US1580885A

US1580885A - Watch

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Publication number: US1580885A
Application number: US755431A
Authority: US
Inventors: Golden Milton
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-12-12
Filing date: 1924-12-12
Publication date: 1926-04-13
Anticipated expiration: 1943-04-13

Description

M. GOLDEN April i3 1926.

WATCH Filed Dec.

m w w M INVENTOR n stares Patented 1 un ts mil MILTON GOLDEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WATCH.

Application filed December 12, 1924. Serial No. 755,431.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ldrL'roN Gonnnn, citizen of the United. States of America, residing at New Yorkcity, New York, have invented new and useful Improvements n lYatches, of which the following is a speciiication.

lily invention relates to watches and specifically to that type which has a folding aso whereby it may be set down in an up right open position.

Folding watches, known as traveling clocks, are well-known and generally comprise two hinged members and a third frame or support for a watch which is adapted to lie between the hinged members when the watch is closed and to be supported in a position between the free ends of the hinged members when the watch is opened.

It is the object of this invention to pro ride awatch of this general character of such a construction that when it is closed it may be conveniently carried in a pocket like anordinary watch; when the hinged members are opened the watch will be projected by resilient means into a visible position; and in all relative movements of the watch it will be suitably guided by one of the hinge-d members so that opening and closing will not be an inconvenient process. It is a further object of this invention to provide means whereby the watch maybe withdrawn from the guides just referred to if it is desired to do so.

This and other novel features of con struction are fully described in the following specification, set forth in the appended claims, and illustrativcly exemplified in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view showmgthe watch in open-position;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the watch in open position, shown partly in section.

Figure 3 is a front elevational View with. the parts in the same relative position as shown in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view, partly in sectioh, of the watch in its closed position.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 represent the hinged members of the watch construction, of which 1 will hereinafter be referred to as the cover and 2 as the body portion. These members are preferably made rectangular in shape and are hinged together along one pair of their overlying smaller edges. 3 denotes a movement case hinged to the cover adjacent the free edge thereof and adapted to contain the mechanism of a watch and to display a watch face or dial 4 upon its exposed side.

The cov r and body portion are prefen ably made of metal such as silver or gold and are of a hollow construction as will be clearly seen in Fi 'ures 1 and 2. A marginally disposed overhanging flange or frame 5 provides a recess 6 in each of the members 1 and 2. In the closed position these recesses are adapted to register with each other as shown in Figel to constitute an enclosed chamber in which the movement case 3 is adapted to nest.

The movement case is hinged as at 7 to the edge of the frame of the cover 1 adjacent the free edge of he latt r, and resilient means, such as a spring 8, are associated with this hinge for the purpose of projecting the watch into the position shown in Figures 1 and 2 when the cover and body portion are opened. Adjacent the lower edge of the movement case are lateral projections or pins 9 which fit into the grooves or guidcways constituted by the longitudinal edges of the frame of the body portion. The cover 1 and the body portion 2 are provided with suitable locking means 10 of the usual type whereby they are held in relative- 1y closed position until the locking means is released by pressure thereupon in a wellknown manner. lVhen such pressure is exerted the spring 8 will tendto project the watch or movement case from the chamber in which it is normally nested and the projections 9 will be guided by the guidcways to prevent the watch from flying out under the influence of-the spring 8 to any position further than that shown in Figures 1 and 2 i. c. with the movement case constituting the third side of a substantially equilateral triangle.

To enable the movement case to be withdrawn from this constrained disposition if so desired, aligned slots 11 are provided in the longitudinal portions of the frame of the body portion, said slots having dimensions suitable to allow the projections 9 freely to pass therethrough to allow the movement case to be withdrawn from engagement with the body portion. To prevent this disengagement from occurring during the normal usage of the watch the slots 11 are located at a point vnearer the hinged edge of the body portion than the point at which the movement case 3 assumes a position perpendicular to the body portion. Thus, if the movement case is made substantially as long as each of the mem bers 1 and 2 these slots 11 will be located somewhere between the centre of the body portion and the hinged edge thereof. It will be clear that during the first movement of the movement case when the locking means 10 is released the pressure of the spring 8 will tend to force the movement case dowmvards against the bottom of the body portion, and not until the movement case has passed the position perpendicular to the body portion will the influence of the spring 8 tend to project the free end of the movement case upwards against the underside of the guideways. A distinct and separate manipulation will. therefore be necessary to withdraw the pins 9 through the slots 11, and casual disengagement cannot therefore occur. I

What I claim is :-j

1. In a folding pocket watch of the character described the combination with a cover and a movement case hinged thereto and having lateral projections, of a body portion hinged to said cover and having overhanging flanges to constitute guideways for said projections, said flanges being slotted to allow insertion and removal of said projections into said guideways.

having lateral projections adjacent its free end, the frame of the second member having guideways for said projections, said frame having aligned slots to admit said projections into said guideways.

3. A folding pocket watch of the character described, comprising hinged members, each thereof having a frame portion to provide a recess within the member, a movement ca, e hinged to the frame of one memher along the free edge thereof and adapted to nest within both recesses when the members are in closed position, and means for projecting said case from the recesses when the members are opened, said case having lateral projections adjacent its free end, the frame of the second member constituting guideways for said projections and having aligned slots to admit said projections into said guideways, said slots being nearer the hinged end than the point at which the case assumes a position perpendicular to said second memb r.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

MILTON GOLDEN.