US1593289A

US1593289A - Ornament-securing means

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Publication number: US1593289A
Application number: US46347A
Authority: US
Inventors: Colton Max
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-07-27
Filing date: 1925-07-27
Publication date: 1926-07-20
Anticipated expiration: 1943-07-20

Description

July 20 1926.

[Filed July 27, 1925 IN VEN TOR 62770 A TTORNEY Patented July 20, .1926.

MAX COLTON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

ORNAMENT-SECURING MEANS.

Application filed July 27, 1925.

This invention relates to means for attaching an alphabetic letter, initial, monogram, symbol, or other indicating character of silver, gold or other substance, to gems 6 in rings or other ornamental articles, and it has special reference to means whereby the characters may be permanently secured to such gems for articles of adornment.

Heretofore great difliculty has been en- 1O countered in securing a letter or the like to the surface of a gem in such a way that the letter would remain in fixed position upon the surface of the gem. Protruding from the surface of the gem and being unsecurely fastened, indicating characters of this sort also very easily catch in dresses, silks, wovenor knitted fabrics, etc., thus causing annoyance to the wearer of the ornament as .well as to the persons aifected by the damage to their personal belongings.

Furthermore, the screws with which these charactershave'been fastened are very small and therefore difiicult tohandle, and no provision has been made in the previous art to lessen the difiiculty of attaching the characters to the respective ornamental articles. For this reason, the screws have been easily lost, thereby causing much delay and confusion before the attachment of such a character could be accomplished, or necessitating the assistance of some one especially skilled in the assemblingof minute mechan ical devices.

One ob]ect of my invention 18 to provide mental article and, while so attached, to be prevented from turning thereon.

Another object is to provide the ornamental article with permanent attaching means for the different characters so that no loss of any partsmay be occasioned, even if an unskilled person attempts the assembling.

A. still further object of my invention is to minimize the liability of the corners or edges of the attached character catching in silks, dresses, threads, woven or knitted fabrics, the hair, etc., and thus safeguard a wearer of an ornamental article having a character attached thereto by my improved means from petty accidents, which cause annoyance, more or less, when they occur frequently.

Further objects and advantages of'my invention will appear from the subjoined demeans so that a character of this sort may be easily and securely attached to an orna-' Serial No. 46,347.

tail description thereof, and in which reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan of my invention, as applied toa gem set in a. ring, and shows an indicating character held securely in the recessed obverse face of the gem.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the ring, the gem and the indicating character secured thereto, as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged and broken sectional view of Fig. 1, showingthe gem and the flared, threaded stem therein holding the indicating character to the gem; one edge of the recess which prevents the character from turning is also shown.

Fig. 4,- is a sectional view analogous to Fig. 3, showing the flared stem pushed back and simultaneously guiding and centering the threaded extension of the character previous to its securement as shown in Fig.

Fig. 5 is a plan of another embodiment of my invention, and as applied to a fiatsurfaced gem set in a" ring; and

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of it.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged and brolrensectional view of the gem shown in Figs. 5 and 6 and illustrates the attachment of an indicating character to the fiat-surfaced gem, and the means for preventing the' turning of the attached character; and.

Fig. 8 is a plan of the gem of Fig. 7 and the stem thereof, showing clearly the groove means which prevents the character from turning when secured to the gem.

In the embodiment of my invention illus trated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, a ring 10 has set therein a gem 11 by any suitable means, such as overlapping edges 12, engaging the beveled edges 14 of the gem 11. The gem may be artistically shaped in order to enhance its value as an ornamental article. The obverse face15 of the gem has a recess 16 formed therein, one of the edges 17 of the recess being shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Preferably, the bottom of the recess is also transversely curved, as is shown more clearly at 18 in Fig. 2. The recess 16 is formed for the purpose of seating therein a character 20, which in Fig. 1 is shown as the letter although it may be any other letter, numeral, monogram, symbol or figure having for its purpose the indication orexpression some thing of especial significance to the owner or the wear of the gem. Hereinafter the character 20 will therefore be referred to simply as an indicating character.

This indicating character 20 has on its reverse side an externally threaded projection 21, and the ornamental article or gem 11 has therein an opening 22, which may be countersunk, as shown at 23. Through the opening 22 extends a stem 26 which is turnable, and which stem has at one end a slotted head 27 adapted to engage the counterbored face 25 in the reverse side 24 of the gem, and at its other end an internally threaded part 28 provided with a flare 30 at its extremity adapted to engage the threaded projection 21 of the character 20. It is seen that, by means of the flare 30 and the head 27, the stem 26, which is slidable in the opening 22, is prevented from losing its connection with the ornamental article 11, so that they serve as a means of permanent attachment for the stem to the article.

In practice, the flare 80 also serves the purpose of guiding the projection 21 of the character to the stem 26, so that the attachment of the character to the article is easily made thereby. It is only necessary to hold the character 20 in such a position that the projection 21 is in approximately axial alignment with the stem 26. By means of a screw-driver applied to the slotted head 27, the stem is then readily turned and, as the head is screwed home onto the counter-bored face 25, the character is at the same time tightened in the recess, and, the edges of the character engaging the edges of the recess 16; thus the character is firmly secured to the gem and prevented from turning.

Although the surface 18 is shown curved, it is not absolutely necessary that it should be so formed. It appears, however, that by curving the character correspondingly or probably a trifle more so that the edges of the character are forced against the edges of the recess, a firmer attachment is established. Then, as the edges of the character are below the surface of the gem, it is seen that threads, textile fabrics, etc, cannot easily be caught between the character and the gem.

In the modification of my invention, shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7 and S, the gem 11 is secured to the ring 10 in the same manner as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In this modified construction the recess is omitted, and the obverse face 15 is flat, as is also the reverse side of the character 20 when the character is pressed down upon the face 15'. The character 20, how-ever, before its attachment to the gem may be slightly curved, as in Fig. 2, in order that the corners and edges may more firmly bear upon the obverse face of the gem and thus minimize the liability of fabrics and the like being caught between the character and the gem.

The character 20 has on its reverse side a U-shaped projection 19, one prong 21' of which is externally threaded for the same purpose as the projection 21 shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Another prong 19 of the U-shaped projection, when the prong 21 is in axial alignment with the opening 22, is in axial alignment with a hole 29 drilled in the gem. Also, the obverse face 15 of the gem has a groove or recess 29 therein for receiving and snugly holding, when the character is attached to the gem, the part of the U- shaped projection that connects the two

prongs

19 and 21.

In other respects this modified construction corresponds with the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4, so that further description appears unnecessary. It remains only to mention that the prong 19', fitting closely in the hole 29 and being partially assisted by the engagement of the U-shaped projection with the groove 29, here serves as the means for preventing the character 20 from turnlng.

From the foregoing it is understood that my invention comprises novel and useful means for attaching an indicating character to an ornamental article. Of course, I do not confine the application of my invention to a ring, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6, but it is applicable to other articles of adornment, too numerous here to specify, and it should be noted that slight changes may be made, if they are within the scope of the appended claims, without affecting the spirit of my invention. Therefore, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is the following:

1. In combination with an indicating character provided with an externally threaded projection, an ornamental article having an observe face adapted to receive the character thereon; and a stem slidably extending through an opening in the article and having at one end a head adapted to engage the reverse side of the article and at its other end an internally threaded part provided with a flare at its extremity, the flare adapted to guide the threaded projection and, in conjunction with said head, to cause the stem to be permanently attached to said article, and the said threaded part adapted to engage the threaded projection, the character being secured to the article by the stem heads engagement with said reverse side.

2. In combination with an indicating character provided with an externally threaded projection, an ornamental article having an obverse face adapted to receive the character thereon; a stem slidably extending through an opening in the article and having at one end a head adapted to engage the reverse side of the article and at its other end an internally threaded part provided with a flare at its extremity, the flare adapted to guide the threaded projection and, in conjunction with said head, to cause the stem to be permanently attached to said article, and the said threaded part adapted to engage the threaded projection, the character being secured to the article by the stem heads engagement with said reverse side; and means for preventing the turning of the character while secured to the article.

3. In combination with an indicating character provided with a threaded projection, an ornamental article having in its obverse face a recess adapted to seat the character therein; a stem slidably extending through an opening in the article and having at one end a head adapted to engage the reverse side of the article and at its other end a threaded part adapted to engage the threaded projection, said stem being permanently attached to said article, and the character being snugly held between the edges of the recess and thereby prevented from turning, and secured to the article by the stem heads engagement with said reverse side.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MAX COLTON.