Improvements in Eye Glasses and Spectacles.
Year: 1894

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Eye Glasses and Spectacles.
I, JAMES RINTOUL of 142 Main Street, Anderson, Glasgow, Jeweller, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
This invention relates to eyeglasses and spectacles and it consists in fitting
thereto a plaquette made of, by preference, rubber tubing or the like which is, or
In some cases, if
may be, closed at the ends and be inflated with air or gas.
preferred, the tubular plaquette may have the air exhausted or partially exhausted
therefrom; or, the contained air may be locked therein by closing or sealing
the ends.
If desired the tube may be left open or partially closed at each end.
The tube may be of round, oval, square, or other suitable section and be secured
in place by cement, composition, solution, or be tied, pinned, screwed or otherwise
secured to the frame or nose clip..
If so desired metal ends may be secured on each tube and these may be provided
with projections or flanges whereby they are secured to the frame or nose clip.
If desired the plaquette may be removably secured to the frame or nose clip.
The inflated or pneumatic plaquette is superior to the ordinary ones made of cork
and such like.
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Dated this 23rd day of March 1801.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
I, JAMES RINTOUL of 142 Main Street, Anderson, Glasgow, Jeweller, 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 pince-nez or eyeglasses and spectacles and it consists in
fitting thereto soft flexible plaquettes made of rubber tubing or the like. The
tubular plaquettes may be closed or sealed at the ends so as to lock the contained
air therein.
At present plaquettes are usually made of more or less rigid and hard material,
wear. They,
and, are, therefore, as a consequence, rather inconvenient to
moreover, owing to their rigidity, have a tendency to mark or impress the skin of
the nose and also to cause an irritating and unpleasant sensation.
Eyeglasses having plaquettes made in accordance with my invention are, on the
contrary, not only comfortable and easy to wear but are not liable to mark or
indant the skin

page_text: The tubes forming the plaquettes may be of round, oval, square or other suitable
section.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, showing, by way of example methods
of carrying my invention into effect or practice.
On the drawings:-
Figs. 1 to 4 show different methods of constructing a pair of eyeglasses or
pince-nez.
Fig. 5 shows to an enlarged scale a slight modification.
Fig. 6 shows a bridge part of a pair of spectacles having a tubular cushion
piece secured to it.
In Fig. 1 the plaquettes a, formed of rubber tubing, are secured at their upper
ends to the spring ends b, b of the nose clip c by merely pushing the ends of the
tubes over said spring ends, and the tubes a, at their lower ends, are pushed over
upwardly projecting pieces of spring steel d, rivetted or pinned to projections e on
the-frame.
In Fig. 2 the tubular plaquettes a are secured at their upper ends by gripping or
holding them between the downwardly projecting ends b, b of the nose clip c, and
short pieces of metal f, f pinned to the studs g of the frame. The downwardly
projecting ends b, b of the clip c may be made longer or shorter as desired. These
ends help to support the flexible tubes a. The lower ends of the plaquettes are.
pushed over upwardly extending projections, indicated in dotted lines, secured to
the, studs e..
In Fig. 3 the upper ends of the tubular plaquettes are secured in the same
manner as at Fig. 2, and the lower ends are also secured between back supporting
pieces h and front, pieces i secured to the studs e. The back supporting pieces b
and may be made longer or shorter as desired:
In Fig. 4 the tubular plaquettes a are, at their lower ends, pushed over small
knobs, indicated in dotted lines, secured to the frame and at their upper ends are
bent over or doubled and the doubled parts secured by pins, screws or rivets to
the studs or projections g. The upper ends of the plaquettes may be secured in the
same manner as the lower or vice versa.
Fig. 5 shows a method of securing tubular plaquettes to helical springs j, pinned
or otherwise secured to the projections g or e. This spring attachment gives the
plaquettes more resiliency.
If desired the tubular plaquettes may be secured to the front of the ordinary
rigid plaquettes or to full length supporting pieces extending between the studs g
and e.
The tubular plaquettes may in some cases, before being fitted in place, be inflated
with air or gas and then hermetically sealed or closed up at the ends.
These tubular or pneumatic plaquettes are much superior to those made of cork
or the like.
Fig. 6 shows the bridge part m of a pair of spectacles having a tubular bridge
piece n secured to it by cement, and, at the ends, by means of the thin metal
pieces k, l, pinned to the frame. The rubber tubing rests on the nose.
Although I have shown by way of illustration, different methods of carrying out
my invention I do not confine myself thereto as the plaquettes can obviously and
readily be secured to the frame in other equivalent ways.
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
consider novel and desire to claim is :-
1. Eyeglasses or pince-nez and spectacles having plaquettes a or bridge pieces n
composed of flexible rubber tubing or its equivalent, substantially as hereinbefore
set forth.
2. The special constructions of pince-nez having plaquettes composed of flexible

page_text: rubber tubing, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the
drawings annexed.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1894.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.