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R. FISCHER. SGAYRF PIN HOLDER. APPLICATION ULEB oo'r. so, 1912.

Ressued May 26, 1914.

UNITED STATE sPArENT oEEi ROBERT FISCHER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASIGNOR TO MAX H. FISCHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SCARF-PIN HOLDER.

Specification of Reissued Letters Patent. Reissued lvIay 26, 1914 Original No. 968,587, dated July 5, 1910, Serial No. 532,473. Application for reissue led October 30, 1912. Serial No. 728,747.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT FISCHER, a citizen of the UnitedA States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State o-f New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Scarf- Pin Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to scarf pin holders and its object is to provide an obstruction to be secured to the end of the Scarf pin to prevent its removal after once being placed in position on the scarf, but which can be readily removed when desired, as will be more fully explained in the following specification, set forth in the claims and illustrated in the drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the holder;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of same; Fig. 3-

shows a similar view with the pin released; Fig. 4 is a detail view of the clutch mechanism; Fig. 5 is a washer filling the lower` end of the holder; Fig, 6 is the clutch; and Fig. 7 is a modified form.

The holder consists of a thimble 10 preferably stamped of sheet metal and having its upper end 11 closed and in which is a perforation 12 for the passage of the pin 13. The lower end of the thimble is closed by means of the washer 14 having the perforation 15 and the slot 16.

Within the thimble is carried a slide frame 17 having at its upper end a perfora-v tion 18 and ears 19 and in the latter is journaled a clutch 20 having a perforation 21 with sharp edges which are adapted to engage and hold the pin 13 when set at an angle as shown in Fig. 2, but when the clutch is turned to a horizontal position as shown in Fig. 3, the pin 13 is free to pass through same.

Beneath frame 17 and between it and the washer 14 is a spring 22 which forces the frame 17 and the clutch 20 upward causing the latter to come in contact with the projection 23 struck in one side of the thimble 10 and which throws the clutch 20 at an angle to cause the edges of the perforation 21 to bite and retain the pin.

When it is desired. to loosen the pin by changing the position of the clutch 20, the frame 17 is pulled downward by means of a tail 24 which extends through the slot 16 and whose lower end is provided with a perforation 25 through which the pin is adapted to pass.

The drawings show the invention on a greatly enlarged scale and in practice the tail 24 is operated by the finger nail of the user but may be found desirable to employ a Vball 26 such as shown in Fig. 7 by which c the frame 17 may be manipulated.

The device is simple and efficient in operation and its parts may be stamped from sheet metal and assembled at a small cost. It may be used to secure scarf pins, hat pins and other similar articles by simply passing the pin through the various perforations shown in the drawings and the Spring 22 renders the device automatic as `it operates the slide to throw the clutch in the position to grasp the pin.

It is obvious that the parts may be otherwise arranged or modified without departing from the essential features above described.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a pin holder, the combination with a thimble having a projection, of a movable frame therein, a perforated clutch carried by the frame and adapted to be operated by the projection, and a spring adapted to cause the clutch to come in contact with the projection.

2. In a pin holder, the combination with a thimble having perforated ends, and a projection within such thimble; of a frame sliding in the thimble, a spring interposed between the frame and the bottom of the thimble, and a pivoted perforated plate carried by the frame and adapted to assume its operative position when in contact with the projection.

3. In a pin holder, the combination with a member provided with a pin receiving aperture, of another member slidable longitudinally relative thereto, a clutch plate pivotally mounted on one of such members, means associated with the other member `for engaging and actuating such clutch plate into operative position, a spring for normally forcing the clutch plate and engaging means into contact, and means for permitting the relative movement by user of such clutch plate and engaging means against the action of the spring to release the pin.

4. In a pin holder, the combination With a member provided With a pin receiving aperture, another member slidable longitudinally Within the same, a clutch plate pivotally mounted on the inner member and having a centrally located perforation, means on the outer member for engaging and tilting suoli clutch plate into pin gripping position, a spring normally forcing the perforated clutch plate and tilting means into contact and means for permitting the relative movement by the user of the aforesaid members against the action of said spring to release the pin.

5. The combination, in a scarf pin holder, of a thimble adapted to receive tlie end of the scarf pin, a releasing member slidable longitudinally relative to said thimble, a

tiltable clutch plate Within the thimble, having a part associated With said releasing member and provided Witli a perforation to receive the pin, a projection extending with in the tliimble for tilting said clutcli plate to grip the pin, a spring for normally forcing the clutch plate toward said tilting projection,-tl1e releasing member and tliimble being so relatively disposed and arranged as to permit the application of pressure therebetween by the fingers of the user to cause the clutch plate to assume its non-gripping position.

ROBERT FISCHER.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK P. RANDOLPH, HELEN V. HOLMES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patenti, Washington, ZD. C.

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