J„ GAMICHELr Glock for Utilizing Weltall-Movements. No. 214,362. Patented April1551879~

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JOHN CAMICHEL, OF NEWT YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN CLOCKS FOR UTILlZlNG WATCH-MOVEMENTS.

Speeilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,362, dated April l5, 1879; application filed January 24, 1879.

To all whom fit may concern: hands a b are attached for movement outside Be it known that I, JOHN CAMIOHEL, of the of a clock ­ dial, c. Said watch ­ movement, city'and State of New York, have invented which may be secured in the chamber or holder new and useful Improvements in Clocks, of B by means ot` a spring-bolt, d, and centering _ which the following is a description, reference and holdin g screws e, or otherwise, to facilitate bein g had to the accompanyingdrawings, form removal and repair, may be of any suitable ing part of this specification. kind, including not only those descriptions in rl‘he object of this invention is to utilize in which the barrel j', containing the mainspring clocks the entire movements of watches, both of the watch, is on the winding-arbor g, but old and new, for which, owing to a variety of also those descriptions in which the winding circumstances, there may be no demand as arbor has applied to it a fusee, which is con­ watch-movements, and whereby clocks com nected by a chain with the barrel containing bining cheapness with durability and neatness the mainspring. may be produced, which shall keep better time Fitted within the clock-frame A, and con and will run for a much longer period with a structed and arranged so as to engage, by means mainsprin g of given strength or length, or of a socket or otherwise, directly with the key operating-weight oi" given fall, than clocks as end of the winding-arbor g of the watch-move ordinarily constructed. In thus utilizing ment, is an arbor, h, which is connected by watch-movements it is important, not only as two or more speedingup gears, i 7a, with an ar a point ot' economy, but to do away with any bor, Z, that becomes the winding-arbor of the impairing ot' the movement, that there should clock, and has attached to it the end of a be but little or no alteration ot' it to adapt it coiled mainspring, D, of a strength or length to a clock; and this my invention most ei'î‘ectu such as is used in clocks; or, instead of said ally provides for. spring D, the driving-power may be a weight Theinvention consists in a combination, with connected by a pulley and cord with a barrel, a clockframe, and with a clock mainspring m, on the arbor l, as shown by dotted lines in or actuating-weight, andan arbor directly con Fig. l. Said winding-arborl is provided with trolled by said spring or weight, of a watch a ratchet and click to prevent its moving back movement, an arbor directly connected with ward; and in applying the watclrmovement to the windingarbor of said movement, and gears a clock in accordance with this invention it connectingl the arbor ot' the mainspring or will be necessary to liberate the click from the aetnatingweight with the arbor, which is di ratchet which holds the winding-arbor of said rectly connected with the whirling-arbor ot` the movement, and so that the mainspring of the watch-movement. watch-moven'ient will simply become an elas The invention also consists in a novel con tic driving-connection instead of the driver struction and combination of parts for con itself, as when used in a watch. necting the watch-movement with the clock “Then the watch ­ movement is one which i'rame and operating mechanism, and for de employs a fusee and chain connecting the fusee tachably securing said movement to its place with the mainspring-barrel, then the chain to facilitate removal and repair. connecting the t'usee and barrel should also be Figure l oi" the accompanying drawings liberated or disconnected. With these excep represents a clock-frame and its contained tions, the full or complete watch -movement mechanism with my invention applied; Fig. 2, does not require to be interfered with 0r a partly-sectional side view ot' the same, and changed. Fig. 3 a transverse section thcreotl on ~the line B y the combination, as herein described, of a :r a' in Fig. 2. watch-movement with a clock mainspring or A is a clock-frame ot’ any suitable construc actuating-weight, either latter, operating as a tion, but having attached or formed on its face prime mover, will cause the movement to run with a- proiecting chamber or holder, B, for re« a much greater length of time than when ception or retention of a full or complete watch~ driven by the mainspring within its barrel, movement, C, to which the hour and minute and much longer than a clock having an or 2 214.362 dinary clock-movement would run. Thusthe outside of the front plate; but this arrange spring D_may only be of such a length or mentnecessitatesthe takin g, apart of the watch strength as would keep a clock with an ordi movement, the rearrangement of" a portion nary movement running for a single day, thereof', and the rejectionv of`>the remainder, whereas the same spring, when appliedvto drive while the object of my inventio?r is mainly to a watch-movement, will keep the latter running utilize old-fashioned Watch-movements with two weeks. Such advantage may be extended@ the Aleast' possible- alteration. 2 either by using a stronger or longer main I claim- `\ spring, 'or by using a series of mainspriugs 1. The combination, with a clock-frame, and and arbors outside of thev arbor whichv con ¿with ay clock mainspring. or actuating-Weight, nects with the Winding-arborof the Watch y and an arbor directly controlled by said spring movement, and two or more speeding-up gears or Weight, of a Watch-movement, an arbor di connecting the arbol'- or arbors 'of said spring» ;rectly connected­ with the winding-arbor of or springs with the arbor Which directly con lsaid movement, and gears connecting the ar nects with the Winding- arbor of the .Watchf bor of the mainspring or actuating-Weight movement. In this _Way or by these means with the arbor which is directly connected the Watch-movement may be made to run one with the winding-arbor of the watch-move year (more or less)­with a single 'escapement,I Ément, substantially as specified, as in tower-clocks; and- the invention may be: i 2. A clock-frame having. on it-_sfront platea applied to tower-clocks having several pairs, lholder adapted to receive awatch-movemen‘t, of; hands. ' i means for detachably securing the watchfmovc If desired, it may have a striking andalarm ‘ment in saidl holderg‘and an arbor adapted to attachment, or either, andy be incased asa` clutch or engage with the winding-_arbor of chronoineter. . ' A ' the Said: WatßhmovementWhenisecuredinvsaid I am aware thatV a portion of a, watch-train jhold'er, substantially as described, . >has heretofore, andA prior to my invention, ' J~ GAl‘ßlßïîllßI1,-A been supportedupon the front plate of a clock, i and the lcenter -pinion geared with the third ' wheel of aclock-train located for that purpose ‘ FRED HAYNES.