US1275698A

US1275698A - Eye mechanism for dolls.

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Publication number: US1275698A
Application number: US23649218A
Authority: US
Inventors: Louis Kalvin
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1918-05-25
Filing date: 1918-05-25
Publication date: 1918-08-13
Anticipated expiration: 1935-08-13

Description

L. KALVIN.

EYE MECHANISM FOR DOLLS.

APPLICATION FILVED MAY 25, I918.

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Patented Aug. 13, 1918,

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LOUIS KALVIN, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

EYE MECHANISM FOR DOLLS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

Application filed May 25, 1918. Serial No. 236,492.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS KALVIN, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eye Mechanism for Dolls, of which the following is a full and clear specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in eye mechanism for the so-called sleeping dollsfland the object of the invention is to'simplify and improve such mechanism, with a view to facilitating the mountin and de-mounting ofv the mechanism in the doll head and the automaticadjustment of the eyes and lids, with reference to the eye sockets of the head, not only when -mounting the mechanism in the head, but in cases of shrinkage of the material of the head after the completion of the manufacture.

Tot-his end I have devised the doll head eye mechanism. comprising an eye supporting plate or frame having means adapted to engage the inner surface of the hollow doll head at a plurality of points and havlng a detachable locking device arranged to secure the plate in proper ositlon, with reference to the eye sockets o the head. The means of engagement of the supportlng plate with the head are preferably the lower fixed 11d members and one or more adjustable detents formed of pointed screws threaded through the plate and engaging the inner surface of the hollow head. By ad usting the pointed screws the angular relation of the plate to.

bers of spheroidal segmental shape with outwardly presented flanges adapted to accurately en age the lower edges of the eye sockets of the head. The tongues of the e e attaching socket members loosely engage t e slots ofthe supporting plate, so as to be from the head crown 3.

movable thereon to adjust themselves auto matically upon the supporting plate to retaln proper relation with the eye sockets.

The upper movable lids are pivoted to the supporting frame upon a rod and are adustably secured together by means of inwardly presented tongues that are bent intooval or other non-circular shape, so as to telescope one within the other, keying the two lid members together and permitting their relative lateral adjustment. The counter balance for the movable lids is suitably attached to a tongue projecting from one of the lid members.

In .order that my invention may be fully understood it will first be described with reference to the accompanying drawings and afterward pointed out more particularly in the annexed claims.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a. dolls head, showing my improved eye mechanism applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the eye mechanism upon its supporting plate, removed Fig. 3 is a vertical'sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4: is a face view of the supporting plate of the eye mechanism;

Fig. 5 is a detail front view of the lower lid and eye supporting socket;

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view showing the eye member secured in the supporting socket;

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view showing the adjustable connection between the movable eyelids; v

Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the dolls head of-the closed crown type, showing a slight modification of thespring locking device."

-1 is a hollow dolls head formed as usualwith the eye sockets, 2, and the open 5 is an oblong stamped sheet metal plate, formed with a strengthening rib or head 5 around its edges and with two oppositely arranged oblong slots 6, to receive the eye and lower lid members presently to be .explained. Plate 5 is also formed with a central opening 7, through which projects the counter balance of the upper lid mechanism, and screw threaded sockets 8 to receive the segmental spheroidal wall 12, having acurved lower lid flange 13. The bottom wall of cup member 10 is perforated to form two integral attaching tongues 14, which are adapted to pass through one of the slots 6 in plate 5 and be bent over against the-under face of the plate to secure socket member 10 in position, but movable freely in the slot 6 upon theplate 5, for the purpose of affording automatic adjustment as hereinafter explained.

15 is the eye member; formed of a hollow hemispherical shape of suitable material in the usual way. The eye member 15 fits snugly in the cup 10, within the annular flange 11 and segmental flan e 12, and is engaged by a pin 16, carried y lug 17 upon flange 11. The pin 16 is designed to fit a proper perforation in the side wall of eye member 15.

The upper movable lid members consist of two separately formed spheroidal segments 20 and 21, having at their outer edges perforated lugs 20 and 21 and at their inner edges integral tongues 20 and 21", which latter are bent or shaped into elliptical or other non-circular cross sectional form, as shown particularly in Fig. 7 and telescoped one within the other to adjustably key the two lid members together, so that'they Wlll rock in unison and can be adjusted with relation to each other upon their axis of mo-' tion. 25 is a pivot rod supported in suitable openings formed through the flanges of cup members 10 and the side walls of the eye members 15. The pivot rod 25 passes through perforated pivot lugs 20 and 21 and through the central telescoping portions 20* and 21 of the upper lid members, thereby supporting the coupled members for rocking motion.

One of the lid members 21 is formed with an integral rearwardly projecting tongue 21, having perforation 21 to receive the bent end 30 of the curved counterbalance rod 30, tongue 21 being bent around the rod 30 to secure it to the coupled movable eyelid members. Rod 30 carries the counterbalance weight 31, which holds the movable eyelids open when the doll is held upright and causes the eyelids to close when the head is put in a reclining position, thereby simulating sleep.

Screwed into the sockets 8 of supporting plate 5 are the two ointed screws 35 formed with squared hea 536. These screws are adapted to engage the inner surface of the hollow head above the eye sockets at two points to support the plate 5 in conjunction with the engagement of the lower lid members 13 in proper relation to the eye sockets. By adjusting the screws 35 the angle of plate 5 can be accurately determined to effect the most life-like appearance of the eye and lid members.

A suitable detachable locking member is employed for securing the plate 5 in position within the head. I prefer to employ a locking member in the ,form of a curved spring, as shown at 40, with suitably

bent ends

41, 42, engaging respectively under an angular ledge 3 of the head and the upper wall of supporting plate 5. The shape of this spring locking member is such that plate 5 will be pressed downwardly and forwardly in the head to hold it securely in place with the lower lids 13 en aging the eye sockets and the adjustab e pointed screws 35 engaging the inner surface of the head above the eye sockets.

In Fig. 8 I have shown a slight modification of the invention, in which the eye mechanism is the same as above described, but in which the form of locking spring 45 is modified to permit its insertion through the open neck, so as to adapt the eye mechanism to the form of hollow dolls head having a closed crown, a form which is largely used in making dolls heads with imitation hair.

In placing the eye mechanism in the hollow dolls head, the parts having been properly mounted on the supporting plate 5, as just described, the mechanism is )laced in the dolls head with the lower eyelids 13 in engagement with the lower edges of the eye sockets 2 of the head, the upper and lower .lids and eye members being adjusted upon the plate either inwardly or outwardly to cause them to register accurately with the eye sockets of the head. Holdin the parts in this proper relation the adj usta le pointed screws 35 are-operated to adjust the an le of the plate 5 and the parts carried there Y The locking member or spring 40 is then snapped into place in proper engagement with the inner surface of the hollow head in the-upper edge of the supporting plate 5 to hold the parts as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The angle of mechanism in the head can be more accurately adjusted, if desired, by operating the screws 35 after the mechanism is in place.

The improved eye mechanism for dolls heads is of simple and economical construction. The mounting of the eyes and lids upon the frame permits these parts to be accurately adjusted with relation to the eye sockets of the head. The adjustment of the main parts upon the plate is, in a sense, automatic, in that they will properly adjust themselves in the eye sockets, moving transversely upon the plate 5 when the plate is secured in position.

This capacity for adjustment of the eye mechanism upon the supporting plate is a traction the material.

feature of great importance, particularly when the mechanism is mounted in composition heads that shrink or contract with age. In such shrinkage the eye and lid members will be caused, by their engagement with the eye sockets and with each other, to automatically move upon their support ng plate transversel of the head to permit the con- Such automatic adjustment thereb takes place without injury to the head or the mechanism.

I am not aware that it has ever been proposed to mount an eye mechanism in a hollow dolls head by detachable means nor by spring locking means as above described, by means of which the parts are yieldingly and effectively held in place to avoid disarrangement by jars or contraction of the material of the head. The mechanism is also of value from a manufacturing standpoint, since it is produced by die Work and a simple assembling operation. The adjustable and removable features afford convenient and economic means for mounting'and for the removal when repairs become necessary.

][ claim:

1. The combination with a hollow dolls head formed with eye sockets, of a removable eye-supporting plate, means supporting said plate within the head in proper relation to said eye sockets, and locking means de. tachably securing the plate in place.

2. The combination with a hollow dolls head formed with eye sockets, of a removable eye supporting plate, means supporting said plate within the head in proper relation to said eye sockets, and spring locking means detachably securing the plate in place.

3. The combination with a hollow dolls head formed with eye sockets, of an eyesupporting plate, devices upon said plate engagin the inner surface of the head to support t e plate in proper relation to said eye sockets, and locking means en aging said plate and the inner surface of t e head for detachably securing the platein place.

4. The combination with a hollow dolls head formed with eye sockets, of a removable eye supporting late having means engaging the inner sur ace of the head to support the plate in proper relation to said eye sockets, and a removable spring locking member engaging said plate and the inner surface of the head for detachably-securing the plate in place.

' 5. The combination with a hollow dolls head formed with eye sockets, of an eye-supporting plate, carrying means for engaging the innersurfaceof the head at a plurality of points to support the plate in proper relation to said eye sockets, and locking means detachably securing the plate in place.

6. The combination with a hollow dolls head formed with eye sockets, of 3 an eyethe eye sockets, and

supporting plate having a plurality of devices adapted to engage with the inner surface of the head and support said plate in proper relation to said eye sockets, and sprin locking means engaging said plate and t e inner surface of the head for detachably securing the plate in place.

7. The combination with a hollow dolls head formed with eye sockets, of an eyesupporting plate, members. adjustably mounted upon said plate engaging the inner surface of the head to hold the plate in proper relation to said eye sockets and sprin lockin means detachably securing the p ate in p ace.

8. The combination with a hollow dolls head formed with eye sockets, of a removable eye supporting plate, pointed screws adjustably mounted in said plate and engagin the inner surface of the head to hold the plate in proper relation to said eye sockets, and spring locking means detachably secur ing the frame in place.

9. The combination with ahollow dolls head formed with eye sockets, of a supporting plate for eyes and eyelids removably mounted in the headin proper relation to said eye sockets, means adjustably securing the eyes to said plate, and a removable spring locking member detachably securing the p ate in place.

10. The combination of a hollow dolls head formed with eye sockets, of an eyesupporting plate or frame carrying lower lid members adapted to engage the lower edges of said eye sockets, and a removable locking member for detachably securing the plate or frame in place.

11. The combination of a hollow dolls head, having eye sockets, with a plate carrying eyes and eyelids arranged within the head with eyelids seated upon the walls of yielding means securing the plate in positioi 12. The combination of a hollow dolls head, having eye sockets, with a plate carrying eyes and eyelids arranged within the head with eyelids seated upon the walls of the eye sockets, yielding means securing the plate in position and adjustable means upon the plate engaging the head for determining the angular position of the plate in the head.

13. The combination of a hollow dolls head formed with eye sockets of an eye supporting plate or frame carrying lower lid 1 members adapted to engage the lower edges and eye members movably mounted upon said supporting plate and automatically adjustable' thereon into proper relation with the eye sockets of the head by the act of mounting the supporting plate in position.

15. The combination of a hollow dolls head, having eye sockets, with a plate carrying, eyes and eyelids arranged within the head with eyelids seated upon the walls of the eye sockets, said eyes and eyelids being movable upon the plate to eflect their automatic adjustment by the act of mounting the plate in the head, and means securing the plate in position.

16. The combination with a hollow dolls head formed with eye sockets, of, a slotted supporting plate removably mounted within the head, eye attaching members adjustably engaging the slots of said plate and detacha'ble means for locking the plate in position within the head.

17; The combination of a hollow dolls head formed with eye sockets, of a slotted supporting plate removably mounted within the head, socket members formed with integral tongues engaging'said slotted plate,

and eye members mounted in said socket members. 4

18. The combination with a hollow dolls head having eye sockets, cup shaped members formed with segmental lower lid members adapted to enga e the eye sockets of the head, the eye mem ers, means for securing the eye members in sa1d cup-shaped members, a slotted supportmg plate, tongues projecting from said cup-shaped members and engaging the slots 1n said support ng plate, and means for detachably securing upper lid members pivotally mounted upon said frame and adjustable toward and away from each other.

20. The combination with a hollow dolls head, formed with eye sockets, of a supporting frame removably mounted in the head in proper relation to said eye sockets, lower lid and eye members secured together and movably mounted upon said frame and upper lid members pivotally mounted upon said frame and formed with inwardly pro jecting tongues which are .adjustably interlocked.' 1

21. The combination with a hollow dolls head, formed with eye sockets, of a supporting frame removably mounted in the head in proper relation to said eye sockets, lower lid members engaging the eye sockets,

eye members mounted upon the lower lid members, means adjustably mounting said lower lid members uponsaid frame, and upper lid members pivotally mounted upon the frame and adjustable relatively to each other.

LOUIS KALVIN.