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US1107947A
US1107947A US80360013A US1913803600A US1107947A US 1107947 A US1107947 A US 1107947A US 80360013 A US80360013 A US 80360013A US 1913803600 A US1913803600 A US 1913803600A US 1107947 A US1107947 A US 1107947A
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    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B45/00—Time pieces of which the indicating means or cases provoke special effects, e.g. aesthetic effects
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  • This invention relates to improvements in clocks, the primary object of the invention being the provision of a clock the hour hand of which is controlled through the medium of the minute hand, the said minute hand being operated through the means of a watch movement mounted in one end thereof and provided with a counter balancing pendulum or pendant, which is controlled by the movement of the watch, so as to rotate the minute hand, and consequently operate the hour hand.
  • a further object of the invention is the provision of what is termed a mysterious clock, that is a clock in which the operating mechanism thereof, is so hidden that apparently the only objects in view, are the dial plate, hour hand and minute hand.
  • Figure 1 is a front elevation of a clock constructed according to and embodying this invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section through the same with the shaft or support carrying the minute hand and hour hand in section.
  • Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevation of the lower portion and center of the minute hand taken from the rear and showing the clock mechanism.
  • Fig. 4 is an elevation of the main arbor removed.
  • the numeral 1 designates the dial of the clock, which in this instance is a sheet of transparent material, such for instance as glass, and mounted in the front portion thereof is a concave disk 2, provided with an. opening for the reception of a sleeve 3, which is provided with a cylindrical socket therethrough and with a set screw 4, for the immovable reception of the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 18, 1914.
  • This shaft has secured to'its outer end a locking sleeve 5 by means of the set screw 8, the sleeve 7 being rotatably mounted upon the smooth portion a of the arbor or shaft A, so that the same may rotate thereon.
  • the minute hand 8 of the clock Carried by and rotatable with the sleeve 7 is the minute hand 8 of the clock, and formed integral upon the rear end of the sleeve 7 is a.
  • the shaft 11 also has mounted thereon the small pinion 13, which is connected at all times with the large pinion 14, keyed upon the forward end of the sleeve 15, carrying the hour hand 16.
  • This sleeve 15 is rotatably mounted upon the long portion 15' secured to and carried by the shaft or support A.
  • the lower end of the minute hand is provided with the crescent shaped portion 17 which has provided upon its inner face the aperture or opening 18, whose center is in a direct line with the center of the axis of the minute hand, and in which is adapted to removably fit the watch movement 19, whose hour hand arbor 20, is connected to the sleeve 21 of the rod 23, by means of the set screw 22.
  • a counter balance or weight 24 Carried upon the lower or extreme end of the arm or rod 23 is a counter balance or weight 24, which in this case is shown in the form of a ball or sphere, but which however may be made in a flat disk shape if so desired.

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H. W. HICKS.
CLOCK.
UNI; 16, 1911. RENEWED NOV. 28, 1913.
Patented Aug. 18, 1914.
2 SHEETSSHEET 1.
APPLICATION FILED .1
Witnesses Inventor a I V I Aftorneys IhbNOR'R/S PETERS 60.. FHDTOLITHO.. WASHINGTON. D. 4..
H. W. HICKS.
CLOCK. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 16 ,1911. RENEWED NOV. 28,1913.
Patented Aug. 18, 1914.
2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.
Inventor Witnesses I by Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
HARRISON W. HICKS, OF ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE; HUNTINGTON SPECIALTY COMPANY. OF HUNTINGTON, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.
CLOCK.
Application filed June 16, 1911, Serial No. 633,631.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, HARRISON W. HIoKs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alexandria, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Clock, of which the following is a specific ation.
This invention relates to improvements in clocks, the primary object of the invention being the provision of a clock the hour hand of which is controlled through the medium of the minute hand, the said minute hand being operated through the means of a watch movement mounted in one end thereof and provided with a counter balancing pendulum or pendant, which is controlled by the movement of the watch, so as to rotate the minute hand, and consequently operate the hour hand.
A further object of the invention is the provision of what is termed a mysterious clock, that is a clock in which the operating mechanism thereof, is so hidden that apparently the only objects in view, are the dial plate, hour hand and minute hand.
Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.
In the drawings-Figure 1 is a front elevation of a clock constructed according to and embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section through the same with the shaft or support carrying the minute hand and hour hand in section. Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevation of the lower portion and center of the minute hand taken from the rear and showing the clock mechanism. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the main arbor removed.
Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the dial of the clock, which in this instance is a sheet of transparent material, such for instance as glass, and mounted in the front portion thereof is a concave disk 2, provided with an. opening for the reception of a sleeve 3, which is provided with a cylindrical socket therethrough and with a set screw 4, for the immovable reception of the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 18, 1914.
Renewed November 28, 1913. Serial No. 508,800.
flat end of the arbor or shaft A, thus formmg a support for the elements of the clock. This shaft has secured to'its outer end a locking sleeve 5 by means of the set screw 8, the sleeve 7 being rotatably mounted upon the smooth portion a of the arbor or shaft A, so that the same may rotate thereon.
Carried by and rotatable with the sleeve 7 is the minute hand 8 of the clock, and formed integral upon the rear end of the sleeve 7 is a. small pinion 9, connected at all times with the large pinion 10, carried by the shaft 11, which is journaled in the depending bracket 12 secured upon the squared portion of the shaft A. The shaft 11 also has mounted thereon the small pinion 13, which is connected at all times with the large pinion 14, keyed upon the forward end of the sleeve 15, carrying the hour hand 16. This sleeve 15 is rotatably mounted upon the long portion 15' secured to and carried by the shaft or support A.
The lower end of the minute hand is provided with the crescent shaped portion 17 which has provided upon its inner face the aperture or opening 18, whose center is in a direct line with the center of the axis of the minute hand, and in which is adapted to removably fit the watch movement 19, whose hour hand arbor 20, is connected to the sleeve 21 of the rod 23, by means of the set screw 22. Carried upon the lower or extreme end of the arm or rod 23 is a counter balance or weight 24, which in this case is shown in the form of a ball or sphere, but which however may be made in a flat disk shape if so desired.
From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings it is evident that a clock, which apparently has no actuating mechanism, is provided, the said actuating mechanism being a watch movement in the lower short end or non-pointing ment and the weight allowed to maintain its VThe herein described mysterious clock,
having a dial, a concaved disk carried by the dial, a sleeve disposed concentrically of the disk, a rod having a plurality of varying diametered portions detachably connected and supported bysaid sleeve, an hour hand, an hour hand sleeve arbor carried upon one portion of said rod and carrying the hour hand, a bracket depending from the intermediate portion of the rod, a minute hand, a sleeve carrying the minute hand rotatably mounted upon the end portion of the rod, a gear carried by said latter sleeve, a shaft journaled in the bracket, tvvo gears one upon each end of said shaft, and upon each side of the bracket, one of said gears being in mesh with the gear of the minute hand sleeve, and a gear upon the hour hand sleeve and in mesh at all times With the other gear of the shaft, and a Watch movement having a Weight attached to its hour hand arbor, dis posed in the non-pointing end of the minute hand to cause the rotation of the minute hand and the actuation of the hour hand. i
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.
HARRISON l/V. HICKS. Witnesses ALVA 0. Ion, B. H. BALL.
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WO1994009413A1 (en) * 1992-10-16 1994-04-28 Franz Huber Electronic analog secondary clock with hands between 250 and 600 mm long
US20090185457A1 (en) * 2008-01-23 2009-07-23 Sigelmann Rubens A One-movement balanced hands clock

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1994009413A1 (en) * 1992-10-16 1994-04-28 Franz Huber Electronic analog secondary clock with hands between 250 and 600 mm long
US20090185457A1 (en) * 2008-01-23 2009-07-23 Sigelmann Rubens A One-movement balanced hands clock
US7643381B2 (en) * 2008-01-23 2010-01-05 Sigelmann Rubens A One-movement balanced hands clock

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