Device for Ringing Bells. Page: 3 of 3
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the head or striker of the parallel and alter- gle to said arm B, and said short arm b ter-
nately-operating hammers. minating at the opposite end in a sleeve or
In order to impart an alternately-vibrating hub, c, substantially as and for the purpose
motion to the levers D, these are articulated specified.
at their free ends upon jointed rods E E, the 2. The striker-arm B, provided with a short
oppositeends of which are pivoted upon cranks arm, b, set at an acute angle thereto, and pro-
F' F', set at an angle of one hundred and vided witharigidplateorbracket, j,projecting
eighty degrees to each other upon a shaft, ", downwardly from the long arm B, and having
which is hung in a suitably-constructed frame lateral lugs I and spurred pawls i, substan-
orsupport, G,locatedn upontheground or lower tially as shown and specified.
floor of the building in which the bell is placed. 3. The combination, substantially as de-
The shaft F has a gear-wheel, im, which scribed, of the following elements: a set of
meshes with a pinion (not shown in the draw- striker-arms, B B, each of which consists of a
inogs) upon the main shaft , which is provided long arm, B, a short arm, b, and a downward-
with a fly-wheel, 0'. projecting plate, j, a common shaft, (, inserted
p is a brake-lever, suitably arranged in frame through the hubs c of the short arms b and
G, and provided with a shoe, p', which may be below the pawl-carrying plates j, the operat-
brought to bear against the periphery of the ing-leversl), with their studs h h, pivoted upon
fly-wheel 0', in order to regulate the speed of shaft d, within slots in the said hubs c of arms
the mechanism, which may be operated by b, and springs 0, connected at their upper ends
land or any other suitable power. to the short arms b at a point between the
The lower section of each of the jointed rods hubs c and the point of unison of arms B b,
E is provided, near the point where it is con- the said several elements operating substan-
nected to its crank F', with a shortening and tially as described, for the purpose set forth.
lengtheningnnt, e'e',foradjusting theirlength, In testimony that I clain the foregoing as
and thereby regulating the stroke of lever D myown I have hereunto affixed my signature
as occasion may require. in presence of two witnesses.
Having thus described my invention, I ELTON PERRY.
claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat-
ent of the United States- Witnesses:
1. The striker-arm B, connected rigidly at L. II. GOLDnECi,
one end to a short arm, b, set at an acute an- j E. T. EGCGLESTON.
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Perry, Elton. Device for Ringing Bells., patent, February 25, 1879; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169812/m1/3/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.