US884968A

US884968A - Display-holder for gems.

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Publication number: US884968A
Application number: US41099308A
Authority: US
Inventors: Rawson L Wood
Original assignee: J R Wood & Sons
Current assignee: J R Wood & Sons
Priority date: 1908-01-15
Filing date: 1908-01-15
Publication date: 1908-04-14
Anticipated expiration: 1925-04-14

Description

No. 884,968. PATENTBD APB. 14,'19os 4 R. L. W000.

DISPLAY HOLDERPOR GEMS,

APPLICATION IILIB D JAN. 16. 1908.

mvmmh WITNESSES:

' I I ATTORNEY UNITED STATES RAWSON L. WOOD, OF NEW YORK, N.

PATENT OFFICE.

DISPLAY-HOLDER FOR GEMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Application filed January 15, 1908. Serial No. 410,993.

To all whom it may concern:

, New York, in'the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented a certain new. and useful Improvement in Display- Holders for Gems, and do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which the figure is a perspective view of a display-holder for gems embodying my invention.

The object of my invention has been to provide a holder for displayin unmounted gems for sale, which holder sha 1 be ada ted to fit on the finger like a ring, or to be eld by a handle; and to such ends my invention consists in the display holder for gems hereinafter specified.

The sale of unmounted gems is facilitated if the prospective purchaser can be enabled to see the effect of the gem when mounted in a ring. To this end I provide a holder having the form of a ring, so that it can he slipped over the finger, and having a setting in which a gem to be displayed can be readily engaged, and from which it can be easily removed. It is also desirable that a display holder for this pur ose be one that is readily held between the t umb and fingers, because, until the purchaser's fancy has been caught, he may not care to take the trouble to slip the holder over the finger each time a stone is put in it, and a mere ring would not make a convenient handle. At the same time, it is desirable to put the stone in the holder, because the light does not have as complete access to the stone when held between the fingers as when held in a setting.

With these objects in view I have devised the construction which is illustrated as one embodiment of my invention. Such construction consists of two strips 1 and 2, which are united at their lower ends preferably by a hinge connection. The hinge which I prefer because of its simplicity consists of ears 3 and 4 bent at right angles to the plane of the strips, and having a rivet 5 passed through them. At their upper ends the strips 1 and 2 are bent into oppositely dispose

semicircles

6 and 7, which together form a ring of a size convenient to slip'upon the average finger. The extremities of the strips are formed into a setting, each half of the setting being upon one of the said extremities. The particular setting which I prefer consists of outwardly bent jaws 8 and 9, having inwardly bent prongs 10 and 11 formed thereon, there being preferably two prongs upon each jaw. The cars 3 and 4 may be pressed together by the rivet 5 with suflicient force to produce friction enough so that the jaws, when once adjusted, will hold the gem without any other means to draw the jaws together.. In order, however, to prevent accidental opening of the jaws and dropping of the gem, a band 12 may be placed around the strips 1 and 2, and the said strips made to diverge from each other in an upward direction. Thus the band when slipped upward on the strips will close the halves of the setting together, and when slipped down to the pivot will be loose enough to permit the jaws to be separated.

The band or other form of fastening means may be dispensed with and friction between the ears 3 and 4 relied upon to hold the jaws together as above described.

It will be observed that my holder fulfils the objects for which it was invented. Gems can be readily inserted and removed from the setting, and by means of the handle, the holder can be held up so that the purchaser can view the stone, the stone being as well exposed to the light as it would be in a permanent setting, thus showing to advantage. When a stone has been shown which pleases the purchasers fancy, the holder can be slipped over the finger, and the effect produced which the gem would have when set in a ring on the finger. In this use of my holder, it is just as effective as if no handle were present, as the handle is concealed by the fingers. My holder is adapted to hold stones within a large range of sizes, and yet no fastening means are visible above the fingers when the holder is upon the finger. My holder will take gems of a larger range of size than it could do if it were simply an annular band depending upon its own spring to hold the gem, and it is much more sightly than if it had some means at the base of the setting for drawing its sectionstogether.

While I have illustrated that embodiment of my invention which I prefer, I desire it to be understood that there are various changes which could be made in the above-described embodiment of my device which would be within the scopeof my invention.

I claim:

1. A display holder for gems comprising two half sections of a ring, a half setting upon one end of each of said ring sections, a handle upon the opposite end of each of said ring sections and means for drawing said. handles together.

2. A display holder for gems comprising tWo half sections of a ring, a half setting upon one end of each of said ring sections, and a handle upon the opposite end of each of said ring sections, said handles being hinged together at their lower ends, and having means for drawing them together.

3. A display holder for gems comprising two hall sections of a ring, a hall setting upon one end of each of said ring sections, and a 15 prising a band adapted to be slipped up and 20 down said handles. H In testimony that I claim the iorcgomg l have hereunto set my hand.

RAWSON L. WOOD.

Witnesses:

STLJOHN oop, ARTHUR E. Wnnims.