Means and Apparatus for Instantly Detecting the Surreptitious Removal of Goods of any description from Counters, Shelves, Cases, or any Place whatsoever.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sent., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 10th June, 1895-Accepted, 27th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Means and Apparatus for Instantly Detecting the Surreptitious
Removal of Goods of any description from Counters, Shelves,
Cases, or any Place whatsoever.
I, FREDERICK ALBERT NEWEY of 18, Layerthorpe, York, England, Chemist,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The
A bar of wood, which may be of any length, width, or thickness, and having an
upper surface or visible part either round, flat, or any other pattern so as to
correspond with fittings or furniture about it, and polished, stained, or coated, with
brass or other material so as to render it adaptable for the required place.
under or invisible part has one small groove running along near the back, herein
called the "back groove," and another larger one in or near the centre of bar of
wood, herein called the "central groove," and is divided from the "back groove."
The front of bar of wood is slightly cut away so as to stand raised above or clear
of the surface on which the whole apparatus stands and is herein called the
"raised front." The "central groove" contains an axis of steel or other metal,
whereon are threaded spring wire coils made of German silver or brass, and this
axis is secured in the "central groove at such distances as necessary. One end
of each spring coil is attached to a German silver, copper, or brass wire running
in "back groove" by being wrapped round it and pressed into a cut or minute
groove at right angles; the other or loose end of spiral coil is formed into a hook
or left as a plain wire projecting out from bar of wood and passes under the "raised
front which is faced underneath with German silver or brass or copper; the ends
of the last named facing of "raised front" and the wire running in "back groove
are connected with a battery and bell. The terminals or projecting wires have
goods placed or hung upon them, and these on being removed, by releasing spring
coils, bring electrodes, i.e. wire of "back groove" and facing of "raised front" into
contact, ring the bell."
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Dated this Seventh day of September 1894.
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Means and Apparatus for Instantly Detecting the Surreptitious
Removal of Goods of any description from Counters, Shelves,
Cases, or any Place whatsoever.
I FREDERICK ALBERT NEWEY, of 18 Layerthorpe, York, England, Chemist,
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 has for its object to give warning of the surreptitious removal of
any article or goods from counters shelves and the like.

page_text: And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood, I will
now proceed to describe the same with reference to the sheet of drawings
accompanying this Specification, in which
Fig. 1 shews a view of the under side of my apparatus detached:
Fig. 2 inverted section through line A B Fig. 1:
Fig. 3 sectional elevation of a portion of a counter with my apparatus adapted
thereunder :
Fig. 4 sectional elevation of a portion of a counter with my apparatus adapted
thereon.
The same letters of reference are employed to denote the same parts in all the
views.
a shews a block of wood or other suitable material, provided with grooves b, c, d.
e shews a rod of metal fixed in the groove c: f and i are metal strips or wires
connected by the wire h to the strip g. In the groove d is another wire k insulated
from the strip g.
The wire or strip fand i is connected to one pole of a battery
and the wire k to the opposite pole, an electric bell being in the circuit, l, m, n, o,
are spiral springs coiled round the rod e. One end of these springs is in connection
with the wire k and the other end may be either hooked as shewn at Fig. 2 (to
hook goods on to) or it may be straight or bent upwards as shewn dotted in
the same view:-shewn also at Fig. 3. Fig. 2 shews screw heads for
keeping the block a raised
60 8 to allow of the action of the spring
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ends l, m, n, o.
The action is as follows:-
The free ends of the spring ends l, m, n, o are brought so as to extend
beyond the block of wood a as shewn at Fig. 4. (also dotted in Fig. 2) and
brought so as to slightly protrude through the counter or shelf, as shewn at Fig. 3,
or through the back of the case, as shewn at Fig. 5, or such ends are hooked, as
shewn in full lines at Fig. 2.
Now it will be seen that when the straight, hooked or otherwise bent ends are
depressed by the weight of an article which has been placed or hooked thereon,
as shewn in Fig. 3 where a mug is placed on, and at Fig. 5 where a bottle is
placed against, to illustrate this, the end of the spring is kept away from either
the wire i, strip for strip g thus breaking the electric circuit: but when the mug
or bottle (for example) is removed, the end of the spring on or against which it
has been resting will be released, and come against either the wire i or the strip f
or strip g thus completing the electric circuit, and causing an electric bell (for the
purpose) to ring and give warning that an article is being moved.
Although I have described the apparatus as being made separately, I may of
course fit the arrangement direct on to a counter shelf or the like: or underneath
or behind the same.
I have shewn four spring ends l, m, n, o, but I may of course have any number
of such ends, according to the number of articles which I wish to protect from
surreptitious removal, and I may also have a switch or any number of switches, to
switch off one or more of such spring ends, as may be desired.
I need only have one of the strips g or wires i or strip f when I only require to
place the articles on one side of my apparatus.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. Means and apparatus for instantly detecting the surreptitious removal of goods
from counters, shelves cases and the like, substantially as herein before described
and represented on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
2. The means, as provided by the apparatus herein before described, whereby
the electrodes of a battery are brought to goods, placed on counters, shelves,

page_text: cases and the like, so that when such goods are removed the electric circuit
is completed, substantially as bereinbefore described, and for the purposes set
forth.
Dated this Tenth day of June 1805
BROWNE & Co.,
9 Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, London, Agents for the Applicant.