US1503570A - Device for improving the fullness of sound at the striking of timepieces and clocks hanging on the wall - Google Patents

Device for improving the fullness of sound at the striking of timepieces and clocks hanging on the wall Download PDF

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US1503570A
US1503570A US688833A US68883324A US1503570A US 1503570 A US1503570 A US 1503570A US 688833 A US688833 A US 688833A US 68883324 A US68883324 A US 68883324A US 1503570 A US1503570 A US 1503570A
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  • the invention has for its object to elimirfiite this.inconvenience-by oonstructingf th'e back wall of the clock-case, in order' to avoid. the gong-like j soun"d which buzzes in clock-cases and is different 7 every time the clock ,is striking, -in--su'ch a manner tha't a hollow space is is in "Contact with fluted wooden supports on whichjs slightly stretched sounding board provided withribs ismounted.
  • FIG. 1 shows the back wall for a time' place case.
  • gFigL 2 is a crossseotion on line A- Bof Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is axcrtical section on line C--D pf Fig. 1. a Y v .f
  • ahollow frarnc. e is mounted through the intermediary ofwooden supports I) stayed by means of'inelined ribs 0, said hollow frame formingthe rear wall of the time-piece-casing. 1

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F. WEIHENMEYER Filed Jan. 26
TIMEPIECES AND CLOCKS HANGING ON THE WALL Aug. 5, 1924.-
DEVICE FOR IMPROVING .THE FULLNESS OF SOUND AT THE STRIKING 0F formed by meansofaa hollow frame which Patented Aug 5, 1924.
.umrsnsrarss PATENT -mmnmon WEIHEN-MEYE'R. or zUrFnNnAUsEN', G R-M NY) P'DEVICE ron'. mnovmernn FULLNESS or serum Arr THE s'rmxruo' or 'rImEPIEcEs annjonocns HANGING on. THE W'ALL.
Application filed January 2a,.i924. --Scria1 170,888.83
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- ,Be it known that I', Fnmnnro'rr Werner:-
Jmi'nma-citizemofthe German Republic,
residing at Zu'fl'enhausem Germany,- have inl vented certain new.and useful Improve; merits in 9. Device for Improving the Full} ness of Sound at the- Striking of Timepieces and Clooks'Ha'nging on the I all, of which the followingis a'speeificat'ion.
1 Thelstrikmg of time pieces and clocks 1 hanging on the-leaves much to. be de- -sire as regards fullness-strength so-. noiousnessof sound. The invention has for its object to elimirfiite this.inconvenience-by oonstructingf th'e back wall of the clock-case, in order' to avoid. the gong-like j soun"d which buzzes in clock-cases and is different 7 every time the clock ,is striking, -in--su'ch a manner tha't a hollow space is is in "Contact with fluted wooden supports on whichjs slightly stretched sounding board provided withribs ismounted.
- the slight" stretching or tensioning of the soundingfboard a strong transmissiou of the gong-like sound upon comparatively narrow ledges is ensured, this-soun'tbbeing I further transmitted b p or flutes to another he low frame so that a sound at the striking oftime-pieces and the hollowspaces perfect acoustic in the space is ensured. The invention will :be best understood from a. consideration of the-following detailed description taken inconnection with the aceompan ingdrawings-forminga part of this speci cation, with, the understand- I ingltliat while'on' the drawings one embodiment ofthe'invention is disclosed. the
- invention is not confined to any strict cow formity with'the showing of the drawings, ut may be embodied in any manner'which does n0t.make a material (le]7arturo from the salient features of the invention.
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.-.;Fig. 1 shows the back wall for a time' place case.
. gFigL 2 is a crossseotion on line A- Bof Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is axcrtical section on line C--D pf Fig. 1. a Y v .f
IS a per'spectire riew partly in sec- Fig.4" tron. c i
According to the invent-ion ahollow frarnc. e is mounted through the intermediary ofwooden supports I) stayed by means of'inelined ribs 0, said hollow frame formingthe rear wall of the time-piece-casing. 1
By the staying by means of the ribsyo a slightly vaulted shape is given tothe' sound- Y ing boardq. a The outer end of the sounding board is in-contact-withthe comparatively narrow sjurfaces' of ,the wooden supports 6,,
this surface havingflongitudinal flutes 'd ex-- tending from one end to the other? The hollow surfaces formed by thefflutes d in the wooden supports b'are covered to the rear. bya hollow frame composed of wooden ledgeso-enclosiug 'hollo'w spaces e', said frame being open at the centre 50' that the Y intensified gong-like sound can escape through this,- open central part of-frame e. In this manner the Q'Ollg-llkfl sound 15 greatly strengthened and hold together, wherefrom Y results a lullnoss of sound which hitherto could not be attained in cloelt'cases .l'claim:- j Device for improving the .fullness of clocks hanging on the wall comprising in i-mubinalion with tl c eloclt ease a soundin n1: innate-rt wnmEN nYER.
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US4280211A (en) * 1979-05-25 1981-07-21 Harley Mayenschein Clock apparatus
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US4280211A (en) * 1979-05-25 1981-07-21 Harley Mayenschein Clock apparatus
EP3457219A1 (en) * 2017-09-14 2019-03-20 The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd Acoustic radiation membrane, and chiming watch provided with the acoustic membrane
EP3457220A1 (en) * 2017-09-14 2019-03-20 The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd Acoustic radiation membrane, and chiming watch provided with the acoustic membrane
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