Year: 1886

page_text: EDMUND SHANLEY No. 53 Armstrong Street Bootle Liverpool Watch and Clock.
Jobber do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention is to wind up clocks by rain water supplied from the heavens and
falling on the house top, and conveyed by the rain spout into the upper part of the
house and which empties its self into either a bath or a barrel, placed in the house
under the slates in any upper part of the building, so as to protect the rain water
from freezing. These water containers are made of earthenware or any other
Bubstance which will not waste or rot with water."
The nature of the Invention is thus A clock string or a cord is attached from
the pinion of the clock to the Invention and suspended on pulles, the same as a
bell wire is fixed in a house, but attached to the box, this box or water container
slides upon guides in the frame or case of the Invention, and winds the clock
up, This water winding box has three levers attached to it, two on the top
of the box and one on the bottom of the box, The first of the two on top of
the box passes the handle of the tap which is either attached to a bath or a barrel,
and as it passes the tap it lifts a small lever which is used for keeping the tap
locked, No. 2 lever following opens the tap and the box fills with water, and when
full the lever which passed the tap in the first instance closes the tap, and when
the box is dropping down full of water, the weight of the clock is going up at the
same speed, The third lever which is attached to the bottom of the box causes
the box to lose its water, when near the bottom, in its descent, There is a waste
water trough which receives the waste water from the water winding box, which
can be conveyed to the sink or used for domestic purposes. Some clocks require
two boxes in the one frame, according to the make of the clocks, This Invention
answers for spring clocks as well as weight clocks on the same principle described,
one drop of water gathering each second will keep a dozen of average size clocks
going in any house or mansion, to keep correct time without the assistance of man,
when once put in working order, These clocks will wind up themselves in 3
to 4 seconds time, The hand of man cannot wind them up so steady, The clock
can be screwed to the mantel board or placed against the wall in any part of the
building as may be desired, and controlled by this small coard on pulles to where
the Invention is set up, apart from the clock, For to save any unnecessary trouble
the Invention can be supplied by the water pipes in all towns or cities.
Dated thin the 00th day of Suntamber 1886

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Means for Automatically Winding Ćlocks.
I EDMUND SHANLEY of 53 Armstrong Street, Peel Road, Bootle, Liverpool in
the County of Lancaster, Clock and Watch Jobber, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention for MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY WINDING CLOCKS and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by-
the following statement:-
This invention relates to means whereby clocks are automatically wound up by
rain water supplied from the roof of a house or any other artificial means such as a
towns supply conveyed by pipes to an ordinary water cistern employed for feeding
baths, water closets, etcetra, usually fixed in the upper part of the house.
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"To better illustrate my invention a sheet of drawings is appended in which the
automatic winding apparatus and an ordinary clock worked by means of a dead
weight A. suspended by an endless chain B. are employed, they being placed in
this case some distance away from each other.
"The nature of my invention is that a clock string or cord C. is attached from a
guide block or pulley D. to a suitably formed dead weight water tank E. which
slides up the guides F. F. It is provided with levers or projections placed thereon,
that say in the upward inotion of the tank E. the lever or projection G comes in
contact with a loose catch or finger pivotted to the end of another lever H which
is capable of slipping back to allow the projection G to pass as shewn in the
drawing. This projection G' comes in contact with what. I call a locking bar G'
simultaneously another projection E¹ presses on the "underside of the before
mentioned lever or tap handle H. so that in the ascent of the water tank E. by
the action of the dead weight A. and the clock running down, the tap on the
supply pipe J. is automatically opened and allows the water contained in the before
mentioned bath or water closet cistern, or as is shewn in the drawing the suitable
shaped barrel to flow down the pipe J. onto the water tank E. until it gets
sufficiently heavy to decend and bring the clock dead weight up into its wound
up position.
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The tank E. in its decent causes the valve to close by the lever or projection G.
catching on the spring catch or finger on the lever H. which projects outwards and
has a small balance weight attached.
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Whilst the tap lever or handle H is closing the locking lever decends & prevents
the weight of the balance weight again opening the valve.
As soon as the water tank E has dropped a given distance a small valve M is
automatically opened by the valve rod I pivotted to the water tank E coming in
contact with a stop M thus the water forming the actuating medium is let out
from the tank which gradually rises as the clock runs down.
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The base of the apparatus may convenienly form a catch water from which a
drain pipe may be conveyed to any convenient place, The supply water cistern N
may be according to one arrangement supported on tubular pillars P. P. one of
- which may have connected with it an overflow pipe Q as shewn.

page_text: The guide pulleys R. R. may be fixed in any convenient position according to
where the clock and automatic winding apparatus are placed, in some classes of
clocks they may be entirely dispensed with.
I would have it understood that means or apparatus according to this invention
may be modified according to circumstances.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same may be performed I would have it
understood that what I claim is:-
1. Means for automatically winding clocks the application of a dead weight
water balast suspended on a cord and attached to the endless chain passing over
the driving gear of clocks substantially as described & illustrated.
2. In means for automatically winding clocks the use of a dead weight water
balast supplied by water from an artificial or natural sorce of supply controlled by
levers and projections so as to partially fill & emtpy it automatically substantially
as described.
3. The whole apparatus substantially as described & illustrated for automatically
winding up clocks as before described and illustrated in the drawings for either
spring or weight clocks..