JPS6212295Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to the gantry of the world clock, especially the part that displays the time, and its purpose is to make it easy to read the time in the desired country and to make its operation simple. It's about trying to get used to it.

Looking at world clocks that are generally available on the market, the names of countries around the world are written in the appropriate order around the circular hole in the case, and the 24
A movable panel exhibiting an annular shape with equally divided morning and afternoon indications is provided, and the movable panel is rotated or relatively reversed, i.e.,
There is a type of world clock in which the side on which the name of the country is written is a movable panel that rotates to determine the time of a desired country, and a clock for one's own country is disposed within the movable panel.

However, with this configuration,
It is troublesome and troublesome to search for the desired country name from the names of countries entered, and it is still inadequate as a means of direct reading.Furthermore, since a movable panel is arranged around the periphery of the country's clock, it is difficult and troublesome to find the name of the desired country. There are some drawbacks when using this device, such as the fact that reading the local time can be difficult to read.

This proposal aims to solve the above-mentioned difficulties as much as possible, and the specific configuration of one embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A in Fig. 1 with the national flag omitted to show the structure of the globe and the housing. , in the figure, B is, for example, a substantially rectangular casing, with a circular hole H bored in the center of its front surface;
A drive device D that rotates once every 24 hours is disposed on the rear surface, and further, at the periphery of the round hole H,
The apex is at noon, the point just below is at midnight, the left side is divided into 12 equal parts to determine the afternoon time, the right side is divided into 12 equal parts to determine the morning time, and each time is rotated counterclockwise as the number of times increases. The time is displayed.

G is a spherical globe with a diameter that maintains a predetermined gap g between the round hole H drilled in the housing, and a world map (not shown) is pasted on its surface, and each country is marked in the same way as a regular globe. The shaft T fixed on the rear surface is rotated to the left by the previously described drive device D at a speed of one rotation per day as shown by the arrow in FIG.

h ₀ , h ₁ , h ₂ , ... _ho divides the equator into 24 equal parts based on the point where the equator of the globe intersects the plane that intersects the axis of the globe G and the position of Greenwich Observatory, and With a plurality of small holes used to erect the stick-shaped body of the national flag m of the country, which has a stick-shaped body serving as a guide, near the capital or major region of each country based on these positions, Looking at a map of each country on a globe, for example, if the time is Japan, it is a good idea to plant the Japanese flag in the small hole on the equator below the capital Tokyo, and in this way you can see the time of each country in both the upper and lower hemispheres. The location has been determined.

N is a handle that protrudes from a part of the drive device D, and by turning it, the time can be set to any country on the globe. S is a base for supporting the housing B, for example, the front It is equipped with a clock for the country's use, and is formed into a roughly right triangular cross section that tapers toward the depth.

In addition, M is a mirror arranged so that it is convenient to see each country in the lower hemisphere through the gap g in front of the case B, and the case B is transparent in the lower hemisphere with only the four peripheral sides b being transparent. to make it easier to see each country, and furthermore, the front is shown in Figure 1 B.
- The upper half of the line is colored in a bright color such as white, cream, or orange, and the lower half is colored in a dark color such as black or navy blue, with the B line as the border, giving the impression of day and night. DL indicates the international date line.

The present invention consists of the above-mentioned structure, and next, the mode of use and the effects are described, for example,
If you are in Japan and want to know the time in the United States, first look at a globe, place a stick with the Japanese flag m _{0 in the small hole h on the equator, which is directly below Tokyo, and then place the Japanese flag m 0} in the same way as above. The American flag M ₁ will be planted at the small hole h on the equator, which corresponds to the area directly below the required area within the country (there are four time zones). Next, if Japan is at noon, for example, the Japanese flag m ₀ can be adjusted to the noon position by rotating the handle N, and in this way,
It is advisable to erect several flags of desired countries, such as Great Britain _m2 , West Germany _m0 , etc., at the same time in the small holes h at corresponding positions.

In this state, the globe rotates counterclockwise once a day, but if it is noon in Japan, it is 7 p.m. in Los Angeles on the west coast of the United States, 3 a.m. in London, and 4 a.m. in West Germany. hour, and the time in each country can be read clearly and directly, and the date is past the international date line DL in the rotational direction and up to the midnight position, the date will be delayed by one day, and the date will be set in the country past midnight. is often set as the same date as our country, Japan.
In the case shown in the figure, the time in Los Angeles is 7:00 pm on the day before the date in Japan, 3:00 am in the UK on the same day as Japan, and 4:00 am in West Germany on the same day, so the date and time in other countries are known. do.

As mentioned above, the idea is that by placing several sticks of the flags of the required foreign countries in the small holes, the sticks of the flags of the respective countries will serve as a guide, and it will be easy to tell the time and day and night of each country at a glance. Since the distinction can be read directly,
Even children can easily tell the time, and all they have to do is place the flag of the desired country in the designated place, so there is no need to worry about finding the name of the country as with conventional formats. It is very convenient for knowing the time at each place of work, in each country, and when using telephones, telex, etc., and has excellent effects that can fully achieve the intended purpose stated at the beginning of this section. play.

The configuration of the present invention is not limited to the above explanation; for example, the structure of the base S may be of any suitable shape other than the triangular cross section, and the clock on the front may of course be of an analog type. It's okay,
Furthermore, it may be omitted if unnecessary.Finally, the driving device of the globe is built in the globe and is different from the above explanation in which the globe itself is rotated about the axis T fixed to the housing B. It goes without saying that the driving method may be reversed for some reason; however, such a method is merely a design change.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a front view, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A in FIG. 1, omitting the national flag, showing the structure of the globe and the housing. B... Housing, b... Side, DL... Date line, G... Globe, g... Gap, H... Round hole,
h ₀ , h ₁ , h ₂ ... h _o ... small hole, M ... mirror, m ... national flag, N ... handle, S ... base.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A casing B having a round hole H drilled through its entire surface, a globe G having a diameter that maintains a gap g between the round holes, and driven once to the left in 24 hours, and a national flag m having a rod-shaped body serving as a pointer. The periphery of the round hole is
The apex is at noon, the point directly below it is at midnight, the left side is divided into 12 equal parts to represent the afternoon time, the right side is divided into 12 equal parts to represent the morning time, and each time increases in the counterclockwise rotation direction.
The time is displayed on each globe, and the globe is located on the equator with a point that intersects the equator of the globe with a plane that coincides with the axis of the earth and the Greenwich Observatory, directly below the capital or major region of each country. (or directly above)
A world clock characterized in that a plurality of small holes h used for erecting the rod-shaped bodies of national flags m of each country are bored nearby.