A Device to Prevent Watch Snatching.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 16th Nov., 181-Accepted, 19th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Device to Prevent Watch Snatching.
I DAVID THOMAS LINK of 56 Weaver Street, Bethnal Green, in the County
of London, Musical String Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to a device to prevent watch snatching which can readily
be attached to the pocket of the vest or other garment and can as readily be
detached from such garment when so desired.
The device consists of a small ring secured to a metal plate or disc by means of
a swivel joint or the like. The metal plate or disc is provided with a cylindrical
pin or stem, screw threaded at its end over which screws a hemispherical or other
shaped nut.
The device is attached to the pocket of the garment by inserting the screwed
stem or pin through a hole or aperture in the material from inside the pocket to
the inside of the garment and screwing the mut on to the end protruding through
the inside of the garment.
When the device is fixed to the garment, the watch chain is passed through the
ring and is attached to the bow of the watch by means of the swivel or other
fastening at the end. The ring being too small to allow the watch to pass through,
it forms a secure attachment for the watch, which cannot be withdrawn from the
pocket by pulling or tugging at the chain as is usual in watch snatching. To
observe the time, or to withdraw the watch from the pocket for any other purpose,
it is necessary to insert the finger and thumb into the vest or other pocket and
draw out the watch in the ordinary manner, the chain then passing backwards
through the ring from the guard to the pocket.
Dated this 30th day of September 1891.
F. W. GOLBY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Device to Prevent Watch Snatching.
I DAVID THOMAS LINK of 56 Weaver Street, Bethnal Green, in the County
of London, Musical String Manufacturer, 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 device to prevent watch snatching which can readily
be attached to the pocket of the rest or other garment and can as readily be
detached from such garment when so desired.
In the accompanying drawings which are furnished in illustration of my
invention,
Figure 1 shews a partly sectional elevation of my device to prevent watch
Buatching,
Figure 2 is a plan of Figure 1, and
Figure 3 shews in elevation a modification of the invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures.
The device consists of a metal ring A secured to a metal plate or disc B by
means of a double joint, the construction and action of which will be fully explained
further on in this Specification.
Passing through the centre of the plate or disc B is a cylindrical pin or stem D
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page_text: brazed or otherwise rigidly affixed to the said plate or disc B. The ring A. is
secured by the pin E or is otherwise attached to the collar C so that the ring A
swivels on an axis at right angles to the cylindrical pin or stem D. The collar C
rotates on the upper end D' of the said cylindrical pin or stem D, the top D' being
burred over the collar C and the connection thus made. The joint so made provides
for a double motion of the ring A, viz. :-A swivelling motion on the pin E and a
rotating motion on the cylindrical stem D. The lower protruding end D³ of the
cylindrical stem D is screw threaded over which screws the hemispherical or other
shaped nut F.
The device is attached to the pocket of the garment by inserting the screwed
stem or pin D through a hole or aperture in the material from inside the pocket io
the inside of the garment nearest the body of the wearer and screwing the nut F
on to the end D' protruding through the inside of the garment.
When the device is fixed to the garment, the watch chain is passed through the
ring A and is then attached to the bow of the watch by the ordinary means
. provided for the purpose of securing the watch to the chain. The ring A being
too small to allow the watch to pass through, it forms a secure attachment for the
watch, which cannot be withdrawn from the pocket by pulling or tugging at the
chain as is usual in watch snatching. To observe the time, or to withdraw
the watch from the pocket for any other purpose, it is necessary to insert the finger
and thumb into the vest or other pocket and draw out the watch in the ordinary
manner, the chain then passing backwards through the ring A from the guard
to the pocket.
In the modification shewn in Figure 3, the lower end of the stem D instead of
being screw threaded as in Figure 1 is formed in the shape of a small ring D³.
This small ring D³ is passed through a hole or aperture in the garment and is
threaded over a bar or guard D, the end D³ of which screws off to allow the
ring D³ to be threaded on the bar or guard D. When the nut D' is screwed on,
the ring is prevented from passing off from the bar or guard D*.
I am aware that it has been already proposed to prevent watch snatching by the
use of a ring attached to a stem screwing into a nut on the inside of the garment,
but as the ring in this case could not rotate, it is obvious that the movements of the
wearer's body and the twisting of the watch chain would cause the nut to come off
and the device would then be no security whatever. I am also aware of the prior
use of a split ring on a stem passing through the garment, but as the ring could
not rotate, the twisting of the watch chain would tear the material of the garment
and the device would soon become useless for its purpose. It will therefore be
seen that the essential part of my invention consists in providing for the rotation
of the ring through which the watch chain passes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a device to prevent watch snatching wherein a ring is secured to a stem
screwing into a nut on the inside of the garment, the rotatable attachment of such
ring to the stem substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination of the various parts forming my improved device for
attachment to garments to prevent watch snatching therefrom substantially as
described, with reference to Figures 1 & 2 of the accompanying drawings.
3. The modification of my invention substantially as described and shewn in
Figure 3 of the accompanying drawings and for the purpose stated.
Dated this 16th day of November 1891.
F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.