US188323A - Improvement in ear-rings - Google Patents

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'fr @ertoe IMPROVEMENT lN EAR-RINGS.

Speoilieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,323, dated Merch 13, 1877 applieationled June 3,1576.

,'io all. whom Macy concern: stance oi' the ear will be pressed by one into lie it known that I, LOUISA 1L WEED, oi' the other. irooklyn, in the county oi' Kings and Stute d indicates a spring, which may be of U oi'New York, have `invented a newand vali'orm, and secured within and between the l noble lmprovement in lGa-r-ltingrs; and l do branches, in such a manner as to draw the i hereby declare that the lollowinp; is a l'ull, disks forcibly toward each other. "l clear, and exact description ol' the couslruclll desirable, the spring may be arranged tion and operation oll the same, relerence beupon the outside ol' either or both branches i in;A had to the annexed drawings, making n. ol theelasp; or these branches may be united port ol' this spccilication, and to the letters by a llexible and elastic connection. and ligures otrel'erence marked thereon. ln the drawings, the branches are reprel `igurc l oi' the drawings is a representa! sented as being` pivoted together at n, this tion of a side viewtoi' my invention applied. point becoming a fulcrum, whereby, when Vig. 2 is a l'ront view of the clasp. Fig. 3 is the extensions or projectionsz ofthe branches n, sectional view. are pressed, thcirdisk ends will be opened forI l '.lhis invention has relation tc means for the admission o t'the ear. l

fastening ear-pendants in place; and it con- Sometimes one of the disks may be prosisls in the construction and novel arrange# vided with a pin, to extend through the ear ment oi' the clasping branches, designed to when it is bored, its end being receivedin embrace the lobe ci' the ear, and provided the other disk. l-Sut the fastening abovcdcwith disks or expansions, which may or may scribed is designed to serve without the nenot have suction, to be applied to the ear, cessity oi' resorting to the painful boring opand held thereto by spring action. i /erutiolt lt also consists in the formation, in conncc- Sometimes a chain, 7c, is attached by a loop,

tion with the claspine arms or. branches, ol t, to the ear-clasp, and provided at its other :i projection or projections, to ali'ord leverage end with a piu, 8, to be inserted in the hair as in opening the clasp l'or the admission ol' the an additional security.

lobe ol thc ear, as hereinafter l'ully shown Sometimes a spring-hook Kmay bc employed and described. instead oi' a pin. r ln the accompanying drawings, the letter 'Lhe clasp may be provided at its lower oud u. designates a drop or pendant, designed to with a spring-catch, c, to which pendants or' be suspended lrom the ear, in the manner ol` dilierent character may be attached, as fash- 1 [Qc/f1 an ordinary ear-ring. b represents the clasp, ion may dictate, or the taste ot' the wearer consisting,` of two branches, c 0,'Whieh are may elect.

designed to lextend upward, one on each What l claim as new, and desire to secure side ot' the lobe ci the ear. At the ends of by Letters Patent, is

lhese branches are provided disks or expan l.. 1u an ear-clasp for ear-rings, tbe com l vv other. cave laudmccnveteuipon their inner surfaces, 'lhose disks are designed to press immediand provided thereon with a pad, to prealely on the llcsh et' the ear, and may be vent arrest of circulation, substantially as cushioned on their inner faces with gottaspecilied.

sions c olcircular lorm, and parallel to each pression -disks cmg, being, respectively, eon- Y pei-cha or other suitablematerial, i'orthe pur- 2. An ear-clasp, consisting of two oppositel pose oi'preventilm,` an undue stoppage cil the branches, having;` springfconnection and lecirculation ol' the blood. ver projections or lugs z, l'or pressing the ll' suction is desired, the opposing l'aees ol' branches apart, substantially as specilled. ihe disks may be made concave; but i'or .gen- 3. An car-clasp consisting ottavo branches, oral purposes it is designed to make one l'acc having sprilig-connection and chain attachconcave and the other convex, as the sott submeut L, substantially as specitied. mum A., W Y, l, A q N MMU ,Mm'ww .-r-1 r z 188,323

4. The curved branches c c, having comhereunto subscribed my name in the presence p'ressiol-disk e e lat thcirl` upper ends, con of two witnesses. snuctci as escr ed, an pivoted together ut their lower ends, and thedependiugr catch LOUISA A' WEED' lL'. s'] n, pivoted at their;joint, combined and arf. Witnesses: ranged substantially as spcciiled. J. II. HAVENS ln testimony that; I claim the above 'I have Iilnivur W. FULLnn.

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