US1676213A - Wrist-watch bracelet - Google Patents

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July 3, 1928. 1,676,213

A. BULOVA WRI ST WATCH BRACELET Filed Jan. 17, 1928 z Z INVENTOR v ,4 7701mm Patented July .3, 1928.

UNITED S AT S OFFICE.

ADOIAPH BULO'VA, OF NEW YORK. N. Y., ASSIGNOR'TO BULOVA WATCH COMPANY, INC., OF YORK, N. Y., A'CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WRIST-WATCH BRACELET.

Application filed January 17, 1928. Serial No. 247,285.

- posed outwardly, the cups having clasp members fixed to them and projecting beyond their closed outer ends, for fastening the watch on the wrist. In such a construction.

there is no convenient and efi'ective means of adjusting the length of the strap or bracelet. The ends of the cord have to be pinned I or otherwise secured in a practically permanent manner within the cup to keep them from pulling out, and consequently the bracelet has to be specially fitted to the purchaser in the first instance, and if the cords stretch in use, as often happens, it is a repair job to shorten the bracelet. As the con 1 struction is none too strong the cords sometimes Pull out. of the cups, necessitating repair, or perhaps causing the watch to be lost or broken.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction in such a manner as to obtain much greater strength and security, while enabling the length of the strap or bracelet to be easily and quickly altered. In its preferred embodiment, the improvement involves a reversal of the cups, so that their open ends are disposed outward, the clasp members extending beyond these open ends. In the closed end of each cup, which is disposed inward, that is to say, toward the watch, two openings are formed, forming an integral retainer between the openings. The ends of the pairs of cords are passed through these openings and can be drawn out through open outer ends of the cups. In this position they are connected together, and their connected ends are then drawn back into the cups. At any time, the cords can be slipped through the cups, exposing the connection for shortening. The retainer between the cords makes it impossible for the cords to pull out.

part hereof:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a watch and a cord bracelet embodying the invention, spread out, and with the clasp open;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through one of the cups, showing the connected ends of the cords therein;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the other cup and the clasp carried thereby, also showing the cords, the plane of this section being at right angles to the plane of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a view looking at the closed, inner end of one of the cups, with the openings therein.

The watch 2 has eyes 3 at each end and through these eyes .are passed cords or thongs 4, 4 forming the body of the bracelet or strap. Each cord is looped at the eyes and doubled, and the two parts of each doubled cord are brought together or into proximity and extend away from the In the accompanying drawing forming watch .to the end parts 5 and 6 which carry the clasp devices 7 and 8, the ends of the cords lying within the end parts. The two cords of each part of the bracelet may be passed through a customary flattened ring 9. p The Cpart 5 comprises a cup, or short, flattene tubular member, drawn from sheet metal, this cup having its open end 10 disposed outwardly, or away from the watch, and its closed end 11 disposed inwardly, or toward the watch, when the strap or bracelet is s read out. The member 7 1s preferably a ail-likeelement extending endwise away from the open end of'the cup, and -with its limbs preferably soldered to the sides thereof, leaves the open end of the cup to all intents free of obstruction.

The closed inner end of the cup has a pair of openings 12, punched in it, leaving a retaining portion 13, between the holes, integral with the walls of the cup. The ends of the cords 4 are passed through these openings and are fastened together by wrapping and sewing 14, or otherwise, these ends being concealed within the cup. 10 The part 6 comprises a similar cup or tubular member, similarly disposed, that is to say with its open end 10 outward and its closed end 11 inward, this closed end having openings 12 with an integral retainer between the openings. The ends of the double cord 4: are passed through these openings and connected together as'described in connection with the cords t.

The clasp member 8 preferably comprises a plate 15 soldered to the cup 6 and having another plate 16 hinged to fold over on the plate 15, the plate 15 being provided with a stud 17 and the plate 16 being formed with a socket hole 18 to snap over the stud, imprisoning the bail 7 when the bracelet is fastened. This device is also so disposed as to leave the open end of the cup substantially unobstructed.

While the most advantageous form ofthe invention has been described with particularity, it will be understood that there may be changes in details. If the cup-like or tubular members 5 and 6 are made a little long so as to contain an excess amount of cord ends, the bracelet can be lengthened as emma double cords extendingfrom either side of the watch, end parts each of which comprises a cup carrying a clasp device, the construction being characterized in that the cups have open ends which are disposed outwardly and are substantially unobstructed, and that the inner portions of the cups are provided with retainers, the two cord ends passing into eachcup at opposite sides of said retainer and being connected together within the cup in a manner permitting the length of.

the bracelet to be readily altered.

2. In a wrist-watch bracelet comprising double cords extending from either side of the watch, end parts each of which comprises a cup carrying a clasp device, the construction being characterized in that the cups have their open ends disposed outwardly and substantially unobstructed, and that their closed ends, which are disposed inwardly, have each two openings cut therein forming an integral retainer, the two cord ends passing through said openings in each cup and connected together within the cup in a manner permitting the length of the bracelet to be readily altered.

ADULPH BULOVA.

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