Improvements in and Connected with Advertising, Specially Applicable to Watch Keys.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Dec., 1888-Accepted, 6th July, 1889
Improvements in and Connected with Advertising, Specially
Applicable to Watch Keys.
I FREDERICK ARTHUR WALTON of Hylton Street, Birmingham in the county of
Warwick Jeweller do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with tubular or rod shaped
watch keys, and has for its object the combination with the barrels of such watch keys
of advertising matter, and further; improvements in the method of producing such
advertising matter upon the said keys.
In order to more clearly explain the application and working of this my invention,
I have appended hereunto an illustrative sheet of drawings upon which are figures
and letters of reference. The first part of this my invention as before intimated
consists of utilizing the surface of the barrel portion of watch keys, for the purpose
of combining therewith advertising matter. As will be readily seen such surfaces
afford ample space for such matter, and by reason of their position will be brought
into prominent observation whenever the said keys are used.
The second part of my invention consists of improvements in the method and
arrangement of using the type or punches used for marking such portions of the
said keys.
Usually the method adopted for stamping or marking impressions upon metal, is
either to engrave the whole of the name in reverse &c., upon a steel punch with which
afterwards the impression is made upon the article either by machine pressure, or by
a blow or in some instances, single letter punches are used one by one with a blow,
to give the required impression. Both these methods however are troublesome and
expensive, inasmuch as the first admits of no variation, while the latter is tedious and
occupies a long time.
In my invention however I proceed as follows:-
I provide a large number of steel punches of an interchangeable form, similar to
the ordinary printing type, and having engraved at their one end, each a letter of the
alphabet.
I further provide a punch holder, which is fitted to a suitable press, and which is
made to receive any required number of these steel letter punches, (or blanks to
fill up,) according to the name &c. it is desired to impress upon the key, and having
further screws or their equivalents wherewith such steel punches may be firmly
secured within such holder. By this means, such name, or style, or other matter
admits of being varied or changed at any time with but a small amount of trouble ;
and further, should any part of the name become defective, such defective punch or
punches can be readily replaced by other perfect ones, with little delay and
expense.
These holders and punches may be further made in a hollow or round form, so that
the points of the punches will accommodate various sectional shapes of watch keys,
as seen for instance in Fig. 1, where the punches a, and block b, are arranged to suit
the marking of two flat surfaces c, d, of an hexagonal barrel, such that is shown in
Fig. 3, while in Fig. 2, the punches e, f, g, are enclosed in such a manner, as to give
three rows of letters or impressions at the same time, upon a circular sectional barrel,
such as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6, & 7.
By combining advertising matter with these almost universal useful articles, it
presents not only a medium of advertising for those whose trade is connected with
watchmaking, jewellry &c., but also for many trades whose custom it is, to advertise
upon presentation articles.

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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to. be performed, declare that what
I claim is
1st. The improvements connected with the barrels of tubular or rod shaped watch
keys as hereindescribed and illustrated upon the drawings, that is to say. the combi-
nation with the said barrels of general advertising matter, substantially as and for the
purposes specified.
2nd. The marking of advertising matter upon the barrels of tubular or rod shaped
watch keys, by means of the combination of the interchangeable steel punches, with
their holders, to suit various sectional forms, substantially as hereindescribed and
illustrated upon the drawings in Figs. 1 & 2.
Dated this 8th day of December 1888.
FREDERICK ARTHUR WALTON.