US 5,315,328 AGranted

Eyeglass frame

AssigneeSilouette International Gesellschaft m.b.H.

InventorsHerbert Hofmair, Gerhard Fuchs

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Abstract

A hinge connecting a bow (1) to a rim-side bow carrier (3) of a spectacle frame comprises is formed on said bow carrier (3) with an abutment surface, which faces the bow (1), which is formed with a pocket (7) that is open on the inside surface of the bow. The hinge bracket 5 is provided with stub pins, which constitute a pivot and are pivoted in bearing sockets (8) formed in the pocket (7). Grooves (9) extend from the bearing sockets, (8) to the inside surface of the bow and are tapered toward said bearing sockets (8) in depth or width so that the stub pins are a snap-action fit in the bearing sockets. To prevent an unintended separation of the bow from the bow carrier, the grooves extend from the bearing sockets on that side thereof which is opposite to a terminal edge (10), with which the bow engages the abutment surface (4) of the bow carrier (3) to define an open position for the bow.

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Dependent claims

In an eyeglass frame comprising at each end a bow having an inside surface and an outside surface, said inside surface defining an open pocket formed with two coaxial bearing sockets and with grooves extending from said bearing sockets to said inside surface of said bow, the bearing socket being arranged intermediate the inside and outside surfaces to define a first side adjacent the inside surface and a second side opposite the first side with respect to the bearing sockets,

said frame also comprising a rim, which has in association with each of said bows a bow carrier having an abutment surface facing the associated bow, which bow carrier is provided with a hinge bracket protruding from said abutment surface and provided on opposite sides with two coaxial stub pins pivotally received in a snap-action fit in respective ones of said bearing sockets, and
wherein said outside surface of said bow has a terminal edge on the second side and said bow is pivotally movable to a stop-defined open position, in which said terminal edge bears on said abutment surface, and said bow is adapted to be opened beyond said stop-defined position about a fulcrum defined by said terminal edge bearing on said abutment surface,
the improvement residing in that
said grooves extend from said bearing sockets on the first side radially with respect to the fulcrum and at an acute angle with respect to said outside surface.

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