US1758192A - Means for making artificial eyes for dolls - Google Patents

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May 13, 1930.

1.. .1. GRUBMAN 1,758,192

MEANS FOR MAKINGARTIFICIAL EYES FOR DOLLS Filed Dec. 17, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet l I INVENTOR 6 fi fiman M ATTORNEY May 13, 1930. I L J. GRUBMAN I 1,758,192

MEANS FOR MAKING ARTIFICIAL EYES FOR DOLLS Filed Dec. 17, 1926 4 Sheets- -Sheet 2 I v r v 154 A a? g; 1| um HIM. Ti {film INYENTOR Zea/T 57 16222421 4J4 ATTORNEY y 1930- J. GRUBMAN 1,758,192

MEANS FOR MAKING ARTIFICIAL EYES FOR DOLLS Filed Deb. 17, 1926 INVENTdR L60 I fir umam M ATTO NEY y 3 J. GRUBMAN 1,758,192

MEANS FOR MAKING ARTIFICIAL EYES FOR DOLLS Filed .Dec. 17, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 1 lNVENTOR LeoJrzzman ATTORNEY I Patented May 13, .1930

' LEO J. mum s BELLE mama, gnaw/YO yrnnnsroa MAKING nnrrrrornnnynsron noL s APplicationxfiled December 17, Serial Noi l 55 4' lli.

This invention relates to an improved means for making artificial eyes forQdolls,

display-figures or other manikins, "andhas particular reference to the accurate formae tion of the individual artificial eye members for a sleeping doll whereby the pupils "of the .respective eye members will be properly centered with'relation to the eyeopenings in the wall of the dollhead notwithstanch ing the possible non-symmetricalformation of said head wall or the inaccurate formation of the eye member. l

Essentially,- my present invention consists in first forming a sheet of celluloid, sheet metal or other ductile material having an eye pupil delineated thereon into aIhollow-shell; then adjusting the shell upona suitable support to position the eye pupilfrelative' to a plane intersectingthegeometric axis of the shell as determined by the particular relation to the eye opening in the doll head wall with respectto a perpendicular plane parallel to 7 the axls of oscillation of anoscillatory eye setting, and thereafter providing the eye member with means located in saidplane,

to engage a part of the eye setting movable about the axis of oscillation. IThus when oscillatory motion is transmitted to the eye member by the eye setting mounted'on the doll'head wall by reason of contact of the eye shell with said part ofthe settingfthe.

eye pupil will becentrallypositioned in the eye opening of the head wall notwithstand ing the fact that the horizontal axis of said.

" to provide simple and'easily operable means for adjusting the eye shell on asupport and producing slots. or recesses in the edge of the shell wall in definite relation to the eye pupil which are adapted toreceive suitable holding means whereby the eye shell is properly positioned for the engagement of the edge of theshell by the trimming tool.

a suitable example of mechanism' or appa- I 1 Withtheabove and other objects in view, the invention consistsin the improved method and means-for-makingartificial eyes and in the severalnovelifeatures ofthe apparatus employed, as will-be hereinafter moretu-lly described, illustrated a in; the accompanyingdrawings and subsequently incorporated in the 'subjoined'claims. '1 In the drawingawherein I have disclosed ratus for carryingout myimp'roved method, in which similar-referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the 7 several views, 7 a 1 Figures land 2 arefragmentarysectional 1 views illustrating a suitable form of sna 'ing die for v pro ducin'g the individualeye shells; r V Fig. 3 is atop plan view of themachine for. positioning and holding the eye member on a suitable mandrel or Supportand provid-' ing' the edge of the eye shell with slots or recessesinaccurate relation to theeyepupil-;.

igdjis a vertical sectionalview taken on the line orrige; Fig. 5 's front elevation of the machine;

Fig. 6 is alongitudinal sectional view illustrating the machine for trimming the rearedges of the eye shells; a I

Fig. 7 is, a fragmentary horizontal'section through a doll headshowing the two oscillat I ing eye members mounted therein, and said headxbeing offnon symmetrical"form; I Fig.8'is an enlarged detailplan' View show ing one of the eye members as .arrangedin. conjunction with the pupil sighting means for providing the eyejmemberwith properly looated surfacesfor engagement with a part of n r e tins; Q Fi 9 is a plan view showing the .two eye 'mem ers as produced in accordance with my new method assembled upon theirectangular axis of an eye setting; H z g V I Fig. 10 is a front elevation'thereofiand Fig. '11 is a side elevation illustrating the 'dilferent relations which the. longitudinal center lines through the, two'eye members bear with respect tofthefcenters of the pupils thereon;

Hertof bre artificial jeyes' for dolls have 100 Y ductile or workable material. Theeye pupil and the upper eyelid are printed or otherwise delineated upon one side of the sheet material before it is subjected to the die pressure and formed into a shell. It; not infre quently happens, that due to.,,structural inequalities in the material, or to unequal resistance to the drawing; pressure, after the shell has been formed,the eye pupil is found to be ofiset or in'eccentric relation to the stantially semi-spherical eye shell. Therefore, when this shell is mounted upon the pivotally supported pendulum injthe'doll head, the eye-pupil will not, 'inhthe open position of the eyejbe centered inthe open- 7 ing in the doll head Wall, assuming that the horizontal axis of this opening is parallel to the axis of oscillation. Also, the, centers of the eye pupils of the two spaced eyemembers may not be located. in thesame horizona tal plane, but the pupil'center of one mem' ber maybe in'differently spaced relationjfrom the eyelid at the upper edge [of one eye opening than the center of the pupil of. theother eye memberwith respectto the'eyelid of the other eye opening. V

Again, in the molding of the doll heads,

. precisely the sameform and contour of the ;Therefore, in this case, even though the eye relation to theaxis of oscillat on of the eye head wall surrounding the eye openingsat opposite sides of the nose may not bee-produced, or in other words these parts of the head wall structure may be non-symmetrical.

pupil, in the drawing of the shell may be exactly concentric, with the axial centerline of the shell, since the major axis of the eye opening in the head wall is out of parallel member when it is mountedfiinthe head, the eye pupil will .not be centered in said openlng. Thus in these cases, the simulation of the movement of a normal human eye is prac-' tically destroyed and it hasheretofore been necessary, to provide an adjustable .or universally swivelling connection between .the individualeye members and the part of the eye; setting by which they are carried. This results in added expense inthe manufacture of such devices and also in an appreciable.

loss of time in the operationaof properly ap-- plying the eyemountingto the doll head,'and which operation necessitates the employment of highly skilled workers in the "m;- It is thepurpose of my presentinventionto overcome these difiiculties which the prior art has experienced in the manufacture of'sleeping dolls and similar figures.

stood andap preciated, in Fig.7 of the draw ings I have shown a horizontal section through the front portion a dollhead 5.

Inorde'r to enableflthe several advantages of my present disclosure to "be'fllllyunder- The doll headwall is produced under pres tional form by means of a suitable'mold. It is not, an infrequent occurrence that owing to the non-symmetrical disposition of the facial features in the original sculpture from which the moldiis produced,that=the corresponding features of the dollhead after removal from the mold, of course, are in like non-symmetrical relation with respect to a h centrallplane bisectingthe dollhead struclongitudinal axis through the wallof the subsure from wood pulp, papier mach or other composition material in a desired cross secture." Therefore, after the eye'openings 7 are cutthrough the front wall of the doll head and said wall at the inner sides of these openings milled out to "provide the concavev sockets 8,.the major. axes of the elliptical shaped eye openings will be found not to ex s V tendin alignment with each other or in' pearallel planes. This inaccuracy in the molding ofthedoll'headis clearly illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings.

Uponthe inner side of the front wall of thedollhead: the supporting shaft 9 for the eye mounting is suitably secured with its axis extendingin parallel-relationto saidffront wall. The eyemountingfincluding a plate or frame '10 of suitable form'issuspended from this shaft. generally'indicated at 111 are positioned be- The eye members or shells tween the plate 10 and the respective sockets 8, the rear edges of said shells'being engaged by the plate 10 whereby oscillatory movement.

is transmitted to saideyeshells in the swing- *ing movement of the'plate on the supporting shaft 9. It'will be evident that if theshells 11 are all of one standard form or shape with the'eye pupil 12 and the eyelid 13 prop-. erly painted thereon so that aline through horizontal axis of which isparallel 'withthe axis of oscillation as shownat the left hand side ofFig.7,the eye pupil of the other shell would be in eccentric relation to the center of the other eye opening 7, as the horizontal axis of this eye opening, as shownat the right hand side of Fig. 7, and indicated by the brokenlineA, isout ofparallel relation to the axisof the shaft 9;.Inother ,Words,in

orderto obtain an accurate location of the eyepupil with relation to the edges of this opening 7 ,it is necessary that the center line through the eyepupil indicated at Bi-shall intersect the axis of oscillation at the geometric center of theshell and extend at right angles to the major axial line A ofthe eye 0 enin Therefore, it is ap arent that the eye shell to be associated with this latter openingcannot be of the same standard form or shape as the eye shell associated with the left hand opening of the dollhead wall. "F g i-a d 2 9 he d win s-M h e inflame shown conventi nal fo m oi drawing die whereby. the. sheet ma erial. is drawn into sh ll form-l: lhusfthesheetof ducti e material S is seated in a recess in the upper, surface of the die plate P over the ope ing *9 therein, A pressure ring R isengaged upon the outer edge portion of said sheet S and ma e drawi g di D is adap ed. o he oved downwardly nnder pressure through the ring into the opening 0., thus drawing-th shee S nwa ly int sai opening again t tie frictional"resistance of the pressnne' ring axis-lines A of said openings are in exact par-- a e ism with the axis of o ci ation- In order to rectify these aleove referred to mechanical inaccnracies either in the former tion of the individnal'eye members or in the structure of the doll head wall, in one em bodiment of the invention, I propose to cut or trim the rear edge of the eye shell so that it' willbe disposed in a required plane with respect to plane intersecting the geometri. cal axis oft-he eyeshelland the center of the eye pupil iwher y' he. latter will be. accurately centered in the individual eye open.-

. ings of the doll head wall by contact of the rear edge of theshell against thefront face of the suspended pendulum plate 10 through the medium of-whichthe eye shell is osciled. To this end, in Figs; 3, e and 5' of the drawings, I have shown an apparatus providing the shell wall at opposite sides thereof and inspaoedrrelation to its rearedge with suitable openings to receive the shaft 9 and with additional slots or recesse in. p

determined relatio to the eye pupil 12. This machine includes a suitable table orloed plate one side thereof. Inthis arm a-hollow. ,sup'

14; on the upper end of a 'supporting'irame struc u e aid bed Pla e h ving-e rce ing 16 into which anlarm 17 projects from porting post or mandrel'lS is vertically p sitione'd and rigid y fixed by t e set scr w 19. The uppercndof thishollow post is of semispherical form a learly shown in Fig.

' 4 of thedrawings The wall of said post is,

" h Pu pose of 6.5

provided in opposite sides thereofland in line withthe ax s otits semi sphe celf d w th irc lar; openings :20. The post wall is further: provided-with plurality of spaced; vertically extending slots thereiii which will he p e ent y ex: plained ,i

direction.

As indicated in Fig, 2 of the drawings; due to unequal resistanceot the ringB to thedrawing pressure of the die; member D,-

. In at with the arm 1 7, thetahle 14 is pro.-

videdwith a concave seat 22toreceive a rockermember 28, said member having a'circnmfierential groove 24 toreceive a ribg25 at the outer side of the seat 22 Stop screws-26 arefthreaded in the table l iv and, the heads on the upper ends of these screws are adapted to,

extend over the oppositeends otthelrocker rocking movement of saidmernber in each 4 This rocker member carries ,npward'ly extending cylindrical post, 27 upon which a I member-23 and constitute'stops limiting the.

sleeve 28 is loosely engaged 1. vertical movemerit, said sleeve at its lower end having-an arm 29 integrally formed therewith and pro? jecting inwardly above the arm-l7'. fil he end of this arm 29 is providedwith a recess'havr,

ing concave rear and side walls indicated at 30 extending downwardly from a sight opening181 in the upperpart V of said-.arm.-, "The curvatureof the concave'w'alls 30 corresponds with thecurvatu e of thesemtspherical eye She l 1 7 Arrod 32 is threaded atits zlowel. arm 29 adjacent to the sleeve 28'andatuitsjnp per end is loosely engaged through anope ne ing in an arm 33 fixed on the upper end of thepost 2.7- A coil spring 3% surrounds the rod 32 between the arm .33, and the arm 29 and yieldingly resists upward movement of said armcand the sleeve post 27. I l

The forward end of-the rocker member- 23 is formed with-a biiurcated lng 35 in which the lower endof a link 36 is-pivoted,the upper end of said lin being pivotallyconnected as at .37 to the forked end Of a, lever 38.. -Tile forks of this'lever 'straddle'the sleeve 28 and re pivo a ly c nn cted with: the opposite sides thereof as at 39-; It will'thnsbe ap: parent that .iuplon depressing-the end of t e lever 38, the sleeve 28With the arm 2.9 maybe lifted agains th action: ofthe spring'3 T t ill furt er be unders ood that he member '23 together with. thearm 29 and parts mountd: 1. 1101 said mem er may he. terally ro ked on the table, said rocking movementtaking place-about an axis whiohintersects the 'center of the semi-spherical upper end of the post 18 so that the concavesnrfaces 130 on the end ofthe arm 29 will move in an arc concentric 28 relative to the fixed 1 withthe semi-spherical surface of the upper I end of said-posh As shown" in Fig. 5', the

heads ofboth of the screws 26 are engaged with the rocker member'23; thus locking said m e sainstm ement- In order o m v the operating lever "38 and the arm 29 :Eromthe neutral position indicatedin Fig.5,one or theotherof saidscrews isadjusted to position the head thereof above the rocker member,

thereby; permitting of a'rocking movement of i said member in'one direction to a limited ex; tent. For the pnrpose -ot a'ocurately determ ninge degree of making ateral move mentof-the arm 29in one direction or the other, I provide a suitable gauge consisting of an index arm 40 fixed at one of its endsto the outer end of therocker member 23 and having its other end positioned contiguous to the graduated edge 41 of the gauge plate 42 which is fixed tothe edge face of the table 14.

of the arm 17 are provided centrally of their i said punches with a suitablyforme'd cutting Upon the upper surface of the table 14- spaced guide ways43 are provided,the number of said guide ways corresponding tothe number of the slots 21 in the wall of the post 18.j- Slides44 are mounted in these guide waysi Theopposedslides at opposite sides ends" with the longitudinally projecting punches'45 and in spaced relation to each of bit 46. [The other slide'44also has a cutting notprov'ided with a punch 45. 7

- 'bit 47 projectingcentrally from its end, but is o a I s 'The slides 44 may be simultaneously actuatedby any desired mechanism, and for this 1 purpose I have shown in the accompanying drawings, two bell crank levers 48 pivotally mounted in opposed relation to each other as at 49 in the frame structure 15. The upwardly extending arms of these levers are engaged with the outer ends of the opposed slides having the punches 45. and th'e'other horizontally extending arms of said levers are positioned in overlapping relation and have slidably contacting cam surfaces 50. To the upper lever arm the upper end of a vertical rod 51 is connected, the'lower endof which may be oper-' atively'connected with a suitable treadle. A coil spring 52 having its upper endsecured to the frame structure 15 has its lower "endattachedto the lower horizontalarm. of the other bell crank lever, said spring acting to it will be understood that when the rod51' is pulled downwardly, the two levers 48 are rocked and their verticallyqextending arms are moved inwardly thus forcing the opposed slides. inwardly, and also transmitting asimilar inward movement through the levers 53to'the other slide 44. As will be later explainedin more detail, thelpunches and the 'bits 46 and 47carried by these slides are thereby caused to produce" circular openings in opposite sides of the eye shell to receive the shaft 9 and additional slots or recesses in'the rear edge of said shell'and in definite predetermined relationto the eye pupil on the surface therofk i 7 In the operation of the above described a-pparatus, after theeye shell has been drawn in the manner shown in 1 and 2 from the sheet of celluloid or other material, it is arrangedupon the supporting mandrel 18 as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the leveri38 being manipulated to lift thearm 29 so that aftertheeyeshell is placed on said mandrel and the lever 38 released, the arm 29 will clampingly holdthe eyeshell upon the semisphericalupper end offsa'id mandrel, the o a shell bein'gproperly -adjusted beneath the arm so that the pupil 12 on the eye shell appears in substantially concentric relation to the lower edge of the sight opening 31 in the end of the arm 29. If the front wall of'the doll' head is non-symmetrical and the long axis of theeye'openingtherein out of praallel relation to'theplane of said wall asindicated' at the right'hand side ;ofFig.-7,"this error isaccurately"calculated. The arm '29is then lifted and laterally rocked by" means of the handle lever 38-to the proper extent which will'be indicated" on the degree scale 41 by the Y arm 40,'such rocking movement being limited by oneor the other of the stop screws 26, The

eye shell isthen shiftedupon, the upper end of the mandrel "18 and the pupil of said-{eye member positioned withrespect to the plane of movementhof the punches 45 andcutting bits 46'v and47 and with relation to the lower edge of the sight'opening 31. 1 The slides 44 are then simultaneously actuated as above explained so that the shaftreceiving openings 11 are formed-in the opposite sides of the eye shell wall by the punches 45 which enter the openings 20 in the wall of the mandrel 18.

Simultaneously the slots'or recesses 11 are c'utin the edge of the eye shell by the cutting bits 46 and 47. The closed inner ends of these recesses are thus located in definite predetermined relation 'to the eye pupil 12. After thus providing the eye shell with the'openings 11' and notches or recesses 11*,theholdin arm 29 is-lifted and the eye" shell removed from the mandrel.

The next operation is to trim or cut .the'

edge of the eye shell at its open end so that it will extend in parallel relation with the innerends of the notches 'orrecesses' 11 and thus in the same definite relation to the eye pupil I r 12; For-this purpose,I employ a trimming tool or machine, one embodiment of which Ihave shown in Fig. 6 ofi the drawings. 7 Referring to this figure, a hollow shaft 53 is mounted "in; spaced bearings, (not shown),

supported in a suitable frame structure part ly illustrated at'54'. To one end of this shaft cutting blades ,55 are suitably fixed. Said 7 shaft maybe driveng by a belt engagedwith the wheel 56"fixed on said shaft or by any other suitable" driving connections between said shaft and a'convenient sourceof power.

A rod 57 is axially movable. through said shaft .53, one end of said rod being slidably' guided in. a' suitable openin 58 provided'in the machine frame and sai end of therod unease said frame and whereby said rod is held against rotation. An adjustable stopsc rew v of the slots21 in: the mandrelor p'ost18i andtherefore,' with; the arrangement of the; notches or recesses 11? which are'cut-in the 60 is threaded the franie mime With this end of the rod '57 andbyfcontact therewithlimits the sliding movement ofi said rod in onedirecti'on.-

Theotherend of thefro'd': 57 has a threaded bore to receive the threaded stem or shank 62 of a semi-spherical supporting member 61,. the diaineter of which is such as to snugly" fit withinthe eyeshe'lL- Atits'inner end this memherfilisprovided with the radially pro eating: lugs 63' corres ondfii-gv innumbeiand inthe spacing thereo with the arrangement wall of the eye shell. Therefore, itwilil -be evident that when the eye shell .is arnange'd upon" this siipportf6l and the; lugs 63. thereot lation with respect to the 'geometriea-l: center of said semi-spherical support 'as'it here with relation to theoenter of the 11 per semi; spherical endofthe mandrel 11 when' the notches or I'rfleoesses llewereeut' in the shell wall.

- Apresser hloekGl: orrtheend 035a.

which be operatedby a foot treadle; oi

other suitable means-is; now engaged with the eye shell; said} 'bloek having, a" cavity 66; its end taeeof; corresponding diameter with the externaldiameter of'the eye shell wan;

After p per ju me t t e st ps sw ;sai'd piiesser member is actifiated to axial;

1y, move the rod 57 against the a'ction'oita' coil springv 67 which; is inter-posedbetween: ;a I

part of the machine frame and a collar:

is pontinued until; the end of rod 57 contacts I with the stop screw 60,- at whie h-time the said-edgeoftheeye 'shellwallwillhave heem l ,trimmeda down until all portions-- thereof extend in aplane which is parallel withthe ner end edges ofthenotohes or recesses 11* engaged against the lugs The pressni e against r0 5% is thenreleased-and the,- rod is returned to its normal; pjosition by spring, 67.- The eye; shell-is then removed from sup-f.

From reference ofthe it will be seen-that when the two eye shells weighted frame; plate 10' with the supporting shaft 9 extending throiigh apertui'ed parts of said plate and through the coinciding openings 11 inthe walls .ot the eye shells,

of sea Qiii the dol-l head setting isada ifitedltobef nioiiiitedl Pref-j pending, appliatioh for motion retransmitted to theeye shell the swinging movements or said plate; owing of the 1'1ea'clYwall I at the eye openings therein,-

such eontact of the rear edge (if the shell against'the frame plate 10 insures a proper relationship between thepupilfs of the indiidualfeye' members and the walls of there speotive ej e openings when the veye mounting.

s arranged fwithinthe doll head and applied or attached in operative position 01 1' the front ments of the pendulum support'whioh aref transmitted torthe eye members, a n'atiiralaiid -realistic;simulation of the movements of theijpui'pils of the'hunian eyes will IfSIilt', not withstanding the meoha-nioal ina-e'cnfacies v engaged inthe respective-notches orrecesse's- 11, said eye shell. is held against; turning: movement on'said support and with the pupil of said shell bearingfidenticall y the same ijre above referredtd- In: sofa-r'asI am aware;

sa bl d parts.

T e,me h n calm ns-wh hi h e abbr described'for adiustably "holdingtheeyeshells and prov iding the recesses ll therein d r mmi e ar de sefi t e-Mey shel s arelargely suggiestive -aricl it will be" understood that the fundamental lzfeatiire of y ri n i q r si ai the it i of making such eye shells whereby the me{ ohaj ial inaoohracy i tterorm of the shell or in. the strilctfire of the doll: head he prop erlyftaliien;eareof so that'fai' ter the as seniblage Iof the: yeii oiinting, in the doll head t'heac umfie and realism movement or white as uie di withoii't fieessitatingf ny eye members li e-1 embodiment of the; iiimed in fi xefd'relatiofi a; the. axis 7 fa; y mem er-stems providedwith rfacesin predetermined lo; oatioii tbth'iipppilpefiter in at i'co'rdalnce with the l'o'at'ion of a With r spect to the (Rand 111111 'peint oif intersection all w in which the eye e abl fl osillatqry shaifi'or axis for form IlI l cross a sectionja's' ;.sho-wn in my 00- ber'IQQ;1926-;TSri liNo; 153,485. I s

shown in Fig; 8 of the drawings after theeje-shell has heen arranged uponthe super a theteye-fiiembers adapted v -frf-ae' onthe" starter aiis" 1.11 as Y patent 'filfed Eecem- V properly adjusted and the pupil ion the sur face of the eye member centered inrelation to the sight opening, in'ithe end ofsaid arm as above explained, while theeye'm'einber isclam'pingly helclvby the-arm 29, the 7 square punches orcutters 45 are simultaneously operated to providetheopposite sides of the shell wall with correspondingly shaped 0pen-.

ingspll? therethrough; thus definitely .10-v

cating these openings'with-respect to the pupil center; In this form of theinven tion; the tool elements' fi' above-referred to open endm' 'Ihe shaft or axis o f" the; eye -setting as: sliowniat .9 isofgeneral rectangular form, 20.:

size, of the openings 1 311 soithat "the" edges of said openings will-have close fitting contact with the surfaees of the shaft or. axis.

, This-shaftfat-opposite sides'ofits center is being adapted 'for engagementupon" suitable mounted upo'n'vthe Opposite ends o fithe rem thelongitudinal axialcenter line, of the shell bearing seats 1 provided upon'fl a suitably formed supporting member attached" to the doll head wall, as disclosed in my c'o pending ap'plication'above referredfto. j It Will be apparentiroin'the above thatalthough thejpupil center may be either hori- Zon'tally' orvertically offset with respect to due to the inaccurate dravving 'of-the-fshell; and although the major axial line of the eye 7 v opening in the' doll head "wallmay:be out ofparallel relation with the axis 'ofaoscil-i -lation of the eye-setting due to a non-sym-.

metrical" formation of the head; such inaccuracies maybe readily taken care of by the adjustable sighting device; 1 flit ye pupil to definitelylocate the opehingsll through] the shell" wall in relation tofthepupil'center; Thusl as shown in Figs. j9"and 11fof the drawings, when the tWoeye-members are tangular shaft 19 ofthe-eye' setting, the e01 actingsurfacesfof the shell wallfla'nd of'said shaft'fixedly hold the eyemembers-in definite, relation to each other softhatthe pupil of I V 7 .ments,it'isjcontemplated that otherInechani-V cal meanslmight'possibly be"utilized for the above purposes,"and it ispaccordingly to'bei 7 understood that as to thispart of'my resent-f disclosure, I reserve V -the privilege of each eyej member will assume a predetermined-"position with relation to the pupil offthe other eyememb'er and 7 also with relation'to the op'eningin the Wall ofthe doll headlwith which i the eye member is associy v ate'd. "In 9 of the drawings the line B is thefaxialcenter 'lineofthe ey shlr ,gwhilethe lineFG indica ap ne at rightangles to the axis of shaft' and intersecting aubstan'tially corresponding in size with the In; Fig. 11, th e eye" shells are shown, if

v the pupil center of one eye shellzbeing vertically ofi'setiin one direiction from the longi-';

tudinal axis B of the shellwhile the pfupil' center of the other shell is vertically oflfset in theiopposite.direction from the ax'ialline of 51:" vision of. the sighting means-for the eye thedatterashell. Nevertheless, by the propupil and the-means forjproviding said shell responding surface ;on a part ofthe eye with the-pupil;centercoinciding with'the 10nwith the;'right 'hand shell in Fi 9,;the different location-- of the "shaft receiving open-- ings in the walls 9f: the two jjshells' with re- 1 spect to thepi pilcenters-will-be readily apengaging surfaces fof each" individual shell,

"the line C intersecting the' pupil center 'at'f 'right'ang'les to a planetangent' to said'pupil v V v V wallw'with surfacesdefinitelyslocated with z r which provide the {slots "151 invthe': wall of] the eye shell are notused, as itis unnecessary to trimtheie'dge off-the eye shell atits rear zontal plane as indicated by' the;lineE"in At the left-hand side of Eig. 9 of the draw ings, an accurately drawrr eye shell "is" shown gitudinal center 'lin ejG through-the shell, and

"from 'a'comparison terms- 1th 'hand shell par'enti By thus definitely-locating aid shaft 1 c'enter of the inaccurately drawnshellf is pre-f aciselyfllparallel :withf' a" similar linefatjg right angles' to'said planeand intersecting the pupil center of the other"; accurately 'drawn' eye shell; Since, 7 this "form of the invention, the additionaloperation'oftrimniing the rear int;

edgeof'the eyefsh'ell will be eliminated, it will 05,

preferably he employed; and in conj nction ,with my new eyefmounting asdisclosedlin the V v co-pending 'patent application makes' it pos-f V siblej' to very greatly expedite the operation 1 of assembling the eye rnembers u'p'on the-oscillatory eye'setting and-mounting thesettingf 'within the *doll head Withrthe' individual eye members 5 having their pupil center's; infaccurate @registrationwith the minor axes of'the openings in the; doll head wall and bearing pifeciselyithe Siixiefipositio'iisl'relativeto the upp r and lowe dg of a Op g- I V V'In" the. practice of my" pre t. improveig claimedf'r r v I; claim? j 1.. Apparatusfor 'c se .fiXGd'F HPPb fiPP h h-e h ll wi artificial eye member having a pupil 'tl ereonincorv thef'purposedescribedin f is adapted to be engaged, an adjustable sight associated with said support and with respect to which the pupil of said eye member is adapted to be located and the pupil center thereby positioned in definitely predetermined relation to planes bisecting the eye member in perpendicular. relation to each other, and tool elements operatively movable with respect to said support at opposite sides thereof to provide the wall of said eye member with openings therethrough in definite relation to the pupil center adapted to receive 'the'shaft or axis of an oscillatory eye mounting. j g j I 2. Apparatus for the purpose described including a support, means adjustable relative to said support for holding an eye member having a semi-spherical end with an eye pupil thereon upon the support and with the center. of the pupil in predetermined relation to a bisecting plane normal to the longitudinal axis of the eye member, said means including a part movable in a path concentric with the end of the eye shell and with respect to which the shell is adapted to be adjusted on the support and means operating upon the eye member while it is so held to provide'said eye member with means adapted to cooperate said means including a part mounted for movement about an axis extending in right angular intersecting relation with the axis of the support, meansfor mounting said part torradial movement with respect'to its axis of oscillation, and means yieldingly urging said part radially towards the support and into clamping'engagement with the eye shell,

and means operable while the eye shell is held in such adjusted position on the support to provide said shell at opposite sides thereof with a part of an oscillatory eye mounting to r retain the eye member incooperative relation with an eye opening in a doll head wall with the center of the eye pupil thereon in approximateregistration with the minor axis of said opening. P

V 3 Apparatus for the'purpose described including means for holding'an eye member having a semi-spherical end with an eye pupil thereon and with the center of the pupil in predetermined relation toa bisecting plane 7 normal to the longitudinal axis of the eye member, said means including a part movr V able in a path concentric with the end of the eye shell andwith'respect to which the shell 7 is adapted to be'adjusted, means for yieldingly urging said part into clamping engagement with the eye shell wall, manuallyoperable means for disengaging said part from the eye shell and means for simultaneously providing the opposite sides of said eye memher with aligned means located in a plane at i right angles to a plane intersecting the pupil center 'for the connection of said eye member with the shaft or axis ofan oscillatory eye mounting.

r 4. Apparatus for the purpose describedin 1 7 cludinga support to receive aneye shell pro-' vided with an 'eye' pupil, means for holding the shell in position upon saidsupport with the center of the pupil in predetermined relation to the longitudinal axisot the support in accordance with theangular'relation between the major axial line of an eye-shaped opening in the wall'of a doll head and the axial center of anoscillatory mountingfor the eye adapted to be arrangedin said head, 7 V

the foregoing as

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