Balance wheel assembly
OwnerHenry E. Ayerinventor
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Abstract
A balance wheel assembly for clock works, and the like, the assembly including a base plate, lower and upper pivot blocks mounted on the base plate, the pivot blocks having opposed conical recesses therein, a vertical shaft pointed at either end disposed in the recesses, a balance wheel fixed to the shaft, and a magnet proximate the upper pivot block and operative to urge the shaft toward the upper pivot block against gravitational pull.
Claims6
A balance wheel assembly comprising a base plate, a lower pivot block attached to said base plate and having a first conical recess in a top surface thereof, an upper pivot block attached to said base plate and having a second conical recess in a bottom surface thereof, said first and second recesses being in vertical alignment and opposed to each other, an elongated shaft having a first point at a first end thereof and a second point at a second end thereof, said first point being disposed in said first recess and said second point being disposed in said second recess, a balance wheel fixed to said shaft, and magnet means disposed proximate said upper pivot block and operative to urge said shaft toward said upper pivot block against gravitational pull.
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