Improvements in Ear Rings.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ear Rings.
I, JOSEPH BULOVA, of 82 Nassau Street, New York, County, and, State of
New York, United States of America, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature
f this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
escribed and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improvement in ear rings and more particularly to
he construction of the ear wires. The object of the invention is to permit the
eady attachment of the ear wires to the base and also to permit the ready passage
f the ear wires through the ear lobe.
The invention consists in the various features of improvement more fully pointed
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ear Rings.
I, JOSEPH BULOVA, of 82 Nassau Street, New York, County, and State of
New York, United States of America, Gentleman, 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 :-
This invention relates to an improvement in ear rings and more particularly to
the construction of the ear wires. The object of the invention is to permit the
ready attachment of the ear wires to the base and also to permit the ready passage
of the ear wires through the ear lobe.
The invention consists in the various features of improvement more fully pointed
out in the claim.
In the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved ear ring, showing it closed.
Fi. 2 is a similar view showing it open.
Fig. 3 a longitudinal section through the ear ring.
Fig. 4 a rear view thereof.
Fig. 5 a rear view of the base a.
Figs. 6 and 7 side views of the ear wires b, c.
Fig. 8 a cross section through the wires b, c, taken on the line x, x, Fig. 3.
Fig. 9 a similar section through a modification.
Figs. 3-9 are drawn on an enlarged scale.
The letter a, represents the base of an ear ring of suitable construction or
ornamentation. To this base there are secured side by side, two ear wires b, c, bent
at right angles and of which at least one is free to turn in the base. Each wire is
semi-circular in cross section and gradually tapers in thickness from the base a,
toward its end. In Fig. 3, the taper is shown from the base up to the bend, and in
Fig. 4, the taper is shown from the bend up to the free ends of the wires. I prefer
to make the wire c, shorter than the wire 6 as shown, and the combined wires will,
when closed against each other, present the outline of one circular wire, that
gradually tapers from the root to the end. Thus the wires are readily introduced
into the ear when in the position shown in Fig. 1, and after being so introduced,
they are readily spread, as shown in Fig. 2, to lock the ear ring in place.
To secure the wires b, c, to the base a, the latter is provided with one continuous
opening or socket a¹ (Fig. 5) in which both the wires are received, so as to be in
contact with one another (Fig. 4). The root b', of the wire b, is circular in cross
section and is threaded to fit a corresponding thread in the socket a¹. The end of
the wire c, is indented or threaded as at e, opposite the threaded root b', so that
such root engages the thread c'. It will thus be seen, that the wire c, is held in
place by the wire b, while the wire b, is held in place by the thread of the socket a¹.
In this way, both the wires are attached in a simple manner and in such close
proximity that they lie flat against one another from the base upwards.
If desired, the opening a', in lieu of being formed directly in the base a, may be
formed in a separate plate a², (Fig. 8) which may be screwed into a circular tapped
perforation of the base a. In this case the plate a³, would constitute a part of
the base.
In Fig. 9, I have shown a plate a³, made of horse-shoe shape, with its ends over-
lapping and attached to the wire c, while the root 6¹, is placed between the plate
and the wire c.
The principle of having both the wires b, c, placed side by side within a common
socket is retained in this modification.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The combination of base a, with a pair of bent ear wires placed side by side,
which are of semi-circular shape in cross section and taper from end to end,
substantially as specified.
2. The combination of base a, with a bent ear wire c, and with a bent ear
wire b, placed at the side of wire c, and having a threaded circular root b³, and a
semi-circular stem, substantially as specified.
3. The combination of base a, having socket a', with a pair of bent ear wires b, c,
which are placed side by side and are both received by said socket so as to be in
contact at the base, substantially as specified.
4. The combination of base a, having a tapped socket a', with wire c, having
thread c, and with wire b, having circular threaded root 6', to engage socket a', and
thread e, substantially as specified.
5. The combination of base a, having socket a', with a pair of bent ear wires b, c,
of semi-circular shape in cross section and tapering from end to end and which are
jointly received by said socket, substantially as specified.
Dated this 15th day of September 1891.
HERBERT J. ALLISON,
Agent for the Applicant.