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Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1983

Filed:

May. 11, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:

Nein T Hoxsie, San Diego, CA (US);

Eric J Whitesell, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73-6 ;
Abstract

A clock escapement monitoring device and method of accurately adjusting the escapement. The device comprises a sensor for monitoring the mechanical vibrations occurring at each excursion and producing an electrical pulse representative thereof; a standard clock of 100K Hertz; a signal conditioning circuit for conditioning the electrical excursion pulses and providing an audio output for monitoring audio signals representative of the mechanical vibrations; two frequency dividing trains, one for the conditioned excursion pulses and the other for the standard clock signal; and a display counter connected to the outputs of the frequency dividing trains wherein a visual display is produced representing the time of one excursion interval, the average time of ten excursion intervals, and the average time of one hundred excursion intervals; a regulated power supply; and a visual monitor for indicating a low power supply voltage.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hoxsie, Nein. (1983). Clock escapement monitor (U.S. Patent No. 4383432). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4383432

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