US113236A - Improvement in lighting attachments for alarm-clocks - Google Patents

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MEMPHIS, TENNEssEne Letters Patent No. 113,236, dated March 28, 1871.

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The. Schedule referred to in these Lettere Patent and making part of the same,

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY X. WRIGHT, of VMemphis, in the county of `Shelby and in the State of Tennessee, have invented an Improved Lamp or CandlelightingAttachment forAlarm-Clocks; and do hereby declare that the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exact specification l of the same, wherein I have set forth the nature and class, together with such parts as I claim and desire.

to secure by Letters Patent.

My invention relates to attachmentsgto alarmclocks, and consists in providing 'the alarm attachment with a trip-shaft, friction-disk,l match-holder, and lamp or candle-holder, so that when the alarm goes off a lamp or candle is immediately lighted.

The constructionand operation of my invention may be described as follows:

In the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification- Letter A represents a motive or driving-wheel of the alarm attachment, with the bolt or trip-pin a, firmly fixed and projecting from it. V

B designates the trip-shaft placed in a horizontal position, and extending through the casing b of the clock, the shaft being bent or hooked at the inner end c, and loosely supported by the casing so that itl may slide outwardly or inwardly.

0 lis the friction-disk, which is circular inform and beveled at the circumference, whereit is' serrated for the purpose of causing friction. The disk'O is rigidly' Maly/nml..

clock-casing, and may be made of wire, as shown in the drawing.

v .The lamp-lighting attachment is cperated in this A wlse:

When the alarm attachment is wound up and set fthe lamp-lighting attachment is wound up with a key,

indicated at letter O, and' the trip-shaft B is moved to the friction-disk C, the extremity of the shaft entering an aperture in the disk, indicated at letter u; a friction-match, or other fuse susceptible of ignition by friction, is then placed in the holder D, so that the end to be ignited bears against the serrated or milled edge of the disk C, the holder serving as a spring for this purpose; the candle or lamp is set in .the holder E so that` the wick touches, or nearly touches,ithe match above, as shown in the drawing. At the point of time when the alarm operates, the trip-pin a, striking against the hook c, instantly withdraws the tripshaft B from the disk G, which is rapidly revolved by the spring m, communicating by toothed wheel and pinion with the shaft e, thus causing sufficient friction to ignite the match by which the candle is lighted.

I am aware vthat appliances have been heretofore applied to alarm-clocks for the purpose of lighting lamps or candles at a certain hour, or when the alarm is sprung, (see the patent ,granted to NV. H. and R. T. Andrews, September 21, 1852.)v

I therefore claim and desire tosecure by Letters rl`he. arrangement of the wheel A, provided with a trip-pin, c, trip-shaft B, spring m, shaft 6,'friction-disk C, match-holder D, and candle-holder E, when operating together as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of September, 1870.

Witnesses: HENRY X. WRIGHT.

V. W. WYNNE, 1

L. LEHMAN.

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