US1578176A - Doll's eyes - Google Patents

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March 23 1926.

l. A. ROMMER DOLLS EYES Filed Nov. 12, 1924 INYENTOR Isaac JZ.R0mme ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 23, 1926.

UNITED STAT-ES PATENT. OFFICE.

ISAAC A. ROMMER, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORITYO IDEAL novELr AND TOY 00., or BROOKLYN, NEW roman CORPORATION or new YORK.

DOLLS EYES.

Application filed November 12, 1924. SerialiTo. 749,453. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC A. RoMMnR, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident ,ofthe .city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented-ncw and Improved Dolls Eyes, of which the following isa description.

Myinvention relates ,to' dolls eyes and particularly relates to means for properly positioning the eyes at the openings in the dolls head.

In practice in the mounting of the dolls eyes by the ordinary methods if the eyes he maintained in close relation to the wall defining the openings in the head, at the eyes, the eyeballs rub and sometimes bind. On the other hand, if the eye be so placed 7 as to leave perfect freedom of movement to prevent its binding against the edge of the openings, there is an apparent gap or space which makes the eyes unattractive.

The general object of my invention is to overcome the defects referred to and the stated object is accomplished by yieldingly mounting the eyes to be subject to spring pressure so that the eyes are maintained in the proper close relation to the edges of the openings while at the same time binding of the eyes at the openings is prevented.

A further important object of the invention is to provide pendulous weights for the eyes and so connected thereto as to permit the weights to swing laterally, thereby avoiding the possibility of the weights bending parts appurtenant to the eyes.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the front portion of a dolls head illustrating my improved dolls eyes emplaced therein and shown in side elevation;

Figure 2 is an enlarged rear elevation of the eyes and a fragment of the head;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section on the line 33, Figure 2;

Figure 4: is a fragmentary view with an eye shown in side eleva-tionas' in Figure 1 but on an enlarged scale.

In carrying out my invention in accord ance with the illustrated example, the concavo-convex'element 1O representing the eye as usual 1s formed at the back edge with rearwardly extending ears 11 having slots 12 therein, throughwhich slots pass laterals lydirectedends 18cm a bowed yoke 15 pertaining to each eye, said ends 13 being received in recesses 14 in the head A. in the opposite side walls of the usual opening ,A in the dolls head. a 1

Springmeans is provided as hereinafter described yieldingly maintaining the eye ballv against the walls or edges of the sockets-or openhigs a in the doll s head andto overcome the friction caused by the spring pressure, I employ substantial weight on the pendulous arm (16). In order that the increased weight may not bend parts appurtenant to the eyes 10, I swingingly connect said arms 16 with the ears 11 by the medium of knuckles 116 through which the bent ends 216 of said arms pass. The connection permits the pendulous arms 16 to sway laterally relatively to the ears 11 so that said ears are not bent by the sidewise movement of the arms.

In order to yieldingly maintain the eyes 10 in the openings or sockets a and pressed gently against the edges at the front of said openings, I provide spring means to exert pressure against the eyes in a forward direction. Advantageously, the spring means is provided through the medium of vertical wires 17 returned on itself and passed through holes 18 in the upper and lower ears 19 on the eyes 10 to effect engagement between said wires 17 and the eyes. The returned ends of the wire 17 at the top and at the bottom thereon are deflected laterally and constitute spring arms 20, the ends 21 of which are slightly curved and passed through the slots 12 in front of the ends 13 of yokes 15. Thus, the free ends 21 of the spring arms 20 exert rearward pressure against the fixed ends 13 as abutments for which reason the opposite ends of the springs integral with the vertical wires 17 exert forward pressure against the eyes 10 at the ears 19. Thus, the eyes are pressed gently in place against the edge portions of the open ings or sockets a. Hence, the eyes 10 may yield as they turn in the event of a tendency to bind against the edge port-ions of a head at the openings a as the eyes rock under the action of the arms 16, whereby binding is positively prevented and yet the eyes are maintained in close engagement with the edges of the eye openings or sockets.

I Would state in conclusion that while the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A dolls eye having slots at the sides, an element having members extending through said slots rockably mounting the eye, and spring means attached to said eye and bearing against said members, said spring means tending to press the eye forwardly relatively to said members.

2. A dolls eye having slots therein at the sides, members extending through said slots and rockably mounting the eye, means to rock the eye on said members, and spring arms having connection with the eye and bearing against said members tending to press the eye forwardly relatively to said members.

3. An eye having slots therein at the sides, members extending through said slots and rockably mounting said eye, means to rock the eye on said members, and spring means comprising resilient arms bearing against the said members and members on the eye at the top and bottom to which said .spring arms are secured. V

I. An eye having slots therein at the'sides, members extending through said slots and rockably mounting said eye, means to rock the eye on said members, and spring means comprising resilient arms bearing against the said members and members on the eye at the top and bottom to which said spring arms are secured; together with an element integral with and connecting-said arms and engaging the eye at the top and bottom.

ISAAC A. ROMMER.

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