Improvements in and relating to Safety Pins.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 18th Nov., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Safety Pins.
I, HENRY HAMMOND TAYLOR, of No. 287, Washington Avenue, in the City of
Bridgeport, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, United States of
America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement: -
The object of my invention is to provide a pin of this description in which
the spring element shall be exceedingly efficient and durable while the relation
of such element itself to the pin member shall be such that the latter when
depressed will naturally find its way without difficulty into the usual housing.
With these ends in view my invention consists in certain details of con-
struction such as will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically be
designated by the claims.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved pin.
Figure 2 an end perspective, and
Figure 3 a side elevation of a modification of my invention.
Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the
drawing.
My improved pin is formed from one piece of spring wire having at one end
two coils 1, 2, at an angle to each other and intersecting. To the lower bar 3.
of the pin is secured the usual housing 4 beneath which the pin bar 5 is confined
when closed.
In order to make these intrisecting coils, the lower bar 3 is bent around at
its end into the coil 2 and the wire then brought down on one side of said bar
and passed through this coil 2, thus forming the coil 1 at an angle to the coil 2.
In other words, the pin bar 5 passes directly through the coil which is formed
at the end of the lower har 3 while the latter passes directly through the coil
which is formed at the end of the pin bar 5.
The single wire which is common to both coils and which, for sake of a clear
understanding I will designate by the letter a, is inclined to the vertical plane
of the pin and bar, as shown clearly at Figure 2, and it will therefore be clear
that when the pin bar is depressed it will be forced against this coil a and will
thereby be thrown outwardly, so that it will not have any tendency to strike
on top of the housing 4 but can readily be snapped into position beneath such
housing.
If desired, only one of the two members, designated as the pin bar and lower
bar. may be passed through the loop formed at the end of the other member,
and I have shown such a construction at Figure 3, which construction is fully
within my invention since the planes of the coils intersect.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
£ wins having of one and two spring
Figure Is a side elevation of my improved pin.
Figure 2 an end perspective, and
Figure 3 a side elevation of a modification of my invention.
Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the
drawing.
My improved pin is formed from one piece of spring wire having at one end
two coils 1, 2, at an angle to each other and intersecting. To the lower bar 3.
of the pin is secured the usual housing 4 beneath which the pin bar 5 is confined
when closed.
In order to make these intrisecting coils, the lower bar 3 is bent around at
its end into the coil 2 and the wire then brought down on one side of said bar
and passed through this coil 2, thus forming the coil 1 at an angle to the coil 2.
In other words, the pin bar 5 passes directly through the coil which is formed
at the end of the lower har 3 while the latter passes directly through the coil
which is formed at the end of the pin bar 5.
The single wire which is common to both coils and which, for sake of a clear
understanding I will designate by the letter a, is inclined to the vertical plane
of the pin and bar, as shown clearly at Figure 2, and it will therefore be clear
that when the pin bar is depressed it will be forced against this coil a and will
thereby be thrown outwardly, so that it will not have any tendency to strike
on top of the housing 4 but can readily be snapped into position beneath such
housing.
If desired, only one of the two members, designated as the pin bar and lower
bar. may be passed through the loop formed at the end of the other member,
and I have shown such a construction at Figure 3, which construction is fully
within my invention since the planes of the coils intersect.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is: :-
1- A safety pin made from a single piece of wire having at one and two spring

page_text: coils the planes of which intersect, the pin point and housing being at the other
end.
2-A safety pin made from a single piece of wire bent at one end into inter-
secting coils and provided at the other end with a housing, substantially as set
forth.
3-A safety pin made from a single piece of wire the lower bar of which is
formed into a coil at its end through which the pin bar passes while the pin
bar is likewise formed at its end into a coil through which the lower bar passes,
substantially as set forth.
4-A safety pin having the lower bar 3 and pin bar 5 the coils 1 and 2 made
as a continuation of said pin and lower bars respectively, the pin bar passing
directly through the coil 2 while the lower bar passes directly through the coil 1,
and the single wire a which is on the inside and which is common to both coils
and which is inclined directly beneath said pin, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 10th day of October 1899.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Patent Agents.