Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1887.
Complete Left, 19th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 10th May, 1887.

page_text: been fastened, to prevent same from slipping through the hole of the box and from
expanding too far the spring, springs or other clastic power.
These pieces of wire carrying at the same time the full weight of the article, which
the handle has been fastened to.
To these last links the spring, springs, or other elastic power are fastened as well,
the other ends of which, are fixed to any suitable part in the inside of the box.
The power and shape of spring, springs, or other elastic power vary according to
size and requirements of the chain or chain ends on the leather or wooden "handle."
We claim to make the top of metalbox and chains of any shape, size or design we
may choose.

page_text: Furniture, Opera Glass Cases, and other Articles.
We, ALBERT WOOLFERT, Manufacturer of Fairlight Villa, South Tottenham, N. and
OTTO HETTERICH, Watch Maker, of 10 Upper Ashby Street, Northampton Square,
Clerkenwell, trading under the firm of Albert and Otto, of Fairlight Villa, South
Tottenham, in the County of Middlesex, 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:-
Our Invented handle consists of a chain and is attached to a shallow box or case,
which case is fixed to the article, the handle is intended to support; each end of the
chain has a stop pin and is passed through a slot at each end of the shallow box or
case, with spiral or any other shape spring, springs, or other elastic power, fixed at the
inside of the shallow box or case; and attached to the elastic power or springs, are
each end of the chain, on each end of the handle both right and left hand.
The advantages of the chain handle constructed on this principle are that when the
handle is released from the persons hand, it is drawn up tight by the power of the
springs, or other elastic power, at the inside of the shallow box or case, thus it falls
flush or flat on the top portion of the case or box.
By lifting up the handle, the spring, springs, or other elastic power, fixed to the
ends of the chain are drawn out or expanded, and the handle is drawn up to its entire
length (Fig. 1) as far as the last link (Fig. II, a.) to which a piece or pieces of strong
metal wire e, acting as a stop pin, has been fastened, to. prevent same from slipping
through the hole or slot of the box or case, and from expanding the spring, springs,
or other elastic power beyond the required distance.
These pieces of metal wire or stop pins, carrying at the same time the full weight of
the article, to which the handle is fixed.
To the ends of the chain of the handle, or to the last links on each end, the spring,
springs, or other elastic power are fastened to, and the other ends of the spring,
springs, or other elastic power are fixed on the inside of the metal box.
The power and shape of the springs, spring, or any other elastic power vary in size
and shape, according to the requirements of the handle, and the weight of the article
it is intended to support.
And in order that our Invention may be thoroughly understood, we now proceed to
describe the drawings accompanying the provisional specification reference being had
to letters and figures marked thereon.
Figure I, represents the side view of the metal box or case, and the chain handle
drawn out in the form when in use.
Figure II, denotes the inside of the metal box or case, with the positions of the
springs when the handle is drawn out in the form when in use.
Figure III, represents the handle laying flush with the metal box or case with the
position of the handle when not in use.

page_text: Figure IV. represents the back of the metal box or case, with the positions of the
springs, when the handle is not in use, but in its stationary position.
Like letters refer to like parts in each of the figures.
a, The metal box or case.
1, The slots in the metal box for the ends of the chain to pass through.
C, The springs.
d, The end links of the chain handle.
e, The stop pins at each end of the chain, to prevent the handle being drawn
entirely through the slots.
Having now fully described the nature and object of our Invention and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, we claim as new and novel the following:-
First. The combination of the handle constructed of links, either of metal, leather
or wood, attached to the metal box or case (Fig. 2 and Fig. 3), with each end of the
handle passing through a slot and fixed to the back or inside, by means of spiral,
elastic, or any other springs C, witli a stop pin e, at each end of the handle, sub-
stantially herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
Secondly. The combination of one or more chains, drawn inside the metal box
Fig. IV, through holes or slots b, on the top side of the metal box or case, by means
of a spiral spring, springs c, or any other elastic power, which are fastened on the
ends of the chain, and on the inner part of the metal box, whereby the handle will be
laid flat to the top of the metal box Fig. III, substantially herein described and
according to the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly. That we can make the handles in any size, or any shape, to suit any
article it may be required to be attached to, and constructed of metal, leather, wood or
any other material, and to use as the top part of the handle, an ordinary leather or
wooden handle, each end of which is connected with a piece of chain, the last links of
which are fastened to the clastic power and act on the same principle as herein before
described and according to the accompanying drawings.
Fourthly. We claim to make the metalbox in two seperate halves or parts, into cach
of these halves or parts, one end of the handle is to be fastened on the same principle
as herein before stated, thus leaving space between these two seperate parts of the
metal box to fix a lock, a shield or any other ornament as may be desired, substantially
herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of March 1887