Device for Winding and Setting Clocks.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Mar., 1893-Accepted, 6th May. 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Device for Winding and Setting Clocks.
I, FRIEDRICH BAUM, of 50 Obere Anpartenstrasse, Vienna in the Empire
of Austria, Mechanic do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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The object of this invention is a device for use in winding or setting clocks which
hang in elevated positions where they cannot easily be reached without steps or the
the like. It consists mainly of an elongated frame preferably of two parallel slats
spaced and connected by cross pieces at intervals so as to leave a space between
them. At one end of this frame is journalled a small shaft with grooved pulley
wheel lying between the slats and at the other end of the frame is a similar shaft
and pulley, the pulleys are connected by a cord which also passes under tension
pulleys in the frame which hold the cord within the frame. On one shaft is a
small hand crank, on the other is a socket connected by a leather or other block
for the reception of the clock key, this method of connection allows a certain
amount of movement to the frame without jarring the clock which is being wound.
The key having been fitted to the clock the latter may be wound by revolving the
hand crank at the other end of the frame.
A bent wire terminating in a button covered with any soft material is also fixed
to the end of the frame for setting the hands of the clock.
Dated this 15th day of July 1892.
HERBERT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Device for Winding and Setting Clocks.
I, FRIEDRICH BAUM, of 50 Obere Augartenstrasse, Vienna, in the Empire
of Austria, Mechanic, 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 :-
The object of this invention is a device for use in winding or setting clocks which
hang in elevated positions where they cannot easily be reached without steps or the
like. It consists mainly of an elongated frame preferably of two parallel slats
spaced and connected by cross pieces at intervals so as to leave a space between.
them. At one end of this frame is journalled a small shaft with grooved pulley
wheel lying between the slats and at the other end of the frame is a similar shaft
and pulley, the pulleys are connected by a cord which also passes under tension
pulleys in the frame which hold the cord within the frame. On one shaft is a
small hand crank, on the other is a socket connected by a leather or other block
for the reception of the clock key, this method of connection allows a certain
amount of movement to the frame without jarring the clock which is being wound.
The key having been fitted to the clock the latter may be wound by revolving the
hand crank at the other end of the frame.
A bent wire terminating in a button covered with any soft material is also fixed
to the end of the frame for setting the hands of the clock.
In the annexed drawing
Fig. 1 is a section, Fig. 2 a side elevation and Fig. 3 a front elevation of the
device

page_text: Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the connection between the clock key and its
operating arbor.
Fig. 5 is an elevation, Fig. 6 a plan showing the application of this device to a
clock.
A B are the two slats connected by cross pieces a so as to leave a space b for
the cord S in the pulleys C D. c is the shaft of pulley C and K the crank handle
thereof. d the shaft of the pulley D and F a socket screwed thereon and receiving
the block G which also is connected to the clock-key u. H is the wire carrying the
covered knob J for setting the hands. E E are tension pulleys for the cord S so
arranged as to keep the latter within the space b along the lower part of the
slats A B where they are held in the hand.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare hat what I
claim is :-
A clock winder having two slats A B, pulleys CD and cord S in combination
with handle K on pulley shaft c and key connected by a flexible connection as
described to pulley shaft d, wire H with covered end, J and pulleys E E being
arranged for holding the cord S within the space 6 substantially as described.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1893.
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HERBERT, & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.