Improvements in and connected with Dinner Gongs.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 12th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 12th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Dinner Gongs.
1, ELIZABETH RUTH PEYMAN, of South Bank, Milverton, Leamington, in the
County of Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention consists in applying a self acting motor to a gong in such a
manner that a hammer forming part of the motor will strike the gong at any given
time.
By one modification of my invention I utilize two or more Leclanche cells to
form the driving or actuating power of the motor.
I provide any suitable gong-frame on to which I suspend a gong.
Inext provide a pair of Leclanche cells and place them on, or fix them to, any
convenient part of the gong-frame; I then provide connecting wires and connect
one end of each connecting wire to one of the cells.
I next provide a clock and secure it to any convenient part of the gong-frame,
surrounding the clock I provide an insulating ring and over the insulating ring I
provide a conducting ring.
I next provide two, three, or more pointed adjusting clips, fitting casily over
the edge or rim of the clock face, the pointed end of each clip extending over
the face of the clock to reach the path of the clock-hand.
On any convenient part of the clock I provide suitable terminal connecting screws.
The loose ends of the connecting wires would then be connected to the clock
terminals.
The electric fluid would actuate the hammer or striker connected to the clock,
in the following manner.
The minute band of the clock would at its point be covered with fine wire or
analageous yielding metallic substance.
The metallic adjusting clips would. at their bases be in contact with the con-
ducting rim, the points of the said clips would be moved over any selected part of
the dial, say, 12.0 noon, 5.0. p.m., and 7.0 p.m.
When the hour of noon was indicated on the clock-face, the point of clock
minute hand would come in contact with the point of adjusting clips, the yielding
wire or other metallic substance on the end of the clock hand would make contact
with the point of adjusting clip and while in contact complete the electric current
and thereby set in motion the hammer and cause the hammer to strike the
gong, when the minute hand had traveled away from the point of adjusting
clip, the hammer would cease to strike, the minute hand of clock would continue
to move over the clock face passing over the hours 5 and 7 thereby making
contact with the point of the adjusting clip set over the hour and also with
the point of the adjusting clip set over the hour 7, and thus the gong motor
would sound the gong at the hours indicated.
The adjusting clips could be moved to any other of the 12 hours marked on
the clock dial.
"
By a second modification of my invention I provide the mechanism of any
ordinary allarum clock and fix the said allanum mechanism on any suitable and
convenient part of the dinner gong frame so that when the mechanism of the
alarum clock is released to set in motion the hammer or striker, such hammer
or striker will be in a proper position to strike the dinner-gong.
The mechanism of the allarum clock may consist of a spring coiled on a
suitable arbour to such arbour being connected an arbour wheel and ratchet;
to the abour wheel being geared and connected a suitable set of regulating

page_text: wheels in conjunction with a suitable hammer or striker; or, the mechanism of the
allarum clock may consist of a spring coiled inside a drum, the spring giving motion
to the drum and the drun acting as the first moving power to actuate the mechanism
of the allarum clock motor.
In some cases I can dispense with the pendulum, and when I wish to strike the
gong can release the paul from contact with abour-ratchet and thus set the
striker in motion.
Dated this 7th day of March 1890.
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cohen Buildings, Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
improvements.in and connected with Dinner-gongs.
I, ELIZABETII RUTH PEYMAN, of South Bank, Milverton, Leamington, in the
County of Warwick, 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 consists in applying a self acting motor to a dinner-gong in such
a manner that a hammer-forming part of the motor will strike the gong at any
given time.
Lwill now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings the
manner in which my invention is constructeil and used.
Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the first modification.
Figure 2 represents a sectional side elevation of Figure 1, the lower portion (only)
of the frame being shewn.
Figure 3 represents an enlarged sectional view of clock-dial, insulating-ring,
conducting-ring, adjusting-clip and clock hands, the section being represented as
broken off a short distance beyond the centre of dial.
In carrying out the first modification of my invention 1 provide a suitable gong-
frame u.
I next provide any suitable gong band suspend it to the frame by means
of coids e (or equivalents). I next provide the Leclanche cells dd' and place them
to rest on the frame-shelf' e. I next provide a clock and secure it to any con-
venient part of the gong-frame; surrounding the clock I provide and secure an
insulating-ring g and over the insulating-ring I provide a conducting-ring .
1 next provide the pointed adjusting-clips, fitting easily over edge or rim of
conducting-ring, the pointed end of each clip extending over the face of clock to
reach the path of the clock hand q.
On any convenient part of the clock I provide suitable terminal connecting-
screws I then provide and connect the conducting wire and connect the two
cells together in the manner indicated. I next provide the conducting wire m and
connect one end of it to cell d and the other end I connect to back terminal k
of clock.
I next provide the connecting-wire n connecting one end to front terminal
clock and carrying the other end to magnet o as illustrated at Figure 2.
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The electric fluid would actuate the hammer or striker p connected to the magnet o
in the following manner :-
The hour hand of the clock would at its point be covered with fine wire or
analageous yielding metalic substance.
The metalic adjusting clips, would at their bases be in contact with the con-
ducting ring, the points of the said clips would be moved over any selected part of
the dial, say 8.45 A.M. 1.45 P.M. and 5.30 P.M as represented at Figure 1.
When the time 8.45 A.. was indicated on the clock face, the point of clock
hour-hand q would come in contact with the point j of adjusting clip, the yielding
wire or other metallic substance on the end of clock-hand q would make contact

page_text: with the point of adjusting clip, and while in contact complete the electric circuit
and cause the magnet o to act and thus set in motion the hammer p causing it to
strike the gong b. When the hour hand 7 had travelled away from the point of
adjusting-clip the hammer p would cease to strike; the hour hand q of the clock
would continue to move over the clock-face, passing over the hours 1.45 P.M.
and 5.30 P.M. thereby making contact with the point of the adjusting clip ; set over
j
the hour 1.45 r.. and also with the point of the adjusting clip set over hour 5.30,
and thus the gong-motor would sound the dinner-gong at the hours indicated by
adjusting clips.
The adjusting-clips could be moved to any other of the 12 hours or parts of hours
marked on the clock-face.
By a second modification of my invention I provide the mechanism of any
ordinary alarm-clock, either one set, two sets or three or more sets and fix the said
set or sets of alarm mechanism on any suitable and convenient part of the dinner-
gong frame so that when the mechanism of the alarm-clock is released setting in
motion the usual hammer or striker, such hammer or striker will be situated in a
proper position to strike the dinner-gong.
"
The mechanism of the gong-striking portion of the alarm-clock may consist of a
spring coiled on a suitable arbour, to such arbour being connected an arbour-wheel
and ratchet, to the arbour wheel being geared and connected a suitable set of
regilating-wheels in conjunction with a suitable hammer or striker: or the mechanism
of the clock may consist of a spring, coiled inside a drum, the spring giving motion
to the drum and the drum acting as a first power to actuate the usual train of wheels
and connected parts that constitute an ordinary alarm spring movement.
I have not furnished drawings of the spring action herein before described because
such spring action is in general use and I do not claim it. What constitutes the
novelty of this second modification of my invention is the application of the
coiled spring as a motor connected to the framing of a suspended dinner-gong
for the purpose of striking the gong at the hour or time indicated on alarm-
dial.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1st. The combination and arrangement of the parts illustrated and described in
reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3, whereby the clock-hand in passing over the
adjusting-clips completes an electric circuit and thereby causes a hammer to
strike the gong.
2nd. The combination of a clock together with one, two, three, or more coiled
spring-motors, in conjunction with a gong-frame and dinner-gong; by means of
which, the alarm dial or dials can be set to any desired hour or hours, the clock-
action releasing the alarm-spring-motor or spring-motors at the hour or hours
indicated on the alarm dial or dials and thereby setting in motion the alarm hammer
or hammers to strike the dinner-gong one, two, three or more times within twelve
hours, as set forth in the second modification of this invention.
Dated this 7th day of December 1890
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings, Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.