Western Pacific Industries Inc.

Veeder Industries, Inc.

Arnold C Johnson

Achim J Rudolph

John G Gamble

Paul L Kennedy

Robert C Clapp

An internally illuminated reset counter employs a shaft and counter wheel portions which are manufactured from light transmissive materials. A series of axially spaced grooves in the shaft function to direct light through the counter wheels and axially balance the light intensity.

Internally illuminated reset counter

A counter employs a barrel for rotatably mounting high order counter wheels and a shaft integrally extending from the barrel for mounting the lowest order counter wheel. The barrel forms a groove in which the transfer pinion assembly is located. The walls of the groove are engageable by the pinion assembly to limit skewing of the pinion assembly components. The transfer pinions are configured to prevent axial jamming displacement against the counter wheels. The lowest order wheel is snapped onto the shaft and secured in position by means of a semi-flexible mounting hub and cooperative shaft detents. The counter forms an efficient internal light path for illumination of the counter.

Counter

A counter employs a barrel for rotatably mounting high order counter wheels and a shaft integrally extending from the barrel for mounting the lowest order counter wheel. The barrel forms a groove in which the transfer pinion assembly is located. The walls of the groove are engageable by the pinion assembly to limit skewing of the pinion assembly components. The lowest order wheel is snapped onto the shaft and secured in position by means of a semi-flexible mounting hub and cooperative shaft detents.

A clock with a rotary drive motor having a pair of axially aligned stator subassemblies with identical molded frame parts with interfitting end portions rotatably supporting a permanent magnet rotor and take-off gears. A separate axially extending U-shaped pole piece is mounted on each frame part to provide four stator poles equiangularly spaced about the axis of the rotor, and each frame part forms a coil bobbin for winding a stator coil for the respective pole piece.

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West Hartford, CT, United States of America

Arnold C Johnson