US1313052A - Max batjmast - Google Patents

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v M. BAUMAN. GEM SETTING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-15. i919.-

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

INVENTOR MAX 5 411,144

, WITNESSES ATTORNEYS MAX animals, or new YORK, N. Y.

GEM-SETTING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

Application filed February 15, 1919. Serial No. 277,285.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, MAX BAUMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan,'in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Gem- Setting, of which the following is a descrip tion.

My invention relates to gem settings of jewelry, andmore particularly is intended for embodiment in finger rings. The invention is especially useful for setting'gems having a small area or a limited spread as it is termed in the trade.

An important object of myinvention is to provide a setting of a character to firmly hold the gem or other stone and at the same time to have the effect of increasing the apparent spread of the gem materially beyond the actual spread thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a finger ring embodying my improved setting;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a section taken through ting on the line 33, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 44,

the setfify improved setting for a ring 10 or other piece of jewelry includes, as usual in settings, a plurality of cramps within which the gem A is to be mounted. In my invention the gem A is received in the opencenter of a frame 12 of special character. The frame 12 in the preferred form is of starshape presenting pronounced star points and presenting between the star points at the exterior of the frame recesses or depressions 13. The cramps 11 extend over the frame 12 at the recesses 13 and thereby alternate with the star points. In any event the frame 12 between and alternating with the depressions 13 will present outwardly projecting points or equivalent members affording effective holding engagement for the cramps and of a character to be given ornamental form such as star points or the like. Thus,

the arrangement provides for the secure mounting of the frame and esthet-ically the important result is obtained that the gem A which actually is not set directly in the cramps appears except on close inspection as if it were set directly in the cramps;

and the'apparent spread or area of the gem is increased beyond its actual spread, because, for example, when the frame 12 is made of White gold, its frame character as distinct from the gem and cramps, is not instantly apparent nor clearly obvious as its surface merges to the eye in the area of the gem.

The pressing of the cm A into the open center of the frame 12 gives a substantial holding effect for the gem, but in addition,

inthe preferred form of my invention, I provide within the star pointsprongs 14 extending laterally inward to overlap the gem.

The mechanical form, and the utile function of the prongs 14 in holding the gem are actual, but their form and their character as. prongs are not so pronounced but that esthetically they will be dominated by the major lines ofthe star points and by the lines presented by the alternating cramps 11. In practice, the prongs 14, best shown in 3, advantageously are of a character to appear as if produced by displacing material of the frame 12 at the outer surface and in an-inward radial direction leaving corresponding depressions 15 outward of or at the bases of said prongs, an incidental advantage of this arrangement being that the prongs 14 and recesses 15 rather contribute to .giving prominence to the starpoint character of the members of the frame 12 between the cramps 11 although reducing the apparent frame surface as such.

Thus, by the described simple means I provide for the secure holding of the gem and at the same time obtain improved esthetic efiects with gems of limited spread, the star shape of the frame particularly lending itself to producing the apparent sprea I would state in conclusionthat while the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I

projecting members at the periphery, said members being separated by peripheral depressions radially beyond which said members extend, said cramps engaging said 5 frame at the depression thereof, thus alternating with said separated projecting members and being disposed about said opening adjacent thereto.

2, A em setting including cramps, and a 10 frame tierein adapted to receive the gem,

said frame presenting at the exterior alternating projecting members and depressions, said cramps engaging said frame at the depressions thereof and thus ulternetin with said projecting members; together wit holdin prongs on the frame at the interior a apted to engage the gem, said prongs being disposed between the cramps and at the ifiner sldes of the projectin members.

MA BAUMAN.

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