US2614314A - Brow-bar support for goggles - Google Patents

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Oct. 21, 1952 F. w. LINDBLOM 2,614,314

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Oct. 21, 1952 w LINDBLQM 2,614,314

BROW-BAR SUPPORT FOR GOGGLES Original Filed 001;. 15, 1948 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 BY 614,414, flay/M A T TORNEYS Patented Oct. 21 1952 BROW-BAR SUPPORT FOR GOGGLES Frank W. Lindblom, Cranston, R. I., assignor to Welsh Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Rhode Island Original application December 15, 1948, Serial No. 65,460, now Patent No.2,507,474, dated May 9, 1950. Divided and this application April 1, 1950, Serial No. 153,400

2 Claims.

. This invention is a division of my application. Serial No. 65.460, filed December 15, 19%, now Patent No. 2,507,474, granted May .9. 1950, and relates to a goggle and more particularly to that portion, of the goggle which rests against the head of the wearer as a support for the device at this location.

, In the manufacture of goggles having supports of this character, there is provided a non-metallic piece of material which is mounted upon a metal rod that e tends from one lens to the other, with this non-metallic material at such a location that it will engage the forehead just above the eyes of the wearer to provide a support for the goggles should the goggles be urged toward the face of the wearer. In order to provide such a non-metallic support on the red, the nonmetallic support, if in one piece, must be positioned on the rod priorto the soldering of the rod to each of the rims in which event the solder joint shows as the coloring of.the-metallic parts I of the goggle cannot take place after the nonmetallic cushion is positioned without damage to the cushion. Further, if the non-metallic parts are assembled on the bar after the parts are secured in position, the cushion must be in two parts and along and tedious operation of mounting the cushion in place is necessary.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a device so that all of the metallic parts may be attached and in place and then the nonmetallic cushion may be thereafter positioned while in a one-piece tubular form on the metallic rod which receives it.

Another object of this invention is to provide a method of assembly of the non-metallic cushion and the metallic parts of the goggle so that the metallic parts may be colored without the cushion in place and the cushion thereafter assembled by a very simpleoperation.

Another object of this invention is to speed up the production and reduce the cost of operation in the manufacture of goggles having this type of equipment.

More specifically an object of this invention is to provide a non-metallic cushion which serves as a means for supporting or joining the parts which heretofore served as its support alone.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a face view of the goggles;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with the temples broken away;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the goggles with the non-metallic cushion removed and illustrating in dotted lines the severing of thestock of the supporting rod;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing in section a cushion being positioned on the supporting cushion of modified construction in section;

Fig. 10 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 9 showing the cushion beingpositioned on. thesupporting rod;

Fig. 11 isa sectional view of the cushion of,

Fig. 9 alone; U v

Fig. 12 is a section of Fig. 11 before flattened; Fig. 13 is a section line l3l3 of Fig. 11. c In proceeding with this invention, -I solder the ends of either one or two pieces of a. metal sup--v porting rod to the upper edge of the rims ofthe goggles which is to serve as a support for the cushion, and then the goggle is colored or plated to provide a good finish on the same. Thereafter, a cushion is provided with tubular ends, the rod is severed if previously in one piece to provide two bars, and the cushion is slid onto one of the bars a sufficient extent so that the other bar may be received. The bar is then moved back into alignment with the other bar and the cushion then slid back over the other bar and cemented in place. Out-of-round sections are provided for preventing rotation of the cushion on the bars. With reference to Figs. 1-8 of the drawings, 10 designates the lens rims which are joined together by the bridge H upon which arms l2 are provided for supporting nose pads l3 which nose pads may be of non-metallic material. End pieces M are formed on the outer edges of the rims from which temples l5 extend rearwardly. A support for engaging the brow of the face of the wearer above the eyes is designated generally 16 and consists of a rod I! (see Fig. 3) which is soldered or otherwise suitably secured as at ends I8 and [9 to the rims I0; and the frame is then plated or colored to provide a suitable finish; and, thereafter, the rod I1 is severed at 20 so as to provide a bar 2| attached as at E8 and a bar 22 attached as at H! which bars extend toward each other and are in general alignment after severing. The location of severing will be such that the bar 22 is of a length to receive the cushion.

i .5 A cushion formed of some non-metallic material, such as Celluloid, is available in solid rod form, designated generally 23 in Fig. 5, and may be formed into a tube, as designated at 24 in Fig. 6, having a bore 25 extending therethrough. This may be accomplished by a screw machine operation by drilling in through the opposite ends of the rod; and, thereafter, the tube 24 will be flattened, as shown at 26 in Fig. 7, so as to provide a somewhat oval hole 21 through the same (see also Fig. 8). The bars 2| and 22 or rod will be rectangular or of some shape, such as designated 28 in Fig. 8, so that when the cushion 26 is positioned on these bars it cannot rotate.

To assemble the cushion 26 on the structure, as described above, it is merely necessary to raise the bar 22 outwardly from alignment with the bar 2|, as shown in Fig. 4, and slide the cushion 26 over the end of the bar 22 into a position, such as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. Then, the bar 22 may be moved back into alignment with the bar 2| and the cushion 25 slid back over the ends of the bars 2| and 22 to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 with the longest axis of the oval hole 21 substantially in the plane of the rims. Cement will then be applied to maintain the nonmetallic Celluloid cushion 26 in the position which it has been moved to on the bars. The cushion thus serves to connect the bars together and provides its own support for the bars in maintaining the desired rigidity of this support which may rest against the face of the wearer.

With reference to Figures 9 to 13, the rims l have bars 30 and 3| soldered to each of the rims as at 32 and 33, these bars being spaced a considerable distance between their imier ends 34. A cushion bar 36 of the same soft material, such as Celluloid or the like, is formed originally in a round shape as at 3'! in Figure 12 and had bores 38 and 39 formed in its opposite ends, as shown more particularly in Figure 11 to receive the ends 34 of the bars 30 and 3|. Thus, in positioning this cushion 36 in place, it will be positioned on the bar' 30, as shown inFigure and slid so that the bottom of its bore 38 will engage the end of the bar 30, the bore 38 being of such a depth that when the cushion 36 is swung inwardly from the position shown in Figure 10 to that shown in Figure 9, the bar 3| may be received in the bore 39. Thus, as the cushion 39 is swung inwardly, the bar 3| is moved into the bore 39 and the cushion adjusted on the bars 30 and 3| until it assumes a position shown in Figure 9.

In some cases the cushion 36 instead of being cylindrical, as shown in Figure 12, may be flattened, so as to take the out-of-round shape 40, as shown in Figure 13, in which case the opening or bore will be flattened as at 4|, and in this case the bars 30 and 3| will be of a similar outof-round shape to fit into this bore and prevent rotation of the cushion on these bars.

I claim:

1. The method of forming a cushioned support on a goggle having two connected lens rims which comprises soldering a rod at it ends to said rims and then cutting the rod intermediate its end to provide two bars, springing one bar out of line with the other and sliding a tube thereon, then aligning said bars and sliding the tube over the end of the other bar.

2. The method of forming a cushioned support on a, goggle having two comiected lens rims which comprises soldering a rod at its ends to said rims and then cutting the rod intermediate its ends at one side of the middle to provide two bars, springing the longer bar out of line with the other and sliding a cushion tube thereon, then aligning said bars and sliding the tube over the end of the other bar.

FRANK W. LINDBLOM.

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