JPH06100663B2 - Clock and its manufacturing method - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a timepiece and a method for manufacturing the same, and in particular, a flexible foamed resin plate having a large thickness is used for a dial and a main body, and is soft, lightweight, inexpensive, and has a time display of the dial. Is a different color from the dial, and the time display part is composed of a time display piece that can move in the thickness direction, so that it can appear and disappear according to the user's preference to give a three-dimensional effect and warmth. Watch and manufacturing method thereof.

Conventional technology Almost all conventional timepieces are made of metal, glass, wood, hard resin, etc., so it was a fixed concept that "timepieces are heavy, hard, cold, fragile and expensive". It's no exaggeration to say. In addition, the dials of conventional watches are all fixed at the time of manufacture and sale by the design of the watch manufacturer, and generally have no three-dimensional effect on the plane, and should be changed according to the taste of the user. It was not possible to do so, and there were many things that were not very valuable as interior items. The drawbacks of such a conventional timepiece are not particularly problematic for a wristwatch, a pocket watch, and a part of a table clock, but in a wall clock, they are heavy and hard,
The characteristics of the conventional timepiece, which are cold, fragile, and flat, are unfavorable in many respects, and are not particularly suitable for children's rooms, old people's rooms, and young people. If it is heavy, it is dangerous if it falls, if it is hard it is easy to break, if you touch it, you may be injured, if it is cold the atmosphere of the room will be cold, if it is easy to break it will cause property damage If it is flat, the value and taste as an interior is poor, and if it is expensive, it will be inconvenient because the clock cannot be hung even in the necessary place.

The present invention was made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and its object is to provide a soft foamed resin plate having a large plate thickness so that the timepiece dial constitutes the main body. A dial is formed, and the time display part is punched out in the plate thickness direction to form a plurality of holes of various shapes, and the time display pieces of the same quality as the soft foam resin plate but of different colors are formed in the plate thickness direction. It is extremely lightweight by lightly press fitting so that
It has a soft, warm taste and is hard to break even if dropped, and in particular, the time display part of the dial can be given a three-dimensional effect, and the dial can be made different and colorful, and the time can be displayed according to the taste of the user. An object of the present invention is to provide a very inexpensive timepiece, especially a wall clock, which can make a piece appear and disappear from the dial and give a three-dimensional effect. Another purpose is to use a flexible foam resin plate for the material, so that a very cheap and colorful packaging material can be used for the clock face, increasing the demand for this kind of material and punching it. The cost of the watch is to be made very cheap and the cost of the watch is to be greatly reduced. Still another object is to punch out the time display portions of a plurality of soft foam resin plates of the same quality and different colors by using the same cutting tool type, so that the time display pieces can be dialed in a different color without any other processing. Even if they are exchanged with each other, these time display pieces are formed to have the same size so that they can be lightly press-fitted and held with proper friction without any gap. Another purpose, especially when used as a wall clock, is to make it easy to hang a large number of children's rooms, old people's rooms, washrooms, etc. wherever they want, and especially as a suitable interior for young people. It is to provide a high-quality wall clock.

Configuration In short, the present invention (specific invention) is configured such that the dial is formed of a soft foamed resin plate having a large plate thickness so that the dial constitutes the main body, and the time display portion is punched out in the plate thickness direction and various A plurality of shaped holes are formed, and a time display piece of the same quality as the soft foam resin plate and of a different color is lightly press-fitted into the plurality of holes so as to be movable in the plate thickness direction.

Further, the method of the present invention, the time display portion as a time display piece by punching out at least the time display portion of a flexible foamed resin plate of a specific color having a plate thickness capable of constituting the dial and main body of the timepiece by a die equipped with a cutting tool. Separable time display part Stamped material is formed, the same process is performed for multiple colors of flexible foamed resin plates, and each time display part stamped material with different color is taken out to display other time. It is characterized in that the dial and the time display piece are combined with each other so that the dial and the time display piece have different colors by press-fitting into the holes of the time display section of the blanked material. is there.

The present invention will be described below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. First
1 and 2, the case where the timepiece 1 according to the present invention is applied to a wall clock will be described first. The dial 2 constitutes the main body 3 of the timepiece 1, and the dial 2 is formed by the soft foamed resin plate 4 having a large thickness, and the time display portion 2a and the timepiece module mounting portion 2b are the plates. It is punched in the thickness direction and has a plurality of holes 2c of various shapes for the time display portion 2a and a hole 2e for the timepiece module mounting portion 2b. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, 12:00 of the time, 2
The holes 2c for displaying even times of hours, 4 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 8 o'clock, and 10 o'clock have a numerical shape, and at odd times, the holes 2c are formed in a circular shape, and the soft foamed resin plate 4 is formed. Are completely punched in the thickness direction of.

A time display piece 5 of the same quality as the soft foamed resin plate 4 but of a different color is lightly press-fitted in the hole 2c for the time display portion so as to be movable in the plate thickness direction, and the elasticity of the time display piece 5 and the dial 2 makes it appropriate. It is designed to be held by the frictional force of. Further, in the hole 2e for the timepiece module mounting portion 2b, the timepiece module mounting piece 8 of the same quality as the soft foamed resin plate 4 fixed to the front surface of the timepiece module 6 via the shaft portion 6a is lightly pressed, and the timepiece module 6 is secured. Is invisible from the front surface 2f of the dial 2 and is fixed to the dial 2 only by the elasticity of the soft foam resin plate 4. A nut 9 having a flange 9a is screwed onto the shaft portion 6a of the timepiece module 6, and the diameter of the flange 9a is formed to be larger than the diameter of the shaft portion 6a. The timepiece module mounting piece 8 can be fastened and fixed to the timepiece module 6 by the flange 9a by being screwed onto the timepiece 6a. The internal mechanism of the timepiece module 6 is omitted in FIG. 2, and the shaft 6a has, for example, an hour hand 10, a minute hand 11 and a second hand.
The needles 13 consisting of 12 are fixed to the shafts that rotate independently,
Further, a battery 14 is attached, and a hook portion 15 for hanging the timepiece 1 on the wall or the like is provided on the upper portion, a hook hole 15a is formed in the hook portion, and a wood screw ( (Not shown) or the like.

The dial 2, the time display piece 5, and the timepiece mounting piece 8 may be different in color, and only the dial 2 and the time display piece 5 may be different colors, and the timepiece mounting piece 8 may be different from the dial 2. It is of course possible to use the same color scheme. Further, the time display piece 5 is constructed so as to be freely movable in the plate thickness direction of the dial 2 with respect to the hole 2c as shown by an arrow A or B in FIG. is there.

The soft foam resin plate 4 includes blue, yellow, white, pink,
Materials for packaging colored in various colors such as gray can be used, for example, resins such as polyethylene and polyurethane, the weight of which is very light, soft and warm and extremely It is cheap.

Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the outer shape of the timepiece 1 is formed in a circular shape, but the shape is not limited to the circular shape, and it may be formed in any shape such as a quadrangle, a hexagon, a heart shape, an ellipse and the like. Of course, you can When the timepiece 1 is a wall-clock, the thickness of the soft foam resin plate 4 is, for example, about 13 mm. Also, when implementing the table clock, set the plate thickness to 50 mm or more.

Next, a method of manufacturing the timepiece 1 according to the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the die 20 for punching out the soft foam resin plate 4 has a blade 22 embedded in and fixed to a wooden plywood 21,
The blade portion 22a projects upward from the plywood 21 in FIG. The cutting tool 22 includes a cutting tool 23 for punching out the outer shape of the dial 2 in a circular shape, a large-diameter cutting tool 24 for punching out the time display portion 2a of the dial 2 at 12 o'clock, and a dial 2 at 3 o'clock, 6 o'clock. Blades 25, 26 and 28 of medium diameter for punching out the hour and 9 o'clock time display portions 2a, and a blade 29 with the smallest diameter for punching out the hole 8a into which the shaft portion 6a of the timepiece module 6 is press fitted.
And a square blade 30 for punching out the timepiece module mounting portion 2b. The edges of these blades are surrounded by an edge 31 made of styrofoam resin 32, and when the die 20 is used, the edge 31 is compressed so that the blade 22 projects. Although not shown in FIG. 3, the spaces between the blades 22 are also filled with the styrofoam resin 32 having the same height as the blade portions 22a.

To punch out the soft foamed resin plate 4, as shown in FIG. 4, the die 20 of FIG. 3 is turned upward and the table 38 of the press machine 36 is pressed.
The soft foamed resin plate 4 is placed on the cutting tool 22 filled with the styrofoam resin 32 while being guided by the edge portion 31, and is placed on the table 38 of the press machine 36.
20, the ram 39 is lowered as shown by arrow C and pressed as shown in FIG. 5, the styrofoam resin 32 at the edge 31 and the styrofoam resin 32 around the cutting tool 22 are compressed to project the cutting tool 22 upward. Then, the soft foam resin plate 4 is punched into the same shape as the cutting tool 22.

When the ram 39 is raised as shown by the arrow D in FIG. 6, the expanded polystyrene resin 32 is restored to its original shape, and the soft expanded resin plate 4 is punched into the same shape as the cutting tool 22. Then, the stamped material 35 for the time display portion is formed so that the time display piece 5 as shown in FIG. 7 can be separated from the dial 2. Then, if the color of the stamped material 35 for time display section shown in FIG. 7 is white, for example, the same process is performed for the flexible foamed resin plates 4 of plural colors, and for example, blue (shaded lines) as shown in FIG. For the soft foamed resin plate 4 (shown) and the yellow (shown by mesh) soft foamed resin plate 4 as shown in FIG. 9, holes 2c for the time display part 2a are formed in the time display part 2a, respectively. Each of the module mounting portions 2b is formed with a hole 2e for the clock module mounting portion, and the clock module mounting piece 8 has a hole.
8a is formed at the same time.

In this way, if the soft foam resin plate 4 of three colors, that is, white, blue and yellow is punched out as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the soft foam resin plate 4 shown in FIG. The time display pieces 5 and the timepiece module mounting pieces 8 can be extracted from the dial 2, and all these dimensions are the same for the time display portion punched material 35 shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, Time display piece 5 shown in FIG. 7 to FIG.
And each hole 2c even if the clock module attachment piece 8 is exchanged
Or, it can be combined with 2e without any gap and with appropriate friction and elasticity.

Therefore, the time display pieces 5 are taken out from the stamped materials 35 of different time display portions, respectively, and are lightly pressed into the holes 2c of the time display portions 2a of the stamped material 35 of the other time display portions to display the dial 2 and the time. By combining the pieces 5 with each other so that they have different colors, and also by replacing the timepiece module mounting piece 8 with one of another color, the time display section as shown in FIGS. The dial 2 made of punched material 35 is completed. That is, in FIG. 10, the dial 2 is white, the time display piece 5 is blue, and the timepiece module mounting piece 8 is yellow, and in FIG. 11, the dial 2 is blue. The time display piece 5 is yellow and the timepiece module mounting piece 8 is white. In addition, as shown in FIG. 12, the dial 2 is yellow, the time display piece 5 is white,
The timepiece module mounting piece 8 is blue.

In this way, three kinds of each soft foamed resin plate 4 of the same color are prepared, punched out by the same die 20, and each time display piece 5 is formed.
By combining the timepiece module mounting piece 8 and another piece, it is possible to manufacture the dial 2 having three different color schemes, and there is almost no waste of material.

Then, as shown in FIG. 14, the timepiece module mounting piece 8 is fixed to the timepiece module 6 with the nut 9, and the timepiece module mounting piece 8 and the timepiece module 6 are lightly press-fitted into the timepiece module mounting hole 2e, whereby the timepiece is mounted. 1 is completed. Further, in the above manufacturing method, if the same process is performed for the soft foamed resin plate 4 having more colors, the dial 2, the time display piece 5, and the timepiece module mounting piece 8 can be arranged in many colors. It is possible to complete a very colorful watch 1.

Action The present invention is configured as described above, and its action will be described below. The timepiece 1 is formed of a soft foam resin plate 4, and the soft foam resin plate 4 can be made of a packaging material. Since many colors are used in practice, the dial 2 When completed as, it can have a great number of colors, and since the soft foamed resin plate 4 is very lightweight, soft, and has a warm taste, when completed as a watch 1, it does not exist in a conventional watch. Excellent characteristics can be obtained. Moreover, since each time display piece 5 is only lightly pressed into the dial 2, the time display piece 5 can be moved in and out of the dial by freely moving in the plate thickness direction, It is possible to give the dial 2 a three-dimensional effect. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the time display piece 5 indicating 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock is set flush with the dial 2,
The time display piece 5 showing 2 o'clock and 10 o'clock is buried from the front surface 2f of the dial 2, and the time display piece showing 4 o'clock and 8 o'clock is the front surface 2f.
It is a circular time display piece 5, which is projected from
The time display piece 5 indicating hours, 5, 7, and 9 o'clock can also be made to project from the front surface 2f in the same manner to form the timepiece 1 having a very three-dimensional effect. It can be freely changed according to the taste of the person. In addition, since the mold 20 is extremely inexpensive, the shape of the time display piece 5 can be a natural phenomenon such as a star or cloud, an animal,
You can select and use as many flowers as you like, and you can create a rich variety of designs.

Further, since each time display piece 5 and the clock module mounting piece 8 are punched out by the cutting tool 22 of the same die 20, they are lightly pressed into the holes 2c and 2e with appropriate elasticity and securely held on the dial 2. There is a characteristic to be.

Further, in the timepiece module 6, the timepiece module attachment piece 8 and the timepiece module 6 itself are holes 2e for the timepiece module attachment portion.
Similarly, since the assembly is completed only by lightly press-fitting the assembly, the assembling work is significantly facilitated as compared with the conventional timepiece. Therefore, the timepiece 1 according to the present invention can be supplied at a very low cost (price of 1/5 to 1/10 of that of the conventional product) even if it is a wall clock, due to the low cost of its material.

Further, since the dial 2 itself constitutes the main body 3 of the timepiece 1, the structure is simple, and since the soft foam resin plate 4 is used for the dial 2, the timepiece 1 will be broken even if dropped. It also has excellent characteristics such as no injuries to the user even if it is touched by the body, warmth and taste, and the user's freedom to create a three-dimensional effect. It is possible to obtain a preferable timepiece that has never been seen in a conventional timepiece.

Effect The present invention forms a dial with a soft foamed resin plate having a large plate thickness so that the dial of the timepiece constitutes the main body as described above, and the time display portion is punched out in the plate thickness direction and various A plurality of shaped holes are formed, and since the time display pieces of the same quality as the soft foam resin plate but of different colors are lightly press-fitted in the plurality of holes so that they can be moved in the plate thickness direction, it is extremely lightweight, soft, and has a warm taste. It is hard to break even if dropped, especially the time display part of the dial can have a three-dimensional effect, and the dial can be made different and colorful, and the time display piece can appear and disappear from the dial according to the user's preference. There is an effect that a three-dimensional effect can be produced and an extremely inexpensive clock, particularly a wall clock can be provided. In addition, since a soft foamed resin plate is used as the material, it is possible to use extremely inexpensive and colorful packaging material for the dial of the timepiece, which can increase the demand for this type of material and the die cost for punching. There is an effect that the cost can be reduced significantly and the cost of the watch can be significantly reduced. Furthermore, since the time display part of a plurality of soft foamed resin plates of the same quality and different colors is punched out by the same cutting tool type, the time display piece can be exchanged with that of the dial of another color without any other processing. Even so, these time display pieces are formed to have the same size, and there is an effect that they can be lightly press-fitted with a proper frictional force without a gap and held at all times. In addition, especially when used as a wall clock, it will be possible to easily hang a large number anywhere you want such as a child's room, an elderly room, a washroom,
Further, there is an effect that it is possible to provide a wall clock with a high sense of value as an interior suitable especially for young people.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings are related to the embodiments of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a timepiece,
FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the mold, and FIGS. 4, 5, and 6 show a soft foamed resin plate using a mold by a press machine. Show the punching process (3rd
(IV-IV arrow in the figure) Partial vertical cross-sectional view, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the white stamped material for time display, FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the stamped material for blue time display, and FIG. 9 is yellow. Of the stamped material of the time display part, FIG. 10, FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 are perspective views of a dial showing a state in which each time display piece and the timepiece module mounting piece are exchanged and combined with each other, FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of the stamped material of the time display portion, and FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the completed timepiece. 1 is a clock, 2 is a dial, 2a is a time display portion, 2c is a hole, 3 is a main body, 4 is a soft foam resin plate, 5 is a time display piece, 20 is a mold,
22 is a cutting tool, and 35 is a stamped material for the time display.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A dial is formed of a soft foamed resin plate having a large plate thickness so that the dial constitutes a main body, and a time display portion is punched in the plate thickness direction to form a plurality of holes having various shapes. And a time display piece of the same quality as the soft foamed resin plate but of a different color is lightly pressed into the plurality of holes so as to be movable in the plate thickness direction. 2. The timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the soft foam resin plate is polyethylene. 3. The timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the soft foam resin plate is polyurethane. 4. A soft foamed resin plate of a specific color having a plate thickness capable of forming a dial and main body of a timepiece is punched out by a die equipped with a cutting tool to separate the time display portion as a time display piece. Possible time display part The stamped material is formed, the same process is performed for the flexible foamed resin plates of multiple colors, and the time display parts of different colors are taken out of the stamped material and the other time display parts are obtained. Manufacture of a timepiece characterized by combining the dial and the time display piece with each other so that the dial and the time display piece have different colors by press-fitting into the hole of the stamped material. Method.