US1540521A - Eye mounting for dolls - Google Patents

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' June 2, 1925.

L. J. GRUBMAN EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS Filed April 5. 1924 INVENTOR Zeal find/nan 5 WW MATTORN I Patented June 2, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEO J'. GRUBMAN, OF BELLE HARBOR, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO L. T. GRUBMAN, IN-

CORPORATED, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEIV EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS.

Application filed April 5, 1924. Serial No. 704,410.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Leo J. GRUBMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Belle Harbor, county of Queens, State 5 of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eye Mountings for Dolls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to eye mountings for dolls and in its broaderaspects comprehends the provision of simple and inexpensive means for easily, quickly and accurately mounting the artificial members within a doll head for axial oscillation in spaced eye sockets formed in the head wall.

More particularly, it is the primary object and purpose of my present improvements to provide an improved supporting means for the spaced eye members, said means including movable pivot members for the support and manually adjustable means for moving said pivot members into engagement with opposite sides of the head wall whereby the support is mounted or suspended for bodily oscillation.

It is also another important object of the invention to provide certain structural features whereby the spherical surfaces of the individual eye members may be initially positioned in contacting engagement with the walls of the eye sockets, and after the pivot members have been engaged with the wall of the doll head a slight recession of the eye members is permitted whereby they may rock or oscillate freely in the eye sockets without frictional binding contact upon the walls of said sockets.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the improved eye mounting and in the form, construction and relative arrangement of its several parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and subsequently incorporated in the subjoined claims.

In the drawing wherein I have disclosed one simple and satisfactory embodiment of the invention and in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

YORK. A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Figure 1 is a sectional view through a doll head taken approximately on the line 11 of Figure 2, showing the improved mounting arranged therein and one of the eye members being illustrated in section;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the mounting partly broken away and one of the eye members being shown in section; and Figure 4 is a side elevation of the mounting.

' For the purpose of illustrating the manner of application of my improved eye mounting in the accompanying drawing, I

have showna doll head 5 which may bemoulded or otherwise fashioned from wood pulp, papier-mach, or other suitable composition material. The front wall of this doll head is provided with the usual eye sockets indicated at 6, arranged in appropriate spaced relation to the other molded facial features of the doll head.

The new eye mounting forming the sub ject matter of the present application includes a frame plate 7 which may be of any suitable form and dimensions, but as herein shown, is provided with oppositely projecting lateral portions 8 and at itsupper end between said lateral portions with an angularly disposed flange 9. At their lower sides the lateral portions 8 are integrally connected by a central obliquely extending arm 10 to the extremity of which a suitable weight 11 is fixed in any preferred manner.

Each of the lateral portions 8 of the frame plate is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 12 at the oppositeends of which the lugs 13 project from the front side of said plate. The pairs of lugs thus provided upon each lateralportion 8 of the frame plate are provided with openings to loosely receive the pivot pins 14. Each of these pivot pins at its outer end is sharply pointed as at 15 to provide a bearing adapted for engagement in the wall of the doll head in the manner to be presently described. The other or inner end of each pivot pin, is rounded or convex as shown at 16. In

spaced relation to each end of the pivot pins REISSUED there is provided a reduced portion forming an annular channel or groove 17 thereon.

The individual eye members 18 are in the form of hemi-sp'herical shells, preferably of celluloid or other suitable material which may be readily die shaped or formed. The shell wall at diametrically opposite points and adjacent to its rear open side is provided with the openings 19 which are of approximately the same dimension as the maximum diameter of the pivot pin 14. In assembling these eye members, they are arranged upon the front side of the frame plate as shown in Figure 3 of the drawing, with one side of the shell wall positioned between the spaced lugs 13, while the opposite side of said wall is positioned outwardly of the outermost lug 13. In other words, the outer lug extends within the eye shell while the inner lug is exterior thereof and spaced from the inner side of said shell. The openings 19 in the shell wall being disposed in registering relation with the openings of the lugs 13, the pivot pin 14 is then inserted through said registering openings until the pointed end 15 of the pin projects beyond.

the outer side of the eye shell, and the parts of said pin of maximum diameter are positioned in the openings 19 in the shell wall as seen 'at the left hand side of Figure 3 of the drawing.

For the purpose of projecting the plvot pins axially from the position shown in Figure 3 so as to engage their pointed ends 15 in the opposite sides of the head wall. I provide an adjustable element 20 arranged upon the front side of the frame plate 7 and having at its upper and lower ends the angularly extending arms 21 positioned respectively through slots 22 and 23 formed in said frame plate. These slots are separated from each other by means of an integral portion or web 24 on the plate 7 which acts as a stop limiting the movement of the element 20. The upper arm 21 on said movable element is provided with an opening to register with an opening in the flange 9 of the plate 7 and loosely receives the adjusting screw 25. The other or lower arm 21 of the element ,20 has a threaded opening 26 therein to I'QCGlXQ the threads of the screw 25.

The element 20 is provided at its opposite sides with the cam edges 27 which are inclined outwardly and downwardly from the upper arm 21, said element 20 having its greatest width at the lower ends of these cam edges. Immediately below the cam edges said element is reduced in width providing the shoulders 28 thereon.

Assuming that the eye members have been assembled upon the frame plate with the pivot pins 14 as shown in Figure 3 and that the adjustable element 20 is in its lower position, the mounting is arranged within the doll head and the spherical surfaces of the individual eye members 18 are engaged in the respective eye sockets 6 in contact with the circumferential walls thereof. It is not uncommon f0: these eye'sockets to be slightly out of alignment with each other, but notwithstanding this fact, the individual eye members may nevertheless be initially arranged with their spherical surfaces exactly concentric with the walls of the eye sockets. After the eye members have thus been properly positioned in the sockets, the screw 25 is turned in the proper direction so that the element 20 is moved upwardly upon the frame plate and during such upward movement, the opposite cam edges 27 of said element ride against the inner convex ends 16 of the respective pivot pins 14, .thus moving said pivot pins outwardly through the openings of the lugs 13 and the openings 19 in the eye shells. In this manner the pointed outer ends 15 of the pivot pins are caused to form bearing seats in the relatively soft yield-able material of the doll head and when projected to such positions, the openings 19 in the walls of theeye shells register with the annular grooves 17 of the respective pivot pins, thus permitting of a slight recession of the eye shells or a loosening of the same so that they will not frictionally bind against the circumferential walls of the eye sockets.

Further. it is to be noted that when the member 20 reaches the limit of its upward movement so that the cam edges 27 no longer bear uponthe ends of the pivot pins, the inner ends of said pins are then opposed to. the recessed or shouldered edge portions 28 of the adjustable element. thereby permitting of the expansion of the material of the head wall with which the pointed ends 15 of the pivot pins are engaged so that the material is not unduly compressed and the pointed ends of the pivot pins are loosened in their seats so that they are capable of a free rocking motion therein.

It will be understood, of course, that the edges of the eye, shells 18 at their rear open sides are closely contiguous to the front surface of the frame plate so that the eve shells may not rock or oscillate upon the pivot pins 14 with respect to the supporting frame.

From the above description, it will be apparent that by means of mv improved eye mounting and the means which I provide for positioning and supporting the same within the doll head for oscillating movement, the artificial eyes may be quickly and accurately arranged for proper movement. with respect to the walls of the respective eye sockets so as to present a very realistic appearance. Owing to the fact that the pivot pins which support the mounting may be engaged with any part of the doll head wall. and said wall is not equipped with special seats to receive said pins, it is possible to utilize the device even though 'the eye socket centers-may not be in accurate alignment with each other, thus avoiding excessive waste of materials.

It will be understood of course, that when the device is in the position shown in Figure 2 with the weight member 11 in contact against the front wall of the doll head the artificial eyes are in open position in the sockets and when the doll is moved to a reclining or horizontal position, the weight acts as a pendulum in the usual way to cause an oscillatory movement of the eye mounting so that the individual eye members will oscillate about the axial centers of the pins 14, which, of course, are in exact axial alignment with each other. Consequently in this closing movement of-the eyes, the spherical surfaces thereof move in paths which are concentric to the circumferential walls of the respective eye sockets.

From the foregoing description considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction, manner of operation and several advantages of my present disclosure will be clearly understood. The device consists of comparatively few parts which are of very simple form, therebyreducing to a minimum the manufacturing cost of said mounting, while at the same time enabling the eyes to be easily, quickly and properly mounted within the doll head without requiring the exercise of a very high degree of skill upon the part of the workman. I have herein particularly described and illustrated an embodiment of my present improvements which is believed to be entirely practical. However, in so far as I am aware, I believe it to be new in the art to provide a mounting of this character wherein the proper arrangement of the mounting as a whole is first determined by positioning the eye members in contact with the eye socket walls, and said mounting including pivot members and means for projectmg the pivot members into operatlve til) engagement with the wall of the doll head. It is apparent that this fundamental idea might be exemplified by means of various other alternative mechanical structures, and therefore, I reserve the privilege of resorting to all suchlegitimate changes in the form, construction and relative arrangement of the several parts as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. An eye mounting for dolls including a support, spaced eye members, expansible means on the support extending through the geometrical center of each eye member and movable with respect thereto into bearing engagement with the wall of a doll head to oscillatably sustain the support in definite relation to the eye receiving sockets, and rigid means coacting with said expansible means to unyieldingly retain the latter in opeifative engagement with the doll head wa 2. An eye mounting for dolls including a support, spaced eye members carried thereby, independent pivot members for said support extending through the geometrical centers of the respective eye members and axially movable with respect thereto, and additional means movably mounted on the support to coact with said pivot members and axially project the same into operative engagement with the wall of the doll head and thereafter unyieldingly resist axial movement of said members from such operative positions.

3. An eye mounting for dolls including a support, spaced eye members carried thereby, independent pivot members for saidsupport axially coincident with the geometrical centers of the respective eye members and axially movable with respect thereto, and manually shifta-ble means carried by said support and having fixedly spaced parts coacting with said pivot members to unyieldingly hold the same in operative engagement with the wall of a doll head.

4. An eye mounting for dolls including a support, spaced eye members carried thereby, independent pivot members axially movable upon the support, and an adjustable means carried by said support and having fixedly spaced part-s coacting with said pivot members to simultaneously project and unyieldingly hold the same in operativeengagement with opposite sides of the wall of a doll head to thereby sustain the support for oscillatory movement.

5. An eye mounting for dolls including a support, spaced eye members carried thereby, independent pivot members axially movable upon the support, and an adjustable cam element mounted upon the support between said pivot members to coact with the latter and operable to simultaneously project said pivot members into operative en-' I gagement with opposite sides of the wall of a doll head to sustain the support for oscillatory movement.

6. An eye mounting for dolls including eye members adapted to be engaged in the respective eye sockets of a doll head, independent pivot members extending through the geometrical centers of the respective eye members and axially movable with respect thereto for engagement with the wall of a doll head, each of said pivot members and eye members having coacting means effective when the pivot members are projected into operative engagement with the doll head wall to permit of relative radial movement between the eye members and the pivot members whereby the eye members may in dependently oscillate about axes not neces sarily coincident with the axes of said pivot members, and additional means for rigidly fixing said pivot members against axial movement from their-applied positions in the doll head.

T. An eye mounting for dolls including a support, spaced eye members for engagement in the respective eye sockets of the doll head, and a common means for oscillatably sustaining the support in the doll head and positioning the eye members upon said support, said means including independent pivot members extending through the geometrical centers of the eye members and axially movable with respect thereto for engagement with the wall of a doll head to oscillatably sustain the support in definite relation to the eye receiving sockets thereof, and means carried by said support for rigidly fixing the pivot members in the latter positions against relative axial movement.

8. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye sockets, an eye mounting including a support having spaced eye members thereon ,for engagement in the respective sockets, pivot means mounted on said support for movement with relation to the eye members, and a rigid element on said support coacting with said pivot means to unyieldingly retain the latter in engagement with opposite sides of the head wall and thereby oscillatably sustain the support in position with respect to said eye sockets.

9. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye sockets, an eye mounting including a sufpport having spaced eye members thereon or engagement with the respective sockets, pivot members laterally movable upon the support, and a rigid means manu ally adjustable relatively to the pivot members after the eye member-s have been engaged in the eye sockets and slidably coacting with said ivot members to simultaneously move sald members in relatively opposite directions into bearing contact with the head wall to oscillatably sustain said support in definite relation to the eye sockets.

10. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye sockets, an eye mounting including a support havmgspaced eye shells thereon for initial, frictional engagement with the circumferential walls of the respective eye sockets, and means for sustaining said support for oscillatory movement in definite relation to the eye sockets consisting of relatively movable parts mounted uponthe support, and means for simultaneously adjustlng said parts into bearing engagement with opposite sides of the head wall, each of said parts coacting with one of the eye shells and having means cooperating with the walls of the eye shells when said ing spaced eye sockets, an eye mounting including a support, spaced eye members, spaced axially aligned pivot rods extending in alignment with the geometrical axes of the respective eyemembers and each movable in the direction of its axis in respect to the eye member, an element operatively .mounted upon the support between said pivot rods and having cam portions coacting therewith, and means for moving said element upon the support to simultaneously move said pivot rods into bearing engagement with the wall of the doll head to sustain said support-for oscillating movement with respect thereto.

12. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye sockets, an eye mountin including a support, spaced eye members, spaced axiallyaligned pivot rods extending in alignment with the geometrical axes of the respective eye members and each movable in the direction of its axis in respect to the eye member, an element operatively mounted upon the support between said pivot rods and having cam portions coacting therewith, each of said rods having a pointed outer end constituting a bearing, and means for moving said element upon the support to simultaneously move said rods axially in relatively opposite directions and cause their pointed bearing ends to penetrate the wall of the doll head and sustain said support for oscillatory-movement with respect thereto.

13. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye sockets, an eye mounting including a support, spaced eye members, spaced axially aligned pivot rods extending through the geometrical axes of the respec-,

tive eye members and each movable in the directlon of its axis in respect to the eye member, an element slidably mounted upon the support between said pivot rods and having cam portions coacting therewith,

'each of said rods having a pointed outer end constituting a bearing, and means for shifting said element upon the support to simultaneously move said rods axially in relatively opposite directions and cause their pointed bearing ends to penetrate the wall 4 of the doll head and sustain said support for oscillatory movement with respect thereto, said element at one end of said cam portions being recessed to diminish pressure upon said pivot rods at the end of the camming action.

' 14. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye sockets, an eye mounting including a support, spaced eye members,

spaced axially aligned pivot rods extending in alignment with the geometrical axes of the respective eye members and each movable in the direction of its axis with respect to the eye member, anelement operatively mounted upon the support between said pivot rods and having cam portions coacting therewith, each of said rods having a pointed outer end constituting a bearing, and a manually adjustable screw mountedupon the support having threaded connectionwith said element to move the same and simultaneously move said pivot rods into bearing engagement with the wall of the doll head to sustain said support for oscillatory movement with respect thereto. I

15. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye sockets, an eye mounting including a support, spaced eye shells adapted to frictionally engage with the circumferential walls of the eye sockets, axially alinged pivot rods movably mounted upon the support and extending through.the eye shells to retain the latter in position on the support manually adjustable means mounted on the support and coat-ting with said rods to simultaneously move said rods in relatively opposite directions and engage the rods at one of their ends with the relatively opposite sides of the doll head wall to thereby oscillatably sustain the support for movement with respect thereto, said pivot rods each having reduced portions adapted to register with opposite sides of I the respective shell walls when said rodsare moved into bearing engagement with the Wall of the doll head to thereby relieve frictional pressure of the shell walls against the walls of the eye' sockets.

16. In an eye mounting for dolls, a weighty gravity movable support, eye members for engagement in the respective eye sockets of a doll head, and a common means for oscillatably mounting said support within the doll head and positioning the eye members on said-support,- said means including pivot means extending through the geometrical centers of the respective eye members and axially movable on the support into engagement with the wall of the doll head, said pivot means and the eye members having parts coacting with each other when the pivot means is moved to its applied position to permit of relative movement of the eye members and pivot means radially with respect to the latter, whereby said eye members may independently find centers of oscillation not necessarily coinciincluding pivot means extending through the. geometrical centers of the respective eye members and axially movable on the sup port into applied position with respect to the wall of the doll head, said pivot means and the eye members having parts coacting with each other when the pivot means is moved to its applied position to permit of relative movement of the eye members and pivot means radially with respect to'the latter whereby said eye members may independently find centers of oscillation not necessarily coincident with the axis of oscil lation of said support, and means carried by said support to coact with said pivot means and rigidly fix the latter in its applied position with respect to the wall of the doll head.

18. In combination with a doll head having eye sockets and eye members adapted to be positioned in the respective sockets and initially engaged with the walls thereof,

means for supporting said eye members for oscillating movement in the respective eye sockets including a weighty gravity movable member and pivotmeans movably mounted onsaid member and engaged with the eye members for movement with respect to be positioned in the respective sockets and 1 initially engaged with th walls thereof, gravity controlled means for transmitting oscillatory movement to said eye members, including a weighted support, and a common means for oscillatably sustaining said support within the doll head and positioning said eye members relative to the support and the walls of the eye sockets, said means comprising independent pivot members axially movable on the support to their applied positions withrespect to the doll head wall, said pivot members and the eye members having parts coacting when the pivot members are moved to their applied positions to permit of independent movement of the eye members relative to the support radially of said pivot members, whereby said eye members may find independent centers of oscillation.

20. In combination with a doll head having eye sockets and eye members adapted to be positioned in the respective sockets and initially engaged with the walls thereof, gravity controlled means for transmitting oscillatory movement to said eye members, including a weighted support, and a common means for oscillatably sustaining said support within the doll head and position ing said eye members relative to the support and the walls of the eye sockets, said means comprising independent pivot members axially movable on the support to their applied positions with respect to the doll head wall, said pivot members and the eye members having parts coacting when the pivot members are moved'to their applied positions to oscillatively sustain the support in the doll head while permitting of independent movement of the eye members relative to the support radially of said pivot members, whereby said eye members may find independent centers of oscillation, and means movably mounted on said support adapted to be interposed between the pivot members to unyieldingly resist relative axial movement of said members from their applied positions with relation to the doll ead.

21. In an eye mounting for dolls, a support having spaced parts to be opposed to v the eye openings in the wall of a doll head,

eye members mounted upon said. spaced parts of the support adapted to be positioned in the eye openings, and movable means mounted on the support co-operating with the eye members to hold said eye members and the support in assembled relation, said means adapted for movement on the support with respect to the eye members into engagement with the wall of the doll head to oscillatably sustain the support in definite relation to the eye openings thereof, and means on said support to coact with said movable means and unyieldingly hold the latter in operative engagement with the wall of the doll head.

22. In an eye mounting for doll heads, spaced eye members adapted to be positioned in eye receiving openings of the doll head, pivot members associated with the respective eye members and in axial alignment with each other. said pivot members adapted for relative axial movement with respect to the eye members into engagement with the opposite sides of a doll head wall, and a rigid element adapted to be interposed between the spaced pivot members and coacting therewith to retain the latter unyieldingly adapted to be interposed between the spaced.

pivot members to coact therewith and rigidly hold said members against axial movement from their applied positions, and an eccentrically weighted member suspended by said pivot members for oscillatory movement and having spaced portions cooperating with the respective eye members to transmit oscillatory movement to the lat ter.

24. In an eye mounting for dolls, eye ball members, spaced pivot members located coincident with the axes of the respective eye ball members, and movable relative thereto into engagement with opposite sides of a doll head wall to support the eye members for oscillatory movement, and a part adapted to co-act with the pivot members to unyieldingly resist movement-of the same from their applied positions with respect to the doll head wall.

25. In combination with a dolls head, having eye openings in its wall, eyeball members within said openings, spaced pivot members located coincident with the axes of the respective eye ball members and movable relative thereto into engagement with opposite sides of the doll head wall, to sup-' port the eye members for oscillatory movement, and gravity controlled means for oscillating said eye members having a part movable therewith and co-act-ing with said pivot members to unyieldingly resist axial movement of said pivot members from their applied positions with respect to the doll head wall.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereto.

LEO J. GRUBMAN.

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