Improvements connected with Striking Clocks.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1892-Accepted, 13th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Striking Clocks.
I, DENYS MATHIEU Catholic Priest St. Mary's Abbey Buckfast Buckfastleigh
Devon do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This is an electrical connection by means of which any clock connected with an
electric wire & battery enables the hours to be struck on any sized bell placed at a
distance either in the inside or outside of a building without interfering with the
ordinary ringing of the bell and simultaneously with the striking of the clock.
Taking an ordinary striking clock, a spring is placed behind the hammer thereof
causing the hammer when striking to close the circuit against a small contact
pillar. The contact should last from 4 to 1 second. The magnets in this apparatus
are fixed horizontally on a board. The armature (to which the hammer is attached
vertically is placed before the electro magnet) which when magnetised by the
current passing through attracts the armature, which is balanced on two pivots, is
drawn flat against the magnet, striking the hammer against the bell. The armature
is fitted with two copper flanges, another piece is attached to the middle to carry
the hammer which usually hangs perpendicularly & thus keeps the armature at a
suitable angle (according to the force of the magnet). The whole apparatus is
fixed near the bell with the exception of the battery & the clock which can be put
anywhere. The hammer when still ought to be 5 or 6 inches from the bell. Six
Leclanche cells are sufficient to work the hammer.
Dated this 2nd day of October 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Striking Olocks.
I, DENYS MATHIEU St. Mary's Abbey Buckfast Buckfastleigh Devonshire
Catholic Priest, 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 :-
This is an electrical connection by means of which any clock connected with an
electric wire & battery enables the hours to be struck on any sized bell placed at a
distance either in the inside or outside of a building without interfering with the
ordinary ringing of the bell and simultaneously with the striking of the clock.
Referring to the annexed drawings, Fig. 1 shows the arrangement of the striking
mechanism of a clock and a bell. Fig. 2 shows view of armature and hammer
attached. Taking an ordinary striking clock a spring a is placed behind the hammer b
thereof, causing the hammer 6 which moves on the pivot n in the direction of the
arrow 1 when striking to close the circuit against a small contact pillar c.
The contact should last from to one second and is regulated by screw d. The
electro magnets e in this apparatus are fixed horizontally on a board f. The
armature g (to which the hammer h is attached vertically is placed before
the electro magnet e which when magnetised by the current passing through,
attracts the armature g.) which is balanced on two pivots i & is drawn flat against
the magnet thus causing the hammer h to strike against the bell j. The armature g
is fitted with two copper flanges k for pivotting same. Another piece is attached
to the middle to carry the hammer which usually hangs perpendicularly and thus
keeps the armature at a suitable angle according to the force of the magnet. The
whole apparatus is fixed near the bell with the exception of the battery I and the

page_text: clock which can be put anywhere. m is the ordinary bell struck by the clock
hammer b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The combination & arrangement of the various parts substantially as described
and set forth.
2. In clocks for striking hours the combination therewith of an electro magnet
and contact operated by the striking hammer by means of which a bell is struck by
a hammer operated by the said electro magnet substantially as described.
Dated this 30th day of June 1892.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.