US1103552A - Clock. - Google Patents

Description

E. M. WALKER.

CLOCK. I

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1912.

1, 1 03,552. Patented July 14, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELI M. WALKER, 0F MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOH TO THE PARKER- CLOCK COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

CLOCK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELI M. IVALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clocks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clocks, the object of the invention being to provide an article of this character which has a case that is strong in construction, which is provided with simple and effective means for supporting the same and which is also of such nature that the clock movement can be easily and readily introduced ther-einto.

The invention possesses other features of novelty and advantage which with the foregoing will be set forth at length in the following description wherein I will outline in detail that form of embodiment of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification, this disclosure being provided primarily to enable those skilled in the art to practise the invention. From the statement just made it will be clear that I do not restrict myself to such disclosure; I may depart therefrom in several respects within the scope of the invention defined by the claims following said description. It is also appar ent that all the features of improvement need not be simultaneously employed.

Referring to said drawings: Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a clock involving my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same, and, Fig. 8 is a. front elevation thereof.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

A clock involving my invention comprises a case such as that denoted in a general way by 5, and although said case consists of a plurality of parts, this is not in all cases essential. In the construction shown the case comprises a rear section 6 and a front section 7. In the present instance the front portion of the section 6 is fitted within the rear portion of the companion section 7. One of the parts such as the section 7, is provided with a reinforcing bead 8 which overlies the sect-ion 6 and which as illus trated is annular, although this may not always be necessary.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 19, 1912.

Serial No. 704,564.

The sections 6 and 7 may be united in any desirable manner, for instance by several screws 9 extending through perforations in the external bead 8 and tapped into the section 6. This bead 8 in addition to reinforcing the clock case also serves to ornament the same; beside this it acts in con nection with legs or their equivalents, as a means for supporting the clock in a firm, solid manner. The rear section is shown provided with two angularly disposed legs 10 spaced apart the desired distance and the upper reduced ends of which are passed through the section 6, the legs being held in place by nuts as 11 connected wit-h said reduced ends.

While the sections 6 and 7 may be made from any suitable material, sheet metal such as is usually employed for making clock cases meets the desired conditions. The front section 7 is shown as forwardly cross sectionally reduced, while the rear section is shown as rearwardly cross sectionally reduced for reasons that will hereinafter ap pear. The front section 7 is shown having the annular bezel flange 12 against which the crystal or glass 13 fits, the latter being engaged by the bezel ring 14. Practically, therefore, the front section consists of an annulus or band.

The clock movement is denoted in a general way by 15, and it has the usual back and front movement plates 16 and 17. To the back movement plate 16 is rigidly connected the disk 18, while the dial 19 is rigidly connected with the front movement plate 17. The disk 18 has an outwardly eX- tending annular flange 20 disposed within the substantially circular opening in the rear of the annular section or shell 6 and held therein in some suitable manner as by the screws 21. The section or shell 6 is approximately the segment of a sphere, the front portion as already intimated, being of greater diameter than the rear portion, and it will be seen also that the rear portion of the section, shell or band 7 is of greater diameter than the dial 19, so that it thus be comes an easy matter to assemble the parts.

It will be assumed that the different parts of the clock movement including the disk 18 and dial 19 are connected together. Therefore in assembling the different parts the following procedure may be adopted: The

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The case 5 if desired, may be equipped with a handle as 22 connected with the knobs 23, the shanks of aid knobs being disposed on inwardly diverging angles. The side branches of the handle 23 are furnished with pivots or journals 24: adapted to fit and turn in bores in the two knobs 23. The axes of these bores are substantially coincident with a line approximately tangential to the apex of the case, by reason of which the handle 22 which is practically of bail form can be swung down and up without possibility of the pivots or journal portions 24 binding in the bores or holes in said knobs. The clock movement also carries the adjuncts found in an alarm clock, including the bell or gong 25. The invention, however, is not limited to incorporation in clocks of this kind, as it may be employed with equal advantage in connection with other kinds of clocks.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. In a clock, the combination of a shell of greater diameter at its forward portion than at its rear portion, a plate, a clock movement fastened to the plate, the front of the shell being of greater diameter than the plate, and the latter being fastened in place to the rear of the shell, a dial connected with the clock movement, and a front section receiving said dial and connected with said shell.

2. In a clock, the combination of a shell in the form approximately of the segment of a sphere, a clock movement mounted in the shell, a disk to which the clock movement is connected, said disk having an outwardly extending flange and the shell having an opening to receive said flange, means for securing said shell and flange together, a dial connected with said clock movement, and an annular member which receives the dial, said annular member overlying the shell and being secured thereto.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELI M. WALKER.

Vitnesses HENRY VVACHTELHAUSEN, WV. P. ZIEGLER.

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