A Card or Tab for Affixing to Watch and other Job Repairs, Combined with a Duplicate Ticket for Customer's Retention.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1894--Accepted, 8th Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Card or Tab for Affixing to Watch and other Job Repairs,
Combined with a Duplicate Ticket for Customer's Retention.
WILLIAM POTTER and CHARLES POTTER of 160 and 161 Aldersgate Street in
the City of London Shop Fitters, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
I take a piece of plain cardboard or paper size about four inches long by one
and a half inches wide. This card I perforate across about two-thirds of this
length. On the larger portion intended to be given to a customer on leaving a
watch for repairs I print matter concerning watch maker trade customs. On the
smaller portion or counterfoil I print words and arrange spaces for owner's name
and various other particulars. At the extreme end of this smaller portion or
counterfoil I rivet or affix a thin metal disc. This disc is provided with four
projections or legs of varying lengths.
The first and second of these projections or legs are passed through the card-
board or paper counterfoil for the purpose of making the disc a fixture, and the
remaining two projections or legs are left flat.
When the counterfoil is required for use the third or uppermost projection or leg
is first passed through the bow of a watch turned over to the counterfoil and
pressed down. Then the fourth projection or leg is also pressed down over the
third projection or leg holding the whole in a thoroughly firm and stable manner.
The cardboard or paper counterfoil thus becomes attached firmly to the watch by
a metal binder or holder capable of sustaining constant handling and the rough
usage to which watch repairs are subject without fear of breaking away or
falling off.
Dated this 16th day of October 1893.
WILLIAM POTTER.
CHARLES POTTER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Card or Tab for Affixing to Watch and other Job Repairs,
Combined with a Duplicate Ticket for Customer's Retention.
WILLIAM POTTER and CHARLES POTTER Shop Fittings Manufacturers
1601 Aldersgate Street 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 :-
We take a piece of plain cardboard or paper size about four inches long by one
and a half inches wide. This card I perforate across about two thirds of its
length. On the larger portion (intended to be given to a customer on leaving a
watch for repair) we print matter concerning watchmakers trade customs.
On the smaller portion or counterfoil we print certain words, and arrange certain
spaces for noting owners name number of watch, and various other particulars.
At the extreme end of this smaller portion or counterfoil we rivet or affix a thin
soft metal fastener, this metal fastener figured A on diagram herewith is provided
with three small pointed projections marked B these are used for affixing the
fastener to the counterfoil previously referred to. Figure C shows the duplicate
ticket and fastener complete and ready for use.

page_text: To attach it to a watch the end of the fastener marked D. in Figure A. is passed
through a watch bow and then folded over towards B nearly half its length, the
two remaining projections E E are then folded down over the end D and the
operation is complete, see Figure F. The whole is firmly attached to the watch
and capable of sustaining the frequent handling to which watch repairs are subject
without risk of breaking away or falling off. The fastener, counterfoil and
duplicate being contained in one piece an immense saving of time is effected in the
receiving and giving out of watch repairs. Being duplicately numbered a registered
record is maintained of every transaction and the chance of mistake or fraud is
reduced to a minimum. The fastener can be attached or detached in a few seconds.
The same metal fastener can be applied to tickets of different shapes with or
without a counterfoil or detachable portion.
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.
1st. The fastener being made entirely of metal.
2nd. The fastener, counterfoil and duplicate being contained in one piece.
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WILLIAM POTTER.
CHARLES POTTER.