Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 6th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1895
I FRANK WILLISFORD GRIERSON of 1 Powis Grove, Brighton, in the County
of Sussex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention consists of a new means or method of opening and closing the ring
or holder. The ring or holder may be made of wire or strip of any suitable metal,
and of any suitable section. Its share is preferably a flattened elipse, or an oblong
with rounded corners to avoid having sharp angles. The opening is made just
The side in which is the
sufficiently wide to pass the head of a key through.
opening is straight, (or nearly so), and carries a sleeve or union which is screwed or
slid along the ring or holder in one direction to uncover the opening, and in the
opposite direction to cover or close it. When closed, the sleeve or union engages
both sides or ends of the opening, and entirely covers the screwthreads or connecting
attachments so that no dust can get to them; and the ring or holder then forms one
continuous piece without any split, recess, or projection except the sleeve or union,
which being of little greater diameter or thickness than the other part of the ring
or holder forms a slight projection to that extent.
If the ring or holder be made of flexible wire or strip the sleeve or union can be
put into its place after the ring or holder is finally shaped, but if the ring or holder
be made in one rigid piece the sleeve or union must necessarily be put into its place
before the ring or holder is finally shaped. To avoid this necessity the ring or
holder may be made in two (or more) pieces joined by rivets, or by a hinge
preferably on the side opposite to the opening. If a binge be adopted the ring or
holder can be opened to any width, and when closed the ends may be brought into
contact allowing of a shorter sleeve or union being used.
The ring or holder may be fluted, faced, or faceted in any manner.
Instead of being rigid, the ring or holder may be made of any form of flexible
chain or other flexible material provided with a bar or short length of wire or strip
to carry the above described sleeve or union by which the ring or holder is opened
and closed.
Dated this Seventh day of December 1894.
Improvements in key rings OT
J, FRANK WILLISFORD GRIERSON of No. 30 Glover's Road, Reigate, in the
County of Surrey (formerly of No. 1 Powis Grove, Brighton, in the County
of Sussex), Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to le performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
My invention consists of a new means or method of opening and closing the ring
or holder. The ring or holder may be made of wire or strip of any suitable metal,
and of any suitable section. Its shape is preferably a flattened ellipse, or an oblong

page_text: with rounded corners to avoid having sharp angles. The opening is made just
sufficiently wide to pass the bow or head of the key through. The side in which is
the opening is straight (or nearly so) and carries a sleeve or union which is screwed
or slid along the ring or holder in one direction to uncover the opening, and in the
opposite direction to cover or close it. When closed, the sleeve or union engages
both sides or ends of the opening, and entirely covers the screw threads or connecting
attachments so that no dust can get to them, and the ring or holder then forms one
continuous piece without any split, recess, or projection except the sleeve or union,
which being of little greater diameter than the other part of the ring or holder
forms a slight projection to that extent.
If the ring or holder be made of flexible wire or strip the sleeve or union
can be put into its place after the ring or holder is finally shaped, but if the
ring or holder be made in one rigid piece the sleeve or union must necessarily
be put into its place before the ring or holder is finally shaped. To avoid this
necessity the ring or holder may be made in two (or more) pieces joined by
rivets, or by a hinge or pivot preferably on the side opposite to the opening.
If a binge be adopted the ring or holder can be opened to any width, and when
closed the ends may be brought into contact, allowing of a shorter sleeve or
union being used.
The ring or holder may be fluted, milled, faced, or faceted in any manner.
Instead of being rigid, the ring or holder may be made of any form of flexible
chain or other flexible material provided at each end with a bar or short length of
wire or strip to carry the above described sleeve or union by which the ring or
holder is opened and closed. In this case the ends which approach each other
are preferably both screwed, or if only one of these ends be screwed a stop-piece
is fixed to the other end so as to prevent the sleeve or union from sliding off,
when the holder is opened.
In all the figures, the sleeve or union is marked A.
Fig. 1 shows a section of one of these rings or holders in one piece, closed,
with both ends screwed, B B; the recess D enables the sleeve or union to pass
back along the ring or holder.
Fig. 2 shows the same open.
Fig. 3 shows a section of one of these rings or holders hinged, closed. BB are
the screwed ends, H is the hinge; the recess D enables the union to pass back along
the ring.
Fig. 4 shows the same open. When a hinge or pivot is used both the ends which
approach cach other are by preference screwed, or if only one of these ends be
screwed a stop-piece is fixed to the other end so as to prevent the sleeve or union
from sliding off.
Fig. 5 shows a section of one of these rings or holders in one piece, closed, with
only one end screwed, B, namely the end that does not carry the sleeve or union.
C is the end that is not screwed; the recess D enables the union to pass back along
the ring.
Fig. 6 shows the same open.
Fig. 7 shows a section of one of these rings or holders in one piece, closed,
with only one end screwed, B, namely the end that carries the sleeve or union.
C is the end that is not screwed; the recess D enables the union to pass back
along the ring.
Fig. 8 shows the same open.
The screwed ends need not be screwed right up to the shoulders, if, close to the
shoulders, a short length be left of less diameter than the screwed part, as shown in
the figures at E.
If, instead of a hinge as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a pivot be used, one part of the
ring or holder can, when the sleeve or union is screwed or slid back, be turned
round on the pivot through a whole circle; when turned through only half a circle
both parts of the ring or holder will be in the same plane, and will together form
the shape of the letter S.

page_text: 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 key ring or holder made of one rigid piece having both ends screwed, and
the opening being closed or covered by a sleeve or union substantially as described,
and shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
2. A key ring or holder made of one rigid piece having only one end screwed, and
the opening being closed or covered by a sleeve or union substantially as described,
and shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8.
3. For key rings or holders made in two or more parts movable on a hinge or
pivot, or made of chain or other flexible material, I claim the fastening formed of
two bars or pieces of wire or strip, and of the union or sleeve to connect them, sub-
stantially as described, and shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4; and as shown in Figs. 5
and 6 but with the addition of a stop-piece fixed to the extremity of the unscrewed
end so as to prevent the union or sleeve from sliding off when the fastening
is opened.
Dated this Fifth day of September 1895.
FRANK W. GRIERSON.