Lantern Pinion
Summary:
The Westclox type of wheel-pinion assembly of steel pins, steel pivot wire and brass wheel held together by a metal alloy of lower melting point.
Patent Dates
Application Date:
1902-06-18 Issue Date:
1902-10-28
Patent Numbers
Patent Number:
712325 Serial Number:
112134
Notes:
This patent shows the pinion wires held at both ends by masses of metal. Stahlberg's 1885 patent showed the pinion wires held at one end. I cannot read the name of the second witness on the drawing page (Hon ??? ) and the name of the attorney.
Description:
Claim 1: A lantern-pinion consisting of a pivot wire, properly disposed pinion-wires, a gear-wheel, and two masses of metal molded in and about such parts so as to hold them in fixed relation, while leaving the pinion-wires exposed to form the lantern-pinion.
This is the basic form of wheel-pinion that Westclox used for many years. There are drawings with and without a small mass of metal bridging the space between the two large masses of metal.
Inventor Information:
Andrew H. Neureuther, of Peru, Illinois, Assignor To the Western Cock Manufacturing Company of La Salle, Illinois, A Corporation of Illinois
Patent Type:
Utility
Patent Country:
United States
Patent Category:
Clock Technology
Patent Companies
Assignee:
Western Clock Manufacturing Company User:
Westclox
Patent Personnel
Inventor:
Neureuther, Andrew Witness:
Hindman, Boyden Witness:
Johnson, Andrew
Patent URLs:
U.S. Patent Database; Google Patents
