US854868A

US854868A - Clock-winding indicator.

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Publication number: US854868A
Application number: US33209506A
Authority: US
Inventors: William David Bechtel
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-08-27
Filing date: 1906-08-27
Publication date: 1907-05-28
Anticipated expiration: 1924-05-28

Description

PATENTED MAY 28, 1907. W. D. BEGHTEL.

CLOCK WINDING INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.27.1906.

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CLOCK-WINDING INDICATOR.

N 0. 854,868. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 28, 1907.

Application filed A u t 27. 1906. Serial No- 382,095

To all whom it "La/y concern.-

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM DAVID BEOH- TEL, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Washington, county of Macomb, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clockinding Indicators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate cor responding parts.

This invention relates to clock winding indicators; the objects thereof being to provide a device of this character which is simple in construction, durable, inexpensive and eflicient in operation, and which is adjustable so as to be adaptable for connection with the frames of clock-works of various proportions.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described and specifically set forth inthe annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1, is a side view of my improved indicator; Fig. 2,- a face view thereof; and Fig. 3, is a face view of a clock, with the dialpartly broken away and having my invention illustrated in operative connection with the frame of th'clock-works.

In the practice of my invention, as illus trated in the drawings, I employ primarily--- the arched-uprights A and B, which are in laterally adjustable connection with each other by means of the cross-b ars a, and b, the cross-bar a, being permanently attached to the rearward vertical member of the upright A, and the cross-b ar 1), to the rearward vertical member of the upright B. The cross-bar a, is provided with a slot 1, through which passes a screw 2, which threads into the cross-bar [2, whereby the uprights A and B, may be adjusted, back and forth, for the pur-' pose of connecting them to clock-work frames of different proportions. As a means for connecting the said uprights to the clockwork frame, the upright A, through the lower end of its front member is provided with a screw 3, which is adapted toclamp the front wall of the clock-work frame against the inner surface of the rear'member of the upright A, and a similar screw 4, is threaded the upright B, for clamping engagement with the rear wall of the clock-work frame.

Extended through the upper part of the.

pivot for a swinging arm C, which comprises the solid metallic hanger 6, and wire extension 7, which is of curved contour and of a character adapted to be bent and retain any desirable degree of curva a, in order that the device may be properly adjusted to operate at the required time. (in the lower end of the part 7, of the arm (J, is a rearwardly extended finger 8, for engagement with the outer coil of the main-spring of the clockworks.

In vertical slidable engagement with the upright A, and held thereto by means of the

screws

3 and 5, is a rod D, which embodies the metallic plate 9, and wire extension 10, said metallic plate having the slot (1, through which the

screws

3 and 5 pass, whereby said plate is readily movable up and down. On one side of the plate 9, is a spur 11, having the horizontal shoulder 12, and the angular face 13; the shoulder for engagement over the pin 14, which extends forwardly from the hanger 6, of the arm C, when the rod D, is to be held in its upward position, and the'angular face adapted to ride over said pin 14, when said rod is being moved upwardly. On the lower end of the extension 10, of the rod D, is an arm 15, to which is fixed a plate E, which is provided upon its lower face part with a blank space 16, and upon its upper *face part with a word or suggestion 17, as,

Wind, which shows through aslot F, in the dial face, which is located on a vertical cen- 3 tral line below the spindle carrying the hands and between the two winding spindles, so that the word of warning may be readily seen. The plate E, is further provided with a forwardly extended knob e, to be employed for moving the rod D, upwardly when setting the device.

In the operation and use of the invention, the clock being wound, the device is set in position as shown by Fig. 2, of the drawings, with the blank space on the plate E showing through the slot F, of the dial plate, and the arm 10, set at such a position that the spring G, will contact with the finger 8, at an arbitrarily selected pre-determined time prior to the time for the clock to run down. At such time the spring G, will throw the arm G, into position shown by Fig. 3, of the drawin s, thus releasing the rod D, which drops y gravity and exposes the word of warning through the slot F, as an indication that the clock requires winding. To re-set the de- IIO vice, it is simply necessary to wind the clock and then push the rod D, upwardly until the arm C, drops by gravity into position shown by Fig. 2, with the pin 14, engaging the shoulder 12, of the spur 11, whereupon the device is again ready for automatic action through the medium of the spring G.

I do not confine myself to the specific forms nor arrangement of the parts as herein shown and described, as it is obvious that under the scope of my invention I am entitled to structural variations which may be required by different forms of clocks.

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

1. A clock-winding indicator comprising a vertically slidable rod having a spur and an indicator plate thereon, and a swinging arm having a pin thereon detachably engaging said spur, and a clock spring swinging said arm out of engagement by the uncoiling of said clock spring, substantially as shown and described.

2. A clock-winding indicator comprising a vertically slidable rod having a spur and an indicator plate thereon, and means for connecting same to a clock-works frame, and a swinging arm having a pin thereon detachably engaging said spur, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a clock-winding indicator, the combination with a vertically slidable rod having a slot thereon, a spur and indicating plate thereon, and uprights connecting the device to the frame of a clock-works, of a swinging arm having a pin detachably engaging the said spur, whereby said rod is held in its upward position and the main-spring of a clock automatically releasing said rod, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination with a clock having a slot in the dial, of an indicating device comprising a vertically slidable rod having a spur and indicator plate thereon, means for connecting the same to the clock-works frame, a swinging arm having a finger and a pin detachably engaging the said spur, and the main-spring of a clock engaging said finger, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that, I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two witnesses, this 16th day of July, 1906 WILLIAM DAVID BECIITEL.

Witnesses ALBERT YA'rEs, MINNIE BECHTEL.

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