US432007A

US432007A - Gyulo armeny

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Publication number: US432007A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-07-15
Anticipated expiration: 1907-07-15

Description

INVENTOI? ATTORNEY.

Patented July 15, 1890).

(No Model) G. ARMENY. GEM SETTING No. 432,007.

W/TA/ESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GYULO ARMENY, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

GEM-SETTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,007, dated July 15, 1890.

Application filed October 15, 1889. Serial No. 327,060. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GYULo ARMENY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvement in Gem-Settin g and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the ccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In setting gems it is desirable to set out the jewel with its face and edges as nearly bare as possible, and therefore the cramps or prongs which hold the jewel are made very slender and inconspicuous; but by so doing, when gold and other soft metals'are used, the strength and security of the setting are sacrificed, for in the ordinary wear of the ring, pin, or other jeweled article the points of the cramps, which overlap and hold the gem, soon wear away, or the frail setting is easily broken and the jewel is usually lost.

My invention is intended, by a combination of metals, to retain the use of the goldsetting and to provide points for the cramps, which will be almost invisible and yet be of such strength as will secure the jewel from loss. It provides those two most desirable qualities the maximum of strength and the minimum of metallic exposure on the gem.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention as applied to a finger-ring.

Figure 1 is a side view of the invention; Fig. 2, a portion of asettinginclosinga jewel; Fig. 3, a side elevation of a cramp of the setting considerably enlarged.

The ditferent parts of the drawings are referred to by'letter, similar letters denoting corresponding parts in the different views.

In the drawings, A indicates the base of the setting, and b b the bodies of the cramps. These parts are made in any preferred forms and of any desired metal, and may be as massive as preferred, as they do not interfere with the view of the jewel. The tips 0 c of the cramps, which hold the jewel and form the angles at its edge, I make of iridium, and fixthem wholly on the tops of the said cramps Z) Z). By using this metal the points which overlap the stone may be made so slender as scarcely to be noticed, and yet will securely hold the gem against such violence as would quickly displace a gem set .in gold or any other metal, and with ordinary wear will last as long, perhaps, as the jewel itself.

Having 110w described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. A gem-setting the base and cramps of which are formed of gold and having small pieces of iridium secured wholly upon the tops of the cramps, so that they project over and upon the edges of the gem to hold it securely, as described.

2. The gem-setting base A and cramps b b, of any preferred material, and the iridium tips 0 c, fixed wholly on the tops of said cramps and projecting inwardly over and upon the edges of the gem, as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GYULO ARMENY. lVitnesses:

ARTHUR Z. WESTERMAYR, CHAS. BIERIG.