side of the
shield through which passes inwards the end part of the other arm or side of
the shield: the slit or opening serves as guide to this arm and allows it to slide
That part of
outwards and inwards as the shield is expanded or contracted in use.
the shield where the connecting arm, after passing through the slit or opening, bears
upon it is recessed embossed or hollowed so as to form a channel or groove in
which the arm of the shield slides, thus preventing its interfering with or irritating
the finger.
The connecting arm may be of any length or breadth according to size of shield
and degree of expansion required, and it is preferably barbed or broadened at or
towards its end so that it may not readily be withdrawn, and thus it becomes locked
or attached to the other arm or side of the shield; or it may be held or attached
by passing under overturned edges of the other arm or side or by means of a rivet
and slot or by any other convenient arrangement. There may be two or more
connecting arms in the same shield and two or more openings for these to pass
through. The connecting arm or arms may pass through two or more openings,
and may terminate either inside or outside of the shield or they may be locked or
attached on the surface of the shield in alternative manner before described without
passing through any opening. The finger shield may be employed as an advertising
medium by having any lettering or design imprinted or stamped on or through it.
Dated this Twenty-second day of March 1895.
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I, JOHN SOMERVILLE, formerly of 2 Dalkeith Street, Joppa, now
109 Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, in the County of Midlothian, Accountant, 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:
My invention relates to finger shields for use when sewing and it is a development
of my prior invention for finger shields No. 15435 dated 27th August 1892.

page_text: The present invention consists in connecting the two sides of the shield together,
at the open or partly open part, in such manner that the shield can be more
securely and easily fitted in place and can also be more conveniently used.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood, I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon,
Fig. 1 is a side view and Fig. 2 an underside view of one form of the improved
shield.
Fig. 3 is a side view and Fig. 4 an underside view of another form of the shield.
Fig. 5 is a side view and Fig. 6 an underside view of a third form of the shield.
in carrying out my invention I make one side of the shield with a tapered or
tongue like arm or prolongation 6 which is capable of passing right under the
finger and of being entered into a slit or opening a made in the other side or arm c so
that the shield forms an expansible ring which fits readily and easily on the
finger. The slit a serves as a guide for the prolongation b and allows it to slide
outwards and inwards according as the shield is expanded or contracted in use.
That part of the shield where the prolongation b, after passing through the slit a,
bears upon it is or may be recessed, embossed or hollowed in whole or in part so as
to form a countersunk channel or groove in which the prolongation slides and in
which it lies flush with the interior surface of the shield thereby preventing any
interference with or irritation of the finger. The embossing or raising is shown
at d in Figs. 1 and 2.
The arm or prolongation 6 may be of any length or breadth according to the
size of the shield and the degree of expansion required, and it can be barbed,
roughened, or broadened at or towards its end in order to prevent its being withdrawn
too readily and to secure or attach it to the other arm c; or it may be held or
attached by passing it under over-turned edges of the arm c; or by means of a
rivet and slot; or by any other well known and suitable arrangement.
If desired there may be two or more prolongations or arms 6 in the same shield
and in this case there would of course be two or more slits a for the arms to pass
through.
The connecting arm or arms & may pass through two or more slits or openings a
and may terminate either inside or outside of the shield; or they may be locked or
attached on the surface of the shield in alternative manner before described without
passing through an opening.
Figs. 3 and 4 show a shield having a non-tapering prolongation 6 which passes
over a depressed part e of the arm c and enters the slit a.
Figs. 4 and 5 show a larger form of the shield wherein the prolongation b is first
passed through the slit f, then under the raised part 9 of the arm c, then through
the slit f', and over the part g', and finally through the slit f³.
Any part of the shield may be made with ventilating holes or openings. In
Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown a ventilating opening made in the prolongation b.
The finger shield may be employed as an advertising medium by having any
lettering or design imprinted or stamped on or through it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
consider novel and desire to claim is :-
1. A finger shield made at one side with one or more prolongations or arms
which is or are inserted in or through a slit or slits in the arin at the opposite side
so as to make an expansible ring-shield capable of fitting securely and easily on the
finger, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
2. An expansible ring finger shield made at one side with a prolongation or arm
which is inserted in or through a slit or slits in the arın at the opposite side, the
part of the shield where the prolongation, after passing through the slit or slits,
bears upon it being embossed, recessed, or hollowed, so as to form a channel or
groove in which the prolongation can slide without interfering with or irritating
the finger, substantially as herein before set forth.

page_text: 3. A finger shield made substantially as hereinbefore described and shown under
modifications on the drawings annexed.
18095
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent..