CN2218939Y - Three disc world map clock - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a three-disc surface world map timing clock which can directly display the local time of any zones or cities in the world, and is suitable for people to know and master the local time of each zone and each city in the world. The utility model is composed of a map with a southern hemisphere and a northern hemisphere, a 24-hour timing rotary disc, a 12-hour pointer type timing clock disc, a machine core, etc. People can observe the local time of any zones or cities in the world from the operation of the administrative map printed with the southern hemisphere and the northern hemisphere, and the 24-hour timing rotary disc below the administrative map. Meanwhile, the utility model can also display the days or the nights of some zones or cities.

Description

Three card world map clock and watch

The utility model belongs to a kind of Chronograph timepiece, two kinds of time systems of particularly a kind of usefulness, and can be what to show the Chronograph timepiece that moment value and geographic location connect, not only indicate the Hour Minute Second of 12 o'clock systems, directly the local time of optional position on the indication earth, be suitable for grasping the local time in different time zone area, the world.

Existing Chronograph timepiece a kind ofly is made up of pointer, timing clock dial plate, movement etc.When observing the local time, see that the pointer of clock and watch and the time scale division on the dial can know that the local time is when several seconds, if know the time in other areas, time zone, the world, have to just can know by calculating the time difference.What time another kind of electronic digit clock and watch directly show several seconds a few minutes by numeral, and advanced person's also storage has the main metropolitan local time of the world.In order to know the main metropolitan local time of the world easily, a kind of mode is to use several clocks, the local time of each clock indication different cities.Another kind of mode is so-called " world's Chronograph timepiece ", in each other some main metropolitan title in the world of writing of number of division when whole of dial periphery, pass through simple computation when watching, promptly add or deduct the scale value of this city name position during the pointer on the clock and watch.

Above-described Chronograph timepiece, its shortcoming is the local time that can not directly show different time zone area, the world, be " world's Chronograph timepiece ", the one, can not directly show local time of the world's major cities of being annotated, promptly must pass through simple computation, the 2nd, the city name limited amount of the different time zone that notes are write on clock and watch, Qu local time also can't be known more.Another shortcoming is that the indicated instrument instrument of going back of above-mentioned clock and watch is a kind of abstract time value, promptly can not connect geographic position and time value.

The purpose of this utility model provides a kind of three card world map elapsed time clock tables, it not only can as above-mentioned table indicate the somewhere the time, minute, second, the local time that can also show any different time zone area on the earth simultaneously, see through north and south two hemispheres map and following 24 o'clock system timing rotating disks thereof on the clock face, just can observe the local time in inquisitive area or city, and can recognize the situation round the clock in this area or city.

Task of the present utility model is finished as follows: deposit and made on the pointer clock surface at 12 o'clock, be printed on two transparent garden shape maps of southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere, two maps are except that all color graphics letter symbols that are printed on the administrative map in the warp and weft and the world, also the time zone by various countries' statutory regulations is printed on the boundary line, time zone, can see through colour map and see following 24 o'clock system timing rotating disks.This center of turntable is that south poles overlaps with map center, and the southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere map diameter above the disk ratio is big slightly, and the ring surface part that goes out greatly is printed with 0 successively, the 1...23 scale and the corresponding arabic numeral of totally 24 five equilibriums, represents diel 24 hours.Scale 6 and 18 center line are divided into two and half garden faces with rotating disk, wherein have 18,19 ... 0, half garden face of 1...6 scale is painted with light black or avy blue, central authorities are printed on takes turns golden yellow bent moon and several starlets, represents the night of evening 6 up to 6 o'clock mornings; Second half garden face is 6,7 ... half garden face of 18 number of divisions is painted with white or sky blue, and central authorities are printed on takes turns the red as fire sun and sunlight ray, represents the daytime of morning 6 up at 6 o'clock in afternoon.Rotating disk is connected on the driven wheel by rotating shaft, the gearing mesh that connects on driven wheel and the hour hands rotation axis, and when hour hands circled in 12 hours, the light and dark rotating disk of system circled with regard to 24 hours in 24 o'clock.Like this, the time zone in any one location or city just corresponding one section little anchor ring of rotating disk below it on the map equator on the southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere map, the numeral on this anchor ring is exactly the local time in this area or city.For the local time in area, a certain time zone of observation more directly perceived, rotating disk is the great-jump-forward stepping, remains first segmental arc that go up under the line in the time zone in a certain area in hour and faces toward in the middle of a certain scale.

Chronograph timepiece of the present utility model is easy to use, can convert directly to show the local time in world's any one location or city, and can know immediately that somewhere or city are daytime or night.

Structural group prejudice accompanying drawing 1 of the present utility model.

The utility model will be further described below in conjunction with accompanying drawing 1.

Pointer 12 o'clock the system dial (1) the surface, be printed with southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere two width of cloth garden shape maps (3), this two width of cloth map can according to dial design distribute up and down or about distribute, its maximum gauge is also according to the dial size design.Southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere map (3) is printed on transparent sheet, by the administrative map printing in the general world longitude and latitude and other color graphicss, literal and symbol is arranged, and adds the boundary line, time zone that is printed on by various countries' legal division in area, and the boundary line, time zone is that place, equator etc. divided 24 fens in unit's week.See through map (3) and can see 24 o'clock system timing rotating disks (2) below it.Rotating disk (2) is concentric with the south poles of corresponding southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere map (3).Rotating disk (2) diameter is a bit larger tham the diameter of map (3), be printed with 0--23 totally 24 equidistant scales on the ring surface part that goes out greatly, be printed on corresponding arabic numeral in the scale, represented diel 24 hours, the width on each digital both sides is equal to the time sector width on map (3) equator.And the numeral under the southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere map on the timing rotating disk is in the direction of the clock from 0,1 ... 23 series arrangement, the numeral under the map of the Northern Hemisphere on the timing rotating disk is by arranging counterclockwise.Rotating disk (2) is divided into two and half gardens by numeral 6 and 18, having 18 ... 23,0,1 ... be painted with light black or avy blue on the semicircle of 6 numerals, and print and take turns golden yellow bent moon and several starlets, represent 12 hours nights in the diel 24 hours, promptly at 6 o'clock in evening was to 6 o'clock the next mornings.Another semicircle is promptly having 6,7 ... be painted with white or sky blue on the semicircle of 18 numerals, and print the sun and the pearlescent light of taking turns red as fire look, represent 12 hours daytimes, promptly morning 6 is up at 6 o'clock in evening.Rotating disk (2) is connected on the follower gear (6) by rotating shaft, and gear (6) is driven by the gear (7) that is connected in hour hands (5) rotating shaft, and gear (6) is designed to step-by-step movement, and promptly each hour jumped into once.Because the timing rotating disk under the map of the Northern Hemisphere also is provided with a transition gear (8) for clockwise rotating between gear (6) and gear (7), transition gear (8) is identical with gear (7) specification.When hour hands (5) diel rotated for two weeks (24 hours), rotating disk (2) will rotate a week like this.At this moment, 24 o'clock timing rotating disks under the Southern Hemisphere counterclockwise rotate a week, and 24 o'clock timing rotating disk clockwise direction under the Northern Hemisphere are rotated a week.Because map (3) is motionless.Deposit the different time, a certain area on it or city along on the equator of its time zone band with regard to a numeral of corresponding rotating disk (2) anchor ring, this numeral is exactly the hourage of this area or city local time, if this area or city are in the light black or the avy blue district of rotating disk (2), expression this area or city be night just, otherwise is daytime.

Accompanying drawing 1: be clock and watch card of the present utility model and sectional view.

Accompanying drawing 2: be the card and the sectional view of the southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere map in the utility model clock and watch card and 24 o'clock system time dials.

In the accompanying drawing 2, (1) is the Southern Hemisphere map, and (2) are the timing rotating disk, and (3) are the follower gear of timing rotating disk (2), and (4) are for connecting the driving gear on the hour hands.

Claims (5)

1. one by 12 o'clock administrative maps (3) of system clock and watch (1), southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere, 24 o'clock three card world map clock and watch of forming of system timing rotating disk (2), it is characterized in that on system pointer clock watch face (1) the administrative map (3) of two gardens of southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere shape being arranged at 12 o'clock, it is bigger than map (3) that a diameter respectively is housed below the map (3), and made timing rotating disk (2) at concentric 24 o'clock with map (3) south poles;

2. three card world map clock and watch according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: map (3) is transparent, and is printed on the boundary line, time zone by the legal division in each department, various countries, the boundary line, time zone is that the equatorial line place evenly is divided into 24 equal portions in the garden week of map (3);

3. three card world map clock and watch according to claim 1 is characterized in that: 24 o'clock system timing rotating disk (2) greater than the ring surface part of map (3) scale of 24 five equilibriums is arranged, be printed on 0--23 totally 24 arabic numeral in the scale successively; Numeral 6 and 18 is divided into two and half garden faces with rotating disk (2), be printed on 6,7 ... half garden of 18 numerals is white or sky blue, half garden center section is printed on the sun and the sunlight ray of taking turns red as fire look, second half garden face is light black or avy blue, and center section is printed on takes turns flavous bent moon and several starlets;

4. three card world map clock and watch according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: timing rotating disk (2) links with gear (6), and the north and south map descends and timing disk gear (6) drives by rotating counterclockwise by being connected to the hour hand gear (7) of making clock and watch (1) at 12 o'clock; Timing disk gear under the map of the Northern Hemisphere and gear (7) have a transition gear (8), make the timing rotating disk by clockwise rotating;

5. three card world map clock and watch according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the gear (6) that is connected to timing rotating disk (2) is a great-jump-forward stepping power wheel, the every running of gear (7) one hour, gear (6) great-jump-forward of timing rotating disk (2) was driven for 1/24 week, make timing rotating disk (2) rotate a scale; Rotating disk (2) is when shutting down, and the time zone separator bar of map (3) periphery overlaps with the digital separator bar on the rotating disk (2).

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