US1768067A - Badge - Google Patents

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7 June 24, 1930. Y J. JACHENS 1,768,067

BADGE Filed Aug. 27, 1928 NVENTOR. I 4, 4

414?; .4, ATTORNEY Patented June 24, 1939 BADGE Application filed. August 27, 1928. Serial No. 302,197.

This invention relates to improvements in badges and more particularly to the stick pins and fastening means thereof. Among the objects of the invention; are to provide fastening means for badges, brooches, bar pins and the like, that will be simple, strong and effective. Another object is to combine the pin hinge and latch therefor in an integral piece, to reduce the cost of 1 production and assembly. A further object is to provide a safety lock combined with the latch that will not interfere with the locking of the pin, but will effectively prevent its disengagement. Other objects and advantages will appear as the description progresses.

In this specification and the accompanying drawings the invention is disclosed in its present preferred form, but I do not wish to.

be understood as limiting it to this form as it may be embodied in other forms, and in the claims following the description it is desired to cover the invention in whatsoever form it may be embodied.

In the accompanying one sheet of drawings Fig. 1 is a greatly enlarged isometrical perspective view of the reverse side of a badge having attaching means affixed thereto in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail in end elevation of the latch and locking means for the attaching pin. e

Fig. 3-is a similar detail of the same in plan view looking down upon it.

Fig. 4 is a similar detail in longitudinal section in elevation of the integral pivot structure of the pin hinge.

Fig. 5 is a similar detail in planview from above.

Fig. 6 is a plane view of the perforated hinge blank before forming.

In detail the construction illustrated in the drawings, referring to Fig. 1, comprises the badge X which may be of any desired shape.

The fastener comprises a base plate 1, of

any shape best suited to be sweated, riveted, welded or otherwise fixed to the badge X. At one end this plate is flared out, see Fig. 6,to form the hinge shrouds 22. In blanking the base plate the hinge end is perforated transversely at 8-3 to form the pivot bar 4.

In the forming dies the shrouds 2-2 are bent upward at right angles to the plane of the base plate on the lines 5-5. The space 6, between the shrouds is equal to the diameter of the stick pin 7. In the same forming operation the pivot bar 4 is forcedupward between two arcuate portions of the male and female dies, which gives it the position and the cross section shown in Fig. 4 between the shrouds 2-2.

The pin 7 is conventional and has the sharpened end 8. The other end is bent into an open eyelet 9, see dotted lines Fig. 4, with an extension 10 converging toward the body of the pin, leaving a space at 11 equal to or slightly less than the cross section. of the pivot 4, from whence it is bent downward at 12 so that the end rests upon the plane of the base plate.

This form gives the body of the pin an.

oblique elevation above the latch, so that the pin is sprung downward under tension when the badge is fastened on the wearer.

In blanking the base plate the outline of the latch hook 13 and the retaining lug 14 are out. In the forming operation the hook is bent upward at right angles to the plane of the base plate and the lug 14 bent laterally, see Figs. 2-43. The plane of the hook 18 is substantially parallel with the pivot lug 14. When the pin 7 is bent downward it swings into the throat of the hook 13 and is latched therein in the conventional manner, by its own outward tension.

A safety lock is provided to prevent the accidental unlatching of the pin. This lock comprises a properly blanked plate 15, having a slot 16 perforated thereth-r'o'ugh to ass the contour of the hook 13 and the retaining lug 14. The side flange 17 is bent upward the axis of.

at right angles to the lock plate 15, to lie against the outerside of the hook 13.

The front edge 18 of this flange rises in a cam-like curve adapted to be engaged by the P pin 7 enters the throat of the hook.

The top ofthe flange has a depresslon at 19 that lies beneath the pin 7 From thence the flange falls away in a graceful curve back'to the plane of the lock plate 15.

to'push the flange 15 backward as the At the rear th' V i the p urned hah dl a is ed with u I (ll tllQ m1 and Om ateral extension X prevents the slot again registering te den the hook is and lug 14,

when the lug 14 abuts the end of the stop lug 21, see Figs. 23. V a

The apex 22 of theflange 17 is high enough to cause a frictional resistance in passing underthe pin 7 in sliding the locking plate to lockand unlock the pin in its engagement with thelatch hook.

There are many advantages in forming the pin hinge and latch integral with the attachingplate 1. Primarily it cheapens the i construction and assembly of the parts and assures their proper relation and alinement. The lateral area of the plate 1 assures ample soldering surface or lateral rigidity if it is riveted to the plate. The cost of the extra metal is much less than the labor incidental to handling and assembling the separate parts of the hinge and the latch when formed and attached to the badge separately.

The integral pivot bar 4 is especially desirable and economical. In combinationwith the extended shrouds 22 guiding the extension 10 of the pin, with the integral pivot,

, the pin is given great lateral stability. If

it is desired the shrouds 22 can be pinched together to exert frictional contact with the pm. I

It is obvious that the individual merits of the hinge and the latch will not be minimized by their separation. This may be desirable in fine jewelry or other conditions where the base platel may interfere with the design.

For greater rigidity of the base plate 1,its edges may be flanged upwardly, see Fig. 2. This has the further advantage of forming a fillet of solder at this edge when the plate is sweated to the badge, and also prevents the solder creeping onto the top of the plate 1.

The pin 7 is assembled in the hinge by extending the point beneath the bar 4, the point beingdirected away from the latch hook, until the eyelet 9 engages the bar. The pin is then swung upward and forward toward Such a d pted t Parts are so t lid loclr fllletfinger Hall Of he weare 13221 3 dn'ficuft' t0 assemble iiiithiii tli are Ver pin 7 ggzd iiig tilkta fidh forth under 22 1 51 13 1 st limits of such articl es 35% d ae 00k e es 1S ock plate is is d 23 1 oivetil-1 thp hook fi fi z g t i P 2 3 Ina ic the zigfi gg gi he latch lock auto- 65 t 16 1 11 1S een t 1 b e semble b t e In e14; Aft V C Gil-P1110 th b a d 6 11g 14 on h h 1 e he 1 t r n ck u w 1 oocfmd a In 24 Stop In 21 b1 er P 6 1S p aced the r P mm the mammal ent g anked on the lock plate 15 is prmlng the slot '16, see Fig. 3. l ii e dit ei f The badge is attached by passing the pin 7 7 through a pleat in the clothing of the wear-v er and latching the end 8 under the hook 13, then forcing the handle 20 forward to slide the locking flange 17 under the pin as de scribed.

Having thus described this invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

1. A badge fastener comprising a pin pivot and a pin latch hook fixed to a badge; a stick pin engaging said pivot and latch hook; a lock plate surrounding and slidable beneath a retaining lug on said hook and having a flange adapted to engage said pin.

2. A badge fastener comprising a pin pivot comprising a plate attached to a badge bent to form lateral shrouds and a continuous pivot formed integral with said shrouds; a latch hook attached to said badge; and a stick pin engaging said pivot and latch hook.

3. A badge fastener comprising a base plate transversely slotted to forma pivot bar, and having its edges bent up to form integral shrouds at the opposite ends of said pivot bar, and a latch hook on the opposite end of said base plate, and a stick pin engaging said pivot and adapted to swing into engagement with said hook.

4. A badge fastener comprising a base plate transversely slotted to form a pivot bar and having its edges bent up to form integral shrouds'at the opposite ends of said pivot bar, and a latch hook integrally formed on the opposite end of said base plate, a stick pin engaging said pivot and hook, and a lock plate surrounding said lug and slidable beneath said pin.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto af

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