US67006A

US67006A - weimer

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Publication number: US67006A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1867-07-23
Anticipated expiration: 1884-07-23

Description

YI TNESSESJ' N. PETERS` PHOTO LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D c @nith tat atnt @Hire P. L. WEIMER, OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, J. A. WEIMER, AND L. E'. WEIMER, OF THE SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent. No. 67,006, dated July 23, 1867.

IMPROVED MBANSQPOR RINGTNG BELLS.

TO ALL WHOY IT MAY OONOERN:

Be it known that I, l). L. VEIMEP., of Lebanon, in thc county of Lebanon, and State of ]."ennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Mode of Ringing Bells; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whieh- Y Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the application of my invention to a bell.

Figure 2 is a side elevation ofthe saine.

Figure 3 is a top view ofthe bell.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the three figures. n

The object of this invention is to provide a very simple and efficient means for rotating mounted bells while 'being rung, so that the hammers shall strike at different points upon the sound-bows or interior surfaces of the bells, thereby preventing injury to the bells by the successive striking of their hammers upon the same points.

The nature ofv my invention consists in the application to a bell, which is allowed to have a rotary motion about its axis, of aV ratchet which is acted upon by a pawl, that is applied to a vibrating loaded lever in such manner that in the act of ringing the bell, by giving it a swinging motion, it shall be rotated intermittently about its axis, as will be hereinafter described. y

To enable Aothers skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

The bell A which I have represented in the accompanying drawings, may be constructed in the usual wellknown manner, and provided with a stud or pin, a, projecting from the centre of its crown. This stud passes through a tubular bearing, b, formed upon the oscillating yoke B, and receives a washer, c, and nut, d, upon its upper end, by which means the bell'is allowed tov rotate aboutits axis while it vibrates about the anis of motion of said yoke. Upon the crown of the bell A, and concentric to its axis, is a ratchet-wheel, d, the teeth of which are made in its top surface, as shown. This ratchet face may be formed in casting the bell, or the circular elevation in which these teeth are made may be cast with the bell, and the teeth eut in afterward, or if desirable, theratchet-wheel may be made separate from the bell, and secured to it in any suitable manner. Upon one side of. the turning-pin of the bell two lugs are formed on the upper edge of the yoke B, between which is pivoted a lever, C, one end of which is loaded by the ball g, and the other has the bell-rope attachedto it, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. This lever is pivoted to its yoke B so as to have a. motion independent thereof, and the lug or boss z, which is formed on the lower edge of this lever, is designed .to afford an abutment for it against the yoke when its long arm is drawn down in the act of ringing the bell. A pawl, p, is pivotcd to thc lug L of lever: C, so that the engaging end of this pawl will lie upon and engage withthe ratchet-teeth upon the crown of thc bell, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. The weight g upon the shortest arm eflever C will depress this arm when there is uo draught upon the bell-rope, and thus move the pawlp backward one or more teeth, so that when the bell-rope is pulled-the pawl will cause the bell to move a short distance about its axis. By this means the bell will receive intermittent circular movements in the act of ringing it, and the hammer will strike at a different point at each successive stroke.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The application ot' ratchet-teeth to the crown of a bell which is adapted for being rotated, by a vibrating lever and pawl, while beingy rung, substantially as described.

2. An independently vibrating lever, O, provided' with aweight and a pawl, or their respective equivalents, and applied to an oscillating yoke, B, having a rotating bell suspended from it, substantially as described.

' P. L. WEIMER.

Witnesses:

Geo. W. TODD, JOHN SHINDEL.