An Improved Sovereign Case.
Year: 1894

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Sovereign Case.
I, HENRY PENN, of 67, Highbury Park, in the County of London, Watch
Case Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved sovereign case having combined therewith
a slab for a name or a frame or holder for a portrait, hair or other memorial.
In carrying out my invention I provide a case opening at the back in the
same manner as a watch-case, and having therein a tube for receiving and holding
the coins. On the back of this tube under the cover I place a small cross which
rises and falls as the cover is opened or closed and in front of the cross is fixed a
slab upon which a name may be engraved; or instead of the cross I use a frame
for holding a portrait or a piece of hair or some other memorial.
I propose to call my improved sovereign case the "Memorial sovereign case."
Dated this 16th day of May 1894.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Sovereign Case.
I, HENRY PENN of 67 Highbury Park, in the County of London, Watch
Case 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 :-
This invention has for its object to construct sovereign cases so that while at
one-side they are capable of being used in the ordinary way, at the other side,
where they are also arranged to open, they are provided each with one or more
frames, crosses plates or equivalent devices for containing photographs, hair or
bearing inscriptions for memorial or other purposes.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings
in which :-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a memorial sovereign case constructed
according to this invention with the back open.
Figure 2 is a central section of the case closed.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of part of my improvements detached from the
case and
Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a slightly modified way of carrying
my invention into practice.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
The sovereign case A at its front side is provided with the usual spring-actuated
lid A' which, when opened, gives access to the sovereign holder B which operates
in the ordinary manner. At the back the case A is provided with a lid A hinged
at A to the case A and, which like the lid A' may be acted on by a spring which
would tend always to throw it open.

page_text: The sovereign holder B as ordinarily comprises a disc B¹ Figure 2 capable of
occupying any desired position within the frame or tube B' according to the number
of sovereigns interposed between the disc B¹ and the lip B³ formed on the tube B*.
The spring C at one end acts upon the disc B¹ to cause it to bear firmly against
the sovereigns and hold them securely in position until withdrawn by hand. At
its other end the spring C bears upon the disc or plate B which in sovereign
cases as usually constructed, is formed integrally with the tube B' in a manner
similar to that hereinafter described with reference to Figure 4; this plate B₁
however in the device shown in Figures 1 and 2 is fitted loosely in the tube B³ and
is acted on by the back end of the spring C which tends to force it outwards. The
plate B which may bear any desired inscription, is secured against rotation by a
pin B fitting into a slot D¹ formed in the frame or mount D. The preferred
position of the pin B and slot D' is shown in Figure 1, in Figure 2 these devices
are shown slightly displaced for convenience of representation. The mount D is
secured to the back of the case A in any convenient manner for example, as
shown, it may be provided with two lugs or projections D2 Figures 1 and 3 adapted
to enter two recesses A (only one is shown see Figure 1) formed in a lip A
provided on the case A and thereafter to be turned away from the recesses after
the manner of a bayonet joint.
Within the mount D is hinged a frame E which may be glazed at both sides as
at E¹ E' so as to enable, two photographs, inscriptions or other devices to be
exhibited one at each side thereof; or a cross Fat one side may be inserted
between the frame E and the outer surface of the glass as shown in Figure 3 or
hair may be placed between the two glasses E' E'.
The before described arrangement is such that the spring C will act through the
plate B on the 'frame E' so that as soon as the lid A2 is opened the frame E will
he thrown outwards. If desired a photograph may be secured to the inside of
the lid A² and another to or arranged upon the plate B'.
In the arrangement shown in Figure 4 the plate B as before mentioned is formed
integrally with the case A and the spring C does not therefore act on the frame E
which when the lid A is opened may itself be opened outwards by hand a
projection E on the frame being provided to facilitate this operation; the
projection E fits into a recess A in the case A when the frame E is closed or
folded down upon the plate B.
The shape of the sovereign case and details of construction of the before
described devices may be modified without departing from the spirit of the
invention.
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 :-
1. A sovereign case opening on both sides substantially as and for the purpose
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. A sovereign case opening on both sides and having a plate for bearing a
memorial or other inscription or a frame for containing photographs hair or other
article or both a plate and a frame substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
3. The combination with a sovereign case of a mount such as D and frame such
as E glazed or unglazed pivotted to the mount substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
4. The combination with a sovereign case of a movable plate such as B with
pin B' slotted mount such as D D' and a frame such as E hinged to the mount
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
5. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete sovereign
case substantially as described and illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawings.

page_text: 6. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete
sovereign case substantially as described and illustrated in Figure 4 of the
accompanying drawings.
H. PENN.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.