US1070431A

US1070431A - Jewelry-catch.

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Publication number: US1070431A
Application number: US70361112A
Authority: US
Inventors: David Elliott
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-06-14
Filing date: 1912-06-14
Publication date: 1913-08-19
Anticipated expiration: 1930-08-19

Description

WITNESSES w W! i%% f 1). ELLIOTT.

JEWELRY CATCH.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 14, 1912.

Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

49 IlVI/E/VTOR BY 4 WW J ATTORNEYS DAVID ELLIOTT, OF JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

J EWELRY- CATCH.

Application filed. June 14, 1912. Serial No. 703,611.

0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID ELLio'rr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of J ohnstown, in the county of Canibria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Jewelry- Catches, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in jewelry catches, and more particularly to catches for necklaces and other flexible forms of jewelry.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a simple, durable and easily made jewelry catch and one by means of which a connection ring or link may be readily secured and disengaged and from which the connecting ring cannot be released by tension on the chain, and which will effectively prevent the ring from becoming accidentally released in any position which it may as sume and which will have no projecting ends or extensions to catch in lace work or other wearing apparel.

My invention will be more readily understood and further objects and advantages of the invention will more fully appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 shows one form of the invention with a connecting ring secured therein; Fig. 2 shows another form of the invention with a connection ring about to be released therefrom; Fig. 3 shows still another modification; and Fig. 4 shows in cross section a novel form of knob used on the catch.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is an intermediate or stem piece, preferably made of resilient metal, having a suitable ring or link 2 at one end in which a chain is secured, the other end of the stem piece being looped back upon itself and then bent down into engagement with the stem portion proper or the lower side of the link and lying in the same plane therewith, so that the extremity or end portion 3 of the link rests upon the lower side of the link and presses resiliently upon it. The extremity of the looped portion 3 where it engages the lower side of the loop, is provided with a suitably shaped knob 4 to prevent the end of the loop catching in wearing apparel and to facilitate in operating the catch. The side of the knob resting upon the lower side of the link is preferably Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

slightly concaved so as the inner end of the loop from being bent out laterally.

The manner of engaging and disengaging a connecting ring or link from the catch above described, is as follows: The link 5 to be secured in the catch is held at the inner end of the loop in a plane normal to the stem 1, and is then forced toward the outer end of the loop, whereupon the lower side of the link is forced between the portion 3 of the loop and the bottom or stem portion 1. After the link is secured in the catch, any tension on the chain tends to hold the link in its proper position in the outer end of the loop, and if the link is thrown back to the other end of the loop it is caught in that end and prevented from becoming disengaged. In order to release thelink from the catch, it is necessary to move the link toward the inner end of the loop and then turn it down until the side of the link outside of the loop rests against the stem portion 1, and then drawn the link forward in the same direction in which it was drawn to catch it in the loop, so that this outer side of the link will be forced under the engaging parts of the loop, whereupon the link is disengaged. It will thus be seen that, to release the link from the catch, it is necessary to turn it back over the inner end of the loop and then draw it forward in the same direction in which it was drawn to engage it and in the direction of the normal tension on the chain. The portion 3 of the loop need not necessarily rest in engagement with the stem portion 1 or lower side of the link, so long as the knob 4 is pressing against this part of the catch; but in the preferred form of my invention, this portion does press down upon the stem or lower link side 1 to insure strong pressure between these two parts.

Fig. 2 shows a catch having double loops, one at each end of the intermediate or stem portion 1. The operation of securing and disengaging the connecting links or rings from this catch is similar to that above described, except that in this case, the inner curved portions of the loop 6 are brought close to and preferably into engagement with each other so that the connection link, on being released, as well as on being engaged in the catch, must be forced down between these two adjacent inner portions of the links and then out in the direction of assist in holding the loop in which the ring or link is to be secured or released.

In the form of catch shown in Fig. 8, one of the loops is formed on the opposite side of the intermediate or stem portion 1 from the other link, but its principle of operation is substantially as described with reference to Fig. 1.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a durable and efficient catch which may be bent up from a piece of suitable metal, such as spring metal, and which has no projecting parts to become caught in wearing apparel, and which has no pivoted or sliding springoperated parts which are liable to become broken or disarranged, and one which is pleasing in appearance.

Having thus described my invention, what I. claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A jewelry catch made from a single piece of metal, said catch having an intermediate portion the ends of which are looped back and then down upon and into engagement with the intermediate portion and pointed out again toward the ends of said intermediate portion, the center line of the entire piece when complete lying in a single plane so as to present no ends projecting beyond the loops or laterally thereof, Whereby an engaging catch ring to be released from one of the loops, is moved back over the inner end of the loop and then turned down and forced outward between the engaging parts of the loop and intermediate portion.

2. A jewelry catch made from. a single piece of metal, said catch having an intermediate portion the ends of which are looped back along and then down into engagement with the intermediate portion and then pointed out again along the intermediate portion, the center line of the entire piece of metal lying in one plane, the inner ends of the loops being closely adjacent each other and the looped ends being provided with knobs whereby, to release a catch ring from a loo-p, it must be forced between the adjacent inner ends of the loops and then out between the engaging portions of the loop in which it is caught.

4;. A jewelry catch made of a single piece of resilient metal and having an intermediate portlon the ends of which are looped back along and then down upon and into engagement with the intermediate portion.

and pointed out again, the center line of the entire piece when complete lying in a single plane, the inner ends of the loops being resiliently held in engagement with veach other and the extremities of the looped portions being pro-vided with knobs having .recessed parts straddling the lower side of the loops to hold the ends in the plane of the loops.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

JAs. S. GETTEMY, PAUL R. HIRsH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.