Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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~:yeglasses with Bows Joined in an ~rticul~t~d Fashi~
with the L~ns E r~me
Tec~ al Field
~he in~re~ti~ ca~c~e~ns eyeglasses or ~ye~ fr~ with ~s
jolned in an ar'cic:~llated fashi~n with ~ rarfle, whi~h ~ows c~
be s~iv~led c~ut or ~olded fran cqne X~ositian, in ~ich t:hey w~re
placed a~ains~ tl~ len~ fr~ne, into a sw~g-out locatic~, in whi~h
the u~3er can Put Qn the eye~
~te a~ t~ TechnoloqY
sses or eye~ ran~ o~ this sort are Imo~m in ~r~ri~3 im
plem~tatio~s. llhe ~Teak po~nt is the joLnt or hinge, whic}l joins a
re~pecti~ bow with the lens ~ ted c~necticul is
th~ weal~ point nc:t c¢lly because it ~s easily dan~g~d or de~st~o~
but also ~L~C, i~ the deli~ate can~ectiarl is dar~g~d, re~ i5
dlfficult ~3~ t~us t~me-co~s~nin~ 3 a re~ult, ex~.iv~.
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C~P~ialll af the In~r~nti~
~e p~l~ ~;c~h o~ t~e ba~i~ f~r the inveuti~ s in t~ first
place to cr~ate eye~ s~ with ~ch not anl~ su5~t~lity-ta
a~g~ is re~xæd, thu~ the stw:dine~s i~ ~rea~ed, but also tc~
rat~ ~ich, in the ~a~e of d;3~e, th~ articu-
l~tod ~ian i~ e~ily repairal~le, if n~a~y e~ 1~ te~
d a~teurs, ald whicih ~r, if ~assi~le, c~sn be aa~pli~
~th the help of no, ~ anly the n~st si~lple, t~ola or a~
L~tly, the nulk of ~:cn~anent~ of whi~:h the e~egl~e~ ~re can-
~tn~ed ~d b~ ed to a mini~, tibi~ sin~lifies th~ a~-
~bly ~nd l~s the p~ coot.
~ a praiblem ~nth eye~l_ of t~ pecifi~d typ~ is, accordi~
to l:bo in!Vel~ti~l, 901v~l~ pri~laril~r b,y 11~ ; 0~ a ~ial desig~ of
ar~ lat~d cu~:tian bet~ th~ ~ows and t:he 1~ fr~. ~t
~neral f~ hat eadh }x~w i5 ~0~ with a~ ele-
~t, a~ the en~ t~ b~ ~led to ~he lesu ~, ~ihich ct~n be
dire~;ly a~pled to a aorr~p~ take-up el~nt on ~ 1~
fram, ~æ ~mer of ~i~h co~l~ ~f -the pa~ts elini~es th~ u~e
o~ tool~ or aid~.
,
With r~tp~t ea cals~ru~i~, vari~ il~Qlqnentatian p~ssi~xiliti~
are ir~gina~ or e~nple, a bore or ~he like ~ld be de~i~ed
as a bea~g b~hir~lg an the 1~ fr~re for con~ect~ ih of the
~h 1~3 would ~e fonned ~n the~r ends as }~earin~ pins ~r
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could be pr~ided with ~earin~ pin~ t pin~. In this ca~e,
the bearil~q hushing~ and pins sh~uld be desiS~e~ in the nw~er of
ba~cnet fastener~ o~ l~ay4a~ plug~ socl~et ~eotions, with a
li~t~l po~;si~xility a~ ro~tian or ~wiveling ~en assen~ one
can h~ever also, in ~ so to ~ dc g~etrical ~e~er~a~, desi~n a~e
end of the bow in ~he mar~er of a sleet~re or threaded l~usbi~, or
l?r~ide it with 9~ a piece whi~h ~m ~e screc~ed ~nto a lcns fr~
extensia~, ~onned 8~; a pin or in the mar~er of a threaded pipe ~,
o~ ~nto a threaded ca~e~ian ior~od into the les~s fra~ Also in
~se a rotaticn li~t~tion whe~ s~Duld be pr~ided
Nith eyegla~ses aa~tru~td ac~ordin~ t~ g~ ~ pri~pl~, t:he nun
ber of piece~ h a~e pr~eared for final ass~rblr is ~edu~ed in
tr~me case to three (le~: ~me and two 1~. ~ich at that
~n be ~o~d t~ each ot~ ithout ~ools.
n es~ally sinple fur~ rel~nt o~ the pri~ciple
: ~
presen~ed ~e, which i~ part~cularly ~uit~le for faJ~tiaatia~ ~f
eyegla~sses of syn~hetia ~aterial, ~ ~ this case ~ e desi~d
a~ one pieoG ~h the l~es ~ c m~te~ial~ an reinfor~e
the 10s ~ne ahiefl~ in the area af th~ ~ide ~es, and in the
reinfor~ rticns pro~ride for bore~ WhiGtl haYe ~ces exte~
~ro~i~tcl~ allel to ~he plane of the les~ fram~r ~t the s8
,. . .
~ime p~ ~rre~ponding to a~d inser~able into ea~h o~ t~e ~ores a~e
o be ~on~d c~ta th~ , ea<ih of t~e pins havin~ e e~,
: ~:
pr~jects a* of the h~re, a radially pro~ ting ext~nsian.
e5e!~ e~tensicn~, ~en t:he p~ns are in~erted ~nto the bores,
"",, . ~ ~ , ~
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~slide tbro~h a ~1ot or graav~ pro~ d an the ~ circu~er~
of the ~or~, and a~ter that are ~tatable into a wo~sis~g pa~iti~,
in ~dh the swi~i~ r~e of the ~ci~ plac~ ~reventing ex-
t~ian~, dete~n~ ir~ adv~nce l~y the ne~ssary ~nrin6p~11it~ c~f the
baYs, l~e~ a~ide of t}ie ~rant-sid~ aQen ar~a o~
l~er~th hnp~. or r~bs ~n ~:he c~r~r~er~:e o~ the piDs c~
p~d~d ior, whic~h, in c~n~c~ian wîth groa~es, slot o~ tbe lilee
an t;he ir~er c~r~erenc~ of the bores, <~an define re~t ~itic~s
~n ~ f~the~ develoE~t of the prqpos~ ~oluti~m ~th a ~ivel pin
th~ ~ens f~ and a ~ re or ~us~îng ~ ~e ba~, o~e ca~ ~dif~r
le~ i~ a split l~nq fr~, in ~ a ~ t~t tbei~ free
0di:; pro~4ct a aert~ dlstanc~e ~ o~ the cl~ping ple~ o tl~at
pro~da31 ~n ~ bo~ir. In a fw~ de~el~t aS~ain af ~his
er~aaal far an artic~at~d ¢~wtic~ ~ the form of a ~crew ccn-
~i~, ~ne c~n provide an a~ of ~e pîeae~ e joined tose~
a helical t~e~ ~n w~h a ~orr~p0~g h~li~al wîre F~te~ic~n of
the other pieoe is in~ertable by n~ o~ a r~ i~ ar~d the ax~s
o~ ~ ~lix. ~
~r all o~ the abo~re des~ribed de~ign poss;~litie~ it hold~ true
that tbe ~ r~ itsel~ ~all~ sen~es a~ a s~op for the
~i~tatî~n of the swinqin~ n~tian ~ the baws irl ~dltiaQ:l to special
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:
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sta~ for the s~gffut rest po~iti~, ~er~, for tbe as~eQbly of
th~ pie¢e~, thi~ st~p ~ ~e o~rerc~ and di~es~,ga51ed pri~rily by
n~ ~ ~ de~igned ta ~e to a certain e~t~t ~laqtic~
Short De~C~:iLPtiCIII ~b~
lhe ~nvent~n ~all be illvstrated fur~her ~ith the aid of dra~ings,
ln ~ ign ~4il~1itie~ fa~ eyeglas~;es accordin~ ~cc the inue~-
ti~ ~re ~res~ted as e3~1es, with the par~s Iaecessary for Ull-
~st~ing sc~ti~ed il~ part, and, to ~e precise, ~:
Eig~ ~ ~rie~d f~ ser ~ide, a ~îgn of gl~;ses acco~l-
o ~ iI~veD~i~, in ~hidh ~ 1~ are ca~nect~d with t~be
; ~ le~ fr~e by ~s ~f a t~pe of ~nnvel ~ t wit~ a E~
~ring bo~.
Fig. 2 an a greatly enla~ ~cale, a cross ~ian ~
teLy corre~ lin~ to the line 2 - ~ of Fig. 1 thro~h
Fig. 3 the com~ ide ~
~ig 4 a aesign p~:sibili~y for an articula~etl ~e~tio~ ~y
n~na of a ~e~ thread (~reatly ~nlar~ecl~, and
Fig~ 5 and Pig. 6 an additia~al p~ssibility fos ~ artic:ulated
:, ~
S
~, ~
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esigll e~ple~ ~own in ~i~. L, 2 and 3 proc~d fran the ~s-
~tian ~at tll,e ey~gl~e6 ar~ caru~tn~ted af eynthetic Iw~terial
a~ t~at ~e l~ses are ~te~:ated. an t~ ~ic fr~ 11. ~iJidh
r~rese~t~ the lens fr~ ~md l~e~, ~re fo~ned ac~ ~de
edge~ t~e red~oraem~ts 1~ a~d 13, an~d in th~e ~f~c~nts
c~lindri~al l~ores 14 an~l 15 are n~
eyeglass~ have t~o ~ws, of ~ch anly ane 21 i~ represent~
~ig. 1. mis bow 21 has a s~ivel pin ~3, ~bich fits in th~ bare 1
~. a~ can be se~n fr~n Fig. 3, pr~jec~ a dis~ae aut of thi~
bore. C~ this p~oie~ted end o~ the pi~ 23 is a r~ially projecting
lug or ~L~YiC~ 25 ~iibidh~ Wit}l a sui~q of ~ bau, ~lides a~er
~he ~*~ide surface of ~ r~i:nf~sl~ ~d pr~ts an a~al di~-
plac~t of the in~talled ~w. ~ ~der ~ ~rir~ ~e bc~w ~ into
th~ ~kinq ~iti~, the ~ ~3 ~ed ~e~y be inser~d i~to the
bore 14 in ~uch a wa~ tbe ~xt~ai~ 25 e$~e6 th~ ~lc)t 17 a~
ciran~ e o t~e ~ore 1~1~ ~ ext~sil 25, project-
in~ fre~ ore 14, po~itia~s it~e~f o~ lies agai~t the ~ers~de
the rein~orc~n~ 12 ~ith a piYoting o~ ith it~s
~ft~ ~æe~ a~rer t~ area n~rked ~y the positi~s 25' and 25~'
indicated 1~ dotted lin~ In orc~er to bring the baN irto the work-
ing ~ositian~ the free end 211 ~st l~e lifted ~ve~ ic fr~
use o~ t~e elssti~ de~onr~}~îlit~ f ~he baw, whereby the
free end ~ s to rest at abaut the height of the la~r edge of
ic f~. ~ can rea~h the 9an~: ~esult by elastically bend-
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t~e ~w ~1 as far 2~S po~ le in the direc~icn of the basic~ra~, i~ert~ t~e e~tePsil 25 into the slot 17 and pu~ it
all the ~ay t~ugh, so that the e~cten~ial can spri~g bac~k tCI th~
ian 25''' narked }~y a dotted linc, as a restin~ positi~.
n ~ss~lity in Fig. 4 proceeded f~ he as~rption that
the eye5}1a~ses h~ve a s~?lit lens f~me 41, whi~h is c~tru~ted in
traditi~al ~wr, and i!3 fir~y ti~hte~ed ~ r~ o~ a s~
4~ e scr~w not c~ly t~çihten~ together ~oth of the ~la~ing j~ws
431 ar~d 432 of the cl~ b}oc~k 43, bu~ al~;o p~oiects væward ~ ce~
~ain di~ta~ce ot~t of tbe cla~ 432. ~to this upw~rdly pro~ect-
i~ sc~ ~ie~e 421 a t~e~ded sleeve 44~, sltua~ ~ the ~ 44,
i~ scre~le. A br~ki~ s~eeue ~ ga~et ~15 can be slip~d 01rer the
~i~i~g iaw 432 ald ~e t~e~ded ~l~e 441.
~n Fig. S z~ Fig. 6 a de~i~ ~si~ilit~ trated ln fra~t
t~ ~i~A ~ i~ d~iYd fr~Q ~ d*~i~ e~'.e i~ Fiy. 4. ~t
a~ ~r~ fr~m a split 1~ Srr~ 51. T~ ane of ~e two grip-
pi~g ~ of th~ tensicn blo~, a l~lical b~t tube S~ i~ attad~d
a~; a t~ke-up ple~e ~hich ha~ ab~ut tw~ heli:R ~urn~ ar~ ~n~o ~ic~
the helical }~t wire en~ ~ a ~w 5~ is ir~ le, ~ m~T~s cf a
g~J~ a~ sar~ n~ti~. I~ arder to i~rprove ~ st~p of the
the swu~-out~ itianr ~he ~ ertu~e 521 o~ t~e ~u~e 5~ c~n
rek~cated a~ 90o ~o~ard, to the pc~ ated ~y 'che dotted
line.
