Year: 1887

page_text: We, JOHN ALLDAY Senior, and JOHN ALLDAY Junior, trading as John Allday & Son,
of 9 Warstone Lane, Birmingham, Jewellers, do hereby declare the nature of our
said invention to be as follows:-
Our invention consists in the application to Bracelets of any configuration, of a
chain of any desired pattern one end of which is secured permanently to the said
Bracelet, the other or loose end receives a fan, programme, or appendage, according
to the requirement of the wearer, when the chain is not required it is placed upon and
encircles a part of the bracelet and secured by a suitable fastening at the end previously
employed.
The aim and object of this our said invention is
1st. Convenience to the wearer in carrying the fan, programme, or other appendage
when required by the said chain and
We will describe our
2nd. Ornamenting the same by means of the said chain.
invention in connection with a bracelet constructed of semi elliptical halves; at or
near the free or unjointed end we affix permanently a loop, to which is connected the
one end of the chain of a curb or other design, now hanging, the other end of chain
receives the fan, programme, or appendage, by means of a spring ring, loop, or other
suitable fastening. When the articles are removed from this end the chain is then
placed upon and around the face of one part of the bracelet and the spring ring, loop,
or fastening is employed to secure the same at or near to the jointed end, or we may
transpose the parts.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Connected with Bracelets.
JOHN ALLDAY, Senior, and JOHN ALLDAY, Junior, trading as John Allday & Son
of 9 Warstone Lane, Birmingham, Jewellers, do hereby declare the nature of our
said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
:-
Our invention consists in the application to bracelets of any configuration of a
chain of any desired pattern one end of which is secured permanently to the said
bracelet the other or loose end receives a fan, programme, or appendage, according to
the requirement of the wearer, when the chain is not required it is placed upon and
encircles a part of the bracelet and secured by a suitable fastening at the end previously
employed.
The aim and object of this our said invention is-first, convenience to the wearer in
carrying the fan, programme or other appendage when required, by the said chain;
and secondly ornamenting the same by means of the said chain.
We will describe our invention in connection with a bracelet constructed of semi-
elliptical halves at or near the free or unjointed end we affix, permanently, a loop, to
which is connected the one end of the chain of a curb or other design, now hanging
the other end of chain receives the fan programme or appendage by means of a spring
ring, loop or other suitable fastening. When the articles are removed from this end,
the chain is then placed upon and around the face of one part of the bracelet and tho
spring ring, loop, or fastening is employed to secure the same at or near to the jointed
end: or we may transpose the parts.
Having thus specified the object and nature of this our said invention its description
will be proceeded with in reference to the accompanying drawings, that is to say:
Fig. 1 shews the bracelet closed and with the chain connected thereto but hanging
loose.
Fig. 2 shews the bracelet closed but the chain encircling part of the bracelet, and
secured.
Fig. 3 shews the same as Fig. 2 but a front view.
Fig. 4 shews a section of the bracelet.
Fig. 5 shews the chain festooned to the front of bracelet.
Fig. 6 shows the fastening we shall by preference adopt.
Similar letters of reference denote similar parts in each and every figure in which
they occur.
a and bare the semi elliptical halves forming the bracelet. c is the free or unjointed
end, and d is the loop to which is connected the one end of the chain e; the other
end of e is fitted with a spring ring and to this is connected the fan, programme,
or appendge. This describes the one part of our invention, but when not so used
the said chain e is placed upon and around the face or front part of the bracelet, and
secured to the catch y by means of the fastening f

page_text: In Fig. 6 we illustrate the fastening by preference we shall employ. is the
hook, which is soldered to the tubular formi at j. k works freely in i and is provided
with a centre pin o upon which is fed the helical spring 1, by the power of which it
is closed.
In Fig. 5 we employ g¹ a catch upon which the chain e is suspended at or near
its centre, so that the wearer upon releasing from 9 can use one part of e or by
releasing e from g', the whole length can be used.
We would observe in conclusion that we do not limit ourselves to the precise
details herein given and set forth as various modifications may be made without
departing from the principle of this our said invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
The application of a chain of any desired pattern to a bracelet of any desired
pattern, one end of the said chain being connected to a loop permanently and then
placed round the front, or one half of the bracelet as illustrated by Figs. 2 and 3,
or festooned, as Fig. 5, in either case secured so that it can be released as Fig. 1 for
the purpose above described and sets forth in the accompanying Specification and
illustrated upon the sheet of drawing hereunto annexed the whole forming "Improve-
ments in or connected with bracelets.