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