US788031A - Watch-hand remover. - Google Patents

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No. 788,031. PATENTED APR. 25, 1905. A. ELLIS.

WATCH HAND RBMOVER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2,1905.

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PATENT EEIcE WATCH-HAND REMOVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,031, dated April 25, 1905. Application filed February 2,1905. $erial No. 243,895;

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Be it known that I, A'UuUs'rIN Ennis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Redford, in the county of Lawrence and State of lndiana, have invented a new and useful \Vatchlland Remover, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to implements employed for detaching small objects from their holdingbodies, such as watch-hands and the like from the staffs, and has for its object to produce a simply-constructed and powerful device of this class which may be operated without injury to the article detached or the body from which it is removed.

\Vith these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood. the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the inven tion is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and generalassemblage of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

in the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a sectional front elevation, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, of the improved implement. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the socket end of the implement inverted.

The improved implement comprises a tubular socket 11), having a transverse recess 11 in one end and an annular collar 12, connected intermediately thereof, with apertures 13 1a through the tubular member registering with cavities f 16 in the collar. Movably disposed in the tubular member is a plunger 17, having a laterally-extending foot 18 projecting through the recess 11 and with asocket 19 longitudinally disposed within the foot portion, the sides of the socket being undercut, as at 20 21, and with the undercut portions converging toward one end of the socket, as represented in Fig. 3. By this simple arrangement it will be obvious that the socket end of the plunger may be passed over the object to be (.letached-such, for instance, as the hands of a watch with the undercut edges beneath the hub portions of the same and with the portion of the tubular member boaring upon the body of the holding member or a stationary body contiguous tliereto such, for instance, as the dial-face. Then if the plunger be forcibly moved longitudinally of the tubular member the object engaged by the socket will be detached from the holdingbody.

The plunger is provided with a spring 22, operating to maintain the same yieldably in projected position, and the plunger is likewise provided with a channel 23 at its inner end and opposite the apertures 13 11 in the stock and the recesses 16 in the collar 12.

.livotcd at 21 25 within the recesses 15 16 are bent levers 2(5 27, projecting at their inner ends into the channel 23. Slidably disposed in the free end of the tubular stock 10 is a rod 28, having a collar 29 at its outer end, to which links 30 31 are pivoted at their outer ends, with the other ends pivoted to the free ends of the levers 26 27, as at 32 33. The rod 28 is surmounted by a knob 3a to assist in operating the device. By this arrangement it will be obvious that if the socket 19 be placed over the object to be detached and with the undercut sides 20 21 beneath a projecting portion of the same and the lower or recessed end of the socket bearing upon a stationary body a powerful leverage may be easily exerted upon the plunger by applying pressure to the operating-knob 3a and the guide member 28, and thereby actuating the links 30 31 and levers 26 27.

The parts will preferably be of steel of sufiicient strength to withstand the strains to which they will be subjected and may be of any required size or strength.

The device may be readily adapted for detaching various forms and sizes of objects from holding-bodies by making immaterial modifications in the parts, but without departing from the principle of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is 1. In an implement of the class described, a tubular stock, a plunger movably disposed Within said stock and having a socket in one end for engaging the object to be detached, and means for forcibly Withdrawing said plunger into said stock.

2. In an implement of the class described, a tubular stock, a plunger movably disposed Within said stock and having a socket in one end for engaging the object to be detached, a spring operating to maintain said plunger in projected position, and means for forcibly Withdrawing said plunger into said stock.

3. In an implement of the class described, a tubular stock having a transverse recess through one end, a plunger disposed for movement in said tubular stock and provided With a laterally-extending foot portion projecting through said recess, said foot portion having a socket for engaging the object to be detached, and means for forcibly moving said plunger and its foot member longitudinally of said tubular stock.

4. In an implement of the class described, a tubular stock, a plunger movably disposed within said stock and having a socket in one end for engaging the object to be detached, said socket being formed With converging undercut sides, and means for forcibly moving said plunger longitudinally of said tubular stock.

5. In an implement of the class described, a tubular stock having a transverse recess through one end, and With an annular collar disposed intermediately thereon, a plunger movable in said tubular stock and provided With a lateral foot extending through said recess, said foot portion having a socket for engaging the object to be detached, a spring operating to maintain said plunger in projected position, levers pivoted in said collar and engaging said plunger Within said tubular stock, and means for operating said levers.

6. In an implement of the class described, a tubular stock, a plunger movably disposed Within said stock and having a socket in one end for engaging the object to be detached, levers pivoted upon said stock and engaging said plunger, a guide-rod slidably disposed Within said stock, and links connecting said guide-rod and the free ends of said levers.

7. In an implement of the class described, a tubular stock, a plunger movably disposed Within said stock and having a socket in one end for engaging the object to be detached, levers pivoted upon said stock and engaging said plunger, a spring operating to maintain said plunger in projected position, a guiderod slidably disposed Within said stock, and links connecting said guide-rod and the free ends of said levers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

AUGUSTIN ELLIS.

Witnesses:

M. A. RAINBELT, E. S. FERGUSON.

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