IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACELETS AND SCARF-RINGS
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Allsop, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Stamper and Piercer, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACELETS
AND SCARF-RINGS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Allsop at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th November 1881.
HENRY ALLSOP, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Stamper (and
Piercer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACELETS AND SCARF RINGS."
This Invention refers, firstly, to an improved spring action for opening the parts
of band bracelets and rings; and, secondly, to improved forms for such bracelets
and rings.
The spring action is as follows:-Upon one part of the bracelet inside the band
is fixed a plate spring, turned up to pass freely over the hinge joint and bear with
its beak upon the inside of the corresponding part, so that by applying pressure to
the push piece upon the snap the parts of the bracelet fly open. The push piece
is made convex and smooth on the top instead of angular to avoid accidental
opening of the parts. My Invention also refers to improved forms for bracelets
and scarf rings by making the parts gauntlet shape, and either with single
points or double ones, and to close the gap formed in turning over the roll
edge at the points and fill them in solid when necessary or insert a small plug to
complete the point.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Henry Allsop in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd May
1882.
HENRY ALLSOP, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Stamper and
Piercer. IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACELETS AND SCARF RINGS."
"
This Invention refers, firstly, to an improved spring action for opening the
parts of band bracelets and rings; and, secondly, to improved forms for such
bracelets and rings.
The spring action is as follows:-Upon one part of the bracelet inside the band
is fixed a plate spring, turned up to pass freely over the hinge joints and bear with
its beak upon the inside of the corresponding part, so that by applying pressure
to the push piece upon the snap the parts of the bracelet fly open. The push
piece is made convex and smooth on the top instead of angular to.avoid accidental
opening of the parts.
My Invention also refers to improved forms for bracelets and scarf rings by
making the parts gauntlet shape, and either with single points or double ones, and
to close the gap formed in turning over the roll edges at the points I fill them in
solid when necessary or insert a small plug to complete the point. Referring to
the Drawings, Figure 1 shews an inside view of a band bracelet open and formed in
two parts A, B, hinged together as at C and with beaded edges D, D; E is a spring
of plate metal, slightly convex in the direction of its length to admit of its being
sprung into the part A and held in position by the beaded edges D, D; the part F
of this spring is curved in its cross section to pass over the hinge c and bear upon
the inside of the part B; thus the spring keeps the parts open until they are closed
by hand and fastened to the snap G (Figure 2), which snap is formed in similar
manner to the spring E, and is similarly sprung in between the_beaded_edges_of_
the band; this snap piece has a small half round headed push piece H rivetted
through it, and the head of this push piece is cut across like a screw head to admit
of the thumb nail being used to depress the snap in releasing the parts.
Figures 3 and 4 shew my improved forms of gauntlet bracelet with beaded edges,
the hinge joint being at I and the snap action at K, and the two parts being sprung
open and closed, as already described.
Figure 5 shews an inside view of a band scarf ring made upon the same plan as
the bracelet, Figure 1, but with one end L of the spring piece turned up into a point
to pierce the scarf and prevent the slipping of the ring; Figure 6 shews the snap
end of the same ring.
Figure 7 shews the cross sectional forms of the snap and springs.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I do not claim the mode of fixing the springs
and snaps by springing them in between the beaded edges of the band, as that
mode of securing them has been before in use, but that which I claim is the
improvement in the manufacture of bracelets and scarf rings by the employment
of a plate spring at the joint, the convex headed push piece on the snap, together
with the improved gauntlet forms of bracelets and scarf rings, substantially as
herein more fully set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Allsop, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Second day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty two.
HENRY ALLSOP. (L.S.)