IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS PROGRAMMES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Steitz of 49 Alfred Street, City Road, in
the County of Middlesex, Manufacturing Goldsmith and Jeweller, for an
TAT BOLTEDS
RAD BROAD ARRES AND QTRETTAD
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Steitz at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th May 1882.
FREDERICK STEITZ, of 49 Alfred Street, City road, in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturing Goldsmith and Jeweller, "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS
PROGRAMMES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES,"
FOR
My invention bas for its object a means of suspending or fastening to the person
programmes and similar articles in such a manner as to avoid the risk of mislaying
or losing them when not in use, and to have them convenient for reference or use
when required.
And my invention consists in the construction of an instrument composed of
two parts between which the programme or other article is inserted and held, one
of such parts being a straight bar with one side or face hollowed out and the
other part being confined at one end of the said bar and formed so as to lock into
a ring or cavity at the other end thereof and close upon the programme or other
article, and thereby hold it in or against the said hollowed face of the bar.
The said moveable and closing part of the holder is elastic so as to admit of
articles of various thicknesses being introduced and held as required and the means
by which it is locked may be varied. At the end of the stationary part or
hollowed out bar is formed a ring to receive the hooked end of the moveable and
locking part and the said bar is also prolonged and made so as to form a handle
or means of suspension from or application to a button hole or band or other
convenient part of a garment.
The spring or elastic part of the holder may also be locked as required by its
end being formed with a notch or cavity into which a ring connected to the
stationary part or bar can be caused to pass so as to retain the spring.

page_text: Or the spring or elastic part of the holder may be formed with a spike or spikes
adapted to pass into a suitable hole or holes formed in the stationary bar the end
of the said elastic part being formed so as to become locked by its being passed
into a ring formed in the stationary bar.
Or the holder may be made with the stationary part consisting of a small box
containing a spring in the interior thereof, and the moveable part being a small
lever pivoted to the box, the two parts forming in combination a pair of jaws
which are kept closed as required by the pressure of the spring and are opened for
the insertion of the programme or other article by pressing on one end of the lever
or moveable part of the holder.
The said holder may be made either plain or ornamental and of silver gold or
other suitable material or materials as desired.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Frederick Steitz in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th November 1882.
FREDERICK STEITZ of 49 Alfred Street City Road in the County of Middlesex
Manufacturing Goldsmith and Jeweller "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS
PROGRAMMES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES
"
FOR
My Invention of "Improvements in holders for programmes and similar articles"
has for its object a means of suspending or fastening to the person programmes
and similar articles in such a manner as to avoid the risk of mislaying or losing
them when not in use, and to have them convenient for reference or use when
required.
And my Invention consists in the construction of an instrument composed of
two parts between which the programme or other article is inserted and held,
one of such parts being a straight bar with one side or face hollowed out and the
other part being confined at one end of the said bar and formed so as to lock into
a ring or cavity at the other end thereof and close upon the programme or other
article and thereby hold it in or against the said hollowed face of the bar.
The said moveable and closing part of the holder is elastic so as to admit of
articles of various thicknesses being introduced and held as required and the means
by which it is locked may be varied. At the end of the stationary part or
hollowed out bar is formed a ring to receive the hooked end of the moveable and
locking part and the said bar is also prolonged and made so as to form a handle
or means of suspension from or application to a buttonhole or band or other
convenient part of a garment.
The spring or elastic part of the holder may also be locked as required by its
end being formed with a notch or cavity into which a ring connected with the
stationary part or bar can be caused to pass so as to retain the spring.
Or the spring or elastic part of the holder may be formed with a spike or spikes
adapted to pass into a suitable hole or holes formed in the stationary bar the end
of the said elastic part being formed so as to become locked by its being passed
into a ring formed in the stationary bar.
The holder may also be made with the stationary part consisting of a small box
containing a spring in the interior thereof and the moveable part being a small
lever pivotted to the box the two parts forming in combination a pair of jaws
which are kept closed as required by the pressure of the spring and are opened for
the insertion of the programme or other article by pressing on one end of the lever
or moveable part of the holder.
The said holder may be made either plain or ornamental and of silver gold, or
other suitable material or materials as desired.
Having thus stated the nature of the said invention I will proceed to describe
more particularly in what manner the same is to be performed by the aid of the
accompanying drawings in which are represented different modes of locking the
said moveable and closing part of the holder.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 represent in front and edge views a mode of locking the
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in 12

page_text: The bar A is also prolonged and made so as to form at E a handle or means of
suspension from or application to a buttonhole or band or other convenient part
of a garment. In Fig: 2 the holder is shewn as closed and in Fig: 3 as open
Figures 4, 5 and 6 are similar views showing a mode of locking in which the
moveable end of the spring or elastic part of the holder is formed with a notch or
cavity into which a ring F connected to the stationary part or bar A can be caused
to pass so as to retain the spring or elastic part C of the holder.
:
In Fig 5 the holder is shewn locked and in Fig: 6 as open. The spring or
elastic part of the holder may also be formed with a spike or spikes adapted to
pass into a suitable or corresponding hole or holes formed in the stationary bar A
the end of the elastic part C being locked by either of the methods above described.
The holder may also be made with the stationary part consisting of a small box
containing a spring in the interior thereof and the moveable part being a small
lever pivotted to the box the two parts forming in combination a pair of jaws
which are kept closed as required by the pressure of the spring and are opened
for the insertion of the programme or other article by pressing on one end of the
lever or moveable part of the holder.
The said holder may be made either plain or ornamental and of silver, gold, or
other suitable material or materials as desired and may have adapted and applied
to the stationary part A, a plate in the form of a shield or other suitable form
which may contain any required design or ornament.
And it is to be understood that the above described holder may be varied in
detail to any extent provided that it is made to consist essentially of a stationary
part and a moveable elastic part adapted and combined so as to be capable of
acting together in the manner described.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I hereby declare that what I claim as of the said
Invention is.
The construction of holders for programmes or other articles composed of a
straight bar hollowed out and a moveable or elastic part fitted thereto as described
such two parts being adapted to hold the programme or other article between
them in the manner substantially as herein before described.
In witness whereof I the said Frederick Steitz have hereunto set my hand
and seal the sixth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty two.
Witness
WILLIAM SPENCE
8 Quality Court
Chancery Lane
FREDERICK STEITZ (L.S.)