IMPROVEMENTS IN SCARF RINGS AND OTHER LIKE DRESS FASTENINGS AND ORNAMENTS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Compton Weeks Jefferys, of 14, Tottenham Court
Road, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturing Jeweller, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SCARF RINGS AND OTHER LIKE DRESS FASTENINGS AND
ORNAMENTS."
Sealed the 23rd September 1876, and dated the 11th April 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Compton Weeks Jefferys
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th April 1876.
JOHN COMPTON WEEKS JEFFERYS, of 14, Tottenham Court Road, in the County
of Middlesex, Manufacturing Jeweller. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SCARF RINGS AND OTHER
LIKE DRESS FASTENINGS AND ORNAMENTS."
Within the scarf ring or similar article I fix a spring in the form of an arch,
which arch may be increased or diminished in manufacture as may be deemed
necessary. Or as a modification of the same the spring may contain two or more
arches.
The advantages of such construction are, that it prevents the ring or other article
from sliding down the scarf against the wish of the wearer; that it is preferable to
the pin which is sometimes placed in rings for the same purpose, inasmuch as it
will not injure the scarf and that it can be used with any usual thickness of
fabric.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Compton Weeks Jefferys in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
10th October 1876..
JOHN COMPTON WEEKS JEFFERYS, of 14, Tottenham Court Road, in the County
of Middlesex, Manufacturing Jeweller. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SCARF RINGS AND OTHER
LIKE DRESS FASTENINGS AND ORNAMENTS."
My Invention relates to an improvement for springs to scarf rings and other like
dress fasteners and ornaments.
I will describe the Invention as applied to a scarf ring, but it will be readily
understood that it is applicable with slight alteration for securing bracelets and
necklaces.

page_text: In order that my Invention may be more readily understood I have illustrated in
the accompanying Drawings several modifications of springs, all constructed upon
the same principle.
Figure 1 of the Drawing shows the position of spring inside a scarf ring. A is
the spring (steel or otherwise), and is shewn more clearly in Fig. 4.
Figure 5 shews a bar D with looped ends, under which the extremities of spring
expand at B, B, when yielding to pressure, after the same bar D has been adjusted
to scarf ring or any other similar article.
When the scarf or other fabric is placed on the spring at A and pressed the
spring becomes straight, expanding under loops at B, B, as seen in Figure 5, the
aforesaid, thereby allowing the scarf to pass into the ring, and so permitting
the scarf ring to be closed, thus holding the scarf, silk, or other material tight,
preventing the ring from sliding down or misplacing its self.
The spring will always adjust its self to the thickness of any material, and being
without the pin usually placed in scarf rings for the purpose of fixing, does not fray
or tear the silk or fabric.
Figure 2 shows a scarf ring fastened with the spring inside, Figure 1 being
represented open ready to receive the scarf; Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6 are component
parts of Figures 1 and 2; Figure 7 shewn a ring with modification of some spring,
but shewn more clearly in Figure 12, being a component part of Figure 7.
Figures 8, 9, 10, and 11, are also modifications of same spring, being all on the
same principle.
Having described the nature of the Invention, and the manner of performing the
same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be protected by the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is-
First. In a scarf ring or similar article having a spring fixed for the confinement
of fabric, silk, or other material; I also claim the various modifications of same spring
being for the same purpose and under the same principle of action, as shown and
described in the Drawings.
Second. I claim the application of the said means for connecting ladies' bonnet
strings, ends of bracelets, and necklaces, as herein specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Compton Weeks Jefferys, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
JOHN COMPTON WEEKS JEFFERYS. (L.S.)