Improvement in Brooches and other like Articles of Jewelry.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 18th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Brooches and other like Articles of Jewelry.
I, ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES, of 55 & 56, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, as
communicated to me from abroad by the firm of H. Drews, of Pforzheim,
Grand-duchy of Baden, to be as follows:-
This invention relates to brooches and other like articles of jewelry provided with
a pin by which they are fastened to the garment of the wearer.
In order to prevent
such articles from becoming lost by the pin slipping out of the garment, various
locking devices are employed, which, however, are all accompanied by certain
inconveniences, the obviation whereof is the object of the present invention.
For this purpose two resilient pins are employed, united at their rear ends
to form one piece and placed by the side of each other with a small space between
them, but so that the points are in close proximity together. This double pin is
jointed to the brooch in like manner as the ordinary single pins. Opposite to the
joint is fixed to the brooch a small pointed stud adapted to penetrate between the
two parts of the double pin and provided with one or two shoulders capable of
retaining the pin after having been brought in engagement therewith.
If, with this arrangement, the pin is passed once through a piece of cloth and the
brooch is then turned down on the pin with some pressure, the said pointed stud is
forced to also pass through the cloth and thereupon to engage between the parts of
the pin, so that its shoulders then keep the pin in its place. The pin may be placed
under control of a spring in like manner as a clasp-knife.
The device may be modified by doubling the stud instead of the pin and providing
the former with inside shoulders, the pin in this case engaging between the two parts
of the stud forming a spring-clamp.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Brooches and other like Articles of Jewelry.
I, Alfred GEORGE BROOKES, of 55 & 56, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me from abroad
by the firm of H. Drews, of Pforzheim, Grand-duchy of Baden, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement
:-
This invention relates to brooches and other like articles of jewelry provided with
a pin by which they are fastened to the garment of the wearer.
In order to prevent
such articles from becoming lost by the pin slipping out of the garment, various
devices are employed, for instance the well-known hook or open eye into which the
pin is laid after having been passed twice through the cloth. These devices are,
however, all accompanied by certain inconveniences, the obviation whereof is the
object of the present invention.
For this purpose a double pin formed by the two resilient parts cc, Figs. 1 to 5 of
the annexed drawing, are employed, the said parts being united at their rear ends
to form one piece and placed side by side with a narrow intervening space, but so
that their points are in close proximity of each other. This double pin is jointed
at b to the body a of the brooch in like manner as the ordinary single pins.

page_text: Opposite to the joint is fixed to the body a a small pointed stud d, adapted to
penetrate between the two parts of the pin and provided with one or two
shoulders d', capable of retaining the pin after having been brought in engagement
with the stud.
If with this arrangement the double pin is passed once through a piece of cloth e,
Figs. and 5, and the body of the brooch is turned down on the pin with, some
pressure, the stud d will also pass through the cloth and thereupon engage between
the parts of the pin, so that its shoulder or shoulders then keep the pin in its
place. The body a may be provided with a spring f, Figs. 6 and 7, acting on
the square head of the pin and operating to controll the same in like manner as a
clasp-knife.
The two parts of the pin may be united at their points by soldering or otherwise,
as shown by Fig. 8, this arrangement presenting greater convenience in sticking the
pin through the dress.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
In a brooch or other similar article of jewelry, the combination of the body a and
a double pin pivoted thereto, the said body having a stud d provided with one or
two shoulders and adapted to pass between the parts cc of the pin, substantially as
described.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.