US957071A - Eyeglass-mounting. - Google Patents

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J, T. LA'UGHLIN. EYEGLASS MOUNTING. APPLICATION FILED APR-6, 1900.

Patented May 3, 1910.

James T LaggHin.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented May 3,1910.

Application filed April 6, 1909. Serial No. 488,320.

" Be it known that I,JAM13s T. LAUoHLIN,

a citizen of ale United States, residing at Boise, in the county of Ada and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglass-Mountings, of

which the following'is a specification.

This invention relates to eyeglasses of the type wherein the bow-spring and guards are material,

' preferably spring wire, thereby eliminating the use of screws, and the object in View is close '--j ;the' provision of simple andeflicient means ;for aifordm a relatively large range ofad- {UStmGIIt- Q angles and distances of the cases with res ect to the wearers eyes.

Withthis an other detail objects in view, as will be inpart hereinafter set forth, and in partfb'ecome obvious, theinvention comprises novel constructions, combinations and arran ements. of arts as hereinafter disand claimed [In the accompan ing drawings: Figure 1 ication ofmy im roved glasses. Fig. 21s a front elevation t ereof.

I Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 4 is a transverse-vertical, central section therethrough, one ofthe guards being seen in indicates a bow-s ring which is rectly to the lens 0 of thematerial constituting the bow .1 by beinggbent into elevation.

1 Referring-to the drawing by numerals, 1

fixed diamps 2, eachof'the ends preferably spring wire) extend1ng below t e respectlve clamps and forming a nose guard a fold 3 and extending thence upwardly, laterally and rearwardly,

, as at 4, and terminating in a loop 5. The

terminal loop 5 of each'nose uard is considerably above the how 1, so t at the upper ends of the guards in use lie well u beneath the brow, and as such terminal 00 s serve as theaxis of adjustment for tie lenses, a relatively great range of such adjustment is afl'orded without inconvenient positioning of the how. This arrangement relieves the nose from the strain of carrying the entire wei 'ht'of the losses, the position of the terminal loops tending to support and hold the glasses in place. 'l'helength oftlie guards also insures firm gripping of the flesh, and a consequent diminution of the tendency of the lenses to become angularly displaced from vibrations due to movements of the head. The folds 3 also clasp the flesh which naturally protruding into the folds tends to prevent displacement of the glasses.

\Vhat I claim is:

A mounting for eyeglasses consisting of a single piece of spring-wire, said mounting comprising a bow-sprin sha ed to rest upon and engage the bridge of the nose, a guard extendin beyond the bow-spring at each end thereof, the material of each guard extending downwardly to a point below the horizontal axes of the lenses and forming a fold, and thence upwardly to a point beyond the bow-sprin r and terminating in a loop, said folds eac lying in a plane at right angles to the lens whereby to grasp the flesh ofthe nose of the wearer, said terminal loops serving REISSUED as axes of adjustment of the glass .s, I and lens engaging clamps integral wlth te

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