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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles Agnoff, Wilmington, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 5/00 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for winding self-winding watches is described that includes a watch carrier having an axis of rotation of 90° above horizontal and a center of gravity offset from the axis of rotation in a given direction, the watch carrier being adapted to support a watch with the plane of the watch face being perpendicular to the axis of rotation; and a drive means for rotating the carrier about the axis until the given direction is above the axis, whereupon the carrier is released to freely rotate about the axis in an oscillating motion to wind the watch.