US1064770A - Schedule-indicator. - Google Patents

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R, UINN SCHEDULE INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1912.

. Patented June I7, 1913.

WITNESSES W 62 mm 14 TTORIVE V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC.

RICHARD QUINN, 01E NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SCHEDULE-INDICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 5, 1912: Serial No. 675,530.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, RICHARD QUINN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Schedule- Indicators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichitpertains to make, construct, and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification. X

The invention relates to improvements in schedule-indicators, which are designed to be used by motormen, conductors, train men and the like, and has for its object the provision of a device which can be readily slipped over and firmly secured to the face of an ordinary open-faced Watch, whereby the op erator of the car before he starts out on a trip can adjust the same so that he can tell at what time he should be at a predetermined point, and thereby be enabled to regulate the speed of his car accordingly.

The invention includes an ordinary watch, to the front of which is secured a splitspring bezel provided with an indicating dial with the names of the streets, stations or other places marked thereon, the dial being preferably made of mica or other transparent material, capable of being turned insaid bezel with respect to the watch face, so that. the starting point may be placed at any desired time with respect to the watch dial, according to the time ofstarting.

The invention consists in the novel construction, con'ibination and arrangement of parts, such as will be hereinafter fully described, pointcd out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a device embodying my invention. 1 Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 represents a front elevation of the bezel and modified form of dial detached from 'the watch; and Fig. 4 represents a central section of the same.

Similar letters of reference are employed in all of the above described views, to indi cate corresponding parts" In the drawings, 0 represents an open faced Watch, such as is commonly carried by Patented June 17, 1913.

over the front of the watch a and secured to the circular casing thereof by means of the two side spring clips (Z which are formed integral therewith, and the top spring clips 6, e which are located one on each side of the slit f formed in said rim, the inside edges of said clips 6, e being so shaped as to conform to the stem of'the watch, which they partly encircle to prevent the bezel from becoming accidentally disengaged from the watch casing I). These engaging spring clips 01, cl and e, e are formed integral with the rim or bezel 0 and extend from the rear circumferential edge thereof.

9 represents a flat dial revolubly secured in the bezel in any convenient manner. preferably by beveling the circumferential edge h; which is fitted to a corresponding beveled recess formed in the front of said bezel. This dial I prefer to make. of transparent material, such as celluloid, mica or the like, and on the inside face thereof, either engrave, print, paint or impress the names of the streets, stations or other places.

In Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, I have shown an apertured and printedpaper disk pasted to the rear side of a glass dial 7'.

By means of the indicating device shown,

a motorman, conductor or the like, may be provided with a bezel and dial on which the streets or stations will be indicated, and which dial canberset at the beginning of each trip and changed for a subsequent trip, so that he can tell at what time he should arrive at a predetermined point and thereby be enabled to regulate the speed of his car accordingly.

The invention is not limited .to the exact from, and a movable dial secured in said dial having inscribed upon it the names of bezel, said "dial having inscribed upon it difierent stations and streets. 10 the names of difl erent stations and streets.v This specification signed and wltnessed 2. In combination with the ordinary openthis 2nd day of February, 1912. faced Watch, a split spring bezel provided RICHARD Q with spring clips extending from the outer Witnesses: V circumferential edge thereof, and ajmovable FREDK. C. FISCHER, transparent dial secured in said bezel, said O. ALLISTON.

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