Attachments, and other similar Articles of Jewellery.
Year: 1886

page_text: Attachments, and other similar Articles of Jewellery.
I FREDERIC EDWARD HOLLYER Stanley Villa Hamilton Road Brentford
Middlesex, Jeweller, 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 a peculiar construction and arrangement of fastening
suitable for bracelets necklets brooch attachments and other similar articles of
jewellery, whereby perfect security combined with neatness is obtained in addition
to which the improved fastening cannot become accidentally opened or lost as the
fastenings heretofore employed.
For the purpose of description I will proceed to shew in what manner my
fastening is constructed with regard to a bracelet.
I take gold silver or any other suitable material from which I form an ornament
of any desired shape or pattern as shewn in elevation A Fig. 1. under which is
fixed a stud B. On one side of this stud is soldered or otherwise affixed a tube or
wire (but by preference a tube C. with the seam inside unsoldered) of sufficient
length to encircle the arm the loose end of this tube is split and the ends formed
into a claw as shewn on plan Fig. 2. open and Fig. 3. closed the fork thus formed is
made to spring open in order to admit stud B. Fig. 1. so that it can be closed on
the stud in groove D. Fig. 1. by means of a sliding ring E. Fig. 2. this ring
is tapped with a thread' inside so that when slid up the fork it is prevented from
slipping back by giving it a few turns on a screw prepared for that purpose inside
the bracelet at the end of slit is a small stop to prevent the sliding ring dropping
too far round and on the fixed end of bracelet is soldered a ring to correspond with
the sliding ring when closed. Figs. 4. and 5. shew the bracelet open and Figs. 6.
and 7. shew it closed the stud is made either solid or hollow and of any shape best.
adapted to the ornament for which it is intended.
Instead of the screw on shoulder I sometimes swell out the sides of fork to
prevent ring E. Fig. 2. slipping out of place when closed as shewn in Fig. 8. Indopt
this system principally when the tube takes any other shape than round thereby
preventing the possibility of using a screw.

page_text: When the centre of a bracelet is required to be removed one of these fasten-
ings is supplied to either side instead of soldering one end as in beforementioned
description.
When this fastening is used for a necklet the tube encircling the arm is
dispensed with and the necklet substituted.
The fastening may be attached to any fittings (for the purpose of forming
combination articles) in a manner best adapted for the particular form of ornament
or design required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. A bracelet fastening consisting of a stud at one end and a split spring fork at
the other made to be closed on the stud by a sliding ring tapped with a thread
inside and screwing up to the shoulder or a sliding ring without the thread.
2. A fastening as described above for use as a necklet.
3. A fastening as described for bracelet suitable for use in making combination
articles of jewellery.
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