USRE11957E - Automatic catch for brooches - Google Patents

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No. u,957. I Reissuod Dec. l7, l90l.

.J. u. THEBERATH & g. L. uunv. AUTOMATIC CATCH FOR BROOCH ES, PINS, 8w.

(Application filed. Sept. 21, 1901.

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JOHN HENRY THEBERATII, OF VAILSBURG, AND CHARLES 'in-IRY, OF

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uroMA-nc CATCH FoR BROOCHES, PINS, e o.

SPECIFICATION forming part of. Beissued Letters Patent No. 1 1,957, dated December 17,1901. Original No. 878,640, dated June 18, 1901. Application for reissue filed September 21, 1901. Serial Ho. 78,119.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN HENRY THEBE- RATH, residing at Vailsburg, and CHARLES L. UHRY, residing at 144 Sherman avenue, New- 5 ark, county of Essex, State of New Jersey,

citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Catches for Brooches and Pins of all Kinds, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

he object of the present invention is to furnish a catch for automatically engaging and locking the. point of a pin-tongue when the tongue is pressed into such catch, such catch being held automatically in its engagement with .the tongue until detached by the finger. I The improvement is adapted to brooches,

2o lace-pins, and all kinds of pins which are secured upon the dress by a tongue and serves to lock the tongue, so as to positively prevent the loss of the brooch or pin.

In our construction the brooch is provided -'near the point of the tongue with forked guides, upon one of which a hook is pivoted so as. to turn over the point of the tongue, and the base of the hook is provided with two projections, one of which forms a toe extended 3'0 between the guides to be pressed by the point of the tongue, and the other forms an arm to be actuated by the finger for opening the hook. The tongue is preferably bent outward from the brooch at the middle, so as to 3 5 press upon the dress when the brooch is ap-.

plied thereto, and the mere pressure of the tongue into the guides serves to turn the hook over the outer side of the tongue, where the elastic pressure of the tongue is resisted 40 and the tongue retained until the finger is applied to the arm and'the hook turned outwardly. Such action of the finger permits the hook to escape elastically from the catch and enables the wearer to remove the brooch without any manipulation whatever of the tongue.

with the pin shown in full lines locked by the catch and in dotted lines where it would be lifted by the elasticity conferred by its joint. Fig. 2 shows the backof the brooch. V Fig. 3 is an edge view showing the side of the pin and catch opposite to that represented in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 shows the. end of the brooch nearest the catch with the catchand tongue engaged.

.Fig. 5 is a similar view with the catch and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the catch-piece detached from the guides.

The figures are vdrawn upon a greatly-enlarged scale to show the details of construction, and a brooch or pin is represented by a plainjlat plate a. e The tongue I) is shown pivoted to one end of the plate and provided with the usual heel of, which causes its point to spring out elastically from the plate, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 1. A guide a is shown at one side of the point and a guide (1 at the opposite side, the latter havinga hook e pivoted therein transverse to the tongue and adapted to turn over the tongue, as shown in Fig. 4. A toe f is attached to the base of the hook and projects into the space between the path of the hook, as indicated by dotted Q lines in Fig. 1 and by the dotted circle connected with reference-letter b in Fig.5. When the tongue is pressed into such space, its contact with the toe turns the hook upon its pivot until its point contacts with a seat or stop 1, providedat the side of the guide 0. In thus operating the tongue first contacts with the too, as indicated by the hatched circle connected with the letter Z) in Fig. 5, and is pressed downward between the guides, as indicated by the dotted circle .in Fig. 4. The release oi the pressure upon the tongue throws it upward to the inner side of the hook, as indicated by the hatched circle inside the hook in Fig. 4. The end e of the hook isa little nearer to the pivot than the arch of the line is shown in Fig. 5 drawn tangent to the.

inner side of'the end e and concentric with the pivot g of the hook, such dotted line extending across and within the arch of the hook and exhibiting clearly the inclination of the end e to the path of its movement, which is represented by such dotted'line. The inclination of this-end to its .path of movement is such that it can slip over the tongue while the tongue is pressed outwardly upon the hook by its natural resilience. v The single movement of turning the hook by pressure upon the arm gthus enables the wearer to wholly discharge the tongue from its catch without any manipulation of the tongue. The path of movement of the extreme end of the toe f is indicated. in Figs. 4 and 5 by a dotted line f extending diagonally across .the pass sage between the guides. An army is projected from the base of the hook opposite to the toe f and is provided with a notch, h to admit the finger-nail, which may be used to press the arm toward the. brooch or plate a, and thus turn the hook open, as shown in Fig- 5. \Vhen the hook is thus turned, the tongue springs outwardly, as represented by dotted from rengaging the hook by accident.

lines in Figs. 1 and 5, and is thus prevented A shield j is projected from the hook over the point of the tongue, such shield preventing the point from accidentally pricking the wearer or catching in the dress and preventing the easy removal of the article from the dress when the catch is disengaged. The tongue b is shown bent outwardly from the body it beyond the line of the fixtures which constitute the catch, so that the pin may be pressed against the dress without hindrance from the catch to make it turn the hook automatically. The point of the tongue may be thus locked without any manipulation whatever. It is common to-bend the tongue of a brooch to make more room beneath the sameto embrace the hair, scarf, or other objects in cases where no such automatic action of the pinis involved; bu t the bending of the tongue in the presentconstruction is to perform a new and special function in connection wit-h the automatic catch by bringing its middle portion outward beyond the catch, so as to receive the pressure of the garment when the brooch is put in place, and thus lock the tongue automatically and by more pressure upon the front of the brooch.

We are-aware that a staple-shaped or pivoted hook has been applied to the tongue of a brooch, but without means forturning it automatically, as in our construction. .lly forming the end'of the hook e a little nearer to the pivot than the arch of the hook we prevent the tongue from turning the hook,while we .secure a suitable inclination of the end to.

the path of its movement to, press the tongue I automaticallyinward as the hook is rotated, wherebythe hook is not only self closed and looked upon the tongue when turned over the same, but is released from the tongue by the single operation ofpressing upon the arm. We are also aware that the ordinary catchhook upon a brooch has been provided with a safety-hook which turns over the inner side of the tongue when the tongue is placed in-:

side of the catch-hook by the finger. In-such construction the elastic pressure of the tongue holds it outwardly against the stationary catch-hook, and it does not, therefore, press at all against the safety-hook. Our construction'diflfers from this in dispensing with the ordinary catch-hook and employing only the safety-hookgand turning the same over the outer side of the tongue, where it will he.

firmly held by the elastic pressure. of the tongue itself.

' Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what is claimed herein is 1. A brooch having the hinged tongue I), the guides c, d, projected outwardly from the back'of the brooch, with their passage-way in the plane of. movement of the tongue to freely admit the point of the latter, and the hook e pivoted upon one of the guides and having the toe f extending from the base of the hook to project between the guides, and the arm g projected from the base of the hook to extendontside of the guide for actuation of the finger,- whereby the hook is automatic ally engaged with the outer side of the tongue by direct pressure upon the toe forcingit between the guides, and is elastically discharged from the guides by the more pressure of the finger upon the arm g.

2. A brooch having the tongue I) with hinge for attaching it to the brooch, the catch herein described having guides projected outwardly from the breech with passage-way in the plane of movement of the tongue, and the hook e pivoted on one of the guides with too extending from the base of the hook to project between the guides, andthe tongue being bowed outwardly at the middle to contact, with the dress, for pressing the tongue automatically into such catch to turn the hook over. the tongue, substantially as herein set forth.

3. A brooch having the resilient hinged tongue Z), two guides projected outwardly from the back of the breech with their passage-way in the plane of movement oE'the tongue to freely admit the point of the latter, and a hook pivoted upon one of the guides and extending when closed across such passage-way, and having the toe f projected from.

the hook between the guides, and an arm projected outside of the post to turn the hook,-

and the end c of the hook being formed a little nearer to the pivot than the arch of the hook to prevent the tongue from turning the hook, and suitably inclined to the-path of its movement to slip over the resilient tongue while thetongue is pressing uponthe hook,

and operating to press the tongue inwardly our hands in the p'i'esenee of two subscribing as the hook is rotated, whereby the hook is witnesses.

Se1f-c1osing,andisself-lockedupon thetongne JOHN HENRY THEBERATH. when it is once turned overthe same, and is CHARLES L. UHRY.

5 released fromthe tongue by the single oper- In presence ofation of pressure upon the arm. ACHILL BIPPART,

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set THOMAS S. CRANE.

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