US1486841A - Vacuum-wind automobile clock - Google Patents
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- the said lever 19 is pro- 10 accompanying drawings and the characters vided, at its lower end, with a pawl 22 held of reference marked thereon, to be a full, y a spring 23 against the teeth of a ratchetclear, and exact description of the same, and wheel 24 mounted on a stud 25 in the rear which said drawings constitute part of this movement-plate 7, the said stud being cleaied ap lication and represent in I by atransverse slot 27 formed'in the lex er ll ig. 1 a plan viewof a vacuum-wind 19 and limiting the swinging movement of clock embodying our invention, with a porthe lever by the engagement of its ends with tion of the case broken away. the said stud.
- the ratchet-wheel 24 carries Fig. 2 a view in rear elevation of the 'a pinion 28 meshing into a gear 29 mounted clock-movement, with the vacuum-chamber upon the'projecting rear end of the main- 20 in section.
- v spring-arbor30 the spring being enclosed
- Fig. 3 a side view of the clock-move as usual, in a barrel 31. ment. g
- the remaining features of the clock-m0ve- Our invention relates to an improved ment8 may be of any approved construcvacuum-wind automobile clock, the object tion, and do not call for detailed description so being to avoid the necessity of winding an or'illustration.
- automobile clock in the usual manner, by In the operation of our improved clock, 'utilizingthe vacuiun created by the operathe pulsations in the vacuum, created in the tion of'the internal combustion engine of in-take manifold of the engine, are reprothe car.
- a further'object of our invention depicted in the vacuum-chamber, causing the to 18 to provide a simple, durable and reliable diaphragm to vibrate therein, as shown in 86 clock of the class described. 7 Fig. 2, in which the diaphra m is shown With these ends in. view, our invention in its fully extended position y full lines, consists in a vacuum-wind automobile clock and at the extreme limlt of its inward or 0phaving certain details of construction and peratmg positlon by broken lines. combinations of parts. as will be hereinafter Between the pulsat1ons referred to, the 90 described and particularly pointed out in spring 20 operates to swing the lever 19 the claims.
- Thesucceedment-plate 7 of'a clock-movement which inginward draft onthe diaphragm pulls, may be of any ap roved'construction, and is the lever from right to left agamst the tenherein nerall d esi ated by the reference slon of the spr1ng 20, and rotates the ratchetnumerall 8.
- T e sai vacuum-chamber 5 is wheel 2 4, wh1ch, in turn, *0 crates throu h provided with a tubular stem 9, which is ex-.
- a main-spring-arbor of a vacuumchamber adapted to be connected with the 25 in-take manifold of an internal combustion engine, a diaphragm applied to the said chamber and operated thereby, ing operating-lever connected with the said diaphr gm, a spring connected with the said lever o operate the same in op sition to the movement thereof by the said iaphragm, a pawl carried by the said lever, a ratchetwheel engaged b the said pawl in the oscillation of the sai lever, and gearing between the said ratchet and the main-spring-arbor, whereby the same is turned bythe oscillations of the lever, due to the movement of the diaphragm under the pulsations of the vacuum.
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March 11 1924. 1,486,841
W. E. PORTER ET AL VACUUM WIND AUTOMOBILE CLOCK Filed April 4, 1925 ,latented Maj-11, 1924. 1,486,841 v UNITED "STATES PjAT ENT ornca.
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VACUUM-WIND AUTOMOBILE CLOCK. I g Application filed April 4, 1923. Serial No. 629,854. To allw'hom it may concem: and bent rearwardly at right angle from Be it known that we, WILSON E. PORTER the? lower end of an oscillatlng, pawl-carryand RICHARD H. WHITEHEAD, citizensof the ing lever 19 swinging upon a stud 20 in the United States, residing'at New Haven, in rear movement-plate 7. A helical spring 21 e the county of New Haven and State of Conencircling the said stud 20 exerts a constant necticut, have invented a' new and useful effort to move the lever 19 from left to right, Improvement in Vacuum-Wind Automobile away from the chamber 5, and hence in the Clocks; and we do hereby declare thefolopposite direction from which the vacuum lowing, when taken in connection with the exerts its force. The said lever 19 is pro- 10 accompanying drawings and the characters vided, at its lower end, with a pawl 22 held of reference marked thereon, to be a full, y a spring 23 against the teeth of a ratchetclear, and exact description of the same, and wheel 24 mounted on a stud 25 in the rear which said drawings constitute part of this movement-plate 7, the said stud being cleaied ap lication and represent in I by atransverse slot 27 formed'in the lex er ll ig. 1 a plan viewof a vacuum-wind 19 and limiting the swinging movement of clock embodying our invention, with a porthe lever by the engagement of its ends with tion of the case broken away. the said stud. The ratchet-wheel 24 carries Fig. 2 a view in rear elevation of the 'a pinion 28 meshing into a gear 29 mounted clock-movement, with the vacuum-chamber upon the'projecting rear end of the main- 20 in section. v spring-arbor30, the spring being enclosed,
Fig. 3 a side view of the clock-move as usual, in a barrel 31. ment. g The remaining features of the clock-m0ve- Our invention relates to an improved ment8 may be of any approved construcvacuum-wind automobile clock, the object tion, and do not call for detailed description so being to avoid the necessity of winding an or'illustration. automobile clock in the usual manner, by In the operation of our improved clock, 'utilizingthe vacuiun created by the operathe pulsations in the vacuum, created in the tion of'the internal combustion engine of in-take manifold of the engine, are reprothe car. A further'object of our invention duced in the vacuum-chamber, causing the to 18 to provide a simple, durable and reliable diaphragm to vibrate therein, as shown in 86 clock of the class described. 7 Fig. 2, in which the diaphra m is shown With these ends in. view, our invention in its fully extended position y full lines, consists in a vacuum-wind automobile clock and at the extreme limlt of its inward or 0phaving certain details of construction and peratmg positlon by broken lines. combinations of parts. as will be hereinafter Between the pulsat1ons referred to, the 90 described and particularly pointed out in spring 20 operates to swing the lever 19 the claims. I g from eft to right, more or less, according to In carrying out our invention, as herein 'the Interval between the pulsations. As the shown, we em loy a cup-like vacuum-chamlevel 80 m v h paw 22 rides over the bar 5 secured y a screw 6 to the rear move eeth of the ratchet-wheel 24. Thesucceedment-plate 7 of'a clock-movement, which inginward draft onthe diaphragm pulls, may be of any ap roved'construction, and is the lever from right to left agamst the tenherein nerall d esi ated by the reference slon of the spr1ng 20, and rotates the ratchetnumerall 8. T e sai vacuum-chamber 5 is wheel 2 4, wh1ch, in turn, *0 crates throu h provided with a tubular stem 9, which is ex-. the p1n1o n 28 and gear-whee 29 to turn t e tended outward through the case 10 of the ma n-spr n arbor and Wlnd the spr ng, clock and connected .b a tube 11 with the whlch "W11 be wound on each pulsation, usual in-takemanifol of the engine; The more or less according to the interval beaid= hamb 5 is provided w th di tween the pulsatlons and hence the extent of 50 phragm12 secured to it by a wire clam 13 the 'movementof the diaphragm. m
and ca ing atits center a short .stud We areawa're that the vacua of an inter- 14: sec in lace by a'screw 15 and having 'nal combustion engine have been utilized for its outer endormed with an annular groove the ow ationfof an automobile windshield 16, by means of which the diap wiper. We are also aware that ithas been- 18 ll coupled with an arm 17, having a s t 18 proposed to wind clocks by a device 0011- 11c trolled b changes in atmospheric conditions, suc as barometric and thermal. Our invention, on the other hand, broadly contemplates the utilization of the suction pulsations in the intake-manifold of an internal combustion engine, to effect the steps-by step rotation of the winding-arbor of a clock-movement.
We claim:
1; In a vacuum-wind automobile clock,
the combination with a clock-movement having a main-springgirbor, of a vacuumchamber adapted to connected with the intake manifold of an internal combustionengine, a diaphragm applied to the said chamber, and connection between the diaphragm and arbor including a springretracte lever whereby the arbor is rotated step-by-step by the movement of the diaphragm, due to the pulsations created in the vacuum-chamber.
2. In a vacuum-wind automobile clock, the combmation with a clock-movement.
having a main-spring-arbor, of a vacuumchamber adapted to be connected with the 25 in-take manifold of an internal combustion engine, a diaphragm applied to the said chamber and operated thereby, ing operating-lever connected with the said diaphr gm, a spring connected with the said lever o operate the same in op sition to the movement thereof by the said iaphragm, a pawl carried by the said lever, a ratchetwheel engaged b the said pawl in the oscillation of the sai lever, and gearing between the said ratchet and the main-spring-arbor, whereby the same is turned bythe oscillations of the lever, due to the movement of the diaphragm under the pulsations of the vacuum.
In testimony whereof, we have signed this specification 1n the presence of two subscribing wi'tnesses.
WILSON E. PORTER. RICHARD H. WHITEHEAD. Witnesses: j Human E. Anmim, MARGARET Ham.
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US2687002A (en) * | 1949-05-20 | 1954-08-24 | Friedrich K H Nallinger | Winding up mechanism for time clocks of vehicles |
US2734337A (en) * | 1952-05-21 | 1956-02-14 | General Motors Corp. | Vacuum wound vehicle clock |
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