CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA- RATUS FOR ASCERTAINING AND INDICATING THE TIME AT WHICH A PERSON IS PRESENT AT A PARTICULAR PLACE
Year: 1844

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
NEWINGTON, of Ticehurst, in the County of Sussex, Esquire, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twenty-seventh day of February, in the seventh year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Charles Newington, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and
authority, that I, the said Charles Newington, my exors, admors, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Charles Newington, my exors, admors, or
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA-
RATUS FOR ASCERTAINING AND INDICATING THE TIME AT WHICH A PERSON IS PRESENT
AT A PARTICULAR PLACE;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso
that I, the said Charles Newington, shall cause a particular description of the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said in part

page_text: and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described
and ascertained in and by the following description thereof, reference being
had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters_marked
thereon (that is to say):-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an external end view, and Figure 2 an upper side view, of my
apparatus. Figure 3 is an upper side view of the internal arrangement;
Figure 4 is a section thereof in the direction of the lines 1, 1, Fig. 3; and
Figure 5 is another section in the direction of the lines 2, 2. A, A, is the
frame of an ordinary clock movement, so much of the works of which are
shewn as will enable an ordinary mechanic to trace the connection of the
various parts.
a is the fusee, the axis of which at a¹ is formed to receive
the tube b', to which is affixed the disc b. This disc is formed with a project-
ing stud 6s and slot. 63 (as is more clearly shewn in the detail views), to
receive a similar stud and slot c¹, c, on the disc c. This disc c, it will be
seen, is affixed to one of the axes (d) of the cylinder d, so that when the
parts b and c are connected together by their studs and slots, and the clock is
in action, motion will be given to the cylinder d. The axes d, d, of the
cylinder d are supported in the frame e, e, e, which is capable of sliding side-
ways, or of being removed altogether from its connection with the clock
movement, if desired. d¹ are arms from the axes d³, d³, supporting tho
cylinder d, which on its outer circumference is covered with slate, in order to
receive marks at certain times, as herafter described. Around the circum
ference of the cylinder d are placed two rings d', d, with figures or signs
thereon corresponding with those on the dial of the clock used in connection
with the apparatus. is a piece of slate or other material capable of pro-
ducing marks, when desired, on the circumference of the cylinder d. This
piece is held by the pin in the sliding piece 9, which is capable of moving
forwards when the desired marks are given, and which has at all times a
tendency to be slided backwards from the cylinder d by the spring h. i is a
spring pressing on the upper side of the piece f, by which, when the piece f is
brought forwards, it is caused to press upon the cylinder d. Motion is given
to the sliding piece 9 by the handle j, the stem of which, it will be seen,
slides freely in the frame of the apparatus, and is guided on the plate k, as

page_text: suеwn. is a connecting rod attached at one end to the stem of the handle j,
and at the other end to the lever m which turns on the axis m', and is con-
nected at its other end, by the liuk n, to one end of the lever o which turns
upon its axes o¹, and at its other end bears against the sliding piece g, so that
when the handle is pulled outwards, the sliding piece g, and consequently
the piece f, will be slided forwards, and the desired mark will be given. J is
another handle similar to the handle j, the stem of which is connected by a
pin joint J¹ to the link J, which is attached to the lever O, which turns on
the axis O', and bears against the sliding piece G, bearing another piece of
slate or other suitable material F similar to that before described.
It will be evident that, by using two handles and parts in connection there-
with, the apparatus may be used to indicate the attendance of a person in a
particular place both by day and night, so that if the handle ; be used to
indicate the attendance of a person during the day, the handle J and parts
connected therewith may be used for indicating attendance during the night,
the cylinder d making one revolution every twelve hours. But as a person in
attendance during the day might act upon the parts intended to be acted upon
during the night only, or during the night might act upon those parts intended
to be acted upon during the day, p is a lever turning upon its axis p', which
would be in the position shewn in the Drawing, with one end p* within one
end of the lever O, thereby preventing the handle J, and parts connected
therewith, being acted upon until the lever q, which travels round with the
cylinder d, by coming in contact with the end p³ of the lever p, would cause
the end på to be removed from its position within the lever O, and be brought
against a stop on the stem of the handle j, thereby preventing that handle,
and the parts connected therewith, being acted upon while the handle J, and
the parts in connection therewith, would be released. The lever q is carried!
by friction on the axis d, of the cylinder d, in such manner that, while it will
at all times travel round with the axis d³, and be capable of exerting sufficient
force to alter the position of the lever p, it is yet capable of being moved
round independently thereof for the purpose of adjustment, which adjustment
is accomplished in the following manner:-u is a pointer affixed on the wheel
u', which is carried by friction on the axis d, so that it will at all times have
a tendency to travel round with that axis, and consequently with the cylinder
d. It is, however (as is described with respect to the lever q) capable of
being moved round independently thereof; and when it is desired that the end
p of the lever p should at any particular time be removed from its position
within the lever O to a position within the point j¹ of the stem of the handle
j, it will only be necessary (having first properly adjusted the rings d' and d³

page_text: with respect to the clock dial of the apparatus) to cause the end of the
pointer to point to the figure on the ring d³, corresponding with the hour
when the change is wished to be effected, and then to place the lever q in a
line with the pin on the wheel u¹, as is shewn, and the desired change will
take place. I would remark that the rings d', d, are capable of being moved
round on the cylinder d, in order to their adjustment. They will, however,
revolve with the cylinder d when it revolves; and when the apparatus is
ready for use, the rings should be in such a position that the figures thereon,
opposite the marks made by either of the pieces for F, should correspond with
the time on the dial. Marks may then be made on the cylinder d by pulling
either of the handles ; or J, and the marks so produced will be opposite
certain divisions in the rings d' or d³ corresponding with the time indicated by
the dial of the clock, in connection with the apparatus when such marks were
made, by which will be ascertained the exact time when a person, whose duty
it was to indicate his presence in a particular place, did so. The whole of the
apparatus, as herein described, is enclosed in a case, the door B of which has
the glass B¹ therein forming a cover to the dial, and is secured from the inside
of the fastening c. There is a lid D, with pins D', D', which, when the door
E is secured in any suitable manner, the inside arrangements are protected.
In the lid D there is a longitudinal opening D₁ directly over and parallel to
the axis of the cylinder d through which a person whose presence at a parti-
cular place is required to be indicated may write his name; and in the place
of acting upon the handle, the person whose attendance is required to be ascer-
tained and indicated may have a key which will fit on to and turn a spindle r
on the wheels, such wheel having a projection s¹ which, when the wheel s is
caused to revolve in the direction of the arrow, will come in contact with a
projection on the rod t, which is connected at one end to the pin joint J',
whereby the piece of slate or other material will be acted upon, as before
described.
I would also remark, that although I have described slate as a material
which I prefer to place on the circumference of the cylinder d, I do not con-
fine myself thereto, as in some cases I might use paper, when I should prefer
to use black lead for the markers; and although the apparatus is shewn and
described as placed horizontally, it will be evident the position of the parts
may be varied, while the same results would be obtained.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Newington, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-four.
CHARLES (L.s.) NEWINGTON.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-sixth day of August,
in the year of our Lord 1844, the aforesaid Charles Newington came
before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged
the Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and
specified, in form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was
stamped according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Twenty-seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty-four.