Year: 1898

page_text: FRANK WALTER HAYWARD, Watch Maker, 23, King Street, Norwich, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My invention consists of two trains of wheels, pinions, plates, mainsprings &c.
forming the mechanical or actuating apparatus. The advertisement part consists
of dial plate, words, letters or signs, and a hand or pointer. In carrying out
my invention I place two trains of wheels in plates. These wheels are actuated
by mainsprings or weights. One train of wheels has a fly, the other an escape-
wheel and pallets. The escapewheel pinion is made into a crank, or has a crank
attached to it, and as the escape wheel revolves when this first train is in motion
this crank moves a second pair of pallets which are made for the purpose and
which move over a wheel in the other train. In this wheel are fixed studs. These
studs stop against the pallets or are released as the pallets are moved by the
escape wheel pinion. Now if this second train is set in motion, and a hand
or anything is attached to the fly pinion it will have an excentric and intermittent
movement. This machine can be applied to give an excentric and intermittent
or eccentric or intermittent motion to many things. The advertisement part
may be an ordinary dial plate on which are placed words forming one or more
sentences but so as not to be readable until the hand (which is placed in the
middle and is attached to the fly pinion) points out the words of a sentence in
a consecutive manner by its eccentric movement. Letters or signs may be used
instead of words and may be placed on the glass covering the dial plate or on
the rim holding the dial plate. The words or letters or signs are put on or
attached in such a manner as to be easily removeable to admit of the easy
substitution of other words or letters or signs.
Tad ir Ground days of auch 1808
FRANK WALTER HAYWARD, Watch Maker, 23, King Street, Norwich, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:--
For the easy carrying out of my invention, I make a movement somewhat
similar to a clock movement with plates R a set or train of gear wheels S₁ S, S

page_text: and a set or train of gear wheels G₁ G2 G3 G4 and pallets A Fig. 1. I dispense
with pendulum rod, bob, striking detents, fly and the motion work usually found
in a clock.
All the wheels have shafts or arbors to support them. These shafts have
pivots at each end. The pivots work in suitable holes or bearings, in the plates R,
after the manner of ordinary clockwork.
The train of wheels G₁ G₂ G, G₁ is allowed to run down in about 12 or 14 hours.
This is done by regulating the distance that the pallets A are made to dip into
the escape wheel G4 or making the crutch wire B (the part that usually holds the
pendulum in a clock) longer or shorter, and by attaching a flat piece of metal
thereto Y.
The shaft or arbor D Fig. 2 that holds the escape wheel G₁ is made into a
kind of crank or eccentric and is fully shewn in Fig. 4.
The running down of the train of wheels S, S₂ S, is regulated by the train
of wheels marked G, G, G, G₁ in the following manner.
There are studs I fixed in the third wheel or wheel S, these studs impinge
against arms projecting from a shaft E, this shaft E Fig. 4 has pivots at the
ends that work in the plates R Figs. 3 & 4.
There is a lever F containing a slot H attached to the shaft E in which the
eccentric shaft 1 works, giving it-the slotted lever an oscillating motion
causing the arms J to alternately go between the studs I and so letting the
wheel S, alternately go and stopping it where required.
The wheel S, contains 84 teeth and gears into a pinion of twelve L fixed on
the shaft K.
The shaft K projects beyond the plates R on either side, and at one end has
a spring friction brake T. This brake has weights VV and is free to revolve
on the shaft K, being held in position on one side by a pin X₁ through the
shaft K and by a spring W on the other side, and there is another pin X, through
the shaft K to keep this spring on the shaft K.
This brake revolves with the
shaft K and, when the shaft stops suddenly, it goes on some little way and so
prevents the pointer N from rebounding. On the other end of this shaft K is
placed the hand or pointer N the shaft being left sufficiently long to go through
the dial.
According as the studs I in the wheel S, are placed the hand or pointer N on
the hand shaft K will stop and go on having an eccentric and intermittent motion.
This set of wheels is arranged to give the hand N twelve stops to one revolution
of the wheel S3, the number of studs in the wheel being six.
I arrange other sets of wheels to give more or less stops to the hand as may
be required.
There may be motive power either in the form of mainsprings or weights to
actuate the two trains or sets of wheels. In this case a mainspring Z is used
Figs. 1 & 2.
The case M Fig. 5 in which the movement just described goes may be made
of any convenient material, preferably of wood and may be of any convenient
shape. I usually make the front part round when intended to hang up and with
a stand attached when intended to stand on a shelf or bracket.
The back part of the case may be of any convenient shape to cover the
movement.
There is a dial plate on which there are no figures, and a glass, in a bezil P
to protect the hand or pointer.
The lettering forming any sentence may be placed on the dial 0 or on the wood
rim M outside the dial or in any convenient manner but I prefer a flat ring U
Fig. 6 on which to put the lettering of the advertisement. The lettering may
be put on both sides of the ring and the ring attached to the case M outside the
bezil P by hanging on a hook Q placed in the rim M Fig. 5 or it may be attached
in any other convenient manner so that one side only of the ring is seen, and
so the hand points correctly.

page_text: The ring U Fig. 6 can be taken off the hook Q and turned round presenting
the other side outwards and hung again on the hook Q and as there may be quite
different lettering on the other side of the ring it thus forms a fresh advertise-
ment.
The words or signs or figures or letters forming one or more sentences are
put on in such a manner as to be unreadable until the hand points them out in
their consecutive or proper order.
The hand starts usually from the top where there may be a word or not, pre-
ferably the top should be blank, and revolves until it comes to the first word in
a sentence No. 1 where it makes a distinct pause; then on to No. 2 again pausing
and so on until the whole is complete, making in its course with this set of
wheels seven complete revolutions.
The sentence on the ring is-"Is life worth living? Yes if you get your
groceries here."-Of course this can be varied at pleasure.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1st. The combination of the trains of gear wheels, studs, stop arms, slotted
lever, shafts with pivots working in plates, escapement, brake, hand or pointer
forming the movement, the whole actuated by mainsprings or weights; as herein
described for the purpose herein described and set forth.
2nd. The ring reversible or not intended to receive the lettering, signs or words
as herein set forth for the purpose herein set forth and described.
3rd. The combination of a hand or pointer travelling in a circle and stopping
and going on again at intervals of time, and varying distances, and of case, move-
ment, dial plate, bezil, glass, and the ring as herein set forth and described for
the purpose herein set forth and described.
Dated this 30th day of November 1898.
FRANK WALTER HAYWARD.