Alarm Clock
Summary:
Big Ben movement with improved repeat mechanism
Patent Dates
Application Date:
1909-09-27 Issue Date:
1910-05-24
Patent Numbers
Patent Number:
958930 Serial Number:
519808
Description:
The repeat lever has the shape seen on later clocks, it has its own arbor with pivots, and is L shaped. A round steel pin engages the repeat cam. It doesn't have the trangular brass post that engages the repeat cam nor the triangular catch attached to hammer verge tail.
Inventor Information:
George Kern, Of Peru, Illinois, Assignor To The Western Clock Manufacturing Company, Of La Salle, Illinois, A Corporation Of Illinois.
Patent Type:
Utility
Patent Country:
United States
Patent Categories:
Windup Clock; Alarm Mechanism for a Clock
Patent Companies
Assignee:
Western Clock Manufacturing Company User:
Westclox
Patent Personnel
Inventor:
Kern, George Witness:
Radtke, William Witness:
Dauber, Oscar Witness:
Brauns, Paul Attorney:
Neureuther, Andrew
Patent URLs:
U.S. Patent Database; Google Patents