Improvements in Jewellery.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1896-Accepted. 21st Nov., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Jewellery.
I, GEORGE PHILIP ARCULARIUS GUNTHER of 704 South Washington Square in
the City and County of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania: one of the United
States of America, Doctor of Medicine, 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:
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The object of my invention is to so construct a locket, breast pin, cuff button, or
like article of jewellery, that a coin can be combined. there with and so retained tin
position that its accidental displacement will be prevented but its intentional removal
at any time permitted.
This object I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the
accompanying drawing, in which
Figure 1; is a perspective view of a 'locket constructed in accordance with myч
invention:
Figure 2, is a similar view shewing the mode of applying the coin to, or removing:
it from, the locket:
Figures 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, are views of other forms of locket embodying the
invention.
Figure 8, is a view illustrating the invention' applied to chain links and pendent.
Figure 9 is a view'illustrating the embodiment of my invention in'cuff buttons.
Figure 10 illustrates the invention applied to a scarf pin and Figürés 11 and 12
shew it applied to brooches or bar pins.
The locket shewn in Figures 1 and 2 consists of a 'casing comprising a back a a
front b in the form of a ring and a segmental casing'd connecting the back and front
and extending about one half way around the 'locket, both the back and front of the
casing having projecting lugs or ears with.openingso therein for the reception of a
ring 9 which may constitute the means whereby the locket is suspended.
The portionsa b d constitute a pocket for the reception of a coin the latter being
introduced before the application of the ring g to the openings in the ears f so that
when the said ring is inserted into its place it will effectually prevent any accidental
displacement of the coin while it will not prevent the ready intentional removal of the
latter, the ring, 9, of course, being first removed.
In Figure 3 I have illustrated a form of locket in which the front portion of the
casing is jewelled, the coin being retained by the ring 9 in the same manner as in
Figures I and 2; and in Figure 4, I have shewn a locket in which the casing is of
triangular form so as to expose the edges of the coin at three points, both faces of the
coin, however, being almost wholly covered.
In the locket shewn in Figure 5 the coin is retained in place by a ribbon loop from
which the locket is suspended, this loop passing through an opening f in the upper
portion of the locket.
In Figure 6 I have illustrated a locket in which a portion of the edge of the coin
is exposed as well as the face of the coin, and in this locket also I have shewn a special
retaining pin y' to hold the coin in place instead of using the suspension ring of the
locket for this purpose.
The locket shewn in Figure 7 is similar to that shewn in Figures 1 and 2, with the
exception that both faces of the locket are without openings therein, the face of
the locket having a monogram or other suitable ornamentation and neither face of the
coin being exposed.

page_text: Figure 8 illustrates the application of my invention to chain links and pendents,
pins being used to retain the coin in place in the casing of the link or pendent, and
in Figure 9 I have shewn a cuff button in which the same retaining device is
employed.
In Figure 10 I have illustrated the application of my invention to a breast pin in
which the coin is retained by the loop of the pin engaging with openings in the
ears at the top of the casing, while in Figure 11 I have illustrated a bar pin or
brooch having a central receptacle for the coin and a retaining pin g' for holding
the coin in the said receptacle, and in Figure 12 I have shewn a bar pin or brooch
with coin holders in the form of pendents or bangles suspended from the bar g³ the
coins being retained in these holders by means of the rings whereby the pendents are
suspended from the bar.
In all cases it will be noted that the front and back portions of the casing project
outwardly beyond the connecting web portion, and that the retainer extends across
the opening of the pocket thus formed.
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. In articles of jewellery the combination of a casing comprising a front and back
portion, and a connecting web portion extending part way around the same, the said
front and back portions projecting outwardly beyond the said web portion, and
forming with the said web portion a pocket with an opening at the edge of the casing,
for the edge-wise insertion of a coin, and a transverse retainer passing from the front
to the back portion of the casing across the said opening, whereby the coin is seated
upon the connecting web portion of the casing and held in place by the said transverse
retainer substantially as herein before described.
2. In articles of jewellery the combination of the casing comprising front and back
portions with projecting ears having openings therein, a segmental connecting web,
forming, with the said front and back portions of the casing, a pocket for the reception
of a coin, and a retainer adapted to the openings of the ears on the front and back
portions of the casing and extending across the mouth of the pocket so as to retain
the coin therein, substantially as hereinbefore described..
Dated this 6th day of.October 1896.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.