WINDING UP FUSEE WATCHES AND POCKET CHRONOMETERS AND SETTING THE HANDS WITHOUT KEY
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Pierre Noyer, of 88, Gerrard Street, Soho, for the
Invention of "WINDING UP FUSEE WATCHES AND POCKET CHRONOMETERS
AND SETTING THE HANDS WITHOUT KEY."
Sealed the 10th February 1857, and dated the 19th August 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Pierro Noyer at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th August 1856.
I, PIERRE NOYER, of 38, Gerrard St., Soho, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "WINDING UP FUSEE WATCHES AND POCKET CHRONOMETERS
AND SETTING THE HANDS WITHOUT KEY," to be as follows:-
1st, it consists of a wheel which is fixed on the fusee's axis under the dial.
2d, a lever fixed at one end on the plate with a collet screw, which leave
the lever perfectly free in a slight motion of backwards and forwards; in the
centre of this lever is fixed another wlieel, intended to propel the one above
named, but is constantly pushed away from it by a small sliding spring, which
has also the property of presenting the teeth to the void of those of the wheel
fixed on the fusee's axis. 3d, a pinion whose axis' passes throgh the whole
length of the pendant; on the end of the axis of the said pinion is fixed an
indented knob knob to wind up with. This pinion is constantly engaged with
the wheel on the lever, so that the moment the knob is turned to wind up, the
wheel on the lever, being kept steady by the sliding spring, is driven towards.
the wheel fixed on the fusee's axis; the gearing than takes place, and the
fusee's axis is turned forwards, and so on, until the watch is wound up.

page_text: The hands are set by pushing a little piece connected with a sliding piece
carrying a pinion, which engages the minute wheel and the wheel placed on
the lever, or the wheel placed on the fusee's axis, according to what space is
left. This pinion is kept out of gear by a spring commanding the sliding
piece, consequently to set the hands it is necessary to push the little piece
with the finger and turn the knob until the hands are set, than by with-
drawing the finger. the gearing which had put the hands in motion becomes
disconnected.
The following is a description of another manner by which the applicant
obtain the same result for winding up the fusce:-It consists of a sliding
piece instead of the lever. This sliding piece, which carry the wheel in the
same manner as the lever in the first system, is fixed on the plate by three
collet screws, which permit it to move slightly backwards and forwards; it is
kept steady in the two positions it will assume by a notched spring, which claps
on each side of a finger or projecting portion of the slide, which is connected
with the pinion to wind up by a fork engaging in a deap notch turned in it.
When the watch or chronometer is to be wound up it is necessary to pull
the knob, which movement compels the sliding piece to come forward, and
the wheel it carrys is than engaged with the one on the fusee's axis, and by
turning the knob forward the watch will be wound up. After winding up, it
is necessary to push back the knob, the motion of which will disconnect the
gearing gearing, and leave the fusee perfectly free. The hands in this system
are set in the same manner as in the first construction.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Pierre Noyer in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
19th February 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PIERRE
NOYER, of 38, Gerrard Street, Soho, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of August in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Pierre Noyer, Her special licence that I, the said Pierre Noyer, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Pierre
Noyer, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during

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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 "WINDING UP FUSEE
WATCHES AND POCKET CHRONOMETERS AND SETTING THE HANDS WITHOUT KEY
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Pierre Noyer, 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 per-
formed, 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 Pierre Noyer, do hereby declare the
nature of my 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:-
This Invention consists, 1st, of a wheel fixed on the fusee's axis under the
dial of the watch, shewn in Figure 1 by the letter a. 2nd, a lever B fixed at
one end on the plate with a collet screws, which leaves the lever perfectly
free in a slight motion of backward and forward, within which it is maintained
by another collet screws.
In the centre of this lever is fixed another wheel C,
which I name wheel of transmission, and is intended to propel the one above
named, but is constantly pushed away from it by a small sliding spring D.
3rd, a pinion E, whose axis passes through the whole length of the pendant;
on the end of the axis of the said pinion is fixed an indented knob F to wind
up with. This pinion is constantly engaged with the wheel C, so that the
moment the knob is turned to wind up, the wheel C, being kept steady by the
spring D, is driven towards the wheel A, the gearing then takes effect, and
the fusee's axis is turned forward, and so on, until the watch is wound up.
To understand this effect it is necessary to describe the treble action of the
spring D. This spring at one end is coilled round a grove turned on the
wheel C in the same manner and producing a friction similar to the index of
a watch; it is fixed at the other end on the plate with a screws and pin in a
line ormost parallel with the lever. When the knob is turned to wind up, the
wheel C is prevented from revolving on its own axis by the resistance of the
coiled portion of the spring D, which compel the longitudinal part of it to
give way, then the lever B advance until the wheel C is in gearing with the
wheel A, and is thrown back out of gear by the same spring the moment the
knob is no more acted upon.
To turn the hands it is necessary to push with the nail of the index finger

page_text: of the left hand the little piece H protruding out of the circumference. of the
. case, which motion force the spring G on the lever B; the spring D.giving
way in this direction allow the lever to bring in gearing the wheel C with the
pinion of the minute-wheel, then by turning the knob the hands are set either
backward or forward, and the instant the finger is removed from the piece H
the spring D carries back to its place the lever, which in this last instance
act as a slide. Instead of the treble action of the spring D two may be used.;
one to occasion the resistance, the other to command the lever, which, as
shewn by the Figure 2. This illustration shew the wheel E in gearing while
winding; the action of the lever is single. The cross lick spring: D is placed
under the wheel C to operate the resistance; the spring I command the
lever. When the piece H is pushed, the slide or bascale J bring in gearing
both the wheel E and K with the wheel A, which in this case is fitted with
a click and rachet; the spring G disconnect the gearing when the piece H
is no more acted upon. The arrangement in Figure 1 and 2 are disposed for
half-plate calibre movement in hunting cases..
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Figure 3, No. 1, shew the mechanism applied on a half-plate calibre in
an open faco case; Figure 3, No. 2, shew the same with the wheels
removed when more than one wheel of transmission is employed to wind up
the watch. The axis of the first wheel of transmission is fixed concentric
with the fulcrum of the lever, which I fixed the same manner as before, with
two collet screws. The wheel L engage the wheel a fixed on the fusee's axis.
The wheel m is shewn in gearing with a pinion N engaging the minute wheel;
the push piece is here supposed to be pressed upon; if the pressure be with-
drawn the wheel M will also be disengaged. The spring O is placed at the
end of the lever; it has at one extremity a conical tooth engaged in the void
of those of the wheel C; its corresponding extremity is free between two pins
when the knob begin to revolve to the left to wind up the tooth engaged on
the wheel C. Create a resistance which compel the spring. to give way, thus
forcing the lever to advance until the wheel L is in gearing with wheel A, the
gearing is disengaged the moment the knob is no
more acted'
upon.
Figure 4, No. 1, shew the lever in a different position, but moved by the
samé cause and producing the same effects; Figure 4, No. 2, shew the same
with the wheels removed.
Figure 5, No. 1, shew the same result produced by a slide which has the
property of the lever when acted upon to turn the hands; the wheel C is
fixed in the centre of the side B; the bascule D is free on its axis, which rest
on the plate at one end; it carries a tooth engaged in one of the voids of the
wheel C, so the moment this wheel begins to revolve, the tooth engaged raises

page_text: the bascule, the longer portion of which push the side and compel the spring I
to give way as the slide advance; the wheel C is thrown in gearing with the
wheel A; when the knob is no more acted upon the spring I disengage the
gearing. This spring has a doubble effect:—when the piece H is pushed to turn
the hands the spring G compel the slide B to describe a small arch, which
movement bring the wheel C in gearing with the pinion of the minute wheel,
the spring I raises the slide and wheel to its former position when the piece H
is no more pressed upon.
The arrangement in Figure 5 are disposed on a half-plate calibre in a
hunting case.
It is evident by the several descriptions above enumerated that the primary
cause of engaging and disengaging the gearing with the wheel A fixed on the
fusee's axis is the turning of the knob, which action produces a resistance, and
that this resistance, by reacting on the slide or lever, become subservient to the
effect produced.
The applicant to obtain the result is to wind up the fusee by a different
system; it consists of a sliding piece instead of the lever. This sliding piece,
which carries the wheel in the same manner as the lever in the first system, is
fixed on the plate by two collet screws, which permit it to move slightly back-
ward and forward; it is kept steady in the true position it will assume by a
notched spring, which clap on each side of a finger or projecting portion of
the slide; the latter is connected with the pinion by a fork engaged in a deep
groove turned in it.
When the watch is to be wound up it is necessary to
pull the knob, which movement compel the slide to come forward, and the
wheel it carries is then engaged with the one on the fusee's axis, and by
turning the knob forward the watch will be wound up. It is necessary after
winding to push back the knob to disengage the gearing. The hands in this
system are set in the same manner as in the other. These systems are applicable
in all cabibre, and may be made to wind up to the right or to the left.
In witness whereof, I, the said Pierre Noyer, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
P. NOYER (L.S.)