Year: 1886

page_text: I, JOHN PHILLIPS of 33 Dunchurch Road Rugby in the County of Warwick
Manufacture do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as
follows:-
:
This invention has for its object, improvements in keyless watches which are
rendered thereby much more simple in the mechanism by which the hands are set
forward or backwards and by which the watch is wound from the same button.
Between the tooth wheel gearing into the one which carries the click upon the
barrel spindle and the minute wheel I pivot a bar which carries a tooth wheel
capable of gearing into either the minute wheel or the one connected with the
barrel the wheel on the bar being operated by the button. The normal position
of the bar and the button is to be geared with the winding mechanism and it is so
kept by a spring operating against the moveable end of the bar. When however
the button is pressed the force of the spring is overcome and the bar wheel is
geared into the minute and the hands are then turned in either direction at
pleasure.
GEORGE BARKER,
Agent for the Applicant,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,

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I JOHN PHILLIPS of 33 Dunchurch Road Rugby in the County of Warwick
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:—
This invention has for its object improvements in Keyless Watches which are
rendered thereby much more simple in the mechanism by which the hands or set
forward or backwards and by which the watch is wound from the same button.
Between the toothed wheel gearing into the one which carries the click upon the
barrel spindle and the minute wheel pivot a bar which carries a tooth wheel
capable of gearing either into the minute wheel or the one connected with the
barrel the wheel on the bar being operated by the button. The normal position of
the bar and the button is to be geared with the winding mechanism, as it is so
kept by a spring operating against the moveable end of the bar.
When however the button is pressed the face of the spring is overcome and the
bar wheel is geared into the minute wheel and the hands are then turned in either
direction at pleasure.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
in practice I have appended hereunto two sheets of drawings upon which I have
illustrated my invention so that the action thereof may be seen, but of course the
mode of carrying it into practice may be so varied as to suit different kinds of
.watches.
Figure 1 is a part sectional view above the pillar plate showing the parts
connected with my invention in thier normal position, i.e. in the position for
winding.
Figure 2 is a part sectional view of the reverse side of the pillar plate showing
the parts in the same position as Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a similar. view to Figure 1 but shows the parts under different
conditions viz. in position for turning the hands as will be more fully explaind
herafter and
Figure 4 is an enlarged cross section through Figure 1 on dotted line.
In place of fixing the winding wheel A to the pillar plate B, I mount it upon a
centre a' which is fixed to one end of the moveable bar C at c¹ Figure 2. This bar
is placed under the pillar plate B the other end c³ being pivotted to it and the
centre a¹ is kept in its normal position as shewn in Figure 1 by the spring ².
The button D is provided at its inner end with a bevel or face pinion d' which
gears into the winding wheel A and by means of the pinion E with the winding
ratchet wheel F so that the turning of the button D winds the watch' the ratchet
wheel being locked by the pawl or catch f¹ so that the turning of the button the
wrong way would merely have the effect of depressing the wheel A sufficiently to
allow the teeth to pass round without effect.
For turning the hands I omit the extra button usually used and which is
objectionable for several reasons and press the button D against the resistance of

page_text: the small spring until the winding wheel is carried down on the moveable bar
as before described by the pinion d sufficiently to be clear of the pinion E and to
engage in the minute wheel G which is geared into the cannon pinion H as shewn
in Figure 3 by which means the turning of the button D in either direction will
set the hands backwards or forwards, at pleasure.
The winding wheel may be placed under the movement joint or in any con-
venient place to suit the various kinds of watches and although a keyless watch
the construction of my parts readily admits of a dust cap being used. The form
and position of the bar C may of course be varied.
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:
In keyless watches the improvement by which the winding wheel A is made to
wind the watch and also set the hands by means of a moving bar substantially as
herein set forth.