US303607A

US303607A - Pedro enrique arencibia

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Publication number: US303607A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-08-19
Anticipated expiration: 1901-08-19

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(Specimens) P. E. ARENGIBIA. TOY 0R ORNAMENT.

' No. 303,607. Patented Aug. 19, 1884.

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PEDRO ENRI E'ARENGIBIA, or HAVANA, oUBA.

TOY OR ORNAMENT.

ESPBCIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,607, dated August 19, 1884.

Application filed July 18. 1884. (Specimens) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PEDRO E. ARENOIBIA, of Havana, Cuba, have invented certain Improvements in Toys and Ornaments, of which the following is a specification.

The aim of my invention is to provide at a trifling cost toy ornaments for use upon Christ-- mas-trees, for decorating walls and tables, and for combination in the form of cornices, urns, and other ornaments, which shall present to the eye the appearance of being composed of cut glass or crystal.

To this end it consists in the new productthe concave body composed of lead, tin, and bismuth--cast in form with an internal surface of high reflecting-power, and with or without one or more bodies of small size therein.

It also consists in the method of producing these bodies by dipping 'a convex pattern of highly-polished glass into the molten alloy and immediately removing the same therefrom, and then removing from the mold the adhering film of metal, which constitutes the desired product.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the mold or form upon which my ornaments are formed. Fi 2 is a sectional elevation illustrating the manner in which the formation of the cast is effected. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the re-. sulting casts. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are views illustrating the ornaments in different forms. Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing the manner in which the internal and external bodies are united.

In proceeding to carry out my invention I first provide a glass mold or pattern, A, having a convex highly-polished end, which may be of spheroidal, conical, or polygonal, or any other desired form, being susceptible of modification to any extent desired, provided only that it is such as to admit of the metal being removed therefrom, as hereinafter explained.

I next provide an alloy composed of tin three appearance, but upon being removed from the mold its interior will be found topresent a surface of great brilliancy and high reficcting-power, The single reflecting-body 0 thus produced may be used alone or joined to others of a similar character, either of the same or of different forms. They may be united at the edge by soldering them together, or in any other suitable manner, and they may be combined to produce articles of any form or pattern required. For most purposes, however, I prefor to combine with each of these bodies one or more bodies of a similar character and of smaller size. These, as indicated at G and O in the drawings, will be placed one within another and secured firmly in position either by applying molten metal between them or by providing the bodies or parts with wires a, and thrusting the wires of each part through holes formed for the purposein the back of the other part or parts, and finally twisting all the wires together, as shown in Fig. 4.

In order to produce the most striking effects, I propose to apply to the inner or outer surfaces or both of the internal reflectors a coating of transparent colored material. These colored surfaces, being reflected by the outer body, will greatly heighten the effect.

Ornaments constructed 011 my plan possess reflecting-surfaces of great brilliancy, which do not oxidize or tarnish under ordinary conditions, and which, because of their high reflecting powers, .present to the eye, when viewed from a distance, the appearance of cut glass bodies or crystals.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The improved toy or ornament, consisting of a concave cast metal body composed of lead, tin, and bismuth in proportions snbstair tially as specified, with internal reflecting-surfaces.

2; The toy or ornament consisting of two or more concave bodies with internal reflectingsurfaces secured one within another, substantially as described.

3. In combination with the external metal body having the concave reflccting-suriaces, the internal body having the internal reflecting-surface, and an external surface, colored or ornamented, as described.

4. In a toy ornament, the combination of ICO three metal bodies secured one withinanother, each body being provided with an internal ing-power. reflecting-surface, and the intermediate body In testimony whereof I hereunto set my being also provided with a surface colored as 1 hand, this 9th day of July, 1884:, in the pres- 5 described. ence of two attesting witnesses.

5. The method of producing toy reflectors, PEDRO ENRIQUE ARENOIBIA.

dueed with a concave surface of high relleet- 1o consisting in dipping a pattern of polished Witnesses: glass momentarily into a molten alloy of tin, PHILIP 'I. DODGE, lead, and bismuth, whereby a body is' pro- JOHN T. ARMS.