Perforator Ear-ring
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1898
Completo Casarfinia Lu
4000
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1000
Date of Application, 8th June, 1898
Complete Specification Loft, 8th Mar., 1999 Accepted, 22nd Apr., 10800
Perforator Ear-ring
We, FRANZ RECкUM, Goldsmith, of Cologne, 57, Fleischmengergasse, and
HEINRICH OSTER, Annuitant, of Cologne, 62, Luxemburgerstreet, in the Province
of Rhineland and Kingdom of Prussia, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows.-
The custom hitherto in vogue of perforating the ears of children by means of
a special perforator before fitting on the ear-rings, was not only very painful
for the child, often causing inflammation and suppuration, but also frequently
made unnecessarily large holes in the ear-flaps.
These drawbacks it is intended to remove by the present invention which 18
represented on the accompanying diawing
The invention consists essentially in the perforator being in itself an ear-ring,
first making the hole and immediately after remaining in it, whereby a repeated
tation of the sore part by the subsequent introduction of the ear-ring after
the needle has been passed through as was formerly the case, is avoided.
In the accompanying drawing the new ear-ring is shown in its natural size,
in Fig 1 a side view when open, and on the point of perforating the hole in
the ear-flap, in Fig 2 in a side-view when closed and hanging in the ear and
finally in Fig. 3 in a fiont view to Fig 2
Figs and 5 show on an enlarged scale the essential parts of the ear-ring in
this case the joint of the one hoop-serving on the one hand to make the
hole and on the other to penetrate into the fastening and the head-plate of
the other hoop pressing against the ear-flap from the other side during the
act of perforating and receiving afterwards the point
These parts are shown in a longitudinal section and side view in Fig 4 when
the ear-ring is closed and in Fig 5 when it is open
The ear-ring which can simply be of the shape of a wire ring or be provided
as in the diawing-with an oval or other kind of cross-plate A forming the
chief part of the ear-ring and with an appendage B to A, has at the lower end
of the rigid hoop C a hoop D turning on a hinge pin at P
The hoop C ferminates at its free end in a thin needle-shaped point a which
is the actual perforator of the ear
Owing to this point a projecting at the back in a little hook b somewhat
before the actual hoop, it 18 possible for the two hoops forming the ear-ring
to catch and fasten into each other
The free end of the other hoop 1) 18 enlarged so as to form a hollow body c,
the top surface of which forms a plate d having in the centre a small opening
corresponding to the point a of the hoop C, so that this point can enter into it.
The two hoops are somewhat differently curved, so that the point a only enters
the corresponding opening in the plate d when either the hoop C 18 pressed
slightly together or the hoop D bent somewhat apart
This, owing to the elasticity of the two hoops, causes the hook 6 at the hinder

page_text: end of the point a, when it has passed through the opening in the plate & to
snap behind it and keep the eai-ring tightly closed"
The handling of this eai-ing 18 very simple
The two hoops forming the car-11ng are pulled apart, the point a of the one
hoop is held against that spot of the cai-flap E, where it is to be perforated and
the plate a of the other hoop D is pressed quickly and forcibly against it from
the other side of the ear-flap, e., both hoops are pressed together in such a
manner that the point of the hoop C penetrates through the ear-flap E into the
hollow cat the end of the hoop D, until the hook catches behind the plate d
and closes the ring.
Now the point a is enclosed in the hollow of the other hoop in auch a
manner that the child cannot hurt itself with this point
The whole operation is very simple and can be carried out in a very short
time, and causes so little pain to the child that it usually cheerfully allows the
other ear to be perforated in the same rapid manner while children who are
operated upon in the old fashion, after they have experienced the pain in one
ear generally vigorously resist being operated on the other, so that the hole
usually could not be made in the same spot in the other ear, lacerations of the
ear-flap, inflammation and suppuration being to order of the day
This does not yet exhaust the advantages of the new ear-ing, for from a
sanitary point of view it offer the advantage that infection cannot occur on the
holes being made.
In making the holes after the present method, which was done in a professional
manner, more often by laymen than by doctors it was no rare occurence that
the needles where not thoroughly cleansed and that then not only slight in-
flammation but also severe illness of the children resulted
This danger is entuely avoided by using this ear-iing
For each ear-11ng 18 used only once when new as a perforator, so that infectious
particles cannot be transmitted from one child to another
The perforator, moreover, is clean of itself for newness, especially in things
made of gold, goes hand in hand with cleanliness, so that this ear-ring has a
considerable value, not only as regards the ease with which it is applied and the
small amount of pain it inflicts on the child when perforating the ear-flap, but
also from a sanitary point of view
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For FRANZ RECKUM and
HEINRICH OSTER,
Bernh Brockhues
We, FRAN RECKUM, Goldsmith, of Cologne, 57, Fleischmengergasse, and
HEINRICH OSTER, Annuitant, of Cologne, 62, Luxemburgerstreet, in the Province
of Rhineland and Kingdom of Prussia, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement..
-
The custom hitherto in vogue of perforating the ears of children by means of
a special perforator before fitting on the ear-rings, was not only very painful
for the child, often causing inflammation and suppuration, but also frequently
made unnecessarily large holes in the ear-flaps
These drawbacks it is intended to remove by the present invention which is
represented in the drawing filed with the Provisional Specification.

page_text: The invention consists essentially in the perforator being in itself an ear-ring,
first making the hole and immediately after remaining in it, whereby a repeated
irritation of the sore part by the subsequent introduction of the ear-ring after
the needle has been passed through as was formerly the case, is avoided
In the drawing filed with the Provisional Specification the new ear-ing is
shown in Fig. 1 in a side view when open, and on the point of perforating the hole in
the ear-flap, in Fig 2 in a side-view when closed and hanging in the ear and
in Fig. 3 in a front view to Fig 2
Figs 4 and 5 show on an enlarged scale the essential parts of the ear-ring in
this case viz
the point of the one hoop-serving on the one hand to make the
hole and on the other to penetrate into the fastening and the head-plate of
the other hoop pressing against the ear-flap from the other side during the
act of perforating and receiving afterwards the point
These parts are shown in a longitudinal section and side-view in Fig 4 when
the eai-ring is closed and in Fig 5 when it is open
The ear ring which can simply be of the shape of a wire ring or be provided
as in the drawing with an oval or other kind of cross-plate A forming the
chief part of the ear-ring and with an appendage B to A, has at the lower end
of the rigid hoop C a hoop D turning on a hinge pin at P
The hoop C terminates at its free end in a thin needle-shaped point a which
is the actual perforator of the ear
Owing to this point a projecting at the back in a little hook b somewhat
before the actual hoop, it is possible for the two hoops forming the ear-ring
to catch and fasten into each other
The free end of the other hoop D 18 enlarged so as to form a hollow body c,
the top surface of which forms a plate d having in the centre a small opening
Corresponding to the point a of the hoop C, so that this point can enter into it
The two hoops are somewhat differently curved, so that the point a only enters
the corresponding opening in the plate d when either the hoop C is pressed
slightly together or the hoop D bent somewhat apart
This, owing to the elasticity of the two hoops causes the hook b at the hinder
end of the point a, when it has passed through the opening in the plate d to
snap behind it and keep the ear-ring tightly closed"
The handling of this ear-ring is very simple
The two hoops forming the ear-ring are pulled apart, the point a of the one
hoop is held against that spot of the ear-flap E, where it is to be perforated and
the plate a of the other hoop D 18 pressed quickly and forcibly against it from
the other side of the ear flap, that is both hoops are pressed together in such a
manner that the point of the hoop C penetrates through the ear-flap E into the
hollow cat the end of the hoop D, until the hook 6 catches behind the plate d
and closes the ring
Now the point a is enclosed in the hollow d of the other hoop in such a
manner that the child cannot hurt itself with this point
The whole operation is very simple and can be carried out in a very short
time, and causes so little ain to the child that it usually cheerfully allows the
other car to be perforated in the same rapid manner while children. who are
operated upon in the old fashion, after they have experienced the pain in one
air generally vigorously resist being operated on the other, so that the hole
usually could not be made in the same spot in the other ear, lacerations of the
ear-flap, inflammation and suppuration being to order of the day
This does not yet exhaust the advantages of the new ear-ring, for from a
sanitary point of view it offer the advantage that infection cannot occur on the
holes being made
In making the holes after the present method, which was done in a professional
manner, more often by laymen than by doctors it was no rare occurence that
the needles where not thoroughly cleansed and that then not only slight in-
flammation but also severe illness of the children resulted.

page_text: This danger is entirely avoided by using this ear-ring.
For each ear-ring 18 used only once when new as a perforator, so that infectious
particles cannot be transmitted from one child to another
The perforato, moreover, is clean of itself for newness, especially in things
made of gold, goes hand in hand with cleanliness, so that this ear-ing has a
considerable value, not only as regards the ease with which it is applied and the
small amount of pain it inflicts on the child when perforating the ear-flap, but
also from a sanitary point of view
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention, and in what manner the same 18 to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1) An eai-ing, characterized by the combination of the car-perforator with
the ear-ing in such a manner that the perforator forms a part of the eai-ring,
and that on the ing which is laid against the ear-flap being closed, at the
same time makes the hole in the ear flap
2) In the ear-ing as claimed under 1) the arrangement of a hollow part with
perforated head plated on the hoops D opposite to the perforator C, as a counter-
plate for holding the ear-flap when the hole is being bored and as a clasp, and
also, at the same time, as a protection against injuries to the fingers from the
point a of the perforator after the hole has been boied
Dated this Uth day of Alarch 1899
For FRANZ RECKUM and
HEINRICH OSTER.
Bein Bockhurs.
For FRANZ RECKUM and
HEINRICH OSTER.
Bein Bockhues.