CN101379446A

CN101379446A - Timepiece incorporating a display of the time in two time zones

Info

Publication number: CN101379446A
Application number: CNA2007800046732A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 皮埃尔·考克希亚恩
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-02-06
Filing date: 2007-02-05
Publication date: 2009-03-04
Also published as: WO2007090801A3; EP1816529A1; WO2007090801A2; EP2021878A2

Abstract

The invention relates to a timepiece comprising: a first display device provided with a first display element (12, 14) for periodically displaying a time corresponding to a first time zone, a second display device provided with a second display element (16) for periodically displaying a time corresponding to a second time zone, a connection element (26, 28, 30, 33, 34) which kinematically connects the first display element to the second display element, and a correcting mechanism which is arranged in such a way as to enable the position of the first (12, 14) and second (16) display elements to be modified in synchronism in a first mode, and only one of the display elements to be modified in a second mode. The dimensions of the connection element (26, 28, 30, 33, 34, 36) are designed in such a way as to ensure a relation between the periods of the first element and the second element equal to 1/7n, n being a whole number.

Description

Can carry out the timepiece of two time zone time indications

Technical field

[01] the present invention is the invention that clock and watch are made the field.She is particularly related to a kind of timepiece that comprises the time indication at least two time zones.The wrist-watch of this type is known by the professional population body.This type of wrist-watch has been arranged, and people just can know the time of two different time zones on the earth simultaneously.We also thereby known that a kind of like this wrist-watch is arranged, she is furnished with two hour hands, the time of two different time zones of indication.

[02] this type of wrist-watch is provided with:

[03] 1 first indicating member is furnished with first indicating mechanism that can indicate the time corresponding with first time zone

[04] 1 second indicating member is furnished with second indicating mechanism that can indicate the time corresponding with second time zone

[05] 1 bindiny mechanism can appropriately couple together first and second indicating mechanisms from the kinematics angle

[06] 1 aligning gear of arranging by mode hierarchies under first pattern, can be adjusted the indicating positions of first and second indicating mechanisms simultaneously, and can only adjust the indicating positions of second indicating mechanism under second pattern.

Background technology

[07] under most of situation, indicating device is an indicator.Therefore, in file EP 1336907, the indication of time is to realize by master meter dish and indicator (the indication local time also forms first indicating mechanism) and little dial plate (indicate corresponding times of other time zones institutes and form second indicating mechanism).Yet this solution still can allow the people feel comfortable inadequately, because it is not opened the timing separation at daytime and night.

[08] for overcoming this defective, file US 2005/0180265 has arranged the indicating mechanism that on behalf of 24 hours indicator, another constitute by a circle.Use this solution, just can obviously differentiate daytime and time at night.However, the time of seeing still is some difficulty on table because the dial scale disunity, for an indicator, 12 noon up, and for another indicator, 12 noon then below.

Summary of the invention

[09] purpose of the present invention provides a kind of more simple mode and weighs and indicate the pairing time of second time zone.The realization of this purpose has benefited from this fact: connect the bindiny mechanism of first and second indicating mechanisms, its size design can guarantee that the period ratio between first and second mechanisms is 1/7n, and wherein n is an integer.As a result, second indicating mechanism is rendered as the time cycle in a week.Therefore it can provide the indication of the week in the week, also thereby not only can check second time zone residing moment in one day, also can verify it was at which day at that time.

[10] noticeablely be, second indicating mechanism also is provided with an indicator that is connected in the removable bindiny mechanism, and its layout can make this indicator revolve in per 7 days and turn around.

[11] for making the comfortable as far as possible convenience of information reading, this timepiece also is provided with a dial plate.In addition, second indicating member also comprises the week indication that is located on this dial plate, and be distributed on the dial plate, relative also demarcation with these weeks indications is the scale of time scale.

[12] differently be, second indicating member also comprises 1 disk, is provided with the week indication and time of one day is divided into the time indicating graduation (being distributed on this disk) of a plurality of units.In addition, bindiny mechanism is arranged as this disk is rotated forward with a frequency that equals the time (typical case is for being less than or equal to 1 hour) of (containing two ends) between above two scales at least.

[13] more conveniently be, these scales by its outward appearance be divided at least two kinds dissimilar, can tell easilier working time and time of having a rest.

Description of drawings

[14] read the following diagram of reference when hereinafter illustrating, can understand the present invention better:

[15] Fig. 1 has described the dial plate according to the designed timepiece of the present invention;

[16] Fig. 2 has showed aligning gear that timepiece shown in Figure 1 was equipped with and bindiny mechanism with vertical view;

[17] Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 have showed the part of bindiny mechanism and aligning gear respectively with cut-open view.

Embodiment

[18] timepiece shown in Figure 1 generally comprises hour hands 12 and 1 minute hand 14 that takes a round and represent 1 hour that 10,1 in 1 dial plate takes a round and represents 12 hours.In addition, it also comprise 1 take a round represent 7 days, the additional indicator that links to each other with movable mechanism.

[19] dial plate 10 is provided with week indication 18, and the latter is evenly distributed on the former circumferential edges.The scale 20 (just refer to comprise in week hour) that comprises 160 lattice and week indication 18 are relative and establish, and are divided into 24 lattice (representing 24 hours) in per 1 day.

[20] in this timepiece, local zone time is indicated in a conventional manner.Can determine it was what day reaches the time period of living in one day at that time about the information reading in second time zone.Therefore, indicated time read degree of accuracy is also high unlike previously described traditional wrist-watch indicating device, but simply see a general time from the indicator 16, and it can determine whether the suitable opportunity of getting in touch with someone (being positioned at second time zone) with indicating 18 corresponding positions week.Therefore, for conveniently seeing table, can differentiate the scale between 9 and 17 and 17 to 21 o'clock by different colours or pattern, be daytime or night with differentiation.

[21] above-described timepiece also is provided with a timing knob 22 as traditional wrist-watch.This timing knob 22 is being controlled a time-setting mechanism, and the layout of this mechanism can make knob on the pull-out location, and its spinning movement can be adjusted indicated temporal information.Say that more accurately turning clockwise to make

indicator

12,14 and 16 turn clockwise, it is rotated

counterclockwise indicator

12 and 14 is rotated counterclockwise.This operation is achieved, and is the movement by this timepiece of equipment, particularly the characteristic that shows to movement 10 shown in Figure 4 by Fig. 2.As a result, the time adjustment action on the clockwise direction can be adjusted two temporal informations simultaneously, and the corrective action on the counter clockwise direction then can diverge to temporal information.

[22] as Fig. 2 to shown in Figure 4, contain 1 supplementary module that is arranged on the basic movement according to the designed timepiece of this invention, and the teeth parts of part are expressed out in the drawings when wherein having only it to walk.This module comprises 1 clamping plate 24 that are fixed on the basic movement.

[23] basic movement comprises 1 minute wheel 26 that links to each other with minute hand 14 (Fig. 3 and Fig. 4) and 1 hour wheel 28 that links to each other with hour hands 12.Minute wheel 26 drives hour wheel 28 by a back gear 29.

[24] movable mechanism 30 pivotally is installed on the hour wheel 28 by a slit 32 that embeds hour wheel.This movable mechanism comprises 1 steering wheel 30a, is provided with " wolf's fang " and pinion wheel 30b at its edge.Be placed in the spring 33 between hour wheel 28 and the movable mechanism 30, can guarantee to have between the two reliable friction to connect.

[25] clamping plate 24 have 1 movable mechanism 34 (comprising steering wheel 34a and and pinion wheel 30b engagement) and 1 pinion wheel 34b.Gear 36 pivotally is installed on the hour wheel 28, and leans against on the slit 32, and this gear also links to each other with indicator 16.Movable mechanism 34 is driven by the steering wheel 34a of itself and pinion wheel 30b engagement, and its pinion wheel 34a driven gear 36 rotates.

[26] ratchet 38 pivotally is installed on the clamping plate 24 (Fig. 2).It is fixed on the gear teeth of gear 30 by spring 40.

[27] the mode work of said mechanism is as follows: basic movement (can be quartzy movement or mechanical movement) drives minute wheel 26 by its assembling wheel row mechanism, and minute wheel drives back gear 29.Back gear and hour wheel 28 engagements, hour wheel drives steering wheel 30a by friction spring 33 and pinion wheel 30b rotates.Steering wheel 34a is driven to rotate, and it and pinion wheel 30b engagement, under the drive of steering wheel 34a, pinion wheel 30b and gear 36 rotate thereupon.These gears and pinion wheel One's name is legion can make: hour wheel was revolved and is turned around in per 12 hours, and gear 34 revolved and to turn around and gear 36 per 168 hours (just 7 days) revolves and turns around in per 24 hours.

[28] desire is adjusted the time, and the user can place timing knob 22 pull-out location to carry out.Clockwise rotate this knob, can drive back gear 29 rotations by the reversing lever that does not mark among the figure, and by this back gear, hour wheel 28 and minute wheel 26 rotate with the gear that friction mode drives assembling wheel row mechanism integral body.Hour wheel drives movable mechanism 30 with friction mode, and it drives movable mechanism 34 and gear 36.As a result, all indicators all can be moved.

[29],, 38 on ratchet stops its rotation thereby can blocking gear 30 if the user rotates counterclockwise timing knob 22.As a result, have only hour wheel 28 and minute wheel 26 rotatable, so just can be under the condition that does not change indicator 16 indicating positions independent

adjustment form pin

12 and 14 position.

[30] above-mentioned timepiece only is one of many implementations, and its aligning gear can present all multiple changing types.Therefore also can produce the timepiece of being furnished with a driven member, when this driven member is activated, can drive movable mechanism 34 and pass through its driven gear 36 and indicator 16.In the case, between pinion wheel 30b and the steering wheel 30a friction should be arranged, make ratchet 38 block steering wheel 30a, indicator 16 can be moved separately.

[31] indicating mechanism also can change to some extent.Like this, week indication 18 and time scale 20 can be located at 1 one circle and represent on the disk in a week.This disk can place under the dial plate, and dial plate is provided with a view window and shows the temporal information that presents by the tool window separately.Bindiny mechanism can allow this disk of action drives of movable mechanism of

indicator

12 and 14 of ining succession, and its layout can make its whenever whole hour or move forward a step per half an hour.The time in second time zone and week information can read from the wicket middle body on the dial plate.Also be provided with the different area type of outward appearance on it, can tell better working time and time of having a rest.

[32] also can consider to design a kind of retrograde indication, combine with week indication disk, whenever just beating once during zero point at midnight in second time zone, the indicator that drives in the wrong direction is simultaneously made a backward movement.And the indicator that drives in the wrong direction moves to the other end from an end that has the week indicating section.Under any circumstance, second indicating member all represents to be equivalent to the scale in a week, and the time cycle ratio between such first and second display units equals: 1/14, if revolving to turn around, hour hands are equivalent to 12 hours (this moment, n equaled 2); 1/7, if revolving to turn around, hour hands are equivalent to 1 day (this moment, n equaled 1).

[33] better but not necessarily situation is: all indicating mechanism's arranged concentric, its center overlaps with the dial plate center.

Claims

1. timepiece comprises:

1 first display unit is equipped with first indication mechanism (12,14) that can show the time corresponding with first time zone

1 second display unit is equipped with second indication mechanism (16,18,20) that can show the time corresponding with second time zone

1 bindiny mechanism (26,28,30,33,34) can appropriately couple together first and second indication mechanisms from the kinematics angle

1 aligning gear of arranging by mode hierarchies (22,29) under first pattern, can be regulated the display position of first (12,14) and second (16) indication mechanism simultaneously, and only regulate the display position of one of described indication mechanism under second pattern.There are characteristics in described bindiny mechanism (26,28,30,33,34,36) very much: its size design can guarantee that the period ratio between first and second indicating members is 1/7n, and wherein n is an integer.

2. the timepiece that meets the 1st requirement, its feature show that also above-mentioned second indication mechanism comprises an indicator (16) that is connected in the motor-driven bindiny mechanism, and its layout can make this indicator revolve in per 7 days and turn around.

3. the timepiece that meets the 2nd requirement has feature in addition: dial plate (10) and above-mentioned second indicating member are comprised, and are positioned at the week indication (18) on this dial plate.

4. the timepiece that meets the 3rd requirement, because of above-mentioned second indicating member has feature in addition: dial plate (10) is provided with time scale (20), and this time scale indicates the correspondence position of (18) to demarcate time scale in the above-mentioned cycle.

5. the timepiece that meets the 1st requirement, on above-mentioned second indicating device, be provided with 1 time scale that has week indication and time of one day is divided into some time unit, be located on the above-mentioned disk, and the layout of above-mentioned bindiny mechanism can allow above-mentioned disk rotate forward with a frequency that equals the time between above two scales at least.

6. meet the timepiece of one of the 4th and the 5th requirement, above-mentioned time scale is provided with two types at least, distinguishes its corresponding work and time of having a rest according to its outward appearance.