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EN.GlNEERIN.O I NSTR'UCitiONS Trl\>m
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ELECTRICAL CLOCKS -- PULSE TYPE
M9v~ment~

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l. General.-The statrda:r€1 .f •minute· .puls.e· do:cks
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~re ~~pplied with ratchet mov(,tll!e.nt~..

2. Ratchet movements..._There are three varitie~: J

of tatchet. nio~eniehts, supplied by (i:iff'ei:e.n:t' .co:ntr.a;c.:.
tpr~; fu~y 9p~rat~- qn lli~ ·s.'!Ple pri~c;:ipl·~ b~t diffet
sUghtly in comtruetkmal details. Fig$. l., 2 an€! 3·
ill.~tr:ate the. ~e,e. :typ~~s·. The parts an·d o,pf?ration
of all three are as: fGUows :"- -t-~-_,.,;-.~ F
H~--·--+--.0.
~ -is th.~ _m~ih ra\~h~t-;whe·~, havirig; '120 leeth K---
B the operating .electro:rna~net
0 the
. . armatw:e
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D the armature. lever

E th~ ~civ~_g pawl, which J1loves· the nitchet-wheel
on:e -tooth 0:n the r-elease.- of the ann.a:~~e
F the, (lrjvi.r}.g spfirig, which :n:orrria:lly. holds· the
driviQg pawl. in engagem:e nt with the~ r~t<;het ....
whe~I, and the atzriatilr:e away from the elec-
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troo:ra:gnet. .
G the hC~,c~stop le:ver, whlc~ prevents rnavement of
th.e ratGhet-wheel when t4~ am·atl,lre is attrac-
.ted,, as m1ght he possible from v.ihration ·or on H
<cle.c}\~ with e~pQse9 d_ia~~by p.r.essur~ of wind
·on the. hands
B the. mom~~tum ~.t.qp, whiqh prev:e1;1ts the rat.~het­
:w.heel b.e ing moved more :than one -too.th p>"er
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implllS.e an~:f, with th~pa.wLE, loc_ks the rat~h~t- ·
wheel betv,ree·n pulses
J the_~~oke-liJliit s-t_qp; whi(;41i_mi~ the trav.fil of
.the. a.rm.a::ture.; aod
K. the noli-i·n ductive shunt, pei"ifl:anently d >nneeted
--- F
aGrQSS·. the ~~etr<;>magnet coil.
A

G A

ii~---J

··· G
r---+-·-·;.,. ,J-___ 'F
-D
. ....
K
FIG. 3

3. W·hen,; electrq~a,grtet B is e:l_lefgt:~ed hyj' a pt:1lse

from t};re Cl0ek ·u:n1t, GMT 34 ·or 3..!), tb:e· arn;I~t.ur'Ci! C
i.~ attrad~'d, p.aw'l E is ptopelled ta the t:ight a~a:irtst
.c th.e pre$~.U.l'~· of sprio:g F, aqg !dn;>ps ·ioJQ tb,e rr~xt
Eic;. 1 teolh on ra.tch'et_.wheel A-. '\

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ENGINEERING lNs'tRUGTIONS TIME .
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4.. When the pulse, ceases, spring F drives the pawl 5. Operating c:urrent.- T~e operating current
E fo1ward, and the ra t ch et-wheel ·rotates one tooth , for the movement 1s. 250 rnA. The r esistance of the
equivalent to _a half~minut~ on the dial. T he electromagnets is between 7·5 and 10 ohms and they
' min ute ' hand
. is attached to the ratchet-wheel
. m~ y be connected in cir<:uit without reference to
whi<;;h also drives the ,. hour ' hand through a train polarity.
of .g ears having a reduction ratio of 12 to 1.
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