US352309A - Clock - Google Patents

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(No Model.) L. FEUERSTEIN.

, CLOCK.

No. 352,309. Patented Nov. 9, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEOPOLD FEUERS-TEIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLOCK.`

SPECIFICATION 'forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,303, dated November 9, 1886.

Application tiled October Q3, 1855. Serial No. 180,724. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD FEUERsTEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cool( and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clocks; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the saine.

My improvement relates" particularly to pendulum-clocks.

The object of myvinvention is to aiiord a device which shall serve as an accessory attachment to the ordinary forms of pendulum` clocks, by which an observer shall be enabled to determine at a glance whether or not the clock is going and which shall afford an attractive appearance to the dial and clockface; and it is further my obj ect to accomplish the foregoing ends by means simple and inexpensive in construction.

My invention consists in the general construction of my improved device, and also in certain details of construction and combinations of parts forming the same, and comprising a ligure or figures upon or about the dial, and having eyes movable by means of certain mechanism connected with the pendulum, by. which, when the latter is in motion, the eyes will continue a rolling movement within their sockets, and thus indicate that the clock is running.

Referring to the drawings, Figure lis a rear` elevation of a clock having works provided with my improved attachment; Fig. 2, aseoiional plan View taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a vertical sectional side elevation; and Fig. 4, a perspective view of an eyeball, showing` the manner of pivoting and actuating the same. l y

A is a clock-casing, commonly formed of wood,and provided with a clock-movement7 B, of common construction. To the upper portion ofthe frameof the clock-movement B is ate the same, while thelatter is provided with a cross-head, p, the purpose of which isl here-` inafter more particularly described.

That portion of the dial or surrounding surface ot' the clock-face which corresponds to the eyes of the object represented thereon is cut away to form openings m, and 'eyeballs G7 pivoted as shown in Fig. 4, are pivotally supported behind the openings thus produced. A U'shaped piece ot' sheet metal, a, of the requisite size, having one arm longer than the other, is bent into the form shown, with its longer arm g2 doubled under and backwardupon itself, to afford asupport for a vertical pivot, q', passed through bearings q toward the extremities ofthe arms. The pivots q carry the eyeballs G, each having inserted in its rear side a pin7 o, passed through a link, p', of the crosshead p, (hereinbet'ore mentioned,) whose reciprocating movement communicates a rolling motion'through the pins o to the eyeballs.

The part n, forming the pivotal support fork an eyeball G, may be aiiixed to any portion of the rear surface of the dial or clock-face, which will bring the eyeball properly and apparentl y within a socket, m, corresponding with' the eye of a figure formed on the front surface of the dial or clock-face, and as many pairs of pivoted eyeballs may be provided as there are iigures.

- It is obvious that the object or objects to be actuated by the pendulum and the intervening mechanism lare not, of necessity, eyeballs, inasmuch as any other feature or features of the figure represented could in a similar manner readily be made to move.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a pendulum-clock, the combination7 with the pendulum and face of the clock,having one or more openings, ot' an object pivotally supported behind each opening in the face and provided with an extension, 0, an arm, r', supported on the shaft of the anchorescapement to oscillate with the same, and having a link, p', carried by the arm r and engaging with the extension o, and an arm, r, connecting the shaft of the anchor-cscapement with the pendulum, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a penduluinelocl, the combination of IOO the face provided with a ligure and having pins o, and an arm, 1^, connecting the shaft ol openings foi1 eyes, an arch-shapedprojection, the anohor-escapenient with the pendulum, i C, carrying the pendulum, eyeballs G, pivwhereby the vibrations of the latter will move otally supported on the rearside of the elookthe eyeballs, substantially as and for the pur faee,adjaeent to the openings in the same,upon pose set forth. rigid U-shaped bearings n q, pins o, extend- T ing backward from the eyeballs, au arm, o", LEOPOLD FEUERSTEIB supported on the shaft of the anohor-escape- In presence ol`- ment; to oscllate with the sa1ne,and having a MASON BRoss,

o cross-head, p, and links p', engaging with the XVM. SADLER.

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