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US2645896A US292072A US29207252A US2645896A US 2645896 A US2645896 A US 2645896A US 292072 A US292072 A US 292072A US 29207252 A US29207252 A US 29207252A US 2645896 A US2645896 A US 2645896A
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  • the seconds hours-tens of minutes, minutes and seconds. drum is driven, through appropriate gearing, by r,The seconds drum is rotated at a constant speed va synchronous motor; landthe minutes, tens of of one revolution per minute by a clock motor. minutes and,ghoursdrums are .coupled back to I Geneva-movement mechanisms are interposed the seconds drumrfthrough Geneva-movement between the five drums so that all drums except mechanisms lso that they' move intermittently in vthe driven seconds drum are rotated with in- ,.proper.time-indicating.fashion. termittent motions in time-indicating fashion.
  • the hours drum having numbers 0 through Aforrearsyreadingcan be put-arounda drum with- 9 thereon, is advanced one number (thirty-six .out the drum -andclock case becoming excessively degrees) every hour by a Geneva mechanism large and bulky.
  • Thetens of bers 0 through 2li arranged otra single drum hours drum has numbers 0,0, l, l and2 distributed over 180, degrees of its peripheral surface.
  • the recycling procedure takes a m-atter of the four visible. numbers indicating .liours and Aseconds and can be made to occur when the clock minutes are of equal size andare equally'spaced indicates time l2359 if desired, -or at any other rso as to maximize readability. 55 suitable time.
  • Figure 'l is a sectional view taken on the line 'I 'I of Fig. 1.
  • Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7.
  • Figure 9 is a graphical representation of the motions of parts of the mechanism which will be used in explaining the operation thereof.
  • Figure 10 is a representation of the distribution of numbers around the various drums.
  • Figure II is a front elevation showing the appearance of .2a-hour direct-reading clock.
  • a frame I4 has journaled therein a compound shaft consisting of a main shaft I5 and a concentric sleeve shaft I5, both shafts being freely rotatable relative to the frame and to each other.
  • An auxiliary shaft Il is also journaled in frame I4 in parallel spaced relationship with the compound shaft.
  • a clock motor or synchronous gear motor I8 mounted on frame I4 has an output shaft I9 provided with a pinion for driving a seconds assembly.
  • the seconds assembly as a unit is freely rotatable on main shaft I5 and it comprises a gear Wheel 2I meshed with pinion 2D, a seconds drum 22 with indicia thereon as represented in Fig. 10, and a Geneva driver 23 having a drive pin 24 and a locking shoulder 25.
  • Motor I8 drives the seconds assembly at the constant speed of one revolution per minute.
  • Gear Wheel 2i drives gear 26 which is xed on auxiliary shaft I1 so that shaft I'l also rotates at one revolution per minute for purposes which will become apparent as the description proceeds.
  • the Geneva driver 23 drives a Geneva star wheel 2S which is freely rotatable on shaft I I and which has six drive slots 30 and six lock surfaces 3I, the construction being shown to advantage in Fig. 3.
  • Geneva Star wheel 29 is coupled to gear Wheel 32 through a spring-loaded ratchet 33, the teeth of the ratchet being arranged so that star wheel 29 drives gear wheel 32, but the latter can be overdriven. Both are freely rotatable on shaft I'I.
  • pin 24 drives star wheel 29 and gear Wheel 32 sixty degrees. This motion is imparted to gear wheel 35 to cause a thirty-six degree rotation of the latter, the reduction being due to the gear ratio.
  • Gear wheel 32 intermittently drives a minutes assembly including gear wheel 35, minutes drum 36 with indicia thereon as shown in Fig. 1-0, and a Geneva driver 31 including drive pin 38.
  • drive pin 38 causes a thirty-six degree rotation of Geneva star Wheel 42.
  • Star wheel 42 as shown to advantage in Fig. 4, consists of a driven wheel 43 with ten notches and a lock Wheel 44 having ten lock surfaces. The two-part construction with each part operative in a separate plane is employed because of the relatively large number of teeth needed.
  • Star Wheel 42 is directly coupled by shank 45 to gear Wheel 46; all as a unit are freely rotatable on shaft I1.
  • Each thirty-six degree rotation of gear wheel 46 causes a sixty degree rotation of gear Wheel 4T by reason of the gear ratio.
  • Gear wheel 46 causes rotation of a tens of minutes assembly which, as a unit, is freely rotatable on main shaft I5 and which consists of a gear Wheel 41, a tens of minutes drum 48 with indicia thereon as represented in Fig. 10, and a Geneva driver 49, with drive pin 50.
  • Driver 49 drives Geneva star wheel 53, shown to advantage in Fig. 5.
  • Star wheel 53 has six notches 54 and it is coupled to gear wheel 55 through spring-loaded ratchet 56. Once during each rotation of the tens of minutes drum 48 and driver 49, star wheel 53 and gear wheel 55 are made to rotate sixty degrees, which in turn causes a thirty-six degree rotation of gear wheel 58.
  • An hours assembly is fixed on sleeve shaft IB and it consists of gear Wheel 58, hours drum 59 having indicia thereon as represented in Fig. 10, and a Geneva driver 60 having two driver pins 6I and 62 disposed 180 degrees apart.
  • An hours set Wheel B3 is also fixed on sleeve shaft I6 for setting the hours drum to the correct time. During the setting procedure, ratchet 56 is overridden so that the motion is not transmitted back to the tens of minutes drum 48.
  • a compound Geneva star wheel 64 and directly coupled gear wheel 65 are freely rotatable as a unit on auxiliary shaft I'I and are rotated thirty-six degrees once during every half revolution of hours drum 59 and driver 60.
  • Star wheel 64 is shown to advantage in Fig. 6; it consists of a slotted driven disk 61 and a lock disk 68 having six concave lock surfaces. It will be noted that a portion 69 of the periphery of lock disk 68 is without lock surfaces, for reasons which will be treated as the description proceeds.
  • a tens of hours assembly consisting of a tens of hours drum 'I0 with tens of hours numbers O, 0, 1, 1 and 2 thereon, a gear wheel 1I, and a mutilated Geneva star Wheel I2 is freely rotatable as a unit on sleeve shaft I6.
  • Gear wheel II is meshed with gear wheel 65 on auxiliary shaft I'I. Therefore, gear wheel "II, tens of hours drum 10, and mutilated Geneva wheel I2 are driven thirty-six degrees every time the Geneva mechanism 60, 64 operates.
  • a circular notched cam l5 is fixed on sleeve shaft I6 so that it is maintained in a predetermined relationship with the hours drum 59, which is also fixed on sleeve shaft I6.
  • a stationary sector cam I6 having an internal concave cam surface is mounted on frame I4 by means of supports TI, TI.
  • a Geneva driver is fixed on auxiliary shaft II and is provided with six driver pins spaced thirty degrees apart. Five of the driver pins 8
  • mutilated star wheel 12 has ve teeth 84 which are driven by the ve driver pins 8l.
  • a sixth tooth 85 reciprocably mounted on mutilated wheel 12.
  • the limits and direction of reciprocation are determined by slots 86 and 91 in the reciprocable tooth 85 and pin 88 extending from mutilated wheel 12, and sleeve shaft I5.
  • a cam follower pin 99 extends from one end of reciprocable tooth 95 and rides on the surface of cam 15.
  • mounted at 92 on mutilated star wheel 12 urges cam follower pin 90 against the surface of cam 15.
  • the reciprocable tooth 95 is shown in one o'fits extreme positions wherein cam follower pin 9o is in the notch on cam 15. In this position, the reciprocable tooth 85 extends out radially like xed teeth S4 on mutilated star wheel 12, and is in a position to be operated upon by elongated driver pin 92 of Geneva driver 80.
  • the reciprocable tooth 85 is provided with a foot 94 which extends into the plane of fixed cam 16. 94, prevents cam follower pin 99 from falling into the notch on cam 15 when the clockmechanism is in a position to indicate time 1200.
  • Fixed cam 19 also serves in effecting a lifting of cam follower pin 99 out of the notch on cam 15 to unlock drums 59 and 13 following the recycling operation occurring at time 2400.
  • Fig. 10 illustrates the number indicia arranged around 360 degrees of the peripheral surfaces of the various drums.
  • second drum 22 has numbers for sixty'seconds counting by fives
  • the minutes drum has numbers 0 through 9
  • the tens of minutes drum 48 has numbers 0 through 5
  • the hours drum 59 has numbers 0 through 9
  • the tens of yhours drum 19 has numbers 0, 0, l, 1 and 2.
  • 'Ihe seconds drum 22 may have the numbers on a colorcoded background with a separate color for each quarter minute. The numbers are evenly distributed around ⁇ all drums except the tens of '.1
  • Fig. 11 illustrates the appearance of the clock when provided with a mask 96 having windows through which the numbers on the disks are visible.
  • Drums 35, 48, 59 and 19 are normally stationary and are advanced quickly by the Geneva mechanisms from a position where one number on the drum is visible to a position where the next higher number is visible.
  • Drums 3B, L19, 59 and 10 are thus advanced in time-indicating fashion from time 0001 to time 2400.
  • the tens of hours drum 19 is advanced every five hours from number 0, to number 0, to number. 1, to numberl and to number 2.
  • the motion of the tens of hours drum 10 is illustrated by dotted line 91 in Fig. 9, the vertical portions indicating the periods of time when the drum is stationary and the horizontal portions indicating the times at which Vthe drum is rotated to reveal the next number.
  • the repeated numbers 0 and 1 are distinguished in Fig. 9 by subscripts 1 and 2.
  • the horizontal axis of Fig. 9 indicates angular relationship relative to a fixed point on frame I4.
  • the motion of the hours drum 59 is represented in Fig. 9 by the line 98, the vertical portions representing the hourly periods during which the drum is stationary and the horizontal portions indicating the thirty-six degree rotational shifts made by the drum once per hour.r
  • Reciprocable tooth rotates with tens of hours drum 10 so the line 91 in Fig. 9 also represents the motion of the reciprocable tooth B5.
  • notched cam 15 rotates with the hours drum 59, and its motion is represented by line 98 in Fig. 9.
  • the cam-'following pin 99 of reciprocable tooth 85 is in a position to be urged by spring 9! into the notch on cam 15. It will be noted from Fig. 9 that there is a period of one hour between time 1200 and time 1300 duringv which lines 91 and 99 intersect, indicating that pin 9o is in line with the notch in cam 15.
  • reciprocable tooth 85 is prevented from shifting by reason of its foot 94 encountering theI stationary cam 16.
  • arrow 99 in Fig. 9 indicates the sector over which the stationary cam 15 is operative in this manner.
  • Lines 91 and 98 again intersect at the point designated E99 on Fig. This occurs at time 2400 and the elements of the latching or transfer means are then in the positions shown in. Figs. l, 7 and 8.
  • cam-following pin 99 has fallen into the notch on cam 15 allowing reciprocable tooth to extend radially into position where it may be operated upon by elongated pin 92 of Geneva driver 99.
  • Driver 89, being iixed auxiliary shaft i1 is always driven at the constant uniform speed or? one revolution per minute.
  • Pins 6l of Geneva driver 8S never engage teeth of mutilated star Wheel 'F2 except following the engagement of elongated pin 82 vwith reciprocable tooth 85 because between time 6061 and time 2409 the teeth S1 do not extend into the circle of rotation or" pins 53.
  • Hours drum 59 fixed by rotating knurled ai fixed on sleeve sh ie rotation o hours drum 59 also results in the advancement of the it through the action or 6ft between the drums. lilo e i tions of hours drum are needed to set he two drums to any readingbetween 00 and 24 hours.
  • the rotation oi hours drum 55 is not transmitted baci: to tens of minutes drum i3 by reason o ratchet 5t being overridden.
  • Ratchet 33 has ten teeth and minutes drum Z-l has ten number positions. Therefore, the resetting procedure cannot disturb the ne ssary synchronous relationship between drums and Similarly, ratchet e6 has ten teeth and hours drum 59 has ten number positions so as to maintain synchronism betvf'een drums .S and 59.
  • t ie combination comprising an hours drum having the numbers 0 through 9 thereon, means operatlve once per hour to advance said drum one number, a tens or" hours drum having the numbers 0, i and 2 thereon, a Geneva mechanism operatively interposed between said drums to advance said tens of hours drum at least once during every complete cycle or the hours drum, and transfer means operative responsively to a prede tei-mined relative position of said hours and tens of hours drums to lock them together and quickly rotate them substantially 216 degrees.
  • a 24-hour direct-reading clock comprising an hours drum and a tens ci" hours drum, means lor driving the hours drum, Geneva movement means operatively connecting the tens or" hours drum with the hours d n, detent opera f to lock the hours and t Ls drums from elif-ot said movement oi the locked hours and tens of hours drums.
  • a 24-hour direct-reading clocl; or the like comprising an hours drum with the numbers 0-9 evenly spaced thereabout, a tens of hours drum with the numbers O, 0, l, l and 2 spaced over 180 degrees of the drum, means for driving the hours drum, Geneva movement means operative after each half revolution of the hoursI drum to turn the tens of hours drum 36 degrees, a detent operative every 2li hours to lock the hours and tens of hours drums together, and overdriving means operative responsively to said detent to rotate locked drums substantially 216 degrees.
  • a 24-hour direct-reading clock comprising individual indicating drums for tens of hours, hours, tens of minutes, minutes, and seconds, a driving motor geared to the seconds drum, Geneva mechanisms coupling the drums so that they rotate in time-indicating fashion, latch means operative every third time the number 4 on the hours drum appears in the viewing position, and overdriving means deriving power from said driving motor operative cooperatively with said latch .means to quiirly rotate the hours drum to a position Where the number zero is visible.
  • a 24-hour direct-reading clock comprising individual indicating drums for tens of hours, hours, tens of minutes, minutes, and seconds, a driving motor geared to said seconds drum, Geneva mechanisms coupling the drums so that they rotate in time-indicating fashion, latch means connected with the hours drum operative every 24 hours, and overdriving means deriving power from said driving motor operative cooperatively with said latch means to quickly rotate the hours drum substantially 216 degrees.
  • a 2li-hour direct-reading clock comprising individual indicating drums for tens of hours, hours, tens of minutes and minutes, numbers (l through 9 distributed around the periphery of said hours drum, driving means including Geneva mechanisms for driving said drums in time-indicating fashion, latch means connected With the hours drum operative every third time the number 4 on the hours drum reaches a predetermined position, and overdriving means operative responsively to said latch means to quickly rotate the hours drum until the number zero on the drum reaches said predetermined position.

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July 21, 1953 E. J. UHUG ETAL 2,645,896
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TWENTY-FOUR-HQUR DIRECT-READING CLOCK Filed June 6, 1952 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 /TTORNEY July 2 1, 1953 E. J. UHLIG ET AL 2,645,896
TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR DIRECT-READING CLOCK Filed June e, 1952 i 4 sheets-sheet s INVENTORS TTOR NE Y o 3'6 7'2 ls |44 |`ao ais 252 za :'24 seo July 21, 1953 E. J. UHLIG ET A1.
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' UNITED YSTA??E.S .PATENT 0F FICE v 1 2,645,896r e 2li-HOUR Dinner-READING CLOCK Erie J. Uhligiiaaaonneights, ma John RQLewis,
Collingswood, N. J., assignorsvtoWickes Engineering and Construction Company, Camden, l NN. '.I.,. a corporation of New Jersey ,Appiiatiossons 6,1952, seriaiNdzsarz e fs, Claudis.l (oms-'125) `This invention relates to direct-reading clocks It is av further object to provideva clock wherein -or the like, and moreparticularly lto directrreadthe hours and minutes drums may be reset ining clocks which;'indicate.,ti me on,y a'- 2l-hour dependently without any possibility of the drums basis. y y v i getting-outer proper time-indicating synchro- ,t Drum-typedirectfreading-iclocksV operatingon U nism.`
a 12-hour cyclefare-well known in the art..:Such Other `objects and novel features of the con- `clocks normally have an jhoursfdrum with the .struction and arrangement of parts comprising numbers 0 .through 12 thereon, altens of minutes this improved clock will be apparent as the de'- drum with theUnumbers-O throughi5 .thereon,2 scription of the invention progresses. v.minutes ldrum with the .numbers, 0through 9 1U f According to the. present invention, separate thereon, and af'secondsdrumwith indiciafor number drums are used forl the tens of hours, lnumbers, 0 0 throughathereon. The seconds hours-tens of minutes, minutes and seconds. drum is driven, through appropriate gearing, by r,The seconds drum is rotated at a constant speed va synchronous motor; landthe minutes, tens of of one revolution per minute by a clock motor. minutes and,ghoursdrums are .coupled back to I Geneva-movement mechanisms are interposed the seconds drumrfthrough Geneva-movement between the five drums so that all drums except mechanisms lso that they' move intermittently in vthe driven seconds drum are rotated with in- ,.proper.time-indicating.fashion. termittent motions in time-indicating fashion.
Ten, or even twelve numbers`v of adequate size. The hours drum, having numbers 0 through Aforrearsyreadingcan be put-arounda drum with- 9 thereon, is advanced one number (thirty-six .out the drum -andclock case becoming excessively degrees) every hour by a Geneva mechanism large and bulky. A ZLl-hourclock with the .num- Adriven from the tensof minutes drum. Thetens of bers 0 through 2li arranged otra single drum hours drum has numbers 0,0, l, l and2 distributed over 180, degrees of its peripheral surface. A
Awould be so large and cumbersome-esto ,be `imy Y Geneva mechanism driven from the hours drum practical formost applications.- l I As .an alternativetohaving a-singlefhours ladvances the tens of hours drum one number drum'with numbers 0;through. ,24fthereon,.sepa (thirty-six degrees) every five hours. There- .rate h ours and tens ofahours drumsmay. be con'- fore, the rst number 0 onthe tens of hours drum sidered. The Iproblem immediatelyencountered is visible for iive hours while numbers 0, 1, 2, 3 Yarisesfrom the factthat the. hours drum must 30 and 4 on the hours drum appear in succession. contain tenY numbers but. a 24 hour ycycle .is not The second number 0 on the tens of hours. drums evenly .divisible by ten. .h Thereforethe hours Iis visible; with- numbers 5, 6, "I, 8 and 9 on the ndrum must successively indicate thevdiscontinu- Ahours drum. The first number 1 on the tens of ous series of numbers0, 1, 2, 3, 455, 6, 7; 8,39, .hours drum is visible with numbers 0 through 4 ,0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 "I, 8, l 9, 0,1, 2, 3,-:4and then 0 35 ofthe hours drum, and the secondV number 1 is during one 24-hour cycle, .visible with numbers 5 through 9.v Then the num- While others have worked on 24hour directber 2 on the tens of fhours drum is visible for reading clocks, so=.far as we knowy no one has four hours with the numbers 0, 1, 2 and 3 on the succeeded in completely satisfying theneeds of hours drum. This brings the 'reading up to 23 .thosein .the communications, transportation, 40 hours.V At the end ofthe fourhour period dury.military and naval fields who prefer such a .timeing which-the 2 on the tens of hours drum is visi- DeCe. It is therefore a gnelloblect Of :the b1e,..the hours drum shifts to indicate number present invention to provide' a24hour direct- 4, .and the lock then reads time 2400. At this reading @100k Which Combine-S.gOOdjlBgblitywith y instant, `a transfer mechanism goes into opera- COmlOaCtrleSS in physical size. 1.15 .tion whereby ar detent or latch locks the tens of v It iS 230th??k Object t9 DI'OVde w24-hour clock hours and thehours drums together and bothare employing a vmechanisnfl Tequlinga minimum rapidlyA rotated 216 degrees, by overdriving .number of parts. l `means, through the blank portion of the tens of It is afurther object to provide a clock which hours drum andthe numbers 4, 5,6, 7, 8 and 9 is reliable, simple in construction and relatively 5g of the hours drum. The clock then reads time inexpensive to manufacture. f y 0000 for some seconds before changing to time It is a further object to provide a Clock wherein 0001. -The recycling procedure takes a m-atter of the four visible. numbers indicating .liours and Aseconds and can be made to occur when the clock minutes are of equal size andare equally'spaced indicates time l2359 if desired, -or at any other rso as to maximize readability. 55 suitable time.
taken on the line Figure 6 is a sectional vievv taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1.
Figure 'l is a sectional view taken on the line 'I 'I of Fig. 1.
Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7.
Figure 9 is a graphical representation of the motions of parts of the mechanism which will be used in explaining the operation thereof.
Figure 10 is a representation of the distribution of numbers around the various drums.
Figure II is a front elevation showing the appearance of .2a-hour direct-reading clock.
Referring now in greater detail to the drawings, wherein like parts in the several views are given the same numeral, a frame I4 has journaled therein a compound shaft consisting of a main shaft I5 and a concentric sleeve shaft I5, both shafts being freely rotatable relative to the frame and to each other. An auxiliary shaft Il is also journaled in frame I4 in parallel spaced relationship with the compound shaft. A clock motor or synchronous gear motor I8 mounted on frame I4 has an output shaft I9 provided with a pinion for driving a seconds assembly.
The seconds assembly as a unit is freely rotatable on main shaft I5 and it comprises a gear Wheel 2I meshed with pinion 2D, a seconds drum 22 with indicia thereon as represented in Fig. 10, and a Geneva driver 23 having a drive pin 24 and a locking shoulder 25. Motor I8 drives the seconds assembly at the constant speed of one revolution per minute. Gear Wheel 2i drives gear 26 which is xed on auxiliary shaft I1 so that shaft I'l also rotates at one revolution per minute for purposes which will become apparent as the description proceeds.
The Geneva driver 23 drives a Geneva star wheel 2S which is freely rotatable on shaft I I and which has six drive slots 30 and six lock surfaces 3I, the construction being shown to advantage in Fig. 3. Geneva Star wheel 29 is coupled to gear Wheel 32 through a spring-loaded ratchet 33, the teeth of the ratchet being arranged so that star wheel 29 drives gear wheel 32, but the latter can be overdriven. Both are freely rotatable on shaft I'I. Once in every complete rotation of the seconds assembly, pin 24 drives star wheel 29 and gear Wheel 32 sixty degrees. This motion is imparted to gear wheel 35 to cause a thirty-six degree rotation of the latter, the reduction being due to the gear ratio.
It will be understood that Geneva mechanisms are old in the art and that the present invention is not on Geneva mechanisms per se. Therefore, it will not be necessary to describe herein the Geneva mechanism in great detail.
Gear wheel 32 intermittently drives a minutes assembly including gear wheel 35, minutes drum 36 with indicia thereon as shown in Fig. 1-0, and a Geneva driver 31 including drive pin 38. The
minutes assembly is fixed on shaft I5 as is the minutes set wheel 4U. When set Wheel 40 is used to set the minutes drum 36 to the proper time, the motion is not transmitted back to the seconds assembly by reason of the overriding action of ratchet 33.
Once during every revolution of minutes drum 36 and Geneva driver 31, drive pin 38 causes a thirty-six degree rotation of Geneva star Wheel 42. Star wheel 42, as shown to advantage in Fig. 4, consists of a driven wheel 43 with ten notches and a lock Wheel 44 having ten lock surfaces. The two-part construction with each part operative in a separate plane is employed because of the relatively large number of teeth needed. Star Wheel 42 is directly coupled by shank 45 to gear Wheel 46; all as a unit are freely rotatable on shaft I1. Each thirty-six degree rotation of gear wheel 46 causes a sixty degree rotation of gear Wheel 4T by reason of the gear ratio.
Gear wheel 46 causes rotation of a tens of minutes assembly which, as a unit, is freely rotatable on main shaft I5 and which consists of a gear Wheel 41, a tens of minutes drum 48 with indicia thereon as represented in Fig. 10, and a Geneva driver 49, with drive pin 50. Driver 49 drives Geneva star wheel 53, shown to advantage in Fig. 5. Star wheel 53 has six notches 54 and it is coupled to gear wheel 55 through spring-loaded ratchet 56. Once during each rotation of the tens of minutes drum 48 and driver 49, star wheel 53 and gear wheel 55 are made to rotate sixty degrees, which in turn causes a thirty-six degree rotation of gear wheel 58.
An hours assembly is fixed on sleeve shaft IB and it consists of gear Wheel 58, hours drum 59 having indicia thereon as represented in Fig. 10, and a Geneva driver 60 having two driver pins 6I and 62 disposed 180 degrees apart. An hours set Wheel B3 is also fixed on sleeve shaft I6 for setting the hours drum to the correct time. During the setting procedure, ratchet 56 is overridden so that the motion is not transmitted back to the tens of minutes drum 48.
A compound Geneva star wheel 64 and directly coupled gear wheel 65 are freely rotatable as a unit on auxiliary shaft I'I and are rotated thirty-six degrees once during every half revolution of hours drum 59 and driver 60. Star wheel 64 is shown to advantage in Fig. 6; it consists of a slotted driven disk 61 and a lock disk 68 having six concave lock surfaces. It will be noted that a portion 69 of the periphery of lock disk 68 is without lock surfaces, for reasons which will be treated as the description proceeds.
A tens of hours assembly consisting of a tens of hours drum 'I0 with tens of hours numbers O, 0, 1, 1 and 2 thereon, a gear wheel 1I, and a mutilated Geneva star Wheel I2 is freely rotatable as a unit on sleeve shaft I6. Gear wheel II is meshed with gear wheel 65 on auxiliary shaft I'I. Therefore, gear wheel "II, tens of hours drum 10, and mutilated Geneva wheel I2 are driven thirty-six degrees every time the Geneva mechanism 60, 64 operates.
A circular notched cam l5 is fixed on sleeve shaft I6 so that it is maintained in a predetermined relationship with the hours drum 59, which is also fixed on sleeve shaft I6. A stationary sector cam I6 having an internal concave cam surface is mounted on frame I4 by means of supports TI, TI. A Geneva driver is fixed on auxiliary shaft II and is provided with six driver pins spaced thirty degrees apart. Five of the driver pins 8| are of a length to be operative '.erative in a plane between mutilated star wheel 12 and cam 15. Geneva driver 8U is rotated at the constant speed of one revolution per minute by shaft i1 which is in turn driven by motor i8 through pinion 20, and gear wheels 2| and 26.
As shown to advantage in Figs. '1 and 8, mutilated star wheel 12 has ve teeth 84 which are driven by the ve driver pins 8l. There is a sixth tooth 85 reciprocably mounted on mutilated wheel 12. The limits and direction of reciprocation are determined by slots 86 and 91 in the reciprocable tooth 85 and pin 88 extending from mutilated wheel 12, and sleeve shaft I5. A cam follower pin 99 extends from one end of reciprocable tooth 95 and rides on the surface of cam 15. A spring 9| mounted at 92 on mutilated star wheel 12 urges cam follower pin 90 against the surface of cam 15. In the drawings, the reciprocable tooth 95 is shown in one o'fits extreme positions wherein cam follower pin 9o is in the notch on cam 15. In this position, the reciprocable tooth 85 extends out radially like xed teeth S4 on mutilated star wheel 12, and is in a position to be operated upon by elongated driver pin 92 of Geneva driver 80.
The reciprocable tooth 85 is provided with a foot 94 which extends into the plane of fixed cam 16. 94, prevents cam follower pin 99 from falling into the notch on cam 15 when the clockmechanism is in a position to indicate time 1200. Fixed cam 19 also serves in effecting a lifting of cam follower pin 99 out of the notch on cam 15 to unlock drums 59 and 13 following the recycling operation occurring at time 2400.
Fig. 10 illustrates the number indicia arranged around 360 degrees of the peripheral surfaces of the various drums. second drum 22 has numbers for sixty'seconds counting by fives, the minutes drum has numbers 0 through 9, the tens of minutes drum 48 has numbers 0 through 5, the hours drum 59 has numbers 0 through 9, and the tens of yhours drum 19 has numbers 0, 0, l, 1 and 2. 'Ihe seconds drum 22 may have the numbers on a colorcoded background with a separate color for each quarter minute. The numbers are evenly distributed around `all drums except the tens of '.1
hours drum 19, which has the numbers distributed around half of the peripheral surface. In Fig. 10, the numbers are arranged to move upwardly past a window, whereas in the other iigures of the drawings the number vdrums move i.
downwardly past the Window. Either arrangement of the numbers may be used.
Fig. 11 illustrates the appearance of the clock when provided with a mask 96 having windows through which the numbers on the disks are visible.
The operation of the 24-hour direct-reading clock will now be described and the chart of Fig. 9 will be used toexplain the operation of the transfer means associated with the hours drum 59 and the tens of hours drum 19. Motor I8y drives the seconds drum 22 at the constant speed of one revolution per minute. Once during every revolution of seconds drum 22, minutes drum 36 is advanced thirty-six degrees or one- .l
tenth of a revolution, the motion being transmitted from Geneva driver 23 through Geneva star wheel 29, ratchet coupling 33 and gear wheels 32,95. Once during every revolution of minutes drum 36 the tens of minutes drum 48vis advanced Fixed cam 16, when engaged by foot i' It will be noted that the j drum 59. y
mutilated star wheel 12, and drums i9 and 59,
sixty degrees or one-sixth of a revolution, the motion being transmitted from Geneva driver 31 `through Geneva star Vwheel 42, shank and gears 4E, 41. Once during each revolution of the tens of minutes drum 48, the hours drum 59 is advanced thirty-six degrees or one-tenth of a y revolution, the motion being transmitted from Geneva driver 49 through Geneva star wheel 53, ratchet coupling 56 and gears 55, 58. Once during each half revolution of hours drum 59, the tens of hours drum 10 is rotated thirty-six degrees or one-tenth of a revolution, the motion being transmitted from Geneva driver 60 through Geneva star wheel 5d and gears 65, 1I. Drums 35, 48, 59 and 19 are normally stationary and are advanced quickly by the Geneva mechanisms from a position where one number on the drum is visible to a position where the next higher number is visible.
Drums 3B, L19, 59 and 10 are thus advanced in time-indicating fashion from time 0001 to time 2400. It will be noted that the tens of hours drum 19 is advanced every five hours from number 0, to number 0, to number. 1, to numberl and to number 2. The motion of the tens of hours drum 10 is illustrated by dotted line 91 in Fig. 9, the vertical portions indicating the periods of time when the drum is stationary and the horizontal portions indicating the times at which Vthe drum is rotated to reveal the next number. The repeated numbers 0 and 1 are distinguished in Fig. 9 by subscripts 1 and 2. The horizontal axis of Fig. 9 indicates angular relationship relative to a fixed point on frame I4.
The motion of the hours drum 59 is represented in Fig. 9 by the line 98, the vertical portions representing the hourly periods during which the drum is stationary and the horizontal portions indicating the thirty-six degree rotational shifts made by the drum once per hour.r
Reciprocable tooth rotates with tens of hours drum 10 so the line 91 in Fig. 9 also represents the motion of the reciprocable tooth B5. Simii larly, notched cam 15 rotates with the hours drum 59, and its motion is represented by line 98 in Fig. 9. Wherever lines 91 and 99 intersect, the cam-'following pin 99 of reciprocable tooth 85 is in a position to be urged by spring 9! into the notch on cam 15. It will be noted from Fig. 9 that there is a period of one hour between time 1200 and time 1300 duringv which lines 91 and 99 intersect, indicating that pin 9o is in line with the notch in cam 15. However, reciprocable tooth 85 is prevented from shifting by reason of its foot 94 encountering theI stationary cam 16. The arrow 99 in Fig. 9 indicates the sector over which the stationary cam 15 is operative in this manner. Lines 91 and 98 again intersect at the point designated E99 on Fig. This occurs at time 2400 and the elements of the latching or transfer means are then in the positions shown in. Figs. l, 7 and 8. As shown to advantage in Fig. '1, cam-following pin 99 has fallen into the notch on cam 15 allowing reciprocable tooth to extend radially into position where it may be operated upon by elongated pin 92 of Geneva driver 99. Driver 89, being iixed auxiliary shaft i1 is always driven at the constant uniform speed or? one revolution per minute. When the of reciprocable tooth 95 is in the notch of cam l5, the tens of hours drum 19 and the hours drum 59 are locked together, since tooth 85 is connected to tens of hours drum 'iii and cam 15 is connected to hours Geneva driver then rapidly drives through 215 degrees to a position Where numbers on both drums are in reading position. Drums l@ and 59 are overdriven relative to the tens of minutes drum, the overdriving being possible because of the presence of ratchet coupling S between drums 5S and f1.3. When drums 'I6 and 5s are locked and rotated, there is no interference between Geneva driver 5e and Geneva star Wheel Eff; this is because a. portion 59 or" the lock disk t3 is out auf'ay. Pins 6l of Geneva driver 8S never engage teeth of mutilated star Wheel 'F2 except following the engagement of elongated pin 82 vwith reciprocable tooth 85 because between time 6061 and time 2409 the teeth S1 do not extend into the circle of rotation or" pins 53.
As the locked drums l@ and 5S are quickly rotated from. positions indicating numbers 24 through 5, -6, *7, 8, -9- to 00, reciprocable tooth 85 rotates with the drum until, at time 00 hours, the foot or tooth 85 eng .ges stationary cani 'i6 resuiting 'n cam-following pin Sil being lifted out of t1I` Inotch in cam l5. Stationary cam i8 koe :s rec minutes :irurL linurl. .l
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Shaft drinn t5 advancement of the tens of m iutes drum through the action o the fs, mechanism 3'?, 42 between t .e No more than sii: revolutions of the minutes un are d to se drums and LES to indication betvf'een CO and 59 minutes. The rotation. of ininutes drinn does not react baci; to the seconds drum 22 because ratchet between the dri 3 overridden. An accurate setting ci seconos drum 2. is made by switching the Vloc-tri motor iB.
Hours drum 59 fixed by rotating knurled ai fixed on sleeve sh ie rotation o hours drum 59 also results in the advancement of the it through the action or 6ft between the drums. lilo e i tions of hours drum are needed to set he two drums to any readingbetween 00 and 24 hours. The rotation oi hours drum 55 is not transmitted baci: to tens of minutes drum i3 by reason o ratchet 5t being overridden.
Ratchet 33 has ten teeth and minutes drum Z-l has ten number positions. Therefore, the resetting procedure cannot disturb the ne ssary synchronous relationship between drums and Similarly, ratchet e6 has ten teeth and hours drum 59 has ten number positions so as to maintain synchronism betvf'een drums .S and 59.
t will be understood by those skilled in the art hat a construction may be employed wherein the tens of hours drum carries solely the number o, 1 and 2 and the drum is advanced at ten-hour intervals rather than five-hour intervals.
Other variations and modifications of the parts and or" their positions and arrangements may be r.1 de by those skilled in the art Without departiroin the nature of the invention Within the more than thre 111g scope of vwhat is hereinafter claimed.
What is claimed is:
l. in a 2a-hour direct-reading clock or the like, t ie combination comprising an hours drum having the numbers 0 through 9 thereon, means operatlve once per hour to advance said drum one number, a tens or" hours drum having the numbers 0, i and 2 thereon, a Geneva mechanism operatively interposed between said drums to advance said tens of hours drum at least once during every complete cycle or the hours drum, and transfer means operative responsively to a prede tei-mined relative position of said hours and tens of hours drums to lock them together and quickly rotate them substantially 216 degrees.
2. A 24-hour direct-reading clock comprising an hours drum and a tens ci" hours drum, means lor driving the hours drum, Geneva movement means operatively connecting the tens or" hours drum with the hours d n, detent opera f to lock the hours and t Ls drums from elif-ot said movement oi the locked hours and tens of hours drums.
3. A 24-hour direct-reading clocl; or the like, comprising an hours drum with the numbers 0-9 evenly spaced thereabout, a tens of hours drum with the numbers O, 0, l, l and 2 spaced over 180 degrees of the drum, means for driving the hours drum, Geneva movement means operative after each half revolution of the hoursI drum to turn the tens of hours drum 36 degrees, a detent operative every 2li hours to lock the hours and tens of hours drums together, and overdriving means operative responsively to said detent to rotate locked drums substantially 216 degrees.
e. In a 2e-hour direct-reading clock or the like, the combination or" an hours drum having the numbers 0 through 9 evenly spaced thereabout, means for advancing said drum 36 degrees every hour, and overdriving means opera-tive after every 864 degrees of rotation of said drum to quickly rotate the drum 216 degrees.
5. In a .2i-hour direct-reading clock. or the the combination of an hours drum having the numbers 0 through 9 thereon, a window7 disposed. to reveal one oi said numbers at a time for viewing, means operative every hour for advancing said drum to reveal the next successive number, and overdriving means operative every 24 hours to quiclly advance said drum through the positions revealing numbers through 9.
6. A 24-hour direct-reading clock comprising individual indicating drums for tens of hours, hours, tens of minutes, minutes, and seconds, a driving motor geared to the seconds drum, Geneva mechanisms coupling the drums so that they rotate in time-indicating fashion, latch means operative every third time the number 4 on the hours drum appears in the viewing position, and overdriving means deriving power from said driving motor operative cooperatively with said latch .means to quiirly rotate the hours drum to a position Where the number zero is visible.
7. A 24-hour direct-reading clock comprising individual indicating drums for tens of hours, hours, tens of minutes, minutes, and seconds, a driving motor geared to said seconds drum, Geneva mechanisms coupling the drums so that they rotate in time-indicating fashion, latch means connected with the hours drum operative every 24 hours, and overdriving means deriving power from said driving motor operative cooperatively with said latch means to quickly rotate the hours drum substantially 216 degrees.
8. A 2li-hour direct-reading clock comprising individual indicating drums for tens of hours, hours, tens of minutes and minutes, numbers (l through 9 distributed around the periphery of said hours drum, driving means including Geneva mechanisms for driving said drums in time-indicating fashion, latch means connected With the hours drum operative every third time the number 4 on the hours drum reaches a predetermined position, and overdriving means operative responsively to said latch means to quickly rotate the hours drum until the number zero on the drum reaches said predetermined position.
ERIC J. UHLIG. JOHN R. LEWIS.
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