Improvements in or connected with Opera-glasses, Binoculars, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application,
Feb.,
4000
Complete Specification Left, 28th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 7th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 28th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 7th Jan., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Opera-glasses, Binoculars,
and the like.
I, HENRY MUNDAY CLARK, of No. 28, Croftdown Road, Highgate Road,
London, N.W., Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in, or connected with, opera-glasses,
binoculars, and the like, and has for object to so arrange and construct such glasses
as to render them capable of being readily held in position before the user's eyes
in such a manner as to leave the hands of the user perfectly free, thereby facili-
tating the inspection of the contents of picture galleries and the like, and render-
ing the watching of a horse race, military manoeuvres or other event, an easier
matter than was heretofore possible with glasses that had to be held before the
user's eyes by the hands.
In carrying my invention into practice, I provide the usual binocular telescopic
barrels to allow of the focussing the lenses, and provide upon the under side of
the frame of the opera glasses, for instance, an arch to fit upon the nose of the
user.
Hinged to the outer sides of that part of the frame in which the small lenses
(or those which are nearest to the user's eyes) are situated, are spectacle bows
which go behind the user's ears to retain the glasses in position upon the nose in
the manner usual with spectacles.
To effect the focussing of the lenses, I provide a focussing screw fixed at one
end to the frame of the glasses and working in a tapped barrel or cylinder, the
other or forward end of the said focussing screw being provided with a milled
disc for convenience in turning same, this focussing arrangement being situated
upon the upper side of the frame.
1
1000
Improvements in or connected with Opera-glasses, Binoculars,
and the like.
I, HENRY MUNDAY CLARK, of No. 28, Croftdown Road, Highgate Road,
London, N.W., Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
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page_text: 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, or connected with, opera-glasses,
binoculars and the like, and has for its object to so arrange and construct such
glasses as to render them capable of being readily held in position before the
user's eyes in such a manner as to leave the hands of the user perfectly free,
thereby greatly facilitating the inspection of the contents of picture galleries and
the like, and rendering the watching of the progress of a horse-race, military
manoeuvres or other event, an easier matter than was heretofore possible with
glasses that had to be held before the user's eyes by the hands.
In order that my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet
of drawings; wherein :-
Fig. 1 is a rear view of a pair of glasses constructed in accordance with my
invention,
Fig. 2 being a plan thereof, while
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the invention.
Referring to the drawings a are ordinary small binocular telescopic barrels to
allow of the focussing of the lenses b. Upon the under side of the frame c of the
opera-glasses, I provide an arch e' adapted to fit upon the nose of the user. Hinged
to the outer sides of that part of the frame in which the small lenses, (or those
which are nearest to the user's eyes) are situated, are spectacle bows d which go
behind the user's ears to retain the glasses in position upon the nose in the manner
usual with spectacles.
To effect the focussing of the lenses, I provide an ordinary focussing arrange-
ment e.
To the rear portion of the frame c I may, if desirable, fix, or form integral
therewith, a bridge f formed of resilient material, such bridge being adapted to
fit upon the user's nose, and grip same below the bridge thereof, in order to
assist in maintaining the glasses in position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidh
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
:-
The improvements in, or connected with, opera-glasses and the like, consisting
in providing a miniature pair of glasses capable of being focussed, such glasses
having a pair of hinged spectacle bows d for placing behind the user's ears for
the purpose of retaining such glasses in front of the user's eyes, so as to leave the
hands free, substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 28th day of November 1898
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., for the Applicant.