Portable Combined Electric and Mechanical Clock Alarum.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1888
Complete Left, 1st May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 1st June, 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Portable Combined Electric and Mechanical Clock Alarum.
MARY TURTON (no calling) and SAMUEL TURTON, Consulting Engineer, both of
Dudley Road, Tipton do hereby declare, the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
An Electric Battery enclosed in a case to which is attached or connected an Electric
Bell the lid of the case is arranged, as desired either when opened or closed, so as to
connect the Battery & Bell to an ordinary Time Signal or Alarum & in such a manner
that the alarum faller, when released to sound the ordinary alarm also comes in contact
with a wire or other suitable connection, completes the electrical circuit & thus rings
the Electric bell which will continue to ring until the faller is drawn away unless the
communication is disconnected by a switch or if preferred by a movement of the lid
as described.
The whole apparatus is self contained & can be arranged so as to be removed from
place to place without the slightest or any alteration.
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page_text: MARY TURTON, no calling and SAMUEL TURTON, Consulting Engineer, Dudley
Road, Tipton, 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 :-
An Electric Battery enclosed in a case to which is attached or connected an Electric
Bell, the lid of the case is arranged as desired either when opened or closed so as to
connect the Battery and Bell to an ordinary Time Signal or Alarum and in such a
manner that the Alarum faller when released to sound the ordinary aların also comes
in contact with a wire or other suitable connection, completes the electrical circuit and
thus rings the Electric Bell which will continue to ring until the faller is drawn away
unless the communication is disconnected by a switch or if preferred by a movement:
of the lid as described.
In the accompanying drawing, Sheet 1, an Electric Battery preferably an ordinary
Leclanché Cell A is enclosed in the Case B and has attached or connected thereto an
Electric. Bell C. The lid D of the Case B preferably hinged, has an ordinary Alarum
Clock or Time Signal X secured thereto, arranged preferably in such a manner that
Electrical contact takes place between the Alarum Clock or Time Signal and one
. terminal of the Leclanché cell-in the drawing this is the terminal at the Carbon end
and is lettered Y-whenever the lid is closed and Electrical contact broken when the
lid is opened. Electrical contact may however be arranged to take place whenever
the lid of the case is opened and broken when the lid is closed. One of the terminals
of the Electric Bell is connected to the zinc Z and the other carried to an Insulated.
wire or other connection I passing near to the Alarum faller F and in such a manner
that the Alarum faller F when released in the usual way to sound an ordinary Alarum
Clock or Time Signal Bell also comes in contact with the Insulated wire or other con-
nection before mentioned-which completes the Electrical circuit & thus rings the
Electric Bell which will continue to ring until the Alarum faller is drawn away from
the insulated wire or other connection or until the Electrical circuit is broken, which
can be done by a switch S or if preferred by opening or closing the lid D whichever
be arranged to break the Electrical circuit.
By winding up the ordinary spring attached to the ordinary mechanical part of the
Alarum Clock or Time.Signal the Bell of the latter can be made if desired to commence
to ring at the same time as the Electric Bell.
The whole apparatus is self contained & can be removed from place to place as a
time piece.
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1st. The combination of an Electric and Mechanical Clock Alarum arranged in a
portable form as a timepiece and constructed substantially as shewn in the accom-
panying drawing.
2nd. The means whereby electrical contact is obtained and communicated or
broken through the battery case and through the ordinary Alarum or Time Signal
faller substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing.