AN IMPROVED WATCH PROTECTOR
Year: 1885

page_text: We GEORGE WILLIAM HARDING and THOMAS HARDING of Augusta Street
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Jewellers do hereby declare the nature
of the said invention for AN IMPROVED WATCH PROTECTOR to be as follows:-
This invention refers to an improved appliance attached to a watch guard for
the purpose of preventing the surreptitious abstraction of the watch from the
pocket. It consists of a small flat case of metal of any kind within which is a.
double armed or looped spindle having at the upper end of each arm a ring-the
lower or looped end of the spindle engages in small slotted cranked lugs which
pass each through its own side of the case and are formed of one piece with two
or more grapnels or prongs which being bent at right angles with the lugs before
named lie, when not in action flat on the sides of the case and are kept in or
returned to that position by a small spring governing the looped spindle the.
watch bow being inserted between the arms of this spindle the swivel on the guard
is put through the two rings on the upper ends of the spindle, and the appliance is
attached and ready for use-A pull upon the guard draws out the spindle com-
pressing the spring and throws out the grapnels which are forced into the pocket
lining and thus prevent the watch from being abstracted.
PAYNE & TALBOT,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We GEORGE WILLIAM HARDING and THOMAS HARDING of Augusta Street
Birmingham in the county of Warwick Jewellers do hereby declare the nature
of our said invention for AN IMPROVED WATCH PROTECTOR and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying drawings
and to the letters and figures marked thereon:-
This invention refers to an improved appliance attached to a watch guard for
the purpose of preventing the surreptitious abstraction of the watch from the
pocket. It consists of a small flat or other shaped case of metal of any kind
within which is a double armed or looped spindle having at the upper end of each
arm a ring, the lower or looped end of the spindle engages in small slotted
cranked lugs which pass each through its own side of the case and are formed of
one piece with two or more grapnels or prongs which being bent at right angles
with the lugs before named lie when not in action flat on the sides of the case and
are kept in or returned to that position by a small spring governing the looped
spindle. The watch bow being inserted between the arms of this spindle the
swivel on the guard is put through the two rings on the upper ends of the spindle
and thus the appliance is attached and ready for use. A pull upon the guard
draws out the spindle compressing the spring and throws out the grapnels
which are forced into the pocket lining and thus prevent the watch from being
abstracted.
The protector may also be made with a double action cranked by two inde-
pendent spindles and springs the double action being found more suitable for
keyless watches.
"
This double action protector may if desired be jointed at bottom to facilitate the
attaching of it within the bow of the watch."
A special advantage claimed for these arrangements of watch protectors is that
the case is contained within the bow of the watch.
B.
Referring to the accompanying drawings. Fig. 1 represents the improved watch
protector attached to the bow of the watch.
Fig. 2 a side view of the same with the grapnels or prongs (a) and the rings (b)
attached to the swivel of the guard (c) and shewing the prongs (a) thrown out.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the protector and Fig. 4 a side view of the same.
Fig. 5 shews the parts which form the action (a) is the prongs (d) is the double
armed or looped spindle the upper portion of which (d) is bent over to form the
loops (d) to which are attached the rings (b).
Fig. 6 shews one of the small cranked lugs with the slot (e) through.which the
arm of the spindle (d) passes and having upon it the prongs or grapnels (a)
(f) is the spring which governs the looped spindle and brings the prongs (a) into
position again after they have been forced out by a pull upon the guard.
Fig. 7. is a section illustrating the double action cranked by two indepen-
dent spindles (g) and springs (f') such as may be used for keyless watches.
This

page_text: form of protector may be made in two separate parts hinged together as shewn
at (h).
Fig. 8 shews the double spindle and a double spring formed of a continuous
piece of coil (2) which may be used instead of a single spring.
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
1st An improved watch protector consisting of a small case constructed so as to
fit within the bow of the watch for the purpose of containing the mechanism for
throwing out prongs to catch into the sides of the pocket.
2nd The arrangement of springs and prongs within the said cases substantially
as herein set forth and illustrated.