JPS5930401B2 - Sterile earlobe piercing assembly - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides earlobe piercing assemblies, and more particularly, provides an earlobe piercing assembly, which facilitates earlobe piercing, yet provides a sterile environment for piercing earrings during handling, storage, and installation. Relating to an assembly for piercing an earlobe to keep it in place.

Pierced is a jewelry term.

Due to the popularity of earrings, many earlobe piercing devices have been on the market in recent years in order to make a permanent hole in the earlobe and allow piercing earrings to be worn.

Many earlobe piercing devices have the characteristics of medical instruments and are used by doctors to perform earlobe piercing in a hygienic environment such as a clinic.

The same device is often used in jewelry stores and the like to promote the sale of pierced earrings.

However, most of these devices are designed to store earrings,
Pierce earrings cannot be kept sterile during handling and installation, causing earlobe infections and bleeding for those who pierce their earlobes.

Earlobe piercing assemblies have been proposed that avoid earring contamination during storage, handling, and installation of piercing earrings, but piercing the earlobe with such assemblies is unnatural, complicated, and Moreover, the processing is troublesome and is not completely satisfactory.

Generally speaking, according to the present invention, holes can be easily drilled;
Additionally, an earlobe piercing assembly is provided that is adapted to maintain the pierced earrings in a sterile condition during storage, handling, and installation of the pierced earrings.

The piercing earring has an enlarged portion and a piercing pin extending from the enlarged portion.

A cartridge is configured to receive an earring, the cartridge having a first elongated hole having a dimension smaller than the enlarged portion of the earring and supporting a stab pin;
There is a first hole and a second longitudinally aligned opening.

The plunger device includes a plunger adapted to be moved longitudinally, the plunger device being further adapted to align the aperture and opening of the cartridge with the plunger, and the plunger device is further adapted to align the aperture and opening of the cartridge with the plunger. It enters and makes contact with the piercing earring, pushing the enlarged part of the earring through the elongated hole.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved sterile earlobe piercing assembly.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a sterile earlobe piercing assembly that facilitates earlobe piercing.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved earlobe piercing assembly that maintains sterile earlobe piercing during storage and handling of piercing earrings. It is in.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide an improved sterile earlobe piercing assembly that maintains pierced earrings and earring nuts in a sterile condition during storage, handling, and installation of the pierced earrings and earring nuts. There is a particular thing.

Further objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description.

The invention therefore lies in the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts that are exemplified in the construction described below, with the scope of the invention being indicated in the claims.

The present invention can be fully understood from the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, an earlobe piercing assembly 10 constructed in accordance with the present invention is shown.

The earlobe piercing assembly 10 includes a plunger assembly 11, and a cartridge housing 72 is mounted inside the plunger assembly 11.

The cartridge housing T2 is adapted to accommodate an earring cartridge 70, which is indicated by a chain line in FIG.

Additionally, a wire nut assembly 74 is used in conjunction with the plunger assembly 11, the earring cartridge, and the cartridge housing to facilitate sterile ear piercing operations in a manner described below. It is supposed to be done.

5, 6 and 7, the earring cartridge 70 consists of two symmetrical half walls γ5a and 75b which fold over at a hinge 76 to support the earring 18. It is designed to form a container for

The hinge portion 76 defines an aperture '.

The walls of the symmetrical halves have an elongated groove 77 which, when folded to form the earring cartridge 70, defines an elongated hole approximately the same size as the pin 19 of the piercing earring. It is designed to be held inside.

The bumps 78a and 78b are each half of the wall 75a.
and 75b, the ball part 1 of the piercing earring 18
8' within the cartridge.

Half walls 75a and 75b have wings 81a and 81b, respectively, extending from opposite sides of the walls.

The wing-shaped portion 81b is provided with a protrusion 79, and the wing-shaped portion 81a is further provided with a hole 80 for receiving the protrusion, and the wall of each half portion can be folded to form an earring car 1-I.
When the J joint 70 is formed, the protrusion 79 fits into the hole 80.

The walls 75a and 75b of the half portions further include a semicircular wall portion 83, and when the walls of the half portions are folded, a groove IT is formed.
to form a generally circular aperture 84 co-centered with the aperture defined by.

Therefore, insert the sterilized earring into the opening between the walls of the half part, and insert the half part into the hinge part T6.
When folded, it forms a cartridge for earrings.

The hinge portion 76, as best shown in FIG. 6, is comprised of a thinner section that allows the hinge to be easily broken and penetrated into the earlobe.

The nubs 78a and 78b are adapted to position the earring 18 within the cartridge so that the tip 20 of the stinger pin is within the opening at the end of the elongated hole formed by the groove 77.

3 and 4, the cartridge housing 12 has two cylindrical chambers 86;
are of equal length, and the chamber 86 has a small diameter opening 87 defined by an annular flange 88;
The flange 88 engages the wings of the earring cartridge during the piercing operation to prevent the earring cartridge from dislodging from the opening.

Inside each chamber 86 are two pairs of inwardly directed projections 89 facing each other to define a passageway for receiving the wings of an earring cartridge and directing the wings in the longitudinal direction of the chamber. It has become.

Additionally, there is another inwardly directed projection 90 which is utilized to facilitate positioning of the earring cartridge 70 within the chamber of the cartridge housing.

Therefore, the cartridge housing 72 and the earring cartridge 70 provided therein are placed in a sterilized container (not shown), and the pierced earrings are stored and handled before the pierced operation. can be kept sterile.

Furthermore, a flange 9 is provided on the side of the cartridge housing 72.
2 are integrally mounted such that the flange 92 is slidably received in the retention recess 36 defined by the plunger assembly 11.

Referring to Figures 1.2, 4 and 8-11, number 7
There is a wire nut assembly shown at 4.

The wire nut assembly includes a wire nut cartridge 94 that is used to pierce the earlobe without compromising the sterility of the wire nut or piercing earring. The wire nut 95 is removably mounted in a position such that the wire nut is automatically engaged with the cartridge 94 and the wire nut is automatically removed from the cartridge 94 by a drilling operation.

1, 2 and 4, the wire nut cartridge 94 includes an oblong support wall 97 with a circular reinforcement defining a generally rectangular elongated opening 99. There is a hollowed-out portion 98 and an aperture 99 adapted to receive a wire nut 95 as described in more detail below.

The oblong wall 97 has a wall 97' having an oblong cross section surrounding the wall.

Two flexible mounting legs 100 extend from the wall 97 through the oval wall 97' to an end 101 and to the supporting wall 9 of the wire nut cartridge.
The length of the leg 100 for attachment to the rear part of the earlobe 7 depends on the distance between the end and the wall 97';・Determined when installing Natsuto's cartridge.

As shown in detail in FIG. 2, the generally rectangular elongated opening 99 formed in the support wall 97 is provided with a nub 103 in the longitudinal center thereof to accommodate the wire nut 95. - Positions the nut within the cartridge and prevents the wire nut 95 from becoming dislodged from the cartridge during storage and handling of the wire nut cartridge assembly.

Each wire nut 95 has an opening 105 sized to loosely insert a pierce earring pierce pin 19 therein.

Wire nut 95 is preferably formed from a resilient metal or plastic, and wire nut 95 preferably has two extensions 106.
Each extension has a knurled groove 107, and each extension has a coil 1 that is wound around and in contact with each other.
09, the groove 107 forms an aperture at the contact point, which aperture shares an axis with the aperture 105 and has a smaller diameter than the aperture 105.

The tip 108 of each coil 109 extends beyond the point of contact and is spaced from the opposite winding 108 and is connected to the eighth coil 109.
As shown, it forms a receiving area for a nub 103 which is placed within the cartridge of the wire nut.

Thus, the nub 103 will allow the wire nut 95 to remain in place until the stabbing pin enters the opening formed by the knurled groove 101 and forces each coil 109 into the position shown in phantom in FIG. It prevents it from coming off the cartridge, and when the coil is expanded,
Portion 108 of wire nut 95 is spaced apart from nub 103 to allow easy removal of the wire nut cartridge.

Plunger assembly 11 includes a support member 34 having a body 34 configured to receive cartridge housing 12 and side retaining walls 35 defining recesses 36 as described above.

The body 34' extends to an earlobe support wall 44 in which a recess defining an opening 45 is provided.

Plunger assembly 11 further includes a spring biasing mechanism 40 actuated by actuator 43' to force plunger 42 into actuator member 34. It is designed to be driven accordingly.

The spring-loading mechanism 40 is provided with a play such that the plunger 42 advances through the plunger guide chamber 48 from its rest position to a first partially displaced position, after which the actuating member 43 A large pressure applied to pushes the plunger to the second fully displaced position.

When the actuating part 43 is released, the plunger is activated by the spring mechanism 40.
The barrel 34' and the side retaining walls 35 form a recess 36 which aligns one of the cartridge housing chambers 86 with the piston.

The reason for this is that the plunger 42 has a small diameter portion 49 at its longitudinally intermediate portion, and the diameter of the remaining portions at both ends of the plunger is larger than the diameter of the opening 84 of the earring cartridge 70. are discussed in the following description of the operation of the invention.

The earlobe piercing assembly described above operates as follows.

A sterile cartridge housing 72 in which the earring cartridge 70 is contained is a sterile container (not shown).
and inserted into the recess 36 of the plunger assembly 11.

The wire nut cartridge containing the wire nut 95 is then removed from the same sterile container as the cartridge housing 72 and placed in the plunger assembly, with the leg 100 attached to the earlobe support wall 44. Install it in a recess.

The earlobe support wall and wire nut cartridge 74 is then positioned at the rear of the earlobe 47, as shown in FIG.

Next, the actuating portion 43 of the plunger assembly is lightly actuated to remove play, and the plunger 42
is moved in the direction shown by the arrows in FIGS. 4 and 9 from its rest position to a first partially displaced position.

When the plunger is moved to a first partially displaced position, the plunger enters the chamber 86 of the cartridge housing and engages the semi-annular wall 83 of the earring cartridge 70 defining the opening 84. The engagement causes the earring cartridge to move in the same direction as the plunger, bringing the earring cartridge wings into contact with the retaining wall 88 of the cartridge housing defining a small diameter opening 87.

Therefore, when the earring cartridge is brought into contact with the stop wall 31, the play is removed from the working part and the cartridge partially pops out of the cartridge housing, causing the elongated hole in the cartridge to support the piercing pin 19 of the piercing earring. will be aligned with the correct position of the earlobe to be pierced.

The actuating portion 43 of the plunger assembly is then actuated sufficiently to force the plunger 42 from the first displacement position to the fully displaced position, inserting the plunger 42 into the opening 23 of the earring cartridge and inserting the plunger 42 into the earring cartridge opening 23. While contacting the ball portion 18', the hinge portion 76
The bulb is forced through the opening formed by the arrow.

The stab pin 19 is inserted into the earlobe 47 through the opening 16'.

Since the earring ball 18 enters the narrow part of the cartridge, a force acts to spread the narrow parts of the half walls 75a and 75b, causing the hinge part 76 to break and expand, and the earring is removed by the force of the plunger 42. continues to move from the cartridge towards the earlobe.

Once the pin passes behind the earlobe 47, it enters the opening 105 in the wire nut 95 and then into the coil 109.
into the small opening formed by the

Since the coil has elasticity, the stab pin pushes the opening apart as shown in FIG.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9, when the stabbing operation is completed,
The earrings have completely come off the cartridge and are on the earlobe 47
and is fastened by the opening of the wire nut 95.

Therefore, when the pressure applied to the plunger actuating portion 43 is released, the spring mechanism 40 returns the plunger to the rest position, and at the same time, the small diameter portion of the plunger 42 moves the large diameter portion into the semi-annular wall 83. the empty earring cartridge into the chamber of the cartridge housing.

When the plunger assembly is removed from the earlobe 47,
Since the sting pin is pushing the coil apart, a gap is created where the knob 103 is received, and when the plunger assembly is removed from the ear piercing position, the wire nut remains on the sting pin. , wire
The nut is secured to the earring pin 19 and is easily removed from the wire nut cartridge.

In this example, the empty cartridge housing and wire nut cartridge are then removed from the plunger assembly, and the earring-loaded cartridge is placed in the housing chamber. The cartridge is filled with a wire nut and inserted into the plunger assembly for insertion into the other earlobe.

The cartridge described above allows sterilized pierced earrings and wire nuts to be packaged, stored, handled, and pierced without compromising the sterility of the earrings.

Furthermore, it is the car that is replaced after the stabbing operation.
With only the IJ screw, cartridge housing, and wire nut cartridge, the plunger actuation assembly can be used multiple times with the resterilized earring cartridge, cartridge housing, and wire nut assembly.

Thus, the pierce earring can be used as a practice or permanent earring, and can be worn until the hole in the earlobe hardens, after which time another pierce earring can be inserted.

According to the invention there is the advantage that jeweler's earrings with round balls can be used as stud earrings.

In particular, the cartridge for earrings, that is, the hole that supports the piercing pin of piercing earrings is elongated,
Moreover, when the earring is pushed out from the earring cartridge, the earring cartridge is expanded, so that the round bulbous part of the piercing earring is precisely guided by the elongated hole, allowing the piercing pin to be pushed out. It goes through the earlobe.

Additionally, the pierced earring, the earring cartridge and cartridge housing assembly, and the wire nut cartridge, including the wire nut, do not need to be sterilized until placed in a sterile container.

Additionally, the container may be used to sterilize the assembled cartridge housing and wire nut cartridge, and sterilizing gas may be introduced into the container after sealing with tape to remove earrings and wire nuts. As well as sterilizing the nuts, the earrings and wire nuts can be kept sterile when stored, handled and used for piercing.

Thus, from the above description, it is clear that the above object is effectively achieved, and the above description may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. All matters contained in this document and shown in the accompanying drawings should be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limited sense.

Furthermore, the claims encompass all general and specific features of the invention disclosed herein, as well as all aspects of the invention which may be left out as a matter of language. This includes the following matters.

Embodiments of the present invention are listed below.

(1) An earlobe piercing assembly 10, comprising: a piercing earring 18; the earring 18 has an enlarged portion 18'; a piercing pin 19 extending from the enlarged portion; a cartridge γ0; The cartridge 10 is formed to accommodate and enclose the piercing earring 18, and the cartridge 70 has an elongated hole 77 that supports a portion of the piercing pin 19, and a slot 77 that is in line with the elongated hole and that is aligned with the elongated hole. There is an opening 84 of approximately the same size as the enlarged portion 18' of the earring, and said elongated hole 77.
a plunger means 4 whose cross section is smaller than said opening and said enlarged portion 18' of said earring 18 and adapted for longitudinal displacement;
2, and when the plunger means 42 is displaced, it enters through the opening 84 of the earring cartridge 70 and contacts the enlarged portion 18' of the earring and the plunger means 42 of the piercing earring 1B. The enlarged portion 18' is guided through the elongated hole 77 and pushed out of the cartridge 70 through the elongated hole 77, and there is also housing means 72 for housing the cartridge 70 and for accommodating the cartridge 70. The aperture 71 and opening 84 of the cartridge 70 are positioned in line with the plunger means 42 such that the plunger means 42 is displaced through the earring cartridge 70 to remove the earring 18. An earlobe piercing assembly characterized in that the cartridge 70 is prevented from being displaced when the earlobe is pushed out of the cartridge 70.

(2) In the earlobe piercing assembly 0 according to paragraph 1 above, displacing the plunger means 42 from a rest position to an intermediate displacement position and then completely displacing the plunger means 42 from the intermediate displacement position through a predetermined interval. There are displacement means 11 for displacing the earring cartridge 70 to a displaced position, such that when the plunger means 42 is displaced from the rest position to the intermediate displacement position, the portion 83 of the cartridge defining the opening 84 is The cartridge 70 is configured to engage the plunger means 42 to contact a small opening 87 in the housing means 12 to prevent the cartridge 70 from ejecting from the chamber 86 within the housing and to prevent the cartridge 70 from ejecting from the chamber 86 within the housing. -IJ
The plunger means 42 is adapted to define an intermediate displacement position of the axle, and when the plunger means 42 is displaced from the intermediate displacement position to a fully displaced position, the plunger means 42
is adapted to enter through another opening in the housing and come into contact with the enlarged portion 18' of the earring, forcing the earring 18 through the elongated hole 77 of the cartridge. Earlobe piercing assembly.

(3) Earlobe piercing assembly 1 according to item 2 above
0, said plunger means 42 has a portion 49 of reduced diameter;
The small diameter portion is within the earring cartridge γ0 when the plunger means 42 is in the fully displaced position, and the small diameter portion
When the plunger means returns to the rest position, the large diameter end of the plunger means fits into the opening 84 of the cartridge 70, and the cartridge 70 is pulled back into the chamber 86 of the housing. Particular feature of the earlobe piercing assembly I (4) In the earlobe piercing assembly 10 described in the above item 1, the earring cartridge 70 is formed by two identical half walls 75a and 75b. The walls 75a, 75b of the halves are joined by hinge means 76 such that the halves 75a, 75b are folded over to substantially enclose the stud earring 18, and the halves 75a, 75b are There is an elongated cut between 75a and 75b along the length of the cartridge 70, so that when the enlarged portion 18' of the earring is pushed into the elongated hole 77, the elongated hole 77 expands. An earlobe piercing assembly, characterized in that:

(5) In the ascent prix 10 for earlobe piercing described in item 2 above.

there is a wire nut 95 adapted to be attached to the piercing earring 18; there is a cartridge 94 for the wire nut; the cartridge 94 is removably attached to the plunger displacement means 11; attached, the wire nut cartridge 94 positions the wire nut 95 longitudinally in line with the elongated aperture 77 of the cartridge, thereby pushing the earring 18 out of the cartridge 70. Sometimes the elongated hole 71 connects the earring pin 19 to the wire nut 9.
5. An earlobe piercing assembly, characterized in that it guides the earlobe piercing.

(6) Earlobe piercing assembly 1 according to item 5 above.
0, the wire nut 95 has the piercing pin 1 when the earring 18 is pushed out of the cartridge 70.
9 and an elastic fastening means 106 that forms another hole that is longitudinally aligned with the hole 105, and the elastic fastening means 106 has a hole 105 that initially receives the pin 19, and an elastic fastening means 106 that forms another hole longitudinally aligned with the hole 105. Once inside, it is elastically deformed and the elastic attachment means 108 is attached to the cartridge 9 for the wire nut 95.
4 to remove the wire nut 95 from the wire nut cartridge 95.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sterile earlobe piercing assembly constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, shown exploded in phantom. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2-2 in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 1. Figure 4 shows
FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along line 4-4 in FIG. 1; 5 is a front view of the cartridge and piercing earring used in the ear piercing assembly shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view taken along line 6-6 in FIG. 5. FIG. FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line 7-7 in FIG. 4, showing an empty earring cartridge. FIG. 8 is a partial sectional view taken along line 8--8 in FIG. 10. FIG. 9 is a partial sectional view taken along line 9--9 in FIG. 4. FIG. 10 is a partial sectional view taken along line 10-10 in FIG. 4. 11 is a perspective view of a wire nut constructed in accordance with the sterile ear piercing assembly shown in FIG. 1; FIG. FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along line 12-12 in FIG. 1. 10 is an earlobe piercing assembly, 11 is a plunger assembly, 18 is a piercing earring, 18' is a bulb of the earring, 19 is an earring piercing pin 20 is a tip of the piercing pin, 31 is a stopper wall, 34 is a support member, 34' is a body, 35 is a holding plate, 36 is a recess, 40 is a spring pushing mechanism, 42 is a plunger, 43 is an operating part, 44 is an earlobe support wall, 45 is an opening, 47 is an earlobe, and 48 is a plunger 49 is the small diameter part of the plunger; 70 is the earring cartridge; 72 is the housing; 74 is the wire nut;
Assembly, 75a, 75b, wall halves, 76
is the hinge part, 16' is the opening, TI is the groove, 78a, 78b
is a knob, 79 is a protrusion, 80 is a hole, 81a, 81b are wing-shaped parts, 83 is a semicircular wall, 84 is an opening, 86 is a chamber, 87 is an opening, 88 is a flange, 89.90 is a projection, 92 is a flange, 94 is a cartridge for a wire nut, 95 is a wire nut, 91 is a support wall, 97' is a wall, 98 is a reinforcing part, 99 is an opening, 100 is a leg, 101 is an end of the leg, 1
03 is a bump, 105 is an opening, 106 is an extension, 107 is a groove, 108 is a tip of a coil, and 109 is a coil.

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. An earlobe piercing assembly, comprising: a prick earring, the earring having an enlarged portion and a prick pin extending from the enlarged portion; and a cartridge, the cartridge having a prick pin extending from the enlarged portion. The cartridge is formed to accommodate and enclose a stud earring, and the cartridge includes an elongated hole that supports a portion of the stab pin, and an elongated hole that is in line with the elongated hole and that is approximately the same size as the enlarged portion of the earring. an opening, said elongated aperture having a cross-section smaller than said opening and said enlarged portion of said earring, and plunger means adapted to be longitudinally displaced, upon displacement of said plunger means; The plunger means enters through the aperture of the earring cartridge to contact the enlarged portion of the earring and guides the enlarged portion of the piercing earring through the elongated aperture. Car 1-
and a housing means for accommodating the cartridge and positioning the hole and opening of the cartridge in line with the plunger means. , and wherein said plunger means is displaced through said earring cartridge to prevent said cartridge from being displaced when said earring is pushed out of said cartridge. 2. An earlobe piercing assembly according to paragraph 1, comprising: displacing the plunger means from a rest position to an intermediate displacement position and then from the intermediate displacement position to a fully displaced position via a predetermined distance; and wherein the earring cartridge is configured such that a portion of the cartridge defining the opening engages the plunger means when the plunger means is displaced from the rest position to the intermediate displacement position. the cartridge is adapted to contact a small opening in the housing means to prevent the plunger from ejecting from the chamber within the housing and to define an intermediate displacement position of the cartridge; When the means is displaced from said intermediate displaced position to a fully displaced position, said plunger means enters through another opening in said housing and contacts an enlarged portion of said earring, causing said earring to pass through an elongated hole in said cartridge. said plunger means has a reduced diameter portion, said reduced diameter portion being within said earring cartridge when said plunger means is in said fully displaced position; When the plunger means returns to the rest position, the large diameter end of the plunger means is fitted into the opening of the cartridge, and the cartridge is pulled back into the chamber of the housing; The earring cartridge is formed by the walls of two identical half-parts, the walls of said half-parts being joined by hinge means such that said half-parts can be folded over to substantially enclose said pierced earring. There is an elongated notch along the longitudinal direction of the cartridge between the halves, such that the elongated hole expands when the enlarged portion of the earring is pushed into the elongated hole. and a wire nut adapted to be attached to the piercing earring, and a cartridge for the wire nut, the cartridge being removable to the plunger displacement means. freely attached, the wire nut cartridge positions the wire nut longitudinally in line with the elongated hole in the cartridge, so that when the earring is pushed out of the cartridge, the wire nut an elongated hole adapted to guide the earring stab pin into the wire nut, and a hole in the wire nut to initially receive the stab pin when the earring is pushed out of the cartridge; There is an elastic fastening means forming another hole longitudinally aligned with the hole, and when the stab pin enters into the elastic fastening means, the elastic fastening means is elastically deformed and the elastic attachment means is fixed. An earlobe piercing assembly, wherein the earlobe piercing assembly is adapted to be released with the wire nut cartridge to remove the wire nut from the wire nut cartridge.