Rhythm Watch Co., Ltd.

Masahiro Akahane

A pendulum rod immobilizing device for immobilizing the pendulum rod of a clock in order to prevent damage to the clock by motion of the pendulum rod during transport. The pendulum rod is immobilized by engagement with a pendulum rod retainer provided on the movement case of the clock and is released by the operation of a release member provided on the pendulum rod retainer. The pendulum rod retainer is provided at a position outside the normal range of swing of the pendulum rod so that the immobilizing effect is obtained only when the pendulum rod is deliberately moved considerably beyond its normal range of swing and that the pendulum rod retainer does not interfere with the swing of the pendulum rod during normal use.

Pendulum rod immobilizing device

A device for stopping the striking of a time-striking clock at night which includes a striking stop contact driven by a clock gear train through the agency of an associated intermittent gear train. The intermittent movement of the striking stop contact is controlled in connection with the preselected times at which the strikings are to be made, so that the stopping and resumption of the striking may be selected not to fall on the preselected times, thus assuring a reliable operation of stopping the striking at a desired time.

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Nagano, Japan

Masahiro Akahane