Improvements in Watch-chain Swivels or like Attachments whereby the Watch may be Securely Fastened or Readily Detached from the Dress.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 18th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Watch-chain Swivels or like Attachments whereby
the Watch may be Securely Fastened or Readily Detached from
the Dress.
I, JOHN STEVENTON RHODES of 51 Durham Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham in
the County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
The invention consists in the application of a clip to the swivel of a watch chain
in such a manner that the watch may thereby be secured in any desired position on
the dress or pocket and may also be readily detached.
There are several ways of doing this but the simplest form in which I achieve
this object is by forming a hook on the swivel in place of the shank of the swivel.
The swivel and the hook combined would then in shape somewhat resemble the
letter S. The blank space between the terminal of the bottom half of the S and the
centre of the S having the usual piece of metal jointed to the middle of the S
for attaching the bow of the watch to the swivel as in an ordinary swivel. Thus
the bottom half of the S would represent the swivel, and the top part, the hook.
If the bow of the watch be now inserted in the swivel in the usual manner, and
the watch be then put into a deep pocket with the open part of the hook facing
outwards and in such a manner that the hook will catch on the top of the pocket,
the watch will be prevented from falling to the bottom of the pocket. The object
now to be achieved is to securely fasten the hook to the pocket but in such a
manner that it may be quickly undone or replaced, and this I perform in the
following manner. A small narrow strip of metal is bent into something like the
shape of the letter but with rather a more acute angle, and is hereinafter called
the binder. If this binder be turned over so that it may face in an opposite
direction to the letter L and the corner of it be hinged or pivotted on to the
terminating point of the top of the hook of the S in such a manner that the bottom
part of the binder will move in the form of an arc in the inside of the hook, and the
other part of the binder be left outside, it will be found that by bringing that part
of the binder which is outside of the hook, close to the hook it will act as a lever,
and will force that part of the binder working inside the circle, against the middle
part of the S and thus wedge it in that position and any cloth or material that may
be inside the hook would necessarily be wedged between the binder. and the hook,
thus securing the hook to the material. To detach the hook from the material
it would only be necessary to open the lever and the binder would instantly release
the material. When the watch is attached to the swivel, it is of course secured
to the material and in the desired position by this operation.
There are many kinds of clips in addition to the one described that may be used
to answer the same purpose providing they have an attachment similar to, or
answering the purpose of, a swivel for attaching the watch to the clip, and any
other suitable form of clip may therefore be used, whether it is actuated by means
of a spring for closing, or opened by pressure of the fingers or other simple device.
The clip may, if desired, also be provided with teeth so that a firm grip of the
material it is intended for it to hold may be obtained.
Dated this the 17th March 1893.

page_text: Improvements in Watch-chain Swivels or like Attachments whereby
the Watch may be Securely Fastened or Readily Detached from
the Dress.
I, JOHN STEVENTON RHODES of 51 Durham Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham in
the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, 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 invention consists in the application of a small clip to what is generally
known as a watch chain swivel in such a manner that the watch may thereby be
securely fastened to the dress or pocket and also readily detached therefrom.
The word swivel as herein used may be more correctly described ns, that part of
an ordinary swivel comprising the spring hook, and must be taken as meaning any
device used for attaching and detaching the watch to and from the chain and for
want of a more comprehensive term the word swivel will be hereinafter used as
embracing such devices.
The way I prefer to make the combination of clip and swivel is by forming the
clip A Figure 1 on the end of the swivel B used for attaching the chain C to the
watch D.
The clip is secured to the dress by opening the lever E of the clip, and slipping
the hook part of the clip, which is now open, on to the edge of the material to which
the clip is to be fastened. When the lever E is closed by shutting it down, the
material will be wedged in the clip, thus securing the clip to the material. Fig. 1
shows the clip open and Fig. 11 closed.
The clip and swivel may be either joined together rigidly or connected by a
flexible connexion, or by the interposition of one or more links of chain, or jointed
bar or such like arrangement. The object of this being to enable the watch to
drop to the bottom of a deep pocket when the clip is secured to the top. Figure 3
shows this arrangement.
There are many kinds of clips in addition to the one illustrated that may be
used to answer the same purpose providing they have an attachment similar to, or
answering the purpose of a swivel for fastening the watch to the chain and any
other suitable form of clip may therefore be used whether it be actuated by means
of springs or otherwise.
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 :-
:-
The combination of a clip for attachment to the dress connected with, or forming
part of any device for attaching the watch to the chain, substantially as herein set
forth.
Dated this the 16th day of December 1893.
JOHN STEVENTON RHODES.