Improvements in or connected with Finger-rings and Bracelets.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 1st Jan., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Finger-rings and Bracelets.
We, ERNST EMIL CURT GIERSCH of 75 Eisenbahnstrasse, Leipzig, and HUGO
DELLEVIE, of 15 Dammthorstrasse, Hamburg, both in the Empire of Germany,
Technologist and Doctor respectively, do hereby declare the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has for its object a finger ring which without particular trouble
can be converted into a bracelet.
It is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a vertical elevation:
Figure 2, an end elevation of the ring;
Figures 3 and 4 are respectively a side elevation and plan view of a bracelet
formed of the ring when open and closed.
As may be seen in the drawing, the ring which may be placed on the finger
is formed of several thin rings a connected with one another by means of hinges b
and c.
The hinges b are invisible in the ornamental part of the ring, whilst
the hinges care arranged on the under part of the ring a. The ornamental
part d, which may for instance be a plate set with stones, is formed like an
ordinary neck chain fastener or other suitable fastener. The outer rings are
attached to this fastener (which is in two parts) by means of hinges bin such
a way that one ring a¹ is connected with the fastener casing f and another ring a³
with the fastener slide 9 by means of hinges b', Figure 3.
In order to avoid any unintentional separation of the rings a which combine
to form a finger ring, fastening catches or clips revoluble on hinges are pro-
vided, in the example shown in the drawings, in the ring ornament d, which
catches or clips are engaged over the rings a when the finger ring is collapsed or
fitted together, Figures 1 and 2.
When it is desired to convert this finger ring into a bracelet it is only necessary
to turn up the curved catches or clips h to the right and left (looking at Figure 1)
so that the rings a are released, and to then move the rings a in pairs on the
hinges and b, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, in order to bring them,
by then turning on hinges c, into the positions shown in Figures 3 and 4. After
the releasing of the fastener f 9, the bracelet formed in this way may be placed
around the arm in the ordinary manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
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1. A finger ring capable of being converted into a bracelet, characterised by
a number of thin rings (a) being connected in pairs alternately above and below
by means of hinges (b and e) in such a way that they may be laid one against
the other to form a finger ring, one of the rings (a) being provided with a

page_text: device (h) adapted to hold all the rings together on the finger, substantially as
herein before described.
2. The general construction and combination of parts taken as a whole forming
the improved finger ring applicable also as a bracelet, substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicants.