Aug. 18, L. A. NEMcOVSKY 1,819,035. EYE MOUNTING FoR DOLLS MY A 2. 25% 2NEAE. T is N. it 2 INVENTOR. N: Zozzi, A22222 ray.

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1 Aug. 18, L. A. NEMcOVSKY 1,819,03 EYE MOUNTING FoR DOLLS Criginal Filed May 13, Sheets-Sheet l MY A 2. 2% A. 2NEAE T is N it 2 INVENTOR N: Zozzi, A22222 ray -hia ArroRNéy

2 Aug. 18, A NEMCOWSKY 1,819,03 BYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS Original Filed May 13, Sheets-Sheet 2 Yu s N e. SS S. SEP N INVENTOR Zozzzir Aleze.cazya? Ba Mia ATToRNEY

3 Aug. 18, L. A. NEMcOVSKY 1,819,03 EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS original Filled May 13, Sheets-Sheet 3 3. E a S.C. r F. w INVENTOR 2 Aazzara. Aéza Cozara 2/22 - ATTORKEY

4 Patented Aug. 18, ,819,03 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LoUIS A. NEMCOVSKY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AsSIGNMENTs, To ViARGON CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A corroration OF NEW YORK EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLs Application fied May 13, 1927, Serial No. 191,078. Renewed July 11, This invention relates to eye mountings for dolls, and has for its primary object and pur Fig. is a rear elevation of the modified pose to provide a supporting means for an construction; Oscillatory eye setting which may be pro Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken On the line 6-6 of Fig. ; sduced at low manufacturing cost and may Fig. 7 is a vertical section taken on the line be easily, quickly and securely attached to 7-7 of Fig. 8 illustrating another form of the wall of the doll head to sustain the eye setting in proper cooperative relation. With the invention; Fig. 8 is rear elevation thereof; w the eye openings in the head Wall and permit of a free non-binding movement of the eye Fig. 9 is a horizontal section taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8; 60 members while obviating the possibility of the complete displacement of the eye setting Fig. 10 is a vertical section of a further al from its operative position. ternative embodiment of the invention taken on the line of Fig. 11; It is also another object of the invention in Fig. 11 is a rear elevation of the construc as certain embodiments thereof to provide an tion shown in Fig. 10; - eye mounting having relatively movable 6 parts, one of which carries the attaching Fig. 12 is a horizontal section taken on the line of Fig. 11; means for the mounting, and said parts being automatically self-adjusting in the engage Fig. 13 is a vertical section taken on the line of Fig. 14, showing still- another 20 ment of the attaching means with the doll form of the device; head wall to compensate for possible me O. Fig.14 is a rear elevation thereof;. chanical inaccuracies in the spaced eye sock ets, or their possible non-symmetrical rela Fig. 1 is a horizontal section taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 14; tion to the molded facial features of the head Fig. 16 is a vertical section illustrating an 2 Wall. - other embodiment of the invention taken on With the above and other objects in view, the line of Fig. 17; the invention consists in the improved eye Fig. 17 is rear elevation thereof, and mounting for dolls, and in the form, construc... Fig. 18 is a horizontal section taken on the tion and relative arrangement of the several line of Fig parts thereofas will be hereinafter more fully Referring in detail to the drawings, and so described, illustrated in the accompanying more particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 thereof, drawings, and subsequently incorporated in designates the front wall of a doll head the subjoined claims. which may be molded or fashioned from In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated Wood pulp, papier mâché or other suitable Several simple and practical embodiments composition material to provide the custom 8 of the device, and in which similar reference ary facial features on the outer surface characters designate corresponding parts thereof in appropriate relation to each other. throughout the several views- - Thereafter the eye openings are formed Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through through the head wall and a concave eye the front Wall of a doll head taken substan member receiving socket is milled in the in 90 tially on the line 1-1 of Fig.2 and illustrat her surface of said wall at each of the eye ing mounting; one embodiment of the improved eye openings as indicated at 6. Above the eye openings and between the Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof; same the wall of the doll head is provided Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken With a rectangular horizontally elongated 9 on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; recess 7, the spaced end surfaces 8 of which Fig. 4 is a vertical section similar to Fig. 1 are located approximately in equi-distant taken on the line 4-4 of Fig., showing Spaced relation from the vertical centerline of the head wall. another embodiment of the device; For purposes of illustration, I have shown

5 O ,819,03 a conventional form of oscillatory eye set with the yieldable bumper 13 engaged against ting adapted to be mounted and supported in the inner side of the head wall. The supp ort suspended relation to the wall of the doll ing member is then moved relative to the eye head. As shown, this eye setting includes a setting while with the thumb and finger, the horizontally positioned rod or axis 9 upon operator exerts an in Ward pressure on the the opposite ends of which the eye members flanges 16, thus positioning the spurs 21 so 10 are suitably secured, said eye members be that they may be engaged within the internal ing spaced apart for engagement in the re recess 7 of the head wall and against the base spective eye sockets 6 of the doll head wall. thereof, at which time the body wall 1 of the A pendulum rod 11 is fixed at its upper end channel shaped part will be disposed in a 7 centrally to the rod 9 and is provided at its plane substantially parallel with the plane lower end with a suitable weight 12 carrying of the head wall, and the rear ends of the a resilient bumper 13 for engagement with recesses or seats 17 will be out of contact with the front wall of the doll head to yieldingly the rear side of the rod 9 thus permitting 80 cushion the Swinging movement of the eye the eye members 10 to loosen or recede from Setting in One direction to dispose the eye the walls of the sockets 6. The operator then members in their open positions with the pu releases the pressure against the side flanges pils printed or otherwise delineated thereon 16 and these flanges and the upper spaced side visible through the respective eye openings portions of the Wall 14 resume their normal 8 in the wall. -. relative positions and the spurs 21 are resil The mounting for the eye setting whereby iently urged in opposite directions and em the same is operatively suspended from the bedded in the end walls 8 of the recess 7 until doll head wall, in this embodiment of the de the abutment shoulders 21 contact with these vice consists of a combined supporting and end walls. These abutment shoulders and attaching member stamped from a suitably the Spurs 21 thus rigidly secure the support 90 cut and shaped sheet metal blank to provide ing member in its attached position with re a central channel shaped part 14 consisting Spect to the head wall. In the event that the of the body wall 1 and the side flanges 16 eye sockets 6 may extend to different depths extending the full length thereof. These from the inner surface of the head wall or flanges at one of their ends are provided with the wall itself should be of relatively differ 9 the horizontal notches or recesses 17 opening ent thicknesses at the sockets, the rod or axis upon the longitudinal edges of said flanges 9 may readily assume a position in the bear and said end of the body wall 1 is also pro ing seats 17 out of parallel relation to the doll vided with the recess 18 to accommodate the head Wall so that the eye members will auto upper end of the pendulum rod 11 in the matically accommodate themselves to such Swinging movement of the eye setting. mechanical inaccuracies. Also as above ex The other ends of the flanges 16 are pro plained, it will be seen that the eye members vided with lateral extensions 19 projecting are not tightly held against the walls of the in opposite directions from the respective eye sockets so that they may have a free non flanges, each of said extensions being pro binding Oscillatory movement. As the sup vided at its outer end with an angular bend porting member and the attaching means 20 forming an abutment shoulder, and this therefor is produced from a relatively simple angular bend is provided with vertically sheet metal stamping, it will be apparent that spaced laterally projecting attaching spurs a device of this kind can be very rapidly and 21. accurately produced at Small manufacturing The upper part of the body wall 14 is cut cost. The mounting is also easily and quick away or provided with a central longitudi ly attachable to the doll head wall without nally extending slot 22 horizontally enlarged requiring the exercise of special skill. at its lower end as at 23 whereby the opposite In the construction illustrated in Figs. 4 side portions of said body wall are separated to 6 of the drawings, I have shown another from each other so that they will have a embodiment of the invention wherein the sup relatively yielding movement upon inward porting and attaching means for the eye set pressure against the side flanges 16. ting is in the form of two separate sheet In the use of the device above described, metal stampings, connected to each other for the rod or axis 9 of the oscillatory eye setting relative angular movement. In this con is first arranged in the bearing recesses or struction, the attaching member is in the seats 17 in the flanges 16 of the supporting form of an elongated sheet metal plate 24 and attaching member. This member to which is centrally provided on its opposite gether with the eye setting is then inserted longitudinal edges with the angularly pro 60 upwardly through the neck opening of the jecting lugs or ears 2. At its opposite ends doll head, and by the sense of touch, the oper this plate is formed with the relatively long ator locates the respective eye members 10 arms 26, the metal plate at the juncture of in the sockets 6 of the doll head wall, the Sup said arms therewith being provided with the porting member being held in an angular openings indicated at 27 to more readily per mit of the movement of said arms with re position relative to the pendulum rod 11 and

6 1,819,03 spect to the plate 24. Each of the arms 26 is provided at its free end with inwardly pro nating in a lateral extension having the jecting vertieally spaced spurs 28. The sup vertieally spaced spurs 6. Each of the porting member for the eye setting is in the parts 4 has a lug struck inwardly there form of a U-shaped sheet metal bracket 29 from upon which the opposite ends of an having vertically spaced apertured ears 30. expansion spring 8 are engaged. In apply The apertures in these ears are adapted to ing this form of the device within the doll be positioned in registering relation with sim head, the spaced relatively movable parts of ilar apertures in the ears 2 of the attaching a suitable tool are adapted to be engaged in 0 member, to receive the vertically disposed the openings in the extensions where connecting pin 31. The intermediate part of by the two members 0 may be forced in the bracket member 29 is provided on its op Wardly towards each other at their upper posite side edges with the angularly extend ends against the action of the spring 8 to ing lugs 32 having the horizontally elongated position the spurs 6 whereby the extensions openings 33 to receive the rod or axis of the may be arranged between the spaced verti eye setting. In this case, the weighted pen cal surfaces 8 on the inner side of the head dulum of the eye setting is in the form of a wall. Upon then removing the tool or re heavy wire having spaced branches 11' en leasing the inward pressure against the mem 2 gaged with the rear edges of the respective bers 0, the spring 8 will expand and im 0 eye members and suitably fixed to the Sup pale or embed the spurs 6 in said surfaces porting rod or axis therefor. 8', thereby securely fixing the mounting in In this construction the front wall of the its attached position. doll head above and between the eye open In Figs. 10, 11 and 12 of the drawings, another construction is disclosed wherein the ings is internally formed with a lug or pro 2 bracket member 9 which is similar in form jection 34. In arranging the device within the doll head, the arms 26 of the attaching to that shown in Fig. 4 is connected with member are in the normal positions shown relatively movable attaching members 60 by in dotted lines in Fig. 6 of the drawings, means of a vertical pivot rod 61. Each of 30 and after the eye members have been seated these attaching members consists of a in the sockets of the head wall, the attach stamped sheet metal plate provided upon its ing member and the bracket 29 are swung opposite longitudinal edges at one of its ends upwardly and forwardly on the rod or axis with the angularly projecting ears 62, the of the eye setting until the ends of the arms corresponding ears of said members being a s 26 abut against the head wall at the opposite lapped upon each other and apertured to ends of the projection 34 thereon. The op receive the vertical pivot pin 61. At its other erator then, by pressure of the thumb and end each of the members 60 is provided with fingers, forces the arms 26 inwardly until a lateral extension 63 terminating in the ver they extend substantially at right-angles to tically spaced spurs 64. A coil spring 6 the plane of the plate 24, and thereby em surrounds the pivot rod 61 between said at beds the spurs 28 in the opposite ends of taching members, the ends of said spring the projection 34. In this manner, the at bearing against the respective members and taching member is rigidly connected with the normally acting to urge the ends thereof pro front wall of the dollhead. The supporting vided with the extensions 63 away from each 4 bracket 29 for the eye setting being pivotally other. Thus, in applying this form of the connected by the pin 31 with the attaching device, it will be understood that when the member may move angularly with respect mounting is inserted within the doll head, thereto as may be required to compensate for pressure is applied against the attaching variations in thickness of the doll head wall members 60 to force the same inwardly and and maintain a proper cooperating relation tension the spring 6, thereby positioning 0 between the spaced eye members and the re the extensions 63 so that the same may be spective eye openings. arranged between the spaced internal sur In Figs. 7, 8 and 9 of the drawings, I have faces 8 on the doll head wall. Upon then shown an attaching means for the eye mount releasing the pressure against the members ing which consists of two similar members 60, the spring 6 acts to urge the extensions 0 each in the form of a sheet metal stamp 63 thereof laterally and embed or impale the ing having an arm 1, said arms being p spurs 64 in the spaced surfaces 8, whereby upon each other and pivotally connected b the mounting is fixedly attached in opera the pin or rivet 2 which also connects said y tive position relatively to the doll head. ends of the arms to the intermediate part of In Figs. 13, 14 and 1, I have shown an other construction wherein the bracket 29' 0 the U-shaped bracket member 3 in the for wardly projecting ends of which the rod or is in the form of a sheet metal plate provided axis of the oscillatory eye setting is sup at one of its ends with the angularly project ported. The other or upper end of each of ing slotted ears 32' to receive the rod or axis the arms 1 is provided with an angularly of the eye setting. The attaching member 24' projecting part 4 on its outer edge termi in this construction is in the form of a U-shaped metal plate, the parallel arms of O

7 4. 1,819,03 which are provided with the lateral exten material thereof, as shown in full lines in sions 3, each having vertically spaced Spurs Fig. 17. Thus, it will be seen that this con 28' and preferably provided with openings 36 struction provides for a very rigid and secure to receive relatively movable parts of a suit attachment of the member 24 which can be able tool. The upper end of the bracket plate quickly effected without distorting said mem 29' is connected with the intermediate part ber from its normal form. of the U-shaped attaching member 24 by a From the foregoing description considered horizontal pivot stud 37.. in connection with the accompanying draw In the use of this last described construc ings, the construction, manner of application O tion, the inner side of the dollhead Wall above and use and the several advantages of the dis the eye openings is provided with spaced pro closed embodiments of my invention will be jections 38 thereon, When the mounting is fully understood. It will be apparent that any inserted within the doll head, the parallel one of these devices will satisfactorily sub arms of the attaching member 24' and the serve the intended purpose of permanently re extensions thereof are sprung in Wardly to taining the oscillatory eye setting against pos wards each other so that said extensions may sible displacement from its applied position be arranged between the spaced lugs 38. relative to the doll head wall while permitting Upon then removing the parts of the tool of a free non-binding Oscillating motioli of from the openings 36 in said extensions, the the setting and a movement of the respective 20 latter will return to their normal positions eye members in accurate relation to the eye and the spurs 28 thereof will become em openings formed through the Wall of the doll bedded in the opposed surfaces of the spaced head. As the recess or the spaced projections lugs 38, thus fixedly securing the mounting may be readily formed on the inner side of the in its attached position. As the Supporting head wall in the molding thereof, this plo member 29 with the eye setting mounted vision will not add materially to manufactur therein may have an angular movement about ing costs. Also, as the mounting consists of the pivot 37 with respect to the attaching relatively simple sheet metal stampings, it member, the eye members of the setting can will be apparent that such a mounting can be properly fitted within the respective eye be rapidly produced in large quantities and 30 sockets, even though a horizontal line inter at very low cost. One of the important secting the centers of the sockets may not ex features common to all of the illustrated elm tend exactly at right angles to the vertical bodiments of the invention resides in the center line of the head and at other than a 90 location of the rod or axis 9 of the eye setting angle with respect to the opposed vertical below and rearwardly of the point of pene surfaces of the lugs 38. tration of the spurs of the attaching menuber In Figs. 16, 17 and 18, the supporting into the structure of the head wall and the bracket 29 for the eye setting may be of sub bearing for said rod or axis positioned cell stantially the same construction as that last trally between the horizontally spaced at described and connected at its upper end by taching spurs. By this arrangement, the 40 the pivot 37 to the intermediate portion of tensional strain on the spaced attaching spur's the U-shaped attaching member 24. In this is more or less equally distributed and there case however, this attaching member may be is less liability of the head structure break made of relatively heavy non-resilient stock, ing away under such strains or the attaching and the parallel arms thereof are provided at means becoming disengaged or released from their ends with the short lateral extensions its connection with the head wall. - 3, the end edges of which are vertically in A second feature of importance as shown in clined along parallel lines and sharpened to certain of the illustrated constructions re a knife edge as shown at 40. Also, in the use sides in a provision of the separate supporting of this form of the invention, the doll head bracket for the eye setting connected to the wall is provided with the internal spaced lugs 38 providing Substantially parallel opposed vertical surfaces. When the device is inserted within the doll head, the attaching member 24 is arranged in the angular position with respect to the bracket member 29 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 17 so that the extensions 3 may be positioned between the lugs 38 and in contact with the wall of the doll head. The spaced eye members of the setting having been posi tioned in the respective sockets the member 248 is then turned to a horizontal position, and the obliquely inclined cutting edges 40 of the extensions 3 will thereby cut into the spaced lugs 38 and become deeply embedded in the attaching member for pivotal angular move ment relative thereto so that even in cases of more or less great discrepancy in the symmet rical location of the eye openings with re spect to the molded features of the head wall, the eyes may nevertheless assume a propel: operative position relative to said openings. While I have herein shown and described several simple and practical embodiments of my present improvements, it will neverthe less be understood that the essential features thereof might also be incorporated in vari ous other alternative constructions, and I ac cordingly reserve the privilege or resorting to all such legitimate changes therein as may

8 O 1,819,03 be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope movement relative to said attaching means of the invention as claimed. I claim: - 1. In combination with a doll head hav ing spaced eye openings in its front wall and spaced vertical surfaces internally formed On said Wall, spaced attaching parts resil iently connected for relative lateral move ment and adapted to be forced under pres sure towards each other and positioned be tween said spaced vertical surfaces on the head wall, each of said parts having means adapted to impale the opposed vertical sur face of said wall upon the release of such pressure to thereby secure said attaching parts in fixed relation to the wall, and a part connected with and depending from said at taching parts having bearing means posi tioned in a vertical plane between said spaced vertical surfaces on the head Wall and adapted to receive the axis of an oscillatory eye set ting. 2. An eye mounting for dolls comprising means with laterally extending ends for at taching the mounting to the front wall of a doll head above the eye openings therein, said ends being adapted to engage oppositely facing surfaces on said walls, and a bearing bracket to receive the axis of an oscillatory eye setting pivotally connected with said at taching means for angular movement relative thereto. 3. An eye mounting for dolls comprising attaching means consisting of complemen tary parts each having means with laterally extending ends adapted to be embedded in oppositely facing surfaces formed on the front wall of a doll head to secure the mount ing in attached relation thereto, a bearing member to receive the axis of an oscillatory eye setting, and a common pivotal connec tion between said attaching parts and the bearing member. 4. An eye mounting for dolls comprising attaching means consisting of relatively mov able attaching parts each having means with laterally extending ends adapted to be em bedded in oppositely facing surfaces formed on the front wall of a doll head to secure the mounting in attached relation thereto, a bear ing member for the axis of an oscillatory eye setting, and a vertically disposed pivot con necting said attaching parts to each other and with the bearing member.. An eye mounting for dolls comprising attaching means with laterally extending ends adapted to be secured to the inner side of the front Wall of a doll head in fixed rela tion thereto, said ends being adapted to en gage oppositely facing surfaces on said walls, and a member pivotally connected to the attaching means and provided with means to support an oscillatory eye setting below the attaching means, said member and the eye setting adapted for unitary angular and the doll head wall. 6. An eye mounting for dolls comprising attaching means consisting of complemen tary parts each having angularly related portions, corresponding portions of said at taching parts being positioned in the same plane and provided with means adapted to be embedded in oppositely facing surfaces of a doll head wall, spring means arranged between said attaching parts resisting move ment thereof from their attaching positions, a member adapted to receive and support an oscillatory eye setting, and a common piv otal connection between the two attaching parts and said supporting member and per mitting of the angular movement of said member and the attaching means relative to each other. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereto. LOUIS A. NEMCOWSKY O I