A New or Improved Appliance and Means for Preventing the Surreptitious Abstraction of Watches and other Articles from the Pocket.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1803-Accepted. 27th Jan.
1804
Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1803-Accepted. 27th Jan
1804
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Appliance and Means for Preventing the
Surreptitious Abstraction of Watches and other Articles from
the Pocket.
I, JOHN ISHERWOOD ASPINALL, of 7, Henblas Street, Wrexham, North
Wales, Draper, 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 new or improved protector for watches and other
articles and has for its object to provide a device which shall effectually prevent
the surreptitious abstraction of watches or other articles from the pocket at the
same time giving immediate warning by sounding a bell or gong should the
watch &c. be tampered with.
In carrying my invention into practice, I form a clip suitable for holding the
ring or neck of a watch, or the ring of a pocket plate, the said clip being furnished
with an arm which, when the clip is in its raised position, (that is holding the watch
or pocket ring,) engages with the perforated end of a sliding rod, contained
within a grooved plate, the other end of the said sliding rod passing between the
lower edge of a suitable bell or gong and a lower or base plate. Within the said
bell and upon the said base plate is mounted two bearings through which passes
the sliding rod, which, at a short distance from the end, is provided with a collar,
and between the said collar and one of the said bearings is contained a suitable
spiral spring, so arranged that when the rod is drawn down, and held in that
position by the projecting arm of the clip, holding the watch or pocket ring and
subsequently released by the watch or pocket ring being removed, the sliding rod
immediately flies back and the free end strikes the bell, thus giving warning to the
wearer that the watch or other article is being removed.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which, like letters
of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views thereof.
Fig. 1 is a plan of my improved device, Fig. 2 is a side view of same with the
watch in position, Fig. 3 is a plan of a slightly modified form and Fig. 4 is a side
iew of same with the watch in position, Figs. 5 and 6 are a plan and side view
espectively of the pocket ring.
My improved device consists of a base plate 1 carrying the bell b, within which
contained the bearings z through which the sliding rod r passes.
f the plate is furnished with suitable bearings e for supporting the clip or holder h.
The other end
n order to insert the watch or pocket ring, the clip his raised and passed through
he ring of the watch or pocket ring while the neck of the said watch or pocket
ng is passed up between the arms of the clip (Fig. 2) the sliding rod r, contained
artly within the slotted plate t, being at the saine time drawn down by means of
e knob n until the projecting arm a of the clip or holder enters the hole or
erforation g formed in the sliding rod, thereby holding it down until the arm is
ised by removing the watch or pocket ring, when the sliding plate is released
d flies back, owing to the spring scoiled around the end of same, thus ringing
e bell.
The device is sewn in between the lining of, or simply stitched in the waistcoat
other pocket in a vertical position, the lower part composed of the clip or holder
ssing through the said lining and entering the watch or other pocket so as to be
nveniently attached to the watch or other article by means of the pocket ring.

page_text: In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings, the
device is formed integrally with the base plate so as to be conveniently sewn by
means of perforations formed around the edge of the base plate within the pocket,
while the clip or holder is of slightly different form. In this case the clip or holder
cousists of a rod or holder pivoted within the bearings e and is furnished with
a nick or recess i and a projection p which engages with the neck of the watch or
pocket ring. In order to place the watch or pocket ring in position, the end of the
clip or holder h is raised as in the former case and passed through the watch or
pocket ring when the projection p engages with the neck of the watch or pocket
ring thus holding same securely in position as shown in Fig. 4.
The pocket ring shown in Figs. 5 and 6 consists of a perforated plate and a
ring m and is intended to be sewn to any article such as a purse or the like in order
that the latter may be attached to the device or holder herein before described.
My improved device may be made of any suitable material and in any convenient
size while in some cases I may use the lower part or holder only without the bell,
this part being sewn in the watch or other pocket and used as a holder so as to
make it more difficult to remove the watch or other article.
In order to prevent the material or lining from touching the bell and thus
deadening the sound, 1 may furnish the bell with an outer removable cover for this
purpose.
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. The new or improved device for preventing the surreptitious abstraction of
watches and other articles from the pocket, substantially as herein described and
shown with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
2. In a device such as above claimed, the modifications such as described, and
shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 0th day of December 1909
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.