Improvements in Elastic or Expansible Bracelets, Necklaces, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr., 1894-Accepted, 30th June, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Elastic or Expansible Bracelets, Necklaces, and
the like.
We, EUGEN HOHEISEN and CARL FIEG, both Merchants of Pforzheim in the
Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire do hereby declare the nature of our
invention and in what manner the same is performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The present invention relates to elastic or expansible bracelets, necklaces and
the like, which close onto the wrist or neck of their own elasticity, after having
been stretched to pass over the hand or head and the object of the invention is to
increase the elasticity of such bracelets and the like, by enclosing within the same
a spiral spring or elastic band.
And in order to make this Specification more easily intelligible reference is had
to the accompanying drawing in which similar letters denote similar parts through-
out the several views:-
Fig. 1 being a view of a bracelet constructed according to the present invention,
Fig. 2 a view showing the said bracelet in course of manufacture, with a spiral
spring arranged therein,
Fig. 3 a similar view showing an elastic band instead of the spiral,
Fig. 4 is a detail view showing a method of fastening the ends of the spring
together or to an intermediate block piece,
Fig. 5 shows means for fastening an elastic band and
Fig. 6 various sections to which the bracelet or necklace may be made.
Fig. 1 shows the class of bracelet or necklace to which the invention is to be
applied which consists of two interlocking outer casings, made of any suitable
material and twisted spirally to form a bracelet or necklace in the usual and well
known manner,
and a spiral spring a running within the said casings as shown in
Fig. 2. Each end of said spiral spring is provided with a disc d, each of which
discs d is connected to a disc d' capable of being screwed on to the spiral spring a
as shown in Fig. 4. Said discs d are then fastened together either by being
rivetted, soldered or in any other suitable manner, the whole thus forming an
elastic or expansible bracelet or necklace.
Instead of a spiral spring a we may employ an elastic band or cord beach end of
said elastic cord being provided with a disc c by means of a hooked stem c¹ to which
the elastic cord is secured. In place of the discs c we may employ balls c (Fig. 1)
in which event the ends of the bracelet or necklace may be secured by means
of a plate or plates being soldered to each of said balls or in any other suitable
manner.
The discs c c or d d are held against the ends of the outer bracelet by the said
spiral spring or elastic band. Thus it is obvious that on pulling the bracelet over
the hand or the necklace over the head, the same will close around the wrist or neck
under the action of the said spring. By this means the defect hitherto noticeable
in bracelets of the description mentioned, viz. that the same stretch after a certain
time, is effectually obviated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
In combination with the class of bracelet or necklace described, a spiral spring
or its equivalent, arranged within the same and having discs or balls at its ends

page_text: adapted to close on to the ends of the said bracelet or necklace under the pull of
the said spring or band in the manner substantially as described.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1894.
HORN & SON,
Applicants' Agents.