Improvements in Cases for the Displaying or Keeping of Jewellery.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 1st July, 1892-Accepted, 6th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cases for the Displaying or Keeping of Jewellery.
We SYDNEY HARRIS, of Stafford Street, Manufacturer, and BERTRAM
CHARLES TAYLOR, of Malvern Hill Road, Nechells Shop Fitters Assistant, both
in the City of Birmingham, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in cases, or what are sometimes termed
pads, whereon jewellery is displayed, and its object is to provide an improved com-
bination of parts which shall serve hoth as a pad for the said displaying of the
jewellery, and also as a case with a cover for the keeping of the jewellery within.
Hitherto it is the custom that these cases have their covers hinged to the bottom
part that is, that part which is padded to receive the jewellery, so that if displayed
in such cases, the lid or cover when opened obstructs somewhat other articles near,
and is also objectionable to view. To obviate this, the case entirely is generally
dispensed with, and the jewellery removed therefrom and transferred to a separate
pad. This of course is open to objection, and it is to obviate both these difficulties
that we have made this our invention.
We make the bottom part of the case separate and distinct from the cover or lid.
The said lower part thereby serves also as the pad. At each end of the pad or at
other suitable points we provide a yielding pressure spring catch. At each end of
the interior of the cover or lid or at other suitable corresponding points, we provide
a catch piece into which the aforesaid spring catch upon the pad may engage, and
by which the cover may be firmly secured to the said pad. Thus, the cover may
be readily secured to the pad, when the latter is not required for displaying purposes,
and thereby made to serve as a case, for storing away the encased jewellery, or by
pressing inwards the spring catches the cover may as readily be entirely removed
from the pad, when the latter is required to display the contents.
Thus the cover as an obstruction to the viewing of adjacent articles is removed,
or the necessity of transferring the articles from a case to a pad is equally obviated.
If desirable, the order of the catches may be reversed, that is to say, the
pressure spring catches may be upon the cover, and the catch pieces upon the pad
or tray.
Dated this 30th day of September 1891.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicants' Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
5 Improvements in Cases for the Displaying or Keeping of Jewellery.
We SYDNEY HARRIS, of Stafford Street, Manufacturer, and BERTRAM
CHARLES TAYLOR, of Malvern Hill Road, Nechells, Shop Fitters Assistant,
both in the City of Birmingham do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
O ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in cases, or what are sometimes termed
pads, whereon jewellery is displayed, and its object is to provide an improved
combination of parts which shall serve both as a pad for the said displaying of the
jewellery and also as a case with a cover for the keeping of the jewellery within.
Hitherto it is the custom that these cases have their covers hinged to the bottom
part, that is, that part which is padded to receive the jewellery so that if displayed
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page_text: in such cases, the lid or cover when opened obstructs the view somewhat of other
articles near, and is also objectionable to view as there is more display of the case
than its contents. Generally to meet, this difficulty the case is entirely dispensed
with, and the jewellery removed therefrom and transferred to a separate pad.
This of course is open to objection, and it is to obviate both these difficulties that
we have made this our invention.
In order to the better explanation of this our invention, we have appended
hereunto an illustrative sheet of drawings upon which are figures and letters of
reference, similar letters throughout the several views referring to the same thing
part.
or
Fig. 1, is a view in elevation of a jewellery case cover with part sectional view of
the catch fastening.
Fig. 2, is a cross sectional view of the cover on line A-A in order to show the
interior end view of the catch fastening.
Fig. 3, is a view in elevation of the pad or bottom part.
Fig. 4, is a plan view of the pad.
Fig. 5, shows the cover closed on the pad, part being also shown in section to
illustrate the catch fastening.
Fig. 6, shows the pad placed upon the top of the inverted cover, thereby
exposing the articles of jewellery to view.
We make the bottom part Å, of the case separate and distinct from the cover
or lid B. The said lower part A thereby serves also as the pad, as seen in
Figs. 3, 4 & 6. At each end of the pad or at other suitable points we provide
a yielding pressure spring catch C, and at each end of the interior of the cover
or lid B, or at other suitable corresponding points, we provide a catch piece D,
into which the aforesaid spring catch C, upon the pad may engage, and by which
the cover may be firmly secured to the said pad as seen in Fig. 5. Thus, the
cover B, may be readily secured to the pad when the latter is not required for
displaying purposes, and thereby made to serve as a case for storing away the
encased jewellery as shown in Fig. 5, or, by pressing inwards the spring catch
pushes E, E, the cover B, may as readily be entirely removed from the pad, when
the latter is required to display the contents as seen in Figs. 3 & 4.
Thus the cover as an obstruction to the viewing of adjacent articles is
removed, or the necessity of transferring the articles from a case to a pad is
equally obviated.
If desirable the order of the catches may be reversed that is to say, the pressure
spring catches C, C, may be upon the cover B, and the catch pieces D, upon the
pad or tray.
In Fig. 6, it is shown how the pad may be placed upon the inverted cover if
desired when exposing the contents in a window &c.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
In jewellery cases, the combination of a pad having suitable fastenings for
attachment to a detachable cover, with the said detachable cover as herein described
and illustrated, and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 30th day of June 1892.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
12, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Applicants' Agent.