A New or Improved Finger Ring Protector.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 8th May, 1896-Accepted, 20th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Finger Ring Protector.
We, WALTER JAMES CARROLL, Watchmaker and Jeweller of 17 Beer Lane
Great Tower Street in the City of London, and JOHN ERNEST SEARY,
Compositor of 84 Shirland Road, Harrow Road, in the County of London, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to a new or improved finger ring protector and is designed
for the purpose of preventing the rubbing together of the rings when worn upon
the same finger and the consequent wear of the edges of the same by friction as is
now the case.
In carrying our invention into practice we provide a thin ring of celluloid,
ivory, vulcanite or of any other suitable material to one side of which is formed a
flange of suitable dimensions designed to lay within the finger ring to which it will
be suitably secured by cement or otherwise.
The action of the protector being that a slight and sufficient partition is provided
between the finger rings thus preventing the metal of the same from coming into
contact. The ring or partition thus provided will be only of such a height as
while sufficiently preventing the contact between the rings the same will not appear
unnecessarily between them and will be preferably flesh coloured so as to be
unnoticeable. Instead of having only one flange we may form the protector with
two flanges one upon each side for the purpose of engaging with and fitting within
both rings, nor is it necessary that the protecting ring should stand out at the same
height all round, but part could be brought down almost to the level of the flange.
Or we may further, as in the case of tight fitting rings despense with the flange
altogether. The object of our invention being to provide an efficient protector as
above set out between finger rings.
Our invention may be capable of some slight modification without departing from
the principle thereof.
Dated this 25th day of October 1895
A New or improved Finger Ring Protector.
We WALTER JAMES CARROLL Watchmaker and Jeweller of 17 Beer Lane,
Great Tower Street in the City of London and JOHN ERNEST SEARY,
Compositor of 118, Ashmore Road, St. Peters Park in the County of London
late of 84 Shirland Road Harrow Road London 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 relates to a new or improved finger ring protector having for its
object to prevent the rubbing together or friction between rings when worn upon
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page_text: the same tinger and consequent wearing away of their edges to which they are
liable without the use of such protectors.
In carrying our invention into practice we provide a thin ring of celluloid, ivory,
vulcanite, soft metal or of any other suitable material, one side of which is formed
with a horizontal flange of suitable dimensions designed to lay within the inner
circumference of the ring to which it may be secured by cement or otherwise.
By means of our improved protector a slight partition or space is provided
between the rings thus preventing their edges coming into contact with or rubbing
against each other.
The vertical flange forming the protector is of such a height that whilst
preventing contact between the rings it will not be noticeable when worn upon the
finger and for which purpose it is also suitably coloured or it may be made transparent
if desired.
We may modify the construction of our improved protector by forming it with
two horizontal flanges, one on each side of the vertical flange or partition, the
said flanges engaging with and fitting within two contiguous rings; or the
horizontal flange may be formed with two vertical flanges fitting one on each side
of the ring. The protecting or vertical flange may also not project the same
height all round but may be reduced to almost or quite the level of the horizontal
flange for a portion of its circumference.
Instead of forming the protector of a solid ring it may be slit so as to permit of
its being adjustably fitted to different sized rings.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrating our invention
Figure 1 is a side view of one of our improved protectors drawn to about double
the actual size and Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.
Figure 3 is a side view of a protector slit at one part of its circumference so as to
adjust it to different sized rings.
Figure 4 is an edge view of a protector formed with two horizontal flanges.
Figure 5 is a side view of a protector fixed to a ring and Figure 6 is a section at
right angles to Figure 5.
Figure 7 is an edge view of another modification.
a represents the protecting or vertical flange and b the horizontal flange fitting
into or secured to the inner circumference of the finger ring. As shown in Figure 6
the flange a bears against one side or edge of the ring e thus preventing contact
between the said edge and the edge of another or contiguous ring.
The protector as shown in Figures 1 & 2 is formed of a solid ring of celluloid or
other suitable material, but it may be slit or severed at one part of its circumference
as shown at d in Figure 3 so as to be easily adjusted to fit finger rings of various
diameters.
In the arrangement shown in Figure 4 we construct the protector with two
horizontal flanges 6' 6' formed on one each side of the protecting or vertical flange,
two contiguous finger rings being fitted on or secured, one to each flange bl. It is
evident that the flange b may be increased in width if desired to that shown in the
drawings, or it may be decreased in width so as to be about the same as the depth
of the flange a as shown in Figure 7. The flange a may also vary in depth along
a portion of its circumference as shown at e where it is almost flush with the
horizontal flange b.
Instead of forming the protector with only one vertical or projecting flange a it
may be provided with two vertical flanges a a as shown in Figure 2 where the
latter flange is represented in dotted lines, in order to fit this protector to a ring
the flange a is fixed in position after the said protector has been secured to the said
ring. This arrangement is especially applicable where three rings are on the same
finger, the ring being fitted with the protector being placed so that its vertical flanges
bear against the edges of the two contiguous rings.
In some cases as for instance where the rings fit tightly on the finger, we may
dispense with the flange band use only the single flange or ring a to act as a partition
or distance piece between two rings.

page_text: The protector may of course be made of any suitable material and may vary
in shape as may be required without departing from the principle of this our
invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is ;-
1. In finger rings the combination therewith of a protector formed of a ring or
vertical flange and a horizontal flange fitted or secured to the said finger rings in
order to keep them out of contact with one another, substantially as described and
for the purposes specified.
2. In finger ring protectors forming the same of a ring of celluloid, ivory,
vulcanite, soft metal or other suitable material and comprising a vertical flange a
and a horizontal flange b substantially as described and for the purposes
specified.
3. In finger ring protectors the modifications substantially as described and
shown respectively with reference to Figures 3, 4 & 7 of the accompanying
drawings.
4. The improved finger ring protector substantially as described and shown in
the accompanying drawings.
May
J. B. FLEURET,
5 Hatton Garden, London, Agent for the Applicants.