A Casket for Repeating Watches with Means for Effecting the Striking of such Watches from the Outside.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 17th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 19th Oct., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Casket for Repeating Watches with Means for Effecting the
Striking of such Watches from the Outside.
I, HENRI SANDOZ, of Locle, in Switzerland, do hereby declare the nature of said
Invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in the combination of a ca-ket for repeating watches, on the
one hand, with one or two sounding boards or plates increasing the intensity of the
striking or sounding of the watch and, on the other hand, with a mechanical arrange-
ment allowing the striking or sounding of the watch to be produced by pressing
upon a lever or button projecting out of the casket, without having to open the
latter.
The drawings represent one arrangement by means of which said combination
may be realized, although I do not limit myself thereto, as the same may be
performed in a variety of ways without_departing from the nature of my Invention.
A is the casket, and B its cover. The repeating watch C, is secured upon the
sounding-hourd, or plate, A', of the casket A, by means of a ring D provided with
an out cut D for allowing passage to the pusher E of the repeating watch (1. The
cover B contains a lover F, the pivot of which is so placed as to fall over the centre
of the watch (, when the case is closed. Said lever F is acted upon by a spring H
which produces the falling back of the lever F into the position shewn by full lines
in fig. 1. when the same has been thrown into the position shewn by dotted lines
in the same figure. A pin or projection G on lever F, projects through an opening b
of the sounding board or plate B¹ of the cover B and said pin is so placed as to
bear against the pusher E of the watch C when the case is closed.
Now, if the lever F be thrown from the position shewn by full lines in fig. 1,
into the position shown by dotted lines in the same figure, the case being closed,
the pusher E of watch will be acted upon so as to produce the sounding or striking
of the watch.
The sounding board, or sounding plate, B¹ may be dispensed with, and the same
effect obtained, but I have found by experiment that the sounding or striking of the
watch is much increased when the watch is compressed between two sounding boards,
or plates, A' and B¹.
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ERNEST DE PASS,
68, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Casket for Repeating Watches with Means for Effecting the
Striking of such Watches from the Outside.
I, HENRI SANDOZ, of Locle, in Switzerland, 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, reference being had
to the drawings filed with my Provisional Specification and to the letters and figures
marked thereon, that is to say :-
My invention consists in the construction of casket for repeating watches said casket
being provided on one side with one or two sound boards or plates for increasing the
intensity of the sounding or striking of the watch, and, on the other side, with a
mechanical arrangement allowing the striking or sounding of the watch to be produced
by pressing upon a lever or button projecting out of the casket without having to
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page_text: The drawings accompanying my Provisional Specification represent one arrange-
ment by means of which said combination may be realized, although I do not bin
myself thereto, as the same may be parformed in a variety of ways without departing
from the nature of my invention.
A, is the risket or case, and B, its cover. The repeating watch C, is serural upɔn
the sound-hour or plate A¹, of the casket or case A, by means of a ring D, provided
with an out-cut D₁, for allowing passage to the pusher E, of the repeating watch.
The cover B, contains a lover F, the pivot f, of which is so placed as to full over
the centre of the watch when the casket or case is closed. Said lever F, is acted
upon by a spring H, which produces the falling back of the lever F, into the position
shown by full lines in Fig. 1. when the same has been thrown into the position
shown by dotted lines in the same figure. A pin or projection G, on lever F,
projects through an opening 1, of the sound board or plate B', of the cover B, and
said pin is so placed as to bear against the pusher of the watch C, when the casket
or case is closed.
Now, if the lever F, he thrown from the position shewn by full lines in Fig. 1, into
the position shewn by dotted lines in the same figure, the casket or case being closed,
the pusher 1, of watch C, will be acted upon so as to produce the sounding or
striking of the watch.
The sound board or sound plate B₁, may be dispensed with, and the same effect
obtained, but I have found by experiment that the sounding or striking of the watch
is much increased when the watch is compressed between two sound boards or
plates A, and B².
Having now particularly described and ascertained my invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I claim :-
1. The construction of a casket or case for repeating watches, provided on one side
with one or more sound boards or plates for increasing the intensity of the sounding
or striking of the watch, and on the other side, with a mechanical arrangement
allowing the sounding or striking of the watch to be produced by pressing upon a
lever or button projecting out of the casket or case without opening the latter,
substantially as described.
2. The combination of the casket or case A, having a sound board or plate A², and
a ring D, with the cover B, having a sound board or plate B, and lever F, carrying
pin G, so arranged as to act upon the pusher E, of the watch (, when the lever,
is acted upon, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 17th day of September 1889.
1000.
ERNEST DE PASS,
68, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the Applicant.