US1219815A - Goggles. - Google Patents

Description

W. J. HINES.

GOGGLES.

APPLICATION FILED APII. 2s. 1916.

,21 9,8 1 5 Patented Mar. 20, 1917 liam 22525165.

UNTTED STATES rATENT onirica.

WrLLIAM J. EINES, oF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, .ASsIGNon To ALsToN L.

PRESTorLoF LEOMINSTEB, MASSACHUSETTS.

GOGGLES.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patenten Mar. so, i917.

Application filed April 26, 1916. Serial No. 93,787.

` constructions without reducing the strength; also to provide an improved arrangementl of dimmer and improved means for holding light obstructing guards at the sides. The invention involves other features as will ap- Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a pair of goggles constructed in accordance with this invention; v

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation showing the temples folded up;

Fig. 3 is sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a sectional View on the line L.1 l1 of Fig. 1 as far as the surface of the temple;

Fig. 5 is an end elevation;

Fig. 6 is a view of one of the light obstructing guards;

Fig. 7 is a rear view of the blank from which the frames are made, and

Fig. 8 is an edge elevation or plan of a frame constructed in accordance with this invention Showing a modified form of said guard, one of the guards being shown folded inwardly to its extreme position.

For the purpose of making goggle frames out of sheet Celluloid so as to reduce the cost thereof to a minimum, according lto this invention the sheet of celluloid is irst stamped out by a single combined cutting out and stamping o eration to form the blank shown in Fig. This blank as will be obvious consists of a single integral piece of sheet Celluloid having two circular or other Shaped eye-members 10 connected by a bridge piece 11 and having projections 15 at its. opposite ends and also surrounded by a single integral continuous wall. 9 of sheet Celluloid about the margin of the blank. This wall is at right angles to the surface of the eye-pieces and other parts of the blank that are in the same plane. It will be obvious that this blank can be formed 1n a very simple, expeditious and inexpensive manner by the use of toolsof a type wellunderstood in this art.

The blank is stamped out by another cuttmg operation to remove the centers from .the eye-pieces as shown more fully in Fig. l, and these eye-pieces preferably are left with solid sheet Celluloid portions 12 at the top formingv dimmers. This part of the construction is nished by placing eye-pieces 10a in the circular or other shaped recesses or sockets formed as shown in Fig. 7 and having their edges cemented or otherwise secured to the flanges left around the edges of the eye-pieces when the centers are cut out. These eye-pieces can be of glass, celluloid, mica or any other desired material either transparent or translucent, and they can be of the general shape indicated in Fig. 1 or can be circular so as to ll up the space back of the dimmer. 1f desired a sheet of opaque material 12a can be placed in the frame back of the dimmer to make its action still more eective. 1t will be understood, of course, that ordinary sheet celluloid is somewhat translucent and the opaque material will materially enhance the value of the device as a dimmer. I have also shown a strengthening rod 17 in the bridge of the goggle cemented to both the plain.

wall thereof and the two curved walls.

These goggles are shownas provided with a pair of temples 13 formed of Celluloid wire, or any other desired material, and in the present instance these are secured in' position by passing pins 14 through the hollow projections 15 at the ends of the frame. These hollow projections are formed like the rest of the frame of sheet celluloid and bythe original stamping operation are left no separate operation required to make this l seat for the temple hinge. As so far deotherwise have to be used only as waste.

It will be seen that each one of lthese guards is provided with two parallel slits 21 and that the celluloid between the slits is bent up to form a cylindrical passage 'through which the wire temple can be passed and which is intended to it on it frictionally. Furthermore, each guard is provided with a notch 22 at the center of its straight surface Y for fitting the opposite sides of the projecwardly farther thanl would be the casetion 15 when the guard is placed in position for use. This straight edge of the guard also is preferably bent inwardly slightly so that it has to be sprung over the end of the frame. Thus it will be held in position after having once been sprung into place. This serves another purpose also, because it prevents the temple being swung upwardly Ato the limit of its stroke and thus relieves the temple and the end of the projection of the pressure they would get by such accidental motion thereof.

-The way in which the goggle is used will be obvious, also the utility of the guards, and the dimmer. It remains only to state that when the goggles are to be folded up the guards are pulled back on the temples so as to slide in out of the way to Apermit of folding the parts into small compass as indicated in Fig. 2.

In the form shown in Fig. 8, the above mentioned principles are all employed eX- cept as to the guards. In this case each guard is formed of apiece of celluloid 30 pivoted by pins 31 to the upper and lower edges of the celluloid frame at diametrically opposite points and each guard is substantially semi-circular in shape and forms a part of a cylindrical body. Being pivotedin this manner the guards can be moved inwardly to permit folding, as indicated at one side of this figure. In that case the notch 22 with which the guard is provided to enable it to slip over the projection' on the end of the frame' is availed of for receiving the temple and permitting it to be folded inotherwise. When the guards are in operative position they are held thereby the friction of the material on the ends of the frame and need no other holding means.

Although I have shown and described only two forms of the invention I am aware of the fact that modifications can be made therein by any person-skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims. Therefore I do not wish to be limited to all the details of construction herein shown and described, but what I do claim is l. As an article of manufacture, a pair of goggles formed of sheet celluloid and consisting of a single integral piece thereof, pressed and stamped out to provide a plain body portion, a longitudinal bridge and end portions, said body portion having two eye members spaced apart and having eye openings cut out of the same to leave a continuous plain rim therearound, the whole being provided with a single integral continuous marginal flangeat all points at right angles to the plane of the said body portion.

2. As an article of manufacture, a pair of goggles comprising a plain flat member of, sheet celluloid having two eye pieces stamped out of the same, said member being provided with flat rims around the eye pieces in. the plane of said body and having a bridge piece connecting said rims integrally and in the plane thereof, said member having a transverse continuous marginal strengthening flange extending therearound, the bridge piece also having two marginal flanges integral and continuous with the first named flanges, two-hollow projections formed at opposite ends'of the Whole frame and'consisting of integral continuations of the' flanges of the flat member, and temples hinged within said projections.

3. As an article of manufacture, a pair of goggles comprising a plain fiat member of sheet celluloid having two eyev openings stamped out-of the same, said member being provided with flat rims around the eye openings in the plane of said -body and having a transverse continuous strengthening flange extending therearound at the extreme outer edge,and eye pieces secured to thev rear of saidv fiat rims and free from themarginal flanges.

4. As an article of manufacture, a pair of goggles consisting of sheet celluloid and having two eye-pieces integrally connected together and each having a plain rim therearound provided with a portion at the top for cutting off the light through the top part of the eye-piece.

5. As an` article of manufacture, a pair 'of goggles comprising a frame oflsheet celluloid having eye-pieces cut out therefrom and having dimmers integral with the sheet celluloid at the top of said eye-pieces and provided with opaque members at the rear.

6. In a pair ofgoggles, the combination Lemme with a main frame having a curved marwhich throughout its length engages and ts gnal strengthening lange perpendicular to the curved surface of the flange at the end the plane of the frame, and temples pvoted of the goggle frame so es lo be held in posil@ thereon, of a light excluding guard mounted tion rictonally.

on and movable with a, temple, said guard ln testimony whereof l have hereunto Set consisting of a piece of sheet material atmy hand.

tached to the temple and having; an edge WILLAM J, EINES.

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