US1158605A - Eyeglasses. - Google Patents

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J. C. WELLS.

EYEGLASSES.

APPLlCATION man MAY 31. 1913.

1,1 58,605. Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- WlT/VESSES: lNVE/VTUR M JOEL C. VELLE A TTORNEYcS J. C. WELLS.

EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31. 1913.

1, 1 58,605 Paiented Nov. 2,1915.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- WITNESSES.

QCQ'W JOEL C. WELLS, OF SOU'IHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

EYEGLASSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Application filed May 31, 1913. Serial No. 771,026.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOEL C. VVELLs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Southbridge, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in spectacles and has particular reference to improved means for retaining in position on the face a structure of this character embodying a rigid as contradistinguished from a spring bridge.

The leading object'of my invention is the provision of novel and improved means for securing a rigid bridge spectacle mounting in position on the face of the wearer.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a mounting which shall, in addition to embodying my improved securing means, be constructed to afford maximum adj ustability whereby a single size of mounting can be adapted to the requirements of a variety of different facial characteristics and measurements.

Other objects and advantages of my im proved construction should be readily apparent by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and it will be understood that I may make any modifications in the specific details of construction hereinafter shown and specifically described within the scope of the appended claims without departing from or exceeding the spirit of my invention. I

Figure I represents a front view of a pair of glasses constructed in accordance with and embodying the principle of my invention. Fig. II represents a top plan view thereof. Fig. III represents a fragmentary front elevation of a slight modification of my invention. Fig. IV represents a face view of the guard and other parts as illustrated in Fig. III. Fig. Vrepresents a fragmentary front view of another modification of my invention parts being shown in section. Fig. VI represents a top' plan view thereof. Fig. VII represents an enlarged detail view, particularly illustrating the construction of guard and operating means therefor. Fig. VIII represents a plan view of another form of my invention. Fig. IX represents a plan view of a slight variation of Fig. VIII. Fig. X represents a detail 'of the blank for view of one form of my guard such as shown in Fig. II. Fig. XI represents a plan view forming the guard shown 1n F 1g. IV. Fig. XII represents a detail view of another modified construction of guard.- Fig. XIII represents a. fragmentary slightly perspective view illustrating another form of my invention constructed to afford a wide range of adjustability. Fig. XIV is a view similar to Fig. XIII of 'a slightly different construction. Fig. XV is a perspective view of the structure shown. in Fig. XI V. Fig. XVI represents a slight modification thereof. Fig. XVII represents an enlarged detail view of the pad supporting member. Fig. XVIII represents a fragmentary perspective view illustrating another modified form of pad and actuating means therefor. Fig. XIX is a view of another modification. Fig. XX represents a slight modification of the construction illustrated in Figs. V, VI and VII. Fig. XXI represents another modification of bearing members. Fig. XXII represents a further modification thereof. Fig. XXIII represents a plan view of the blank from which the structure shown in Fig. XXII is formed. Fig. XXIV represents a perspective view illustrating a modified means for manually operating the gripping pads. Fig. XXV represents a similar View of a slightly different arrangement of said pad controlling means. i

' In the drawings, in which similar characters of reference are employed to denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1 designates the lenses having secured thereto the usual lens attachments 2 connected by a bridge member 3. In certain of the forms of my invention I have shown the bridge as connected direct to the lens attachment 2, while in other forms I have shown the bridge connected to the lens attachment through the medium of a stud box 4 of ordinary construction. It will be noted that in all of the forms of my invention I employ a lower Weight bearing guard in combination with an upper suitably actuated moving gripping member which has a very limited range of movement, the said upper member serving to anchor the glasses in position, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In that form of my invention shown in Figs. I and II, I employ the lower weight supporting portion 5 having seoured'thereto as by riveting, the spring loop 6 bearingthe anchoring pad 7 and the said loop terminating in a slotted portion 8 extended out- 5 wardly from the pad. To control the-posh r tion of the pad 7 I pivot or suit-ably fulcrum on the bridge the "levers 9 having the handle:

portions 10 and having their inner ends engaged in the slots of the portions 8 of the 10 spring loop whereby grasping and pressf ing together of the handles 10 will tighten the loops 6 and throw the pads 7 outward out of engagement with the nose, the adjustment of the spring loops being such that the pads7 are normally disposed inward at an angle to the supporting members 5, as is clearly shown in the plan views, the front edges thus biting into the loose skin at the top of the nose to retain the mounting in place.

' In that form of my invention illustrated in Figs. III and IV, the levers are pivoted to swing in a vertical instead of a horizontal position and have on their inner ends the '25 lugs 11 engaging suitable tongues 12 on the pads 7 ,"the spring loop as shown being integral withthe pads 7 and weight supporting member 5 instead of riveted or otherwise secured thereto as in the previously de- 3o scribed form of guard. It is to be noted that in this form of my invention the arm 27 carrying the weight supporting member 5 and the pad or gripping member support, has a loop formed therein to afford maximum adjusta-bility, the terminus of said loop being attached to the arched portion 8 of the bridge, while the bridge exterior to said arched portion has the loop 3 formed therein between the arch and the lenses to permit of ready adjustment of the lenses relative to the bridge and guards or nose tions.

In Figs. V, VI and VII, I have illustrated bearing poramodification of my invention as used in con unet1on with a stud box'mountmg, but

it will be understood that the stud box may be eliminated if desired and the various parts integrally formed or secured together. In this form of my invention the weight sup- 5'0 porting pad 5 has the arm 13 for engagement in the stud box and has extending upwardly therefrom a pintle 14; on which is pi'votally mounted a pad 7 having curled portions or cars 15 engaging the pintle,

' '55-"while disposed between said ears is an actuating spring 16 tending to turn the pad 7 inward on the pintle as a pivot. To enable one to readily move the pad 7 out of engagmg position, I provide each pad with a flange or flanges 17, each having a slot 18 formed therein to receive a pin 19 on the end of the operating lever 9. The lever 9 instead of being fulcrumed on the bridge is =slidable on the box or guide 20. A slight 6 5"modification of this. construction is illusreadily apparentbyreference to Figs. VI

i a in rig. X y' tl i flfoin. ii-inseam while the first finger is placed against the. bridge. The handles 10 are then drawn directly forwarth'the pins 19 riding in the slots 18 and as said slots are normally at an angle to the direction ofinovement of the levers this forward drawing of the handles 10 will open out the pads 7, as should be and VII. p

In Fig. VIII, I have shown another slight modification of my invention in which the pads 7 are rotatably mounted on the pintles 14 and have extending laterally substan- ;tially parallel tothe lenses the portions 21' connected bymeans'of springs 22 to the lens attachments 2., In this form of my invention I slidably connect tothe bridge the U- sha'ped member 23' having the inwardly ex- 1 tending arm portions'24' adapted'to contact with the portions 21 of the pads, inward movementof the U member relative to the bridge swinging the pads to release the same thereof from-gripping position against the tension of the springs 22. In the use of this form of my invention the lasses may'either be held by the thumb and fingers with one finger bearing against themember 23,- or I may provide the stationaryhandles 25 su1tably secured to the mounting for grasping by the thumb and second-finger, while the first finger presses against the base of the U member. a e a In Fig. IX, I have illustrated a mounting similar to that in Fig-VIII with theexception that the pads are not provided with the extensions 21 but are'aetuate'd' by th'eU member itself which is made of'spring material and so mounted as to ordinarily actuate the pads inwardly but to spread on pressure against the central. portion thereof to re 'lieve the pads of pressure and tend to draw the same outward into 'disengagingposition.

In Fig. XII, I haveshown a form of guard adapted for use in conjunction with several of the modifications of actuating means above illustrated; in this instance the pad 7 instead of being'pivoted on the pintle 1a is carried by thecoil spring-member 26 leasin means bein n'ovided to throwthis V n front edge lnto disen a in OSllllOIlL' L 2: b :3 i

" Fig. XIII is anotherlform of my inven- "which is secured to said pintle, the tension- 'of' the spring tending to throw the front "edge of the pad inward and a suitablere .bridge 3 supports the lever 9,

wardly and push the sition,

-tion in which the same means serve to transmit motion to the pad in both directions, in thisform the bridge 3 having the looped ad- -justable portion 3 and having secured thereto the looped arm 27 carrying the weight supporting guard member 5 and the gripping member 7, which is pivotally mounted on the spindle 1.4:. A pivot rising from the while disposedabove the lever is a spring 28 hearing at one end against the lever and at the other against the mounting to swing the lever inpad into operative pograsping of the handle portion of the lever serving to withdraw the pad from operative position.

In that form of my invention shown in Figs. XIV to XVII inclusive, I have on tirely dispensed with any manual operating means for the pad and in these forms I'have shown the pad as rotatably supported on the spindle 1% and actuated by the spring 30 retained in the cup 29 but it will be understood that other forms of my pads as shown in the various views may be employed without the manually controlling means therefor, 1n the .same manner as that shown in the above mentioned figures.

Fig. XVIII represents a further modifi cation of my invention in which the pad 7 turnson the spindle 14 and is actuated by the spring loop 6 extending upward from the lower portion of the bearing member 5, the lever 9 engaging an eye on the end of the said spring arm or loop 6 to permit of outward movement of the front edge of the 'pad 7.

The form of my invention illustrated in Fig. XIX is similar to several of. the previously described views, with the exception that the lever 9 engages the pad at the bottom thereof instead of at the top or forward portion thereof, the lever in this instance,

as in the others, shifting the pad out of gripping position.

Fig. XXI differs from my other forms merely in having the loop 31 coming downward from the top thereof instead of from the forward edge or back of the pad.

. Figs. XXII and XXIII illustrate a slight modification in that the main guard member has formed thereon the pair of ears 33 bent to form bearings for the spindle 34: of the pad 7, and in addition there is integral with the main guard member the'loop 6, which is riveted to the forward portion of the pad 7 and has projecting fromthe sides thereof the ears 32 for engagement by the furcated end of the lever 9 to properly shift the pad 7 into inoperative position.

In Figs. XXIV and XXV,I have shown one of my regular types of guards with the perforated ears 8 extending from the back of the pad portions 7, which are actuated. by

*the'spring loops 6, While I have shown'the on the weight supporting trated manual, means for be readily apparent, and it will be seen that I have provided an improved type of mounting embodying lower weight supporting.

pads, upper pads suitably actuated for gripping or biting into the loose flesh on the upper part of the nose of the wearer and actuating means preferably independent of the supports for the pads for throwing the same into operating position and for shifting the pads out of operative position. It will further be observed that I have provided an improved construction of spectacle mount ing embodying an entirely new and novel method of operation, in that I provide a bridge or connecting member to fit around or in engagement with the bridge of the nose of the wearer and support by said connecting member, weight supporting pads adapted to rest on the sides of the nose of the wearer, which pads are mounted for adjustment to actually bear upon and fit the nose and support the weight of the mounting and practically balance the. mounting on the nose, while in addition to these lower substantially rigid bearing portions, I have provided gripping members so disposed as to grip or bite into the loose flesh at the top of the nose and resist tilting of the mounting guards as a fulcrum, the entire function of these latter members '7 being to grip and resist this tilting of the mounting and the same being preferably mounted to swing about an axis posterior to the anterior edge thereof so that said anterior or front edge may swing in to bite into the flesh and will more firmly engage said flesh and grip the same in the manner of a hook upon any forward tilting of the mounting, although other forms of pads than those having such a hook action may be employed if desired. It will thus be seen that my mounting can readily be placed in the face by raising the weight supporting portions in correct position and slightly pressing the mounting inward, when the pads 7 will readily yield and will allow the nose toforce itself therebtwee'n without any undue pressure, and at the same time the resilient actuating means for said pads will cause them to satisfactorily grip the nose and prevent accidental forward or dropping off movement of the glasses.

While in a number of figures I have illusreleasing the pads, it is to be understood that I do not wish to be limited to a structure in which manual "means. for disengagingthe pad from the merely for the Convenience of persons not fully understanding the operation of the mounting and to facilitate the removal thereof, since persons skilled or properly instructed in the manner of wearing my improved mounting can readily remove the 1 same without the use of these manually controlled means for operating'the pads and at the same time withoutscratching or bruising the nose.

Iv claim: 1. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with a rigid bridge shaped to the curve of the nose of depending guard members held in fixed relation to the bridge, upwardly .and rearwardly extending, pad supports carried by oneof the first named parts, and gripping pads mounted on the supports for movement about axes posterior to the anterior edge thereof, said pads being nor- .mally disposed with their front edges inwardlyof their rear edges and at a greater angle than that of the surface of the nose intended to be engaged thereby, whereby the mounting may be slipped rearwardly on the .nose, and the nose willreadily slide between the pads while their front edges will bite inward into the nose to resist accidental disengagement of the mounting therefrom, substantially as described.

2. In a mounting of the character described, the combination with a rigid bridge adapted to fit the nose of the wearer, a pliable arm supported by each end of the bridge, and extending rearwardly therefrom, said arm being rigidly connected tov the bridge, and a pair of nose engaging members supported by each of the pliable arms, said members comprising a lower rest, a post rising above the rest, and a gripping member on the post mounted for movement about an axis posterior to the anterior edge thereof, said gripping member being disposed at an acute angle to the plane of the lower member, whereby when the lower member is adjusted to fit the side of the nose the upper member will be faced inward atan -anglethereto to bite into the side nose and prevent'accidental disengagement of the mounting therefrom.

3. The combination with a bridge and lens supports, of Weight bearing pads carried thereby, free front edge gripping pads, means for forcing said free front edges into gripping position, and independent manually'operable means for shifting said front edges into inoperative position.

4. An eyeglass'mounting including gripping members supported posterior to the anterior edge thereof for swinging movement about a vertical axis, means for actuatj ing the" gripping members in one direction ally operable means for operating r and additional means forswinging the gripping members' in the opposite direction.

5. In an eyeglass mountmg, the combmation with lens supports, of weight supporting members carried thereby, gripping members, means for swinging the gripping members intobitmg engagement wlth the nose of the wearer, and independent manually operable means for swinging the gripping members into inoperative position.

6. The combination with lens supports, of i weight carrying memberssecured thereto, grlpplng members mounted for swinging movement on an axls rearwardly of the forward portion thereof and separate means; I

stationary lower portion and an upper por--;

tion movable relative thereto about a verticalax1s,res1l1ent means for actuatmg the pad 1n one direction and lndependent'manuin the opposite direction.

8. An eyeglass mounting including a guard having a stationary lower portion and an automatically relatively movable upper the pad portion, and manual means for moving the front edge of the upperportion outward.

9. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with a support for the lenses, of a gripping member mounted to turn about an upright axis located rearwardly of the front edgeof the gripping member, and means for forcing the front edge of the gripping member inward and additional means for shifting said front edge outward.

10. In an eyeglassmountmg, the combination with a support for the lenses, of a grip- T ping member mounted to turn about an upright axis disposed rearwardly of the front edge of the gripping member, resilient means for automatically turning the gripping mem ber about said axis whereby the front edge of the gripping member is .forced inwardly,

and manually operable means for forcing said front edge'outwardly.

11. A spectacle mounting embodying a support, a lower guard member carried thereby and adjustable relative thereto,a displaceable upper gripping member carried by one of said parts and movable relative to both of the first mentioned parts, means for shifting said upper. member inwardly, and

additional means foroutwardly shifting said member to render the same inoperative.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

V Witnesses FLORENCE G. CoDnNE, JOSEPH J. DE ERs.

Washington, D. G.

JOEL G, WELLS. I

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