Finger-rings, and the like.
Year: 1885

page_text: Finger-rings, and the like.
We, JOSEPH SHELDON WHITTEN, of 21 Spencer Street, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturing Jeweller, and HENRY GRIFFIN PLANT, of
Bristol Road, Fentham Road, Erdington, in the County of Warwick, Commercial
Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention for AN IMPROVED
SAFETY JOINT, FOR BRACELETS, ARMLETS, SCARF-RINGS, FINGER-RINGS, to be as
follows:-
Our invention consists of an improved and simple joint, for preventing the loss
of Bracelets, Armlets, Scarf-rings, and Finger-rings; which improvement is also
applicable to like articles of personal adornment.
We will describe our invention as applied to Bracelets.
When making a joint according to our arrangement, we use two flat plates of
metal, which are placed together, and a bole drilled through each; they are then
riveted together by means of a pin passed through the drilled holes, the said
plates are then soldered, or otherwise attached to article which is to be used as a
Bracelet.
The Bracelet is afterwards cut through opposite the joint, and an ordinary spring
snap attached, to keep the parts of the Bracelet in position. We do not confine
ourselves to any particular snap or fastener for this purpose.
The snap, or fastener, cannot be removed from the socket, except by consent, or
knowledge, of the wearer, when a Bracelet is provided with a joint 'constructed
according to this arrangement.
When the spring, or fastener, is removed from the socket, the parts of the
Bracelet move in a side direction; which prevents the Bracelet being accidently
removed from the arm when in use.
A Bracelet provided with a snap made on this principle, is more secure from loss,
and more convenient to remove, than a Bracelet provided with an ordinary tube
joint.

page_text: Improved safety Joint for Bracelets, Armiets, Scari-rings,
Finger-rings, and the like.
We, JOSEPH SHELDON WHITTEN of 21 Spencer Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturing Joweller, and HENRY GRIFFIN PLANT of
Bristol Road Fentham Road Erdington in the County of Warwick Commercial
Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for AN IMPROVED SAFETY
JOINT FOR BRACELETS, ARMLETS, SCARF-RINGS, FINGER RINGS AND LIKE ARTICLES
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
Our invention consists of an improved and simple joint for preventing the loss
of Bracelets Armlets Scarf-rings and Finger-rings and which improvement is also
applicablo to like articles of personal adornment.
We will describe our invention as applied to a scarf-ring.
Figures 1. 2 and 3 of the accompanying Drawing show respectively a side view
an end view and a plan of a closed scarf-ring to which our improved safety-joint is
applied; Figures 4. 5 and 6 are similar views with the parts of the scarf-ring
opened to an angle of about 90 degrees to one another; Figures 7, 8 and 9 show
respectively a side view an end view and a plan of one part of the scarf-ring
illustrated by the preceeding figures; Figures 10, 11 and 12 show respectively a
plan a side view and an end view of the other part of the said scarf-ring; and
Figure 13 shows a transverse section of the said scarf ring closed.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
a, a² are the parts forming the scarf-ring; b and b are respectively the socket
and spring of the suap but we do not confine ourselves to any particular form of
snap or fastener; c and c² are flat plates soldered or otherwise attached to the
parts a and a* of the scarf-ring and the said plates c, caro jointed together
face to face by means of a pin c which is passed through holes d, in the said
plates c, c².
To open the scarf-ring the spring 62 is removed from the socket b and the parts
a, a² of the said scarf-ring are moved in opposite directions in parallel planes
approximately at right angles to the axis of the pin e of the safety-joint.
An arrangement whereby the removal of the article without the knowledge of
the wearer is rendered improbable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
Tho improved safety-joint to be applied to bracelets, armlets, scarf-rings and
other like articles of personal adornment herein before described and illustrated in
the accompanying Drawing; that is to say, a joint for the purpose described con-
sisting essentially of two Hat plates securely joined with or attached to the parts
of such articles and pivotted together for the purpose and substantially as described
and illustrated.
Dated this 6th day of March 1886.