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Description

(No Model.)

W. MEERBOTT, Jr.

INTERGHANGBABLB INITIAL RING.

N0. 363,076. Patented May 17, 1887.

Y ATTORNEYS,

llivirnn dramas ljarnnr @tierna VILLIAM MEERBOTT, JR., OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

INTERCHANGEABLEBINITIAL RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\To.363,0'75, dated May 1'7, 1887.

Application filed September 21,1886. Serial No. 214,108. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: *A

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Mnnnnorr, Jr., of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Interchangeable-Initial Rings, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to that class of rings provided with initials, monogram letters, or ornaments of stone held on stones in the ring, said initials, monograms, or stones being interchangeable-that is, adapted to be removed from one ring and placed in another.

The object of my invention is to provide rings with interchangeable initials, and i to facilitate the interchanging of the intials and also of the stone.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a face view of my interehangeable-initial ring. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same on the line y y, Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a cross-sectional view of the same on the line x x, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view on theline e z, Fig. 3, parts being broken out and others shown in section in dotted lines.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The ring A is provided with a recess or cavity, B, for receiving the stone G. Behind the bottom of the recess or cavity B the groove D is formed, extending the length of the said cavity-that is, parallel to the axis of the ring. In a plate, E, forming the bottom of back of the cavity B, two or more apertures, E, are provided, which arein direct communication with the groove D. The stone C is provided with as many apertures, G, as there are apertures in the back or bottom of the recess or cavity.

The monogram, initial ,or ornament H,which may be made of gold, silver, or other precious metal, is provided with as many pins, J, on its back as there are apertures in the back of the cavity, said pins being provided at their free ends with notches K in one or both sides, said pins being of such length as to pass entirely through the stone and through the apertures in the back of the cavity B into the groove D. A slidingkey, M,ttingquitesnugly in the groove D is forked or "provided with two prongs, the distance between the inner edges of which is about equal to the thickness of the diameter of the pins J at the nuts K. The key M is \p\rovided at its closed end with an aperture, Nfoiei serting a hook or other suitable implement, andthe ring is provided wit h a notch, O, by which thehopk can be passed into the aperture O.

The stone is placed into the cavity B and the initial H, monogram, or\`--other ornament is placed upon the face of the""stone, the pins J passing through the same and the back of the cavity into the groove D. Thelhsliding key M is then inserted through the aperture in the top edgeof the frame for holding the stone and into the groove D, the inne'r edges of the prongs ofthe key M facing the pin J and thus Vhen it is desired to remove the initial from the stone, the said key is removed.

Any initial, monogram, or ornament can thus be fastened on any stone and held in any ring adapted for the purpose, thus facilitating the interehanging of stones, initials, or monograms. p

I have shown in the drawings astone with a curved surface; but stones made with tlat faces may be used. In place of the single key, two or more keys may be provided for holding one or more initial letters. In place of stones, enameled plates, glass, composition, or other material can be placed into the cavity B, and, if desired, may be permanently secured in the same, the initials only being removable and being fastened in the manner described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a ring, of'a detach,` able iinitial or ornament having pins adapted to be passed into the ring, and a key which can be passed into the ring and engage said pins, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with a ring, ofa detachable initial having pins, said pins having notches at the ends, and of a key adapted to be passed through an aperture in the ring to engage the pins ofthe initial, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with a ring, of a detachable stone having apertures, a detachable initial or ornament provided with pins, anda key for engaging said pins, substantially as shown and described.

4. Ihe combination, with a ring having a holding it, which in turn holds the stone.4

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cavity for receiving a stone, apertures in the bottom of said cavity, and a groove or recess behind the cavity, of a stone in the cavity having apertures, an initial or ornament having pins, and a key tting in the above-mentioned groove for engagement with the said pins, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination, with a ring having a cavity for receiving a stone, apertures being provided in the bottom of the cavity and a groove behind the apertures, of a stone provided with apertures, an initial or ornament provided With pins, and a forked key provided at the closed end with an aperture, substantially as shown and described.

6. The combination of a ring having a cavity for receiving a stone, a stone in the cavity provided with apertures, an initial or ornament provided With pins, and a sliding key passed into the said stone, substantially as shown and described.

7. The combination, with la ring, ofa detachable initial having pins on the same, and a forked and sliding key for engagement With the initials, substantially as shown and described.

yIn testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

VILLl'AM MEERBOTT, JR.

Witnesses:

OscAR F. GUNZ', SIDNEY MANN.

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