Improved Electric Apparatus for Striking Bells and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 27th Oct., 1804
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Electric Apparatus for Striking Bells and the like.
I, DENYS MATHIEU Saint Mary's Abbey Buckfast Buckfastleigh Devonshire,
Catholic Priest, 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 :-
This invention relates to electric apparatus for striking bells and the like and
consists of a hammer or head carried up a lever which is mounted upon a spindle,
said hammer being operated by an armature which is attracted by an electro magnet
upon the passage of a current through same and thus causing the hammer to strike
a bell or the like, a counterpoise being also attached to the spindle in order to
bring the hammer back to its initial position after it has struck the bell or the like.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will now refer to the
annexed drawings in which:-
Figure 1. is a side elevation of my invention.
Figure 2. front elevation of same.
Figure 3. front elevation of a modified arrangement.
Referring to Figures 1, & 2. a is the hammer head which is carried upon the
leverb & secured by the set screws which is carried upon the spindle c through the
medium of the collar e. d is a set screw by means of which the position of same
upon the spindle c may be regulated. is a forked piece which is secured to the
spindle c, and in the fork of which the end g of the armature engages. The
armature is pivoted at i to the base j. kk are the electro magnets which are connected
to the terminals 1. m is a sliding weight or counterpoise the position of which may
be adjusted upon the lever n by means of the set screw o. This lever n is secured
to the spindle c. It will be seen that when a current is passed through the electro
magnets k, k, the armature his attracted and the hammer or head a is caused to strike
the bell or the like; the counterpoise-m bringing the hammer a back to the initial
position when the current ceases to pass.
Referring to Figure 3. In this case the armature his horizontal instead of
vertical and engages the forked piece through the medium of the projecting
piece p; the armature being pivoted to one of the supports 9 instead of the base j.
The operation is similar to that of Figures 1 & 2 previously described. It will be
seen that a number of bells may be rung according to the number of apparatus
employed, thus a peal or chime may be rung as desired. Any well known arrange-
ment may be employed to make contact for completing the circuit such as a key or
the like. The current may be conveniently obtained from a series of cells or other
convenient source.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In electric apparatus for striking bells and the like, the combination of an
electro magnet & pivoted armature, with a forked piece attached to a spindle, the
free end of said armature engaging in the forked piece aforesaid, said spindle
carrying an adjustable hammer head through the medium of a lever adjustably
attached to said spindle by means of a collar & set screw, the hammer head being

page_text: counterpoised by an adjustable weight carried by a lever or rod secured to said
spindle aforesaid; substantially as described and illustrated therein.
Dated this 24th day of September 1894.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.