Year: 1885

page_text: We PAUL FRANCK-VALERY and EMILE FRANCK-VALERY both of 25 Boulevard
des Capucines, Paris in the Republic of France, Opticians do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates chiefly to that class of folding eye glasses which are now
known as "Pince-nez" or "Folders," the object of the invention being to prevent
the eye glasses falling continually from the nose of the wearer.
To this end we employ an extra roughened surface on either side of the nose,
such roughened surface being carried by a spring arm, which is pivotted or
otherwise conveniently secured at its lower end, (preferably between the main
spring and the frame of the glass) to a stud or projection securel to the frame.
By pushing the arms to one side or the other, they may be made to grip the nose
of the wearer in front of or in rear of the main grippers, giving, so to speak, a
second grip, which will firmly secure the eye glass in position.
When it is desired to fold the glass, the extra arins will be pushed back into
position behind the main spring, and the glass can then be folded in the usual way
Dated this 21st day of Septemba 1995
NEWTON & SON,
· Agents for the Applicants.
I PAUL FRANCK-VALERY and EMILE FRANCK-VALERY, both of 25 Boulevard
des Capucines, Paris, in the Republic of France, Opticians 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 chiefly to that class of folding eye-glasses which are
known as "Pince-nez," or " Folders," the object of the invention being to prevent

page_text: the eye-glass from continually falling from the nose of the wearer, and the invention
consists in the means whereby this object is attained.
In carrying out this invention, two moveable branches or arms are employed,
which are placed parallel with the frame, and are pivotted thereto in such a manner
as to form in front an angle more or less inclined, and thus double, as it were, the
holding portion, and give to the pince-nez an absolutely fixed seat.
and
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a "pince-nez" with a heavy spring.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.
A C
Fig. 3 shows a "pince-nez" with a light spring having the invention applied;
Fig. 4 is a plan of the same.
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The branches or arms a¹ a¹, which are employed, are pivotted at bb to the lower
part of the frame c..
These arms open to the front as seen at Fig. 2.-When the "pince-nez" is
folded, they are placed between the frame c and that part of the spring marked a a.
To facilitate their opening, the arms a¹ a¹ are terminated by two small levers dd,
by means of which, the arms may be made to rock on their pivots.
Fig. 3 shows the two arms a² a pivotted, at 61 61, to the stud used for the
adjustment of the spring on the frame c.-In closing the folders, these arms enter
between the frame and the spring, as seen at Fig. 4, in which Figure they are
bidden by the spring.
In one, as in the other case, the closed arms do not affect, in any way, the proper
folding of the eyeglass.-The armis may be made of any suitable or convenient
form, and of any suitable material, and they can also be made to open and close
automatically as the eyeglass is folded or unfolded.
The invention is also applicable to other kinds of folding eyeglasses, which are
adaptable to fix on the nose of the wearer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
The adaptation to " pince-nez" and similar folding eyeglasses, of moveable
branches or arms pivotted to the frame of the eyeglass, substantially as and for
the purpose herein set forth.