DE7701173U1 - DEVICE FOR PUNCHING AN EARBOOK - Google Patents

Description

HANS TRAPPENBERG PATENT ENGINEER KARLSRUHE

January 14, 1977 BN 101

Franz Ereuning, Luisenstrasse 60, 7530 Pforzheim

Device for piercing an earlobe

The innovation relates to a device for piercing an earlobe and inserting a corrosion-free one Pin, preferably a (pay pin or a gold-plated pin in the perforation, formed from one U-shaped bracket on one of its free legs in a guide bushing a longitudinally displaceable needle guide is arranged on which a needle or, via a holder, an interim pin provided with a decorative head can then be put on by finger pressure on this needle guide to the other side, with a corresponding opening provided free leg is to be performed.

Such devices have been known for a long time. They serve to even inexperienced forces Allow an earlobe to be pierced. Since the device is of course after every use must be completely sterilized, the well-known version is made of metal and can also be used in their individual parts are dismantled. Nevertheless, it has already been observed that such devices are not aseptic Condition were used so that infection

entered the wound site. This is either due to negligence in the sterilization process or it is also due to that the device for sterilization has not been completely disassembled.

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lamer more inexperienced forces go beyond such Perform perforations, which of course also increases the risk of infection. Besides that these perforations are also carried out with unsuitable means or devices, so that the hole in the earlobe is either not in the right size, not in the right place, or even becomes slit-shaped. Care should be taken when piercing the earlobe that the perforation Immediately after piercing, a non-corrosive pin must be inserted to ensure that the To prevent perforation. The wound site can also be infected with this manipulation.

The object of the innovation is to provide a device for piercing an earlobe in which this Disadvantages are avoided. The device must therefore be completely sterile during use, it must be make it possible to pierce the ear hole in the right width at the right place, and it should auoh As soon as possible after the piercing, aseptically inserting a non-corrosive pin into the perforation and allow testing of this pen. In addition, this device should be largely painless Allow piercing of the earlobe.

This is achieved by a device which is intended only for single use and which is packaged airtight in a known manner and in the airtight packaging Irradiation has been rendered sterile. Such a one

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Apparatus is of course only useful if the hole is pierced at the same time CorroGiona-free pin is inserted into the perforation and fixed therein. The packaged device must therefore already contain this pin as well as the safety device for this. This in turn requires that the earlobe is not durohstoohen with a separate needle, but directly with this into the Corrosion-free pin to be used for perforation. This pen, which is about the time of wound healing in the After healing, the earlobe can be removed from the healed hole without difficulty or pain removed and then replaced with the final earmuck.

A prerequisite for the device described is therefore that it has been removed from the airtight packaging, attached to the earlobe without further manipulation and the interim pin pushed through the earlobe and, after pushing through, also at the same time can be secured. The device must then also without any difficulty or cause pain the pin or the earlobe can be removed again.

This is achieved in a manner according to the innovation by a Device of the type described, which is characterized in that the needle guide is divided into one in the guide bushing which is longitudinally displaceable in its bore, in turn, which is longitudinally displaceable a druok bolt and, with the decorative head striking the face of the druok bolt, an interim pin guided

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Such a "device can be sterile of the corresponding Packaging can be removed and placed on the earlobe. For this purpose, the receiving socket moved in the guide sleeve until the earlobe is between the free leg of the U-shaped bracket and the face of the Aufnähmebuchse is jammed. This allows the position of the later hole to be determined very precisely. Then will by pressing on the pressure pin, the interim pin guided in the receiving socket in front of the pressure pin pushed through the earlobe and then, since now the interim pin is pushed out of the socket is to remove the entire device from the earlobe. Will be a further innovation after on on the other side of the bracket a guide groove for an ear pin fuse is provided which is slotted through a Leaf spring can be covered, so the interim pin meets exactly in this ear pin retainer, is thus immediately secured when stepping through the earlobe. So there are no further manipulations necessary to secure the ear pin.

If the attachment and removal of the device after the innovation is completely painless, then that too is The pricking itself is associated with very little pain that the earlobe between the free beforehand Leg of the U-shaped bracket and the stine side of the receiving socket is clamped, so here already a, However, the pain is quite tolerable, which only relieves the pain when the interim pin is pierced can be glimpsed. This is particularly the case

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Pall, if there is another innovation near the Sohaft a Sollbruohnase is provided for the Druok bolt. Around To blow this nose away, a relatively strong pressure on the Druokbolzen is necessary, which in turn, well The Sollbruohnaae will break away and cause the interim pin to pass through very quickly and therefore almost painlessly the earlobe is pushed through.

To pinch the earlobe between the leg of the U-shaped bracket and the face of the receiving socket to facilitate and to keep the device securely in the intended position, it is advisable to to guide the receptacle bushing in the guide bushing with a slight clamping effect. This is naoh in the simplest possible way the innovation achieved in that the hole in the guide bushing is slightly smaller than that Outside diameter of the receiving socket, and that the Guide bush is provided with a longitudinal slot.

Finally, it is also expedient to guide the receiving socket in the guide socket so that it cannot be rotated on the one hand to avoid twisting the interim pin during piercing and on the other hand to avoid the Interim pin through a recess on the top of the The receiving socket can be easily removed.

Since the device is intended for single use according to the innovation, it is expediently off Plastic produced, but this plastic must be radiation resistant.

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On the drawing is tin ispiel dee Subject of the innovation presented sohematisoh and tends to be true

Fig. 1 bit the individual representations 1a, ib, 10 and

1d an exploded view of the device, Pig. 3 a top row on the receiving socket

of FIGS 4 shows an ear pin connection.

From a leg 8 of a U-shaped bracket 1 is a FÜhrungsbuohse 2 attached, which has a longitudinal seat 3 having. The other side leg 4- is provided with a guide groove 5, which is attached to the guide socket 2 facing open side is covered by a leaf spring 6. An ear pin socket 7 is inserted into the guide groove 5 introduced, which duroh the leaf spring 6 is held in the desired position. The outsides of the sole handles 4, 8 of the U-shaped bracket 1 are shaped so that the index and middle finger on the handle 4 and the thumb on Leg 8 find a secure hold when using the device

A sharpened pin provided with a decorative head 9 is in the ready-to-use state in the bore 11 of a Receiving socket 12 inserted so far that the tip of the pin 10 with the front edge of the receiving buob.ee 12 cuts off. The receiving socket points at the far end a pressure plate 13. A guide groove 14 is provided on the top of the receiving socket 12, which is used for this

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ensures that the receiving socket 12 in the guide socket 2, in which a corresponding nose is arranged, cannot be rotated. As a result, an upper-side recess 15 is always closed in the position shown on the front side of the receiving area 12 lie. A pressure bolt 16 with a pressure plate 17 is to be inserted into the receiving sleeve 12, on the shaft of the A Sollbruohnase 18 is attached to the pressure bolt 16.

The device is packaged in the assembled state. Here, the ear pin fuse 7 is in the Guide groove 5 inserted and held by the leaf spring 6. The interim pin 10 is in the receiving socket inserted so that its tip is flush with the face of the receiving socket 12. Besides, that's also the Push bolt 16 up to the stop of the pinhole nose 18 inserted into the receiving socket 12 on the pressure plate 11. The receiving socket 12 completed in this way is now finally pushed into the guide socket 2, where it is clamped by the elasticity caused by the longitudinal slot 3.

In this state, the device is preferably packaged individually in transparent plastic films and sterilized by irradiation. The now aseptic device is removed for use, and so over the Out earlobe that this is located between the two legs 4, 8 of the U-shaped bracket 1. On that the device is opened by pushing the receiving

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buohse 12 clamped at the desired point of the earlobe and then, by so firm pressure that the Sollbruohnase 18 blloht away, the interim pin 10 through the earlobe pierced _o Here the tip of the interim pin 10 enters the ear pin lock 7 located in the guide groove 5, so that it is now also secured. Thereafter, by slightly pulling back the receiving socket 10 so that the device is no longer clamped to the earlobe, the entire device can be pulled downwards, the interim pin 10 emerging from the recess 15 of the receiving socket 12 and the entire pin including the ear pin retainer out of the device can be pulled out.

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Claims (7)

Protection claims 1. Device for piercing an earlobe and inserting a corrosion-free pin, preferably a gold pin or a gold-plated pin, into this perforation, formed from a misshapen bracket on one free leg of which a longitudinally displaceable needle guide is arranged in a guide bushing on which a needle or over a holder, an interior pin provided with a decorative head can be put on, which is then to be guided by finger pressure on this needle guide to the free leg on the other side, which is provided with a corresponding opening, characterized, that the needle guide is subdivided into a receiving bushing which can be displaced longitudinally in the guide bushing (2) (12) in the bore (11) in turn a pressure pin (16) and, with the decorative head, displaceable longitudinally (9) abuts against the end face of the pressure pin (16), an interim pin (10) is guided. 2 device according to claim 1,
characterized, that the guide bush (2) with a longitudinal slot is provided. 3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that that the receiving bushing (12) is guided in the guide bushing (2) so that it cannot rotate. -10- 4. Arrangement according to one or more of the preceding Claims, characterized in that the leg (4) on the other side is provided with a guide groove (5) is provided for an ear pin lock (7). 5. Vorriohtung according to claim 4, characterized in that the guide groove (5) through a slotted sheet ~ spring (6) is removed. 6. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that a predetermined breaking nose is provided on the shank of the pressure bolt (16) (18) is provided. 7. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that all parts are made of radiation-resistant plastic are made. 7701173 04/21/77