Improvements in Joints and Catches for the Pins of Brooches, Shawl-pins, and the like.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 28th Sept., 1887
Complete Accepted, 28th Oct., 1887
Improvements in Joints and Catches for the Pins of Brooches,
Shawl-pins, and the like.
We, MARK CROSS of 5, High Street, in the city and county of Bristol, watch-
maker, and HENRY ANTROBUS, of Belle Vue Lodge, Clifton Wood, Bristol aforesaid,
working jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the joints or hinges of the pins of brooches, shawl-pins
and the like and to the method of affixing the same. It relates also to the catches of
such articles and to the method of affixing the said catches.
At the back or hinge end the pin is furnished with a short bar which extends at
right angles on either side of the pin.
Over this bar is placed a cover which is then slid into a socket formed for its
reception at the back of the brooch or other article to which the pin is to be fitted.
The sides of the socket are turned over so as to overlap the edges of the cover;
and that end of the socket which is opposite to the point at which the cover is inserted
is preferably closed. The cover is slotted to allow free movement of the pin on the
hinge which the cross bar at the back makes with the cover.
Towards the leading end the cover is indented or recessed on its lower face, and
into the indentation or recess is, when the cover has been forced "home," received a
notch which projects upwards from the bottom of the socket or the back of the
brooch.
Towards its opposite end the cover is furnished with a notch projecting downwards
from its lower face, and this notch is, when the cover has been forced "home,*
received into a corresponding indentation or recess formed in the bottom of the socket
or in the back of the brooch. In sliding the cover into position in the socket the
resistance offered thereto by the notches is overcome by pressure and the cover
becomes, in a sense, locked thereby in the socket when forced home."

page_text: Similarly, it is readily unlocked by pressure exerted in the reverse direction to
that required for affixing it.
Under this invention the pins are readily attached to or removed from a brooch,
shawl-pin or other like article, economy in time and cost being effected.
The improvement in catches for brooches, shawl-pins and the like to which this
invention also relates consists in the employment at the back thereof of a socket
similar to that herein before described with reference to the attachment of the pins of
such articles. Into this socket is received a base plate bearing the catch, the plate
being maintained in position on the article by notches and indentations in a manner
similar to that in which the cover of the pin as above described is held.
Dated this 29th day of December 1886.
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Joints and Catches for the Pins of Brooches,
Shawl-pins, and the like.
We, MARK CROSs, of 5, High Street, in the city and county of Bristol, watch-
naker, and HENRY ANTROBUS, of Belle Vue Lodge, Clifton Wood, Bristol, aforesaid,
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 the joints or hinges of the pins of brooches, shawl pins
and the like and to the method of fixing the same.
It relates also to the catches of
such articles and to the method of affixing the said catches.
At the back or hinge end the pin is furnished with a short bar which extends at
right angles on either side of the pin.
Over the bar is placed a cover which is then slid into a socket formed for its
reception at the back of the brooch or other article to which the pin is to be fitted..
The sides of the sockets are turned over so as to over-lap the edges of the cover,
and that end of the socket which is opposite to the point at which the cover is inserted
is preferably closed. The cover is slotted to allow free movement of the pin on the
hinge which the cross bar at the back makes with the cover.
Towards the leading end the cover is indented or recessed on its lower face, and
into the indentation or recess is, when the cover has been forced "home," received
a notch which projects upwards from the bottom of the socket or the back of the
brooch.
Towards its opposite end the cover is furnished with a notch projecting downwards
from its lower face, and this notch is, when the cover has been forced "home,"
received into a corresponding indentation or recess formed in the bottom of the
socket or in the back of the brooch. In sliding the cover into position in the socket
the resistance offered thereto by the notches is overcome by pressure, and the cover
becomes, in a sense, locked thereby in the socket when forced "home."
Similarly, it is readily unlocked by pressure exerted in the reverse direction to that
required for affixing it.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings, Fig. 1 thereon represents the
back of a brooch made to receive a pin in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2
represents a back view and Fig. 3 a vertical section of the sliding cover. Fig. 4 repre-
sents the pin, and Fig. 5 represents a back view of a brooch, the pin being fitted
thereto.
At the back of the brooch is fixed a socket a the sides of which are turned over
inwards so as to overlap the edges or slides of the siding cover bas seen at Fig. 5.
At the back or hinge end the pin c is furnished with a short but extending at right
angles on each side of the pin.

page_text: The sliding cover b is slotted to permit free movement of the pin when in place in
the socket.
At or near the leading end the cover 6 is indented or recessed on its lower face
as at e, and into the indentation or recess is received, when the cover has been forced
"home" in the socket a, a notch which projects upwards from the socket a or the
back of the brooch.
Towards its opposite end the cover b is furnished with a notch or stud g projecting
inwards towards the brooch. This notch or stud g is received, when the cover has
been forced "home," into a corresponding indentation or recess formed towards the
top of the socket.
In sliding the cover b into the socket the resistance offered thereto by the notch g
on the cover and the notch on the socket is overcome by manual pressure and the
cover becomes, in a sense, locked thereby in the socket a when forced "home."
Similarly, the cover is readily unlocked by an effort exerted in the reverse direction
to that required for fixing it.
Under this invention, brooch, shawl and such like pins are readily placed into
position or removed without necessitating skilled or special assistance.
This invention is also applicable to the catches with which the pins of brooches,
shawl pins and the like engage. According thereto, a catch is fixed to a sliding plate
which takes into and becomes locked in a socket by means of notches and corresponding
recesses or cavities arranged and acting in a manner similar to that herein before
described with reference to the pins.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :-
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1. The use, for affixing the pin of a brooch, shawl pin and the like, of a socke
such as a recessed at the outer end and having a notch or stud projecting therefrom
at the inner end and a plate or cover such as 6 slotted to accommodate the pin and
recessed at the inner end and furnished with a stud or notch at the outer end which
cover is, after the pin has been passed through the slot, slid into the socket, the
arrangement being such that the notch or stud of the socket takes into the recess in
the cover and the notch or stud of the latter takes into the recess of the socket when
the cover is forced "home" therein, substantially as herein before described.
2. A pin, for brooches, shawl pins and the like, having a cross-piece at the rear
end as herein before described and shewn at Figs. 4 and 5 of the accompanying
drawings.
3. The use for affixing the catch or eye with which the pin of a brooch, shawl pin
and the like engages, of a socket such as a recessed at the outer end and having a
notch or stud projecting therefrom at the inner end, and a plate bearing the catch or
eye and recessed at the inner end and furnished at the outer end with a notch or
stud, which plate is slid into the socket, the arrangement being such that the notch
or stud of the socket takes into the recess in the plate and the notch or stud of
the latter takes into the recess of the socket when the plate is forced "home"
therein.
Datar this 98th dove af Sontember A D 1007
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.