A New or Improved Puzzle Chain Fastening for Doors and Gates, and for Bracelets, Velocipedes, and for Trunks, Boxes, Purses, Keys, and for other purposes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 21st Oct., 1895-Accepted, 21st Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Puzzle Chain Fastening for Doors and Gates,
and for Bracelets, Velocipedes, and for Trunks, Boxes, Purses,
Keys, and for other purposes.
I, DAVID ISAAC MARCUSON, of 29B Hannington Villas, Summerhill Terrace,
in the City of Birmingham, Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed new or improved puzzle chain
fastening for securing doors and gates and for bracelets and necklets and for
securing velocipedes and vehicles, trunks, boxes, purses, bags, keys and for other
purposes.
I will first describe my said invention as constructed for securing the hasp to the
staple of a door or gate. Fixed to the staple plate I provide two short chains one
of which is made with a ring at its outer end through which ring the other chain
is threaded this second chain being also made with a ring at its outer end which
will not pass through the ring of the first said chain. I provide also another short
chain at each end of which there is an oval or elongated link which oval or.
elongated links are respectively threaded on to the two first said chains and they
are also made long enough for the said rings to pass through them.
The puzzle chain fastening above described is used as follows:-When the hasp
has been turned down for the staple to pass through it one end of the third said
chain is as above described unfastened from the first chain and is threaded through
the staple and then is passed through that ring through which the first chain also,
passes and then the ring on the end of the first chain and the chain itself are
threaded through the oblong link on the end of the third chain and the latter is
drawn through the ring of the second chain so that the third chain is now secured
and cannot be withdrawn from the staple until one of its ends has been unthreaded
from either the first or second chain which is effected by first threading the oblong
link at one end of the third chain through the ring on the second chain and then
drawing the first chain through this oblong link which latter can then be withdrawn
back out of the link on the second chain and then as one end of the third chain
will be free it can be withdrawn out of the staple so that the hasp can be lifted.
Instead of my improved puzzle chain fastening being used with a hasp and staple
as above described my said invention can be similarly used with a ring loop or
other part which is required to be secured, what I have called the third chain
being passed through the said ring or loop or round the part or article which is
required. to be fastened.
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When my invention is applied for securing bracelets or the like the ends of the
first and second chain are or may be respectively fixed to the bracelet at the sides
of the opening and the latter has two loops through which the third chain is ..
threaded and the end secured by the first and second chains as stated above.
What I have described as the first and second chains may in reality be one
chain made with one of the rings at each end.
My invention can also be used as a key chain the keys being threaded on to
what I have called the third chain, the ends of which are connected together by
what I have called the first and second chain which in this case would be made as

page_text: one chain threaded through the oval links on the said chain on which as stated
above, the keys are threaded.
Dated this 19th day of January 1895.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Puzzle Chain Fastening for Doors and Gates,
and for Bracelets, Velocipedes; and for Trunks, Boxes, Purses,
Keys, and for other purposes.
I, DAVID ISAAC MARCUSON, of 298, Hannington Villas, Summerhill Terrace,
in the City of Birmingham, 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 consists of the hereindescribed new or improved puzzle chain
fastening for securing doors and gates and for bracelets and necklets and for
securing velocipedes and vehicles, trunks, boxes, purses, bags, keys and for other
purposes.
My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings on which Figs. 1,
and 3 shew my invention applied to securing a hasp to a staple; Figs. 4, 5 and
illustrate my invention constructed as a key-chain; and Fig. 7. 'illustrates my
invention in the form of another kind of key-chain.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawings.
I will first describe my said invention for securing a hasp to the staple of a door
or gate and I will refer to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 on which the staple is marked A but
the hasp is not shewn. Fixed to the staple plate B I provide two short chains
marked respectively C and D one of which namely that marked C is made with a
ring E at its outer end through which ring the other chain D is threaded this
second chain D being also made with a ring F at its outer end which will not pass
through the ring E of the first mentioned chain C. I provide also another short
chain G at each end of which there is an oval or elongated link which oval or
elongated links are respectively marked H and I and they are threaded on to the
chains C and D see Fig. 3 and they are also made long enough for the rings E
and F to pass through them.
The puzzle chain fastening above described is used as follows:-I will suppose
the link H of the chain G is disconnected from the chain D as shewn in Fig. 1
and the chain G is also unthreaded from the staple A. When the hasp has been
turned down for the staple to pass through it the end link H of the chain G is
threaded through the staple as in Fig. 1 (in front of the hasp) and then is passed
through the ring E through which the chain D also passes (see Fig. 2) and then
the ring F on the end of the chain D and the chain D itself are threaded through
the oblong link H on the end of the third chain G (as in Fig. 2) and the latter is
drawn through the ring E of the chain C as shewn in Fig. 3 so that the third
chain G is now secured to the staple A and cannot be withdrawn therefrom until
its end H has been unthreaded from the chain D which is effected by first threading
the oblong link H through the-ring E on the chain C and then drawing the chain D
through this oblong link H as in Fig. 2 so that the latter can now be withdrawn
back out of the link E on the chain C and then as one end of the chain G will be
free as in Fig. 1 it can be withdrawn out of the staple A so that the.hasp can be
lifted.
Instead of my improved puzzle chain fastening being used with a hasp and staple
as above described my said invention can be similarly used with a ring loop or

page_text: other part which is required to be secured what I have called the third chain G
being passed through the said ring or loop or round the part or article which is
required to be fastened.
When my invention is applied for securing bracelets or the like the ends of the
first and second chain C and D are or may be respectively fixed to the bracelet at.
the sides of the opening and the latter has two loops through which the third
chain G is threaded and the ends of this chain G are secured by the first and second
chains C and D as stated above.
What I have described as the first and second chains C and D may in reality be
one chain J as shewn in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 made with the ring E at one end and the
ring F at the other end.
When my invention is used as a key chain the keys are as shewn in Figs. 4
and 5 threaded on to what I have called the third chain G, the oblong end links H
and I of which are connected together by the chain J which answers to the two
chains C and D and which is threaded through the oval links H and I and secured
as shewn in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 and as above described with reference to Figs. 1, 2-
and 3.
The key chain G may if desired have a safety chain K fixed to it as shewn in:
Fig. 7 for fixing the keys to the wearer.
The device shewn by Figs. 4, 5 and 6 can be used for fastening a door or gate
or a bag or the lid of a trunk or box which has an ordinary hasp and staple. After
the hasp has been turned on to the staple the end of the chain G (see Fig. 6) has.
to be threaded through the staple and then secured to the other chain J as.
above described and shewn in Fig. 4. The rings E and F must be so large
that they will not pass through the staple. The said device can also be
similarly used for securing the flap of a well known kind of bag or purse which has
an ordinary metal loop or eye fixed to the front of it and which passes through a.
hole in the flap when the bag or purse is closed. In applying my invention for
fastening a bag or purse of this kind one end of the chain G is threaded through
the said eye or loop of the bag or purse and then secured to the other chain J as.
above described and shewn by Figure 4.
When applying my said invention for securing a velocipede, one end of the
chain G (see Fig. 6) is threaded through one of the wheels and passed round part
of the frame and then secured to the other chain J as above described and shewn.
by Fig. 4.
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. The combination of the two chains G and J constructed and adapted for use-
together so as to form a puzzle chain fastening for doors and gates and for bracelets-
velocipedes trunks boxes purses keys and for other purposes substantially as
hereindescribed and illustrated by the Figs. 4 5 and 6 of the accompanying
drawings.
2. The combination with a staple and staple plate of the three chains C D
and G constructed and adapted for use with the staple so as together to form a.
puzzle chain fastening substantially as described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3.
of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of October 1895.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.