IMPROVEMENTS IN KEY AND OTHER RINGS
Year: 1886

page_text: I CHARLES THOMAS WILLETTS, of Heneage Street, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Steel Toy Manufacturer trading as George Willetts do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN KEY AND OTHER RINGS to be
as follows-
The Key Ring is made of Bands of Steel, Metal or other substance of suitable
flexibility and is either flat, round, oval or other shape which may be ornamented
or not. The one end of the Key Ring is turned inwards or outwards as desired
and either has a grove or groves or a point or points which locks in the cap formed
at the opposite end of the Band. The other end of the Band which as above
mentioned is turned inwards or outwards has a cap at the extreme end to cover
the grove or pointed portion of the other end of the band and the cap is pierced
to receive the edge of the grove or point so as to make a lock. The lock is fastened
by pressure of the finger on the outer side when the groved or pointed end springs
open so as to admit the insertion of the keys and by pressing it again becomes
securely fastened.

page_text: I CHARLES THOMAS WILLETTS of Heneage Street, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Steel Toy Manufacturer, trading as George Willetts do hereby declare
that nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN KEY AND OTHER DIVIDED
RINGS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:
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My invention consists in an improvement in the construction of the terminal
points of the bands which form the Key Ring and which, while securing the
fastening by means of a locking arrangement provides a more simple and easy
method of opening and closing the Key Ring superior to that of Key Rings of
ordinary construction.
The key ring is made of a band of steel, metal or other substance of suitable
flexibility. The Band itself may be made either flat, round oval or other shape
and may be ornamented or otherwise.
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At the end of the band on the one side the end is turned outwards so as to form
a slight projection: At the termination of the projection a groove is made with
projecting points at each side thereof, of sufficient depth to receive the cap herein-
after described, which is made at the other end of the band. Or two or more
grooves may be made for that purpose. Or the same object may be obtained by
leaving a small projecting point or points which would then fit into a hole or holes
made in the cap to receive the same.
At the opposite extremity of the band to that on which the above described
projection is formed a tunnel shaped cap is made sufficiently high to cover the
projection at the other end of the Band but slots are cut in the sides thereof to
receive the points left at each side of the projection at the other end of the Band.
If more than one groove is made in the projection it will be necessary to cut slots
to receive the points from each projection. If a point or points are left in the
projection it will be necessary to pierce the tunnel shape cap with a hole to receive
the corresponding point or points at the other end of the Band.
It is not necessary that the projection and cap should be made on the outside
surface of the Key Ring but the same method of construction is equally applicable
when the projection and cap are made on the inside surface of the Key Ring.
The extreme points of the Band are brought together. by a slight pressure from
the fingers when the projection passes under the cap in which the groove and
points immediately interlock. A slight downward pressure on the projection end
of the Band immediately unlocks the fastening.
The method of fastening may be used for other purposes than for key and other
divided Rings.
Having explained the nature of my invention I will proceed to describe it with
reference to the accompanying drawings the manner in which the same is to be
performed.
Figure 1 represents a view of the Key Ring opened.
The projection at the end of the Band is marked A. The groove with projecting
points is marked B. B. The tunnel shaped cap is marked C. And the slots cut in
the tunnel shaped cap are marked D. D.
Figure 2 represents a view of the key ring closed and interlocked.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. An improvement in fastening and interlocking Key and other divided Rings.
2. A more simple, expeditious and convenient mode of opening and closing
such Rings
3. That, owing to the key ring remaining open when unlocked, it admits of the
keys being put on and taken off the key ring in an easier manner than in existing
Key Rings.