US942524A - Jointed sheet-metal figure. - Google Patents

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APPLICATION FILED MA11 .6, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

FREDERICK G. SNEYD, OF IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES A. BROWNE, TRADING AS REEVES 8c BROWNE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

JOINTED SHEET-METAL FIGURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK C. SNEYD, a subject of Great Britain, residing at Irvington, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful lmproven'ients in Jointed Sheet- Metal Figures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to gold miniature bears made up in the jewelry trade to be worn as charms or ornaments, and the objects of the invention are to provide in such a figure, jointed members of hollow sheet-metal sections which members can be assembled before the sections thereof are soldered together; to facilitate the fastening together or assembling of the different members; to enable the connecting means or means for jointing the members together to be entirely hidden in the completed figure; to rovide a simple and efficient construction which is strong, durable and inexpensive, and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures, Figure 1 shows in front elevation a miniature bear embodying my invention, the movement of its members being illustrated in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the body with the joints of the lower limbs sectioned and in different stages of completion; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the head detached; Fig. 4 is a view of one half or section of an upper limb connected to the body; Fig. 5 is a sectional view of an upper limb and its joint to the body; Fig. 6 is a side View of the pivotal connecting means of a joint before being clenched together; Fig. 7 is a central section of such connecting means clenched, taken on line a, Fig. 8, and Fig. 8 is an outer end view of the same.

In said drawings, 1 indicates the body or trunk of the miniature-bear, to which are secured the head 2, upper limbs 3, 3, and lower limbs 4, 4. Each of these portions of the miniature-bear is made hollow and composed of two halves or sections stamped out of sheet metal, as gold, and then soldered together at their edges.

The body or trunk 1' is made up of sections 5, 5, preferably divided on a vertical median plane from front to back of the figure and indicated by dotted line 3 in Fig. 2. Each'section 5, thus has at its lower end an outer face or seat 6 for a leg 4, near its upper end a seat or face 7 for an arm 3, and at its top half of the seat 8 for the head 2, the line of soldering of the two sections 5, 5 together crossing said seat 8, as will be understood.

The head 2 is formed of two halves or sections 9 and 10, divided on a vertical plane from the back of the neck upward and out just back of the ears, as indicated at a in Fig. 3. This brings the neck joint surface 11 entirely on the section 9 of the head, and enables this section to be entirely jointed and secured to the body 1, before the section 10 is applied by soldering its edges to the edges of the section 9.

Each of the arms 3 is composed of sections 12, 13, the plane of division between which runs from the top of the shoulder to the end of the arm and from front to rear of the figure, so as to not cut througlr the body even if extended. The main section 12, or one next the body 1, has at or near its upper end a flattened surface 14 adapted to engage the flattened seat 7 of the body and fit thereagainst to join the arm to the body. Obviously after this section 12, has been connected or joined to the body or trunk, by the means hereinafter described, the other or outer section 13 of the arm is applied to the said main section 12, and soldered fast at its edges thereto, as shown in Fig. 5. Similarly, each of the lower limbs or legs 4, is composed of two sections 15, 16, divided on a plane from front to back of the figure and passing through the upper outer point of the thigh and out through the foot. The entire flattened incline 17 to engage the hip seat 6 of the body or trunk is thus on the inner or main section 15 of the leg and the joint can be entirely completed before the outer section 16 is applied.

Each of the members 2, 3 or 4 of the figure is jointed or connected to the body 1 in the following manner. The seat upon the body for that particular member, taking a seat 7 for an upper limb or arm for example, is provided at or near its center with a perpendicularly projecting pin 18, preferably a piece of hollow wire soldered in place. The joint surface 14 of the arm to be connected is apertured at or near its center, as at 19, to receive the said pin 18, and after the same has been inserted, a ring 20 is dropped over the end of the pin, as shown in Fig. 6. The extremity of the hollow-wire pin 18 is then spread or curled outwardly over and upon the said ring 20, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, which fastens the member securely to the body, while permitting its free pivotal movement. Obviously by the degree of tightness of the joint, or the friction between the two joint surfaces, the member may be made to hold itself inany position or to be as loose as desired. After the swivel joint is formed, the other half or section of the member is soldered in place, and the connecting means above described are then entirely hidden.

Obviously, various modifications of construction of the body, different kinds of connections foruniting the members to the body, and other ways of dividing the members into sections could be employed by those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. I prefer, however, the manner of dividing the members into sections which I have shown, that is, on a line or in a plane extending longitudinally of the member and close to the endmost point of the joint surface. This best exposes the said joint surface for connecting the main section to the body and greatly facilitates the work.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

In an article of the character described, the combination with one member having a portion of its exterior forming a seat, of a hollow closed member comprising two sections soldered together at their meeting edges, said second member having at its outer surface a seat located wholly on one of its said sections and adapted to articulate upon the said seat of the first-mentioned member, said second member extending in the direction of its length obliquely from the contact surface of said seats and having the plane of division of its said sections starting at the extreme end of the hollow closed member contiguous to the said seat thereof and extending longitudinally of said member to its other end, and means for connecting said members at said seats, whereby free access is provided for articulation of said members before the sections of the hollow closed member are soldered together. 4

FREDERICK C. SNEYD.

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