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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
JOHN T. ROSSETTI, OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS.
PENDANT FOR STEM-WINDING WATCHES.
SPECIFICATION forming parts of Letters Patent No. 225,874, dated March 23, 1880.
AppHeation filed May 19, 1879.
To all wAhon it may concern?: O is a ring interposed between G and E,
Be it known that I, Joun T. RosSETTI, of and furnishes a bearing for E.
Brownsville, in the county of Cameron and C is the wiinder, and F7 is a small shaft,
State of Texas, have invented a new an l Im- which is fastened to it, and forms a connection 45
5 proved Pendant for Stem-Winding Watches between the winder and themechanism in the
of which the following is a specification. case. To prevent the winder and the shaft from
The object of my invention is to provide a being drawn out or falling out of the pendant,
pendant for a watch which can be turned in the shaft is grooved at K, as is shown in Figs.
every direction and can be screwed into the 2 and 3. A small screw, I, passes through the 50o
so watch-ease. The pendants made heretofore piece Gand the threaded partof the pendant,
could be turned forward and backward in one and projects into the groove K, holding the
direction only, and were not screwed into the shaft and wilder in place, but also permitting
case, but soldered to it, and were very liable the same to be turned as may be necessary.
to break off. It is evident that this pendant has very 55
15 The invention consists in combining a ring great advantages which the old style of pend-
having eyelets, a ring having studs provided ant does not possess. The parts are all
with nuts, and a pendant, as hereinafter de- screwed together, and, as no soldering is
scribed. used, they can very easily be taken apart
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view. for repair and like purposes. The pendant 60
20 Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section; Fig. 3, a de- being screwed into the case, it has a very
tail horizontal cross-section and top view. firm h1old, and there is no liability of its ie-
Similar letters of refereference indicate corre- coming detached from the same. As the
sponding parts. ring B can be moved in the vertical plane,
A is a watch-case, into which the pendant D I and the ring E, to which it is attached, can be 65
25 is screwed. rotated in the horizontal plane, the ring B can
G is a pieceof metal soldered to the case to be placed in almost any desired position,
give it greater strength. It is provided with which is very convenlen in handling and wind-
a threaded holo, through which the screw of ing the watch, and produces less strain on tle
the pendant passes. ring B. 70
30 B is the ring of the pendant. The same is Having thus fill y described my inllvention,I
provided with two eyelets, N N, through which claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
the studs or pins P P pass. These studs P Patent-
are fastened to a solid piece, E, having a hole The combination of the ring PB, provided
in its center, through which the pendant passes, with eyelets N N, of the ring E, provided with 75
35 and can be rotated in the horizontal plane. studs P P and nuts L L, and of the pendant
To prevent the eyelets N N from slipping off D, as and for the purpose set forth.
of the studs, the ends of the studs arc right JOHN THEOI)ORE ROSSETTI.
threaded and the nuts L screwed onto the
same. To prevent the nuts from unscrewing, lWitnesses:
40 small left-threaded screws M I are screwed H. L. IHOWLErIT,
into the ends of the studs P, as shown in Fig. 3. JosEPH HorPvINS.
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Rossetti, John Theodore. Pendant for Stem-Winding Watches., patent, March 23, 1880; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169974/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.