US2464105A - Watch hand remover - Google Patents

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March 8, 1949. H, E THoM s WATCH HAND REMOVER Filed July 21, 1944 I INVENTOR. //qrold E .771 omas Afro RAN :Ya

Patented Mar. 8, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WATCH HAND REMOVER Harold E. Thomas, Tucumcari, N. Mex.

Application July 21, 1944, Serial No. 545,997

2 Claims. 1

My present invention, in its broad aspect, has to do with improvements in horological instruments, and more particularly, it is my purpose to provide a tool or instrument for removing watch hands; furthermore, my implement or tool can also be adapted for use in removing pinions, roller tables and the like, and I have also provided means for holding the hands and the like after being removed. One of the principal purposes of my invention is to provide a device which may be operated by use of the thumb, index finger and second finger, and which will grip, lift the hands, hold them, and remove them, and at the same time will not injure the face of a watch. Furthermore, a simple attachment enables my device to be used for pinions and rollers, and the entire structure is positive, simple in operation and construction, and highly efficient.

Other objects and advantages of my invention are: (1) to provide cushioning means for the legs of my device to prevent injury of a watch face, (2) to provide clamping means operated by the thumb and second finger, while lever elevating means for the watch hands and the like is operated by the index finger; all fingers being utilized at about the same time and being held in a very natural position, (3) to provide a simple and unique device for holding watch hands when removed, and (4) to provide simplified, positive and effective means for elevating the hands of a watch for removal after they are clamped.

Other important objects and advantages will be apparent as the description proceeds in connection with the accompanying drawings, but it is emphasized that changes in size, shape, proportion, arrangement and association of parts may be made provided same fall within the purview of my broad inventive concept and what is claimed.

In the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred form and a modified form of my in vention Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device during its operation in removing watch hands;

Figure 2 is a side view of my device;

Figure 3 is a top plan view with the lever partly broken away;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section through my invention;

Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is an enlarged transverse section through the clamping jaws and associated parts;

Figure 7 is a perspective View of one of the legs showing the construction thereof and the cushioned feet;.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of a slidable jaw element.

In the drawings wherein like characters of reference are used to designate like or similar parts throughout the several views:

The numerals l and 2 designate the spring metal legs of my device which are similarly formed and shaped, and have reduced extensions 2A at their lower ends to which are attached cushioned feet 3 of fibre, rubber or the like to prevent injury to watch faces when my device is applied to a Watch face as in Figure 1. These legs I and 2 serve as positioning means for positioning clamping members, hereinafter described, in watch-hand removing position. The feet 3 may have beveled upper edges 4 which may be cemented in similarly formed slots in the ends of the feet. The legs are riveted together at their upper ends in spaced relationship, such rivets 5 having spacing sleeves 6, and between the legs at their upper ends are also riveted in spaced relationship lateral blocks I between which is pivoted as at 8 a lever 9 normally held in the position shown in Figure 1, by a spring in. The index finger engaging portion of the lever normally extends out from the legs, and the other end H engages in notches [2 in the upper end-s of sliding plates l3-as shown in Figure 4, the upper ends of the plates slide between rivets 5. These plates, near their lower ends, have fixed thereto pins I 4 which engage in slots 55 in the legs I and 2 to slidably mount the plates on the legs; opposed, inwardly directed, wedge shaped jaws 16 are formed on the lower ends of the plates, and these engage beneath watch hands i! when the sides are sprung together by pressure of the thumb and second finger as shown in Figure 1, whil the index finger is utilized to depress the lever 9 to move the slidable plates 13 upwardly to raise and remove the hands. The lifting pressure in this latter operation is sustained by the legs I and 2 the feet of which engage the watch face l8 and are cushioned (as previously pointed out) to prevent injury or abrasion of the watch face.

From the foregoing, it is believed that the operation and advantages of my invention will be apparent, but interpretation of the scope of my invention should only be in the light of the subjoine-d claims.

I claim:

1. A horological implement, comprising spring legs with cushioned feet at their lower ends, said legs being attached together at their upper ends laterally extending blocks mounted between the upper ends of the legs, a lever pivoted to operate between the blocks on the legs, a plate slidably mounted on each leg and said plates having opposed jaw elements at their lower ends designed to clamp an object therebetween when the legs are pressed together, the lever pivotally carried by said legs engaging notches formed in the upper ends of the plates to move said plates upwardly upon downward movement of the lever, and a spring normally holding the lever in its inactive position.

2. A horological implement, comprising spring metal legs having cushioned feet at their lower ends, said legs being attached together at their upper ends laterally extending relatively spaced blocks mounted between the upper ends of the legs, a laterally extending lever pivotally carried by said legs and adapted to operate between the blocks on the legs, a plate slidably mounted on REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number 7 Name Date 189,307 Frese Apr. 10, 1877 1,243,771 Singer Oct. 23, 1917 1,623,912 Dunn Apr. 5, 1927 2,271,945 Meinhardt Feb. 3, 1942 2,277,587 Gustafson Mar. 24,1942

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