IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR JEWELLERY, WATCHES, AND OTHER
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Friedrich Holtermann, of Hamburg, in the
Empire of Germany, Manufacturer of Jewellery Cases, for the In-
vention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR JEWELLERY, WATCHES, AND OTHER:
Scaled the 10th November 1874, and dated the 13th May 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Friedrich Holtermann
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 13th May 1874.
I, FRIEDRICH HOLTERMANN, of Hamburg, in the Empire of Germany,
5 Manufacturer of Jewellery Cases, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR JEWELLERY, WATCHES, AND
OTHER ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
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The object of my present Invention is to produce a case better adapted
for viewing or displaying jewellery, watches, trinkets, photographs, and.
other articles, herein-after-called "objects."

page_text: Instead of attaching the object to a fixed cushion or bed within the
case, or laying such object therein, I attach the object to a moveable
cushion or bed, which rises on opening the case or raising its lid or cover,
and thus at once without handling or delay exhibits or displays such
object above the level of the case and at any desired incline that may
produce the best effect.
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One end of the said moveable cushion or bed is hinged or jointed to
the inside of the front part of the case, and it is operated by a spring
fixed at one end to the bottom of the case, which spring is so placed that
its free end presses against and raises the said cushion or bed to the
desired elevation or angle. This spring is kept in place by a light metal
cross bar or stay fixed at each end to the under side of the said cushion
or bed so as to leave sufficient space for the said spring to slide between
it and the cushion or bed when the latter is moved up or down. Attached
to the free end of this spring is a light metal band or wire, which passes
through the bottom of the case near the back or opposite end thereof
and over or along the lid of the case. This band is secured to the said
lid at either the front end. or centre thereof, or both, or at any other
suitable and convenient part of the lid, so that on closing such lid the
said metal band draws down the previously elevated cushion within the
case. The lid is secured by a snap catch or by any other suitable
means.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Friedrich Holtermann in the Great Scal Patent
Office on the 13th November 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRIEDRICH
HOLTERMANN, of Hamburg, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer
of Jewellery Cases, send greeting.
'WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of May, in the a
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in
the thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me; the said Friedrich Holtermann, Her
special license that I, the said Friedrich Holtermann, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Friedrich

page_text: Holtermann, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, 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 CASES FOR JEWELLERY, WATCHES, AND OTHER ARTICLES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Friedrich Holtermann, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and scals, 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 Friedrich Holtermann, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in. what manner the same.
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by 'the following statement:--
The object of this Invention is the production of a case better adapted
for more advantageously displaying jewellery, watches, trinkets, plioto
graphs, and other like articles, which are herein-after called "objects."
In order that my said Invention may be more easily and more fully
understood and be more readily performed, I now proceed to explain..
the same with the aid of the accompanying Drawing, which forms part.
of this Specification, reference being made thereto by the numerals and..
letters marked thereon, and which numerals and letters apply to each
Figure of the said Drawing where the same index numerals and letters.
appear.
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through the centre of the case
shewing the case closed and the cushion drawn down within the lower
half of the said case.
Figure 2 is a similar section shewing the case opened with the cushion
in its raised position.
Figure 3 is a horizontal plan of the same case and cushion.
Figure 4 is a similar plan of the under side of the said cushion,
shewing a coil spring and a portion of the metal band attached
thereto.

page_text: These several Figures are drawn to the full size of a case suited for
· displaying or exhibiting ordinary jewellery.
Hitherto the objects have been either fixed on a cushion in the position.
shown in Figure 1 or simply laid in a case.
In order to produce a more pleasing effect in displaying objects for sale
or otherwise I temporarily attach such objects to a moveable cushion a,
which cushion is hinged or jointed at d, and is operated or raised and
lowered by opening and closing the lid 6 of the case, for which purpose
I fix a coil or other spring c to the bottom of the case near its front end
by the strap e, as shewn. The free end c' of this spring presses upwards
against the under side of the cushion a and raises it to the desired
elevation or angle. The free end of this spring is kept in place by a
light metal cross bar or stay ƒ fixed at each end to the under side of tho
cushion a so as to leave sufficient space for the said spring to slide.
between it and the cushion as the latter is moved up or down.
For the purpose of depressing or lowering the cushion a from the
position shewn in Figure 2 to its position in Figure 1 I attach to the
free end c of the spring a light metal band or wire h, which passes
through the bottom of the case at i, and thence outside over or along
or partly over or along the lid 6 of the case. The band or wire / is
secured to the said lid either at the front end of the case at j or at tho
centre thereof at k, or at both those places or at any other suitable and
convenient part of the lid, so that on closing the lid b the metal band or
wire draws the cushion a down within the case, see Figure 1, and on
fully opening the lid 6 the cushion a is left free to be raised or elevated
by the spring c, as shewn in Figure 2.
Jewellery and other objects of the most delicate construction can be
thus displayed any number of times without damage, and also without
injury to the case or its lining or mountings.
Having thus fully described the nature of my said Invention and the
manner of performing the same, without confining myself to the size or.
shape of the case or to the precise dimensions and positions of the several.
details now. illustrated, as they are capable of much variation without
departing from the principle of my Invention, I claim as my Invention
and desire to secure by the before-mentioned in part recited Letters
Patent the method of lowering and raising the cushion a of cases used

page_text: for shewing or displaying jewellery and other objects, substantially as
herein described and shewn in the Drawing.
In witness whercof, I, the said Friedrich Holtermann, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.