US2136218A - Finger ring - Google Patents

Description

Nov. s, 19 8. I, ROSKIN 2,136,218

FINGER RING F iled March 18, 1937 I N V ENTO 2 451. Eas/mv BY E ZTTORNEY Patented Nov. 8, 1938 UNITED STATES FINGER RING Israel Ruskin, New York, N. Y.

' Application March 18,

4 Claims.

This invention relates to finger rings. More particularly, it relates to the manufacture of the type of finger rings in which settings are provided for the display of precious ornamental stones.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide an improved method and means for manufacturing finger rings of the character described in which the various parts of the ring may be quickly assembled and which, at the same time, shall accurately position the setting with respect to the annulus, which shall also be neat in appearance and highly efiicient for the purposes intended.

Another object of my invention is to provide a setting for a ring of the character described having means whereby it may be quickly and accurately attached to the ring.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible embodiments of this invention Fig. 1 is a side elevation parts of which are shown in section, of an assembled ring annulus and setting embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the Fig. 1 form of ring;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the setting and the ring annulus in disassembled relationship; and

Fig. 5 is a central sectional view through a modified form of finger ring embodying my invention.

The method of manufacture of finger rings provided with settings for the display of precious stones has heretofore been substantially as follows: A ring blank having an enlarged flattened area between the ends was first stamped out of a single piece of a strip of metal, such as gold, silver, platinum, and the like, after which it was bent into an annular shape. The opposite sides of the flattened portion thereof were then bent upwardly to provide a support for a separate setting. This setting then had to be soldered or spot-welded to the support therefor. Due to the nature of the usual design of this setting, and to 1937, Serial No. 131,562

its relatively small size, it was necessary to temporarily hold it in proper position for soldering by encircling the setting and ring with a thin wire, while the operator proceeded to weld or solder the setting to the ring, after which the wire was removed. This method of manufacture was found to be expensive, since much time was consumed in temporarily attaching the setting to the ring, and subsequently, removing the wound wire therefrom. Also, it was found that difiiculty was experienced in properly positioning the setting with respect to its support.

By my invention, I have provided a method and means of manufacture whereby the above-described disadvantages have been overcome.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, there is disclosed a ring blank [I] which has already been bent into annular shape, as shown in Fig. 4, and in which the extending opposite sides I2 of the flattened portion II have been bent over to form a support for a setting M, of any suitable design and construction to receive and hold a precious stone or stones. These settings are relatively small in size and, therefore, diflicult to hold in the hand while soldering. I have therefore provided on opposite sides of the setting [4 a pair of downwardly extending curved lugs l5 which may be ornamented on the outer surface thereof with any suitable design, such as for example, that shown in the drawings. The lugs I5 are designed to possess a certain amount of resilience so as to frictionally engage opposite sides of the ring supporting portion 12, and snap into locking engagement, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Therefore, according to my invention, when it is desired to permanently attach the setting M to the ring, it is merely necessary for the operator to quickly snap the setting I4 in proper position on the portion l2, Where it will be held while the operator proceeds to solder or weld the parts permanently together. As previously described, the lugs l5 may be ornamented to provide a neat and ornamental appearance for the entire ring assembly.

If desired, side settings 20 may also be provided on the flattened portion II on each side of the setting l4. These may be soldered in position in the customary manner.

In Fig. 5 I have shown my invention as applied to a ring 25 which has been cast in a single piece and formed with a portion 26 adapted to support the setting l4 having the lugs l5 attached thereto. It is understood that the lugs I5 may be made integral with the setting M or may be made of separate pieces of the same or different material.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a finger ring assembly, the combination of a ring annulus having a setting support and a setting member, said setting member comprising a body portion adapted to carry a gem and a pair of downwardly projecting fingers, said fingers being so constructed and arranged as to overlie and resiliently grasp the opposed outer surfaces of said support to temporarily hold the setting in proper position for ultimate permanent connection.

2. In a finger ring assembly, the combination of a ring annulus having a setting support and a setting member, said setting member comprising a body portion adapted to carry a gem and a pair of downwardly projecting fingers, said fingers being so constructed and arranged as to overlie and resiliently grasp the opposed outer surfaces of said support to temporarily hold the setting in proper position for ultimate permanent connection, said fingers being of arcuate shape and provided with ornamentation, such ornamentation being visibly disposed and forming a part of the ring ornamentation.

3. In a finger ring assembly, the combination of a ring annulus having a setting support and a setting member, said setting member comprising a body portion adapted to carry a gem and a pair of downwardly projecting fingers, said fingers being so constructed and arranged as to overlie and resiliently grasp the opposed outer surfaces of said support to temporarily hold the setting in proper position for ultimate permanent connection, said fingers being of arcuate shape and disposed on opposite sides of the gem in a direction transverse to the plane of the annulus.

4. In a finger ring assembly, the combination of a ring annulus having a setting support, said support comprising a pair of upwardly projecting ears, said ears being symmetrically disposed. on opposite sides of the plane of said annulus, and a setting member, said setting member comprising a body portion adapted to carry a gem and a pair of downwardly projecting fingers, said fingers being so constructed and arranged as to overlie and resiliently grasp said ears to temporarily hold the setting in proper position for ultimate permanent soldering.

ISRAEL ROSKIN.

Images