IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE TELL-TALE' TIMEKEEPERS
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Buckney, of Peckham Rye, in the County
of Surrey, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE
TELL-TALE' TIMEKEEPERS."-A communication from abroad by Armand
François Collin, residing at Paris, in the Empire of France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Buckney at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th
May 1862.
I, THOMAS BUCKNEY, of Peckham Rye, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PORTABLE TELL-TALE' TIMEKEEPERS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has reference to that class of instruments called "tell-tales,"
which are employed to ascertain the due attendance of watchmen or others at
different localities which it is their duty to visit at certain intervals of time.
A portable instrument has already been employed for this purpose consisting
of an ordinary watch, at the back of which, behind the casing, a paper diso
was fixed upon pins, attached to a small central metal disc, receiving rotary
motion from the clockwork, and which therefore imparted rotary motion to the
paper disc, this latter had divisions indicating the hours marked upon its
circumference, and a small hole was made in the casing at the circumference,
through which a type chained to the wall or other fixed object at the different
localities could be inserted; this type was dipped by the watchman or other
person into a small reservoir of printers' ink attached to the watch casing, and
was then inserted through the hole in the casing, and impressed upon the

page_text: before-mentioned paper disc, which thus indicated the time when the person
had visited the particular locality to which the particular type belonged.
The present Invention has for its object the construction of an apparatus
which shall offer both greater socurity from fraud, as also greater compactness
and facility of manipulation, than the above-described arrangement, and
consists, firstly, in constructing a portable instrument consisting of a strong
casing, containing the mechanism of an ordinary watch, but without the dial
or hands of tho same. The front of the casing is removeable, and a small
distance below it is a metal disc of the same size as the casing, which disc
receives a rotary motion from the clockwork to which it is connected in such
a manner by means of a spring that if it is attempted to turn it forward it will
return immediately to its original position; it has projecting from its centre a
stud with a screw thread cut upon it. On this disc is placed, firstly, a disc of
cardboard or other suitable material for forming a pad; secondly, a disc of
black or coloured transfer paper; and, thirdly, upon this a paper disc having
upon its front surface divisions indicating tho hours marked upon the circum-
ference, whilst at the back, where it is in contact with the transfer it
paper,
has corresponding radial divisions and also circular concentric divisions
marked upon
it. Each of the before-mentioned discs has a hole in its centre,
through which the stud of the metal disc passes, and when they are all in
place, as above described, a flat nut is screwed upon this stud, by which the
paper discs are securely fixed to the metal disc, and are consequently caused
to move round with the same. In the removeable front part of the casing are
formed two apertures situated diametrically opposite each other, the one
aperture is, by preference, made circular, and is covered with glass, and serves
to observe the time indicated by the numbered divisions on the paper disc as
they pass this aperture; the second aperture is a radial slit of sufficient width
to allow a type to pass through, and is covered inside by a piece of india-
rubber or cloth having a slit in it. A small guard is fixed at the bottom of
the slit inside the cover, which prevents the paper disc being tampered with
by the insertion of any instrument for the purpose of unscrewing the nut that
secures the same. The front of the casing fits over the other part like the
cover of a box, and is secured to its place by a suitable lock. To the back of
the casing is fixed a strong handle, of leather or other suitable material.
Secondly, this Invention consists in fixing in any convenient manner, at
each of the localities where the watchman or other person is required to visit,
a box or case of metal or other suitable material of a corresponding internal
size to the external diameter of the before-described instrument, which box
has a lid or door to it capable of being locked. Inside this box, at the back

page_text: of the same, a small metal type is fixed, projecting out in a horizontal
direction. The mode of operation is as follows:-At the appointed time the
watchman, holding the before-described timepiece by the handle, inserts the
same into the box, the exact required position of the timepiece inside the box
being insured by studs fixed to the circumference of the timepiece passing
down grooves formed in the sides of the box. In pushing the timepiece
forward the fixed type projecting from the end of the box will pass through
the slit in tho cover of the timepiece, and will print its letter, number, or
character by means of the before-mentioned transfer paper on to the back of
that portion of the paper disc which is then in front of the slit. The type in
cach box is fixed at a different radial distance from the centre, and is con-
sequently imprinted not only at a different circumferential position, but also at
a different radial distance upon the back of the paper disc, which, when
removed from the timekeeper, will consequently indicate by the position of the
imprint of the various types upon the radial and annular divisions upon the
back the particular time at which the watchman or other person has visited
each individual locality. The letters in the boxes of the various stations may
be arranged in such a manner that they would form a particular word, printed
in a peculiarly curved direction when the various stations had been visited in
correct rotation and at the proper appointed times, and the word may be
changed by altering the type without the knowledge of the watchman or other
person, thus rendering it exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, for him to
print the proper word.in the proper curved direction upon the paper disc
without visiting the various localities for this purpose, even supposing he had
possessed himself of fac-similes of the various type in the different boxes.
A fresh paper disc is placed in the timepiece every day, or at any other interval
of time when it is required to examine the duty performed, but the same discs
of transfer paper will serve a number of times.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Buckney in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
11th November 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
BUCKNEY, of Peckham Rye, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of May, in the year of our Lord

page_text: One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Thomas Buckney, IIer special licence that I, the said Thomas
Buckney, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Thomas Buckney, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PORTABLE TELL-TALE TIMEKEEPERS," a communication to me from abroad by
Armand François Collin, residing at Paris, in the Empire of France, upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Buckney, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Buckney, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawing, and to
the figures and letters marked thereon (that is to say):-
This Invention has reference to that class of instruments called "tell-tales,"
which are employed to ascertain the due attendance of watchmen or others at
different localities which it is their duty to visit at certain intervals of time.
A portable instrument has already been employed for this purpose, consisting
of an ordinary watch, at the back of which, behind the casing, a paper disc
was fixed upon pins attached to a small central metal disc, receiving rotary
motion from the clockwork, and which therefore imparted rotary motion to the
paper disc; this latter had divisions indicating the hours marked upon its
circumference, and a small hole was made in the casing at the circumference,
through which a type chained to the wall or other fixed object at the different
localities could be inserted. This type was dipped by the watchman or other
person into a small reservoir of printers' ink attached to the watch casing, and
was then inserted through the hole in the casing, and impressed upon the
before-mentioned paper disc, which thus indicated the time when the person
had visited the particular locality to which the particular type belonged.
The present Invention has for its object the construction of an apparatus

page_text: which shall offer both greater security from fraud, as also greater compactness
and facility of manipulation than the above-described arrangement, and consists,
firstly, in constructing a portable instrument consisting of a strong casing con-
taining the mechanism of an ordinary watch, but without the dial or hands
of the same. The front of the casing is removeable, and at a small distance
below it is a metal dise of the same size as the casing, which disc receives
a rotary motion from the clockwork to which it is connected in such a manner
by means of a spring, that if it is attempted to turn it forward, it will return.
immediately to its original position; it has projecting from its centre a stud
with a screw thread cut upon it. On this disc is placed, firstly, a disc of
cardboard or other suitable material for forming a pad; secondly, a disc of
black or coloured transfer paper; and, thirdly, upon this a paper disc, having
upon its front surface divisions indicating the hours marked upon the circum-
ference, whilst at the back, where it is in contact with tho transfer paper,
it has corresponding radial divisions and also circular concentric divisions
marked upon it. Each of the before-mentioned discs has a hole in its centre,
through which the stud of the metal disc passes, and when they are all in place
as above described, a flat nut is screwed upon this stud, by which the paper
discs are securely fixed to the metal disc, and are consequently caused to
move round with the same. In the moveable front part of the casing aro
formed two apertures situated diametrically opposite each other, the ono aper-
ture is by preference made circular, and is covered with glass, and serves to
observe the time indicated by the numbered divisions on the paper disc as they
pass this aperture. The second aperture is a radial slit of sufficient width to
allow a type to pass through, and is covered inside by a piece of india-rubber
or cloth having a slit in it. A small guard is fixed at the bottom of the slit
inside the cover, which prevents the paper disc being tampered with by the
insertion of any instrument for the purpose of unscrewing the nut that secures
the same. The front of the casing fits over the other part like the cover of a
box, and is secured to its place by a suitable lock. To the back of the casing
is fixed a strong handle, of leather or other suitable material.
Secondly, this Invention consists in fixing in any convenient manner, at each
of the localities where the watchman or other person is required to visit, a box
or case of metal or other suitable material of a corresponding internal sizo to
the external diameter of the before-described instrument, which box has a lid
or door to it capable of being locked. Inside this box, at the back of the same
a small metal typo is fixed, projecting out in a horizontal direction. The mode
of operation is as follows:-At the appointed time the watchman, holding the
beforo-described timepiece by the handle, inserts the same into the box, tho

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exact required position of the timepiece inside the box being insured by studs
fixed to the circumference of the timepiece, passing down grooves formed in
the sides of the box. In pushing the timepiece forward the fixed type pro-
jecting from the end of the box will pass through the slit in the cover of the
timepiece, and will print its letter, number, or character by means of the
before-mentioned transfer paper on to the back of that portion of the paper
disc which is then in front of the slit. The type in each box is fixed at a
different radial distance from the centre, and is consequently imprinted not
only at a different circumferential position, but also at a different radial distance
upon the back of the paper disc, which, when removed from the timekeeper,
will consequently indicate, by the position of the imprint of the various types
the radial and annular divisions upon the back, the particular time at
which the watchman or other person has visited each individual locality. The
letters in the boxes of the various stations may be arranged in such a manner
that they would form a particular word, printed in a peculiar curved direction
when the various stations had been visited in correct rotation and at the
proper appointed times, and the word may be changed by altering the typo
without the knowledge of the watchman or other person, thus rendering it
exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, for him to print the proper word in
the proper curved direction upon the paper disc without visiting the various
localities for this purpose, even supposing he had possessed himself of fac-
similies of the various type in the different boxes. A fresh paper disc is
placed in the timepieco every day, or at any other interval of time when it is
required to examine the duty performed, but the same discs of transfer paper
will serve a number of times.
On the accompanying Drawing is shewn the construction of this improved
portable tell-tale timekeeper, together with the type box for the same.
Figure 1 shews a front view of the timepiece; Figuro 2 shews a side view;
Figure 3 shews an inside view of the cover removed; Figure 4 shows a front
view of the timepiece with paper disc, the cover being removed; Figure 5
shews a back view of the paper disc; Figure 6 shews a front view of the
timepiece, with the paper discs and revolving plate removed; Figuro 7 shews
a back view of the revolving plate; Figure 8 shews a side view of the time-
piece without the cover, shewing the contrivance and key for locking the
cover on to the timepiece; Figure 9 shews a front elevation of the type box
when open; Figure 10 shews a transverse section through the type box, and
partly through the timepiece, which is inserted in the same to shew the
manner of action. The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in
all the Figures.

page_text: The casing A contains the mechanism of an ordinary. watch, by which, when
wound up by the end a of the key X (shewn at Figure 8) acting upon tho
cap a', screwed upon the projecting end of the spindle a, the toothed wheel B,
seen in Figure 6, and in section at Figure 10, is caused to revolve in the
direction of the arrow. This wheel has a bush 6 formed on its centre, through
which the spindle a passes, working loose in the same; it has also a small
open barrel 6 formed upon it, into which a spiral spring C, shewn in blue
lines, is placed, attached at one end to the side of the barrel 6', whilst the
other end projecting towards the centre of the barrel, as shewn, has a slot
formed in it, into which a small pin d on the boss of the under side of the
revolving plate D (shewn detached at Figure 7) hooks when this plato is in
its place. The hole in the boss of this plate D fits over the bush 6 of the
wheel B, and the boss rests upon a shoulder formed at the bottom of the
bush, as seen in Figure 10. The wheel B, as also the plate D, are kept
down upon the spindle a by the cap a' screwed upon the latter, the direction
in which the cap is screwed on to the spindle being the same as that in which
the spindle is turned for winding up the watch. The plate D, being attached,
as before described, to the spring C, is carried 'round by the wheel B in the
direction of the arrow, a small stud d' upon the under side of the former
coming in contact with a stud be fixed on the latter and the plate D, although
it is by this arrangement capable of being pushed round in the contrary
direction to the arrow, independently of the watch movement, yet, by reason
of its attachment, as before described, to the spring C, it is caused, when
released, to spring back into its original position, namely, with its stud d*
resting against the stud b.
In order to support the circumference of the revolving plate when pressure
is put upon it, a rim R or other support is fixed inside the casing underneath
the plate. On the upper face of the plate D is formed a boss d³, surrounding
the hole through which the spindle a passes. This boss has a screw thread
formed upon it to receive a nut E, serving to fix down firmly on the plate,
firstly, a pad of cardboard or other suitable material F, seen in section in
Figure 10; secondly, upon this a disc of black or coloured transfer paper G ;
and, thirdly, a paper disc H, having on its upper face divisions and figures
round its circumference resembling those of the dial of a watch, as seen at
Figure 4, and upon its under face radial and annular division lines, as shewn
at Figure 5. The radial lines marked 1, 2, 3, &c., at the circumference
correspond in position with the divisions marking the hours on the upper faco
of the disc, and serve for the same purpose; the figures on the upper and
under face being, however, so arranged in relation to each other, that the

page_text: division marked 12 on the upper surface of the disc corresponds in position
with that marked 6 on the under face, 1 with 7, 2 with 8, and so on. Tho
intermediate radial divisions upon the under face serve to indicate the quarter,
half, and three-quarters of each hour. Each of these divisions may, if
requisite, be subdivided to any required extent. The annular divisions serve
to indicate the different localities where the different impressions have to be
taken, as will be more fully explained hereafter. The threo discs F, G,
and H, being fixed firmly down upon the revolving plate D by the nut E, are
caused to revolve with the same. In fixing on the paper disc H, previous to
putting the instrument in the hands of the watchman or other person for use
it has to be placed in such a position relative to the casing A, that, as nearly
as practicable, the division on the upper face representing the exact time of
the day at which it is put on is situated at the notch as formed on the edge of
the casing A. This having been done, the cover I, of which a detached
inside view is shewn at Figure 3, is placed over the casing A, covering the
paper disc, as shewn at Figure 1. This cover has, firstly, a circular hole i
formed in its face close to the edge, which hole corresponds in position with
the notch a³ in the edge of the casing, and, being covered with glass or horn,
serves to observe the hour of the day or night by, as the figures on the paper
disc pass beneath it, as shewn at Figure 1. The cover I has upon its face a
second aperture or slit i diametrically opposite the aperture i. At the inner
end of this slit is fixed, inside the cover, a small guard J, as seen in Figures
8 and 10, the object of which is to prevent the nut E from being unscrewed
by the insertion of any instrumennt through the slit, for the purpose of tamı-
pering with the paper disc H. This aperture is furthermore covered on the
inside by a piece of india-rubber K, having a slit in it so as to admit freely of
the insertion of the type fixed in the type boxes, but closing the aperture
entirely when nothing is inserted.
It will be readily understood, from the herein-before described arrangement
of the paper disc II, that as the figures and divisions indicating the hours
are passing the aperture i, the divisions on the back of the disc bearing the
same figures are passing the slit . The cover I, on being placed over the
casing A, is locked upon it in the relative position described by the contri-
vance shewn in Figure 8. A groove L is formed in the side of the casing A,
corresponding in width with a stud M formed on the inside of the cover.
This groove is formed with an elbow at right angles, as shewn, into which
elbow the stud M on the cover is made to pass, by turning the latter slightly
round after being slid on to the casing. When the stud is in the elbow, a spring
bolt N, which has before been pushed down the groove by the insertion of the

page_text: stud M, shoots forward and locks the stud M in the elbow, and thus secures
the cover on to the casing. When it is desired to remove the cover, tho
end of the key X is screwed on to a small spindle attached to the bolt N,
and by screwing the same up, withdraws the bolt, when the cover, on being
turned back into its former position, may be withdrawn. A second stud M'
is formed on the opposite side of the cover I, fitting into a corresponding
groove on the casing A, but without any locking arrangement. A handle O,
of leather or other suitable material, is fixed at the back of the casing A to
hold the timepiece by.
In Figure 9 is shewn the type box P, made of iron or other suitable
material, with a door or lid P' hinged to it, which is shewn open on the
Drawing, but which is ordinarily kept closed, having a lock p, the key of
which is in the hands of the watchman or other person. It is attached to a
wall or other suitable object at the locality which the watchman has to visit,
by means of screws Q, Q, passing through the back of the box, and by
preference situated inside the same, so that, they cannot be tampered with
when the box is closed. The external form of the box can be made of any
desired configuration, but the inside of the same is made circular and of such
a diameter that the projecting rim of the cover of the timepiece just fits
into it. In the back of the box is fixed a type T, projecting forward as
shewn in Figure 10, and having formed upon its extremity a letter, figure, or
mark. The distance at which this type is fixed from the centre of the box is
varied in the different boxes at the various localities which have to be visited,
the position of each type corresponding with one of the annular divisions
upon the back of the paper dial H, and by preference a number of holes,
arranged in a radial line and corresponding with all the annular divisions on
the paper disc, are made in the back of each box as shewn, so that the
position of the type may be varied from time to time. Or in some cases I
form a slot instead of a number of holes and fix the type in the same by
means of screwed nuts. The duty of this type, as before stated, is to pass
through the slit in the cover I of the timepiece, and in pressing upon the
face of the paper disc H, to cause, by the agency of the transfer paper G, its
letter, mark, or number to. be imprinted upon or between such radial divisions
upon the back of the disc as are at the time in front of the slit as also upon
the annular division corresponding with the position of the type. In order
to insure the timepiece being inserted into the type box in the proper position,
as shown at Figure 10, so that the type T shall pass through the slit i", three
or more grooves q, q, q, aro formed in the sides of the type box, into which
three studs 9, 9, 9', fixed in corresponding positions on the circumference of

page_text: the timepiece pass, these grooves and studs being so arranged that the latter
will not pass into the former except when the timepiece is in proper position.
As it is essential that the studs q' should fit into the grooves as accurately
as possible so as to insure the imprint of the type in the exact required
position on the disc, the grooves 9 are widened out at the outer end, as shewn,
so as to facilitate the introduction of the studs into them. In order to keep
the face of the timepieco parallel with the back of the type box when the
impression is being taken, other small studs 8, 8, s, are fixed on the face of
the cover I, which studs, when the timepiece is inserted, come in contact with
the back of the type box.
Although in the arrangement on the accompanying Drawing the paper
disc or dial II is intended to revolve once in twelve hours and has consequently
to be removed at the end of that time, yet it is evident that, by a different
arrangement in the mechanism of the clockwork which causes the disc to
rotate, and by a different subdivision of the two faces of the paper disc, it
may be arranged so as to revolve once during any other optional subdivision
of time greater or less than twelve hours. From the before-described
arrangement of the timepiece and type box the manner of employing the
same will be readily understood. A number of the type boxes having in the
first instance been fixed at the different localities which the watchman,
inspector, overlooker, or other person has to visit periodically, the timepiece,
after having been wound up and a paper dial with transfer paper beneath
baving been fixed in the same, as before described, and the cover locked on,
is given into the watchman's or other person's hands, such person observing
the time at which he has to visit a certain locality by means of the figures
of the paper dial as they pass the aperture i, goes to the type box fixed at
such locality, opens the door of the same, inserts his timepiece as shewn in
Figure 10 on the Drawing, and impresses the character of the type on the
back of the dial by the aid of the transfer paper, the radial division upon
which such impression is situated indicating the time when, and the annular
division upon which it is situated indicating the locality where, such impres-
sion is made. The watchman or other person then, in a similar manner,
proceeds at the appointed intervals of time to the various other localities that
he has to visit in rotation, taking at each place the impression of the type
which is fixed there. At the end of the time during which he is on duty, the
watchman delivers his timepiece over to master or inspector appointed for
that purpose, who, on removing the paper dial from the same, can see at a
glance from the impressions on the back whether all the various localities
have been visited at the proper times and in proper succession. Thus, for

page_text: example, if the watchman had visited at equal intervals of time eight different
localities within an hour, then there would be eight different impressions of
type arranged as shewn at W, Figure 5 (which type may be arranged as
shown to form a particular word). If he then had reposed for an hour and
afterwards revisited the same localities in the same succession, but had omitted
to visit two of such localities, then the impressions would be as at Y, two
impressions being wanting. If again he had to visit such eight localities
successively at intervals of half an hour, commencing at twelve o'clock and
terminating at half-past three, then the impressions would be arranged as at Z.
The security from fraud in this improved arrangement of timepiece is
insured, firstly, through the inability of the watchman to turn the paper dial
so as to take impressions upon the right divisions at other than the appointed
times, as in endeavouring to do so, he will at the same time move the plate
D, which, when released, will by the before-described arrangement spring
back into its proper position, carrying the paper dial with it. Secondly,
presuming that he had procured a number of loose type corresponding with
the type in the various boxes, he could not tell in what manner they had
been arranged in such boxes by the inspector, until he had visited the various
localities, and even then it would be extremely difficult for him to make the
impressions of the counterfeit type to correspond exactly in position with the
impressions taken in the proper manner, and would therefore be easily detected.
The paper dials being of small dimensions and on thin paper, may, after
having been removed from the timepiece by the inspector, be readily trans-
mitted through the post to the proprietor of the factory or other locality,
should he be absent at the time, and thus afford him evidence that the works
were properly overlooked. These dials may be dated and filed, and be used
subsequently as evidence as to whether the premises had been properly over-
looked or watched at a certain date.
Having now described the nature of this Invention as communicated to me
O by my foreign correspondent, I wish it to be understood that I do not claim
generally the construction of portable tell-tale timekeepers having removeable
rotating dials upon which impressions are made; neither do I limit myself to
the precise form of the improved timepiece and type boxes as shewn on the
accompanying Drawing; but what I claim is,-
Firstly, the construction and employment of portable tell-tale timekeepers
having no fixed dial and pointers as in ordinary timekeepers, but in which a
removeable paper disc fixed upon and revolving with a plate actuated by
clockwork serves both to indicate the time to the watchman or other person
and to register the duties performed by such person.

page_text: Secondly, the construction and employment of portable tell-tale timekeepers
in which the impressions of the various type fixed at the various localities are
made upon the revolving paper dial by the agency of black or coloured transfer
material.
Thirdly, the construction and employment of "type boxes" fixed at the
various localities containing a fixed type for making the impressions upon the
paper dial of the portable timekeepers, such timekeepers being for that
purpose inserted into these boxes, which type boxes when not used are secured
by a door or lid.
Fourthly, the arrangement of the fixed type in the various type boxes at
different distances from the centre, and the formation of annular divisions
upon the back of the paper dial corresponding with the positions of such
type, so that the impression of each separate type is made upon a different
annular division on the paper dial as herein-before described.
Fifthly, the arrangement herein-before described for attaching the revolving
plate D to the movement of the timekeeper.
Sixthly, the method herein-before described of fixing the paper dial, transfer
paper, and pad on to the face of the plate D by means of a screwed nut E.
Seventhly, the employment of a guard J for protecting the nut E so as to
prevent its being tampered with.
Eighthly, the contrivance for locking the cover I on to the casing A of
the timepiece in the manner herein-before described by means of a spring
bolt N.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Buckney, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
THOMAS BUCKNEY. (L.B.)

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page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Buckney, of Peckham Rye, in the County
of Surrey, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE
TELL-TALE TIMEKEEPERS."-A communication from abroad by Armand
Fennanie Callin residing at Pasic in the Tmnire of France
Sealed the 24th October 1862, and dated the 12th May 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Buckney at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th
May 1862.
.I, THOMAS BUCKNEY, of Peckham Rye, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PORTABLE TELL-TALE' TIMEKEEPERS," to be as follows:—
This Invention has reference to that class of instruments called " tell-tales."
which are employed to ascertain the due attendance of watchmen or others at
different localities which it is their duty to visit at certain intervals of time.
A portable instrument has already been employed for this purpose consisting
of an ordinary watch, at the back of which, behind the casing, a paper disc
was fixed upon pins, attached to a small central metal disc, receiving rotary
motion from the clockwork, and which therefore imparted rotary motion to the
paper disc, this latter had divisions indicating the hours marked upon its
circumference, and a small hole was made in the casing at the circumference,
through which a typo chained to the wall or other fixed object at the different
localities could be inserted; this type was dipped by the watchman or other
person into a small reservoir of printers' ink attached to the watch casing, and
was then inserted through the holo in the casing, and impressed upon the

page_text: before-mentioned paper disc, which thus indicated the timo when tho perso
had visited tho particular locality to which the particular type belonged.
The present Invention has for its object the construction of an apparatu
which shall offer both greater security from fraud, as also greater compactnes
and facility of manipulation, than the above-described arrangement, and
consists, firstly, in constructing a portable instrument consisting of a strong
casing, containing the mechanisin of an ordinary watch, but without the dial
or hands of the same. The front of the casing is removeable, and a small
distance below it is a metal disc of the same size as the casing, which disc
receives a rotary motion from the clockwork to which it is connected in such
a manner by means of a spring that if it is attempted to turn it forward it will
return immediately to its original position; it has projecting from its centre a
stud with a screw thread cut upon it. On this disc is placed, firstly, a disc of
cardboard or other suitable material for forming a pad; secondly, a disc of
black or coloured transfer paper; and, thirdly, upon this a paper disc having
upon its front surface divisions indicating the hours marked upon the circum-
ference, whilst at the back, where it is in contact with the transfer paper, it
has corresponding radial divisions and also circular concentric divisions
marked upon it. Each of the before-mentioned discs has a hole in its centre,
through which the stud of the metal disc passes, and when they are all in
place, as above described, a flat nut is screwed upon this stud, by which the
paper discs are securely fixed to the metal disc, and are consequently caused
to move round with the saine. In the removeable front part of the casing are
formed two apertures situated diametrically opposite each other, the one
aperture is, by preference, made circular, and is covered with glass, and serves
to observe the time indicated by the numbered divisions on the paper disc as
they pass this aperture; the second aperture is a radial slit of sufficient width
to allow a type to pass through, and is covered inside by a piece of india-
rubber or cloth having a slit in it. A small guard is fixed at the bottom of
the slit inside the cover, which prevents the paper disc being tampered with 8
by the insertion of any instrument for the purpose of unscrewing the nut that
secures the same. The front of the casing fits over the other part like the
cover of a box, and is secured to its place by a suitable lock. To the back of
the casing is fixed a strong handle, of leather or other suitable material.
Secondly, this Invention consists in fixing in any convenient manner, at 3
Bach of the localities where the watchman or other person is required to visit,
box or case of metal or other suitable material of a corresponding internal
ize to the external diameter of the before-described instrument, which box
ans a lid or door to it capable of being locked. Inside this box, at the back

page_text: of the same, a small metal typo is fixed, projecting out in a horizontal
direction. The mode of operation is as follows:-At the appointed time the
watchman, holding the before-described timepieco by the handle, inserts the
same into the box, tho exact required position of the timepiece inside the box
boing insured by studs fixed to the circumference of the timepicco passing.
down grooves formed in the sides of the box. In pushing the timepieco
forward the fixed type projecting from the end of the box will pass through
the slit in the cover of the timepiece, and will print its letter, number, or
charactor by means of tho before-mentioned transfer paper on to the back of
that portion of the paper disc which is then in front of the slit. The type in
each box is fixed at a different radial distance from the centre, and is con-
sequently imprinted not only at a different circumferential position, but also at
a different radial distance upon the back of the paper disc, which, when
removed from the timekeeper, will consequently indicate by the position of the
imprint of the various types upon the radial and annular divisions upon the
back the particular time at which the watchman or other person has visited
each individual locality. The letters in the boxes of the various stations may
be arranged in such a manner that they would form a particular word, printed
in a peculiarly curved direction when the various stations had been visited in
correct rotation and at the proper appointed times, and the word may be
changed by altering the type without the knowledge of the watchman or other
person, thus rendering it exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, for him to
print the proper word in the proper curved direction upon the paper disc
without visiting the various localities for this purpose, even supposing he had
possessed himself of fac-similes of the various type in the different boxes.
A fresh paper disc is placed in the timepiece every day, or at any other interval
of time when it is required to examine the duty performed, but the same discs
of transfer paper will serve a number of times.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Buckney in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
11th November 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
BUCKNEY, of Peckham Rye, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Iler most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing dato the Twelfth day of May, in the year of our Lord

page_text: One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, IIer heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Thomas Buckney, Her special licenco that I, the said Thomas
Buckney, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Thomas Buckney, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PORTABLE TELL-TALE' TIMEKEEPERS," a communication to me from abroad by
Armand François Collin, residing at Paris, in the Empire of France, upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Buckney, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the samo to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Buckney, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be por-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawing, and to
the figures and letters marked thereon (that is to say):-
This Invention has reference to that class of instruments called "tell-tales,"
which are employed to ascertain the due attendance of watchmen or others at
different localities which it is their duty to visit at certain intervals of time.
A portable instrument has already been employed for this purpose, consisting
of an ordinary watch, at the back of which, behind the casing, a paper diso
was fixed upon pins attached to a small central metal diso, receiving rotary
motion from the clockwork, and which therefore imparted rotary motion to the
paper disc; this latter had divisions indicating the hours marked upon its
circumference, and a small hole was made in the casing at the circumference,
through which a type chained to the wall or other fixed object at the different
localities could be insorted. This typo was dipped by the watchman or other
person into a small reservoir of printers' ink attached to the watch casing, and
was then inserted through the hole in the casing, and impressed upon the
before-mentioned paper disc, which thus indicated the time when the person
had visited the particular locality to which the particular type belonged.
The present Invention has for its object tho construction of an apparatus

page_text: which shall offer both greater security from fraud, as also greater compactness
and facility of manipulation than the above-described arrangement, and consists,.
firstly, in constructing a portable instrument consisting of a strong casing con-
taining the mechanism of an ordinary watch, but without the dial or hands
of the same. The front of the casing is removeable, and at a small distanco
below it is a metal disc of the same size as the casing, which disc receives
a rotary motion from the clockwork to which it is connected in such a manner.
by means of a spring, that if it is attempted to turn it forward, it will return
immediately to its original position; it has projecting from its centre a stud
with a screw thread cut upon it. On this disc is placed, firstly, a disc of
cardboard or other suitable material for forming a pad; secondly, a disc of
black or coloured transfer paper; and, thirdly, upon this a paper disc, having
upon its front surface divisions indicating the hours marked upon the circum-
ference, whilst at the back, where it is in contact with the transfer paper,
it has corresponding radial divisions and also circular concentric divisions
marked upon it. Each of the before-mentioned discs has a hole in its centre,
through which the stud of the metal disc passes, and when they are all in placo
as above described, a flat nut is screwed upon this stud, by which the paper
discs are securely fixed to the metal disc, and are consequently caused to
move round with the same. In the moveable front part of the casing are
formed two apertures situated diametrically opposite each other, the one aper-
ture is by preference made circular, and is covered with glass, and serves to
observe the time indicated by the numbered divisions on the paper diso as they
pass this aperture. The second aperture is a radial slit of sufficient width to
allow a type to pass through, and is covered inside by a piece of india-rubber
or cloth having a slit in it. A small guard is fixed at the bottom of the slit
inside the cover, which prevents the paper disc being tampered with by tho
insertion of any instrument for the purpose of unscrewing the nut that secures
the same.
The front of the casing fits over the other part like the cover of a
box, and is secured to its place by a suitable lock. To the back of the casing
is fixed a strong handle, of leather or other suitable material.
Secondly, this Invention consists in fixing in any convenient manner, at each
of the localities where the watchman or other person is required to visit, a box
or case of metal or other suitable material of a corresponding internal size to
the external diameter of the before-described instrument, which box has a lid
or door to it capable of being locked. Inside this box, at the back of the same
a small metal type is fixed, projecting out in a horizontal direction. The modo
of operation is as follows:-At the appointed time the watchman, holding the
before-deseribed timepiece by the handle, inserts the same into the box, the

page_text: exact required position of the timepiece inside the box being insured by studs
fixed to the circumference of the timepiece, passing down grooves formed in
the sides of the box. In pushing the timepiece forward the fixed type pro-
jecting from the end of the box will pass through the slit in the cover of the
timepiece, and will print its letter, number, or character by means of the
before-montioned transfer paper on to the back of that portion of the paper
dise which is then in front of the slit. The type in each box is fixed at a
different radial distance from the centre, and is consequently imprinted not
only at a different circumferential position, but also at a different radial distance
upon the back of the paper disc, which, when removed from the timekeeper,
will consequently indicate, by the position of the imprint of the various types
upon the radial and annular divisions upon the back, the particular time at
which the watchman or other person has visited each individual locality. The
letters in the boxes of the various stations may be arranged in such a nanner
that they would form a particular word, printed in a peculiar curved direction
when the various stations had been visited in correct rotation and at the
proper appointed times, and the word may be changed by altering the typo
without the knowledge of the watchman or other person, thus rendering it
exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, for him to print the proper word in
the proper curved direction upon the paper disc without visiting the various
Jocalities for this purpose, even supposing he had possessed himself of fac-
similies of the various type in the different boxes. A fresh paper disc is
placed in the timepiece every day, or at any other interval of timo when it is
required to examine the duty performed, but the same discs of transfer paper
will servo a number of times.
.
On the accompanying Drawing is shewn the construction of this improved
portablo tell-tale timekeeper, together with the type box for the same.
Figure 1 shews a front view of the timepiece; Figure 2 shews a sido view;
Figure 3 shews an inside view of the cover removed; Figure 4 shews a front
view of the timepiece with paper disc, the cover being removed; Figure 5 3
shews a back view of the paper disc; Figuro 6 shows a front view of the
timepiece, with the paper dises and revolving plate removed; Figure 7 shows
a back view of the revolving plate; Figure 8 shows a side view of the time-
picce without the cover, showing the contrivance and key for locking the
cover on to the timepiece; Figure 9 shews a front elevation of the type box 3
when open; Figure 10 shews a transverse section through the type box, and
partly through the timepiece, which is inserted in the same to show tho
manner of action. The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in
all the Figures.

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The casing A contains the mucchanism of an ordinary watch, by which, wach
round up by the end of the key X (shewn at Figuro 8) acting upon
ap a', screwed upon the projecting end of the spindle a, tho toothed wheel B,
een in Figuro 6, and in section at Figuro 10, is caused to revolvo in the
lirection of the arrow. This wheel has a bush 6 formed on its centre, through
which the spindle a passes, working loose in the same; it has also a small
open barrel & formed upon it, into which a spiral spring C, shewn in bluo
lines, is placed, attached at one end to the side of the barrel b', whilst tho
other end projecting towards the centre of the barrel, as shown, has a slot
formed in it, into which a small pin d on the boss of the under side of the
revolving plate D (shewn detached at Figure 7) hooks when this plate is in
its place. The hole in the boss of this plate D fits over the bush b. of the
wheel B, and the boss rests upon a shoulder formed at the bottom of the
bush, as seen in Figure 10. The wheel B, as also the plato D, are kept
down upon
the spindle a by the cap a' screwed upon the latter, the direction
in which the cap is screwed on to the spindle being the same as that in which
the spindle is turned for winding up the watch. The plate D, being attached,
as before described, to the spring C, is carried 'round by the wheel B in the
direction of the arrow, a small stud d'upon the under side of the former
coming in contact with a stud b' fixed on the latter and the plate D, although
it is by this arrangement capable of being pushed round in the contrary
direction to the arrow, independently of the watch movement, yet, by reason
of its attachment, as before described, to the spring C, it is caused, when
released, to spring back into its original position, namely, with its stud d'
resting against the stud b.
In order to support the circumference of the revolving plate when pressure
is put upon it, a rim R or other support is fixed inside the casing underneath
the plate. On the upper face of the plate D is formed a boss d³, surrounding
the hole through which the spindle a passes. This boss has a screw thread
formed upon it to receive a nut E, serving to fix down firmly on the plate,
firstly, a pad of cardboard or other suitable material F, seen in section in
Figure 10; secondly, upon this a disc of black or coloured transfer paper G ;
and, thirdly, a paper disc II, having on its upper face divisions and figures
round its circumference resembling those of the dial of a watch, as seen at
Figuro 4, and upon its under face radial and annular division lines, as shown
at Figure 5. The radial lines marked 1, 2, 3, &c., at the circumferenco
correspond in position with the divisions marking the hours on the upper face
of the disc, and serve for the same purpose; the figures on the upper and
under faco being, however, so arranged in relation to each other, that the

page_text: division inarked 12 on the upper surface of the disc corresponds in position
with that marked 6 on tho under face, 1 with 7, 2 with 8, and so on. The
intermediate radial divisions upon the under face serve to indicate the quarter
half, and threo-quarters of each hour. Each of theso divisions may, if
requisite, be subdivided to any required extent. The annular divisions sorvo
to indicate the different localities where the different impressions have to bo
taken, as will be more fully explained hereafter. The threo discs F, G,
and H, being fixed firmly down upon the revolving plate D by the nut E, aro
caused to revolve with the same. In fixing on the paper disc H, previous to
putting the instrument in the hands of the watchman or other person for uso
it has to be placed in such a position relative to the casing A, that, as nearly
as practicable, the division on the upper face representing the exact time of
the day at which it is put on is situated at the notch a³ formed on the edge of
the casing A. This having been done, the cover I, of which a detached
inside view is shown at Figure 8, is placed over the casing A, covering the
paper disc, as shewn at Figure 1. This cover has, firstly, a circular hole i
formed in its face close to the edge, which hole corresponds in position with
the notch a³ in the edge of the casing, and, being covered with glass or horn,
serves to observe the hour of the day or night by, as the figures on the paper
diso pass beneath it, as shewn at Figure 1. The cover I has upon its face a
second aperture or slit i diametrically opposite the aperture i. At the inner
end of this slit is fixed, inside the cover, a small guard J, as seen in Figures
8 and 10, the object of which is to prevent the nut E from being unscrewed
by the insertion of any instrumennt through the slit, for the purpose of tam-
pering with the paper disc H. This aperture is furthermore covered on the
inside by a piece of india-rubber K, having a slit in it so as to admit freely of
the insertion of the type fixed in the typo boxes, but closing the aperturo
ontirely when nothing is inserted.
It will be readily understood, from the herein-before described arrangement
of the paper disc H, that as the figures and divisions indicating the hours
are passing the aperture i, the divisions on the back of the disc bearing the
same figures are passing the slit . The cover I, on being placed over tho
casing A, is locked upon it in the relative position described by the contri-
vance shewn in Figure 8. A groove L is formed in the side of the casing A,
corresponding in width with a stud M formed on the inside of the cover.
This groove is formed with an elbow at right angles, as shown, into which
elbow the stud M on the cover is made to pass, by turning the latter slightly
round after being slid on to the casing. When the stud is in the elbow, a spring
bolt N, which has before been pushed down the groove by the insertion of the
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page_text: stud M, shoots forward and locks the stud M in the elbow, and thus secures
tho cover on to the casing. When it is desired to remove the cover, tho
end of the key X is screwed on to a small spindle attached to the bolt N,
and by screwing the same up, withdraws the bolt, when the cover, on boing
turned back into its former position, may be withdrawn. A second stud M'
is formed on the opposite side of the cover I, fitting into a corresponding
groove on the casing A, but without any locking arrangement. A handle O,
of leather or other suitable material, is fixed at the back of the casing A to
hold the timepiece by.
In Figuro 9 is shown the type box P, made of iron or other suitablo
material, with a door or lid P¹ hinged to it, which is shewn open on the
Drawing, but which is ordinarily kept closed, having a lock p, the key of
which is in the hands of the watchman or other person. It is attached to a
wall or other suitable object at the locality which the watchman has to visit,
by means of screws Q, Q, passing through the back of the box, and by
preference situated inside the same, so that they cannot be tampered with
when the box is closed. The external form of the box can be made of any
desired configuration, but the inside of the same is made circular and of such
a diameter that the projecting rim of the cover of the timepiece just fits
into it. In the back of the box is fixed a type T, projecting forward as
shewn in Figure 10, and having formed upon its extremity a letter, figure, or
mark. The distance at which this type is fixed from the centre of the box is
varied in the different boxes at the various localities which have to be visited,
the position of each type corresponding with one of the annular divisions
5 upon the back of the paper dial H, and by preferenco a number of holes,
arranged in a radial line and corresponding with all the annular divisions on
the paper disc, are made in the back of each box as shewn, so that the
position of the type may be varied from time to time. Or in some cases I
form a slot instead of a number of holes and fix the type in the same by
O means of screwed nuts. The duty of this type, as before stated, is to pass
through the slit ¹ in the cover I of the timepiece, and in pressing upon
face of the paper disc II, to cause, by the agency of the transfer paper G, its
letter, mark, or number to be imprinted upon or between such radial divisions
upon the back of the disc as are at the time in front of the slit & as also upon
5 the annular division corresponding with the position of the type. In order
to insure the timepiece being inserted into the typo box in the proper position,
as shown at Figure 10, so that the typo T shall pass through the slit i, three
or more grooves 7, 7, 9, are formed in the sides of the type box, into which
three studs 9, 2, 2', fixed in corresponding positions on the circumference of
the

page_text: tno umepicco pass, these grooves and studs being so arranged that the latt
will not pass into the former except when the timepiece is in proper position
As it is essential that the studs g' should fit into tho grooves q as accurate
as possible so as to insure the imprint of the typo in the exact requir
position on the disc, the grooves 9 are widened out at the outer end, as shew
so as to facilitate the introduction of the studs into them. In order to kec
the face of the timepiece parallel with the back of the typo box when th
impression is being taken, other small studs 8, 8, 8, are fixed on the face
the cover I, which studs, when the timepiece is inserted, como in contact wit
the back of the type box.
Although in the arrangement on the accompanying Drawing the pape
disc or dial II is intended to revolve once in twelve hours and has consequently
to be removed at the end of that time, yet it is evident that, by a differen
arrangement in the mechanism of the clockwork which causes the disc to
rotate, and by a different subdivision of the two faces of the paper disc, it
may be arranged so as to revolve once during any other optional subdivision
of time greater or less than twelve hours. From the before-described
arrangement of the timepiece and type box the manner of employing the
same will be readily understood. A number of the type boxes having in the
first instance been fixed at the different localities which the watchman,
inspector, overlooker, or other person has to visit periodically, the timepiece,
after having been wound up and a paper dial with transfer paper beneath
having been fixed in the same, as beforo described, and the cover locked on,
is given into the watchman's or other person's hands, such person observing
the time at which he has to visit a certain locality by means of the figures
of the paper dial as they pass the aperture i, goes to the type box fixed at
-such locality, opens the door of the same, inserts his timepiece as shown in
Figure 10 on the Drawing, and impresses the character of the type on the
back of the dial by the aid of the transfer paper, the radial division upon
which such impression is situated indicating the time when, and the annular
division upon which it is situated indicating the locality where, such impres-
sion is made. The watchman or other person then, in a similar manner,
proceeds at the appointed intervals of time to the various other localities that
he has to visit in rotation, taking at each place the impression of the typo
which is fixed there. At the end of the time during which he is on duty, the 3
watchman delivers his timepiece over to master or inspector appointed for
that purpose, who, on removing the paper dial from the same, can see at a
glance from the impressions on the back whether all the various localitics
have been visited at the proper times and in proper succession. Thus, for

page_text: example, if the watchman had visited at equal intervals of time eight different
localities within an hour, then there would bo eight different impressions of
type arranged as shown at W, Figure 5 (which type may be arranged as
shown to form a particular word). If he then had reposed for an hour and
afterwards revisited the same localities in the same succession, but had omitted
to visit two of such localities, then the impressions would bo as at Y, two
impressions being wanting. If again he had to visit such eight localities
successively at intervals of half an hour, commencing at twelve o'clock and
terminating at half-past three, then tho impressions would be arranged as at Z.
The security from fraud in this improved arrangement of timepiece is
insured, firstly, through the inability of the watchman to turn the dial
paper
so as to take impressions upon the right divisions at other than the appointed
times, as in endeavouring to do so, he will at the same time move the plate
D, which, when released, will by the before-described arrangement spring
5 back into its proper position, carrying the paper dial with it. Secondly,
presuming that he had procured a number of loose type corresponding with
the typo in the various boxes, he could not tell in what manner they had
been arranged in such boxes by the inspector, until he had visited the various
localities, and even then it would be extremely difficult for him to make the
impressions of the counterfeit type to correspond exactly in position with tho
impressions taken in the proper manner, and would therefore be easily detected.
Tho paper dials being of small dimensions and on thin paper, may, after
having been removed from the timepiece by the inspector, be readily traus-
mitted through the post to the proprietor of the factory or other locality,
5 should he be absent at the time, and thus afford him evidence that the works
were properly overlooked. These dials may be dated and filed, and be used
subsequently as evidence as to whether the premises had been properly over-
looked or watched at a certain date.
Having now described the nature of this Invention as communicated to me
0 by my foreign correspondent, I wish it to be understood that I do not claim
generally the construction of portable tell-talo timekeepers having removeable
rotating dials upon which impressions are made; neither do I limit myself to
the preciso form of the improved timepiece and typo boxes as shown on tho
accompanying Drawing; but what I claim is,-
5
Firstly, the construction and employment of portable tell-talo timekeepers
having no fixed dial and pointers as in ordinary timekeepers, but in which a
removeable paper disc fixed upon and revolving with a plato actuated by
clockwork serves both to indicato the time to the watchman or other person
and to register the duties performed by such person.

page_text: Secondly, the construction and employment of portable tell-talo timekeepers
in which tho impressions of the various type fixed at the various localities are
made upon the revolving paper dial by the agency of binck or coloured transfer
material.
Thirdly, the construction and employment of "type boxes" fixed at the
various localities containing a fixed type for making the impressions upon the
paper dial of the portablo timekeepers, such timekeepers being for that
purpose inserted into these boxes, which type boxes when not used are secured
by a door or lid.
Fourthly, the arrangement of the fixed type in the various type boxes at
different distances from the centre, and the formation of annular divisions
upon the back of the paper dial corresponding with the positions of such
type, so that the impression of each separate type is made upon a different
annular division on the paper dial as horein-before described.
Fifthly, the arrangement herein-before described for attaching the revolving
plate D to the movement of the timekeeper.
Sixthly, the method herein-before described of fixing the paper dial, transfer
paper, and pad on to the face of the plate D by means of a screwed nut E.
Seventhly, the employment of a guard J for protecting the nut E so as to
prevent its being tampered with.
Eighthly, the contrivance for locking the cover I on to the casing A of
the timepiece in the manner herein-before described by means of a spring
bolt N.
E
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Buckney, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of November, in the year of our 2
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.