Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 28th June, 1894--Accepted, 28th July, 1894
I RICHARD WILLIAMS of No. 19 Harley Street, Bridge Road, Battersea in the-
County of London, Licensed Victualler's Manager do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to prevent watches from being snatched from the
pocket.
According to this invention I take a short piece of tube or the like and cut
therein one or more (preferably four) vertical slots and to the bottom of each of
said slots I pivot a pin having a horizontal tail piece.
Through the top of aforesaid tube which is closed at both ends I pass a rod with.
eye at upper end to fasten watch guard or chain to and at lower end of said rod I
fit a disc so that upon pulling the aforesaid rod the said dise will come against the
tails of aforesaid pins and cause them to protrude latterally and stick in the watch
pocket.
To the lower end of aforesaid tube I fix the swivel or the like to hold the-
watch.
The aforesaid rod is kept in its normal position by a spiral spring or a ball.
Dated this 26th day of October 1893
BROWNE & Co.,
9, Warwick Court, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
1, RICHARD WILLIAMS 19 Harley Street Bridge Road, Battersea Licensed
Victualler's Manager 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 :-
The object of this invention is to prevent watches from being snatched from the
pocket.
According to this invention I take a short piece of tube or the like and
cut therein one or more, preferably four, vertical slots, and to the bottom of each
of said slots I pivot a pin having a horizontal tail piece. Through the top of
aforesaid tube which is closed at both ends I pass a rod with eye at upper end to
fasten watch guard or chain to and at lower end of said rod I fit a disc so that
upon pulling the aforesaid rod the said disk will come against the tails of aforesaid
pins and cause them to protrude laterally and stick into the watch pocket. To the
lower end of aforesaid tube I fix the swivel or the like to hold the watch. The
aforesaid rod is kept in its normal position by a spiral spring or a ball.
Referring to the annexed drawings
Figure 1. is a side elevation of my invention.
Figure 2. sectional side of same.
a is the tube or cylinder having the slots 6 in same. c are the levers or rods
pivoted at d to the tube a and having the tail pieces e. f is a rod carrying the
disk 9, & acted upon by the coil spring h when the rod f is moved in the direction
of the arrow 1 the disk g comes in contact with the tail pieces e of the levers c and
causes the levers c to protrude as shown by the dotted lines in Figure 2 and so
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page_text: catch against the sides of the watch pocket. The chain is attached to the hook or
loop i, thus the pulling of the chain causes the levers c to protrude. The watch is
attached to the swivel hook i attached to the tube a.
It will be seen that if the chain, which is attached to the loop or hook i, is pulled
the levers c will protrude and catch against the sides of the pocket. The levers c
may be pointed.
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 watch protector substantially as described and shown in Figure 1 & 2.
2. In means for offering resistance to the pulling or snatching of a watch from
the pocket, a cylinder or tube one end of which is connected to the watch and con-
taining a sliding piston controlled by a spring, one end of which piston protrudes
from the cylinder and is connected to the chain, while the other end of which
operates prongs pivoted in slots in said cylinder and causing same to protrude when
a pull is exerted on the chain aforesaid and so preventing the withdrawal of the
watch owing to the prongs engaging with the sides of the pocket; substantially as
described and shown.
Dated this 28th day of June 1894.