Bangerter, Friedrich, 1868-; Clocks and watches; Perpetual motion
other days it may be as high as twenty degrees. If the clock requires
for its operation the lowering of three balls each day the apparatus
will be so arranged that with an average daily temperature variation of,
say, six degrees, four balls will be raised, of which three will operate
the power transmission wheel and one will be held in storage. With a
variation of twelve degrees, eight balls will be raised, of which five
balls will be left in storage. If the ball storage runways each have a
holding capacity for one hundred balls, and the variation in temperature
is greater than required, the balls will soon be lifted from the lower
to the upper runways. Assuming that on certain days there will be no
variation in temperature, and as a result the energy-storing wheel
should not revolve, the running of the clock will not be interrupted,
for the power transmission wheel will continue revolving, taking its
power from the balls in storage.
I wish it understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details
of construction and arrangement of parts as herein set forth and
described or to the materials specified, as modification and variation
may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as
defined by the appended claims.
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BANGERTER’S PERPETUAL TIME CLOCK]
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BANGERTER’S PERPETUAL TIME CLOCK]
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BANGERTER’S PERPETUAL TIME CLOCK]
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[Illustration: BANGERTER’S NON-ELECTRIC REGULATOR TIME
CLOCK--ANNIVERSARY SELF-WINDING.
Patent Applied for, 1911.]
BANGERTER’S NON-ELECTRIC REGULATOR
TIME CLOCK
ANNIVERSARY SELF-WINDING
The Bangerter Anniversary Self-Winding Regulator deserves this title
because its construction embodies all the principles essential to a
Regulator to be the very best time-keeper. “Graham dead-beat escapement”
and a pendulum provided with means for keeping its gravity always the
same length, overcoming the variation which change in temperature
invariably brings about.
Another great improvement is the daily Self-Winding System, winding a
weight which is the only means of maintaining an even pull to the
delicate works of the clock. Wound by a force which requires attention
one minute a year only.
This invention relates to clocks, and particularly that class wherein a
pendulum escapement is employed and wherein the clock-train is weight
driven.
It is well known to those skilled in the art that the most accurate and
reliable clocks are those which are driven by a weight. Most of such
clocks are provided with a plurality of weights, one being used to
supply the energy necessary to strike the time, and the other the energy
for operating the clock-train, and in clocks of such construction they
have to be wound frequently, usually either daily or weekly.
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