US905662A - Pin-tongue. - Google Patents

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E. R. lGRLCELIUS.

l PIN TONGUE. l APPLICATION FILED HAY 8, 1908.

' .A Patllted Deo. 1, 1908.

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EMIL R. OREGELIS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO ARNOLD O. MESSLER, OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND.

PIN-TONGUE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL It. OREoELrUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Irovidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pin- Tongues, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pin tongues intended for use u on pins, brooches, badges, and similar artic es of ersonal adornment, and has for its essential objects strength, security, simplicity, inex ensiveness, a minimum of parts, adapta ility to use with catches of varying heights, and an improved spring tension of the shaft.

To the above ends essentially my invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of the pin tongue blank. Fig. 2, a like view of the same after the blank has been bent. Fig. 3, a side elevation of my pin tongue, and Figs. 4 and 5, like elevations of the same mounted upon a pin body which is shown in central longitudlnal section, the pin tongue in open and closed positions respectively.

In the drawings, A represents the pointed pin shaft, and B a transverse bar u on the end of the pin and integral therewit The bar, B, forms lateral lugs, b, which are ultimately designed to constitute ivot members, and whose integral relation w1th the shaft, A, insures a maximum of strength, and a minimum of structural labor or expense to form. The described blank is shown in Fig. 1. From this blank is formed the pin tongue head in the following manner: The end portion of the shaft or stem, A, is bent to form a substantially semicircular bend or loop, c, which constitutes the rear extremity of the head. The material is continued a short distance forwardly and substantially parallel with the shaft, A, to form an unbent portion, d. The stock is then folded back upon itself to form the horizontal layer, e, which terminates in the lugs or pivots, t, and which contacts with the upper face of the jportion, d, and within the bend, c. It is preferable, but not essential, that the portions, A and e, be slightly interspaced.

The action of my pin tongue is shown in connection with the usual pin body, E, catch F, and ears or joint, G. The pivots, t, are j ournaled in the ears, G, in any usual or convenient manner. When in closed osition, the forward lower portion of the fold, e, bears against the body, E, and in conjunction with the rearward location of the pivots, t, insures the desired tension of the shaft, A, when engaged with the catch, F, as shown in Fig. 5. The lower rear portion of the loop or bend, c, form in conjunction with the body, E, a stop for the excessive rearward travel of the tongue, A.

It will be observed both a tension and a travel stop ing is furnished by the bent structure ofp the head, without an gling projections. Further, that t e folded portion of the head is not only simple and inexpensive to make, but provides sufficient interplay of its constituent portions to avoid undue rigidity. The sides of the head have sufficient area to form convenient bearing or guiding surfaces in the cup or joint walls.

What I claim is,

1. In a pin tongue, the combination with the shaft provided with a bent end, of ivot members integral with the shaft and inc osed by the bend.

2. In a pin tongue, the combination with the shaft provided at one end with oppositely directed bends, of ivot members integral with the shaft an intermediate the bends.

3. In a pin tongue, the combination with the shaft provided at one end with o positel directed bends constituting an ob ong hea of pivot members integral with the shaft and intermediate the bends.

4. In a pin tongue, the combination with the shaft provided at one end with a bend, a forwardly directed straight portion extending from the bend, a rearwardly directed fold upon the forward end of the straight portion, and pivot members integral with the rear end of the fold.

5. In a pin tongue, the combination with entanafshaft provided with a bend, a fold upon the i In testimony whereof I have aXed my end of he bcnfil, n? :liidltegal piyot pergloerls signature in presence of tWo Witnesses. u ont een o t e o an Wit int e enc.

P6. In a pin tongue, the combination With EMIL R' CRECELIUS' 5 a shaft, of a permanently folded end portion, Witnesses:

and pivot members integral with the shaft at HoRATIo E. BELLoWs, the end of the folded portion. JOSEPH E. BURNS.

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