A MUFF PROVIDED WITH POCKET AND SPRING FASTENING
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, JOHN IMRAY, of N° 28 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for "A MUFF PROVIDED WITH POCKET AND SPRING FASTENING"
to be as follows:-
According to this invention there is formed in the thickness of a muff, a pocket
or receptacle divided into compartments for holding various articles such as
handkerchiefs, money or visiting cards. The mouth of the pocket is surrounded by
a metal band to which is hinged a corresponding band forming the rim of a cover
or lid. On the side opposite the hinges there is a spring fastening securing the lid
by a catch or turnbucklo, on undoing which the lid can be opened, and in order to
facilitate its opening the hinges may be provided with springs tending to open the
lid when the fastening is undone. A convenient kind of fastening consists of a
T headed bolt mounted on the lid, having a knob by which it can be turned partly
round in opposition to a spring so as to pass through a slit in the rim of the
pocket. On letting go the knob, the spring causes the bolt to turn back so that
its T head lies across the slit, through which it cannot be withdrawn until it is
again turned partly round. Any known spring fastening, such as is used for
purses, hand bags and like articles, may be employed to fasten the lid, for example,
a small lever with its end formed as a latch hook may be mounted on the lid and
pressed by a spring so that on closing the lid the latch passes through a holo
in the rim, and the hook engages behind the rim; for opening the lid, the lever is
moved by pressing its outwardly projecting end so as to release the hook,

page_text: I, JOHN IMRAY of N° 28 Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for "A MUFF PROVIDED WITH POCKET AND SPRING FASTENING
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
According to this invention there is formed in the thickness of a muff a pocket
or receptaclo divided into compartments for holding various, articles such as
handkerchiefs, money or visiting cards. The mouth of the pocket is surrounded by
a metal band to which is hinged a corresponding band forming the rim of a cover
or lid. On the side opposite the hinges there is a spring fastening securing the lid
by a catch or turnbuckle, on undoing which the lid can be opened, and in order to
facilitate its opening the hinges may be provided with springs tending to open the
lid when the fastening is undone. A convenient kind of fastening consists of a
T headed bolt mounted on the lid having a knob by which it can be turned partly
round in opposition to a spring so as to pass through a slit in the rim of the
pocket. On letting go the knob, the spring causes the bolt to turn back so that
its T head lies across the slit, through which it cannot be withdrawn until it is
again turned partly round. Any known spring fastening, such as is used for
purses, hand bags and like articles, may be employed to fasten the lid, for example,
a small lever with its end formed as a latch hook may be mounted on the lid and
pressed by a spring so that on closing the lid the latch passes through a hole in the
rim, and the hook engages behind the rim; for opening the lid, the lover is moved
by pressing its outwardly projecting end so as to release the hook.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
:
Fig. 1 shews a front view of the before described construction of muff, the
pocket being open. Fig. 2 shews a cross section of the fastening, Fig. 3 a side
view of the same, Fig 4 a sectional plan, shewing the spiral spring, Fig. 5 a
soctional plan shewing the stops, Fig. 6 a section of a modified form of fastening,
and Figs. 7 and 8 sections shewing the spring and the stops.
The pocket of the muff opens on hinges at xx, and has a compartment A for a
pocket-handkerchief &, a compartment B for money,, and a compartment ▸ for
visiting cards.
The pocket is closed by the cover D which has at its edges metal bands y y
through which the stem of the fastening E passes. The edges of the other part of
the pocket also have metal bands y¹ y having a groove or slot F into which the
fastening catches. In the fastening shewn at Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5, the stem of the
stud E passes through the band y which has holes by which it can be sewn to the
lining of the muff,
A spiral spring a has its one end fixed in a hole bin y while its other ond is
secured in a hole in the stem of the stud. This is provided with a projecting
rim or collar d extending about three fourths round. the circumference. Above the
spring a is an elliptical plate e fixed to the band y; this plate has on its inner
side an annular recess f corresponding to the collar d. This recess has a projection g
which acts as a stop to the ends of the collar d, limiting the rotation of the stem
to one quarter of a revolution. By the partial rotation of the stem the T head /

page_text: of the stem is made to catch in the slot F of the band y', it being held in the
locked position by the spring, so that to unfasten the catch, it has to be turned one
quarter round against the action of the spring.
In the modification of the fastening shewn at Figs. 6, 7 and 8 the T head is
formed on a separate piece i which has a stud j fitting in a hole k in y, which hole
has two shoulders, as shewn, which limit the motion of the stem.
The elliptical plate e has an opening in which is fixed one end of the spring m
the other end of which enters a hole n in the stem. As in the previous arrange-
ment, the spring holds the fastening in the locked position.
Fig. 9 shows a section of the muff and pocket. One of the frames A of the
pocket is provided with a fastening with a spiral spring as shewn at Fig. 10, operating
as above described, the head of the fastening being made to enter the slotted frame b
Fig. 11 which is secured to the fabric.
Fig. 13 shews a modification in which the stem of the fastening has a finger z
against which presses a bent spring r so as to bring the T head into position for
closing. Fig. 12 shews an arrangement in which a hooked catch e, pivotted at d,
has its stem c acted upon by a spring g, so as to cause it to catch in the slot / of
the other part of the frame, the catch being released by pressing upon the
button f.
In the similar arrangement at Fig. 14 the spring g is placed above the catch.
Fig. 15 shews the employment of a helical spring in place of a blade spring,
secured to a hook i on the frame. The fastening consisting of two spring balls or
studs catching against each other, as commonly used for purses, can also bo
employed for the purposes of this invention, but ou account of the position of the
pocket on the muff, it is necessary to arrange the spring stems jj of the balls o as
shewn at Fig. 16.
The pocket may also be provided with spring hingas as shown at Fig. 17, the
tail p of the one part z being made to act upon the blade spring a fixed to the
other part y.
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
1. The above described construction of muff with pocket having several compart-
ments for containing letters, cards, money, pocket handkerchief, and other small
objects, the pocket being provided with a metal frame combined with a spring
fastening as herein set forth.
2. The use for the construction of muff with pocket referred to in the preceding
claim, of a fastening with spiral spring fixed at one end to the metal frame and at
the other end to the stem of the fastening, the rotation of which is limited to a
quarter of a revolution by a stop, the spring boing so arranged as to hold the
T head of the fastening in a position at right angles to the slotted hole with which
it is engaged, substantially as herein described.
3. The modified form of fastening herein described with reference to Figs. 6, 7
and 8 of the drawings.
4. The various arrangements of fastenings herein described with reference to
Figs. 9 to 15 and 17 of the drawings.