US198962A - Improvement in watchmen s time-checks - Google Patents

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W'. E. YOUNG. Watohmans Time-Check.

No. 198,962. Patented Jah. 8,1878'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

WILLIAM E. YOUNG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO JAMES EARLY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATCHMEN-S TIME-CHECKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,962, dated January 8, 1878; application filed `Iuly 2, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. YOUNG, of Chicago', in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Attachment to Clocks for Controlling the lVatchman, of'which the following is a full and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the clock, with attachments. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the attachments, and Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same.

The nature of my .invention relates to that class of clock attachments arranged for registerin g the time when the watchman has been at a certain part of the premises which are placed under his guard 5 and it consists of a pair oi' feed-rollers rotated by the clock movement and pulling a paper ribbon over a table, to which are attached a series of punches, arranged with recoilsprings and with selt coupling release-hooks connected by bell-wires to bell-pulls at or in different parts of the house, so that the watchman, in pulling the wire, will raise one of the punches, which will disengage on reaching a certain height, and, by recoiling, will make an impression into the paper-ribbon.

A is a clock, of any suitable design. B and B are two rollers, the lower one, B, of which being rotated from the movement of the clock by an upright shaft, C, having bevel-gears c and c, one of which matches with a suitable wheel, a, attached to the main clock-spindle and wheel c', engages with wheel l), secured upon the end ot' spindle ot' roller B. Said shaft C is pivoted in two bracket bearings, d. The two rollers B and B are journaled in a suitable housing, D, which permits of a sufficient vertical movement to the roller B to accommodate itself to any uneven thickness of the paper ribbon E.

The roller B is to be made or" or covered with any suitable elastic material for insuring a uniform friction to the paper ribbon E, to which is imparted a slow but steady movement longitudinally by passing between the Said ribbon E is pulled over a table, F, which is a rectangular continuation of a vertical bracket, F, slotted on its junction with the table for the paper ribbon to enter upon said table.

To said bracket F are xed a series of' expand beyond the end of either slot, and said spring t' being of such length that it will take up the exact space between the guides f of the punch-bar. It will be double-acting, and will hold the punch-bar at such a position while at rest that its point will clear the paper ribbon 5 but ii'pulled up and suddenly released, the momentum of the punch-bar will cause a recoil of the spring, and the punch-bar will strike a blow upon the table, thereby making a mark into the paper.

The upper end of each punch-bar, H, is shaped to a pointed hook, lt, into which matches a similar-shaped hook, l, of bar L, vertically moving in two guides, f, the lower one of which is cut out, so as to permit a lateral motion to the lower end of the bar, which lateral motion is controlled by a leaf-spring, m, secured to the hook l. A spiral spring, M, surrounds t-he bar L, the upper end of which abuts against the lower side of the uppermost guide j", while its lower end enters a hole drilled into the said bar L. This spring will force the bar L downward again after being lifted.

A wire, N, is attached to the upper end of each of the bars L, which connects with a bell-wire placed through the house inY the usual manner, and is connected to a bell-knob at any desired part of the house, which, in being pulled, will lift the bar L, the hook l of which, being engaged with the hook h of punchbar H, will lift said punch-bar with it, until the bar L is lifted so high that the spring m will release the hook l from its lateral pressure, when it will release the punch-bar H, which will shoot down upon the paper ribbon, and now, by releasing'the bell-wire, the spring M will push the bar L downward again, when the spring m will cause the hooks h and lto re-engage. i

The self-coupling release-hooks Zand h are not necessarily to be in close proximity to the clock, but maybe separated from the punches and placed at any point on the line of the bell-wire; andthe device herein described and shown of transmitting motion from the clock to the feed-rollers may be variedwithout changing the result of my invention.

rlhe number of punches to be attached will vary with the-size of the building or the eX- tension of the premises.

The paper ribbon may be cross-lined for hours and fractions thereof, in accordance with the velocity of the feed-motion for the same, so that the punch-marks will indicate the intervals of time between the watchmans attendance.

v What I claim as my invention is- 1. The rollers B and B', if rotated by the movement of a clock, for feeding a paper ribbon, in combination with the punches H, having springs lt', and being operated by bell-wire N and hooks l and h, substantially in the man- WM. H. Lo'iz, J AMES EARLY.

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