US3837735A - Improved spring loaded spectacle hinge - Google Patents

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US3837735A
US3837735A US00348693A US34869373A US3837735A US 3837735 A US3837735 A US 3837735A US 00348693 A US00348693 A US 00348693A US 34869373 A US34869373 A US 34869373A US 3837735 A US3837735 A US 3837735A
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    • G02C—SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES
    • G02C5/00—Constructions of non-optical parts
    • G02C5/22—Hinges
    • G02C5/2218—Resilient hinges
    • G02C5/2227—Resilient hinges comprising a fixed hinge member and a coil spring
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  • Part 3 of the hinge comprises two notches 10 and 1 l separated by a cylindrical part9.
  • Bow 2 which is [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS pivotably mounted with respect to face 1 is hollowed out by an axial bore 14 in which a shoe 17 is placed. If
  • the eyeglass frame according to the invention of which the hinges comprise a loaded part cooperating with two slots carried by one of the parts of these hinges, is basically unusual because the loaded part situated in an axial housing of the bow is realized in the form of a shoe, of which the one convex end cooperates in a known manner with the part of the hinge carrying the slots, while the opposing end abuts against a shoulder in the corresponding housing of the bow in order to limit the folding of the same towards the outside.
  • FIG. 1 is a partial transversal cut of a frame according to the invention using an enlarged scale.
  • FIG. 2 is a view similar to that of FIG. 1, but showing one of the bows at its position of maximum outward folding.
  • the frame of the invention shown in FIG. 1, comprises essentially a face 1 which supports lenses, not represented, and the bows 2.
  • the face and the bows are preferably made from a plastic material such as cellulose acetate.
  • each lateral part of face 1 is assembled to one of the parts 3 of a hinge by the intermediary rivets 4.
  • the said part 3 comprises a bedplate 30 attached to the face, and a body 3b pierced by a central hole 5 which receives a pin 6.
  • the body 3b comprises a flat external wall 7 preferably situated in the prolongation of the corresponding side of face 1, that is to say, obliquely by comparison with its longitudinal plane.
  • Wall 7 is connected by a flat part 8 to a cylindrical surface 9 of which the constant radius has as its center the geometrical axis of the hole 5.
  • This surface 9 is indented by means of two slots 10, 11 corresponding respectively to the normal use position of bows 2 and to the rest position of these bows.
  • a capping l2 comprising at least two cheeks or knuckles each pierced by a perforation traversed by pin 6 is articulated about this pin.
  • the capping is extended in a direction away from pin 6 by a metallic block 13 pierced by an axial bore 14 which ends between the two knuckles of capping 12. Bore 14 is extended in a direction opposed to the capping by another bore 15 with a smaller diameter which forms, together with the first, an annular shoulder 16.
  • Each metal block 13 is bedded in the corresponding bow 2.
  • a cylindrical shoe is engaged in bore 14 of block 13. Its end 17a situated via-a-vis body 3b of hinge 3 is convex and presents the general shape of a portion of a cylinder of which the radius is very slightly greater than that of the slots 10 and 11.
  • the opposite end 17b of shoe 17 is hollowed out by an axial perforation 18 of a diameter nearly equal to that of bore 15. Between the bottom 15a of bore 15 and that, 18a, of perforation 18 a compression spring 19 is placed, which tends to push shoe 17 back towards the outside.
  • each bow 2 is held at its open use position by the elastic support of shoe 17 in the slot 10.
  • shoe 17 it is necessary to use a certain effort to push the bow in the direction of arrow F towards its closed position.
  • the shoe is pushed back in opposition to the reaction of spring 19,- when it leaves slot 10, then it glides on the periphery of cylindrical surface 9.
  • an eyeglass frame has been made of which the bows are held elastically in their two normal positions, that of use and that of rest, while the amplitude of their outward folding is limited.
  • the face and the bows of the glasses can be made of metal; in this case the metal block 13 will be either soldered to the corresponding bow or formed by a part of this latter part.
  • An eyeglass frame comprising a face piece having opposite ends; a pair of side bows; hinge means respectively fixed to said opposite ends and to the ends of said side bows for connecting said side bows to the face piece tiltably between a folded position and an open use position; cooperating cam means on the hinge and spring-biased shoe means housed in each bow yieldably maintaining said side bows in either of said positions, said cam means comprising a.
  • camming surface having a pair of spaced recesses in which said spring-biased shoes respectively engage when the respective shoe bows are in either of said positions, the end of each shoe adjacent the recesses being convex, and the opposite end cooperating with a stop on the bow limiting the outward movement of the shoe means away from the hinge means, the end of each bow adjacent the hinge means having a stepped cylindrical bore receiving said bows adjacent the hinge means each having an inclined face flush with a corresponding edge of the cam means at the position of maximum opening of the bows, said inclination presenting the same radius of curvature as the recess of the open use positions of the bows.

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US3957360A (en) * 1973-10-04 1976-05-18 Luciano Villani Spectacle frames with spring-loaded hinges
US4244081A (en) * 1978-05-30 1981-01-13 La National S.A. Hinge for spectacles
US4461548A (en) * 1980-04-23 1984-07-24 Obe-Werk Ohnmacht & Baumgartner Gmbh & Co. K.G. Spectacle frame
US4570289A (en) * 1982-07-30 1986-02-18 Piero Consolati Resilient spectacles hinge and method for making a spectacles frame bearing a resilient spectacles hinge
US4577927A (en) * 1983-03-07 1986-03-25 Raney Gerard E Portable unitary battery powered hand-held magnifying apparatus
US4605293A (en) * 1983-03-03 1986-08-12 Ratti Ind Ottica Spa Spectacle frame with resilient hinges
US4818093A (en) * 1986-09-23 1989-04-04 Vittorio Tabacchi Hinge for the elastic articulation of a temple piece to the front frame of an eyeglass frame
US5515575A (en) * 1993-12-17 1996-05-14 Euroframes Srl Hinge to connect the legs and frame of a pair of spectacles
EP0886165A1 (fr) * 1997-06-19 1998-12-23 Ezio Pellegrinotti Charnière élastique pour lunettes
EP0889347A1 (fr) * 1997-07-04 1999-01-07 Italiana Aste S.r.l. Amélioration pour une structure de charnière,en particulier pour lunettes
US6393664B1 (en) * 1999-09-10 2002-05-28 Mansfield Assemblies Co. Compression spring hinge mechanism
US20030067583A1 (en) * 2000-04-14 2003-04-10 Christophe Desbiez-Piat Method for fitting a resilient hinge of a spectacle frame and resilient hinge designed for implementation of this method
US6619798B2 (en) * 2001-03-16 2003-09-16 Lehrer Brillenperfecktion Werks, Inc. Piston temple for eye glass frames
US6721991B2 (en) * 2001-07-11 2004-04-20 D.O.T. S.A.S. Di Dioguardi Franco & C. Elastic hinge with inclined plane eyelet for automatic closing of spectacle temples
US20040226138A1 (en) * 2003-05-16 2004-11-18 Harmon Roger W. Spring biased hinges and methods therefor
US20050000130A1 (en) * 2003-04-29 2005-01-06 Kicher Paul T. Breakaway banner support assembly
US20050136998A1 (en) * 2003-12-23 2005-06-23 Spence Michael F. Spring biased hinge and methods therefor
US20090273264A1 (en) * 2008-05-02 2009-11-05 James Christopher Butler Flapper mechanism for a refrigerator
ITTO20090686A1 (it) * 2009-09-07 2011-03-08 Cesare Massacesi Montatura per occhiali
CN102341741A (zh) * 2009-03-03 2012-02-01 D·德拉穆尔 用于带有可伸缩铰链的眼镜的镜架及用于该镜架的铰链
US20130000077A1 (en) * 2011-06-28 2013-01-03 Oakley, Inc. Hinge assembly for eyewear
JP2013186441A (ja) * 2012-03-12 2013-09-19 Excel Gankyo:Kk メガネフレームのツル継手構造
US20180373284A1 (en) * 2017-06-26 2018-12-27 Linemaster Switch Corporation Rolling Hinge Assembly
JP2020069635A (ja) * 2019-07-05 2020-05-07 太陽パーツ株式会社 トルク調整ユニットおよびサポートウェア
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GB825817A (en) * 1957-03-30 1959-12-23 Nationale Sa Improvements in or relating to the process of fabrication of a spectacle side provided with a hinge element and a spectacle side obtained by said process
US3644023A (en) * 1969-01-22 1972-02-22 Luciano Villani Spring-loaded spectacle hinge

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US2874609A (en) * 1955-03-02 1959-02-24 Ducati Marcello Mounting arrangement for spectacle side pieces
GB825817A (en) * 1957-03-30 1959-12-23 Nationale Sa Improvements in or relating to the process of fabrication of a spectacle side provided with a hinge element and a spectacle side obtained by said process
US3644023A (en) * 1969-01-22 1972-02-22 Luciano Villani Spring-loaded spectacle hinge

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US3957360A (en) * 1973-10-04 1976-05-18 Luciano Villani Spectacle frames with spring-loaded hinges
US4244081A (en) * 1978-05-30 1981-01-13 La National S.A. Hinge for spectacles
US4461548A (en) * 1980-04-23 1984-07-24 Obe-Werk Ohnmacht & Baumgartner Gmbh & Co. K.G. Spectacle frame
US4570289A (en) * 1982-07-30 1986-02-18 Piero Consolati Resilient spectacles hinge and method for making a spectacles frame bearing a resilient spectacles hinge
US4605293A (en) * 1983-03-03 1986-08-12 Ratti Ind Ottica Spa Spectacle frame with resilient hinges
US4577927A (en) * 1983-03-07 1986-03-25 Raney Gerard E Portable unitary battery powered hand-held magnifying apparatus
US4818093A (en) * 1986-09-23 1989-04-04 Vittorio Tabacchi Hinge for the elastic articulation of a temple piece to the front frame of an eyeglass frame
US5515575A (en) * 1993-12-17 1996-05-14 Euroframes Srl Hinge to connect the legs and frame of a pair of spectacles
EP0886165A1 (fr) * 1997-06-19 1998-12-23 Ezio Pellegrinotti Charnière élastique pour lunettes
EP0889347A1 (fr) * 1997-07-04 1999-01-07 Italiana Aste S.r.l. Amélioration pour une structure de charnière,en particulier pour lunettes
US6393664B1 (en) * 1999-09-10 2002-05-28 Mansfield Assemblies Co. Compression spring hinge mechanism
US20030067583A1 (en) * 2000-04-14 2003-04-10 Christophe Desbiez-Piat Method for fitting a resilient hinge of a spectacle frame and resilient hinge designed for implementation of this method
US6814438B2 (en) * 2000-04-14 2004-11-09 Chevassus S.A. Method for fitting a resilient hinge of a spectacle frame and resilient hinge designed for implementation of this method
US6619798B2 (en) * 2001-03-16 2003-09-16 Lehrer Brillenperfecktion Werks, Inc. Piston temple for eye glass frames
US6721991B2 (en) * 2001-07-11 2004-04-20 D.O.T. S.A.S. Di Dioguardi Franco & C. Elastic hinge with inclined plane eyelet for automatic closing of spectacle temples
US20050000130A1 (en) * 2003-04-29 2005-01-06 Kicher Paul T. Breakaway banner support assembly
US7264219B2 (en) * 2003-04-29 2007-09-04 Kicher Paul T Breakaway banner support assembly
US20080086924A1 (en) * 2003-04-29 2008-04-17 Kicher Paul T Breakaway banner support assembly
US20040226138A1 (en) * 2003-05-16 2004-11-18 Harmon Roger W. Spring biased hinges and methods therefor
US7028373B2 (en) 2003-05-16 2006-04-18 Motorola, Inc. Spring biased hinges and methods therefor
US20050136998A1 (en) * 2003-12-23 2005-06-23 Spence Michael F. Spring biased hinge and methods therefor
US20090273264A1 (en) * 2008-05-02 2009-11-05 James Christopher Butler Flapper mechanism for a refrigerator
US20120026452A1 (en) * 2009-03-03 2012-02-02 Dominique Delamour Frame for spectacles with telescopic hinges, and hinge for the frame
CN102341741A (zh) * 2009-03-03 2012-02-01 D·德拉穆尔 用于带有可伸缩铰链的眼镜的镜架及用于该镜架的铰链
JP2012519307A (ja) * 2009-03-03 2012-08-23 ドゥラムール、ドミニク テレスコピックヒンジを備えた眼鏡フレーム及び当該フレームのヒンジ
US8757796B2 (en) * 2009-03-03 2014-06-24 Dominique Delamour Frame for spectacles with telescopic hinges, and hinge for the frame
ITTO20090686A1 (it) * 2009-09-07 2011-03-08 Cesare Massacesi Montatura per occhiali
US20130000077A1 (en) * 2011-06-28 2013-01-03 Oakley, Inc. Hinge assembly for eyewear
US8875346B2 (en) * 2011-06-28 2014-11-04 Oakley, Inc. Hinge assembly for eyewear
JP2013186441A (ja) * 2012-03-12 2013-09-19 Excel Gankyo:Kk メガネフレームのツル継手構造
US20180373284A1 (en) * 2017-06-26 2018-12-27 Linemaster Switch Corporation Rolling Hinge Assembly
US10338626B2 (en) * 2017-06-26 2019-07-02 Linemaster Switch Corporation Rolling hinge assembly
US11169396B2 (en) * 2019-06-24 2021-11-09 Kawamoto Optical Industrial Co. Ltd. Eyeglasses frame
JP2020069635A (ja) * 2019-07-05 2020-05-07 太陽パーツ株式会社 トルク調整ユニットおよびサポートウェア

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