Improvements in or applicable to Cases, Trays, and the like for Holding Watches and similar articles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 15th Mar., 1893--Accepted, 29th Apr., 1893;
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Cases, Trays, and the like for
Holding Watches and similar articles.
I ALEXANDER BORGZINNER, of 8 Long Lane in the County of London,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention (a communication to
me from abroad by Franz Ulrich, of Pforzheim German Empire, Manufacturer).
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or applicable to cases, trays or the like:
such as used by jewellers, watchmakers, scientific instrument makers and others for
holding watches, pocket barometers and compasses and similar articles. Such.
articles have heretofore been held in or upon the cases trays or stands in or upon
which they were stored or carried by being inserted in a depression of the case or
the like or by a raised rim provided for their reception either with or without a
hook. These means are, however, insufficient securely to hold the watch &c. and
unless the latter is exactly of the size for which the depression or raised rim is
calculated it will be liable to slip to and fro in or upon the case stand or tray.
According to the present invention a spring clamp is provided in or upon the
case tray, or the like. This clamp preferably consists of a small plate or washer
from which rise two narrow bands of steel bent to a suitable shape. The washer
is secured by a screw or preferably by passing the steel bands through it and that
portion of the case &c. to which the clamp is to be secured and bending down at
the back the ends of the bands.
When, say a watch is placed in the case &c., its stem is slipped between the
two steel bands and securely held whatever the size of the watch may be.
Dated this 18th day of June 1892.
BERNHARD DUKES,
226, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Cases, Trays, and the like for
Holding Watches and similar articles.
I ALEXANDER BORGZINNER of 8, Long Lane, in. the County of London
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication to
me from abroad by Franz Ulrich of Pforzheim German Empire, Manufacturer)
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 improvements in or applicable to cases, trays, and the
like, such as used by jewellers, watchmakers, scientific instrument makers, and
others for holding watches, pocket barometers, and compasses and similar articles.
Such articles have heretofore been held in or upon the cases, trays, or stands, in or
upon which they were stored or carried by being inserted in a depression of the
case, tray, or stand; or by a raised rim provided thereupon for their reception
either with or without a hook. These means however are insufficient to securely
hold the watch or other article unless it is exactly of the size to fit the depression
or raised rim aforesaid.
In accordance with this invention a spring clamp is provided in or upon the case,
tray, stand, or the like and in this clamp the article is securely held as will herein-
after be described.

page_text: And in order that this my invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will now proceed to describe same with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which
Fig. 1. shews in elevation the spring clamp above alluded to. Fig. 2. shews the
same affixed to a watch case, and Fig. 3 shews how the watch is held by same.
The clamp according to this invention preferably consists of a small plate or
washer a from which rise two narrow bands b c of steel bent to a suitable shape to
form a clip.
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The washer a may be secured to the case, tray, or stand by means of a screw, or
by passing the steel bands b c through it and through the portion of the case to
which it is to be affixed, and then bending the ends of such bands down at the back
of the case.
When the watch is placed in the case as shewn in Fig. 3, its stem is slipped
between the two steel bands b and c and is securely held by them, whatever the
size of the watch may be, without liability of slipping to and fro as is the case at
present unless the watch exactly fits the depression or raised rim ordinarily
provided.
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.
In cases, trays, stands, and the like, such as used by jewellers, watchmakers,
scientific instrument makers, and others, the spring clamp hereinbefore described
and shewn in the accompanying drawings for the purpose of securely holding the
watch or other article placed therein; substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 15th day of March 1893.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.