US228723A - Auguste baebiee and febnakd maloubiee - Google Patents

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-A. BARBIER & F. 'MALOUBIER. Bracelet.

No. 228,723. Patented June 15,1880.

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N. PETERS. PHOTO-UTHDGRAPPIER, WASHlNG'TON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTE BARRIER AND FERNAND MALOUBIER, OF PARlS, FRANCE.

BRACELET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 228,723, dated June 15, 1880,

Application filed J annary 14, 1880. Patented in France July 5, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AUGUSTE BARRIER and FERNAND lVIALOUBIER, both of Paris, in the Republic of France, have jointly invented certain Improvements in Bracelets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fastenings for ladies bracelets, which are secured by means of a rotating key, the improvement consisting in providing guide-pieces whereby the parts of the bracelet are prevented from being slipped past each other at the point of fastening and the catch thus disengaged.

In the drawings which serve to illustrate our invention, Figure lis a perspective view, showing the bracelet open. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the bracelet, showing it closed and locked. Fig. 3 is a sectional view arranged to show the mechanism of the fastening or look.

Let A and B represent the two halves or segments of the bracelet, hinged in the usual manner at a. The part A bears a spring latch or piece, 1), arranged preferably in the hollow of the bracelet between its outer. and inner faces. This latch plays in a plane parallel to the face of the bracelet, and has a triangular beveled head, 0. The head 0 projects beyond the end of the part A, and is arranged to engage a beveled catch, (1, on the part B when the bracelet is closed.

One of the parts, as A, is provided with guide-pieces e e, which enter corresponding recesses or hollows in the opposite piece. These hold the parts in position when the bracelet is closed, and prevent the latch from being disengaged by forcibly sliding the parts past each other.

As the latch b is entirely concealed when the bracelet is fastened on the arm, and as no part of it project-s whereby it may be disengaged, it follows that it can only be released from its engagement with the catch by extraneous means. To this end we provide a key, j, which may be inserted in the key-hole g in the part B. When this key is inserted and turned its ward takes under the head cot the latch and lifts it free of the catch d, thus permitting the bracelet to be opened. The key f may be attached to the bracelet by a chain and serve as an ornament; or it may be entirely detached, as desired; or it might be in some cases fixed permanently in the key-hole, but be arranged to rotate. In this case it would provide in a good degree against the dctachmentof the bracelet from the arm by accident, as a circular or twisting motion would be required to make it effective.

In lieu of the key any similar instrument might be employed to pick the lock or raise the latch-as, for instance, a bent wire or pin.

We claim- The combination of the parts A B, hinged together to form a bracelet, with the guidepieces 6 c, spring-latch I), catch (1, and key f, all arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification before two subscribing witnesses.

AUGTE. BARBIER. F, MALOUBIER.

Witnesses R0131. M. HooPER, A. CABY.

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