US2104456A - Watch cleaning machine - Google Patents

Watch cleaning machine Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US2104456A
US2104456A US90829A US9082936A US2104456A US 2104456 A US2104456 A US 2104456A US 90829 A US90829 A US 90829A US 9082936 A US9082936 A US 9082936A US 2104456 A US2104456 A US 2104456A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
container
post
watch
collar
shaft
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US90829A
Inventor
Friedman Irving
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
EFCO Manufacturing Co
Original Assignee
EFCO Manufacturing Co
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by EFCO Manufacturing Co filed Critical EFCO Manufacturing Co
Priority to US90829A priority Critical patent/US2104456A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US2104456A publication Critical patent/US2104456A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • GPHYSICS
    • G04HOROLOGY
    • G04DAPPARATUS OR TOOLS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR MAKING OR MAINTAINING CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04D3/00Watchmakers' or watch-repairers' machines or tools for working materials
    • G04D3/08Machines or apparatus for cleaning
    • G04D3/083Machines or apparatus for cleaning whereby the components to be cleaned are placed in a container
    • G04D3/086Machines or apparatus for cleaning whereby the components to be cleaned are placed in a container whereby the container rotates in a cleaning fluid

Definitions

  • This invention relates to improvements in machines for cleaning watch works and the like.
  • the works are alternately immersed in a liquid and in a drying chamber.
  • the container for the works In order that the container for the works will be in the exact position for immersion in the various chambers, it is slidably mounted on a polygonal shaft which enables the container to be adjusted to various angular positions directly above the chambers.
  • a further object of my invention is the provision, in a watch cleaning machine, of a fan arrangement for thoroughly drying the parts being cleaned.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a watch cleaning machine embodying my invention
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing details of the machine, I
  • Fig. 3 is an exploded view showing the manner in which a container for watch works is connected to the motor shaft
  • Fig. 4 is a plan view of the slidable bracket for holding the motor.
  • the machine is shown to comprise a base I, which supports six containers, 2, 3, l, 5, 6, 1, arranged about a polygonal post 8 extending up from the base, the upper end 38 of the post being cylindric'al. is hexagonal, and is embraced by a collar 9 having a hexagonal aperture 39, the collar 9 having integral therewith a bracket III, which supports an electric motor ll, connected by means of a In the present instance, the post 8 cord l2 to a source of electric current and opera ated by switch 35 or the like.
  • motor H is verticaland has at the lower end thereof a head I! provided with one or more notches l5, which receive lugs I!
  • a ring l5 having a flange and straps I8 which support a wire mesh basket is for carrying watch works.
  • Attached to the sides of ring l6 are flat springs having bowed-in portions 20 which snap over The shaft I! of.
  • the watch works are placed in the container I9, and the container is attached to shaft l3.
  • the collar 9 is then moved up to the cylindrical portion 38 of hexagonal shaft 8 and rotated so that when it again engages the hexagonal shaft 8 the container will be directly over container 2, which contains a cleaning fluid.
  • the container I9 is immersed in the fluid in container 2, and the motor started. After being subjected to the fluid in container 2 for a certain period of time, the collar 9 is raised and rotated to place the container I 9 over container 3 which carries no fluid.
  • Container 3 is an empty jar, and when the receptacle is lowered into the container 3 and the motor is started, whirling the container IS, the excess fluid which still clings to the parts, from the container 2, is thrown off; 20
  • Container 1 contains a cleaning fluid
  • container 5 is an empty jar in which the fluid which still clings to the parts from container 4 may be thrown ofl
  • container 6 has adifl'erent type of cleaning fluid in which the parts are immersed.
  • the final container 1, is used for thoroughly drying the parts as well as for whirling oif any liquids which still cling to the parts.
  • of the flange strap l8 frictionally engages enlarged portion 22 of shaft 23 to rotate shaft 23 and the fan blades 25.
  • the shaft 23 is supported by a thrust bearing 28in a.
  • recessed plug 21 screwed into a bearing 26, which forms a part of the bottom of container I, which is provided with a plurality of apertures 45 to allow the passage of air there- 0 through, thus thoroughly drying the parts.
  • Containers 2, I, 6, have various cleaning fluids, and containers 3, 5, I, are drying chambers.
  • a base a post extending up from said base, said post having the upper portion thereof of circular cross section, the remainder of the post being of polygonal cross section, a collar provided with a polygonal aperture corresponding to the polygonal cross section of the post slidably arranged on said post, and being provided with means for selectively contracting the aperture of said collar to clamp the collar on the post or for enlarging the aperture to enable the collar to be freely moved along the post, said collar being further provided with a vertical shaft adapted to support a basket for; watch parts to be cleaned, and a plurality of eontainerspositioned on said base about the post and in alignment with the respective sides thereof, whereby the collar may be rotated on the circular portion of the post and by bringing the collar into engagement with the polygonal portion of the post the basket may be aligned with any predetermined container on the base.
  • a base a post extending up from said base, said post having the upper portion thereof of circular cross section, the remainder of the post being of polygonal cross section, a collar provided with a polygonal aperture corresponding to the polygonal cross section of the post slidably arranged on said post and being provided with a vertical shaft adapted to support a basket for watch parts to be cleaned, and a plurality of containers posi-' tioned on said base about the post and in alignment with the respective sides thereof, whereby the collar may be rotated on the circular portion of the post and by bringing the collar into engagement with the polygonal portion of the post the basket may be exactly aligned with any predetermined container on the base.
  • a base a post extending up from said base, said post being of uniform, polygonal cross-section except at the upper portion thereof, said upper portion being of a smaller cross-section than the polygonal portion of the post, a collar provided with a polygonal aperture.
  • corresponding to the polygonal cross-section of the post slidably arranged on said post and being provided with a vertical shaft adapted to support a basket for watch parts to be cleaned, and a plurality of containers positioned on said base about the post and in alignment with the respective sides thereof, whereby the collar may be rotated on the upper portion of the post and by bringing the collar into engagement with the polygonal portion of the post the basket may be exactly aligned with any predetermined container on the base.
  • a drying chamber having apertures in the bottom thereof, a shaft vertically supported by the'bottom of the chamber, a fan mounted on the shaft, said shaft having an enlarged head with a recess therein, a container for watch works, said container being connected to a vertical shaft of an electric motor, and a conical member on the bottom of the container, said member fitting in the recess and frictionally engaging the enlarged head to rotate the first mentioned shaft.
  • a drying chamber an open container forwatch Works adapted to be received in said chamber, a fan rotatablymounted on a shaft in said chamber, and means for supporting and rotating the container and for moving the same into said chamher and into frictional engagement with the shaft to actuate the fan to create an air current for drying the watch parts in said container.
  • a base a polygonal post extending up from said base and having the upper portion thereof cylindrical, a collar having a polygonal aperture slidably mounted on said post, a motor supported by the collar and having a vertical shaft, a head fixed to the lower end of said shaft, a container for watch works removablysecured to the head, and fan means carried by said base for drying the watch works within the container.
  • a base In a watch cleaning machine, a base, a motor supported by the base and provided with a vertical shaft, a head attached to the lower end of the shaft, a ring, said ring and head being provided with complementary means for displaceably interlocking the same and with spring means for removably securing the same together, and a wire mesh compartment carried by said ring.
  • a base a polygonal post extending up from said base, a collar having a polygonal aperture slidably mounted on said post, a motor supported by the collar and having a vertical shaft, a head' fixed-to the lower end of said shaft, a container for watch works removably securedto the head, and fan means mauled by said base for drying the watch works within the container.

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Drying Of Solid Materials (AREA)

Description

Jan. 4, 1938. I. FRIEDMAN WATCH CLEANING MACHINE Filed July 16, 1936 I. I I u 3 I l T 1 Patented Jan. 4, 1938 amass wa'rcn creams MACHINE Irving Friedman, Newark, N. 3., asslgnor, by 111- root and mesne assignments, to Eico Manufacturing Company, Newark, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application July 16, 1936, Serial No. 90,829
8 Claims,
This invention relates to improvements in machines for cleaning watch works and the like.
In the cleaning oi watches, it is necessary to immerse the works in agitated liquids. Inasmuch as the parts of a watch are very small, it is obvious that the cleaning of watch works by manual means is inconvenient and impractical.
It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a machine for cleaning watch works easily and conveniently. In accordance with my invention, the works are alternately immersed in a liquid and in a drying chamber. In order that the container for the works will be in the exact position for immersion in the various chambers, it is slidably mounted on a polygonal shaft which enables the container to be adjusted to various angular positions directly above the chambers.
A further object of my invention is the provision, in a watch cleaning machine, of a fan arrangement for thoroughly drying the parts being cleaned.
These and other advantageous objects, which will later appear, are accomplished by the simple and practical construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, and in which:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a watch cleaning machine embodying my invention,
Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing details of the machine, I
Fig. 3 is an exploded view showing the manner in which a container for watch works is connected to the motor shaft, and
Fig. 4 is a plan view of the slidable bracket for holding the motor.
Referring to the drawing, in Fig. 1, the machine is shown to comprise a base I, which supports six containers, 2, 3, l, 5, 6, 1, arranged about a polygonal post 8 extending up from the base, the upper end 38 of the post being cylindric'al. is hexagonal, and is embraced by a collar 9 having a hexagonal aperture 39, the collar 9 having integral therewith a bracket III, which supports an electric motor ll, connected by means of a In the present instance, the post 8 cord l2 to a source of electric current and opera ated by switch 35 or the like. motor H is verticaland has at the lower end thereof a head I! provided with one or more notches l5, which receive lugs I! of a ring l5 having a flange and straps I8 which support a wire mesh basket is for carrying watch works. Attached to the sides of ring l6 are flat springs having bowed-in portions 20 which snap over The shaft I! of.
machine for cleaning the works of watches.
the head I 4 to hold the ring l6 and container l9 on the shaft 13 to rotate therewith.
In operation, the watch works are placed in the container I9, and the container is attached to shaft l3. The collar 9 is then moved up to the cylindrical portion 38 of hexagonal shaft 8 and rotated so that when it again engages the hexagonal shaft 8 the container will be directly over container 2, which contains a cleaning fluid. The container I9 is immersed in the fluid in container 2, and the motor started. After being subjected to the fluid in container 2 for a certain period of time, the collar 9 is raised and rotated to place the container I 9 over container 3 which carries no fluid.
Container 3 is an empty jar, and when the receptacle is lowered into the container 3 and the motor is started, whirling the container IS, the excess fluid which still clings to the parts, from the container 2, is thrown off; 20
After the short time required for this operation, collar 9 is raised and rotated and the container I9 is lowered into container 4. Container 1 contains a cleaning fluid, container 5 is an empty jar in which the fluid which still clings to the parts from container 4 may be thrown ofl, and container 6 has adifl'erent type of cleaning fluid in which the parts are immersed. The final container 1, is used for thoroughly drying the parts as well as for whirling oif any liquids which still cling to the parts. In this container, as shown in Fig. 2, the conical member 2| of the flange strap l8 frictionally engages enlarged portion 22 of shaft 23 to rotate shaft 23 and the fan blades 25. 35
The shaft 23 is supported by a thrust bearing 28in a. recessed plug 21 screwed into a bearing 26, which forms a part of the bottom of container I, which is provided with a plurality of apertures 45 to allow the passage of air there- 0 through, thus thoroughly drying the parts.
Containers 2, I, 6, have various cleaning fluids, and containers 3, 5, I, are drying chambers.
From the above description it will be seen that there has been provided a simple and eflec llzige 45 e hexagonal post 8 enables accurate positioning of the container l9 and motor over the desired fluid containersor drying chambers; and the connection between the shaft is and the disk l6 enables convenient and rapid attaching or removal of the container l9 when desired.
The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative of the invention, of which 55 obviously many embodiments may be constructed, including many modifications, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention herein indicated and denoted in the appended claims.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: v
1. In a watch cleaning machine, a base, a post extending up from said base, said post having the upper portion thereof of circular cross section, the remainder of the post being of polygonal cross section, a collar provided with a polygonal aperture corresponding to the polygonal cross section of the post slidably arranged on said post, and being provided with means for selectively contracting the aperture of said collar to clamp the collar on the post or for enlarging the aperture to enable the collar to be freely moved along the post, said collar being further provided with a vertical shaft adapted to support a basket for; watch parts to be cleaned, and a plurality of eontainerspositioned on said base about the post and in alignment with the respective sides thereof, whereby the collar may be rotated on the circular portion of the post and by bringing the collar into engagement with the polygonal portion of the post the basket may be aligned with any predetermined container on the base. v
'2. In a watch cleaning machine, a base, a post extending up from said base, said post having the upper portion thereof of circular cross section, the remainder of the post being of polygonal cross section, a collar provided with a polygonal aperture corresponding to the polygonal cross section of the post slidably arranged on said post and being provided with a vertical shaft adapted to support a basket for watch parts to be cleaned, and a plurality of containers posi-' tioned on said base about the post and in alignment with the respective sides thereof, whereby the collar may be rotated on the circular portion of the post and by bringing the collar into engagement with the polygonal portion of the post the basket may be exactly aligned with any predetermined container on the base.
3. In a watch cleaning machine, a base, a post extending up from said base, said post being of uniform, polygonal cross-section except at the upper portion thereof, said upper portion being of a smaller cross-section than the polygonal portion of the post, a collar provided with a polygonal aperture. corresponding to the polygonal cross-section of the post slidably arranged on said post and being provided with a vertical shaft adapted to support a basket for watch parts to be cleaned, and a plurality of containers positioned on said base about the post and in alignment with the respective sides thereof, whereby the collar may be rotated on the upper portion of the post and by bringing the collar into engagement with the polygonal portion of the post the basket may be exactly aligned with any predetermined container on the base.
4. In a watch cleaning machine, a drying chamber having apertures in the bottom thereof, a shaft vertically supported by the'bottom of the chamber, a fan mounted on the shaft, said shaft having an enlarged head with a recess therein, a container for watch works, said container being connected to a vertical shaft of an electric motor, and a conical member on the bottom of the container, said member fitting in the recess and frictionally engaging the enlarged head to rotate the first mentioned shaft.
5. In a watch cleaning machine, a drying chamber, an open container forwatch Works adapted to be received in said chamber, a fan rotatablymounted on a shaft in said chamber, and means for supporting and rotating the container and for moving the same into said chamher and into frictional engagement with the shaft to actuate the fan to create an air current for drying the watch parts in said container.
6. In a watch cleaning machine, a base, a polygonal post extending up from said base and having the upper portion thereof cylindrical, a collar having a polygonal aperture slidably mounted on said post, a motor supported by the collar and having a vertical shaft, a head fixed to the lower end of said shaft, a container for watch works removablysecured to the head, and fan means carried by said base for drying the watch works within the container.
'7. In a watch cleaning machine, a base, a motor supported by the base and provided with a vertical shaft, a head attached to the lower end of the shaft, a ring, said ring and head being provided with complementary means for displaceably interlocking the same and with spring means for removably securing the same together, and a wire mesh compartment carried by said ring.
8. In a watch cleaning machine, a base, a polygonal post extending up from said base, a collar having a polygonal aperture slidably mounted on said post, a motor supported by the collar and having a vertical shaft, a head' fixed-to the lower end of said shaft, a container for watch works removably securedto the head, and fan means mauled by said base for drying the watch works within the container.
IRVING FRIEDMAN.
US90829A 1936-07-16 1936-07-16 Watch cleaning machine Expired - Lifetime US2104456A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US90829A US2104456A (en) 1936-07-16 1936-07-16 Watch cleaning machine

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US90829A US2104456A (en) 1936-07-16 1936-07-16 Watch cleaning machine

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US2104456A true US2104456A (en) 1938-01-04

Family

ID=22224520

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US90829A Expired - Lifetime US2104456A (en) 1936-07-16 1936-07-16 Watch cleaning machine

Country Status (1)

Country Link
US (1) US2104456A (en)

Cited By (16)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2565326A (en) * 1946-05-23 1951-08-21 Schurenberg Otto Automatic machine for cleaning watch parts
US2567921A (en) * 1945-03-07 1951-09-18 Jr Alfred A Boehm Dielectric test apparatus
US2637330A (en) * 1946-12-20 1953-05-05 Hydro Blast Corp Apparatus for cleaning granular material
US2648343A (en) * 1947-05-29 1953-08-11 C A Miketta Oscillatable spray means for dishwashing apparatus
US2805492A (en) * 1953-05-06 1957-09-10 Kiefer Centrifugal machine for drying parachutes
US2845045A (en) * 1954-12-08 1958-07-29 Technicon International Ltd Apparatus for processing histologic tissue and other materials
US2894519A (en) * 1954-05-05 1959-07-14 Hendrick J Gregg Apparatus for quenching ring gears and similar articles
US2896648A (en) * 1958-08-25 1959-07-28 Max A Lazarus Ultrasonic cleaner and degreaser
US3055032A (en) * 1955-08-22 1962-09-25 Buse Helen De Automatic cleaning and polishing device
US3089500A (en) * 1960-10-12 1963-05-14 Irl N Stalcup Contact lens carrying case
US3203434A (en) * 1963-12-06 1965-08-31 Western Electric Co Chemical polishing machine
US4086930A (en) * 1976-04-22 1978-05-02 Hiss William K Automatic transmission torque converter flusher
US4090309A (en) * 1977-01-12 1978-05-23 Rollins James E Filter drying apparatus
US4684259A (en) * 1985-08-05 1987-08-04 Adolph Coors Company Epoxy mixing and dispensing apparatus
US4856909A (en) * 1986-06-23 1989-08-15 Rorer Pharmaceutical Corporation Pharmacological dissolution method and apparatus
US6336739B1 (en) * 2001-03-02 2002-01-08 Luke Lee Air bath dissolution tester

Cited By (16)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2567921A (en) * 1945-03-07 1951-09-18 Jr Alfred A Boehm Dielectric test apparatus
US2565326A (en) * 1946-05-23 1951-08-21 Schurenberg Otto Automatic machine for cleaning watch parts
US2637330A (en) * 1946-12-20 1953-05-05 Hydro Blast Corp Apparatus for cleaning granular material
US2648343A (en) * 1947-05-29 1953-08-11 C A Miketta Oscillatable spray means for dishwashing apparatus
US2805492A (en) * 1953-05-06 1957-09-10 Kiefer Centrifugal machine for drying parachutes
US2894519A (en) * 1954-05-05 1959-07-14 Hendrick J Gregg Apparatus for quenching ring gears and similar articles
US2845045A (en) * 1954-12-08 1958-07-29 Technicon International Ltd Apparatus for processing histologic tissue and other materials
US3055032A (en) * 1955-08-22 1962-09-25 Buse Helen De Automatic cleaning and polishing device
US2896648A (en) * 1958-08-25 1959-07-28 Max A Lazarus Ultrasonic cleaner and degreaser
US3089500A (en) * 1960-10-12 1963-05-14 Irl N Stalcup Contact lens carrying case
US3203434A (en) * 1963-12-06 1965-08-31 Western Electric Co Chemical polishing machine
US4086930A (en) * 1976-04-22 1978-05-02 Hiss William K Automatic transmission torque converter flusher
US4090309A (en) * 1977-01-12 1978-05-23 Rollins James E Filter drying apparatus
US4684259A (en) * 1985-08-05 1987-08-04 Adolph Coors Company Epoxy mixing and dispensing apparatus
US4856909A (en) * 1986-06-23 1989-08-15 Rorer Pharmaceutical Corporation Pharmacological dissolution method and apparatus
US6336739B1 (en) * 2001-03-02 2002-01-08 Luke Lee Air bath dissolution tester

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US2104456A (en) Watch cleaning machine
US3061280A (en) Apparatus for mixing fluent material
US2549121A (en) Mixer
US2013615A (en) Drink mixer
US2654504A (en) Device for preserving paintbrushes
US1839944A (en) Thermometer shaker
US2904808A (en) Nail polish container, mixer and applicator
US2883063A (en) Laboratory rack
US2263807A (en) Glass washing machine
US2526602A (en) Receptacle kit
US2018162A (en) Egg separator
US1575231A (en) Device for supporting flexible tubes
US2480502A (en) Cleaning machine for small parts, particularly watch or clock parts
US2212317A (en) Watch cleaning machine
US2739759A (en) Centrifuge
US2007361A (en) Beverage mixer
US2272125A (en) Appliance for mixing materials
US1121934A (en) Bur-block.
US2768879A (en) Apparatus for performing chemical tests
US2029234A (en) Beverage mixing device
US156572A (en) Improvement in artists color-stands
US1934019A (en) Watch cleaning machine
US2001328A (en) Dishwashing machine
US2267580A (en) Watch cleaner
US3074773A (en) Watch parts handling apparatus