US1086430A - Pin-tongue for cuff-pins. - Google Patents

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'W. W. WILLIAMS. PIN TONGUE FOR CUFF PINS.- APPLIUATION FILED DEO.1,1911. 1,086,430.. Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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W. W. WILLIAMS.

PIN TONGUE FOR CUFF PINS.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.1,1911.

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Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

WADE W. WILLIAMS, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

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Application filed December 1, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, W'Ann W. VILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pin- Tongues for Cuff-Pins, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to the pin tongues of cuff pins, brooches and other similar articles, and the details of their construction as specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings like reference letters indicate like parts, and exhibit my improved pin tongue as combined with a cuff pin such as is shown and described in my application for Letters Patent filed at the same time as this application being Se rial No. 663,377.

Figure l is a top plan view of the cupped blank from which said cuff pin is made. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of said blank. F 8 is a top plan View of the blank after the terminals thereof have been formed, one of them into a pin catch and the other of them into a hinge member. Fig. 4 is a. front elevation of the blank bent and shaped as shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the completed pin catch. Fig. 6 is a view in side elevation of the combined pin tongue, presser foot and intermediate coil, all in one piece of tempered stock, constituting the subject matter of my present invention and application for Letters Patent. Fig. 7 is the same as Fig. 6, except that the presser foot is represented as formed into a series of alternately directed lateral bends. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the presser foot so bent and shaped. Fig. 9 is a much enlarged View in cross section on line 00 a of Fig. 7, showing the pin tongue and a hammered gold covering thereon. Fig. 10 is a top plan View of said cufi pin with said presser foot in bearing posit-ion within the body portion or shell of the cuff pin. Fig. 11 is front elevation of said cuff pin, with the pin tongue engaged in the pin catch, and the presser foot and coil shown in dotted lines. Fig. 12 is a front elevation of the hinge-member in its Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10,1914. Serial No. 663,378.

final form. Fig. 13 is a rear elevation of the hinge-member in its final form. Fig. 14 is a view in elevation of the pin tongue, presser foot and coil in posit-ion within the hinge-member, the cuff pin body portion being seen on section line 2 e of Fig. 12, or Fig. 13. Fig. 15 is a front elevation of the cuff pin when the pin tongue is in its normal or open position. Fig. 16 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in central longitudinal section, showing said cuff pin provided with a lining plate to cover, protect and conceal the presser foot.

The cuff pin shown in the drawings has a cupped blank, comprising a bottom a and concavo-convex flanges Z) Z), on two opposite sides, which flare somewhat, the line indi cating the boundary of the bottom a. The blank has two terminals 0 and (Z. The terminal c has the general outline of an opened fan, as shown in Fig. 1, and the terminal d has the general outline of a maple key. The terminals 0 and (Z are bent up to lie parallel with each other in planes substantially at right angles to their former position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 at 11 and d, respectively. The bent up terminal 0 is then curved into a hood shape, the edge It being brought into contact with the adjacent edge of the flange 6, and the edge 2' being brought into proximity with the edge of the opposite flange 6, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. The bent-up terminal d is then bent into a U-shape at m with the branches in and Z extending parallel with the longitudinal diameter of the cuff pin body, as represented in Fig. 3, but the edge a is at first angularly inclined to the adjacentportion of the edge of the flange 79, as seen in Fig. i.

The pin tongue A, presser foot B and intermediate coil 0 are made in one piece of tempered stock, preferably steel wire.

The shaft of the pin tongue is designated A and has a pointed end 0. At C there is formed an integral coil, preferably of one and one-half turns, arranged spirally in lateral contact, as seen in Figs. 10 and 14;.

The presser foot B is bent into a series of alternately directed lateral bends p, p, p,

p, p, as shown in Fig. 7 but most plainly in Figs. 8 and 10.

By means of pliers or other suitable tool, pressure is produced upon the angularlybent presser foot at the places and in the directions indicated by the arrows g g in Fig. 8. The immediate result of this tool pressure is to compress the bends p p p at the center of the series and make them approach one another, thus shortening the presser foot B and putting it under increased spring tension. lVhile the presser foot B is so held by the tool and is thus shortened, it is inserted inside the body portion of the cuff pin, the coil G being placed inside the hingemember 70 Z, and the opposite end being placed within the pin catch. h g 2'. The pliers or tool being then loosened, the presser foot B, by its longitudinal spring-expansion, resumes its normal length, and the coil C is pressed endwise into a close spring-bearing contact with the inner surface of the U-bend m of the hinge-member is Z m, and the free end of the presser foot is, at the same time, pressed endwise into a close, spring-bearing contact with the adjacent inner surface of the body port-ion or shell beneath the pin catch. To insure this spring action it is necessary that the length of the crimped or crinkled presser foot B should exceed in length (from said end to the outer edge of the coil C) the distance from the inner concave surface of the pin catch to the inner concave surface of the bend m of the hingemember, so that the presser foot shall exert a spring end-thrust against said surface of the pin catch, and a simultaneous spring end-thrust of the outer edge of the coil C against said surface of the bend m of the hinge-member. These end-thrusts hold the presser foot B firmly in position under a sufiicient degree of spring tension, and the curves p-p lie in sliding contact with the inner surface of each of the flanges b, as illustrated in Fig. 10. When the coil C has been so placed between the sides 70 Z of the hinge-member, the neck of the hinge-member at m is bent further so that the edge it comes substantially into contact with the edge of the adjacent flange b, as seen in Figs. 11, 12 and 14:, and the part 70 of the hinge-member extends down, on one side thereof, between the pin tongue A and coil C, and on its opposite side against the inner surface of the adjacent portion of the flange b of the cuff pin body, and thus wedges the coil securely in place within the hinge-member. In this manner the usual pivot for the pin tongue is dispensed with, but the pin tongue is allowed a limited line of oscillation. The free end 0 of the pin tongue can be sprung into engagement with the pin catch by inserting said end through the slot f, whereupon, when released, the pin tongue,

by its own resilience, but especially by that of the coil C, moves into forcible contact with the inner surface of the hooded pin catch, as seen in Figs. 11 and 15.

If desired, the end of the presser foot B may be fastened in place, within the pin catch, by solder s, as indicated in Figs. 10 and 11. If it is desired to cover the presser foot B within the cuff pin body to conceal and protect it from lint or foreign substances, or to prevent the entanglement thereof with the fabric or lace of the garment, the lining plate t may be used, and the flange Z), being made wider for that purpose, is turned over upon it, as seen at u in Fig. 15.

In Fig. 9 is shown the pin tongue in cross section, which is made of steel wire, or other tempered metal, designated therein as w, and covered by a layer of gold marked o. This covering is placed thereon by electro-deposit, but is compacted by hammering or swaging to make it more durable to withstand repeated use.

The lateral bends 79 7) of the presser foot or other equivalent side extension thereof are useful to preventall tendencies of the presser foot to rock sidewise, by which movement, if not prevented, the presser foot might be displaced or its functions impaired.

It is evident that if the presser foot is not bent, crinkled, or crimped, as shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 10, but is left in its original form, shown in Fig. 6, it will perform the same spring-action and cause the same end-thrusts as already described and for the same purpose, provided, however, that the length of said presser foot and coil together is longer than the distance between the inner surface of the pin catch and the inner surface of the U-bend of the hinge-member, so that the presser foot must be bowed or put under spring tension when it abuts the said surface of the pin catch, and the coil abuts the said surface of the hingemember.

The pin tongue is normally in the extended or open position shown in Figs. 6 and 7. This is caused by the normal expansion of the coil C. When the pin tongue is brought into the closed position, illustrated in Figs. 11 and 16, the coil C is put under increased tension so that the pointed end of the pin tongue is forcibly engaged with the pin catch.

1 claim as a novel and useful invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a cuff pin, the combination of a tempered pin tongue having a coil and a laterally bent presser foot, a free end upon said presser foot extending in substantial alinement with the adjacent portion of said coil, a pin catch having a U-shaped closed outer end and adapted to engage the point of the pin tongue, and a hinge member having a Loeaaso ll-shaped closed outer end and two opposite flat sides in which hinge member the coil is mounted with the two flat sides of the coil in contact with. the flat sides of the hinge member, respectively, the normal length of said presser foot before assembling and of the coil together being longer than the distance between said ill-bends against which they respectively abut, in their compressed position.

2. A pin having a longitudinal compressible presser foot and an integral coil and tongue, all in one piece of tempered metal; and a cuff pin body to receive the pin having at each of its two opposite ends an abutn'ient upon its inner surface, the distance between which abutments is less than the normal length of said combined presser foot and coil, said presser foot being insertible between said abutments while it is longitudinally compressed, but when relieved of pressure being automatically extensible by its own longitudinal spring expansion into holding contact at one end with one of said abutments and thereby simultaneously capable of forcing the outer edge of the coil into holding contact with the other abutment.

3. The combination of a pin tongue, a presser foot and intermediate coil, all integral and made of one piece of tempered stock, said presser foot being provided with laterally extending bends oppositely directed; and a cuff pin body havin lateral flanges whcrewith the tips of said lat eral bends are in sliding contact, and also having means for confining in position thereon the presser feet at one end of said body and other means for confining in posi tion thereon the said coil at the opposite end of said bOC y.

i. In a cuff pin, the combination of a body-portion, a d-shaped hinge member integral with the body-portion, a combined pin tongue, coil and a bent compressible presser foot, all integral and made of spring metal, a lJ-shaped pin catch with which thpointed end of the pin tongue is engageable, said coil being in spring contact endwise with he ti -bend of the hinge member for an abutment and the outer end of the presser foot being in spring contact endwise with the end wall of the pin body beneath the pin catch for an abutment, the normal length of the presser foot before assembling and of the coil together exceeding the distance between said two abutments.

In a cuff pin, the combination of a body portion having two abutinents at the two opposite ends thereof, respectively, a pointed pintongue, a bent compressible presser foot extending lengthwise of the body portion, a coil. between the pin tongue and presser foot, which pin tongue, presser foot and coil are made of one piece of tempered metal, a pin catch with which the point of the pin tongue is eugageable, and a hinge member within which the coil mounted, said coil and presser foot being respectively in spring contactendwise with said two abut-monts but being when normally extended longer than the distance between said two abutments.

G. In a cuff pin, the combination of a pin tongue; a presser foot extending in one plane and formed with a series of lateral bends midway its ends; a coil intermediate the pin tongue and presser foot, said pin tongue, coil and presser foot being made of one piece of tempered wire; a body portion; having at one end an integral pin catch and at the opposite end two oppositely' arranged hinge members which are integral with the body portion and bent to extend parallel to each other and to lie in forcible supporting contact against the fiat surfaces of said coil and partially to overlie tie outer edges of said coil, with which pin catch the point of the pin tongue is engageable and beneath which pin catch the presser foot is in spring contact with the adjacent inner surface of the body portion, said presser foot having a series of oppositelyarranged lateral bends whose alternate outer tips are in sliding contact with the inner surfaces of the body portion against the vo opposite sides respectively of the body portion between the two said ends thereof.

7. In a cult pin, the combination of a body portion. a combined pin tongue, coil and bent compressible presser foot made in one piece of tempered metal, a pin catch with which the free end of the pin tongue is en gageable, a hinge member with which said coil is engageable, means for supporting said coil and presser foot within the body portion from lateral displacement, and means comprising two abutments at or near the two opposite ends of the body portion and adapted to support against longitudinal eX- pansion, said coil and presser foot while said presser foot is in a bent compressed condition, said coil and presser foot together in their normal condition being longer than the distance between said two abutments.

8. in a cuff pin, the combination of a body-portion, a pin tongue, a coil and com pressible presser foot made of one piece of tempered metal and integral with the tongue, a pin catch witii which the free end of the pin tongue is engagcable, a hinge member with which the coil is engageable, one end of the presser foot. being in sprin contact with the adjacent inner surface or the body-portion beneath the pin catch, said presser foot ha ing a series of oppositelyarranged lateral. bends whose alternate outer tips are in contact with the opposite inner surfaces of the sides of the body-portion.

9. In a cufi pin, the combination of a said body-portion and resiliently maintained body-portion, a pin catch, a hinge member, between said catch and hinge member. it a pin tongue having a pointed end which is In testimony whereof I aflix my signaengageable with the pin catch and mounted ture in presence of two Witnesses. at its opposite end in the hinge member and XVADE XV. .VILLIAli/IS. capable of a limited oscillation therein, a Witnesses: compressible M-sheped presser foot secured WARREN R. Pnnon, to the pin tongue and flatly engaging Within ANNIE E. Pnncn.

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