US672366A

US672366A - Ring.

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Publication number: US672366A
Application number: US4286801A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph Louis Herzog
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1901-01-11
Filing date: 1901-01-11
Publication date: 1901-04-16
Anticipated expiration: 1918-04-16

Description

Patented Apr. l6, I90I. J. L. HERZOG. RING.v (Application 81nd an. 11, 1901. (Ila now.)

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JOSEPH LOUIS HERZOG, OF NEW. YORK, N. Y.

SZPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,366, dated April 16, 1901.

Application filed January 11, 1901- Serial No. 42868. (No model.)

.To all, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH LOUIS Hnnzoe, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ring, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to finger-rings, and has for its object to provide a simple and efficient construction enabling a stone or'gern to be securely yet removably held in a ring, the said stone being removed inwardly and the fastening or holding devices being invisible from the outside of the ring, so that in outward appearance the ring does not differ from those of ordinary construction.

The invention will be fully described hereinafter and the features of novelty pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of a ring provided with my improvement; and Fig. 2 is a plan of the stone-holder proper.

The ring A is or may be of substantially the usual construction and is provided at its front with an opening in which the stone B is adapted to be set, the side walls of the stone end of the said opening, as at A, being beveled, converging outwardly, so as to afford a firm bearing-surface to limit the outward movement of the stone. At its inner portion the opening of the ring is widened to form a recess A having a shoulder A for seating the stone-holder O, which may be a plate, but preferably consists of a ring, as shown, and said stone-holder is provided at diametrically opposite points with inwardly-extending lugs or ears 0, bent outwardly at their free ends. These ends have apertures or notches 0 through which pass fastening devices, such as screws D, which are located at the inner portion of the recess A and take into the body A of the ring. It will be observed that seen from the outside, as when it is worn, the ring has the ordinary appearance, since the holderO and fastening devices D are visible from the inside only. Further, the fastening devices D are located within the recess A -that is, they do not project from the inner surface of the ring Aand are therefore not liable to scratch the persons finger.

The stone B can be readily removed after taking the holder C out of the recess A The construction of the holder with notches 0 instead of holes is advantageous in that it is suflicient to remove one of the screws D and to slightly loosen the other in order to enable the holder 0 to be slipped out. The construction hereinbefore described provides for a ready substitution of different stones for the one in the ring and also facilitates the cleaning of the ring and stone.

Having thus described my invention, L claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. A ring having an opening provided with a seat for the stone to prevent outward movement, and a recess at the inner end of said opening, a stone-holder located at the inner portion of the opening, to hold the stone against inward movement, and a fastening device, likewise located within the inner portion of said opening, at the recess thereof, and engaging the peripheral portion of the holder and the ring to lock the holder in position against sliding and against turning.

2. A ring having an opening provided with a seat for the stone to prevent outward movement, and a recess at the inner end of said opening a stone-holder located at the inner portion of the opening, to hold the stone against inward movement, said holder having lugs projecting into said recess, and fastening devices located within said recess and engaging the ring and the lugs of the holder.

3. A ring having an opening provided with a seat for the stone to prevent outward movement, and a recess at the inner end of said opening, a stone-holder located at the inner portion of the opening, to hold the stone against inward movement, said holder having oppositely-arranged notched lugs bent away from each other at their free ends, and fastening devices located in said recess and passing through the notches of the holder and into the ring proper.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH LOUIS HERZ'OG.

Witnesses:

LOUIS KAUFMAN, LEE HIRsoH,