US3633357A - Bracelet construction - Google Patents

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US3633357A
US3633357A US824770A US3633357DA US3633357A US 3633357 A US3633357 A US 3633357A US 824770 A US824770 A US 824770A US 3633357D A US3633357D A US 3633357DA US 3633357 A US3633357 A US 3633357A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C5/00—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps
    • A44C5/02—Link constructions
    • A44C5/10—Link constructions not extensible
    • A44C5/107—Link constructions not extensible with links made of more than two elements including connecting elements

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  • An alternative method involves the use of pins having a corrugated surface so that the edges of the outer tiles can be pressed down onto the pin with the result that the material of the link molds itself into the shape of the corrugations on the pin so that the pin cannot be withdrawn.
  • This method suffers from the disadvantages that specially prepared pins have to be used and that the edges of the bracelet are thinner (due to the pressing) than the body of the bracelet.
  • a flexible bracelet or like article formed from staggered rows of tiles joined by pins passing through aligned holes in adjacent tiles across the article, wherein the pins have been secured within the tiles at the edge of the article by means of an indentation formed on the underneath surface of the article at a position spaced from the outer edge of the tiles forming the edge of the article and in a direction along the length of said article.
  • this indentation will be to cause a kink in the material of the tiles and the pins such that the pins cannot be withdrawn from the holes in the tiles at the edges of the article. Also, because the indentation is formed approximately centrally of the undersurface of the outer tiles of the article, the indentation will not be visible when the article is worn, nor will the thickness of the edge of the article be affected.
  • each tile it is possible to form each tile so that two holes for the pins pass therethrough. It is however simpler to manufacture each tile as a tubular construction, hollow in the transverse direction, so that the pins will pass therethrough at each side of the tube. This construction also reduces the weight of the article, and thus the cost also where precious metals are used. However, at the edges of the article, there will be a gap between the ends of the two pins, but this can be filled by a spacer of the same metal (preferably) which will be held in place when the indentation is formed along the length of the tile.
  • the invention also extends to a method of forming a bracelet or like article as defined above wherein, after the cross pins have been inserted to link the staggered rows of tiles together, an indentation is formed on the inside surface of the article at a position between the sides of the tiles at the edges and in a direction along the length of said article.
  • the indenting can be achieved by a single stamping operation along the whole length of the row of tiles at the edge of the bracelet and could also be effected by a stamping wheel run along the surface of the row of tiles. Subsequent to the indentation being formed, the sides and/or surfaces of the article can be smoothed and finished and, if desired, additional omament and decoration can be provided.
  • FIG. I is a part sectional plan view of a portion of a bracelet constructed in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a side perspective view from below of one of the links in an outer row of the links of the bracelet shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a vertical section on the line A-A ofFIG. 2.
  • the pins 5 are secured within the tiles 4 in the outer row 1 (and in a like manner at the other edge of the braceletnot shown) by means of an indentation 7 formed on the undersurface of the tiles 4 as shown in FIG. 3.
  • This indentation 7 has the effect of forcing the material of the spacer 6 (and pins 5) and the material of the tile 4 into a mutually curved configuration so that the spacer 6 and pins 5 cannot move out of the hole in the tile 4.
  • the formation of the indentation will normally be effected by a stamping along the whole length of both rows of tiles 4 at the edges of the bracelet. It will be seen from- FIG. 3 that the thickness and appearance of the edge 8 of the tile 4 is not affected in any way.
  • the indentation could be formed more to one edge or the other, particularly the edge nearer the mid dle of the bracelet (and could even be formed by crushing the whole of the edge towards the middle of the bracelet) always provided that the outer edge of the bracelet will not show any signs of the indentation, such as by a diminishing of the thickness of the edge of the bracelet.
  • the pins 5 (and spacer 6) can be individually secured within a tile by a series of small indentations in the form of a point above each pin and spacer so as to form an indentation row along the length of the article. Other variations in the positioning and form of the indentations formed in the tiles will also be possible to those skilled in the art.
  • An article such as a bracelet comprising a plurality of rows of tiles, outer ones of said rows forming an edge of the article, said tiles having holes defined therethrough, a pin passing through aligned holes of adjacent tiles and extending across the article, and an indentation formed into the surface of each title at a location in alignment with each pin on each tile of the row forming the outer edge of the article and extending into the hole of the tile and engaged with said pin whereby to secure the pin within the tile.
  • each tile comprises a hollow tubular member, said pin extending transversely through the tile between adjacent rows, each tile having two pins extending transversely through the hole and a spacer between said pins, the indentation extending into the hole and also securing said spacer with said pin.
  • An article such as a bracelet comprising a plurality of rows of tiles arranged in side-by-side relationship, each of said tiles having an opening therethrough and a pin extending transversely between said rows through the opening of said tiles at least one surface of said tiles having an indentation formed thereon extending into the surface of each title completely through the wall of the tile and being indented into said pin to hold said pin within said tile.
  • a method of forming a bracelet and similar article made up of a plurality of tiles having openings therethrough and using pins which extend through the openings comprising arranging the tiles in rows, directing pins through the openings of the tile to extend across the rows and to engage through openings of adjacent tiles, and thereafter forming an indentation into a surface of the tiles which extends inwardly and forms the tile into indented engagement with the pins to hold the rows in an assembled manner.
  • a flexible bracelet or like article comprising staggered rows of tiles, pins passing through aligned holes in adjacent tiles extending across the article, and an indentation forming a recess extending inwardly from the surface of the article at a position spaced from the outer edge of the tiles forming the edge of the article and in a direction along the length of said article and in alignment with said pins to secure the pins within the tiles at the edge of the article.
  • each tile is formed to define a hollow tubular construction in the transverse direction.
  • An article as claimed in claim 9 formed wholly or partly -of precious metal and carrying ornamentation on the surfaces thereof.

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US3845618A (en) * 1973-09-24 1974-11-05 S Meyerson Bracelet construction
USD542168S1 (en) 2006-05-30 2007-05-08 The Simmons Jewelry Co. Combined bracelet or ring jewelry linkage
USD542688S1 (en) 2006-05-30 2007-05-15 The Simmons Jewelry Co. Combined bracelet or ring and jewelry linkage
USD543477S1 (en) 2006-05-30 2007-05-29 The Simmons Jewelry Co. Combined bracelet or ring jewelry linkage
USD547687S1 (en) 2006-05-30 2007-07-31 The Simmons Jewelry Co. Combined bracelet or ring jewelry linkage
US20230413958A1 (en) * 2022-06-23 2023-12-28 Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Band link, watch band, watch, and manufacturing method of band link

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US241189A (en) * 1881-05-10 Island
US2392115A (en) * 1944-08-12 1946-01-01 Blumstein Abraham Flexible band
US2610463A (en) * 1947-04-03 1952-09-16 Gemex Co Method of making bracelet chains
CH332247A (de) * 1955-12-05 1958-08-31 Rodi & Wienerberger Ag Gliederbandkörper für Schmuck- und Gebrauchszwecke
DE1120195B (de) * 1959-05-22 1961-12-21 Richard Pfisterer Fa Gliederband fuer Schmuckzwecke
US3482394A (en) * 1967-04-14 1969-12-09 Shackman & Sons Ltd David Linkage having l-shaped connecting pins

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US241189A (en) * 1881-05-10 Island
US2392115A (en) * 1944-08-12 1946-01-01 Blumstein Abraham Flexible band
US2610463A (en) * 1947-04-03 1952-09-16 Gemex Co Method of making bracelet chains
CH332247A (de) * 1955-12-05 1958-08-31 Rodi & Wienerberger Ag Gliederbandkörper für Schmuck- und Gebrauchszwecke
DE1120195B (de) * 1959-05-22 1961-12-21 Richard Pfisterer Fa Gliederband fuer Schmuckzwecke
US3482394A (en) * 1967-04-14 1969-12-09 Shackman & Sons Ltd David Linkage having l-shaped connecting pins

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3845618A (en) * 1973-09-24 1974-11-05 S Meyerson Bracelet construction
USD542168S1 (en) 2006-05-30 2007-05-08 The Simmons Jewelry Co. Combined bracelet or ring jewelry linkage
USD542688S1 (en) 2006-05-30 2007-05-15 The Simmons Jewelry Co. Combined bracelet or ring and jewelry linkage
USD543477S1 (en) 2006-05-30 2007-05-29 The Simmons Jewelry Co. Combined bracelet or ring jewelry linkage
USD547687S1 (en) 2006-05-30 2007-07-31 The Simmons Jewelry Co. Combined bracelet or ring jewelry linkage
US20230413958A1 (en) * 2022-06-23 2023-12-28 Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Band link, watch band, watch, and manufacturing method of band link

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