US424189A - Pendant-set watch - Google Patents

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F. Gr. PAXON. PENDANT SET WATCH.

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Patented Mar. 25, 1890.

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FRANK GEORGE FAXON, OF MOUNT MORRIS, NEV YORK.

PENDANT-s ET WATCH SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,189, dated March 25, 1890.

Application filed March 16, l 8 89.

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.Beit known thatl, FRANK GEORGE FnXoN, of Mount Morris, in the county of Livingston andState of New York, have invented a new and improved latclnPendant Set, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forminga part thereof, in which- Figure l is a front elevation of a watch bow and pendant embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of a pendant, showing the parts in their normal condition. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse seetion of the same, showing` the winding-stem drawn out in position for setting the hands. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the bow, showing its normal position in full lines and its position for setting the hands in dotted lilies. Fig. 5 is an end view of the sleeve fitted to the pendant. Fig. G is a vertical transverse section of the sleeve fitted to the pendant. Fig. 7 represents a plan view, a side elevation, and a transverse section of the collar carried by the winding and setting stem. Fig. S shows the parts of the pendant separated and in section. Fig. 9 shows a substitute for the collar shown in FiO. 7. Fig. l0 contains aside elevation and a plan view of the same, and Fig. 1l shows the application ot my improvement to an ordinary pendant.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Heretofore in watches of this class it has been necessary to use spring-j aws, split rings, or other forms of springs in combination with peripheral grooves or elevations on the winding-stem to limit the end movement of the said stem, and it has been necessary to make these springs of considerable strength in order to retain the winding-stem in its normal position. The strength of these springs is a dis advantage on account of the force required to chan ge the winding-stem from the windin g to the setting position, rendering it extremely diiiicult to avoid throwing the hands, thus preventing accuracy in adjustment. On the other hand, it these springs are not of suffra winding-stem is pulled out and the hands are thrown when removing the watch 'from the pocket or when winding it.

My invention has for its object to obviate Serial No. 303,556. (No model.)

the use of springs and peripheral grooves on the winding-stem and to give a free endwise mov ement to the winding-stem by causing the ends of the bow or ring to act as a guard or lock, which will permit of the setting of the watch only when desired, thereby rendering it impossible to pull out the winding-stein inadvertently.

My invention consists in the combination of a bow having recessed or slotted ends and journaled in bearings formed in the pendant and a loose collar with lateral arms guided by a slotted sleeve inserted in the pendant and adapted to guide the winding-stem, the longitudinal movement of the winding-stein be ing limited by the arms of the collar, which extend into the slots of the sleeves and are engaged bythe slotted ends of the bow, all as hereinafter more fully described.

To the watch-rim is fitted the pendant F, formed of four parts-the main portion f, attached directly to the watch1iin, the sleeve E, screwed into the part f, the ring g, placed loosely on the sleeve E, and the ln ut h, screwed on the outer end of the sleeve E and clamping the ring g. The part f of the pendant isalso bored and threaded to receive the sleeve E, which is threaded. The sleeve Eis provided with longitudinal slots e in diametrically-opposite sides to receive the arms of the collar B.

rlhe bow A is provided with enlarged conical ends, which are received in conical bearings in the pendant F, the bearing being formed partly in the ring g and partlyin the part f of the pendant. rlhe faces of the ends of the bow A are parallel with each other, and in the ends are formed recesses Dnone in each end-of a proper size to receive the lateral arms of the collar B when the said collar is thrown forward by the longitudinal movement of the winding-stem C.

The winding-stem O is provided with a shoulderi'v for receiving the collar B. A coiled spring 7' is placed between the collar B and the crown of the winding-stein. This spring allows the winding-stein to be pushed in for the purpose of engaging the catch-spring in hunting-case watches.

The collar B is held norm ally in a fixed positien by the periphery of the ends of the bow A, which bear against its lateral arms; but

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when the bow A is turned so as to cause the recesses D to coincide in position with the lateral arms of the collar B the Winding-stem C may be drawn out for the purpose of setting the Watch, as indicated in Fig. 3.

It is obvious that by modifying the form of the collar B, as shown in Fig. 9, one arm alone will answer, and in that case only one end of the bow A would need to be recessed.

My invention is not limited to this particular form of pendant, nor to this particular form of bow, as the enlarged ends may be either conical, spherical, or angular, or the ends may be of the same diameter as the other port-ions of the bow.

This improvement may be attached to my improved pendant patented February 26, 1889, or it may be applied to the ordinary style of pendant, as shown in Fig. ll.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a Watch-pen dant set, a loose collar bored centrally to receive the winding-bar, and with one or more arms acted upon by the periphery of and engaging in slots or recesses in the end or ends of the bow, substantially as described.

2. In a watch-pendant set, the bow or ring A, with slotted or recessed ends, in combination with an armed collar to regulate the outward movement of the winding-bar, substantially as described.

3. In a watch-pendantset, a sleeve with one or more longitudinal slots adapted to receive the arm or arms of the collar B, and with two sides diametrically opposite each other, flattened to receive the faces of the ends of the bow A, substantially as described.

4. In a watch-pendant set, the combination of the slotted sleeve F., the armed collar B, the bow A, having recesses D, the winding-bar C, provided with a shoulder c', and the coiled springj, substantially as described.

FRANK GEORGE FAXON.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. MILLER, F. H. DE CAMP.

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