Improvements in Lockets and other Cases or Receptacles for Portraits and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 8th June, 1895-Accepted, 13th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lockets and other Cases or Receptacles for
Portraits and the like.
I, HENRY PENN, of 88, Elmore Street, Islington, in the County of London,
Watch Case Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be ás
follows:-
My invention relates to the construction of an improved locket or other case
chiefly designed to be worn as an article of jewellery and adapted to contain
a number of portraits, devices in hair or the like which can be successively exposed
to view in the manner hereinafter explained.
In carrying out my invention I provide an outer case adapted to be opened and
closed like a watch or locket case. Within this case I mount a portrait frame
provided with a spring and I also hinge leafwise to the case other portrait frames
provided with catches engaging with the inner rim of the case and shutting down
over the said spring frame.
By this construction the leaves or hinged frames can be released one after the
other when they will be caused to fly up on their hinges by the action of the spring
frame and the portraits can thus be successively exposed to view.
It will be obvious that my invention can be used as a locket or be applied to a
bracelet, a brooch or other like article.
Dated the 30th day of October 1894.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Lockets and other Cases or Receptacles for
Portraits and the like.
I, HENRY PENN of 88 Elmore Street, Islington, in the County of London,
Watch-case Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained ir
and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in lockets and other cases or receptacles
for portraits and the like, and will be clearly understood by reference to the
accompanying drawings, wherein :-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of an improved portrait-locket constructed
according to my invention, open;
Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same locket closed.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of my improved portrait-lockets applied as
a head or knob to a walking-stick.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal central section of the head of the stick, on the line 44
of Figure 3, the locket being closed, and
Figures 5 and 6 are perspective views of other forms of open portrait-lockets also
constructed according to my invention.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

page_text: With reference first to Figures 1 and 2 A is the body of the locket. On each of
its opposite sides is a cover B arranged to be moved about a hinge C with the aid
of a hinge-spring or otherwise, like the cover of a watch. Preferably the hinges of
the two covers are 90° apart in the circumference of the locket. D D are spring
catches to lock the covers B when the latter are closed. E E' are knobs by which
within the
the catches D D₁ respectively may be operated to release the covers;
body A are internal flanges A¹, and in the space between the flanges are plates F,
and a spring G compressed between these plates. The spring G tends always to
move the plates F outward, and the flanges A' limit their outward movement.
HI and J are bezels hinged at H I J respectively to the body A'; they, and
the covers B carry portraits K or are otherwise utilised for display or ornamentation.
From Figure 2 it may be seen that the parts are disposed so that when the covers B
are closed they keep the bezels H and J in the position close to the body A in
which they are shown in that figure, and that these bezels keep the other bezel I
and the plates F down in the space between the flanges A' all against the
resistance of the spring G. Consequently when the covers B are opened the
spring G acts to move the plates F to the limit defined by the flanges A' and
the plates in so moving act on parts of the bezels I and J near to the hinges and
cause these bezels to fly quickly outward about their hinges I¹ and J'; the bezel I
simultaneously acts on the bezel H near its hinge H¹ and turns it rapidly outward,
the aspect of the device being then as indicated in Figure 1. Thus simply by
freeing the covers B the series of portraits or other contents of the locket are
almost instantly laid open for inspection.
In the alternative construction illustrated in Figure 3 as applied to a stick L only
one plate F is employed the spring G being in compression between it and the
bottom of the locket body A. Moreover the bezels H and I instead of being
hinged to the body A are hinged to a ring A' which is retained in place in the body
by bayonet-joint devices or otherwise.
In Fig. 5 the bezel H is discarded there being only two bezels I and J. These
latter do not fly out immediately upon the opening of the covers B, for they are
made to fit tightly in the flanges A' only one of which is seen in Fig. 5. 12 and
Jare projections or finger-pieces on the bezels I and J to enable them to be
conveniently released from the grip of the flanges A'. In this device the
portraits K on the inner sides of the bezels are exposed to view in succession
instead of simultaneously. Moreover each of the covers B has not only a
portrait K on its inner face but also a portrait K¹ facing towards its outer side and
covered at that side by a glass shield M.
Fig. 6 is a locket which in its main features is similar to the lower portion of the
locket shown in Figs. 1 and 2, that is to say it bas one bezel J only.
It will be obvious that my invention can be used as a locket or be applied to a
bracelet, brooch, sovereign purse or other like article.
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 ;
1. A locket or similar case or receptacle opening at both sides.
2. A locket or similar case or receptacle having a central spring to operate
frames on both sides.
3. A locket or other case or receptacle having more than one jointed frame each
adapted to hold one or more portraits or other memorials devices or ornaments and
all adopted to open automatically when the spring is pressed.
4. The combination with a walking stick of a locket or similar case or receptacle
to contain one or more portraits or other memorials devices or ornaments.
5. A locket watch or similar case the outer cover of which carries a portrait or
other memorial device or ornament substantially as described and illustrated
in Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings.
6. A locket or other case or receptacle made to open on both sides and provided

page_text: at each side with two or more covers bezels or hinged plates such as BHI or J
substantially as and for the purpose described.
7. In a locket or other case or receptacle such as is claimed in Claim 1 two
plates such as E and a spring such as G compressed between them substantially as
and for the purpose described.
8. The combination with a walking-stick of a locket or other case or receptacle
having a hinged cover and hinged plates or bezels such as H or I substantially as
and for the purpose described.
9. A locket or other case or receptacle constructed and operating substantially
as and for the purpose described and illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 or Figures 3
and 4 or Figure 5 or Figure 6 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated say of une TOJU.
H. PENN.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.
H. PENN.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.