US161211A - Improvement in clock-cases - Google Patents

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1. vlEs. .Clock-Case.

Patented March 23,1875.

THIE GRAPHIC clPlTLlTH-SSBHH PARK PLAOLNY.

UNITED STATES PATENT i ,Oriana HENRY J. DAVIES, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOCK-CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 161,2] l., dated March 23, 1875 application led January 28, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY J. DAviEs, of Brooklyn, in the county ot Kings and State ot' New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clocks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part ot this specification My invention consists oi' an el'ltablature ar ranged in an elevated position, and constructed to receive and support the clockworks, and also to support a glass shade arranged over and inclosing said clock-movement, as will more fully hereafter appear.

Having given a general description of' my invention, I will now proceed to describeit in detail, making reference to the particular eX- ample ot' my invention, which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

Figure l in this drawing is a front view of a clock embodying my invention, and Figure 2 is a central transverse vertical section through the case of the same.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate correspending parts in both figures.

rlhe elevated entablature may be supported in various ways, for instance, by columns or legs or a suitable case or stand but, in the example ot' my invention, which is illustrated in the drawing, an entablature, A, is supported in an elevated position by ornamental columns B, erected on a surface, plinth, or pedestal, O. A clock movement ot' any suitable construction is mounted on this entablature. The movement D, which is shown in the drawing', has an ornamental face or front plate. Above this entablature I arrange a glass shade, so as to inclose the clock move nient. Ilhe shade employed for this purpose may be of any suitable form-'for instance, dome-shaped, like the shade E Arepresented in the drawing-and it may rest directly on the entablature, like the shade E, or it may he elevated on some intermediate contrivance. When a bell is used, it may be arranged in any suitable manner within reach of the clapper or hammer. The drawing represents a bell, F, as being arranged on the under side of the entablature A and a clapper, G, as extending throngh an opening, a, in the entablature to operate such hell. The pendulum H is suspended below the entablature by a rod, I, which passes through the opening a in the said entablature, and below the entablature is arranged a case, J, having glazed front and sides, which permit the pendulum to be seen, and a mirror is or may be arranged at the back to reilect the pendulum and en hance the appearance of the clock.

By means of this invention I am enabled to produce clocks of highly ornamental and taste- 't'ul appearance at a very moderate cost, so that they can be sold for a low price, within the means ot' even the poorer classes.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The entablature A, arranged in an elevated position, and constructed to receive and support the clock-work, andthe glass shade, arranged over and inclosing the clock-movement, as and for the purpose described.

2. The elevated entablature, constructed to receive and support the clock-movement and the glass shade inclosing said movement, the pendulum ofthe clock passing downwardly through said entablature, and vibrating within a ease below the entablature, as and for the purpose described.

HENRY J. DAVIES.

Witnesses BENJAMIN W. HOFF MAN, FEED HAYNES.

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