USRE11663E - Spectacles - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE BAUSCILYOF sYRAOUsE, NEW YORK.

SPECTACLES. "j

srEcIFIcA'rIoN forming part ef neieeuea Lettere Patent No, Ineas, dated my 17, 189s. Original `No. 576,251, dated February 2, 1897. Application fari-oisans tiled Hay 18, 18/97. 'Serial No. 636,388.v

My invention relates teau improvement inspectacles; and the invention consists in such 1o construction of nose-guards independent of;

or in connection with, the ordinarybridge l t which unites the lens-frames that the lenses may be brought nearer to or moved farther away from the eyes, or raised or lowered, as

I desired, regard being had to facial formation and to the proper arrangement of the axis of the lenses with the pupils of the eyes, and so that' the weight Of the spectacles may be made to be supported by the bridge wholly, parao tially, Or not at all, according to the wish of the wearer. A

In the accompanying drawings', to which reference is made, and which form a part of this specication, Figure l is a perspective I5 view of a pairof spectacles having my invention applied thereto. Figs.. 2, 3, and 4 are like views, showing modifications; and Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation on line fr a; of Fig. l.

AThe holding of the spectacles upon the face 3o of the wearer is effected by the temples A A, which may be straight or curved, the bridge B, and the noserests C C. All of these parts may be connected to the'lenses a a by means ofsuitable clamps, such as are incommon use for frameless glasses, or by other appro? e priate means, or they may be connected to lens-frames b b.

The bridge B -is a rigid but ductile piece of wearer, as shown at c, then upward to a point 5.o adjacent to the plane of, but inward from, the said posts, and the upwardly-projecting terminal sections are'formed or provided with the nose-guards C, which are rigidly attached vons forms.

- te the terminals ef the bridge, and which are by said terminals offset inward from and are adjustable to or away from ,the plane of the4 lenses. The main faces c' of the nose-guards C are of ductile metal, so that they, like the terminal sections of the bridge, may be bent by means `of pliers to eifect the proper tting of the frames and the proper focal and pupilary adjustment of the lenses to the eyes of the wearer. The said terminal sections of the bridge B and the nose-guards may be of vari- In Figs. l and 5 the main faces c' of the guards are -Inade integral with the metal of the bridge and project upward, while in Figs. 2 and 3 they project downward, a loop c3 being formed in Figure 43. y In Fig. fi the main nose-guards are made of separate lpieces of metal and are soldered to the terminals of the bridge.

It will be understood that rubber, leather, cork, or other facing-strips may be appliedto the contact-surfaces vof the nose-rests, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

e 1. In a pair of spectacles having temples A A, the bridge B of rigid ductile metal attached to the lenses, the ends of which are extended below the points of attachment,bent

inward and upward, and each provided with an inwardly-oiset nose-guard 2. In a pair of spectacles having temples .A,'A, the bridge B of rigid ductile metal secured to the lens-frames b b, by rigid studs d d,and extended below said studs, the said extended ends of the bridge B being bent inward and upward and each provided with an inwardlyoffset nose-guard C; substantially v as described.

3. In a pair-of spectacles having temples d A A and, lens-frames b b, the combination therewith of the bridge B Of lrigid ductile metal soldered or otherwise secured to the posts d d, and extended below the posts, the

said extended ends being bent inward and upward and the terminals thereof curved and -iiattened to form offset and adjustable noseguards, substantially as described. f l- GEQBAUSCH.

Witnesses: l i

GEORGE A. LAMB, i ALFRED L. WISE.

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