IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHEATHS OR CASES FOR STAVES OR OTHER SIMILAR WEAPONS
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John William Parker Field, of 288, High
Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Gun Maker, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHEATHS OR CASES FOR STAVES
OR OTHER SIMILAR WEAPONS."
Sealed the 19th January 1864, and dated the 3rd August 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John William Parker
Field at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 3rd August 1863.
I, JOHN WILLIAM PARKER FIELD, of 233, High Holborn, in the County
of Middlesex, Gun Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHEATHS OR CASES FOR STAVES
OR OTHER SIMILAR WEAPONS," to be as follows:-
My Invention is more especially applicable to the sheaths or cases for the.
truncheons or staves worn by policemen, and consists in the construction of
a case of leather or other suitable material of about the length of the
truncheon, with a spring at the bottom of the inside thereof. This spring is
kept is a state of compression while the lid or cover of the case is fastened
down, and one end of the truncheon of staff thereby pressed against the spring,.
but as soon as the lid or cover is raised the reaction of the spring imme-.
diately causes the truncheon or staff to project out of the open end of the
sheath or case far enough to be convenient for pulling out of the same.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John William Parker Field in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 3rd February 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
WILLIAM PARKER FIELD, of 233, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
Gun Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John William Parker Field, Her special license that I, the
said John William Parker Field, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said. John William Parker Field, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein ex-
pressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHEATHS
OR CASES FOR STAVES OR OTHER SIMILAR WEAPONS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said John William Parker Field, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John William Parker Field; do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
My Invention of "Improvements in the Manufacture of Sheaths or Cases
for Staves or other similar Weapons," is more especially applicable to the
sheaths or cases for the truncheons or staves worn by policemen, and consists
in the construction of a case of leather or other suitable material of about the
length of the truncheon, with a spring at the bottom of the inside thereof.
This spring is kept in a state of compression while the lid or cover of the case
is fastened down, and one end of the truncheon or staff thereby pressed against
the spring, but as soon as the lid or cover is raised the reaction of the spring

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immediately causes the truncheon or staff to project out of the open end of
the sheath or case far enough to be convenient for pulling out of the same.
Having thus stated the nature of the said Invention, I will proceed to
describe more particularly in what manner the same is to be performed by
reference to the accompanying Drawings.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
J
Fig. 1 represents a sheath or case containing a policeman's truncheon, the
lid or cover of the case being fastened down and the spring compressed;
Fig. 2 is a section of the sheath or case, with the lid or cover open, and the
truncheon forced upwards by the re-action of the spring. These two Figures
are drawn to a scale of half size, and Fig. 8 represents the spring detached
and in full size. In these several Figures the same letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts.
ว
A is the sheath or case, which in Fig. 1 is represented as opened at the
lower part in order to exhibit the spring; B is a policeman's truncheon, which
in Fig. 1 is shown.as forced down by the closing and fastening of the lid
or cover, and in Fig. 2 as forced upwards by the re-action of the spring; C is
the spring, which in Fig. 1 is shewn compressed by the truncheon, and in
Fig. 2 as re-acting on the truncheon and forcing it upwards. The lower end
of this spring is inserted in a piece of leather D at the bottom of the sheath
or case, as shewn, and there is another piece of leather E at the top of the
spring, slightly concave in form, in order to receive and take the thrust of the
lower end of the truncheon; F is the lid or cover of the case, and it consists
of a leathern strap fixed at one side of the upper part of the case, which strap,
after passing over the top of the truncheon, is drawn down and fastened by a
button G on the opposite side of the case. By this drawing down and
fastening of the strap F, the truncheon is caused to compress the spring; H is
a leathern loop fixed to the case, by which the latter is suspended from the
policeman's belt.
From the foregoing description it will be evident that while the strap F is
kept fastened down by means of the button G, the pressure on the truncheon B
will keep the spring C in a state of compression, as shewn in Fig. 1; but as
soon as the strap F is unbuttoned, and thereby liberated, the reaction of the
spring C will force, the truncheon upwards into the position shewn in Fig. 2,
(that is to say,) into a position ready for immediate use.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that my
Invention is not confined to the use of a spring of the kind represented in the

page_text: Drawings, as this may be varied in form, and it may be of vulcanized india-
rubber, instead of being, as represented, of metal; but what I claim as of my
Invention is; the construction of sheaths or cases for staves or other similar
weapons, with a spring inserted in the lower part of the interior thereof for
the purpose described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John William Parker Field, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, the Third day of February, in the year of
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four...
ALLR
Witness,
WILLIAM SPENCE,
50, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Patent Agent.
JOHN W. P. FIELD. (L.B.)