Improvements in Eye-glasses and Scent Receptacles, Applicable also for Use in Combination with Umbrellas, Parasols, Fans, and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Eye-glasses and Scent Receptacles, Applicable also
for Use in Combination with Umbrellas, Parasols, Fans, and the
like.
I, FLORENCE MERRIMAN, of St. Heliers, Norwich Road, Ipswich, in the County of
Suffolk, gentlewoman, 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 my invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in eye-glasses,
and which invention has for its object to render the said eye-glasses capable of being
more conveniently carried than heretofore. Hitherto the handle used with eye-glasses
has proved to be of great inconvenience, inasmuch as it is too long to be conveniently
carried, and cannot be adjusted in length as desired to rest the arm.
Now by my invention the aforesaid disadvantages are entirely overcome in a neat
simple and efficacious manner hereinafter described, and which invention moreover
provides a scent or other receptacle for smelling salts, etc., in combination with the said
eye-glasses.
Further by my said invention, the eye-glasses and scent or other receptacle may
form the handle of an umbrella, parasol, fan or other like article, thereby constituting
a novel and useful combination.
I now proceed to describe my said invention, reference being had to the accom-
panying drawings and the figures and letters of reference marked ;-thereon similar
letters indicating like parts throughout.
Fig. 1. is an elevation of my improved telescopic eye-glasses showing the same
closed. Fig. 2. is a sectional elevation through the handle showing the same extended,
and the glasses open. Fig. 3. is a section through the handle showing the scent or
other receptacle. Fig. 4. is a top plan view of the handle with the lid removed.
Fig. 5. is an elevation of the eye-glasses closed, and showing how it may be applied to
a fan etc.
The handle A may be made of any suitable material, such as tortoise-shell,
ivory etc., and has recessed into its one side a metal cylinder a in which is fitted
and adapted to slide a second cylindrical stem B, in which slides a third stem h

page_text: having an eye c to which is suitably secured the glasses C. The metal cylinder a may be
provided at its upper end with a bush d which prevents the enlarged portion e of the
cylindrical stem B from being drawn out too far. The cylindrical stem B may be
Banged over as shown atf, or be provided with a bush, which will prevent the stem b
being likewise drawn out too far. It is not essential that I should employ two stems
as shown, as it will be readily understood that one or more may be used. The
enlarged portion e of the stem B has fitted into it a small pin E, which projects
through a slot F in the handle A, shown in Figs. 2 and 5. The glasses Care secured
to the stem b by a projecting pin D, which enables the glasses to coincide with and
enter a central recess G in the handle A (Fig. 4) when closed. If desired, the handle A
may have a slot in its side at g which would enable the glasses to be opened before
first extending the slide B.
The opposite side of the handle A has recessed into it a scent or other receptacle H,
(Figs. 3 and 4) preferably made of metal and fitted with a stopper h.
The handle A may be conveniently tipped with ornamental caps J, the upper one
of which may be hinged at j and be fastened by any suitable device K. The caps J
serve to exclude all dust and dirt, and may be provided with suitable eyelets L,
whereby the eye-glasses may be conveniently carried as a pendant.
In Fig. 5 I have shown my improved eye-glasses etc., attached to the frame of a
fan M, and in this combination I form the cap J with a projecting piece m or other
device, as shown.
When it is desired to open my improved eye-glasses etc., the cap J is unfastened
and thrown back as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the stein B extended by
means of the pin E, which is moved to the top of the slot F. The stem 6 may now
be also extended and the glasses uljusted into the required position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. Improved telescopic eye-glasses and scent or other receptacle consisting of a
handle A fitted with sliding stems B, 6; the stem & carrying the glasses (), adapted to
enter and be contained in the recess G, and the scent or other receptacle H having a
stopper h, fitted into one side of the handle A, and the caps J, hinged or otherwise
attached, all substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth and illustrated
in the drawings hereunto annexed.
2. Improved telescopic eye-glasses and scent or other receptacle, consisting of the
parts aforedescribed, in combination with an umbrella, parasol, fan and the like, all
substantially as and for the purposes herein before set forth and illustrated in the
drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 14th day of March 1980