US1152739A

US1152739A - Tie-clasp.

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Publication number: US1152739A
Application number: US254315A
Authority: US
Inventors: Richard Krementz; Friedrich Kaelber
Original assignee: CARL H LEBKUECHER; GEORGE K KREMENTZ; Krementz & Co
Current assignee: GEORGE K KREMENTZ; Krementz & Co; CARL H LEBKUECHER
Priority date: 1915-01-16
Filing date: 1915-01-16
Publication date: 1915-09-07
Anticipated expiration: 1932-09-07

Description

R.. KREMENTZ & F. KAELBER.

TIE CLASP.

\APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1915.

1,152,739. *PatentedSept. 7, 1915.

WO Richard fiemenzlz 'QdTiCk Q mLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0,,WASHINOTON, n. c.

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a wnronnnn KEEMENTZ nn ErEn IoH AELBEE, or NE ARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNQRS To KREMENTZ & co, A FIRM COMPOSED or GEORGE K. KREMENTZ nn oA L H. LEBKUECHER, OFVNEWARK,NEWJERSEY,

TIE-CLASP.

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RICHARD KREMENTZ and FRIEDRICH KAELBER, citizens of the United States of America, residing at No. 49. Chestnut street, Newark, New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tie-Clasps, of which the following is a specification. p

The invention relates to tie clasps, andthe object is to provide a simple and economical construction free from soldered parts, and in which all unplated surfaces or edges are concealed.

Another object of the inventionfis to em ploy a concealed spring for applying ten sion to the parts 'of'the clasp, the concealmentof the springpermitting the employment of an efficient steel spring as distinguished from a spring of softer metal, the latter having been generally used heretofore because of the. possibility of giving ita proper finish to correspond with the goods, this beingnecessary or desirable because springs used for this purposehave been exposed to view;

Another objectof the invention to pro-;

vide a construction in which certain parts are punched or stampedout instead of being formed by more expensive processes.

Other objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the features and combination and arrangement of partshereinafter describedand particularly pointed out by the appended claims. I

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a clasp embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the clasp; Fig. 3 is a view of the two members of'the clasp separated from each other and showing a plan view of each part on its innerface; Fig. l isa side elevation of the two parts of the clasp separated from each other and with the end of the spring on one part introducedinto the other part, this view being intended to show how the two parts may be quickly. assembled;

and Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken through i the pivot ears. y

In these drawings, the two

members

1 and 2 are each formed ofan inner part 3 and an outer part 4, each part consisting in itself of a core 4 of brass or otherinexpensive metal having an outercover or plating.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. "Z, 1915.

Application filed January is, 1915 serial No. 2,543. 7

isturned in to embrace the raw edge of the inner part. The inner part 3 of member 1 lsstamped or struck up with a socket portion 5 having ears 6 and the inner part of clasp member 2 is also struck up with ears 7 with an opening between them at 8. The

metal of each inner part 3 adjacent the cars is alsoraised, as indicated at 9. A coil spring 10 has its helical body portion and one end located in the socket or recess formed by the raised or struck up portion of the innerpart 3 of member 1 of the clasp,

this springbeing confined in this recess by the outer part 4 on one side, by the struck up portion of the inner part 3, and by the ears thereof. The other end of this spring extends from this member 1 under the raised portion ofthe inner part of the member 2 when theparts are'united as in Figs. 1 and 2.

Upon reference to Fig. 3 of the drawing in particular it will be apparent that the ears 6 on the part 3 of member 1, are brought closer together than the ears on thepart 3 of member 2,'whereby the latter cars will embrace the former ears, and semicircular pockets will be provided at the sides of the walls of the socket 5 of member 1, whichfwill receive the ears of member 2 in such a snug-fitting manner that the raw edges of the ears will be concealed. To further prevent exposure, these edges of the ears.

are also turned in at right angles. The Walls of the socket 5 on member 1, which extendbetween the ears 6, are adapted to project intothe opening 8 in'the struck up portion of the inner part 3 of member 2, so as to insure the concealment of the raw edges of these projecting walls, and further to complete the concealment of the spring whether the jaws of the clasp be open or closed.

In assembling the two members of the clasp'together it will be noticed, as shown in ,Fig. l, that the spring is retained and carried by the member 1, and it is simply necessary to insertothe protruding end of this spring under the raised portion of the inner part 3 of the member 2, and by pressing the twomembers of the clasp together the pivot openings in the ears will be this portion of the inner part 3 and the outer part i. The other end of the spring is similarly arranged between the parts of the'member 1. This spring, it will be noticed, is entirely concealed, the. ears protecting it from view from the sides of the clasp, and the raised portions of the inner members protecting the spring from observation from the ends of the clasp. A steel spring thus may be used which needs no particular finish or plating. The pivot pin is shown as being made of tubular form, gold plated on the inside, and with the gold plating turned over the end of the tube so that when the ends of the tube are upset the baser metal willbear against theadjacent faces of the clasp members and thus be completely hidden. It is to be understood however that the pin may be constructed solid. This expedient being. obvious, it is not illustrated. Gripping points are provided 'at 11, these being struck up from the, inner parts 3 of the pivoted members. It will be noted from the above that a solderless con struction is provided; that a concealed spring is employed; that this spring needs no finishing and may be of elficient material such as steel; that all unplated surfaces or edges are concealed including the ends of the pivot pin; and that the construction involves the economical process of. punching the pivot ears, the socket-for the body por- 'tion and one end of the spring on onemember, and the socket for receiving the end of the spring in the other member, and also the clasping, points.

The walls of the socket 5 embrace the spring coil or body portion, sufiiciently to retain it in place on the part 1 even when this is separate from the part 2.

The pivot pin or tubular form with'its end spun or riveted over is indicated at-12.

I stantially as described.

2. A tie clasp comprising two members, each composed of an inner and an. outer part connected together, each inner part having ears punched out therefrom'and with. raised portions adj acent'saidears, said raised portlon on one part formlng, a socket pin extending through the ears,- substantially. as described.

In combination in a tie clasp, two members eachcomposed-of an inner part and an outer. part having its edge turned over the edge of the inner part, ears integral with each inner part with an opening between the ears, each inner part adjacent the ears being raised from its attached'outer part, a pivot pin extending through the ears, and a spring engaging between the two parts of each member, substantially as described.

. l. A tie clasp comprising two'members,

- each composed of aninner and an outer part connected together, each part having. ears punched out therefrom and raised portions adjacentto said ears, theears of one 1nem-- having its. ends arranged within the spaces aiiorded hetweenthe raised inner'andouter parts of the members,fsubstantially as d es 5(A tie clasp comprising two members, each composed of an inner and an outer part connected together, each part having earspunched outtherefronr and raised portions adjacent to saidears, the ears of one member being arranged relatively close together to provide recesses for the-reception ofthe ears of the other member, the inner part of the member having the narrowly spaced ears being provided with a socket constituted bythe ears and transverse walls extending between the said ears, said walls being adapted to project. into the opening provided in the inner part of the other member betweenrits ears, whereby the raw edges, of the ears and the socket walls are concealed, a pivot .pin extending through the ears, and a spring. having. its ends arranged within'the'spaoes afiorded between the raised inner and the outer'parts. of the members, substantially asdescribed.

Intestimony whereo f'we have signed our Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, addressing the Commissioner of i'atents, Washington, I). C.