Improvements in Cases for Exhibiting Jewellery.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Applicati n, 26th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 10th Nov.; 1892-Accepted, 10th Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cases for Exhibiting Jewellery.
I, CHARLES HORNER, of 23 Northgate, Halifax, in the County of York, Gold
and Silversmith do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as.
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in boxes or cases for containing and.
exhibiting jewellery, such as bracelets, bangles, rings and the like, the object being
to provide an air tight case in which the jewellery can be exhibited and inspected
and from which it can readily be removed when desired, and the case or box is
made so as to rest on a table or counter, or to be carried on a support fixed in
the wall.
According to this my said invention I employ a case or tube of glass, preferably
of cylindrical form and of any required length and one end of the tube or cylinder
is permanently closed by a cover of wood or other suitable material to the inside of
which is fixed a rod of wood extending the length of the interior of the glass case,
and on this rod is loosely carried a long collar or sleeve of the same length as the
interior of the case, the long collar or sleeve being covered with velvet is for the
purpose of carrying the jewellery, which is placed on such collar or sleeve; and
the latter is then slided onto its carrying rod and into the case, after which the
open end of the cylinder, or glass case is closed by an air tight lid or cover of
wood, the edge of the glass case being preferably. bushed with metal to receive
this lid.
For exhibiting bracelets, and bangles the rod is placed eccentrically in the
interior of the case so that the bangles hanging loosely thereon are in or about the
centre. A hole is bored through the permanent lid of the case and part way along
the internal rod so that provision is made for hanging the case on a supporting pin
placed in any convenient position, and small "feet may be formed on the lid so
that the case will rest steadily on a counter or flat surface.
.By the use of the above described shew case; jewellery can be exhibited and
inspected without exposure to the air by which it is tarnished and when any article
is desired to be removed this can be readily done by taking off the moveable lid
and withdrawing the long sleeve or collar and jewellery thereon from the case after
which it is replaced and the lid put on and the case again rendered air tight.
Dated this 25th day of February 1892.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Bank Chambers, Waterhouse Street, Halifax, Agent for the Applicant..
.COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cases for Exhibiting Jewellery.
I, CHARLES HORNER of 23 Northgate, Halifax, in the County of York, Gold
and Silversmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention 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 boxes, or cases for containing and
exhibiting jewellery such as bracelets, bangles, rings and the like, the object being
to provide a case or box, practically air-tight, in which jewellery can be exhibited,
and inspected, and from which it can readily be removed when desired, and the
case, or box is made so as to rest or stand on a table or counter, or to be carried on
a support fixed in the wall.

page_text: According to this invention employ a case or tube of glass, preferably of
cylindrical form, and of any required length, and one end of said tube, or cylinder
is permanently closed by a cover of wood to the inside of which is fixed a rod of.
wood extending nearly the whole length of the interior of the glass case, and on
this rod is loosely carried a long collar, of sleeve of the same length as the interior
of the case. The long collar or sleeve is covered with velvet, and is for the purpose
of carrying the jewellery which is placed on such collar or sleeve, and the latter is
then slided onto its carrying rod and into the case, after which the open end of the
cylinder, or case, is closed by a lid or cover of wood, the edge of the glass case
being preferably bushed to receive this lid.
For exhibiting, bracelets and bangles the rod is placed eccentrically in the
interior of the case so that the bangles hanging loosely thereon, are in or about
the centre. A hole is bored through the permanent lid and part way along the
internal rod so that provision is made for hanging the case on a supporting pin
placed in any convenient position, and small feet" may be formed on the lids so
that the case will rest steadily on a counter, or table.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention the following is a complete
description of same reference being made to the accompanying drawings in
which:-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the improved case or box for the purpose
aforesaid..
Fig. 2 is an end view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the improved case or box, the lid or cover
being removed, and the long collar or sleeve partly withdrawn from the case
and rod.
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of an improved box or case specially designed for
exhibiting rings.
Fig. 5 is an end sectional view of Fig. 4.
According to this invention I employ a case or tube of glass 1, preferably of
cylindrical form, and of any required length, and one end of the tube or cylinder is
permanently closed by a cover 2 of wood or other suitable material such as papier
maché. To the inside of the cover 2 is fixed a rod 3 of wood extending nearly the
length of the interior of the glass case 1 and on this rod 3 is loosely carried a long
collar or sleeve 4 of the same length as the interior of the case 1. The long collar or
sleeve 4 is cover externally, with velvet or other soft material such as silk and is
for the purpose of carrying the jewellery which is placed on such collar or sleeve 4
(see Figs. 3 and 4) and the latter is then slided onto its carrying rod 3 and so into
the case 1 after which the open end of the cylinder or glass case 1 is closed by a lid.
or cover 5 of wood, which renders the case air tight or nearly so. The edge 6 of
the glass case 1 may be bushed with metal, or "frosted to receive the lid or
cover 5 and make a closer, and better joint.
"
For exhibiting bracelets, and bangles such as 7, the rod 3 is placed eccentrically
in the interior of the case 1 so that the bangles 7 hanging loosely thereon, are in or
about the centre of the case 1. A hole 8 is bored through the permanent lid 2 of
the case 1, and part way along the internal rod. 3 so that provision is made for
hanging the case on a supporting pin placed in any convenient position. Small
9 may be formed on the lids 25 so that the case will rest steadily on a
" feet
counter or table.
Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate a form of case specially designed for carrying, and
exhibiting rings, brooches and small articles of jewellery, the construction of case
being similar to that already described but the glass case 1 is preferably dome
shaped, the bottom 9 of the case being of wood, the end of which may abut against
the lid or cover 5 as shewn, or may be received in a recess formed for it in such lid
or cover 5.
By the use of the above described show-case jewellery can be exhibited, and
inspected without exposure to the air so that it does not so soon get, tarnished, and
when any article is desired to be removed it can readily be got at by taking off the

page_text: moveable lid or cover and withdrawing the long sleeve or collar and jewellery
thereon from the case, after which it is to be replaced, and the lid put on, and the
case again rendered air tight, or nearly so.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and object of my
said invention, and in what manner the same is to be employed I declare that
what I claim is :-
The improved case or box, consisting of the glass, or glass and wood case I
having one fixed and one moveable cover or lid, the fixed rod 3, and long collar or
sleeve 4 all in combination as and for the purpose herein described, and substan-
tially as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 9th day of November 1892
CHARLES HORNER,
By his Agent, Walter Brierley,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.
CHARLES HORNER,
By his Agent, Walter Brierley,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.