Magnetically Coupled Dead
OwnerKevin Farrelly Nolan, Jeremy Michael Tumer +1inventors
InventorsKevin Farrelly Nolan, Jeremy Michael Tumer, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
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Abstract
A dead-beat escapement break away assembly which consists of, a pallet engagement collet with at least one magnet attached thereto and a pallet alignment feature attached thereto; a pendulum crutch attachment mechanically coupled to the pallet engagement collet; a pallet which is adapted to be magnetically coupled to the pallet engagement collet so as to mechanically engage the pendulum crutch attachment to the pallet, thereby enabling the pallet to break away from the pallet engagement collet when sufficient force is applied to the pallet to overcome the magnetic force of the magnet.
Claims19
A dead-beat escapement break-away assembly comprising:
- a pallet engagement collet having at least one magnet attached thereto and having a pallet alignment feature attached thereto;
- a pendulum crutch attachment mechanically coupled to said pallet engagement collet;
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- a pallet which is adapted to be magnetically coupled to said pallet engagement collet so as to mechanically engage said pendulum crutch attachment to said pallet, thereby enabling said pallet to break away from said pallet engagement collet when sufficient force is applied to said pallet to overcome the magnetic force of the at least one magnet.
A method of breaking away in a dead-beat escapement assembly of a clock, having a pallet escapement collet, and having an escapement wheel with teeth, and having a pallet, comprising:
- breaking away said pallet engagement collet from said pallet which is magnetically coupled to said pallet engagement collet when sufficient force is applied to said pallet to overcome the magnetic force, which force is greater than the force necessary to enable normal operation of the break away assembly of a clock.
A mechanical clock having a dead-beat escapement break away assembly comprising:
- a pendulum mechanically coupled to said dead beat escapement assembly;
- a clutch mechanically coupled to said pendulum;
- a clutch assembly mechanically coupled to said clutch;
- a pendulum clutch attachment having a pallet engagement collet mechanically coupled to said clutch assembly;
- a pallet engagement collet having at least one magnet attached thereto and having a pallet alignment feature thereto;
- a pallet which is adapted to be magnetically coupled to said pallet engagement collet so as to mechanically engage said pendulum crutch attachment to said pallet, thereby enabling said pallet to overcome the magnetic force of the at least one magnet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.