EP1256036A1 - Montre dotee d'un dispositif d'affichage de symboles - Google Patents

Montre dotee d'un dispositif d'affichage de symboles

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EP1256036A1
EP1256036A1 EP01904247A EP01904247A EP1256036A1 EP 1256036 A1 EP1256036 A1 EP 1256036A1 EP 01904247 A EP01904247 A EP 01904247A EP 01904247 A EP01904247 A EP 01904247A EP 1256036 A1 EP1256036 A1 EP 1256036A1
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Prior art keywords
disc
display
symbols
display element
life
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Harry Guhl
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SUNGCHU Corp
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Ta Nao Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/26—Clocks or watches with indicators for tides, for the phases of the moon, or the like
    • G04B19/262—Clocks or watches with indicators for tides, for the phases of the moon, or the like with indicators for astrological informations
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B45/00—Time pieces of which the indicating means or cases provoke special effects, e.g. aesthetic effects
    • G04B45/0023—Inscriptions or pictures moved by the clockwork, e.g. for advertising

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  • the invention relates to a watch with a device for displaying Chinese representations, which are made visible by a display element.
  • a watch of this type is known from European patent application EP-A 0 489 652.
  • This has a display element in the form of a liquid crystal display, which represents western astrological signs and Chinese astrological signs, with all the signs being visible at the same time and being able to run around the display.
  • eventful hours can be determined after entering a birthday, whereby an eventful hour is determined for a western astrological symbol and an eventful hour for a Chinese symbol.
  • the known device thus assigns a time interval of one hour to a Chinese character.
  • the known device is of complex construction and quite confusing for practical use. In addition, it requires a precise knowledge of the astrological signs, since these can be confused when you take a quick look.
  • the known display device is limited to assigning an astrological influence to a specific hour of the day. Outline of the invention
  • the object of the invention is to further develop the aforementioned clock or its device for displaying representations in such a way that a clear display with new design options is created.
  • the invention proposes that in a device according to the preamble of claim 1, the display element for the display of Chinese life symbols as a picture or characters is configured and makes each a life symbol on a time Inter optically visible ⁇ vall of two hours or at least in appropriately marked in the display field of the clock.
  • the device according to the invention is integrated in a clock with an analog or digital time indication.
  • the invention provides that the respectively visible representation correlates with a specific pointer position.
  • representations can be displayed which are of particular importance if they are visible at a specific point in time or within a specific period.
  • the display element is designed as a disc that can be rotated continuously or discretely advanced via a drive.
  • a simple construction is created by using the driven disk on which the representations of the Chinese symbols of life are arranged.
  • the Chinese life symbols are easy to recognize in their pictorial representation in the form of an animal head, so that confusion between the life symbols is avoided.
  • a representation of the symbols in writing is of course also possible.
  • the disc is expediently arranged under a dial and an opening is provided on the dial through which the individual representations become visible one after the other when the disc is rotated. So it is not all representations at the same time, only that
  • This embodiment also provides that the disk has a period of one revolution of 24 hours. This means that the representations of the Chinese symbols can be repeated periodically after one day.
  • the disk advantageously has a central recess within which the drive is arranged.
  • the drive can be used to drive both the disk and the pointer for the hour display or another pointer for the minute or second display or, for example, a moon phase or date indicator.
  • pictorial, sketchy representations of the Chinese symbols of life are advantageously arranged on the disk.
  • the pictorial symbol of a kite appears from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
  • the pictorial symbol can be engraved on the pane or painted on the pane. Colored designs of the life symbols are also conceivable.
  • a further disk with year numbers can be provided, the respectively visible representation of one of the twelve Chinese symbols of life correlating with a specific year number.
  • a further disk with the life symbols could then be arranged, which shows the corresponding symbol for the specified year number.
  • the display element according to the invention which is integrated in an analog wristwatch, is designed as a retrograde display and shows the twelve life symbols in writing on a visible arc-shaped ring, to which a pointer belongs, which corresponds to the hour hand, minute hand or second hand of the time and / or correlated with the moon phase or date indicator and points to one of the twelve characters for two hours each.
  • the drawing shows essentially composed of two front ⁇ -mentioned embodiments of the invention.
  • 1 shows a plan view of a clock with a display element according to the first embodiment
  • FIG. 2 shows a plan view of a clock with a display element according to the second embodiment
  • the device according to the invention shown in FIG. 1 is a watch with a circular housing 1. Inside the housing 1 there is a clockwork which has a drive 2 for a disk 3. The disc 3 is located between the housing 1 and the clockwork 2 and has a central recess 4 into which the clockwork 2 protrudes. Twelve pictorial representations 5 are arranged on the disk 3, each representation sketchily showing the head shape of an animal and corresponding to a Chinese symbol of life. The twelve representations are the symbols rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. The watch also has a pointer 6 arranged inside the disc 3 and an hour number 7. The pointer 6 and the hour number 7 are shown only schematically in the drawing.
  • the disk 3 is covered on its upper side with a dial not shown in the drawing, this dial having an opening 8 shown schematically in the drawing, in which the individual representations 5 are visible.
  • the clockwork 2 is designed with its gears so that the disc 3 has a period of 24 hours for one revolution. The disc 3 thus completes a complete change within one day. turn Furthermore, the disc 3 is driven via the clockwork 2 such that a display 5 is always visible in the opening 8 for two full hours within a very specific period of time.
  • the movement is designed so that the symbol of a rat appears from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Furthermore, the symbol of an ox appears from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m., the symbol of a tiger from 3 a.m.
  • a symbol of each of the twelve Chinese symbols of life can be easily recognized over a period of two hours, can be displayed clearly and at certain full hours.
  • the device shown in FIG. 2 is also a watch with a circular housing 11, within which a clockwork is arranged which serves for the analog display and guides two hands 12 and 13.
  • the display element is designed as a retrograde display and shows the twelve life symbols on an arcuate ring segment 14 which is visibly arranged in the display field of the watch.
  • This display also includes a pointer 15 which is connected to the hour hand 13 and / or the minute hand 12 Time of day correlated.
  • the twelve symbols schematically represent the characters for rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.
  • the pointer 15 executes a full swing from left to right within one day. Furthermore, the pointer 15 is driven via the clockwork in such a way that it points to one of the twelve symbols for two full hours and swings out to the left after the last double hour of the day and starts the display cycle again for the next day.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show the gearwheel design as used according to the invention in the first exemplary embodiment, the opening 8 of the dial, not shown, being provided in the position “6 o'clock” in these figures
  • the clockwork 2 is provided with two gears coupled to one another in a rotationally effective manner, namely a central gear 21 assigned to the hour hand 20 and a decentrally mounted gear 22.
  • the latter is designed and coupled to the gear 21 in such a way that it rotates twelve revolutions per 24 Hours runs, i.e. one revolution per double hour or per symbol to be displayed.
  • the gear 21 is designed and coupled to the clockwork 2 so that it runs two revolutions per 24 hours.
  • the disc 3 is now on the clockwork 2, or
  • Gearwheels 21 and 22 driven so that they complete one revolution within one day.
  • the rotation of the disk 3 does not take place continuously, but quasi-continuously in twelve partial steps, so that the symbols remain completely visible in the opening 8 during the double hours assigned to them and by a one-time 30 ° when changing the double hours -Rotation of the disc 3 can be replaced by the next symbol.
  • the latter can also be arranged on the dial or form a part, for example the central part thereof, that is to say it can be completely visible.
  • the disc which has a period of 24 hours / per revolution, correlates with a pointer, for example the hour hand, in such a way that a marker pointer provided on the dial for two hours points in each case to the life symbol assigned to the corresponding time.
  • the display element according to the invention can of course also be formed by a digital liquid crystal display and display the twelve symbols mentioned above in pictorial form or as characters at intervals of two hours.
  • a display element can optionally be integrated in a wristwatch with a digital or analog time indication.
  • the retrograde display as described with reference to FIG. 2, can of course also be integrated in a clock with a digital liquid crystal time indication and / or represent the twelve life symbols in a pictorial form.

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Astronomy & Astrophysics (AREA)
  • Electromechanical Clocks (AREA)
  • Control Of Indicators Other Than Cathode Ray Tubes (AREA)
  • Electric Clocks (AREA)

Abstract

La montre selon l'invention possède une date numérique ou analogique et un dispositif d'affichage de symboles chinois à l'aide d'un élément d'affichage. Cet élément d'affichage permet notamment de représenter les douze signes astrologiques chinois (5) et est conçu de telle façon qu'il affiche un signe astrologique respectivement pendant une période de deux heures, le symbole (5) respectivement visible étant en corrélation avec une heure précise.
EP01904247A 2000-02-15 2001-02-14 Montre dotee d'un dispositif d'affichage de symboles Withdrawn EP1256036A1 (fr)

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DE20002632U DE20002632U1 (de) 2000-02-15 2000-02-15 Vorrichtung zur Anzeige von Darstellungen
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PCT/IB2001/000194 WO2001061423A1 (fr) 2000-02-15 2001-02-14 Montre dotee d'un dispositif d'affichage de symboles

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EP (1) EP1256036A1 (fr)
CN (1) CN1401097A (fr)
AU (1) AU3216001A (fr)
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WO (1) WO2001061423A1 (fr)

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