US914907A - Clock combined with coin-freed winding-up apparatus. - Google Patents

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A. G. P. WIINGAARD. CLOCK COMBINED WITH COIN FREED WINDING UP APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED FBB.15, 190s.

Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

AAGE GEORG PETER wnNeAAnn'or COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.

CLOCK COMBINED WITH COIN-FREED WINDING-U13 APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Application flleii February 15, 1908. Serial No. aiaoei.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, AAGE Gnone PETER VVIINGAARD, citizen of the Kingdom of Denmark, and a resident of Romersgade 3, Copenhagen, Denmark, engineer, have invented new and useful Improvements in and Relating to (locks Combined with (loin Freed Winding-Up Apparatus, of whichthe following is a specification.

The present invention relates to that tvpe of cloc which a clock combined with a winding up mechanism is provided with a stop device arranged in the clock, which de vice when in the normal position prevents the clock from being wound up. This device is released bv' means of a coin introduced into the cldck through a coin chute.

v The coin operates on the stopping device, holdingxit clear of the winding up mechanism while t e clock is being wound up and afterward passes down the chute into a coin receiver or till arranged in ,the clock, upon which the stopping device is released and returns to its normal osition'.

The object 'of this evice is to enable the clock to serve as a collector of sums of money which are paid in fixed rates at fixed times, for instance insurance premiums. The times for winding up the clock and the value of the coin required to release the winding upxdevice correspond with the times for the paginent of the premium and the amount 0 premium.

Although a clock arranlged in the above manner is suitable for co ecting premiums where the times for paying the premiums correspond with the times for windmg u the clock, it may in some cases be desira le if the mechanism is arranged in such a manner, that the times for the payment of the premiums are independent of the times for winding up the clock, as for instance, in a case where it is desired to use for daily payments a clock which has to be wound up weekly, or

in a case where a clock is used which has to be wound up daily for weeklypayments.

The resent invention-relates to a special form of the above type of clockin which the times for the payments of the'premiums are independent of the times for winding up the clock.

According to the present invention the device is arra ed in such a manner ,that the coin introduce into the coin chute remains there during a certain number of following payments, the winding up mechanism being unobstructed as long as the coin remains in the coin chute. The device is also arranged in such a manner that the escapement of the clock does not stop at the same time as the winding up mechanism is released but only when one of the payments, which musttake place at certain intervals, is omitted,'making it necessary to introduce another coin into the coin chutein order to start the escapement wheel of the clock a ain.

M Y device is illustrated in the accompanying rawing in which,

a isa shaft upon which the key or the like necessary for winding up the clock may be or is arranged.

b is a wing wheel arranged on the said shaft 0, cooperating with the stop d which is piv-' oted at c and provided with an arm e adapted to engage with the Wing wheel I), thus preventin the clock from being wound up until the sai stop (1 has been moved to aposition in which the ,wing wheel is clear of the said arm e. The lower end of the stop (1 is provided with a heel f projecting into the lower end of the coin chute g, the upper end of said coin chute registering with a coin slit harranged in the cover plate 11 of the clock. The coin when introduced through the slit hpasses throu h the lower end g of the coin chute the clock to be wound up, but at the same time prevents the sto m being turned back to a position, in w ich the coin can pass from the coin chute into the till. In front of the said sto 1 is arranged a toothed wheel 1 adapted to e rotated through a convenient train of earing from.the mam shaft 2 of the clock. an the said toothed wheel 1 an arm or the like 3 is arranged which, during the revolution of said wheel, engages with a projecting cam surface 4 arranged on the said stop in such a manner that the latter is pressed baclc find the coin lying in the coin chute passes down into the till. As soon as the arm 3 has passed-the said projecting cam surface 4 the stop moves back into its normal position, shown in the drawing, in which position its arm eprevents the winding up'mech anism from being operated while at the same time an arm m, 2:, connected with the lower end of said arm engages with the balance wheel 5 stoppin the escapement of the clock, so that indepen ently of its winding up mechanism the clock cannot beset oing until another coin has been introduce% into the coin chute. The period of time between two following payments depends on the time required for a revolution of the toothed wheel 1 and the number of the arms 3 arranged on said toothed wheel. I-may arran e one, two or more of the said arms 3 accor ing to the interval of time required.

Stops v and 6 are arran ed respectively near said wing wheel I; and the balance 5 adapted to prevent the release ofsaid wing wheel or the balance by tilting the clock to one side.

A braking spring 7 prevents the train of gearing driving the toothed wheel 1 from becoming slack. The projecting cam surface 4 on the said stop (1 is of such a size and form that the clock will not immediately stop if the payments are not paid into the clock at the exacttime at which the clock is set for allowed to expire between the moment when the coin falls into the till and'that in which clock is caused to stop if no new payment has and normally retaining the cam a cam' portion projecting into the chute forpreventing the downward movement of the coin, a stop connected with the arm for engaging the wing wheel to prevent the winding of the clock, spring engagingsaid arm ortion in the chute, a toothed wheel driven by the clock mechanism and provided with a radial; arm for engaging the cam portion of the.

swinging arm which projects into the chute desire to secure by Let- 2. The combination with the clock and the winding mechanism thereof, of a wing wheel in connection with the winding mechanism, a coin chute, a swinging arm having a cam portion projecting into the chute for preventing the downward movement of the coin, a stop connected with the arm for engaging the wing wheel to prevent the winding of the clock, a spring engaging said arm and normally retaining the cam portion in the chute, a toothed wheel driven by the clock mechanism, and rovided with a radial arm for engaging the cam portion of the swinging arm which projects into the chute whereby to move said arm backwardly to permit the further movement of the coin, and a swinging pawl mounted adj acent the win wheel for engaging the same when the 0100 is tilted to dis-engage the swinging arm.

3. The combination with the clock and the winding mechanism thereof, of a wing wheel in connec'tign with the winding mech-' anism, a coin chute, a swinging arm having a cam portion projecting into the chute for preventing the downward movement of thecoin, a stop connected with "the arm for engaging the win wheel to prevent the winding of the cloc a springlengaging said arm and normally retaining t e-cam portion in the chute, a toothed wheel driven by the clock mechanism, and provided with aradial arm for engaging the cam portion of the. swinging arm which projects into the chute whereby to move said arm backwardly to ermit the'further movement of the com, a

ever connected with the arm whose free end is adapted to enga e, the balance wheel for the purpose set fort Signed by me at Copenhagen, Denmark this 28th day of January 1908.

AAGE GEORG PETER WIING'AARD.

Witnesses CHARLES HUDE, QISBRAW WOLSING.

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