claim: 1. In a chime clock, the combination with a chime countwheel driven by the ebimetrain of the clock, of an oscillating guardbo disk located adjacent to the said count-wheel and provided with four guard-finoers, one of Niliieh is elojigated, a chiii:ie cotint-lever coacting with the said wheel and disk, a, chiine-control wheel driven by the timetrain of the clock and having four operat- b5 ing-points, one of which is set outward to complement the elongated finger of the guard-disk, and operatin- connections betn tween the said chime-control wheel and co unt-lever. 60 2. In a chime clock, the combination with a, chime count-wheel driven by the chimetrai n of the clock, and having four chime-. dw ells separated by four stop-notches, of an osc illatin (y -uard-disk located adjacent to the 65 sai d wheel and having four guard-fingers a,rran ged to complement the said notches, one of the said fingers being longer t,han the oth ers, a chime count-lever coacting with the sai d wheel and disk, a chime-control wheel 70 dri ven by the time-train of the clock, and pr ovided with four pins, one of which is set out ward beyond the others to complement the elonga,ted finger of the guard-disk, and op erating connections between the said 75 chi me-control wheel and said lever. 3. In a chiine clock, the combination with a chime count-wheel driven by the ebimetrai n of the clock and forined with four chi me-dwells separated by four stop-notebes, 80 on e of the said dwells being formed at its for ward end with a sustaining-abutrnent, of an oscillating guard-disk located adjacent to the said wheel and formed with four guardfin gers complementing t,he said stop-notches, 85 on e of the s-,iid fin-ers being elongated tTid co actin- with the s-aid -,ust-,iinin--abutment, ,t chime col-iiit-lover coactit)- -with t-he said wh eel q,nd dislc, a, chime-control wlieel driven; by the time-trai.n of the cloelc -tnd provided 90 wit h four operat-ing-pins, one of whicli is set out ward to complement the elongated fin(,rer of the said disk, and operatin(y connections bet ween the said pins and lever. In testimony whereof, I have signed this 95 specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. WILSON E. PORTER. Witnesses: GEORGF. DUDLEY SFYmou-R, MALCOLM P. NICHOLS.

Patented Nov. .28, 1922. 114379012 @UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. -@,WILSON E. PORTER, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGN01:t TO NEW HAVEN CLOCK CO., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION. CHIXE CLOCK. Application illed June 15,1922. Serial No. 568,420. l'o concern: 13c it kiiown tliai 1, IV-ILSON E. PopTFR, a izeii of tli United States i-esiding at cit e Ne-", 1-1,t %,en in the couiity of New Haven tn(I 8tate o'i' Colinecticut5 have invented @i new an(I iiseful @ Iinproveinent in Cliime '(,'I.ocks an(]. I do liereby declare the following, wheii taken in connectioii with the at.coiiapajiyj.ng (Irawiiigs, azid the characters io of reference iiiarked thereon, to be a ftill, @Clear and exact, description of the same, and 'which s:iid drawings constitute part of this application, and represent in Fi(r. I a view in front elevation of a chinie ,i 5 @elock constructed in accordance with my in,itention, with the parts in the position due t6 thei-n when the chime-traiii is locked as it is between the quarter hours. Fig. 2 a plan view tliereof. 2o Fi(r. 3 a rear view thereof, with all the parts@ ren-ioved except the cliime countwliee.1, its oscillatin- uard-disk and the chiiiie locli@in--l.ever. e, 9 Fi(-. 4 a @roken, enlarge(,[ detail view, 25 slioNi@iiig the cliiiiie count-wliecl, its rtttrd(lisk and the chiiiie lo(,,kin--lever, the sai(I 1),t@ts beiii- sho-%vii iii the positioiis (Iiie to theiii,,tt the beginniiig of the ebiiiiint, on the thit-(l qtiirter of the hotir. 30 Fi-. 5 a, col-resl)oiiding N,ieNv, showin(-, the -'=@ai ir. saiii-ie -ts in the j)ositioii due to the at. the coilclusi0ii of the eliiming on the tlllrd quarteli.- o f the lioiir. Fi,,. 6 t detacbed, perspective view of the 35:chill:ie couiit-wheel. . Ficr. 7 a correspondiiig view of the oscillai,in; cliime count,-wheel guard-disk. Fi;. 8 a detached, perspective view of the chime lockiiia-lever. ZD 4o Fig. 9 a correspon(lin- view of the ebime stop-lever., r4 ig. 10 a corr(Ispoii(iiii(I v.](,@w of the cliiii-jeillarnijig-lever. Fig. It @i cort-esponclii)g view of the 45 chiine-warnijig ind chime-t-eleasing pinWI)eel@ n-totinte(I tipon and driven by the center arbor of the time-train. Fig. 12, a detail sectional view, sliowin" the mode of mounting the chime count-wheel 5o and guard-disk. My invention relates to an improvement in cbime clocks the obj'ect being to provide simple, reliable, I and efficient means for syno'hroniziiig the time and i@hime trains the'reof in case the same should be throwii ollt Of 55 Un iSOn, as ncit infi-equent-ly happens, as by the failure to wind them seasonably, by settin g the hands or pointers of the cloc@ forwa rd or bacli-vvard, etc., the particular objec t of my invention beidg to reduce to the 60 mi niinuin the nuiiiber of parts required for r6s toring the time- and chime-trains to uni son. With these ends in view, niy ilivention co nsists in a chime clock having one of the 65 - uard-fingers of its oscillating chime countwh eel ouard-disk made longer tha,-n the tliree oth er Kngers thereof, and the corresponding hig h point of one of the four high-points 0 the chinie-control wlieel driven by the tilne- 70 trai n, made correspondingly higlier than the thr ee other hich points thereof, whereby, in cas e of the dislocation of the time-and chimetrai ns, the latter is not released until the for mer has brouglit the highest poitit of the 75 tim e-control Nvheel into play for - co-action - Nvith the longest finzer of the - -uard-disk. M y invention furt 'her consists-in certain det ails of cotistriietion and cornbinations of I)a rts as -will be hereinafter describe(I and 80 pai licularly poiiited out in the claims. I n cai.-r.)@incr out my invention, as herein sh own, T it-iak"e the bour ,ilard-finger lt) of the oscillatin- count-wbeel guard-disk 16 ot longer than the li,er tliree fingers tliereof, 85 these (wliieh are of equal lenotli) being the one-quarter hoiir guard-fiiigers 17, the onebalf hour guard-finger 18 and the threequarter hour gtiardfinger 19. The chime count-wheel 20 has the forward en(I of its go hour chime-dwell 21 extended to forin a sustai ning-abutment 22 correspondin in extra 9 hei ght to the exti-a len(rth of the (ruard-finoer in tn m 15 aforesaid, and, therefore, projecting beyo n(i the eejiter of the wheel ftirtliei- tliaii. the 95 on e-qliarter hour cliiiiie-(Iwell 2,3,tlie ojie-half ho ur chime-dwell 24 and the three-quai-ter lio ur chime-dwell 25. The sai(I folir ebimedw ells 21, 23 24 an(I 25 -tvli.ich pi-ogressively inc rease in lengt,h as required, are - separated loo fro ni each otber b)T stop-notches 26, 2@, 28 an d 29. As shown, the chime count-wheel 20 is staked to a hub 30 mounted upon the en d of the arbor 31 of the third wheel of the chi me-train, which may be of any suitable 105 co nstruction and arrangement anci does not, the refore, call for detailed illustration, or de scription. The said hub 30 is formed with

1,437,012 a shotilcler 32 for the iiiountino- of the o-Liard- approved constriietion ,tiicl itrrangeiiient ,tncl dis!K@ 16, -%i,liieli beai@s -Lipoi-i the for)vard face does iiot call for particular desci,iptioii or of the couiit-iihe'el 20 ti-icl is li-mi.ted in its oscillatiiiff iiioa,eiiicn' by its 1)i@oi,isioi-i Nvith a stop-iiot(@li 3,3 ijito Avhicli a stop-pli-i 34, c@irried by the said eotitit-Ai@hcel, e@ctelids, The guai,(.1-disl@ is itself f-Lirnislied -NAitl-i i piii 35 coniiecte@,t ]:)y a sl)iiiig "')6 Witli the StOID-pin !34, the iioriiiti toi-idenc,), of the salicl 1.0 SI)riiig bei,,ig to aiitolllatic,alfy titrii the giiard-disk by a quick moi-eiiieiit tlieveof aild so restoi@-e it to its i-i@)rmal o@i- o-tiai-diiio- positioi-i, iii A)Ihlcli. its soierat i ter Avi@h ttie sto u s _1)-iio'clies 26, 28 alid i5 29 OT the chime cotitit-ivlieel 20. The saicl guard-@iii,ers of the disl@ 16 ai-id the chii-ite-t-Iii,@ells aiid stop-notches of the coi.ilit-wlieel. 20 coact Aiith flie locking-finger 3'@ O-f, ,I 1.,oiied 'chime co-Lii-it1cier 38 fix-ed 20 Lil)oii the projectiiig i@ear end of a rocl@-@-h'aft 39 extencling tit@ its eiids through the re,,tr li'le 40 and tlie;frolit move ntpl,ite 41 of tlle clo,,@I.K-n-ioveineiit. The p,roj,-,ctipoT-oi@AA7ai-d .,net of the s,,Lid roel-,-sh,,tft -t, 25, 39 niolints a cliime stop-loier 49-,Iocated in froiif@ of the froiat mov@,meiit-plate ,ind proVi-cled -,t its oj.)I)o,,,ite eii@l @iiitl-i ,t stop-pin 43 co,leLiri,o@ Avi.tll a 'stol) @L4 moliiitecl upon the fron't-I end of the T-@in-shtft 45 of the chime30 ti,,tin tl,ie saicl stop I)eiiio- loc@tted ,tclj,@icent to f-roiit ed-e of- t -1-.6 on the said SI-iaft. The said stop-lover 42 is lifted lor its ol)erau on by@ i clilliie Ai,arniiio@lever 47 loc,,tted 35 cl.irectly benegtl-i it, 1-iiiTi(y tipon i, sttid 48 iii the front iii6vemeiit-l-)] ,ite it -['i,i r,-iished ivitb adoA-viiAAardly extei-i(ling opei@ttinp,-arm 49 1-i,,tviiig a bevele0t end 50 co@ictill(- A@,itli folir rear@y,,,trdl,l, projecting piiis 51. 52. 53 ancl 54 40 in ,t chiiiie-coiitrol wb.eel or 55 moiiiited -Lipoii the I)rojectiii(,- en(I o-t@ tl-ie center ,irlyor 56 of tlip, tiiiio tr@Iiii. The s,@iid 5't, 51-), 53 aii@t 54 ire quij-,teriii,,)- A@,itli i-esl)ect to otliei-I 'b-Lit the I)in 45 ;')I, Ai,liieli i,, the hoiill, pin is se(, oitt be3,ond the circle of the otlier piiis, in order t6 this p,,ii-ticul@r pin 11 --i-eatei- "throw" than the pi-.is 52, 53 and 54, ivliiel-i are respeeti%,ely tl-io oi-ie,-qtiarter h6Lii-. one-l-iilf hoiir 0111- pills @rlie s,,ti I)iTi 50 tht.ee-(Irltl@t(.r 11 (I ,-)I, Al'itl-i its (,I-e@,t,ter "thi@oN@l-" tliaii tl-ie otl-ier pli:i,,,,, coii-iplemeiits the ,,tii.pli-is leiigtl-t 0-'F' the gu,g.rd-finger 15 of tl-ie di@:],z 16 aiid the gi@e,,i.ter li@io,ht of the si-ist,,tii-iiiig-abutmeiit 65 29- of- the coi-ii-it-N-vheel 20. The s,,tid pi.ns are@ iu ef-Fect,, liigli o]@)ei,,q.tingI)oiiits, witli 0'rie Iiio-li6i, tllllii the others, to seeiire a gi-ea'u-el" "tliroi-,," or li.ft than tl-ie 6thers to tl-ie lei,,er 38 tl-io finoger 3@ of iahich coa@ts 6o dil-6ctl,)r iviti-i the -v7heel 20 ai-id the clisk 16. The chime stop-leATei-, 42 is pr6ATicled @vith a 1-ielical sprino- 58 exertin- ,t 6on-,tqnt eff6rt to Cir,,AAT the saticl leiter down i-nto its noriii,,tl 13-osition, in ivhich it Testrai-ns the @hiihe6 5 train. The time-train @may also be of any @il.1-Li-.tration. SLipposing the time- and chiine-traiii,, of iiiy ii-ril:)i-oicci chime cloci,@ to bo syiiclii.,o- 70 iiize(.1, tho piiis 51-, 59@) 53 Iild 54 will, iii tlio(Ii-Liriial i-evol.titioii of the Ailieel 55, I)y tile ttine-train, operate tlii-ou@-yli the levoi-s 47 ai-id 42 to wai.-ii ,incl relclase '-,he clilr.,ietraii), iiid. at the 'Jille'time, to lift tl).e fiiigc-,r 3@ 75 of tiie eliime cotint-levei- 1)8 otit of the several stop-iiotches 64' tl-te cotint-ivii,,,Gll 20, a-ii(I go ts to pei,i-nit the s giii3--(I-fijif'ers of tlte e t., d'sk 16 to be snal)l)ecl iin(ler it I itcl thi@t,,, proiicle foi, th(,'i,e@).til@t @iiid tpprol)i,i,,Ite cliiiii- 80 iiio@ of the c t, lolek 6n the hotir ,iiid on the quai-tei- hotirs. lvhen the clock is I so peratiiig, the iii 0 p 51 ill the NAheel 0'5 Avill to giA7e supple@,neiital or excessive "throiv" to tl-ie 85 'levei,s 4@ 42 ,ilid 38, to conipoias,,tte for the a h i'l a e@ctr 1'elizo.-th of t e giiarcl-fi ger 15, ii cl perh-iit the spring 36 to "Snap" tl-ie saicl finoger -Linder the, lo@yer 6d(,@e of tl-ie finger 37 of the coiint-leirer 38, so that the said finger 90 inay ride oi,or the siistainin--,,tbtitineiit 22 of the hoiir din@ell P@l ind thence oiito thol said cliN-oll pi-oper. NoiAT let it be assuiilied that for some ,atise or other,-aiid it cloes iiot initter what, the 95 tiine- tnd cliime traii@s li, tA7e been throAArii oi,it of synelironi@m ,iiid dislocated. For the sake of 'Illusti-@tioii, it'M',t.Y be 9,SSIII-ned th,,tt the el-iiiiii.ng inechgiiism, @iith i.-espect to the I)osition,9 6f its cotint-iA,I-ieel ,tnd giiai-d-disk 100 is one-quftrter 6f in holir thc@@id o-f t-he, ointers of the clock, ai-id, tliei-e-fore a qiiarp ter of an boiir alic,,-.d of the positio 6T tli chiiiie-conti.,61 iilieel. 55 Aihich is driven by the time-ti@ain, as stated. TO 5 -U-ndei- the conditioiis thi,is tll,@, clock kvill cbiiiie tlio oii6-qiiarter l,iolir oii a -hoitu on the qtiai.@ter lioitr the II-olir; tl e h If and the tliree-qiiarter-lioiir on tl-ic lialf-lioui-11 -io ur can i-iev 0 btit tl , ho er be ebimed otit f 110 time. The described ii,i,egular cliiiiiing o@f the honr, half-liotir ,tnd tl-ii,ce-quarter bolir has been effected I)y the I)ii-is 52, 53 ,ind 54 in tl-ie, wlie(,l 55. -L-Vt tlie terinination o-_p the next fifteeii min.tites, the t' iiite-tr@,iiii iiill liave, 115 b,i,otio-lit t,he -I' el(", p@in 54 iiito I)Ogitioii or I @sing t-lic c.1-iiiii.e-triii-i to sotiiid the hoiir iii the sul)posed dislocated l@ei,,.tloll of- t-be eliiiiie,tnd tiiiie-tr-,tins, btit the piii ")@i falls -3hoi.-t of haxq"n'ci- eiioit@,li "lbro-"," to effeet t-lic li@ft120 iiig of tl-ie coiint-levei.@ 38 siifficieiitly to periiiit the eloiio:@ited 15 o'l the disk 16 to, sn:@@ Lind@i- it aiid'sustaiii it aiid so permit the el-iime-ttain to riin ,tnd cliiiiie tlie ho-Li I r; Qo tliat, altl-iotigl-i t,he el-iime-trlin 125 has been warned and momentai,ily sta@ted, it h,,is n6t been allowecl to r-Lin @eca-use tlie fin-or 3@ has clropped b,,icl;c into'the n6tch 26 and thus 0,116@,ved tlie, el-iime stop-lei76r 42, t@ndet the i@'nfluoiice of @tt-ie sl:)tiiib- 58 t6 be 130

1,437,012 13 drawii t)ack iiito its noritial position, in whicli its stop-pin 43 engages the stop 44 on the fan-shaft 45. These quarter-hour attempts to release the chime-train will there. after be ineffectual until the hour pin 51, with its longer "throv@," has been brouglit into en-agement with the beveled end 50 of @m the arp-i 49 of the chime warning-lever 47, which, at this time, will be sufficiently lifted 10 to correspondingly lift the levers 42 and 38 and so lift the finger 37 sufficiently to permit the elongatecl finger 15 to snap under it and sustain it and the stop-pin 43 in position to perinit the chime-train to run and 15 chitne the hour. At this time, the pointers ,ire indicatincr the hour and the two trai.ns liave been restored to iinison ' In other words, t-he chimetrain has been liel(I restraine(i iintil the, time-train has caught up 20 with it. Thereafter, the t-,vo, trains will coordinate and operate iii unison until they are again dislocated in anv of the ways in which stich dislocation occur@ in chime clocks. In any event, it is impossible that 25 the chimes can be sounded out of time for more than threequarters of an hour, while it naay be that the chime will be sounded only once or twice out of time depending upon the degree of initial derangement. so Thus, by so simple an expedient as lengthening the hour guard-finger of the oscillatjncgr ouard-disk and correspondingly increasing zn the "throw" of the hour-pin of the chime-control wbeel, or member driven by 35 the time-train, T am enable(] to sui-moiint the d@ifficulties inei.deirit to the dislocation of the time and ellime-traitis of chiine clocks of tlie, ebaraeter to -whicli my irIlTentioll relates. in the particiilar embodiment of my in 40 vention chosen for illustration, tl-ie lioiir guard-finger has been chosen for eloiigation and the hoiir-pin positioned to effect a Ion-er Iltbrow," but, obviously, anv other finger an.d its complementary pin may be chosen, 45 if desired.