IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCHES
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN ROBINSON, of No 15 Penny Street, Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Watchmaker, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention, for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCHES," to be as follows:-
This invention consists, of improved construction, and arrangement of parts, of a
lever watch, so as to ensure the action or working, over a number of days, when
once wound up.
Heretofore the above object has been attained, by the use of duplicate barrels, and
springs, rendering the whole complicated, and liable to get out of order.
According to this my invention, I employ a spring, having an increased number
of coils, and made somewhat stronger, than ordinary, the "fuzee," or winding drum,
is constructed so as to hold an additional length of winding chain, and by arranging
the pitch, and speed of the pinions, and the gear wheels, in connection there with,
the movements are timed, and continued, over a period of seven or eight days,
without any material increase, in the size or bulk of the watch, 80 constructed.
Dated thin 04th Jaw of Nawambo- 1004
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant,
I JOHN ROBINSON, of N° 15 Penny Street, Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Watchmaker do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCHES " and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention consists, of improved construction, and arrangement of parts of a
lever watch, so as to ensure the action of working, over a number of days, when
once wound un.

page_text: Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing
forming a part of this specification in which :-
Fig. 1 shews the dial.
Fig. 2 is a view of the dial plate removed in order to shew the mechanism.
I employ a spring of ordinary construction but having an increased number of
coils and made somewhat stronger than ordinary-The fuzee or winding drum has
two additional steps so as to hold an additional length of winding chain-The
wheels I arrange as follows:-
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The wheel 1, is upon the arbor 2, for setting the hands (2 is also the axis of the
second wheel in the train, 1, gears with, and drives the intermediate wheel 3, the
latter gears with and drives the "cannon pinion 4, which is mounted upon
a stationary axis or pin 5, the elongated boss of the cannon pinion 4, carries the
minute hand, over and upon the boss of the cannon pinion 4, is the hour wheel 6,
upon the boss 7, of which are the hour hands, the hour wheel 6, is driven by the
pinion 8, fast upon, and receiving its motion from, the intermediate wheel 3-At 9
is a pinion on the axis of the "fuzee or winding up axis, the ordinary train of
wheels connects the fuzee and escape wheels, this pinion, drives the wheel 10, on
the axis of which is a pointer 11, on the small dial marked, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, so
that as the chain is run off from the fuzee, the pinion 9, will drive the wheel 10,
and finger 11, shewing by the fingers 1 to 8, how many days since the watch was
wound, and on rewinding, the pointer will return to zero.
"
It will be understood, that the train of wheels, give a slow motion, and that the
minute dial 12, is from zero to 120 seconds, recording two minutes, for each
revolution.
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
The construction of watches having the series and arrangement of wheels in
combination with a spring and fuzee as herein described and for the purpose
set forth.