IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCH-PROTECTORS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, JACOB ADLER of 50 Wallstrasse, Mülheim in Rhenish Prussia Merchant do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCH-PROTECTORS
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The herein described device has for its object to guard against the loss of watches
and such like, through robbery, and against any similar article from being pulled
out of the pocket. The device is simple, compendious, strong, practical and can
be operated easily with a single finger.
In the annexed drawing:
Fig. 1 is a plan of the device in the position in which it is made use of.
Fig. 2 is an end view,
Fig. 3 is a side view.
Fig. 4 is a section on the line a b, fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the device when closed.
Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the same, when open.
The device is fastened inside the watch pocket in the position shown in fig. 1, so
that the pins 1, 1, 1 of the base plate 6, having eyes, pass through and toward
the inner face of the cloth 2 of the pocket. Through the eyes of the pius 1, 1, 1
is passed the safety pin 3, the shank of which is pointed and is secured or closed in
the usual manner, whereby the device is firmly attached.
The device is composed, substantially, of two claws 4 & 5 which, for the sake of
embellishment, are in the shape of bird's heads or such like. The claw 4 is fixed
upon the base plate 6 in any suitable manner, whilst the claw 5 is movable upon
a cylinder 8 attached to the plate and provided with a slot 7. To the claw 5 is
rigidly connected a piston 9 movable in the cylinder S, the said piston acting to
connect the claw 5 with the cylinder 8 and to allow of the same being moved upon
the latter. The piston 9 is connected with the bottom of the cylinder.
by a
spiral spring, acting to press the claw 5 constantly against the stationary claw 4.
Through the piston 9 passes loosely a pin 10 to which is fixed, at a suitable point,
a pin provided with a knob 11. The pin with its knob 11 can easily be pushed
back with one finger. At the outer end of the slot 7 is another small slot meeting
the former, and into which the pin engages, when brought backwards & turned,
the said pin remains fixed in this position. As the piston 9 cannot turn with the
said pin, it is provided, at any suitable point, with a notch 12 which allows of the

page_text: pin being rotated & brought into the small slot meeting the slot 7. In order to
place the watch or other similar object in safety, after the device has been secured
to the pocket, the movable claw 5 is drawn backwards by means of the knob 11
and by turning the latter into the small slot, it is maintained in its rear position.
The watch is then suspended between the two claws, so that the ring of the watch
bears upon the claw 4 and upon the cylinder 8. Upon disengaging the pin from
the small slot, by imparting thereto a partial rotation, the claw 5 is drawn, under
the action of the spring, toward the stationary claw and is maintained in this
position; the watch is thus guarded against any robbery or against loss.
In order to protect the watch from scratches which might occur when taking it
out of the device, the latter is provided or covered over, at suitable points, with
cloth, india rubber or any other suitable material.
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
A safety device for watches and other similar objects, composed of the base
plate 6 provided with pins 1, 1, 1 having eyes, the stationary claw 4, the claw 5
provided with a piston 9 and movable upon the cylinder by means of a pin
having a knob 11, the said device secured by a safety pin, as described, closing
under the action of a spiral spring and opening upon drawing the claw 5 backwards,
by partially rotating the knob 11 of the pin, in order to cause the said pin to
engage in the small slot made in the cylinder 8.