IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACELETS OR OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, ERNEST JONES, of 368 Holloway Road, in the County of Middlesex, Jeweller,
do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACELETS
OR OTHER LIKE ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in bracelets and other like
articles, and consists in an extension of that part of my patent No 5194,. A.D. 1882,
with reference to the application of a protector or guard in connection with a snap
.fastening.
In Fig 8 Sheet 2 of the drawings annexed thereto, and in the description thereof,
the spring portion to form the spring or catch was made out of the base, and bent
over. Now, according to my present improvements, I form this snap out of the
base, but do not turn it over as set forth in my former patent.
By cutting in the base, or protector, a _ shape, that part can be raised to an
angle, so as to form the spring, catch or snap, answering the purposes required of
.it in a better and more reliable way than heretofore.
The said bracelet or its snap can be provided with an extension or tongue so as
to work in the opposite half of the bracelet, and may be a plain strip of metal with
a T piece at the end or it may be of a
shape with a projection or
guide on the opposite half, working between or at the sides of the protector or
guard, so as to guide the same effectually into the one half; or, in some cases two
strips may be used in combination with the said fastening, and either connected
thereto, or to the bracelet.
In some cases where the snap is made out of the protector, as in my former
patent, the same can be advantageously used in combination with a
piece working in the opposite half of the bracelet.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Patent Agents,
22, Southampton Buildings, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, ERNEST JONES, of 368 Holloway Road, in the County of Middlesex, Jeweller,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACELETS
OR OTHER LIKE ARTICLES," 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 improvements in bracelets and other like
articles, and consists in an extension of that part of iny Patent, No 5194,
A.D. 1882, which has reference to the application of a protector or guard in
connection with a snap fastening.
In Figure 8, Sheet 2, of the Drawings annexed to the Specification filed in
pursuance of the above Patent, the snap is shewn as produced by cutting a slot,
twice returned towards the adjoining half-bracelet, in the base, and turning the
projection backwards to form the snap.
Now, according to my present improvements, I form my snap-fastening out of
the base, but do not turn it over as described in my former Patent; snap, base and,
sometimes, protector being all formed out of one piece of metal instead of the base
and protector being rivetted or soldered together.
In order that my present invention, and the means of putting the same into
_successful operation, may be thoroughly understood, I will now describe the same
in detail, referring, in so doing, to the accompanying Drawings, which-are-to-be-
taken as part of this Specification and read therewith, and in which like parts are
marked with the same reference letter.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of part of an open bracelet fitted with my
improved fastening. Figure 2 is a perspective view of an open bracelet fitted with
my improved fastening, and Figure 3 is the same bracelet closed-Figure 4 is an
inverted plan of my improved fastening, and Figures 5 and 6, modifications thereof.
A, A¹ are the respective halves of the bracelet, and B, a strip of metal, of suitable
thickness and hardness for the purposes of my invention, fastened to one half, A.
This strip comprises two parts, the base C of the fastening, out of which is formed
the snap D; and the protector E-In Figures 1, 2 and 3, the protector is shewn as
a parallel strip with a slot, e¹, formed in it, and working through an opening F,
of a proper sectional area to admit the base C, formed at the end of the half
bracelet A', out of the end bar A. I form a small tongue, e³, which enters the
slot el, and prevents the total withdrawal of the guard from the opening F. This
opening also serves as a guide in closing the bracelet properly, by preventing the
protector and base from being pushed to one side in the act of snapping the
bracelet.
In making the protector, I do not confine myself to the exact type described
above Figure 5 illustrates a modification. Instead of forming a slot in the
protector and using a stop-pin or tongue, I make it T shape, the cross piece, e³,
being longer than the width of the opening F, and therefore serving to prevent the
protector from being drawn quite out of the said opening.
Figure 6 illustrates a second modification of the protector, consisting of two
strips or wires, e, c', of any suitable section, formed as elongations of the base C,
or attached direct to the bracelet end A. Their complete withdrawal from the
opening F is prevented by a cross piece, e, or by their ends being turned outwards,
as indicated by the dotted lines e eº.
D is the snap, formed out of the base C by cutting the slot b, and raising the
snap to an angle sufficient to make it act as a spring-snap-A push piece B', is
carried by the snap D, and enters the notch B2 when the bracelet is closed-

page_text: Pressure upon this push pieco releases the snap from the top edge, F¹, of the
opening F, behind which it is retained whilst the bracelet is closed.
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,
•
In a snap bracelet or other similar article closing with a snap, the production of
the snap D out of the base C by cutting the alot b therein and raising the front
edge of said snap substantially as described with reference to the accompanying
drawings, instead of cutting a slot in the reverse direction in the base, and bending
back the peninsular shaped piece so produced, to form the snap, as illustrated in
Figure 8, Sheet 2, of my former Patent, No 5094, A.D. 1882.
Dated this 7th day of January 1880.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Patent Agents,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lanc,
Agents for the Applicant.