Year: 1887

page_text: I, ALFRED NICHOLAS of Rose Hill, Handsworth in the County of Stafford, Bell
action Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
--
Flip action bells are usually worked, by pressing the clapper away from the
lip of the bell, and then suddenly releasing it, by the removal of the finger
therefrom.
The object of my present invention is to remedy these defects, by centralizing
the working action of this class of bells, by operating the clapper, and the arm
carrying the clapper, by means of a rod passing down the upper part of the bell
pillar or stem; so that the direction of pressure on ringing, is thus centrally
directed.
In carrying out my invention, I take an ordinary bell and pillar, supported by a
foot or stand, and passing centrally down the upper part of the pillar, and through
the middle of the bell, and securing cap at the top of the bell, a rod with a button
or head at its upper end, passes and slides vertically; and working within a gap,
near the upper end of the stem aforesaid, the short arm of a depending curved lever
passes into the middle part of the stem, and immediately under the bottom of the
rod-This depending lever is pivoted to a hanging bracket, secured and suspended
from the top of the pillar at the inside dome part of the bell.
The lower end of this depending lever, carries a loosely jointed clapper or clapper
arm, which when in its normal position, hangs or is disposed at right angles to the
end of the said lever, but is capable of turning upwardly upon its joint, and striking
the lip of the bell upon its outside, on a sudden check being given to the lever.

page_text: The standing out or horizontal position of the clapper is determined, by a heel or
hooked ended part of the shank of the clapper, abuting against the uncut away part
of the end of the lever.
To ring the bell, press the button at the summit of the rod, so as to make the
lower end of the said rod, depress the short arm of the lever, and throw quickly
forward the long arm, which on being suddenly checked in its motion, flirts
upwardly the clapper, so as to make its head forcibly strike the lip of the bell upon
its outside.
After ringing, the clapper falls, and after ceasing to press the button, both the
clapper and carrying lever fall by gravity to their normal positions.
Dated this Thirty first day of March 1887.

page_text: I, ALFRED NICHOLAS of Rose Hill, Handsworth in the County of Stafford, Bell
action Maker, 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 :-
Flip action bells, are usually worked, by pressing the clapper, away from the
clip of the bell, and then suddenly releasing it, by the removal of the finger
therefrom.
The object of my present invention, is to remedy these defects, by centralizing
the working action, of this class of bells, by operating the clapper, and the arm
carrying the clapper, by means of a rod passing down the upper part of the bell
pillar or stem; so that the direction of pressure, on ringing, is thus centrally
directed.
In carrying out my invention, I take an ordinary bell and pillar, supported by a
foot or stand, and passing centrally down the upper part of the pillar, and through
the middle of the bell, and securing cap at the top of the bell, a rod with a button or
head at its upper end, passes, and slides vertically; and working within a gap, near
the upper end of the stem aforesaid, the short arm of the depending curved lever,
passes into the middle part of the stem, and immediately under the bottom of the rod.
This depending lever, is pivotted to a hanging bracket, secured and suspended from
the top of the pillar, at the inside dome part of the bell.
The lower end of this depending lever, carries a loosely jointed clapper, or clapper
arm, which when in its normal position, hangs, or is disposed at right angles to the
end of the said lever, but is capable of turning upwardly upon its joint, and striking
the lip of the bell upon its outside, on a sudden check being given to the lever.
The standing out, or horizontal position of the clapper is determined, by a heel or
hooked ended part of the shank of the clapper, abuting against the uncut away part
of the end of the lever.
To ring the bell, press the button at the summit of the rod, so as to make the lower
end of the said rod, depress the short arm of the lever, and throw quickly forward the
long arm, which on being suddenly checked in its motion, flirts upwardly the clapper,
so as to make its head forcibly strike the lip of the bell upon its outside.
After ringing, the clapper falls, and after ceasing to press the button, both the
clapper and carrying lever, fall by gravity, to their normal positions.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawing, the
manner in which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a flip action call bell, constructed and
arranged according to my invention.
Figure 2 represents partly in vertical section, and partly in elevation, the said bell
figure 1, (but on a slightly reduced scale). The bell is shown in the act of being
struck by the clapperhead, and it will be seen that the striking takes place on the

page_text: outside of the lip, instead of upon the inside, as is common with concentric action
bells. The dotted lines represent the positions which the working parts assume,
when the bell is not being used.
Figure 3 represents a side elevation of figure 2, with the bell broken away.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawing.
a is the bell, b is a hollow pillar, supported by a foot or stand c. d is a securing
cap, for affixing the bell to the pillar summit.
Passing centrally through the cap and bell, and down the upper part of the
pillar, is a pusher rod e, with a button or head e² at its upper end, while its lower
ende, which is of slightly increased diameter, presses upon the short arm of a
fulcrum clapper arm f, jointed at g, from a depending bracket h, secured around the
top of the pillar, at the underside of the crown of the bell.
To the outer end of the long arm f, of the clapper arm, is a clapper i, jointed at i³,
and provided at its lower end, with a foot or hook i³, whose inner side bears upon
the solid metal of the arm.
The upper part of the clapper, is formed into a head, with a neck, which former
part strikes the outside lip of the bell.
The pillar wherethrough the short arm, of the clapper arm f, works, is slotted
at 6, so as to admit of the free movement of the said arm, on the pusher rod being
moved vertically.
To ring the bell, press the button e, when the stem's lower end e³,.depresses the
short arm, and throws quickly forward the long arm f, which on being suddenly
checked in its motion, by coming against the bottom of the slot in the tube, throws
the clapper head suddenly against the outside lip of the bell, thereby ringing the
said bell.
On relieving pressure from the button or head, the parts resume their normal
positions by the weight and jointing of the clapper arm and clapper.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
First A flip action call bell, worked by a centrally disposed pusher rod, substan-
tially as set forth.
Secondly In combination with a bell, of a pusher rod e, e², e³, and outside striking
clapper,,, with arm f, f, fulcrumed at g, substantially as described and set
forth.
Dated this Thirtieth day of December 1887