CN1588240A

CN1588240A - Adjustable international clock

Info

Publication number: CN1588240A
Application number: CNA2004100630801A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈黎明
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2004-07-14
Filing date: 2004-07-14
Publication date: 2005-03-02
Also published as: WO2006005256A1

Abstract

This invention makes public a international timekeeper could show off time of multiple time zones. It consists of case, dial plate, cassette mechanism, and time indicating finger. The design feature of it is: time record card of dial plate in question carries with two swiveling, concentric dial scales, one of which is time zone dial plate, it is halved to 24 or 12 boxes, labeled by name of per time zone, the other is outer time record card labeled with time record. According to user's needs, by force of adjusting the mutual location of time record card, outer time record card, and time record card, it could display instant time of two time zones in common use simultaneously. The advantages of this invention are: reasonable design, simple structure, without needs of additional motive power, convenient fabrication, be liable to conduct, be appropriate for batch process, also be appropriate for refitting existing clocks; adopt traditional watches' hour hand, dividing, second hand, accord with people's usage and visual display.

Description

Adjustable international clock

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of clock and watch, particularly a kind of adjustable international clock that can show a plurality of time zone times.

Background technology

Traditional clock and watch are generally by shell, dial plate, mechanism's movement, time pointer hour hands, minute hand and second hand constitute when walking.The clocking capability of this clock and watch is single, can only show the time in a time zone, can not show the time in a plurality of time zones simultaneously.This knows that to needs the personnel of instant time all over the world bring great inconvenience, such as, the personnel that often go abroad or with work concerning foreign affairs or foreign nationals such as more tourism of getting in touch, aviation, communication, foreign trade are abroad arranged, often need just can know the instant time of world's different time zone through converting or constantly stirring clock and watch.Chinese patent 03215040.7 discloses the general clock and watch of a kind of earth.The general clock and watch of this earth, mainly form by dial plate, movement, date reservoir, wherein, dial plate is made up of hour indicator and moment dish, dish is provided with 24 hours constantly, and hour indicator is provided with 24 time zones dividing according to international standard, and hour indicator is constantly above the dish, the time axle of movement passes to coil constantly and is connected with hour indicator, and drives the hour indicator rotation.Though this clock and watch can show the time of different time zone, because not free pointer, show intuitively inadequately, do not meet people's use habit; Simultaneously, hour indicator is bigger, and rotating needs certain energy, depends merely on existing clock and watch and is used for the power that the time pointer rotates and has any problem.

Summary of the invention

Technical matters to be solved by this invention is, overcomes the deficiency that prior art exists, and a kind of basic structure that does not change traditional clock and watch is provided, makes and simply, do not need additionaling power, easy to use, can show the adjustable international clock of different time zone time intuitively.

The present invention addresses the above problem the technical scheme that is adopted: this adjustable international clock, comprise shell, dial plate, movement and time pointer, its design feature is: the graduated time ring of described dial plate has two rotatable, concentric with graduated time ring index dials, one of them is a time-zone indicator, be divided into 24 or 12 lattice, indicate each time zone title, another is the outer graduated time ring that indicates time scale.At first determine the time of the graduated time ring of dial plate, the graduated time ring 24 or the position at 12 hours are aimed in this time zone in the time-zone indicator for a time zone commonly used; Then the position alignment at 24 or 12 hours of outer graduated time ring need be known the time zone of time.The time of the graduated time ring of time pointer indication is the time in time zone commonly used like this, and the time of the outer graduated time ring of indication is the time that need know the time zone.Hour hands are directly indicated the time in district for a long time, have save the conversion of time between each time zone.

Graduated time ring and outer graduated time ring are 12 hours standards or twenty four hours standard on the dial plate of the present invention.It is that one day, the hour hands of twenty four hours standard takes a round is that day, a minute and second hand are still by the design that takes a round of 60 systems that the hour hands of 12 hours standards are walked two circles, continue to use traditional hour hands, minute hand, second hand instruction time, the use habit that so more meets people, also more directly perceived.

Time-zone indicator of the present invention and outer graduated time ring have the whirligig that can make its rotation.

Whirligig of the present invention be arranged on the combined type/isolated adjusting knob in the dial plate outside or be arranged on time-zone indicator and outer time scale web on handle or open time-zone indicator and outside on the graduated time ring two revolve the hole.Whirligig has guaranteed that the relative position adjustment of time-zone indicator and outer graduated time ring is simple and convenient.

Outer graduated time ring of the present invention has a benchmark arrow.Make that the position when outer graduated time ring is adjusted is definite more accurate.

The present invention compared with prior art has the following advantages: 1, this adjustable international clock does not change the inner structure of traditional clock and watch, just outside the dial plate of traditional clock and watch, be provided with graduated time ring outside the time-zone indicator,, need according to the user, indicate the instant time in two time zones commonly used by the mutual alignment of adjusting time-zone indicator, outer graduated time ring and graduated time ring simultaneously; Simultaneously, can demonstrate the reasonable in design, simple of the instant time in 24 other time zones in the time zone immediately by regulating outer graduated time ring, easily manufactured, be convenient to promote, both be fit to clock and watch manufacturing plant and produce, also be fit to user oneself repacking in batches and have clock and watch now.2, this adjustable international clock is still used hour hands, minute hand, the second hand of traditional clock and watch, shows the time of different time zone intuitively, so more meets people's use habit, and is very convenient when reading.3, this adjustable international clock just is provided with two rotatable, concentric with graduated time ring index dials outside dial plate, these index dials are adjusted the mutual alignment, are indicated the time of distinguishing for a long time by the rotation of the whirligig on it, so you do not need to add in addition actuating unit, simple in structure, easy enforcement by this international clock.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the embodiment of the invention 1 an index dial structure synoptic diagram.

Fig. 2 is the embodiment of the invention 2 index dial structure synoptic diagram.

Embodiment

Embodiment 1:

The present embodiment structure is referring to Fig. 1, this adjustable international clock, comprise that shell, dial plate 1, movement and time pointer are hour hands 6, minute hand 7, second hand 8, the graduated time ring 2 of dial plate 1 is outer also to be provided with two rotatable, concentric with graduated time ring 2 index dials, one of them for the time-zone indicator 3 of five equilibrium 24 lattice, it is marked with 24 time zone titles, another is the outer graduated time ring 4 that indicates with graduated time ring 2 identical time scales.Time-zone indicator 3 and outer graduated time ring 4 can be contained in be fixed on the shell with graduated time ring 2 concentric spool on; Also can directly be contained in the time pointer the time axle on, with the time between centers crack cooperate i.e. not axle commentaries on classics at any time of time zone dial plate 3 and outer graduated time ring 4; Or be arranged on other known fixed form outside the graduated time ring 2 of dial plate 1.The time scale of graduated time ring of the present invention 2 and outer graduated time ring 4 also can be inequality, promptly one be the twenty four hours standard, another is 12 hours standards.

Embodiment divides 24 time zones according to international timing, it is the scale that zero zone, eastern No.12 District and western No.12 District are scribed time-zone indicator 3, with the zero zone is mid point up time drypoint Xi Yi district, Xi Er district ..., western No.12 District, inverse time drypoint Dong Yi district, Dong Er district ... the east No.12 District, eastern No.12 District and western No.12 District are overlapping.Graduated time ring 2 and outer graduated time ring 4 are the twenty four hours standard, and it is that day, a minute 7 and second hand 8 are still by the design that takes a round of 60 systems that hour hands 6 take a round.The time-zone indicator 3 of embodiment places between graduated time ring 2 and the outer graduated time ring 4, and a benchmark arrow 5 is located to have in 24 hours of outer graduated time ring 4.Time-zone indicator 3 of the present invention also can place outer graduated time ring 4 outsides, and the arrow of the benchmark arrow 5 of this moment is outside, points to clear and definite during adjustment.Time-zone indicator 3 and the outer graduated time ring 4 of embodiment have the combined type adjusting knob that is arranged on dial plate 1 outside that can make its rotation.The whirligig that time-zone indicator of the present invention 3 and outer graduated time ring 4 have can also be to be separately positioned on the time-zone indicator 3 in the dial plate outside and isolated adjusting knob or the handle on outer graduated time ring 4 limits, or open time-zone indicator 3 with outside rotating hole on the graduated time ring 4.Whirligig can also not be passed through in the rotation of time-zone indicator 3 and outer graduated time ring 4, needs the time-zone indicator 3 or the outer graduated time ring 4 of rotation to make its transposition and carry out the position adjustment and directly pin with hand.

During use, at first determine the time of the graduated time ring 2 of dial plate 1 for a time zone commonly used, such as, when being set to Beijing, Dong Ba district, this time zone in the time-zone indicator 3 is aimed at the position at 24 hours of graduated time ring 2; Then the locational benchmark arrow 5 at 24 hours of outer graduated time ring 4 is aimed at the time zone of the time of need knowing, embodiment is the Dong Yi district.The time of the graduated time ring 2 of time pointer indication is the time in time zone commonly used like this, and the time of the outer graduated time ring 4 of indication is the time that need know the time zone.The time that during Beijing of indicating among the figure is 7:45:38, Dong Yi district is 0:45:38.The time zone of indication can arbitrarily be adjusted according to the user, indicates the instant time in two time zones commonly used simultaneously by the mutual alignment of adjusting time-zone indicator 3, outer graduated time ring 4 and graduated time ring 2; Simultaneously, by regulating the instant time that outer graduated time ring 4 can demonstrate 24 other time zones in the time zone immediately.

Embodiment 2:

The present embodiment structure is referring to Fig. 2, this adjustable international clock divides eastern No.12 District and western No.12 District according to international timing, and eastern No.12 District and the corresponding time zone time of western No.12 District differ 12 hours principle, time-zone indicator 3 is divided into 12 equal portions, put together in corresponding eastern time zone and western time zone, be Dong Yi district and western Shi Yi district, Dong Er district and Xi Shi district ... east No.12 District and western No.12 District are put together, 12 hours time differences when reading, be exactly one for daytime, one being night.Graduated time ring 2 and the outer graduated time ring 4 of this embodiment are 12 hours standards, and it is one day that hour hands 6 are walked two circles.Benchmark arrow 5 is arranged on 12 hours of outer graduated time ring 4 and locates.Other structure is with embodiment 1.

During use, the same with embodiment 1, at first require the time zone time of indicating, the mutual alignment of adjusting graduated time ring 2, time-zone indicator 3 and outer graduated time ring 4 according to the user.When shown in Figure 2 is Beijing, Dong Ba district and the time in eastern Shi Yi district/Xi Yi district, Beijing is that 3:45:38, eastern Shi Yi district are 6:45:38, time of conversing the Xi Yi district is 18:45:38.

Embodiment 2 is owing to adopt 12 hours standards, time-zone indicators 3 also only to be divided into 12 parts, so its shell can be done small and exquisitely than embodiment 1, but eastern time zone and need do a simply conversion at western time zone, daytime and night.

Claims

1, a kind of adjustable international clock, comprise shell, dial plate, movement and time pointer, it is characterized in that: the graduated time ring of described dial plate has two rotatable, concentric with graduated time ring index dials, one of them is a time-zone indicator, be divided into 24 or 12 lattice, indicate each time zone title, another is the outer graduated time ring that is carved with time scale.

2, adjustable international clock according to claim 1 is characterized in that: graduated time ring and outer graduated time ring are 12 hours standards or twenty four hours standard on the described dial plate.

3, adjustable international clock according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that: described time-zone indicator and outer graduated time ring have the whirligig that can make its rotation.

4, adjustable international clock according to claim 3 is characterized in that: described whirligig be arranged on the combined type/isolated adjusting knob in the dial plate outside or be arranged on time-zone indicator and outer time scale web on handle or open time-zone indicator and outside on the graduated time ring two revolve the hole.

5, adjustable international clock according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described outer graduated time ring has a benchmark arrow.