US1661094A - Doll's eyes - Google Patents

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- Feb. 28, 1928. 1,661,094

' I. A. RoM ER DOLLS EYE Filed Feb. 25. 1926 INVENTOR Jl. Fommer ATTORNEYS assumed by them when the eyes are open;

Patented Feb. 28,1928.

U NITED STATES Isaac s. nomniiaornnooxmrn, Naw You! aws was. Y

Application filed February 25, 1926. Serial no. passe; 1

I This applicat ioniis a continuation in part 1 of application 713,003 filed May 13,1924.

My invention relates to dolls" eyes and particularly to dolls eyes movably" mounted to vibrate from sideito side andiv ertieally p ,1 provlded for eyeball element 110 :so that i said element may turn sidewise- Said ivots for closingothe eyes as if in sleeping.

The general object of my lIIVBHtIOII is to provide a doll?sf eye assemblage including eyeballs and eyelids having eyelashesthereon, and so arranged as to produce natural movements of the eyeball and eyelid "to the endthat the eyeball may turn from "side to side independently of the' veyelid after the manner of the human eye and to the further end that the eyeball and eyelid may rock vertically in unison to close as if in sleep.

The manner and means whereby the aboveand other objectsas will appear are attained will be readily understood from the specific description following. a

Reference is to be had to the accompanyfication, it beingunderstood that the drawings are merely catedby theline. 3 -3 of Figure 1; r

I in the view;

illustrative of one example of the invention. Y i

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the front portion of a dolls head equipped with my improved eyeball assemblage shown in side view and with the parts 'inthe positions Figure 2 is an enlarged rear elevation of the eyeball assemblage as emplaced 1n the head, a fragment of which is included Figure 3 is a horizontal section as indi- Figure 4 isa vertical section as indicated by the line 44, Figure 2; a a i Figure 5 is a theeyelid units; y

Figure 6 is a vertical section of the front "portion of the head in sleeping or reclining posture with the eye assemblage is side elevation and with the parts in the positions they'as'sume whencthe eyes are closed as if in sleep.

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example, I provide an eyeball element 10 in the form of a hemispherical shell and a separate eyelid element 11 made in the form 01? a concavo-convex sector disposed outside of the eyeball 10 and concentric therewith. Each eyelid element 11 is provided with an. eyelash 12 preferably formed of a layer of fabric 13 glued to the inner surface of element 11.

perspective view of one of Informing the eyelash 12, either the war(p or weft threadsof the fabric13are remove leaving only threads of one-direction to simulate an eyelash. a i Upper andlower vertical pivots'14 are 14 areinaxial alinement and integra 'With a bowed WVlI'G 15. The p1vots14'pass verti- .cally through rearwardly directed ears 16 a The horizontal pivots 18 passthroughcars '20 i on the element 1l andthe outer pivots ing drawings forming a partof this speci- 18 have bearings at the outside of the ele ments 11 in walls or thickened. portions B of the head A. Similarly, pivots at the inner ends of the yoke '19 have bearings ina bridge or enlargement C inte ral with the backof the nose D ofthe do shead.

In eyeball element l0at each side are slots 21 (Fig 4) affording clearance forthe turn; ing sidewise ofthe said element 10 without 1 contact withpi'vots 18 01 yoke 19; a a On each eyeball element 10' at a side thereof is an arm-22 directed and downwardly and Weighted in any suit-v able manner as indicated at 23. The two 24 so that one eyeball element 10 will necessarily. partake 0:15 the transverse movements ment of said wire 15 and the pivots #142 It isto be noted that the alined vertical pivots 14 have no bearings in the head A of the doll, the said pivots with the integral bowed wire 15 being floating without bearings. The arrangement permits of the bodrearwardly arms 22 are connectedby a transverse link ily movement of the wire 15 and pivots 14 a in response to the .pendulous movement of the weighted arms 22 and link 24.

With the described dolls eye assemblage it will be clear that the eyeball elements. 10 may with their arms 22 turnsidewise with the pivots14 as an axis and thus relatively to an independently of the eyelid element 11. Thus, the head may be moved slightly from side to side or gently vibrated to vibrate the arms 22 sidewise, thereby giving turning.

movement to element" 10 through an" arc suliicient to simulate the sidewise turning of the eyeball in the human eye socket. On

the other hand if the head :A be placed in a.

horizontal or reclining position as in sleep, therewill be avertical pendulousmovement of the weighted arms 22 under their own gravity and with. said arms will vertically turn the eyeball element 10which is integral therewith. The vertical turning of the eyeballelement will, by engagement with the lugs 16, bodily move the yoke and pivots 14 in their vertical plane. As the pivots 1% move vertically, they necessarily, carry the eyelid elements 11 in an arc in unison with the turning of the element 10.- Thus, it-will be clear that the eyeball elements 10 may turn sidewise with the pivots lei/as an axis and independently-of the eyelid element 11 while the turning of the eyeball element 10 1 up or down, wi1l through the pivots 14 carry also the eyelid elements 11 up or down. Thus, as-the eyeball elements turn as in sleep,

I theieyelid element 11 and eyelashes 12 will forward or back, .withzthe vertical vibration of the eyeball elements 10 and eyelid elements'll, it will be observed by comparing Figures 1 and 6 that in one position of the eyelid elements, that is to say, above the eyeball elements 10 in the open position of the.

eyes as in Figure 1, the lower pivot 14; contacts with the inner surface oi the face or front, of the dolls head While in the position otthe parts with the eyelid. elements 11 presented at the front of the openings a in the head A, the upper vertical pivots 14: contact with the dolls head above the eye openings a so that said upperand lower pivots 14 serve to limit the movementsot the eyeball eles mentsand eyelid elements in the movements of opening andclosing ot'the eyes.

In order to provide for causing the individual eyes to accommodate themselves to any lack of precise aecuracy,in" the formation of the head at the eye openings, 1 provide for the independent vertical movementof' the eyes and in fact for an independent universal movement sullicient for each eye to conform to its particular opening. As shown best in Figures 3 and 4, the transverse link 24 has its end portions passed through holes 28 in lateral ears 27. The conneetion between the ends of the link 24 and the ears 27, in etiect,aif0rds a practical universal connection and allows freedom of movement" of one arm 22 and the adjacent, eye of link 24 relatively to the oppositeiarin 22 and the" corresponding end of said link 24. d A ver-- tical movement of the link 2 iat-one end is eitectiveonly to a slight degree or not at all a v at the opposite end so that the parts arenot dlstortedin the relative vertical movements of the arms22. The independent movement ofrthe arms 22 results in atlordingthe eye-- ball elements 10 to an independent movement one of the other,'so that each eye. can" con form itself to any irregularities in the gii'ormationof the head'at the eye openings.

I would state furthermore thatwhile the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment, I do not limit myself: strictly to the exact details herein illustrated since, manifestly, the same can-be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention. i 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim: 1

A dolls, eye assemblage including eyeball elements, said eyeball elements having horizontal slots weighted arms on said elements, a pivoted link connection between said arms,

separate eyelid elements having'side port1ons,"yol :es presenting horizontal pivots for the eyeball elements, said horizontal pivots being in the plane of and-passing through .said slots in the eyeball elements and through said side portions of the eyelidelements, and vertically disposed bowed wires presenting upper and lower alined vertical pivots on which the eyeball'and eyelid elements are mounted and about the axes of which vertical pivots theeyeballelements may turn sidewise relatively to the eyelid; elements. I

ISAAC A. ROMMEB

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