Improvement in Headframes for Converting any Pendant or Brooch and the like into a Head Ornament.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 21st Dec., 1892-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Headframes for Converting any Pendant or Brooch
and the like into a Head Ornament.
DAVID ZIMMER 9 Orde Hall Street Lamb's Conduit Street Holborn W.C.
Manufacturing Jeweller & Diamond Mounter, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to a contrivance on a headframe, whereby any pendant or
brooch can be at once converted into a head ornament without their being previously
fitted to the head frame, whereas hitherto the pendant or brooch could only be worn
by the frame it was mounted to.
My arrangement consists of a piece of tube (technically known as schnier) which
is split into two halves, each half is soldered to the knuckles of a joint or hinge ;
now, when the pendant or brooch is brought to the frame, their pin or tongue is put
into this tube, which is then tightened with a key or button securing the pendant or
brooch to the frame.
The split tube is pinned up to the ends of 2 wires, the other ends of the wires
which have a key or screw to each, travel on a wire which is part of the frame,
thereby enabling the split tube to be highered or lowered, in order to meet the
tongues or pins of the different size brooches.
When the tongue or pin is secured in the split tube, the 2 wires are regulated
according to the size of the brooch, & are then secured by the keys or screwes.
21st day of April 1892.
DAVID ZIMMER.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Headframes for Converting any Pendant or Brooch
and the like into a Head Ornament.
DAVID ZIMMER 9 Orde Hall Street Lamb's Conduit Street Holborn Manu-
facturing Jeweller 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 :-
My invention relates to a contrivance on a headframe, whereby any pendant or
brooch can be at once converted into a head ornament, without their being previously
fitted to the headframe, whereas hitherto, the pendant or brooch could only be worn
by the frame it was mounted to.
My arrangement consists firstly of a vice, this is made of a piece of tube A
(technically know as schnier) and split into two halves, each half is soldered to the
knuckles of a hinge B; and when this vice is open, it admits the pin of a brooch,
and secures same, with a key C or button.
Then four flat pieces of wire D are taken and bent, these are paired and
hinged E, the upper ends of the wires are pivoted to the underpart of the vice F,
and each of the lower ends of the lower wires D are pivoted to a piece of pipe G,
which moves on the headframe wire H, each of these two pipes has a short pipe
at one end, which contains a screw K or button to fix it, in order to secure the vice
in its position.
Then four small pieces of wire L are soldered to the headframe wire H, to steady
the movement of the vice before it is secured.

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 contrivance on a headframe, consisting of a vice which is made of a split
tube A, each balf is soldered to the knuckles of a joint or hinge B, to secure the
tongue of the brooch.
II. Two pairs of wires D or shoulders which are jointed E, so as to higher and
lower vice or split tube A.
III. Two tubes G or pipes, each containing a key K, in order to secure the
brooch.
IIII. Four pins L or guides are soldered to the frame, in order to steady the
movement of the split tube A.
V. The advantage of this invention is, that any pendant or brooch can be
attached to it, without any previous fitting.
Dated 21st day of December 1892.
DAVID ZIMMER.