CN1050621A

CN1050621A - World time device

Info

Publication number: CN1050621A
Application number: CN90107915A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 德怀特·达林
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1989-09-28
Filing date: 1990-09-28
Publication date: 1991-04-10
Also published as: NL9002127A; FR2652425A1; GB9021151D0; CH681266B5; GR900100723A; SE9003034L; AU6437990A; WO1991005291A1; CH681266GA3; IL95779A0; CA1282808C; IE903429A1; IT9048318A0; ZA907681B; CS471590A3; GB2236413A; SE9003034D0; DE4030744A1; PT95465A; IT9048318A1

Abstract

The South Pole projected map that a kind of World time device, this device have an earth of a circle is installed on the base and can rotates with hour hands relative to base, and map is around its center rotation corresponding with the south pole of the earth.Endless belt with 24 zone sections of even spaced apart very first time is set on the base and exceeds the outer of map.Circle ring area with 24 spaced apart second time zone sections is arranged on the circumference of map, and this circle ring area and very first time endless belt, zone and map are concentric and be between regional determined circle of the very first time and the map.

Description

World time device

The present invention relates to a kind of time set, this device can be measured the time with respect to any geographic position in the world of any selected zone time, and this device can combine with a kind of twenty four hours system clockwork and realize automatic work.

Be used for determining that many devices and the computing method of the time of different time zone are applied in the past in the world, yet, device that all these use in the past or method all need to rely on the user skillfully to operate or the user has the knowledge of certain depth can carry out the calculating of certain form with certain a part of limbs, and are familiar with target and universal geography.

United States Patent (USP) 594,400(inventor: Magolis) proposed a kind of device that comprises two overlapping maps, described two maps rotate together by means of the manipulation of twenty four hours system clockwork, cartographic representation the Southern Hemisphere wherein, and another cartographic representation Northern Hemisphere.Yet owing to having used this overlapping map to cause the VC of height, a kind of like this combination of map makes people be difficult to recognize the position of selected city or country.In addition, the patent of Magolis does not propose the imagery labeling method, and this method will make that the land area that is in different time zone can be recognized at an easy rate; The patent of Magolis can not provide the mark of city or country name on its map, this is to make to have too many relevant title so that can't be labeled in the zone of qualification on some zone because two maps overlap.

The present invention proposes a kind of mensuration device of time under the sun, this device has overcome the technical shortcoming of said apparatus.This device can be used hand operation, also can drive and work automatically with clock.This device mainly comprises: a base; One is placed in rotary map on the base; Be arranged on the very first time zone on the base, described very first time zone is by being determined in the concentric endless belt of peripheral and map, and is divided into 24 sections in equal size; With determined second time zone of annulus that is provided with by the circumference around map, described second time zone also is divided into 24 sections in equal size.Described map is the South Pole projection of the earth, and it can be around rotation with the corresponding central point in the South Pole with hand or with the clockwork band.In manual embodiment, preferably also provide hour hands.In manual and automatic embodiment, hour hands all rotate with the map clockwise direction, and all corresponding to a certain specific hour in continuous 24 hours, each hour all was marked on the centre of section to each very first time zone section on the base.When with 12 hours system marks during the time, the such abb. of the most handy a.m. and p.m. is distinguished daytime and evening.Each second time zone section on the map circumference all is that very directly perceived very clearly they preferably adopt colour-coded, these sections be centered close on the degree line of footpath 15 degree (corresponding to 1 hour) of being separated by.

Geographical time zone comprises the land area of the footpath degree feature with identical local time.In fact, the division in these geographical time zones is mainly according to tradition or convention (for example: territorial entitlement, circle, state or national boundaries, or economic cause).Land area on the map also adopts the imagery mark with corresponding with the second contiguous time zone section.Therefore, each second time zone section all has a relevant geographical time zone.When setting the local time (known) of selected geographic area, should rotate map the second time zone section and the second time zone section are aligned.Therefore, by second and the combination of very first time zone section, can be by means of the time of all each geographic areas of imagery marker determination.

Any in the world position of a kind of mensuration that the present invention proposes is characterized in that with respect to the device of the time of a certain selected geographic area this device comprises:

A base;

A circular world map that is placed on the described base and can rotates relative to base, wherein, the described world map of the South Pole projection of the earth that representative is revised is around rotating with the center of South Pole corresponding map, and being divided into 24 geographical time zones according to the local time, wherein said geographical time zone adopts colour-coded so that the color difference of adjacent area;

Article one, by being positioned at definite very first time zone, endless belt on the base and concentric with described map, described very first time zone is divided into 24 sections equably, and resembles 24 hours system clock scales mark Shang hour symbols of standard;

Article one, by on the circumference that is positioned at described rotating circular map and around the second definite time zone of the annulus of this circumference, described second time zone is divided into 24 sections equably, and being marked with different colors in adjacent sections, wherein each second time zone section is corresponding with the geographical time zone of the vicinity with same color;

The second time zone section by will be corresponding and align with corresponding very first time zone section of the known local time of described selected geographic area with selected geographic area, in the world the local time in any geographic position can by recognize read with the adjoining very first time zone of corresponding second time zone in described any in the world position on a hour symbol obtain.

This device has the twenty four hours system clock clockwork of hour hands, minute hand and second hand to confess the time of read flag on described very first time zone, by described hour hands are fixed to described map is rotated with described hour hands.

Wherein said map further comprises the labeling method of the geographic area that is in time zone half an hour, and described labeling method comprises auxiliary hacures, wherein said half an hour the time zone time be marked at time phase difference half an hour on the described very first time zone.

This device further comprises important hour hands and a stop mechanism, and wherein said stop mechanism comprises:

Be fixed on the back side of described circular world map and rotating stopping element, the installation site of described stopping element should make it can with the ratchet cooperating that is circular layout;

Be fixed on the Horologium with the ratchet that is circular layout of stopping element cooperating;

Wherein, when needs are set or reset device and when manually counterclockwise rotating hour hands, the motion of circular world map is owing to being stopped between two ratchets on stopping element the is sandwiched in described ratchet ring that is circular layout, and when manual clockwise direction is rotated hour hands, circular world map rotates with hour hands, and stopping element then slips on the ratchet that is circular layout.

Stopping element described in this device also comprises a disk, this disk is co-axially mounted on the back side of circular world map, the hour hand axle of twenty four hours system clockwork passes described disk, one elastic pawl is arranged on the exposure of this disk, adopt this structure, when needs are set or reset device and when counterclockwise rotating hour hands, the motion of circular world map is owing to being stopped between two ratchets on stopping element the is sandwiched in described ratchet ring that is circular layout, and when manual clockwise direction is rotated hour hands, circular world map rotates with hour hands, and stopping element then slips on the ratchet that is circular layout.

Base described in this device is made with coaxial recessed district, center, comprise the described ratchet that is circular layout that is positioned at recessed district, bottom in the space relationship mode in these recessed districts, be positioned at the described circular world map and the endless belt, zone of the described very first time that is positioned at recessed district, top in recessed district, middle part;

Endless belt, zone of the wherein said very first time is disposed in recessed district, described top so that the annulus that it partly covers second time zone provides guiding enter described base for circular map;

Wherein said clockwork is installed on the base so that pass described base center with hour hand axle, minute hand shaft and the second hand axle of its coaxial arrangement and be meshed with the hour hands that are fixed together with circular world map and minute hand, second hand respectively.

In most preferred embodiment of the present invention, described device is handled automatically by twenty four hours system clockwork, and the hour hands of clockwork are with map synchronous (being that map rotates with hour hands).

For setting or reset time zone (promptly when needing this device setting or resetting) in a certain selected geographic area, hour hands should be navigated to the centre (zone of promptly locating or reorientating) of colour-coded as the second time zone section of selected geographic area, hour hands are counterclockwise rotated for stop mechanism so that its location or reorientate.At this moment map will not rotate with hour hands.

Be correction time, hour hands, minute hand and second hand should be adjusted to respectively and the same position of corresponding to clock of local time that at this moment, map will rotate along clockwise direction with hour hands.

Another embodiment relates to a kind of hand gear, in this case, hour hands is only arranged, and for setting or reset the time zone, hour hands rotate by aforementioned counter clockwise direction, and then, map will be turned to the position of indication local time along clockwise direction with hour hands.

In above-mentioned two embodiment, setting or resetting the time zone and after the alignment time, the local time of any geographic area can be read by endless belt, very first time zone continuously by the imagery mark.

In addition, also can imagine the possibility of setting up a Computer Database, this database comprises the South Pole projection of the world map that provides with the clock face form, first and second time zones (adopting enough imagery marks), hour hands, information such as minute hand and second hand, the map of clock can extract from calculator memory and show under programmed control, adopts this method can resemble equally and sets or reset time zone and correction time above-described.

Type hand embodiment can be used as school instruction (promptly explaining the variation of date and time all over the world to the student), and automatic type embodiment can be used to aviation and navigation, can do militaryly also can do commercialization.

This device, no matter be manually or by a clock to drive, preferably all should comprise with the map with time zone half an hour on the corresponding imagery mark of setting up in land area.

Fig. 1 represents to implement World time device of the present invention;

The skeleton view of the stop mechanism when Fig. 2 is expression setting time zone between clock and map;

The side view of the stop mechanism when Fig. 3 is expression setting time zone between clock and map.

Below with reference to Fig. 1-Fig. 3 the present invention is elaborated.Each element on the device all adopts identical mark to mark on institute's drawings attached.Select Fig. 1 to embodiments of the invention shown in Figure 3 only for the purpose of description, the reader should be appreciated that, if desired, can select other embodiment, as type hand embodiment.

With reference to figure 1, shown in World time device 10 comprise a base 15, be placed in the rotating ground Figure 50 on the base and very first time endless belt 85, zone.Endless belt, zone of the described very first time is divided into 24 very first time zone sections 20,45 equably, and is fixed on the base, partly exceeds the outer of ground Figure 50.Be limited on the circumference of ground Figure 50 and and be divided into 24 equally spaced second time zone sections 30,35 around the second time zone annulus 40 of this circumference.

Ground Figure 50 is the South Pole projection of the earth, and in most preferred embodiment, it is that the center clockwise direction is rotated with the central point 150 corresponding to the South Pole.The twenty four hours system clockwork 25 that one Daepori is logical be installed in Figure 50 below, and be positioned at base, described clockwork comprises hour hands 60, minute hand 70 and second hand 80.Hour hands 60 are fixed on the clock axle 55 and with rotating map and are fixed together, so that they can rotate by means of common (as operating with batteries) twenty four hours system clockwork 25 together, the wholecircle revolution of hour hands 60 (map also rotates thereupon) was finished once in per 24 hours.(it is inappropriate adopting arctic perspective view, because the ordinary clock that can not use clockwise direction to rotate, and need the anticlockwise rotation of map making.Adopting another shortcoming of arctic perspective view is that the land undue concentration is near the center of map.）

24 very first time zone sections 20 adopt mark to distinguish 12 11 points to afternoon in each hour from the morning in 24 hours periods.Be more clear readable, also can comprise in these hour-symbols with 12p.m. mark work " NOON " (noon) in the very first time zone section with the 12a.m. mark in the regional section of the very first time and do " MIDNIGHT " (midnight) with improvement.60 each hours of hour hands are crossed a very first time zone section 20, minute hand 70 per hour rotates a week (the same with common 12 hours system clocks), therefore, crossed a very first time zone section 20 every 2.5 minutes, similar with the method for work of minute hand 70, second hand 80 is crossed a very first time zone section 20 every 2.5 seconds.Therefore, among Fig. 1 the time corresponding to this day of all land areas of the second time zone section 30 of hand of a clock 60,70 and 80 expressions approximate be 4: 26: 58.5p.m., this is Vancouver, Seattle and several time of Lip river China fir.

Tellurian all land areas all are drawn on ground Figure 50 with a plane with respect to the South Pole.Can distinguish with colour-coded intuitively with the corresponding time zone, geographical time zone on ground Figure 50, for example: with reference to figure 1, be elected to be comprising of geographical time zone 180 of Canadian Manitoba province, the Minnesota State of the U.S., and through the Louisiana, the colour-coded of Mexico and cen.am. is red (shadow representation to deceive among Fig. 1), as the zone of passing footpath degree line 175 and 180 that can see from ground Figure 50.The second time zone section 35 also can the red color mark so that all geographical time zones 180 with red-label are all corresponding with the second time zone section 35 with red-label.The center of the second time zone section 35 is approximately 6: 26: 58.5p.m., and between the 7p.m. of the 6p.m. of very first time shown in Figure 1 zone section 45 and very first time zone section 45.To any given geographical time zone, all can adopt with quadrat method readout time.In any one quadrant on ground Figure 50, the color of colour-coded that is elected to be the land area in a certain geographical time zone is less than repeating, and takes place when avoiding recognizing the land area chaotic.And the color in the relative sector can repeat not have chaotic danger, therefore, in the embodiment in figure 1, second time zone has also been selected red-label for use, associated land area is radially relative with second time zone 35 and time zone 180, and the time in this geography time zone is 6: 26: 58.5a.m..

For setting device 10 to be used for the residing specific geographic position of user, it is whole to carry out two steps.

The first step comprises the setting in time zone, in this step, under map keeps motionless situation, should make hour hands counterclockwise rotate (promptly identical color being arranged) towards the centre position of the second time zone section that requires with reposition geographic area of living in, hour hands should align with corresponding footpath degree line, and this can realize by the stop mechanism shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.The length of hour hand axle 55 should make disk and the hour hands 60 of its energy mounting strap ground Figure 50, at the back side of map, a disk 65 is housed, and its diameter is less than the diameter of map.The assembly of being made up of ground Figure 50 and disk 65 is installed in it can be slided in the above.One elastic pawl 75 is arranged on the disk 65, and disk is being with along clockwise direction by the hour hand axle 55 of clockwork 25 with ground Figure 50 and hour hands 60 and is being rotated.Bottom at base, the ratchet 95 that one loop layout is arranged along the circumference in the recessed district 200 of centre bottom, when map rotates with hour hand axle 55 clockwise direction, ratchet 75 slips on the ratchet that is circular layout, and when needs are set or reset the time zone, the residing inverse position clockwise rotation in middle part of the corresponding second time zone section that hour hands 60 should be at leisure align towards the central authorities' footpath degree line with new time zone, at this moment ratchet 75 will stop the rotation of ground Figure 50, and this is because it will be locked between two ratchets.

Second step comprised the alignment time, and this should carry out after the first step is finished again.In this step, the use of the twenty four hours system clockwork of an allusion will allow hour hands and minute hand to be rotated by clockwise direction and locate to show the correct time.When the location of hour hands 60, minute hand 70 and second hand 80 should make it show on very first time zone, branch and second (will remember each zone section respectively corresponding 2.5 minutes and 2.5 seconds) very first time.

With reference to figure 1, this device 10 now is set and is used in previously selected land area and comprises that the Lip river China fir of the U.S. is several, hour hands 60 just become the direction of 5p.m. to rotate towards very first time zone marker, several time of U.S. Lip river China fir shown in this device is 4: 26: 58.5p.m., this time also represents to have on second time zone time of other land area of same color mark, as the Seattle of the U.S., Canadian Vancouver.For measuring the time of at this moment any other selected land area, must the identification color relevant and from this zone nearest second time zone section corresponding with this color with this land area, and on regional endless belt of the very first time corresponding with the time on the second time zone section readout time.For example: can see with reference to figure 1, the time of economizing as the Canadian Albert with 100 expressions of the second time zone section is 5: 26: during 58.5p.m., this ground of several time ratio of U.S. Lip river China fir early one hour, promptly 4: 26: 58.5p.m., equally also can determine time of all other land areas on the map according to said method.

Show the land area that is positioned at time zone half an hour, need to adopt a kind of imagery mark different or that replenish to distinguish these zones.In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, perpendicular vertical line is used to represent halfhour zone morning, contiguous land area that time ratio has the same color mark, therefore, the color mark of India is identical with Pakistan, also represents time ratio Pakistan half an hour morning of India with regard to available perpendicular vertical line mark.Can think to imagine has such embodiment, and in these embodiments, the selection of the basic colors in half district makes only needs the time of the land area that indicates same color that will be adjacent to add that get final product half an hour when recognizing the time of reading these half districts.

The date of international date line 90 marks is applicable to the geographic area on ground Figure 50.Can this point be described by Fig. 1, can see that the second time zone section of an Alaska State represents 3: 26 on very first time zone: 58.5p.m., and the second time zone section of Australian east is represented 10: 26 on very first time zone: 58.5a.m..The date of supposing Canadian Ottawa is January 1, and the date of Alaska also is January 1 so, but New Zealand is January 2.Drop on the opposite of international date line with respect to Alaska owing to be applicable to Zelanian, therefore, the time of this geographic area is corresponding to next day in Canadian Ottawa the time in the morning.

In addition,, have 3 concentric recessed districts, i.e. recessed district, bottom, the recessed district in recessed district, middle part and top in the front of base 15.As shown in Figures 2 and 3, in recessed district 200, bottom, the circle ratchet 95 that along the circumferential direction has been circular layout, the front is mentioned, and this is provided with for stop mechanism; Recessed district 210, middle part comprises Figure 50 circularly, so that it can freely rotate (promptly not contacting with the wall in recessed district); Recessed district, top is set is used for fixing endless belt 85, very first time zone.The second time zone annulus on described endless belt 85 the pick of mulched ground Figure 50 provides guiding function to enter base to map.In the automatic type embodiment of this device, clockwork is placed in the positive below of base 15.The front that hour hand axle, minute hand shaft and second hand axle pass base is meshed with hour hands and map and minute hand, second hand respectively.A lid can be set as the back side of base and positive with the protection clockwork.

The detailed description of front at be embodiment shown in Figure 1, the present invention is not limited in described this a kind of embodiment.Previously described various characteristics can carry out many variations, and still belongs to scope of the present invention.For example: as noted earlier, if desired during the pocket device of the type hand that proposes among the present invention, clock mechanism when not required just, under the situation of type hand device, the user can counterclockwise come to set the time zone for previously selected land area with respect to the map rotating base, and not rotating map, these two kinds of method of operating are equivalent.

In addition, under the situation of the scope of the present invention that will ask for protection in the claim that does not change the back, because politics cause or economic cause, the conventional combination in the specific geographical area in a certain time zone can change.

Claims

1, any in the world position of a kind of mensuration is characterized in that with respect to the device of the time of a certain selected geographic area this device comprises:

A base;

2, device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, this device comprises: the twenty four hours system clock clockwork with hour hands, minute hand and second hand can make described map rotate with described hour hands to confess the time of read flag on described very first time zone by described hour hands are fixed on the map.

3, device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, wherein said map further comprises the labeling method of the geographic area that is in time zone half an hour, described labeling method comprises auxiliary hacures, wherein said half an hour the time zone time be marked at time phase difference half an hour on the described very first time zone.

4, device according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, wherein said map further comprises the labeling method of the geographic area that is in time zone half an hour, described labeling method comprises auxiliary hacures, wherein said half an hour the time zone time be marked at time phase difference half an hour on the described very first time zone.

5, device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this device further comprises important hour hands and a stop mechanism, and wherein said stop mechanism comprises:

6, device according to claim 2 is characterized in that, this device further comprises a stop mechanism, and wherein said stop mechanism comprises:

7, according to claim 5 and 6 described devices, it is characterized in that, stopping element described in this device comprises a disk, this disk is co-axially mounted on the back side of circular world map, the hour hand axle of twenty four hours system clockwork passes described disk, one elastic pawl is arranged on the exposure of this disk, adopt this structure, when needs are set or reset device and when counterclockwise rotating hour hands, the motion of circular world map is owing to being stopped between two ratchets on stopping element the is sandwiched in described ratchet ring that is circular layout, and when manual clockwise direction is rotated hour hands, circular world map rotates with hour hands, and stopping element then slips on the ratchet that is circular layout.

8, device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the stop mechanism of this device comprises:

9, device according to claim 2 is characterized in that, the stop mechanism of this device comprises:

10, according to Claim 8 with 9 described devices, it is characterized in that, the stop mechanism of this device, wherein said stopping element comprises a disk, this disk is co-axially mounted on the back side of circular world map, the hour hand axle of twenty four hours system clockwork passes described disk, one elastic pawl is arranged on the exposure of this disk, adopt this structure, when needs are set or reset device and when counterclockwise rotating hour hands, the motion of circular world map is owing to being stopped between two ratchets on stopping element the is sandwiched in described ratchet ring that is circular layout, and when manual clockwise direction is rotated hour hands, circular world map rotates with hour hands, and stopping element then slips on the ratchet that is circular layout.

11, device according to claim 5, it is characterized in that, base described in this device is made with coaxial recessed district, center, comprise the described ratchet that is circular layout that is positioned at recessed district, bottom in the space relationship mode in these recessed districts, be positioned at the described circular world map and the endless belt, zone of the described very first time that is positioned at recessed district, top in recessed district, middle part;

Endless belt, zone of the wherein said very first time is disposed in recessed district, described top so that the annulus that it partly covers second time zone provides guiding enter described base for circular map.

12, device according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, base described in this device is made with coaxial recessed district, center, comprise the described ratchet that is circular layout that is positioned at recessed district, bottom in the space relationship mode in these recessed districts, be positioned at the described circular world map and the endless belt, zone of the described very first time that is positioned at recessed district, top in recessed district, middle part;