US1112089A - Time-table. - Google Patents

Description

S. W. PHELPS.

TIME TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. a, 1916.

1, 1 12,089. Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 3, 1910.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

Serial No. 550,347. Y

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SIDNEY WARREN PHnLrs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Southbridge, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Time-Tables, of which the following is specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in time-tables and has for its leading object the provision of an improved device which may be readily placed in a station or other public place and which will serve to satisfactorily denote the departure of various trains on electric or steam roads, the departure of the mails and other information of a like purport.

The further object of my invention is the provision of a device of this character which shall be so constructed as to automatically warn a person looking at the same when the time for the departure of his train is approaching and which will obviate the necessity for frequently examining a complicated time-table; to determine the exact time of departure of a train and then examining a clock to see how long the time is before the train should depart, as isnow necessary.

Other objects and advantages of my improved time-table will be readily apparent by reference to the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, and it will beunderstood that I may make any modifications in the specific structure shown and described within the scope of my claims without departing from or exceeding the spirit'of my invention.

. Figure 1 represents a front view of one form of my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 represents a front elevation of a slightly modified form'of my invention adapted for use in denoting the departure of a larger number of trains leaving at irregular intervals, and Fig. l represents an enlarged detail view of one of the minor dials.

In the drawings, numeral 1 designates an ordinary clock which is supported by the frame 2 having the large dial 3 with the smaller clock dial a arranged concentric therewith.

Traveling over the face of the clock dial 4 is the ordinary hour hand 5, while also traveling over the face of the clock dial is the minute hand 6 havingan extension 7 traveling over the main dial 3. The said.

hours, for exa1nplethe numeral 9 located at the left hand of Fig. 1 in alinement with the numeral IX on the clock dial indicates a train departing at 6 :45 from Southbridge for Webster and Boston. It is merely necessary to look in the corners of the dial and find the train one desires to take and then locate the corresponding number therefor on the dial. Then as the hour hand passes 6 the minute hand will be approaching the numeral 9 on the dial 3 as well as the numeral IX on the clock dial and consequently as the pointer 7 reaches the numeral 9 it will be the time for the train designated by that numeral to depart and one may readily calculate how long it is before any certain train leaves. I 1

Itwill be understood that the form of invention just described may be best employed when trains leave at a certain time each hour or when but few trains are leaving during the day. To denote trains leaving at odd times during the clay, or to cause the dial to denote both the hour and the minute at which a train departs, I may place at the circles 8 the small dials shown on the clock in Fig. 3 and in detail in Fig. l having rotatably mounted thereon the hand 9. In this form of the invention the hand 9 is set by the person having charge of the time-table to point to the hour at which the train leaves, while the dial itself is disposed on an imaginary line extending radially from that designation upon the clock dial indicating the minute at which the train is scheduled to depart. Taking as an example the upper left hand dial in Fig. 3 having its pointer directed toward the numeral 3 on the dial, the train whose time of departure is to be designated by this dial will leave at five minutes of 3.

If desired, however, to insure an exact un derstanding of the time of departure of trains two hands may be provided on each of the smaller or supplemental dials, as indicated for example in Fig. 4. In this event one hand may be set for the hour, the other for the period of time before or after that particular hour at which the train leaves, departure of a train at quarter of twelve being indicated by the dial in Fig. 4, it being understood that this dial would be located substantially in line with the radius on which the numeral 9 of the clock was disposed, so that both the position of the dial and one of the hands on the dial would serve to denote that the train referred to by this dial, left at a quarter before the hour.

The dial may either contain therein suitable configurations for denoting the designation of the train, or merely a numeral referring to the. writing on the spaces 11 as may prove least confusing and most advisable from the number and size of the small dials on the face of the clock.

The clock in Fig. 3 instead of being shown with continuous circles dividing its dial has been illustrated as divided by quadrants or less of concentric arcs of different radii, the number of arcs being dependent upon the number of minor dials which it is desired to place on any given imaginary line, and the size of the dials being controlled by the size of the space for receiving the same.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of my improved time-table should be readily understood, and it will be seen that I have provided an eflicient device of this character which may be readily installed and which people forget the exact time their train departs, or do not read the time-table correctly although in the station waiting for the train.

I claim:

1. A time-table including a clock having one of its hands formed with an extension, a dial over which the extension passes, minor dials arranged on said main dial and corresponding in position with certain of the minute designations of the clock, means carried by the said minor dial and serving in conjunction with the extension of the clock hand to designate the exact time when a certain event indicated by the dial is scheduled to occur.

2. A timetable including a dial, a clock having an ordinary hour hand traveling over the central portion of the dial and a minute hand having an extension traveling over the major portion of the dial, supplemental dials arranged on the main dial and corresponding in position to certain of the minute designations of the clock, hands carried by the supplemental dials for indicating a certain hour, and configurations disposed on the face of the minor dial and referring to a second set of configurations, said second set being disposed at one corner of the main dial, whereby the two sets of configurations serve to denote a certain scheduled occurrence and the hour designating hand on the supplemental dial serves to indicate the hour near which the event is to occur and the position of the supplemental dial indicates the minutes before or after the hour for the occurrence of the event, the approach of the minute hand of the clock to the supplemental dial denoting the approach of said time.

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

SIDNEY WV. PHELPS.

Witnesses FRANK J. Powers, GEORGE S. PETTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. c.

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