A NEW COMBINATION OF MUSICAL BOX OR INSTRUMENT WITH ALBUMSIES' COMPANIONS OR WORK CASES, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Friedrich Wilhelm Bossert, of Offenbach, in the
Grand Duchy of Hesse Darmstadt, Manufacturer, for the Invention of
"A NEW COMBINATION OF MUSICAL BOX OR INSTRUMENT WITH ALBUMS,
Sealed the 25th November 1864, and dated the 2nd August 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Friedrich Wilhelm Bossert
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd August 1864.
I, FRIEDRICH WILHELM BOSSERT, of Offenbach, in the Grand Duchy of
Hesse Darmstadt, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A NEW COMBINATION OF MUSICAL BOX OR INSTRUMENT WITH
ALBUMS, LADIES' COMPANIONS OR WORK CASES, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," to
be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to produce an article of a most pleasing and
agreeable character, that is to say, to combine a musical instrument with an
album, ladies' companion, or other similar article in such manner that the
action of opening the album, ladies' companion, or other article shall cause the
musical instrument to commence playing. For this purpose I place the book
in a case or cover having by preference the appearance of an ordinary
binding, but of greater size than would be required to contain the book or
binding, and this extra space forms, or in it is formed, a chamber in which I

page_text: fix a musical instrument, as, for example, a musical box or the works thereof,
and I connect the works of this instrument with the aforesaid case or cover
by a cord or other connection. When the cover is opened to open the book,
such action works or draws the cord or other connection, and causes it to act
on the works so as to throw them into connection or cause the instrument to
commence playing. But when the cover is closed the cord or connection
ceases to act in such manner, and at the end of the air or otherwise the
playing of the instrument is stopped.. The arrangement may be applied in
like manner to ladies' companions and other similar articles.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Friedrich Wilhelm Bossert in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 2nd February 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRIEDRICH
WILHELM BOSSERT, of Offenbach, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse Darmstadt,
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, tho
said Friedrich Wilhelm Bossert, Her special licence that I, the said Friedrich
Wilhelm Bossert, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
1, the said Friedrich Wilhelm Bossert, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
inake, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A
NEW COMBINATION OF MUSICAL BOX OR INSTRUMENT WITH ALBUMS, LADIES' COM-
PANIONS OR WORK CASES, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Friedrich Wilhelm Bossert, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal "Patent Office within" six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent
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page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Friedrich Wilhelm Bossert, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and to
the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
The object of my Invention is to produce an article of a most pleasing and
agreeable character, that..is to say, to combine a musical instrument with an
album, ladies' companion, or other similar article in such manner that the
action of opening the album, ladies' companion, or other similar article shall
cause the musical instrument to commence playing. For this purpose I place
the book in a case or cover having by preference the appearance of an
ordinary binding, but of greater size than would be required to contain the
book, and this extra space forms a chamber in which I fix a musical box or
the works thereof, and I connect the works of this musical instrument with
the aforesaid case or cover by a cord or other like connection. When the
cover is opened in order to open the book, such action works or draws the
cord or other like connecting agent, and causes it to. act on the works so as to
throw them into gear or connection, or cause the instrument to commence
playing. But when the cover is closed the cord. or.connecting agent ceases
to act in such manner, and at the end of the air or otherwise the playing of
the instrument, is stopped. The arrangement may be. applied in like manner
to ladies' companions and other similar articles.
The accompanying Drawings exemplify the mode of carrying my Invention
into effect..
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Figure 1 is a. plan of the combined.article shewn closed;. Figure 2, a plan
of the under side of the same; Figure 8, plan with the whole cover extended or
opened, back for better exhibiting the parts; Figure 4, edge view shewing the
album closed, and Figure 5, view in longitudinal section shewing it open ;
Figure 6, transverse section; Figure 7, plan, and Figure 8, section of cover;
Figure 9 shews some of the arrangements detached.
a!
A, A, A, is. a cover in appearanco resembling or imitating that of an
ordinary album; B is an album free to slide to a small extent in the cover,' in
which it is guided by V-shaped, grooves b, b, formed in the bottom part A² of the
cover, and the book is prevented from sliding too far back by an abutment c,
fixed to the partition d; it is free thus to slide in order to allow of the pages
being opened. The back end of the cover is deeper. than required by the book,
and forms a chamber C, the front side of which is composed of the partition d.
The part A of the cover which is over the chamber C is fixed to' the 'sides

page_text: thereof, while the part A, which is over the book, is hinged to the part A* at
a*, so as to open freely. D is a musical box held in the chamber C, in which
it is retained by transverse stays e and packing f. The box is wound up by
applying a key to the winding square through a hole g in the under side of the
chamber C, concealed by a plate or escutcheon g* (turning on a pin or pivot);
h. is a pin for shifting the barrel to change the tune, this pin passes through
one side of the chamber C; i is a ribbon or cord fastened at one end to the
part A of the cover, and passing through eyes jinto the musical box; its
opposite end is attached to a pin or stud k sliding in a slotted guide bar l, as
clearly shewn in Fig. 9, and carrying at one end a spring m, which works the
lever n centred on a bar o, and having at one extremity a stop or break q,
which takes into an orifice * in the face of the wheel r, keyed on the axis of
the barrel M. The lever is formed with a spring 8 on one side, and a tongue
or arm t on the other; the free end of the springs abuts against the comb.
These arrangements k, m, n, q, are shewn detached on an enlarged scale in
Figure 9. When the part A of the cover is closed, the cord i keeps the stop q
engaged in the orifice r*, and holds the wheel r and barrel M stationary. When
the part A of the cover is opened, the cord i will be drawn in the direction
of the arrow x, Figure 5, and the pink thereby moved inward, forcing the
inner end of the lever n in the same direction, and its other end in the outer
direction, so as to remove the stop 9 from the orifice **, and thus release the
wheel r, and allow the barrel. M to revolve and perform a tune. In this
position the spring s is compressed, the arm t clears the balance wheel w, and
the stop 9 slides freely over the face of the wheel r. When the part A of the
cover is closed, the cord i being relaxed will cease to exert tension or act on
the pin k, and will allow it and the lever n to be slidden to their previous
position by the springs, that spring being relieved from the pressure before
exerted on it; this action will cause the stop 9 again to take into and stop the
wheel r, and will cause the arm or break t to engage and stop the balance
wheel w; the spring s retains the stop 9 in its position in the orifice r*. The
orifice is situated near the outer edge of the face of the wheel r. In
Figure 3 the part A* is shewn as opened back, in order to exhibit the interior
of the chamber C, but when the article is completed for use this part A* lies
over and closes the chamber C, as shewn in Figures 1, 4, and 5, and before
described.
With the exception of the arrangement whereby the opening of the cover
is caused to act on the works of the musical box (and excepting also the
ph), the musical box is of ordinary construction..

page_text: Although the Drawings refer to an album, the same arrangement as above
described may be applied in like manner to the combination of a musical box
with a ladies' companion, work case, or other similar article.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and in what manner
the same may be performed, I declare that I claim, the combination of a
musical box with an album, ladies' companion, work case, or other similar
article, substantially in manner described and for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Friedrich Wilhelm Bossert, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
FRIEDRICH WILHELM BOSSERT. (L.B.)
Witnesses,
RICHARD SEMILLEN.
FERDINAND KASTNERZ.