An Improved Puzzle Finger Ring.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 25th May. 1891-Accepted, 27th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Puzzle Finger Ring.
I, GIROLAMO CAFIERO 10 Brunswick Square Gloucester Marine Surveyor
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An improved puzzle finger ring made of any metal consisting of four parts
connected together, to form a ring complete, suited to fit to the finger. The whole
when put together, will show on the top part, four heads of serpents, with a rosette
in the centre, and two ornamental knobs, one on each side.
The four parts forming the rim, when placed together would be perfectly even
and flat.
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GIROLAMO CAFIERO.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Puzzle Finger Ring.
I, GIROLAMO CAFIERO, of 10 Brunswick Square, Gloucester, in the County of
Gloucester, Marine Surveyor, 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 in an improved puzzle finger. ring composed of four
distinct parts or rings which are interlaced, and a portion of each of which is
twisted or bent in such a way that the four parts or rings have to be manipulated
in a certain manner in order to enable the twisted portions to fit together and the
whole of the rings to lay side by side one on the other when desired to wear the
ring on the finger. When removed from the finger the four parts or rings can
be moved in relation to each other so as to cause the twisted or bent portions to
unfasten or separate from each other, the rings still remaining attached to each
other or interlaced, and the puzzle consists in finding the way to put the four parts
or rings together again.
The twisted portion of each ring is provided with ornaments, such as serpents,
roses, etc., and these when the four rings are put together form a design at the
front or top of the ring.
The accompanying drawing is on an enlarged scale so as to enable the construction
to be more readily followed.
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the ring showing the four parts or rings in the positions
they occupy when their twisted portions have been separated or unfastened.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the method of placing the four rings
together.
Fig. 3 is a front view of the complete ring when the operation of placing the four
parts or rings constituting same together has been completed, and
Fig. 4 is a section through the ring and looking on the back of the twisted"
portions of the four parts or rings constituting same, when they have been placed
together.
A, B, C, D, are the four parts or rings, and as will be seen in Fig. 1, they are
all so interlaced that they always remain connected together.
The rings A and D are twisted or bent outwards at a and d respectively, the
extreme outward point being provided with a rose or other ornament.
These two
rings constitute the outer rings when all four rings are placed in their proper
relative positions.

page_text: The rings B and C are twisted or bent at b and c respectively, the bend being
first outwards, then inwards and across to the opposite side and back again, the
bend of B being in the opposite direction to that of C. At the extreme outward
point on either side these two rings are also provided with a rose, serpent's head or
other ornament, and C may also have a rosette or other ornament at the centre of
the cross piece connecting the two outward bends.
The two
Assuming the rings A, B, C and D, to be in the positions shown in Fig. 1, in
order to bring them to their proper relative positions to enable the ring to be worn
on the finger, the outer rings A and D are first placed together with the bent
portion of each extending outwards, as shown in Fig. 2, leaving the rings B and C
hanging down. Ring B is then turned so that the cross piece of its bent portion
lies across the bottom of the rings A and D, and the cross piece of the twisted
portion of ring C is then placed over the cross piece of ring C so that it crosses
same, whereby the rings B and C can be placed side by side against each other
with their bent portions crossing each other, as shown in Fig. 2.
rings B and C are then held firmly in this position, and the rings A and D are
slipped round (first one and then the other) so that the bent portion of each and the
ornament it carries passes through one of the spaces formed by the parts of the
rings B and C which cross each other, and when the bent portion of the ring A or D
is beneath the crossed parts of rings C and D, the ring is turned downwards so
that it lies against the outside of the ring B or C, with its bent portion extending
to the opposite side thereof, ring A being turned so that it lies against ring B, and D
so that it lies against C, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.
The ring is now complete and can be slipped on to the finger, the ornaments
carried by the four parts A, B, C and D, being by the interlacing of the twisted
portions brought to the positions to form the design shown in Fig. 3.
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
claim is
The improved puzzle finger ring constructed and operating substantially as
specified.
Dated this 21st day of May 1891.
ALLISON DROD.,
Agents for the Applicant.