IMPROVEMENTS IN JOINTS OR HINGES FOR JEWELLERY AND OTHER ARTICLES HAVING OR ADMITTING OF METAL JOINTS OR HINGES; ALSO FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANNER OR MEANS OF SUSPENDING SUCH ARTICLES BY OR WITH SUCH JOINTS OR HINGES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Hair Haseler, Jeweller, of 42, Vyse Street,
Birmingham, Warwickshire, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
JOINTS OR HINGES FOR JEWELLERY AND OTHER ARTICLES HAVING OR ADMITTING
OF METAL JOINTS OR HINGES; ALSO FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANNER OR
MEANS OF SUSPENDING SUCH ARTICLES BY OR WITH SUCH JOINTS OR HINGES."
Sealed the 14th May 1861, and dated the 5th March 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Hair Haseler
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the.
5th March 1861.
I, WILLIAM HAIR HASELER, Jeweller, of 42, Vyse Street, Birmingham,
Warwickshire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN JOINTS OR HINGES FOR JEWELLERY AND OTHER ARTICLES HAVING OR
ADMITTING OF METAL JOINTS OR HINGES; ALSO FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANNER
OR MEANS OF SUSPENDING SUCH ARTICLES BY OR WITH SUCH JOINTS OR HINGES," to
be as follows:
My Invention consists of two or more rings or pieces of metal of any shape
being fastened together with a hollow or tube rivet, after the manner of a
common eyelet hole, but allowing the parts to revolve one upon another, which
rings or pieces being soldered or otherwise attached to the seperate parts of

page_text: lockets, brooches, watch cases, boxes, or any other articles, will form the
joints or hinges or suspenders, either seperately or combined.
I also claim to use the same principle in the construction of rings, split
rings, swivels, chains, or other articles to which the same may be applicable.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Hair Haseler in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 5th September 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
HAIR HASELER, Jeweller, of 42, Vyse Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, England, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
William Hair Haseler, Her special licence that I, the said William Hair
Haseler, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Hair Haseler, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN JOINTS OR HINGES FOR JEWELLERY AND OTHER ARTICLES HAVING OR
ADMITTING OF METAL JOINTS OR HINGES; ALSO FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANNER
OR MEANS OF SUSPENDING SUCH ARTICLES BY OR WITH SUCH JOINTS OR HINGES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Hair Haseler,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascer-
tain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Hair Haseler, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, 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 Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-

page_text: My Invention of improvements in joints or hinges for jewellery and other
articles consists, in the first place, in making such joints or hinges of two or
more rings or pieces of metal of any suitable shape, and attached, secured, or
connected together by means of a tube or hollow rivet, constructed somewhat
in the manner of a common eyelet hole. The connection thus formed is
arranged in such a manner that the several parts may move or revolve one
upon the other. The rings or pieces of which the hinge or joint is composed
are soldered or otherwise attached to the separate parts of lockets, brooches,
boxes, watch cases, or any other articles, and with the tubular or hollow rivet
will form the joints or hinges, and the means of suspending such articles by
or with such joints or hinges.
"The same principle of construction may be used in the manufacture of split.
rings, swivels, chains, or other articles to which the same may be applicable.
My Invention is not only applicable to a great variety of articles, but is
also susceptible of considerable diversity in form, and therefore in the accom-
panying Drawing I have shewn various views of different forms of joints or
hinges as applied to various kinds of articles.
Fig. 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2, an edge view, drawn upon an enlarged
scale of a locket provided with my improved hinge or joint. a, a' are the
two halves of the locket case, to the top of each of which is soldered a plano-
convex ring b, b', one of which is shewn detached in side and edge view at
Fig. 1. It will be seen that by placing two of these rings with their flat
faces together a perfect ring having a circular section will be produced.
These parts are connected and secured together by means of a tubular rivet c,
sbewn detached in edge and side views at Fig. 2. This rivet, is passed
through the two halves 6 and 6' of the joint, and is upset at both ends, so as
to hold the two parts together, as shewn in the two views, Figs. 3. The
locket is suspended from a ring d, which passes through the hollow rivet c,
as shewn in Figures 1 and 2. It will now be seen that the two parts 6 and 6'
are capable of moving on each other, but are prevented by the upset tubular
rivet c from coming apart.
Fig. 4 is a locket watch key, constructed upon precisely the same principle,
except that instead of the ring d an ordinary watch key loop e is passed
through the tubular rivet. The body of the watch key is, of course, capable
of opening on its joint or hinge precisely like the locket.
Fig. 5 is a side view, and Fig. 6, an edge view, of a locket, which may, be
considered a modification of Figures 1 and 2. In Figures 5 and 6 there are
not only two sides a, a', to the case, but also a central piece a², which is
secured to a central piece 6 of the hinge or joint. The three parts b, b', b²,

page_text: are secured together by the tubular rivet c, and the several parts act precisely
in the same manner as in Figures 1, 2, and 4.
Fig. 7 is a front view, and Fig. 7ª, an edge view, of a watch provided with
a joint and pendant, constructed according to the plan shewn at Figures 5
and 6. a is the glass frame of the watch; a', the back; and a², the inner
case or body of the watch, the several parts being respectively attached to the
parts b, b', and 63 of the hinge or joint, as seen in Figures 5 and 6.
Fig. 8 represents another modification, the only difference being that
in Fig. 8 the hinge pieces b, b', are soldered to the halves a, a¹, of the
case in the same plane, instead of at right angles thereto, as in the former
instances.
Figures 9 represent side and edge views of another modification, in which
one of the sides of the locket is attached to the parts b, b, of the hinge or
joint, and the other side of the locket is soldered to the central piece b¹. The
three parts b, b, and 6' when assembled together form a spherical hinge, and
these parts are secured together, as in the former instances, by a tubular rivet,
through which the suspending ring d passes; or this ring itself may be made
to hold the parts together.
Figures 10 represent side and edge views of a locket provided with a kind
of double hinge joint, the suspending ring or loop d being divided and made
to pass through and thereby secure the parts of the double hinge.
Figures 11 represent side and edge views of another form of double joint
which I denominate a crank joint. This joint is composed of a central piece e
which is common to both joints 1 and 2 of the crank. The parts 1, 1, are
secured to the side a¹ of the locket, and the parts 2 to the other part a² of the
locket. The parts 1 and 2 of the crank are secured to the central part e by
means of a tubular rivet c as in the former instances; a hole is made in the
upper part of the central piece e to receive the suspending ring d.
Figures 12 represent side and edge views of a locket in which the joint is
also a crank joint, and a modification of that shewn at Fig. 11. In Fig. 12
the joint is contained within the locket, which therefore presents a neater
appearance than in Fig. 11. The parts in this instance are connected together
by means of solid pins or rivets.
Figures 13 represent side and edge views of another modification. The
joint in this instance is not a crank joint, but a single split joint in which the
parts 1, 1, of the hinge are secured to the side a¹ of the locket, and the parts
2,2, are secured to the side a²; the parts 1, 1, and 2, 2, of the joint are con-
nected together and secured to the central piece e by means of a tubular or
hollow rivet, as in Figures 1, 2, 8 and 9.

page_text: Figures 14 and 14* represent side and front views of a breast pin with a
hollow spherical head provided with one of my improved joints or hinges. This
head being hollow is capable of opening on the hinge or joint, as seen at
Fig. 14, which represents the head wide open; a and a' are the two hemi-
spherical sides of the head, each being soldered to its hinge piece b.and b¹, as
in Figures 1 and 2. The head is secured by its joint to the central stem or
pin e by means of the hollow or tubular rivet c.
'
Figures 15 and 15° are two side views of another breast pin in which a
double joint or hinge similar to that shewn at Fig. 11 is employed.
Figures 16 and 16* are side and edge views of a watch hook constructed
according to my Invention. Fig. 16 shews the watch hook open, and the
dotted lines in the same Figure represent it as closed. The hook is split or
divided into two parts f and f¹, which, when brought together, fit upon each
other, as shewn at Fig. 16, and the upper ends of the parts f and flare
secured together by means of a tubular or hollow rivet c through which passes
the pendant or suspending ring d.
Fig. 17 represents a modification of Fig. 16. In this instance the hook is
made in the form of a split ring divided into two parts f and f', in both of
which an opening 3 is made to allow any article, such as the ring of a key or
the pendant of a watch to be put on the hook, when the two parts of the ring
are drawn apart as shown in the Figure. The spaces 3 (when the ring is
closed as indicated by dots) are filled by raised pieces f, which are left on the
divided halves of the ring. It will be seen that this ring opens in the same
manner as the locket shewn at Fig. 8.
Figures.18 and 18* represent side and edge views of another form of divided
ring which is divided into halves which open in the manner shewn at Fig. 6.
Openings are made in the two divided halves, as in Fig. 16, and these are
filled by the raised pieces fs, when the ring is closed, as indicated by the dotted
lines.
Figures 19 and 19 represent edge and side views of another form of split.
ring. In this case each of the. halves of the ring carries an arm g, g', which
projects inwards towards the centre, and these arms are connected together
at their extremities by means of a tubular or hollow rivet c, as in the other
instances. When it is required to open the ring the one half is moved on
the other until the two openings in the half rings are brought into coincidence
as shewn at Fig. 196. The article to be suspended on the ring is then put on,
and the openings closed by turning round the rings on their central stud.
Fig. 20 is another form of pendant ring or swivel in which a solid moveable
ring his held in a fixed ring i which partially envelopes it, and which is

page_text: secured to the boss j which carries the pendant d. Openings are inade through
the two rings h and i, as shewn at f (Fig. 20), but when it is desired to close
the opening this is effected by moving round the ring h until its notch or
opening f is brought under the boss j, as seen at Fig. 20.
Fig. 21 is a modification of Fig. 20, the only difference being that the
pendant of the boss is divided, and a small pin 4 is inserted in the moveable
ring so as to prevent it from. being moved too far in either direction.
Figures 22 and 22ª represent side and sectional views of another modifica-
tion. In this instance the ring his enclosed within a tubular ring j, and is
moved therein by means of a pin 4 which works in a slot cut in the ring j.
These two parts are held together by means of a tubular or hollow rivet or
ring i, as in the lockets. The pendant ring d is prevented from coming off by
two pins 5, 5, which are fixed in the ring j.
Figures 23 and 23ª represent side and plan views of a piece of chain con-
structed according to my Invention, the several parts being connected together
by means of tubular or hollow rivets c, c, which may (as is shewn in the
Figure) be attached to one of the links of the chain, while the fellow link is
provided with a corresponding piece which forms a tongue, so that when the
two parts are brought together (and the tubular part c is upset at the ends
and thereby rivetted) the parts will be firmly secured together.
Figures 24 and 24ª represent another form of chain. In this instance the
links are connected together by tubular rivets as in the other instance, but the
links are of different form, and the tubular rivets do not form part of the link,
but simply hold the parts together.
Fig. 25 is an edge view of part of a brooch with my improved joint adapted
thereto to hold the pin or tongue e. The end of the tongue is jammed into a
tube made by folding up a piece of metal that has been pressed out in the
form shewn in Fig. 26. This blank when doubled up assumes the form shewn
in side elevation and end view at Fig. 27. The blank for the hinge joint for
the tongue is shewn at Figures 28, and when doubled up assumes the form
represented in side and end view at Figures 29. This hinge piece k (Fig. 29)
is soldered on the back of the brooch, as seen in Fig. 25, and the part 1 of
the tongue piece, Fig. 27, is inserted between the jaws of the piece k, and
is secured therein by means of a tubular rivet c.
Fig. 30 is a fastening for the pointed end of the tongue; this fastening
consists of two rings m and m³, one of which is moveable and the other is
fixed or soldered to the back of the brooch. The moveable one m is provided
with a pin or stud 4 whereby it can be moved so as to bring the opening ƒ³
round to a corresponding opening in the fixed ring. The two rings m and m¹

page_text: are held together by means of a tubular rivet c. The fastening is shewn in an
open and closed position in Figures 31 and 31°.
Fig. 32 is a modification of the above. In this instance there is an outer
and an inner ring m and m³, both of which are cut at a certain part so as to
allow the pin or a tongue e of the brooch being inserted. The outer ring m
is soldered to the back of the brooch, and the inner or moveable ring m¹ is
provided with a pin or stud 4 whereby it may be moved therein. Fig. 32"
represents the joint or fastening as open, and Fig. 32b as closed; Figures 33,
33 and 33 represent a similar fastening made out of sheet metal; Fig. 33b
shews the form of a blank piece of sheet metal prepared ready for being rolled
up in the form of a ring to form the fixed part m, which is to be soldered to
the back of the brooch.
Having now described my Invention of "improvements in joints or hinges
for jewellery and other articles having or admitting of metal joints or hinges,
also for improvements in the manner or means of suspending such articles by
or with such joints or hinges, and having explained the manner of carrying
the same into effect, I claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters Patent
as aforesaid, the mode or modes herein set forth of constructing the joints and
hinges of lockets, rings, pins, brooches, chains, watches, and other articles to
which the same may be applicable.
I claim particularly connecting the several parts together by means of
eyelets or tubular or hollow rivets, so that the articles to which they may be
applied may be suspended therefrom, if desired, as herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Hair Haseler, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
WILLIAM HAIR HASELER. (L.S.)