US359946A

US359946A - Albert tbollee

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Publication number: US359946A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-03-22
Anticipated expiration: 1904-03-22

Description

(No Model.)

A. TROLLER.

WATCH MOVEMENT BOX. N0. 359,946. Patented Mar. 22, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Einen.

ALBERT TROLLER, OF- ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE ROCKFORD W'ATCH COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WATCH-MOVEMENT BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,946, dated March 22, 1867.

Application filed December 13, 1886. Serial No. 221,465. (No model.)

T all whom, 1125 may concern: is provided with a screw-thread, c, which en- Be it known that I, ALBERT TROLLER, regages with the screw-thread a on the rim A. siding at Rockford, in the county of Winne- The screw-threads a c are left-handed. hago and State of Illinois, anda citizen ot the The form of the under side 'of the center 55 United States, have invented a new and userim, A, is clearly shown in Figs. l and 3, and ful Improvement in fetch-Movement Boxes, such under side is provided with an annular of whichthe following is a full description, groove or recess, d. reference being had to the accompanying C is an annular disk or ring provided on its drawings, in which#- upper surface with a crowngear or rack, e, 6o 1o Figurelisaverticalsection. Fig.2isade extending around the entire ring or disk. tail showing the outside of a portion of the This ring C is so formed that the crown-teeth box, some parts being cnt away. Fig. 3 is a enter the recess d in the rim A. detail, being an under side view of that por- D is the back bezel, which is provided with tion of the center rim which is shown, the a projection, f, the inside of which is screw- 15 back bezel and annular disk, with gear atthreaded and engages with screw-threads gon tached, being removed, the winding-pinion a downwardprojection from the centerrim, A. being in view. Fig. Lisa detail, being aplan These screw-threads f r/ are also left-handed. of a portion of the annular disk with its gear. The ring C is of such size that when the bezel Fig. 5 is a detail, being an elevation of the D is screwed to its place the ring C can be 7o zo plug. Fig. 6 is a detail, being an elevation of easily rotated by taking hold oi the projectthe socket which enters the winding-pinion. ing rim kthercon, the outer edge of which rim Fig. 7 is a detail, beingasectional perspective h may, for convenience, be rough.

of the partsshown in elevation in Fig. 6. Fig. E F are glasses set in the two bezels B D. 8 is a detail, being an elevation of the wind- 'i is the winding-pinion, which is located in 73 2 5 ing-key. Fig. 9 is a detail showing the wind a recess provided for it in the center rim, A.,

ing-pinion. Fig. l0 is a detail, being an in- The center of this pinion is, as shown, proside view of aportion of the center rim, showvided with a square hole, j. ing a recess in the upper edge to receive the 7a is asocket-piece, which, as shown, is round setting-lever oi' a watch movement. The lat its two ends; but the central portion is 8c 3o figures are all enlarged. square to t the hole j in the pinion. This It is common to place stem-winding watchsocket-piece 7.: is hollow, the outer end of the movements in so-called movementboxes hole through it is round, andthe inner end is provided with glass faces, mainly for the pur square, as shown in Fig. 7.

pose of exhibiting such movements for sale. lis the winding-key. 3 5 Heretofore such boxes have been so conm is a screw-threaded plug fitting a screwstructed that it is necessary to open a box and threaded hole in the central rim, A, which rim remove the movement to wind the same. is provided with a hole adapted to receive the The object of my invention is to provide a socket-piece t'. The pinion i is so arranged movement-box so constructed that the stemthat it engages with the teeth e on the rim C. go 4o winding movement can be wound without The pinion can be inserted into the recess opening the box and removing the movement prepared for it from either side. Then the therefrom, which I accomplish as illustrated socketpiece1c can be inserted through the hole in the drawings, and as hereinafter described. in the rim into the pinion Then the key Z That which I claim as new will be pointed ont can be inserted into the socket-piece 7.1. Then 45 in the claims. the plug m is to be screwed to place, and the In the drawings, A representsa center rim, pinion i, the socketpicce 7c, and the key Zwill which forms the main part of the body of the be heldin place. The bezel B is to be put into box. The upper portion of this rim is cnt position and screwed to place, and the ring C away, and is provided with a screwthread, a. is to be placed in proper position, as indicated roo 5o B is the front bezel, provided on the under in the drawings, its gear-teeth engaging with side with a projection, o, the inside of which the pinion fi, and then the bezel D is to be screwed to place, by which the ring C willzbe held in place, but not so firmly as to be pre-` vented from being rotated readily.

When the parts are pnt together as described, the box is complete and ready for ilse.` By removing the bezel B the Watch-movement can be inserted in the box and the key Z be madeto enter the winding-pinion of the Watch. Then the bezel B is to be replaced. The watchmovement in the box can now be wound at any time by rotating the ring C, the teeth of which engage with the pinion i', causing it andthe keyZ to rotate, and the key being engaged, as described, with the winding-pinion of the Watch, the watch will be Wound. If the Watch which is placed in this movement-box has a projecting key, as is sometimes the case, the keyl must be omitted, and the key which projects from the movement can be made to enter the inner end of the socket-piece k, and then such movement can be wound, as before described.

I provide the upper edge of the center rim with a recess adapted to receive the settinglever of a stem-Winding Watch, so that by removing the front bezel the setting-lever canbe adjusted to the proper position for setting the hands Without removing the movement from the box, and then by rotating the disk C the The' recess last mentioned l hands canbe set.

is shown in Fig. 10, (indicated by u.)

Boxes containing my improvements may be made of various sizes, corresponding with the sizes of the movements which they are de-y signed to receive.

My movement-box may be permanently nsed as a Watch-case with a movement, and, if 1desired, the rim A may be provided with astem or ring to receive one end of a Watch-chainy or myimprovements may be applied to a watchi,

case Without materiallychangng the devices which I have describedn Ido not limit myself to the exact means described for securing the front and back bezels i i box, of a center rim, A, a pinion located in a;

recess in said rim and provided with a socket adapted. toreceive a key for a stem-Winding watch, and an annular disk, C, providedwvith;

a crown-gear engaging with the pinion,:sub stantially as and for theipnrpose specified.

2. A Watch-movement box consisting of @a central rim, a pinion located in a recess in said i rim and provided Witha socket to receive a key fora stem-Winding Watch, an annular disk provided with crowngear to engage With such pinion, a front bezel, and a back bezel,{subl stantially as and for the purpose specied.

ALBERT TROLLER.l

lVitnesses:

NVILLIAM LATHROP, EDWARD P. LATHROP.v