US741036A - Alarm-receptacle for watches. - Google Patents

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PATENTEDIOGT. 13, 1903.

R. B. HEMMING. ALARM REGEPTAOLE FOR WATCHES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1903.

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ALARM-RECEPTACLE or: WATCHE;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 0. 741,036, dated October 13, 1963;.

Application filed January 29, 1903. Serial No. 141,009. (No model.)

, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Alarm Receptacles for Watches, of whichthe follow- 7 .lower part of the lever 6 by means of the ing is a specification.

Myinvention relates to an improved alarmreceptacle for watches to be carried in the pocket; and it consists in certain details of construction to be more fully set forth in the following specification.

To enable others to understand my invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a rear elevation of the device with a watch inserted therein. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the device with the back cover removed and sectional view of the lever for temporarily holding the alarm mechanism in check through line oof Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through line b of Fig. 2. Fig. 1 is a detail end elevation of the hammer of the alarm mechanism.

Its construction and operation are as follows: 1 represents the front of the case, 2. the sides, and 3 the removable. back plate or cover, which cover is secured in place by the screws 4. One of the sides of the case is carried up and curved downward to form the partition 5 and also part of the pocket for the watch.

6 is a lever pivot-ally supported on the stud 7. This lever is slightly concave to conform to the shape of the watch. This lever is covered with the material 8, which may be of leather, plush, or other soft material that will not scratch the watchterial covering the partition 5 and the inside front of the case that projects above said partition.

10 is a case holding a spring and the necessary winding mechanism. As this feature is old and forms no part of my present invention, a description of its construction is unnecessary further than to state that the mechanism in said case is wound up by means of the vertical shaft ll, which shaft carries on its outer projecting end the winding-head 12.

The star-wheel 13 agitates the arm 14. of the 9 is a similar mahammer 15 and causes said hammer to strike the bell 16 with rapid strokes.

17 is a springwhose free end is loosely embraced by the notch 18 in the lower part of the lever 6. This spring will keep said lever in its normal inner position, as shownat Fig. 2.

19 is an adjustable tailpiece, secured to the screw 20 for the purpose to be more fully explained.

21, Fig. 4, is a lug on the back of the ham mer 15, adapted to be engaged by the tailpiece 19.

The device is provided with the lugs 22 for securing it to the watch-pocket of the gar-' ment, it being understood, however, that any well-known means maybe used for this purpose.

When the watch is placed in the device, as shown at Fig. 1, thelever 6 is forced outward. This will carry the tailpiece 19 forward under the lug 21 of the hammer and hold the hammer motionless. If the watch is surreptitiouslyremoved, the spring 17 will while the watch is withdrawn by the other.

The pocket in the device is adapted for watches of various sizes by simply shifting the tailpiece 19 to the right or left, so that whatever the size of watch the tailpiece will always engage the lug of the hammer when the watch is inthe pocket and be disengaged therefrom when the'watch is removed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an alarm-receptacle for watches, the combination, comprising a case, having a watch-pocket therein, an alarm mechanism, a lever-carrying means adapted to hold said mechanism in check when the watch is in the pocket, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in an alarm-receptacle for watches, comprising a case, having a watch-pocket therein, alarm mechanism within said case, a spring-actuated lever-carrying means forengaging with said mechanism, said lever actuated by the watch to bring about such engagement, said spring adapted to release said mechanism and cause an alarm to be sounded when the watch is removed, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in an alarm-receptacle for watches, comprising a case having a watch-pocket, alarm mechanism within said case, a spring-actuated lever adapted to be engaged by the watch and carrying adjustable means for engaging and holding said mechanism in check when the watch is in the pocket, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, in an alarm-receptacle for Watches, comprisinga double-compartment case, alarm mechanism located in one RICHARD B. HEMMING.

Witnesses:

EDW. J. WEILLER, FRANK H. WEILLER.

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