US362932A - Cover for clocks - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER C. CAMP, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE NEW HAVEN CLOCK COMPANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

COVER FOR CLOCKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,932, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed July 6, 1886. Serial No. 207,188. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER C. CAMP, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Clocks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompany- .ing drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in covers for clocks, the object being to provide for the small nickel clocks, now so largely used, a cheap, simple, novel, and durable cover, and one adapting such clocks to be carried as traveling clocks.

With these ends in view my invention consists in a flexible cover provided with an opening for the exposure of the clock-face, and with a flap for the insertion and removal of the clock and for access thereto, in combination with guards interposed between the clock and the cover for preventing interference with the winding and setting attachments of the former under pressure upon the latter.

My invention further consists in certain details of construction, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View in front elevation of a cover embodying my invention with a clock in place in it. Fig. 2 is a view showing'such cover in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a view in rear elevation showing the cover with its flap-back open and the clock in place. Fig. 4 is a view on the line 00 a: of Fig. 1, showing the cover in transverse section and the clock in elevation. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a blank for the cover; and Fig. 6 is a view in elevation of the clock.

My improved cover is preferably made from asingle piece of sole-leather. As herein shown, it has the form of a shallow rectangular box, and is made from a blank corresponding to that shown in reduced size by Fig. 5 of the drawings. Such cover consists of a front, A, provided with a circular opening, B, a top, C, bottom D, sides E E, a flap-back, F, and extensions G G G C, respectively located at the rear edges of the saidtop and sides and on the outer end of the flap-back, the extension of one of the sides being cut away, as at H, that of the flap-back being perforated, as at I, and the several divisions specified being separated by lines J of scoring, which facilitates folding the blank. The adjacent edges of the top, bottom, and side portions are united by stitching K, indicated by lines of dots on the blank in Fig. 5, which clearly shows the scoring and the relative arrangement of the several divisions. The flap-back is held in its closed position by the engagement of its extension with a stud or pin, M, carried by a plate, N, secured to the top of the cover, and having a spring-actuated guard, X, shutting down upon the stud and preventing the disengagement of the extension therefrom. Two, blocks, 0 0, each having a facing of soft material, are cemented and secured by pins yy to the inner face of the flapback in position to prevent any portion of the flexible cover under any conditions of pressure from interfering with the winding and setting attachments R and S of the clock T,

which they hold in place against the front of the cover, through the opening B of which its face is exposed. The said clock is circular in form and provided at the top with a ring, V, and with two turned feet, V, which rest on the bottom of the cover and support the clock in an upright position therein.

With. one of my covers the small nickel clocks, now so much used, may be carried as traveling clocks and packed without being stopped. The cover further forms a novel and attractive addition to the clock which it also protects.

I do not limit myself to a cover made in one piece or to a blank of the shape herein shown. If desired, access *may be had to the interior of the cover through its front, which may compose the flap. I would therefore have it understood that I do notlimit myself to the exact construction and arrangement of parts shown and described, but hold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully dBSGllbGdlllY invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'1. A flexible cover for clocks provided with an opening for the exposure of the clock-face, with a flap for the insertion and removal of the clock and for access thereto, and with guards located within the cover for preventing the same from interfering under pressure with the winding and setting attachments of the clock, substantially as set forth.

2. A flexible cover for clocks provided with an opening for the exposure of the clock-face, with a flap for the insertion and removal of the clock and for access thereto, and with extensions or flaps connected with the body of the cover and folding inwardly over the clock after the same has been placed in the cover and concealed by the flap when the same is closed, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

' WALTER O. CAMP. WVitnesses:

JAMES A. BUoK, F. M. HAVILAND.

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