US1707211A

US1707211A - Interchangeable jewel mounting

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Publication number: US1707211A
Application number: US65082A
Authority: US
Inventors: Bond Alexander Russell
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-10-27
Filing date: 1925-10-27
Publication date: 1929-03-26
Anticipated expiration: 1946-03-26

Description

March 26, 1929. L. BAUM Y INTERCHANGEABLE JEWEL MOUNTING F'iled Oct. 27, 1925 f 6 4 lr e 4/ .JZ/H 4. 2 4 4 Cil ii l) Patented Mar. 26, 1929.

`UNITED STATES 1,707,211 PATENT OFFICE.

LEO BAUM, OFl LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA; ALEXANDER RUSSILL BOND IEXECUTOR F SAID LEO BA'U'M, DECEASED.

INTERCHANGEABLE JEWEL MOUNTING.

`Application led October 27,1925.

This invention relates to jewelry and more partieularly to an interchangeable jewel mounting to be usedon jeWelry,`suoh as rings, `tor mounting different Stones or otherornaniente. i Y

The general obj eet of the invention is `to lprovide an iniproved `interehangeable jewel mounting of the eharaoter stated which will be simple in Construction and efficient in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

Referring to the annexed drawing which torres a part ot thiespeoitlcation;

Fig. l is a front viev7 otone form of iny invention embodying a loelet applied to a ring.

Fig. 2 a plan view otniy invention as @hewn in Fig'. l, Showing the locket closed.

Fig. 3 ie a `plan View of iny invention as shown in Firb l, and 2, showing the plate removed and the loeket open.

Fi 4l :is a loi'igitudinal section. ot iny invention :is .shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3 taken on line l-lf ot Fig. 2. i

Fig. 5 a front view ot another 'torni of my invention enibodying a etone vmounting applied to a ring.

ilig. (i ,is a longitudinal Ieeetion oit another i'orni ot stone mounting talrenon line (fi-"6 ot Fig. 7.

Fig. is a plan View ojt the `torni of mounting shown in Fig. 6. i l

.if 8 is a Crees section of the mounting shown in Figs. (i and Fig. if. y

My invention as shown in l to l inelueiive is in the 'forni of a locket l applied to a .ring 2 which torined with a recessed or locket body 3. The loelret body :ie formed with upstanding beveled under-cut guides i along the side edges thereof.` A plate 5 et suitable metal euch ae gold. platinum or the like ie termed with beveled eide edges 3 and is adapted to Slide on the loclret body 3 With its beveled eide edges 6 engaging the under cut beveled guides il. A spring Wire catch 7 ie located on the under eide of the plate 5 and is iornied with a threaded end E5, bent at right angles thereto and screwed into the under .eide ot' the plate 5 near one end thereof, and with a catch engaging part 9 on the lower 4eide ot the outer end of the catch for engaging a Socket l in the lower Wall ot the lool/tet body at one end thereof to lock the plate on the locket body.

The plate 5 is provided with a longitudi nal groove Al2 in its under side to receive the 7 taken on line 8"-8 of semi No. 65,082."`

catch 7 when. .sprung up to dieengage the part 9 trornthe socket 10 to unlock the plate 5 so that it inay be slid off the locket body to open the loeket. y

The end Wall of the locket body adjacent the socket 10 is provided With a groove 13 through which `the outer end of the catch 7 extends intoa notch lll in the outer side of said end Wall, `when the plate 5 ie looked by the catch on the loeket body to oloee the loelet, therebeing also a Corresponding notch 14 in the endet the plate 5. A small plate 16 is secured on the outer end ot the Catch 7 and ie Slidably fitted in the notch lll and l-i to close Said notchand give the ring a neat linie-h.` The plate lGniay be engaged at itel lower edge by altool and pressed upwardly to dieengage the catch engaging puri, E) :lfroiu the socket l() to unlock the locket.

My invention asshown in Fig-e. (i to 5% inelusive in the forni of an inter-ehangeable mounting 4l() tor mountingl a @tone Lil and a letter or other ornament 4t2 on a rin 2. The mounting 4() comprises a plate elf-L 'with up- Standing end Walls del toi-ined with beveled under-cut inner sides e5, i pon ndiioh plate is placed the stone 4l by .sliding the stone eidevviee between the ende Walle le with the beveled end edgeey i6 of the etone engaging the beveled inneriaces i5 ot said end Walle.

The Stone 1-l and ornament l2 are secured on the'plate by rivets 11i-.7, and i118, which extend through the plate7 the stone and the ornament, the rivet@1 being soldered at their outer ende in the ornament 42 and burniehed at their inner ends in the plate 8.

The plate 4:3 is formed with an einboeenient on its; under eide near one end thereot, into which ie screwed the threaded end S of a catch The stone il is of slightly leise Width than the plate 4:3, so that the mount 1 ing may be inserted on the top olf the body with the side edges ot the plate engaging the under out guides 4l without the inner ed oit said guides engagingthe side edges oi the stone, thus protecting `the stone lll from being broken by any pressure thereupon by the metal guidee t. The catch engagin part 9 engages the Socket l() in the body Si to lock the niountingon the ring.

To change Stones on the rin g it is; only neeeeaary to unecrew the nut 8l from the lower end of the Sleeve 78, lift the plate TG oil the head and substitute another plate and Stone.

I conceive it to be possible to change or sid'esof said body, a' platel formed with beveled opposite `side edges adapted to slide over said recessed body,`witl1 its beveled edges inter-engaging Witlisaid under cut guides, a

springcatch securedat one 'end to the under sid'eof saldplate and formed With an engaging parten its other lend, said body having a lsocket therein to be engaged by said 'engaging part tolock theplate on the body, said body 'and said plate being provided with notches at one fend, vand fa small" plate secured to the outer 'end'of said catch and slid'ably'- fitted in Ysaid notches t'o Aloe engaged for unlocking "theczrrtchV 2.*In a] sides of said body,` a plateforme'd with up- 'standin'g guides at its ends,`the`inner sides -ofsaid guides being under 'cut to receive the beveled edges of a stone to hold the stone on i thee lplz'itefthe stone being of slightly less A evvel mountingas disclosed, a recess'edbo'dy, under 'cut guides along 'opposlte Width than the plate, an ornament on top of the stone, rivets extending through said plate, said stone and the ornament for holding the plate, the stone and the ornament lirmly together, said plate being adapted to slide over said recessed body with its side edges engaging the under cnt guides on said body, with the inner sides oi said guides spaced slightly from the side edges of said stone, and catch means for locking the plate on said recessed body.

In a device 'of the character described, a recessed body, a. lid therefor, the body and lid being formed with inter-engaging parts to permit sliding movement of the `lid on the body a spring secured to the nn der side of the lid 'and formed with a catch at the free end thereof, the body being formed `with Ya socket to receive the catch when the lid is in closed position, the lid and the body being formed With notches mutually alined when the lid is in closed position, and a plate secured to the free end of the spring and slidable invsaid notches flush with the outer surface of the lid and body.

LEO BAUM.