A Combined Fan and Lorgnette.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 13th Jan., 1900
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A Combined Fan and Lorgnette.
I, HEINRICH SUPTHUT, Merchant, of 94, St. Johannringweg, Basel, Switzer-
land, 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 a combined fan and lorgnette. The combination
is preferably such that as the fan is opened and closed the lorgnette is auto-
matically raised into position or lowered. If so desired the lorgnette may be
operated independently of the fan. At present a lady cannot hold a fan and
a lorgnette in her hand at the same time but with this invention she can do
50.
In order that the invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon,
Fig. 1 shows a back view of a fan provided with a lorgnette which can be
raised into position or lowered by the manipulation of the fan; or may be
operated independently of the fan if so desired.
Fig. 2 is a section on the line A-B of Fig. 1.
Figs. 3, 4 and 5 show different modes of manipulating the lorgnette.
Figs 6 & 7 are detail views to an enlarged scale of parts of Figs. 3 & 4.
The lorgnette b is attached to the fan by means of an extension or link c
provided with a roller or pulley d. The link and its roller are preferably pivotted
A cord or chain k is passed
upon a pin el fixed in the centre bar a of the fan.
round the roller or pulley d and also round a roller or pulley e pivotted upon
Rigidly secured to the pulley e
a pin fixed to the lower end of the bar a.
is a short lever f which is made sufficiently flexible to readily bend laterally.
At the extreme end of this lever is a pin h which works in a slot formed by
As can be readily seen from
the bent bar g secured to the bar of the fan.
Fig. 2 the flexible lever f can, when desired, be bent to one side and its pin h
disengaged from the bar g.
The arrangement operates as follows:--When the fan is being shut the pin h
travels along the slot formed by the bar g so that when the bars a and i come
together the lever f assumes the position indicated in dotted lines at Fig. 1.
This movement of the lever f causes the pulley e to move through an angle
which is crossed, to
of 90° and this movement is transmitted, by the cord
the pulley d with the result that the lorgnette is folded down into the dotted
position Fig. 1. When the fan is opened the same movements take place but
in a reversed order.
If the lever f is disengaged from the bar then, by manipulating said lever,
the lorgnette can be raised and lowered as desired and independently of the move-
ments of the fan.
Instead of the arrangement shown at Fig. 1 an arrangement such as shown
at Figs. 3, 4, 6 and 7 may be used for manipulating the lorgnette. In Fig. 3
(see also enlarged view Fig. 6) a spring is arranged on the link in such

page_text: manner, as shown, that it tends to retain the lorgnette in the closed position.
In Fig. (see also enlarged view Fig. 7) the spring is arranged so as to tend
to retain the lorgnette in the open position. By pulling down the cord m, (pre-
ferably an elastic cord) which, at its upper end, is attached to a cranked extension
on the link c and at its lower end is provided with a ball or knob n, the
lorgnette can be opened (Fig. 3) or closed (Fig. 4) as the case may be. The
lorgnette may be held in position, against the action of the spring, by inserting
the ball into the spring jaw o fixed to the bar a.
If desired, as shown at Fig. 5, the lorgnette may be simply pivotted at c¹
to the bar a and be manipulated by hand. The pivot joint is made sufficiently
stiff to hold the lorgnette in any adjusted position.
Instead of having eyeglasses in the lorgnette any suitable far-seeing spy glass,
say, for example, a light opera glass can be inserted in the lorgnette.
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 consider novel and desire to claim is :-
1. The combination with a fan of a lorgnette which can be adjusted by hand
or automatically at the opening and closing of the fan, substantially as herein-
before described.
2. The combination with a fan of a lorgnette which is pivotted to one of the
bars of the fan and can be manipulated automatically by means of an endless
cord and lever arrangement, at the opening and closing of the fan, substantially
as herein before described.
3. The arrangement of combined fan and lorgnette substantially as herein-
before described and shown at Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings annexed.
4. The modified arrangements of the combined fan and lorgnette substantially
as herein before described with reference to Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings annexed.
Dated this 13th day of October 1899.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow,
Agent.