Clock with electric oscillator-controlled motor

A clock comprising:

• an electric motor which is controllable by an electric oscillator for the output of a timed movement;
• wheelwork means connected to and driven by said electric motor;
• a plurality of hands connected to said wheelwork means for movement to indicate by their respective positions, increments of time;
• a manually operable actuator connected to said wheelwork means;
• at least one of said plurality of hands comprising at least one stoppable hand for showing by its position an elapsed time;
• said wheelwork means including coupling means engageable and disengagable by said actuator to and from said motor and said at least one stoppable hand for respectively starting and stopping movement of said at least one stoppable hand;
• and mechanical resetting means connected to said actuator and engageable with said stoppable hand to reset the position of said stoppable hand to an initial position;
• said actuator being so cooperable with said coupling means and said resetting means that said at least one stoppable hand can be started, stopped and reset by purely mechanical force transmitted to said stoppable hand exclusively from said actuator by way of said stoppable means;
• said plurality of hands including at least two additional stoppable hands;
• said wheelwork means including a gear train meshed between said at least one and said additional stoppable hands, said gear train remaining meshed during stopping of said stoppable hands and including clutch means for permitting relative movement between said at least one and said additional stoppable hands when said resetting means resets the position of said at least one stoppable hand;
• said gear train including at least one gear connected to a shaft and at least one pair of other gears;
• said clutch means comprising a friction clutch between said one gear and said shaft and a rocker connected to one of said pair of other gears movable to disengage said pair of other gears from each other, said rocket connected to said resetting means.

A clock comprising:

• an electric motor which is controllable by an electric oscillator for the output of a timed movement;
• wheelwork means connected to and driven by said electric motor;
• a plurality of hands connected to said wheelwork means for movement to indicate by their respective positions, increments of time;
• a manually operable actuator connected to said wheelwork means;
• at least one of said pluarlity of hands comprising at least one stoppable hand for showing by its position an elapsed time;
• said wheelwork means including coupling means engageable and disengageable by said actuator to and from said motor and said at least one stoppable hand for respectively starting and stopping movement of said at least one stoppable hand;
• and mechanical resetting means connected to said actuator and engageable with said stoppable hand to reset the position of said stoppable hand to an initial position;
• said actuator being so cooperable with said coupling means and said resetting means that said at least one stoppable hand can be started, stopped and reset by purely mechanical force transmitted to said stoppable hand exclusively from said actuator by way of said stoppable means;
• said at least one stoppable hand comprising a stoppable second hand;
• said plurality of hands including a stoppable minute hand engageable with said coupling means, a running minute hand engaged through said wheelwork with said motor for continual motion to indicate the passage of time, and a running hour hand connected to said wheelwork to said motor for continual time indication;
• said plurality of hands including a stoppable hour hand engageable with said coupling means;
• said stoppable second and minute hands and said running minute and hour hands being mounted about a common axis and said stoppable hour hand is mounted for rotation about a second axis spaced from said first mentioned axis.