Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 30th Sept., 1887
Complete Accepted, 1st Nov., 1887
I AUGUSTE GUTE of 77 Farringdon Road, in the County of Middlesex, Watch
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improvements in watches relate first to the spring catch or lock for the "fly up"
(back or front) cover of a watch case, and the improvement consists in mounting the
catch upon the end of a quill or sleeve mounted upon the winding arbor and fitted to
slide through the pendant, the catch being released by pressing in the winding knob
(or the push piece in the case of a non keyless watch) the catch being held in
engagement with the cover by a helical spring contained within the pendant and
forcing the arbor or push piece and sleeve outwards. In this way the spring fixed
to the inside of the band of the case upon which the catch is usually formed, is
dispensed with.
My improvements relate, secondly, to the mode of attaching the mainspring to the
barrel; and consist in a rigid attachment formed by a plate concentric with the
circumference of the barrel and at a sufficient distance therefrom to admit the end of
the outer coil of the spring between them, the said plate having lugs on its top and
bottom edges received into corresponding holes in the bottom and cover of the
barrel. The spring is formed with an inwardly turned hook on its outer end which
engages with the end of the above described plate when the outer coil of the spring is
inserted between the plate and the side of the barrel.
Dil:
11 1
1040
A. GUYE.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Watches.
I, AUGUSTE GUYE of 77 Farringdon Road in the County of Middlesex, Watch
Manufacturer, 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 :-
My Invention relates first to the spring catch or lock for the "fly up" (back or
front) cover of a watch case. This catch or lock is usually formed on the end of a
spring fixed to the inside of the band of the watch case, and the present improvement
consists in mounting the catch upon the end of the push stem which slides through
the pendant and providing a helical spring within the pendant to hold the catch in
engagement with the "fly up" cover. If the watch be keyless, the push stem is in
the form of a quill or sleeve through which the winding arbor passes, and the catch is
released by pushing in the winding knob.
27
My Invention relates secondly to the mode of attaching the main spring to the
barrel. This is usually done by hooking the outer end of the spring to the rim of the
barrel, either loosely or in such a way as to form a rigid attachment. The present
improvement consists in an improved rigid attachment formed by a plate curved
concentrically with the barrel drum, the plate being fixed in the barrel by lugs at top
and bottom received in corresponding holes in the bottom and cover of the barrel.
The spring is formed with an inwardly turned hook on its outer end which engages
with the end of the plate when the outer coil of the spring is inserted between the
plate and the drum of the barrel.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification, wherein Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section taken through the
pendant of a keyless watch, shewing the first improvement applied thereto. Figure 2
is a face view of a portion of a watch barrel, the cover being removed, and figure 3 is
a section through the same.
29
с
Referring to figure 1, A is the watch pendant B the winding knob and the
winding arbor. C is the "fly up' cover and c the catch by which it is held closed.
d is the steel tube or quill upon the inner end of which the catch c is formed. The
winding arbor 6 passes freely through the quill d which is free to slide through the
pendant, its outer end abutting against the winding knob without being connected
thereto, so that whilst the knob A and arbor & may be turned independently of the
quill for winding and setting the watch, the quill may be slid inwards so as to release
the catch from the "fly up cover by pressing upon the knob B. e is the spiral spring
contained within a chamber a in the pendant and confined between the bottom of said
chamber and the winding knob whereby a shoulder at the inner end of the winding
stem b is caused to abut against the inner end of the quill and thereby hold the caich
in engagement with the cover, as shewn. In a key-wound watch d, may be solid and
he operated by the usual push piece or head projecting from the pendant and against
which the spring e would abut.

page_text: Referring to figures 2 and 3, R is the drum and are the top and bottom of the
barrel. S is part of the outer coil of the main spring and s is an inwardly turned
hook formed on its extremity. T is a plate fixed in the barrel at such a distance
from the rim as to just admit the part S of the spring between them, the plate being
fixed in position by the lugs t entering corresponding slots in the top and bottom of
the barrel, the bottom lugs fitting sufficiently tight to hold the plate in position when
the top is removed. The extremity of the plate opposite to that with which the hook s
engages is tapered off, as shown, so as not to interfere with the adjacent coils of tho
spring, and the total length of this plate is about one-third of the circumference of
the barrel so that the outer coil of the spring is held against the rim of the barrel and
a better rigid attachment of the spring is obtained than hitherto, which effectually
keeps the coils of the spring equally diffused when under tension instead of allowing
them to go over in a mass to the point of least resistance. Although the inwardly
turned hook s engaging with plate T is proferred it will be obvious that the spring
might otherwise engage with the plate or with the rim of the barrel itself, so as to
prevent it drawing out from between the rim and plate.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is ;
1. The combination of the catch for the "fly up" cover of a watch with the sliding
push stem and with a spiral spring contained within the pendant and acting on the
stem and catch, as specified.
2. In a keyless watch, the catch carried by a sliding tubular stem or quill and com-
bined with a spiral spring and with a winding knob and arbor arranged to act on the
tubular stem or quill, as and for the purpose specified.
3. The herein described means of attaching the mainspring to the barrel, which
consists of an inwardly turned hook on the end of the spring in combination with a
plate fixed within the barrel, the spring being inserted and held between the plateand
the rim of the barrel, as specified.
4. As a means of holding the mainspring in proper position in the barrel, a plate
parallel to the rim of the barrel and fixed therein at such a distance from the rim as to
admit the outer coil between the plate and rim, as specified, whether the spring be
hooked to engage with the plate or be otherwise connected thereto.
Ր
1007
B0th day
September
1007
AUCT
A. GUYE.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.