An Improved Clock-motor and Appliances for Rotating Window Flowering and other Plants and for other Analogous Purposes.
Year: 1885

page_text: An Improved Clock-motor and Appliances for Rotating Window
Flowering and other Plants, and for other Analogous
Purposes.
I WILLIAM CLOUGH of the Union-Workhouse Bury in the County of Lancaster,
Power-loom Overlooker do hereby declare the nature of my said invention of
"AN IMPROVED CLOCK-MOTOR AND APPLIANCES FOR ROTATING WINDOW FLOWERING
AND OTHER PLANTS AND FOR OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
.
The object of this invention is to mount growing window and other plants as to
present all parts of the same to an equal distribution of the suns rays and thus to
ensure the same growing straight and round and more symmetrically than heretofore
and especially in windows of dwelling houses.
In carrying out my invention I employ an ordinary clock as the motive power
and upon the second motion spindle or any other convenient spindle of the clock
mechanism I mount a pulley from which an endless band passes to and around a
sihilar pulley suitably suspended on a swivel from the ceiling or from any suitable
fixture from this last mentioned pulley the plant pot is suspended or the plant
pot may be mounted upon a central pivot and a spindle be continued upwards from
the frame or trellice which encloses and guides the plant in its growth-and the
pulley be affixed upon this spindle or pivot.
In order to ensure the endless band having a proper frictional grip upon the
pulley I prefer to line the same with card filled similar to that used in carding
engines.
In this manner a series of plants can be caused to be slowly rotated from a single
clock-the endless band being arranged to pass around the several pullies and the
result of so mounting and rotating the plants is to ensure the synimetrical growth
as aforesaid.
This same description of mechanism is applicable to rotating meat before the fire
and for other analogus purposes.

page_text: Purposes.
I WILLIAM CLOUGH of the Union Workhouse, Bury, in the County of Lancaster,
Power-loom Overlooker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:―
The object of this invention is to mount growing window and other plants as to
present all parts of the same to an equal distribution of the sun's rays and thus to
ensure the same growing straight and round and more symmetrically than heretofore
and especially in windows of dwelling houses.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1. illustrates a perspective view of a clock
mechanism and series of plants being revolved thereby in accordance with my
invention.
In carrying out my invention I employ an ordinary clock A. as the motive
power, and upon the second motion spindle B. or any other convenient spindle of
the clock mechanism I mount a pulley C. as seen dotted in Fig. 1. from which an
endless band D. passes to and around a similar pulley E. suitably mounted upon a
spindle F. in a frame G. This spindle by its pulley H. and endless band I. imparts
revolving motion to the series of plant pots J. J. which are each suspended, as
illustrated, on swivel rods and chains K. from the ceiling or from any suitable
fixture, each chain being provided with a pulley L. round which the endless band I.
passes, or the plant pots may be mounted upon a central pivot or spindle M. as
illustrated in Fig. 2. and which spindle is continued upwards and terminates at the
top in a tray O. (see plan view Fig. 3.) to receive the plant pots J¹, the driving
pulley P. being affixed in this case upon this spindle or pivot M. In this manner
it will be seen that a number of plant pots can be revolved upon a single spindle.
In order to ensure the endless band having a proper frictional grip upon the
ulleys I prefer to line the same with card fillet similar to that used in carding
engines or perforated metal may be employed for producing the requisite grip or
friction.
In this manner a series of plants can be caused to be slowly rotated from a single
clock, the endless band being arranged to pass around the several pulleys and the
result of so mounting and rotating the plants is to ensure their syminctrical growth
as aforesaid.
The same description of mechanism is applicable to revolving meat before the
fire say in roasting the same, and for other analagous purposes.
In order to increase the power of the clock mechanism in proportion to the extra
work put upon it as aforesaid, I employ a series of slotted weights Q. (a plan of
one of which is shewn separately in Fig. 4) and which weights can be thus added
to the ordinary weight of the clock, as required.

page_text: Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1st Revolving one or more plant pots by clock mechanism substantially as and
for the purposes herein before described.
2nd The improved combination and arrangement of apparatus or mechanism for
revolving plant pots and for other analagous purposes substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing,
3rd The employment of swivelling chains or vertical spindles in the suspending
and revolving of plant pots substantially as hereinbefore described.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.