US380896A - Safety-pin - Google Patents

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J. JENKINS.

SAFETY PIN.

No. 380,896. a Patented Apr. 10, 1888.

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JOEL JENKINS, OF MONTCLAIR, NEWV JERSEY.

SAFETY-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,896, dated April 10, 1888.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOEL JENKINs, ofMont clair, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Safety-Pins; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved safety-pin; Fig. 2, a transverse section in line :0 0c of Fig. 1, upon a greatly-enlarged scale, illustrating the construction and arrangement of the pivoted guide; and Fig. 3, a similar section illustrating the pivoted guide when constructed with a notch in the free end, whereby it is adapted to lock the pin.

The objectof my invention is to facilitate the movement of the pin into the shield in its approach thereto from either side by furnishing an inclined guide therefor, and to provide a simple effective lock for the pin by means of said guide.

It consists in the combination, with the bar of a safety-pin, ofa guide-finger pivoted to the bar so that its free end, extending therefrom, may vibrate from side to side within the shield, and which for use as a lock may be formed with a notch or recess in said free end.

In the accompanging drawings, A represents the bar of a safety-pin; B, its coil or spring; 0, the pin and its point, and D the shield under which the point is caught and protected. In its construction the pin may,

as to its several details above mentioned, follow any of the approved forms or styles now in use.

E represents a bit of wire flattened more or less and bent at one end around the bar A, so as to be hinged thereto, and which projects therefrom into the open end of the shield D to serve as an inclined guide for the point of the pin, whereby the pin will be made to slide up under the shield when pressed in from either side thereof. lhe guide thus pivoted to the bar is ftee to swing from side to side of the shield, so that from whichever side the pin is brought to bear against it it will assume an inclined positiomwhich will greatly facilitate U the movement of the pin as it is carried up over it into the shield. The free end of the guide E may be pointed, as shown at m in Fig. 2, so that by pressing down the pin 0 to disengage it from the shield D it will pass out on that side of the guide toward which it is carried irrespective of the position of the guide.

WVhen it is desired to produce a locking of the pin within the shield, the free end of the pivoted guide is notched or recessed, as shown at n, Fig. 3, so that the end of the pin may rest in the notch or recess and be prevented thereby from dropping out of the shield when under tension, its release being effected,when desired,by liftingit out of the notch and pressing it to one side.

I claim as my invention-- 1. A pivoted guide vibrating within the shield of a safety-pin, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. A pivoted guide vibrating within the shield of a safety-pin, and whose free end is recessed to engage the point of the pin, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOEL JENKINS.

Witnesses:

A. N. Jnsnnna, E. M. Warrson.

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