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US 4,165,606 AGranted
Device for the automatic operation of weight driven clocks
OwnerPaul C. Mullerinventor
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Abstract
An automatic winding device for weight driven clocks wherein the driving unit is contained inside a suspended winding weight, has a roller to wind a flexible pulling means upon and a motor within the suspended winding weight actuated by switch means in the zone of the lower end position and upper end position of the winding weight. The device of this invention provides desired traditional clock weight appearance while providing efficient, modern winding and adjusting of the clock.
Claims13
In a weight driven clock having a freely hanging winding weight, the improvement comprising;
- an automatic winding device comprising a driving unit inside said hanging winding weight, said driving unit having an electric motor driving a roller, said roller winding one end of a flexible pulling means, the other end of said pulling means held in the zone of the clock mechanism, and switch means actuating said motor in the zone of the lower position of the winding weight and deactuating said motor in the upper position of the winding weight thereby raising said winding weight from said lower position to said upper position.
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