EP3047338A2 - Dispositif permettant d'indiquer un temps et procédé de commande dudit dispositif - Google Patents

Dispositif permettant d'indiquer un temps et procédé de commande dudit dispositif

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EP3047338A2
EP3047338A2 EP14771757.3A EP14771757A EP3047338A2 EP 3047338 A2 EP3047338 A2 EP 3047338A2 EP 14771757 A EP14771757 A EP 14771757A EP 3047338 A2 EP3047338 A2 EP 3047338A2
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container
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liquid level
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liquid
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Durs HESS
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Moser Lukas
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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
    • G04B1/00—Driving mechanisms
    • G04B1/26—Driving mechanisms driven by liquids or gases; Liquid or gaseous drives for mechanically-controlled secondary clocks
    • 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
    • G04B19/20—Indicating by numbered bands, drums, discs, or sheets
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B17/00—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups
    • B05B17/08—Fountains

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  • the invention relates to the field of time display. It relates to a device for displaying a time with a liquid and a method for controlling such a device. From WO 2006/065976 a linear liquid clock is known, wherein the time course is indicated by a linear movement of a liquid column in an inner tube gap.
  • US 2002/134856 shows a water feature with a volume of water filled vessel.
  • the volume of water in the vessel is rotated and a height of a resulting water swirl is varied over time.
  • liquid clocks serve only to indicate time information and do not contribute to the indoor climate, for example, by illuminating the air outside the "liquid clock” at or to a calming mood by a rippling of a liquid.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a device for indicating a time which can humidify the air during operation in order to create a pleasant room climate. Another object is to make it possible to read the time also from a great distance from the device. At least one of these objects is achieved by a device for indicating a time, which comprises at least one container, at least one reservoir, and at least one pump connected to the container, wherein by means of the pump a liquid from the reservoir is pumpable into an interior of the container.
  • the apparatus also includes a controller for adjusting a liquid level inside the container in accordance with a time information.
  • the container has a plurality of lateral outflow openings, wherein the outflow openings are arranged at different heights of the container.
  • the liquid may be any liquid such as water, water with an additive, an oil, another liquid or a liquid mixture.
  • the device may be referred to as a water meter, but this term does not limit the subject invention to water as a liquid, but rather serves the better readability of this text.
  • the (liquid) jet is characterized by the fact that it does not flow down on the outside of the container but in free fall from an outside of the container is objected. If the liquid level rises even further beyond the level of a next higher outflow opening, a liquid jet also flows from this next higher outflow opening.
  • the liquid level can be arbitrarily set with Hil le the controller.
  • the individual beams result in a discrete (ie non-continuous) display of the time information without the need for valves.
  • the liquid level in the container is adjusted within a height band.
  • the height band corresponds to a height portion of the container and extends from a minimum height to a maximum height.
  • the minimum height is at a minimum distance above a first Ausfiussö réelle and the maximum height is below a second outflow opening or below a total height of the container.
  • the first and second outflow openings are to be regarded as a pair of outflow openings, wherein no further outflow opening is arranged between the first and the second outflow opening.
  • the term "between” refers to the height of the container, in other words, the second discharge orifice is the next higher discharge orifice with respect to the first discharge orifice This means that no discharge opening is arranged within a height band.
  • the two outflow openings which delimit a height band are, for example, at least 20 mm apart from each other in a perpendicular manner. Since the water meter has a plurality of outflow openings, the water meter can also show several height bands (each between a pair of outflow openings).
  • the second (upper) Ausfiussö réelle a first height band can simultaneously represent the first (lower) Ausfiussö réelle a second height band, wherein the second height band is disposed above the first height band.
  • An adhesive tape is designed such that the hydrostatic pressure generated by the liquid in the container is large enough that the outflowing liquid forms a jet in the directly downstream discharge opening and outflow openings located further down, ie does not run along the outside of the container.
  • the liquid level can therefore be as close as possible to the second outlet opening and the maximum height of the height band.
  • the minimum distance is in each case 50% and in particular 80% of the vertical distance between the outflow openings of a height band.
  • Each height band or each outflow opening corresponds to a time information. If the liquid level lies in a certain height band, the liquid pumped into the container then flows in the form of a jet from all outflow openings which are arranged below the liquid level. The time information can thus be read in accordance with the uppermost beam. It is therefore also possible to read the time information from a greater distance.
  • the liquid level is adjusted from one altitude band to another altitude band.
  • the other altitude band can be arranged depending on the time and the control above or below the previous altitude band. In this way, the number of outflow openings from which the liquid flows out as a jet and thus the display of the time information changes.
  • a change of the liquid level to another altitude band can be described by a step function.
  • the transition from one altitude band to another flea band takes place abruptly and as quickly as possible.
  • this rapid change of the liquid level it becomes possible to quickly display new time information corresponding to the set altitude band.
  • a beam is quickly "turned off” when transitioning to a lower other altitude band, or is rapidly formed when moving to a higher other altitude band.
  • the container is hollow and can have almost any shape.
  • the container may for example be cylindrical, conical, egg-shaped, pyramidal or irregular.
  • the operating state of the water meter is defined so that the pump pumps a liquid into the container and the liquid (depending on the time information) flows out of at least one outflow opening in the form of a jet.
  • the lateral outlets are arranged in the operating state of the water meter so that they are not aligned parallel to the vector of gravitational force.
  • the liquid level is substantially perpendicular to the vector of gravitational force.
  • the height of the container in the operating state of the water meter extends parallel to the vector of gravitational force, with terms such as below, lower end and bottom of a direction corresponding to the same direction aligned with the vector of gravitational force. Terms such as above, top, top correspond to a directional indication that is opposite to the vector of gravitational force.
  • the outflow openings may be round, oval, triangular, quadrangular, polyhedral or irregularly shaped.
  • the size of the outflow openings can also be selected as desired within limits, with, for example, the minimum distance and / or a pumping rate of the liquid being directly proportional to the size of the outflow opening.
  • At least one of the outflow openings may have a sharp edge in a transition to an outside of the container.
  • the sharp edge is characterized in a cross section through the outflow opening by an acute, a dull or a right angle between the outside of the container and an inside of the outer wall of the container. In other words, the edge at the transition to the outside of the container is not rounded, chamfered or chamfered. As a result, the formation of a jet is facilitated when flowing out of a liquid.
  • At least one of the outflow openings may have a rounded and / or chamfered edge in a transition to an inner side of the container. To this In this way, an inflow of the liquid into the outflow opening is facilitated. Furthermore, turbulences when flowing in can be reduced and thus the formation of a jet can be supported. At least one of the outflow openings may have an outlet connection on an outer side of the container.
  • the outlet nozzle may be formed for example as a gutter or tube.
  • Such a spout can be aligned with a substantially arbitrary orientation to the outer wall of the container. The spout can facilitate the formation of a jet.
  • the water meter may have a sensor for determining a sensor signal corresponding to the liquid level, wherein the controller is adapted to control the liquid level in accordance with the sensor signal.
  • a sensor may be arranged as a pressure sensor at the bottom of the container.
  • the sensor can also generate the sensor signal with the aid of, for example, ultrasound, a laser or a float.
  • the controller can adjust the liquid level in a particular altitude band. The adjustment of the height band can be achieved by controlling the pump and thus the flow through the pump. The control of the flow can happen.
  • the rotational speed of the pump is substantially proportional to the flow rate and, accordingly, the rotational speed is varied, or by limiting and thus adjusting the flow rate by means of a controllable throttle valve, or by regulating a return of the fluid by means of a controllable bypass valve and thus only an adjustable partial flow
  • the pumped by the pump liquid enters the container.
  • the liquid level can be adjusted in a defined height band and the Iheöhenband corresponding time indication can be read.
  • the fluid from the reservoir can also flow back through the pump into the reservoir.
  • the water meter may have a drip tray, with the aid of the drip tray a liquid is traceable into the reservoir.
  • the drip tray is designed so that a jet that flows out of one of the outflow openings is collected in the drip tray.
  • the collecting tray can be shaped, for example, oblong, oval or round.
  • the container may be formed of any material, such as a plastic, such as a polymer, of Plexiglas, or of a metal, such as steel or aluminum, or of glass or ceramic or wood.
  • the container can be partially or completely illuminated.
  • the outflow openings can be arranged evenly over the fleas of the container.
  • outflow openings are arranged on the substantially same height of the container. As a result, the time can be read from several viewing directions.
  • the outflow openings may be arranged distributed over the circumference of the container or in the solder over the height of the container.
  • a preferred diameter of the outflow opening depends on the viscosity of the outflowing liquid and may be at least 1 mm, for example in the case of water.
  • the controller can be arranged to illuminate the container and / or the outflowing radiation one or more lamps.
  • lamps are for example LEDs. They may be disposed within the container in the liquid, and / or in the wall of the container. Illuminants can each be associated with a single beam, as it exits through an outflow opening during operation of the device, so that the light emitted by them is mainly coupled into this beam.
  • the bulbs can be operated continuously, or they can be switched on and off individually and all together or changed in their color by the controller in accordance with the time information or also by other data.
  • the controller may preferably be controlled wirelessly via an interface for a radio link or an infrared link through a remote control.
  • the remote control can be a smartphone, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a PC (personal computer) or a dedicated remote control.
  • operating conditions and / or operating parameters can be set and varied. For example, the assignment of height bands to time intervals can be set (eg, the liquid level is increasing or decreasing with time), and / or parameters of lighting can be set (eg, colors change by time or by chance).
  • a corresponding application program for the remote control of the device can be loaded onto the remote control and brought to execution and realized in the execution of a user interface for remote control of the device.
  • Embodiments of the water meter may have co-ordinated containers, which containers may serve to indicate, for example, hours and minutes or quarter-hours or 10-minute increments or other arbitrary time units such as days or months.
  • the time display may refer to the time of day or to a time relative to a reference time, analogous to a stopwatch or an hourglass.
  • Figure 1 shows a device for displaying a time
  • Figure 2 shows a cross section through a portion of a container
  • FIG. 1 shows a device 1 for displaying a time.
  • the device 1 has at least one container 2, at least one reservoir 4, and at least one pump 3 connected to the container 2. With the aid of the pump 3, a liquid can be pumped from the reservoir 4 into an interior of the container 2.
  • the device also has a controller 6 for adjusting a liquid level 25 inside the container 2 in accordance with a time information.
  • the container 2 has a plurality of lateral outflow openings 21, here for example eleven, wherein the outflow openings 21 are arranged at different heights of the container 2.
  • the eleven outflow openings 21 are distributed equidistant in the Lot over the height of the container 2 and each have an outlet nozzle 24 on the outside of the container 2.
  • Each outflow opening 21 is associated with a time interval of one hour.
  • the lowermost discharge port 21 corresponds, for example, to a time of 0-1 h, the second lowermost discharge port 21 to 1-2 h, and so forth, the uppermost discharge port 21 therefore corresponds to 11-12 h.
  • the device in Figure 1 thus indicates a time between 3-4 h. It may also be that in a certain time interval no single outflow opening 21 flows through. In other embodiments, the lowermost outflow opening 21 may also correspond to a time of 12-1 lh, in which case the uppermost outflow opening 21 corresponds to 2 lh. The device would then display a time of 8 -9h accordingly.
  • Figure 2 shows a cross section through a portion of the container 2 of the device.
  • the liquid level 25 is adjusted in each case within a height band 26, wherein the height band 26 corresponds to a height section of the container 2.
  • the height band 26 extends from a minimum height 27 to a maximum height 28.
  • the minimum height 27 lies at a minimum distance 29 above a first outflow opening 21 and the maximum height 28 is below a second outflow opening 21 or below an overall height of the container.
  • the liquid level 25 lies as high as possible in the height band 26 and thus as close as possible to the maximum height 28 and the second outflow opening 21.
  • the minimum distance between the liquid level 25 and the next downstream outflow opening 21 is for example 20 mm. to ensure a good beam shape.
  • the height bands 26a, 26b and 26c shown correspond to a time of, for example, 1 1 -12h, 10-1 lh and 9-10h, respectively.
  • the liquid level 25 is in the uppermost height band 26a between the uppermost minimum height 27a and the uppermost maximum height 28a.
  • the liquid flows from all outflow openings 21 each in the form of a jet.
  • the device thus indicates a time of 1 1 -12 h. Due to the hydrostatic pressure that forms through the liquid in the container 2, a jet from a lower outflow opening 21 is deflected far and a jet from an upper outflow opening 21 will flow closer to the container 2 but still in free fall.
  • the outflow openings 21 are arranged helically over the height of the container 2. In the embodiment shown, the outflow openings 21 have a sharp edge in a transition to an outer side 23 of the container 2.
  • the outflow openings 21 have a rounded transition to an inner side 22 of the container 2.
  • the outflow opening 21 may have on the outside 23 of the container 2 an outlet connection 24 (FIG. 1), which in such embodiments assists in the formation of a jet.
  • the device also includes a sensor 61, wherein the sensor 61 determines a sensor signal corresponding to the liquid level 25.
  • the controller 6 is designed to regulate the liquid level 25 in accordance with the sensor signal.
  • the liquid level 25 is also adjusted in accordance with a time information in a certain / defined height band 26.
  • the liquid flows out of all the outflow openings 21 which are below the liquid level 25.
  • the controller 6 controls a pumping rate of the pump to keep the liquid level 25 within the set height band 26.
  • the liquid jet flowing out of the outflow openings 21 is collected in a collecting tray 5 and the liquid is returned to the reservoir 4.
  • the shape of the collecting tray 5 is adapted to the orientation of the outflow openings 21.
  • the outflow openings 21 are in some embodiments substantially distributed in the solder over the fleas of the container 2. In other Ausuiungsformen at least two outflow openings 21 are arranged at the same height of the container 2. It is also possible that the outflow opening 21 also distributed over the circumference of the container 2, for example, helically or stepwise, are arranged.
  • the container 2 of the device may have a cylindrical shape.
  • the container 2 may have a diameter of at least 2 cm and a height of 24 cm, wherein the outflow openings 21 are at least 2 cm apart in the Lot.
  • the dimensions of the device are freely scalable and can on the one hand be adapted to the type of liquid and, on the other hand, to the environment.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif permettant d'indiquer un temps, lequel présente au moins un récipient (2), au moins un réservoir (4), au moins une pompe (3) raccordée au récipient (2). La pompe (3) permet de pomper un liquide hors du réservoir (4) vers l'intérieur du récipient (2). Le dispositif (1) comporte également une commande (6) permettant d'ajuster un niveau (25) de liquide à l'intérieur du récipient (2) en fonction d'une information temporelle. Le récipient (2) comporte plusieurs ouvertures de sortie (21), les ouvertures de sortie (21) étant disposées à différentes hauteurs du récipient (2). Le niveau (25) de liquide est ajusté à l'intérieur d'une bande de hauteur (26), la bande de hauteur (26) correspondant à une section de la hauteur du récipient (2). La bande de hauteur (26) s'étend à partir d'une hauteur minimale (27) jusqu'à une hauteur maximale (28). La hauteur minimale (27) se trouve à une distance minimale (29) au-dessus d'une première ouverture de sortie (21) et la hauteur maximale (28) se trouve au-dessous d'une deuxième ouverture de sortie (21) ou au-dessous d'une hauteur totale du récipient (2).
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CH01609/13A CH708596A1 (de) 2013-09-19 2013-09-19 Vorrichtung zum Anzeigen einer Zeit und Verfahren zur Steuerung einer solchen Vorrichtung.
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