An Improved Combination in Scarf Slides.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combination in Scarf Slides.
I, THOMAS WALL, of 90, Vittoria Street, in the City of Birmingham, Jeweller,
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 improvements in what are known as scarf slides, or
rings, and its object is to provide in combination with such slides, a hinged retainer
for preserving the position of the slide upon the scarf during wear, such retainer
further having a spring like click fastening, for securing it in its retaining position,
the whole constructed and operating after the following manner.
In order to more fully explain this my invention I have appended hereunto an
illustrative sheet of drawings, upon which are figures and letters of reference,
similar letters referring throughout the several views, to the same thing or part,
and in which :-
:-
Fig. 1, is a rear elevation of this my invention, showing the retainer open.
Fig. 2, is a plan view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3, is a rear elevation showing the retainer closed and fastened.
Fig. 4, is a sectional plan view on line A-B, (Fig. 3) showing the retainer closed
and ready for fastening.
Fig. 5, is a part sectional plan view of Fig. 3, showing the retainer closed and
fastened.
a, is the scarf slide or ring, which may be made in a variety of shapes, such as
round, oval, octagonal, rectangular or otherwise. At b, I pierce a slot, and at the
one end provide the hinge joint c, d, is the retainer, which is jointed at the one end
to the hinge joint c, while at the other end I provide the notch e. The shape also
of this said retainer may be varied to suit taste or design, the primary object being
that the cranked or bent in part f, shall be capable of nipping in, or pressing
against the encircled scarf, in order to prevent the further movement of the slide
and disarrangement of the scarf.
Such bent in or cranked part f, also affords the necessary spring action required
for the fastening as hereinafter explained.
As before intimated, e, is a notch formed in the retainer d, and which when the
retainer is closed as seen in Fig. 4, by a further closing pressure being applied, the
said retainer yields springwise, and permits the front edge g, of the slot b, to fall
thereinto with a click, as seen in Fig. 5, thus making the fastening complete and
secure.
In order to remove the slide, by pressing back the retainer in the direction of
the arrow, the notch e, is readily lifted free of the part g, and the said retainer
thrown wide open as seen in Fig. 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with the slide or ring a, having the slot b, and hinge joint c,
of the retainer d, having the notch e, and bent in or cranked part f, all constructed
and operating substantially as herein described and shown upon the drawings.
Dated this 11th day of March 1891.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
12, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Applicant's Agent.