US1561128A - Ear-ornament support and method of forming same - Google Patents

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Nov. 10, 1925. 1,561,128

A. E. WALLER EAR ORNAMENT SUPPORT AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME Filed Aug. 25, 1923 311-0041 ta 1, flnl bwry Z; Wei/er Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

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ANTHONY E. 'WA'TJL'ER, 0F EDGEWDOID, .RHQDE 'ISLANID.

EAR-ORNAMENT SUPPORT AND METIIOD OF FORlVIIITGr SAM'E.

Application filed August 25, 19.23. Seria1'No. 659,'355.

.ing Same,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto an improved con struction of ear'ornament support, and an improvedmethod of forniingthe same; and the object of this invention is to provide an ear ornament support having a shank portion adapted'to be passed through a {piercing in the ear of the wearer and locked in supporting position on the ear, the same comprising the forming of the device of a one-piece strip out from sheet stock, the strip having an enlargement intermediate its ends to which a gem may be :fastened; also having-a hook on its;rearwardlyextending portion adapted to engage the free end of the upper loop member to lock the device in the ear of the wearer.

A further object of the invention is to form a pierced ear portion integral with the lower shank portion of the stock and to subsequently twist the shank portion so as to bring this ear portion int-o a plane at a right angle to that of the gem-supporting enlargement, and subsequently round the shank portions by a swaging operation and bend them into operating shape.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the lobe of an ear in section with my improved gem-supporting device attached thereto.

Figure 2 shows the blank as cut from sheet stock and with the enlargement, the ear member and the hook-shaped end all in the same plane.

Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating the pierced ear as having been twisted to set in a plane at a right angle to that of the enlargement and the shank ends bent into the desired shape.

It is found in the practical construction of a support for ear ornaments, such as an earring, of advantage to strike or cut the same from sheet stock and form the whole in.one piece, and to-subsequently round the shank portionsby aswaging operationelther in the usual rotary swaging \mac'hineor by :a pair of dies and when the eye member is .formed-onthelower portionof the shank to twist theshank soas to set .this eye imember Ina plane at a right angle to thatof the enlargement; and the following is a.detailed description of one form of this device and the method by which the same may be constructed.

The whole device is cut complete with all of its parts from one piece of sheet stock including .an upper shank portion 10, a lower shank portion 11 and a large diskshaped portion 12, the latter being intermediate the upper andilower shank portions. The end of the lower shank iis preferably cut into hook shape as at 13, and the upper shank .may be inserted into the ordinary rotary swaging machine, if desired, and

hammered into ,a round wire and in some instances, .where thehook end is subsequentl v formed the lower shank portion may be also rounded by a similar operation.

In some instances, however, the hook is formed in cutting out the blank, and in other instances I form an ear 14 on the lower shank portion intermediate the hook end and the enlargement 12 and pierce this ear as at 15.

When the device is so formed the next operation is to twist the lower shank 11 so as to bring this ear 1& into a plane at right angles to that of the enlargement 12, as best illustrated in Figure 3, so as to set in proper position to receive the attaching members 16 of the drop 17 ,shown in Figure 1. When this lower shank portion is so constructed and the ear member bent into the desired position, I subsequently round this lower shank portion by placing the same between a pair of rounding swaging dies.

Ordinarily, I preferably strike this enlargement 12 into cup-shape and in some instances fix a pin 18 in its center to enter the piercing or hole in a gem for fastening the gem thereto.

After the upper and lower shank portions have been properly rounded, I bend back the lower neck end of the lower shank portion to set at an angle of substantially 90 from the rest of this shank portion, and the upper shank portion is bent back into loop form, its free end 19 being adapted to be passed through a piercing 20 in the ear lobe 21 of the wearer, and subsequently passed into the hook 13- to secure the device in the ear.

By constructing this device from a single piece of flat stock, I reduce the cost of the same to the minimum, as the whole is made 'in one piece obviating the necessity of s-ldering any of the parts to the shank portion. Also, by this construction the device is made very strong and durable and by subjecting the upper and lower portions to a hammering or swaging operation they are made very tough, strong and durable.

It is understood that I do not limit myself to the forming of the enlargement to the particular shape illustrated as the same may be formed to retain any desired material either with or without the employment of l the pin 18.

Having thus described one illustrative embodiment of my invention and the best mode known to me'for carrying out my 1nethod,'I desire it to be understood that although spev cific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for the purpose of limitation, the scope of the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A one-piece sheet metal ear-ornament support formed of a narrow elongated strip cut and formed from sheet stock with a concave convex enlargement intermediate its gaged by the hook of said arm when in closed or operative position, and an ornament supporting pin extending from said enlargement.

2. An improved method of forming an ear ornament support, which consists in cutting a narrow elongated stri' from sheet stock having a hook at one en ,an enlarged disk-shaped portion intermediate its end and a laterally-extending ear thereon, piercing said ear, relatively twisting the strip about the longitudinal axis thereof to set said ear in a plane at a right angle to that of said enlargement, swaging said enlargement into concavo convex shape and the opposite earengaging portion of the strip circular in cross section, and bending both the hook and theopposite ear engaging end portion back for engagement with each other.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ANTHONY E. WALLER.

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