IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR HOLDING OR SUPPORTING PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Betjemann, of the Firm of George Betjemann and
Sons, of 36 and 38, Pentonville Road, in the County of Middlesex, for an
Invention of
SPECTACLES."
"
IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR HOLDING OR SUPPORTING
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Betjemann at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th October 1880.
JOHN BETJEMANN, of the Firm of George Betjemann and Sons, of 36 and 38,
Pentonville Road, in the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS
FOR HOLDING OR SUPPORTING SPECTACLES."
The Invention has for its object improvements in means for holding or supporting
spectacles, whereby the same can be held in position for use without the necessity
for employing the wearer's hands for such purpose, whilst when not required for
use the spectacles can be turned up inside the hat of the wearer, and when
required can be removed therefrom, and used in lieu of ordinary spectacles or
hand frames.
For this purpose I form a spring clip capable of clipping on to the leather lining
of a hat. To this spring clip I hinge a thin flap or leaf, which is long enough to
extend a short distance below the brim of the hat, and to the said flap or leaf I also
binge or joint a shorter flap or leaf, or a short arm to which the spectacles are
connected by pin or other joint or fastening.
When in use, the first mentioned thin leaf or flap lies between the forehead and
the leather lining of the hat, and the spectacles are adjusted in position in front of
the eyes of the wearer, but when not required the spectacles and the hinged flaps
or leaves are turned up into the interior of the hat, where they are completely out
of the way and cause no inconvenience.
The first mentioned hinged leaf or flap and the clip are formed of material so thin
as to be almost imperceptible to the forehead when in use, whilst the forehead holds
the same sufficiently rigid.
In case the wearer should be without his or her ordinary spectacles or hand
frames, the clip with the spectacles can be removed from the hat and used in the
hand, and when not required for use the same can be folded up and placed in a
suitable case.
Or when the spectacles are removeably connected with the holder,
the spectacles can when required be removed from the holder, and the latter if
desired remain connected to the leather lining of the hat.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Betjemann in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th
April 1881.
JOHN BETJEMANN, of the Firm of George Betjemann and Sons, of 36 and 38,
Pentonville Road, in the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS
FOR HOLDING OR SUPPORTING SPECTACLES."
The Invention has for its object improvements in means for holding or supporting
spectacles, whereby the same can be held in position for use without the necessity
for employing the wearer's hands for such purpose, whilst when not required for
use the spectacles can be turned up inside the hat of the wearer, and when
required can be removed therefrom and used in lieu of ordinary spectacles or hand
frames.
For this purpose I form a spring clip capable of clipping on to the leather lining
of a hat. To this spring clip I hinge a thin flap or leaf which is long enough to
extend a short distance below the brim of the hat, and to the said flap or leaf I also
hinge or joint a shorter flap or leaf, or a short arm to which the spectacles are
connected by pin or other joint or fastening.
When in use, the first mentioned thin leaf or flap lies between the forehead and
the leather lining of the hat, and the spectacles are adjusted in position in front of
the eyes of the wearer, but when not required the spectacles and the hinged flaps
or leaves are turned up into the interior of the hat, where they are completely out
of the way, and cause no inconvenience.
The first mentioned hinged leaf or flap and the clip are formed of material so
thin as to be almost imperceptible to the forehead when in use, whilst the forehead
holds the same sufficiently rigid.
In case the wearer should be without his or her ordinary spectacles or hand
frames, the clip with the spectacles can be removed from the hat and used in the
hand, and when not required for use the same can be folded up and placed in a
suitable case.
Or when the spectacles are removably connected with the holder, the
spectacles can when required be removed from the holder, and the latter if desired,
remain connected to the leather lining of the hat.
And in order that my said Invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying Drawings,
more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an edge elevation of my improved means for holding or supporting
spectacles; Figure 2 represents an edge elevation, and Figure 3, a front elevation of
the same in position for use; Figuro 4 represents an edge elevation of the same
turned up inside a hat when not required for use; Figure 5 is an edge elevation,
and Figure 6 is a front elevation of parts thereof to a larger scale, and Figure 7 is
a front view, and Figure 8 is an edge view of a method whereby ordinary spectacles
can be held by my improved supporting means.
a is a spring clip capable of clipping, as shown, onto the leather lining b of a hat.
To this spring clip a I hinge a thin flap or leaf c, which is long enough to extend a
short distance below the brim d of the hat, and to the said flap or leaf I also hinge
or joint a short arm e (or it may be a flap or leaf), to which the spectacles f are
connected in any suitable manner.
In Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, the spectacles fare represented as rigidly fixed to the
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page_text: The joint between the leaf or flap c and the short arm e, may be made in any
convenient manner, so long as the spectacles or hand frames f can with facility be
adjusted to the eyes of the wearer. In the Drawings such joint is shown formed
in the following manner :-
To the leaf or flap c, which is bent outwards at c', is fixed a short arm or pillar c²,
the lower end of which is formed with a ball es, whilst the upper end of the short
arm e is also formed with a ball e'; two plates g formed with sockets in one side of
each thereof to fit the balls c³, e¹, are placed over such balls, as shown, and held
together with considerable force by a screw g¹, so as whilst permitting of the
desired adjustment of the spectacles or hand frames to apply sufficient friction on
the joints to retain the spectacles or hand frames in the required position.
The joint between the spring clip a and the flap or leaf c is made, as shown
more clearly at Figures 5 and 6, so that when turned up into the position shown at
Figure 4 the springs a' on the spring clip a will hold it in that position, and
prevent the spectacles or hand frames falling on to the head of the wearer.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode in which
I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that I do not confine
myself to the precise details herein shown and described, as such may be con-
siderably varied without departing from the peculiar character of my Invention,
but what I do claim is the improved means for holding or supporting spectacles,
substantially as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Betjemann, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twelfth day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty one.
JOHN BETJEMANN. (L.S.)