Continuous-switching device for advancing the wheel mechanism of an electric clock
Abstract
Abstract CONTINUOUS-SWITCHING DEVICE ADVANCING THE WHEEL MECHANISM OF AND ELECTRIC CLOCK, WHICH DEVICE COMPRISES A MOVEMENT-CONTROLLING OSCILLATOR PREFERABLY DRIVEN BY ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS, A TWO-ARMED SWITCHING ARMATURE DRIVEN BY THIS MOVEMENT-CONTROLLING OSCILLATOR, AND A RATCHET WHEEL DRIVEN BY TEH SAID SWITCHING ARMATURE, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE SWITCHING ARMATURE (1) IS UNEQUALLY ARMED AND THE RATIO BETWEEN THE ARM LENGTH IS ABOUT 2:3, FURTHERMORE IN THAT THE ARMATURE APERTURE ANGLE EQUALS, OR EXCEEDS 90%, AND THAT THE DISTANCE (A) BETWEEN THE SWITCHING ARMATURE PIN (12) AND THE RATCHET WHEEL PIN (20) EQUALS OR EXCEEDS A VALUE OF 0.8 TIMES THE DIAMETER (D) OF THE RATCHET WHEEL (18).
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- 👤 Gunther Scholz
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