US1002539A

US1002539A - Link mesh.

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Publication number: US1002539A
Application number: US58741710A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph Ortner
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-10-17
Filing date: 1910-10-17
Publication date: 1911-09-05
Anticipated expiration: 1928-09-05

Description

J. ORTNER..

LINK MESH..

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 17, 1910.

1,002,539, Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

1 4 i r i i Y iyg in?) i?? ip) 3 Asigas u VVITNESSES:

.A WOHNEYS Ulli TOS-EPH ORTNER, OIE' NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

LINK MESH.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH GRTNER, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Link Mesh g and Vll do hereby declare the following' to be a full, clear, and exact description et the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

'The present invention relates, generally, to an improvement in link-mesh or stock adapted to be used in the manufacture of purses, chatelaine-bags, and the like; and this invention has V:tor one of its objects to provide a strong and durable construction ot metallic or other suitable link-mesh or stock which has a smooth inner and outer surface, and which, owing to its peculiar structural formation and arrangement of the links of which it is formed, is adapted to keep its shape without distortion.

'The principal object of this invention is to provide a series of flexibly connected this time more particularly enumerated will.A

`links 'forming a mesh, each link being provided with a separating means, of any suitable configuration, dividing the lower portion of the link into two separate and distinct socket-,like parts or receiving portions, the sama-being adapted to receive and retain in a hinge-like manner the loops of the lower links, ina manner to prevent adjoining links from riding upwardly upon each other and forming kinks in the mesh formedby interconnected links, but allowing, however, a free and oscillatory movement of the interconnected links. in this manner any number of links may be con-- nected in a hinge-like manner to provide a tlexible link-mesh, with a view of preventing' the usual distortion of such a mesh, and thus providing a smooth, pleasing and uniform appearance of the same.

ther objects ot this invention not at be clearly understood from the following detailed. description of the present invention.

vWith the various objects of the said invention in view, the same consists -in the novel link-mesh or stock hereinafter set forth; and this invention consists, further- Speeiicaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed (letober 17, 1910.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

serial no. 587,41*?.

more, in the novel arrangement and combination of the various parts thereotl as well as in the details of the construction of the same, all of which will be hereinafter more fully described and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended to and which form an essential partoi' this speciiication.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure' l is a face View of the novel construction of link-mesh or stock showing one embodiment of the general principles of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section of the same, said section being taken on line 2-2 in said Fig. l of the drawings, looking in the direction of the arrow an; Fig. 3 is a face view of a blank or link before the same is bent or doubled upon itself; Fig; 4 is a face view of the same, showing the link bent or doubled upon itself to form its completed condition, ready to be yassembled with similarly formed links to provide the link-mesh or stock. Fig. 5 is a face view of a blank or link or' other form; and Fig. 6 is a face View of said other form of link bent or doubled upon itself to form its completed condition, ready to be assembled with other links to provide the link-mesh or stock.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the drawings, the reference character 1 indicates a portion of the complete link-mesh or stock made according to and embodying the principles of the present invention, and the same consists of any suitable number of flexibly connected elements, each element comprising an elongated link or member, preferably made from any suitable metal. Each link or 'member is made with a pair of inwardly curved side portions 2, and atits opposite ends each link or member is divided into a pair of curved receiving-portions orsockets 3, by means of a' separating portion 4 formed in any suitable manner and of any desirable configuration, substantially as shown in the drawings. The said link-member, thus formed, is'bent or doubled upon itself by being bent centrally across the two side portions 2, so thatthe two halves of the linkmember will register with each other, and will thereby provide a double link element.

The bent portions of each link-member or element are formed into elongated loops or eyes 5. In assembling a number of such link-members or elements, to provide a flexible link-mesh,the said loops or eyes 5 of one link-member vare arranged over the registering lreceiving-portions 3 of the next above adjoining link-members or elements,

so as to be, preferably, journaled thereon,

or connected in a hinge-like manner, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.0i the drawings.v The receiving-portions, 3 4of each link-member are adapted to support respectively theloops 5 of the link-members `beneath the so-supporting link-member and on' either side thereot'; the supporting linkmembers being arranged in rows, so that the loops 5 of the supported or suspended link-members are also arranged in rows so as to engage or s'traddle the receiving-portions 3 of the link-members in ,the row above, and so on.V Any number of' link- .members Ior elements, and any number of the rowsof the same, may be so connected to produce a metallic mesh or stock made up of interconnected link-members or elements. The inwardlyextending sideportions 2 of' the link-members or elements, with the `adjacent receiving-portions or sockets 3,1'reep the loops 5 of the link-members or elements from becoming unseated from their properly suspended relation, and maintain said interconnected linkmembers or elements in a uniform and symmetrical relation one; withV thev others, whereby a smooth and pleasing appearance of the link-mesh or stock is obtained, andv the unsightly kinks and distortions so common to metallic meshes practically eliminated, at the same time providing a strong and flexibly interlocked mesh or stock.

It will of course be understood that the link-members or elements may-be made in any variety of shapes in cross-section, either flat, as shown, curved, polygonal, or otherwise. f v

I claim: l

1. A link-mesh or stock formed of linkmembers arrangedv in horizontal rows, in-L wardly inclined portions formed into a loop at the sides of each link-member, the body of each link-member lying between its inclined portions being formed to provide a pair of receiving sockets for supporting the loops of the .inclined portions of theadjacent link-members of the horizontal vrow next below said supporting link-members,

substantially as and for the purposes set forth. l

2. A link-mesh or stock formed ci linkmembersI arranged in horizontal rows, inwardlv inclined portions formed into a loop at the sides of each link-member, the body of each link-member lying between its inclined portions being formed to provide a pair of receiving sockets, said body being further formed with an upwardly extending separating portion between the respective receiving sockets, said receiving sockets being adapted to receive the loops of the inclined portions `of the adjacent linkmembers of the horizontal rownext below said supportinglink-members, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

'3. A link-mesh or stock comprising linkmembers, each end of said link-members being provided with a pair of receiving sock- .ets and a separating portion between the same, said link-members being each doubled upon itself so that said receiving sockets at its opposite ends will register with each other, loops formed on the bent or doubled portions ot said link-members, said loopsy being suspended respectively on one of said pair of receiving sockets of the adjoining link-members next above.

4. A link-mesh or stock comprising linkmembers, each link-member being provided at each' end with' a separating portion adapted to form a pair of adjoining receiving sockets, said link-members being doubled upon themselves so that said separating portion and said receiving sockets of one end of said link-member will register with said separating portion and receiving sockets of the other end of said link-member, loops formedby the bent or doubled portions of said link-members, said loops being suspended respectively from receiving sockets of the adjoining link-members next above.

45. A link-mesh or stock comprising link-y members, each link-member being provided at cach end with a separating portionI adapted to form a pair of adjoining receiv' ing sockets, said link-members being dou- Abled upon themselves so that said separating portion and said receiving sockets of one end of said link-member will register