Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Mar., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 20th Dec., 1888
Complętę Specification Accepted, 29th Jan., 1889
I THOMAS SHARPLES, of 80 Victoria Street, Blackburn in the County of Lancaster,
watchmaker, and jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of brooches, whereby,
the same are used as receptacles for disinfectants for prevention of contagious
diseases.
According to this my invention, the brooch is hollow being formed of thin sheet
netal, the front portion of which is perforated in any ornamental design, and at the
back, or front, is a detachable, or an hinged lid; this lid, or cover can be removed,
and camphor, or other disinfectant placed inside the brooch, the lid, or cover is then
replaced, and the odour of the camphor, or other disinfectant, escaping by means of
the perforations in the front of the brooch, the same, being, as ordinarily, at the throat
of the wearer, kills any germs of contagion before being inhaled by the wearer of the
brooch, and thus prevents the spread of such diseases as smallpox, fever &c. &c.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: 1, THOMAS SHARPLES of 80, Victoria Street, Blackburn in the County of Lancaster,
Watchmaker and 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of brooches and scarf
pins whereby the same are used as receptacles for disinfectants, or scents for the
prevention of contagious disease.
According to this my invention the brooch, or scarf pin, is hollow, being formed of
thin sheet metal, the front, sides or back portion of which is perforated in any
ornamental design and at the back or front is a detachable, hinged, or sliding lid, or
cover this lid or cover can be removed and scent, perfume, camphor, or other
disinfectant placed in the brooch or pin the odour therefrom escaping through the
perforations in the brooch or pin.
Such being the nature and object of this my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same reference being had to the accompanying drawings:
Figs. 1. 1. 1. are front elevations of brooches shewing the perforations in same.
Figs. 2. 2. 2. shew the brooches with their lids, or covers, detached, or drawn out
to shew the inside of the brooch.
Figs. 3. 3. shew front elevations of scarf pins, and perforations in same.
Figs. 4. 4. shew the scarf pins open by detaching the lid or sliding the same on its
bearings.
The brooch or pin 1 is hollow being forined of thin sheet metal, the front portion,
sides, or back of which is perforated in any ornamental design 2 and at the back or
front is a detachable hinged, or sliding lid, or cover 3; this lid or cover 3 can be
removed, and camphor 4 or other scent, or disinfectant placed inside the brooch, or
scarf pin 1, the lid or cover 3 is then replaced and the odour of the camphor, or other
disinfectant 4 escaping by means of the perforations 2 in the front, sides, or back, as
the case may be, of the brooch, or scarf pin 1 the same being as ordinarily worn
at the throat, or neck, the odour arising therefrom is in the best situation for coming
in contact with any germs of contagion before being inhaled by the wearer of the
brooch or pin, and thus tends to prevent the spread of such diseases as small pox,
fever &c.
The brooches or pin 1 can of course be of any design, as regards ornamentation or
shape.

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 -
The hollow brooch, or pin, perforated and having a lid, or cover the hollow forming
a receptacle for camphor or other disinfectants or scent, as and for the purpose herein
described and illustrated.