Improvements in and relating to Purses, Tobacco Pouches and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 13th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 6th Nov., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Purses, Tobacco Pouches and the
like.
I, WILLIAM WILSON HORN of the Firm of Horn Son & Co. Patent Agent of
151 Strand, London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communi-
cation to me by Erlanger & Co. of Frankfurt-on-Maine Manufacturers) to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to purses, tobacco
pouches and the like and has special reference to purses, tobacco pouches and
the like which are fastened or kept closed by means of ball clasps of the well
known construction and this invention consists in providing purses, tobacco
pouches and the like with a secret or second compartment which remains closed
and practically unnoticed when the purse, pouch or the like is opened in the
usual manner i.e. by twisting the balls past each other.
In carrying my invention into practice I pivotally support one of the balls
referred to so as to be capable of being sufficiently depressed-against the raising
action of a spring with which said ball is formed or provided-and thereby unlock
or unfasten the secret or second chamber with which the purse, tobacco pouch
or the like is provided.
I do not confine myself to any particular construction or arrangement of the
different parts constituting my invention.
Total : 11th des of December 1800
HORN, SON & CO.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Purses, Tobacco Pouches and the
like.
I, WILLIAM WILSON HORN of the Firm of Horn, Son and Co. of 151 Strand,
London Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a com-
munication to me from Erlanger and Co. of Frankfort on Maine,) 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 purses, tobacco pouches and the like
and has special reference to purses, tobacco pouches and the like which are
fastened or kept closed by means of ball clasps of the wellknown construction.
This invention consists in a special ball clasp by means of which a compartment

page_text: of the purse, tobacco pouch or the like is normally retained in its closed position
and when said purse, pouch or the like is opened in the ordinary way the com-
partment referred to is not noticeable
In order that the invention may be readily understood reference is made to the
accompanying drawing wherein like letters of reference indicate corresponding
parts throughout the several figures and in which:-
Fig. 1 shows the frame of a purse or tobacco pouch constructed in accordance
with the invention.
Fig. 2 shows a portion of the frame insidel'élevation,
Fig. 3 is a detail. hereinafter referred to...
In carrying out this invention I employ an ordinary hinged frame A A which
is adapted to be closed by means of the ball clasp B B in the usual manner.
The shank of the ball B is rigidly attached to-the frame A' and the shank of
the ball B is formed or provided with a plate which passes through a slot in
the frame A and ristpivotally attached at 6 to the side of frame A The free
end of said plate b is supported and normally pressed upward by a spring e.
I also provide a frame Cwhich is shown open in Fig. 1-a spring or springs c
at its pivots tending to always open said frame. Said frame C is provided with
a pin or catch c having a groove or slit about as shown, so that when said frame
is closed against the frame A the pine will be engaged and held by the plateb
which is for this purpose cut away at d.
--f
For the purpose of releasing the frame C it is only necessary to depress.the
ball B whereby the plate b will be pushed below the catch and the springs
will cause said frame to fly open.
The frame C is provided with suitable material which, forms a partition so that
when the purse is opened in the ordinary manner i.e. by twisting the balls B B
past each other the compartment made by the frames C and A will not be
noticeable and will not open until the ball B.has been depressed.
The plate and spring c are preferably protected and kept in position against
the frame by means of a plate.f-shown only, in Fig. 1-said plate f having
an aperture to permit the passage therethrough of the catch c.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the scame is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is.
A purse, tobacco pouch or the like having frames A A¹ and a further frame
such as C, the frames A A¹ being provided with a ball clasp one of the ballsB
or its shank being provided-with a-plate such as b which is adapted to engage a
catch on the frame. Call for the purposes and substantially as described and
illustrated.
HORN, SON & CO.,
151 Strand (next to Somerset House) London.