US1210624A - Jewelry. - Google Patents

Description

T. H. FISHEL.

JEWELRY.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 30, 1915.

1,210,624. Patented Jan.2,1917.

INVENTOR W M A TTORNE Y THEODORE H. FISI-IEL, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK.

JEWELRY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJan. 2, 1917.

Application filed October 30, 1915. Serial No. 58,774.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, THEODORE H. FISHEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1 1 Manhattan avenue, New Rochelle, in the county of WVestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jewelry, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in articulated ornaments and more particularly to articles of jewelry such as bracelets, chains and the like composed of links or sections of the solid block type.

It is particularly adapted for use in ornaments containing those jewels that depend on their setting for their brilliancy, such as rhinestones and the like.

An object of my invention is to provide integral sections capable of being flexibly joined without the use of separate connecting means, and a further object is to join such sections neatly and evenly.

Another object of my invention is to provide links or sections having rectangular sides thus presenting an even smooth ap pearance and likewise concealing the joining means when the article is in use.

Further objects of my invention are simplicity, strength, ineXpensiveness, and facility and ease in manufacture.

My invention has other features and advantages which will appear from the following description.

I will now describe the embodiments of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings and will thereafter point out my invention in claims.

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a bracelet embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom elevation of three links or sections of the bracelet shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a bottom elevation in perspective of a single section or link.

Articulated ornaments have been made wherein the sections are of the block type, but heretofore special independent means have had to be provided for connecting the sections, such as beading them on a wire, or using connecting plates or links, all of which added to the expense of the article and detracted from its neatness and simplicity and complicated its manufacture.

In my invention I provide blocks or sections having formed thereon integral connecting means for joining them together. The block 1 is solid and is provided with a depression 7 in which jewels are adapted to be set in any well known manner, such for example as beading. At one end of the block 1 are projecting lugs joined by a bar which form a loop or eye 3 and at the other end is formed a projecting arm or tongue 2. A socket a is formed in the rear of the block 1 and behind and below the tongue 2. At the rear of the socket 1-, a recess 5 is provided for the purpose hereinafter explained.

In joining the blocks or sections, the tongue or arm 9. of one section is inserted into the eye 3 of the adjacent section and is then folded or bent back so that the eye 3 is received in the socket l of the section containing the tongue, the end of the tongue 2 fitting into the recess 5 provided at the rear of the socket 4:. The sections are thus closely and neatly joined and the sides are practically contiguous. The tongue 2 linked about the eye 3 of the adjacent section fits neatly in the socket, it being practically flush with the side and bottom of the link. Flexibility is maintained at all times, for the tongue 2 is prevented from coming into too close contact with the eye 3 by means of the recess 5, the top of which acts as a stop for the movement of the end of the tongue 2.

The socket 4- is closed on its sides by the walls of the section or unit, thus inclosing the joining means and limiting lateral pivotal movement between the links, and likewise presenting a rectangular surface to the eye which adds to the ornamental appear ance of the article. The article is made by joining any desired number of sections as heretofore described, the ends of which may be secured in any manner such for example as the spring catch 9 and the chain 8 shown in Fig. 1.

It is obvious that various modifications may be made in the construction shown and above particularly described within the principle and scope of my invention as set forth in the following claims.

I claim:

1. An integral jewel setting having unbroken rectangular side walls, a tongue at one end of the setting, a socket underneath the tongue, a recess at the rear of the socket, the socket and recess being hidden by the side walls when the setting is in use, and a loop formed at the opposite end of the seted to fit into the loop of the adjacent unit 10 ting. and be folded around it, the loop fitting into 2. A non-expansible chain comprising a the socket below the said tongue, the end of plurality of units having rectangular sides, the tongue fitting into therecess formed at each unit having a loop at one end, and a the rear of the socket. socket at the other, the socket being closed 'In: testimony whereof I have affixed my 15 on its tWo sides by the Walls of the unit, a signature. recess provided at the rear of the socket, a,

tongue formed above the socket, andadaptv V I THEODORE H. FISHEL.

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