DE2227203B2

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Publication number: DE2227203B2
Application number: DE2227203A
Authority: DE
Inventors: Kristian Dipl.-Ing. 8069 Suenzhausen Harlan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1972-06-05
Filing date: 1972-06-05
Publication date: 1980-09-04
Also published as: DE2227203A1; CH615802GA3; CH615802B; DE2227203C3

Abstract

Timepiece, in which an upper disc rotates over a lower disc, these two discs being constructed as time-indicating elements. The lower, fixed disc projects radially over the upper disc, which is driven by the clockwork. A window is arranged in the upper, driven disc between the centre and the circumference. This window uncovers the view onto the lower disc. Twelve successive areas of different coloration are provided on the lower disc, so that it is possible to detect areas of different coloration through the window depending on the position of the upper, rotatable disc. The view onto the window thus permits the time to be read off as a function of the colour. The time can likewise be determined from the angular position of the window with respect to the housing, so that it is possible even when the assignment of specific colours to specific hours is not known for the time to be determined and, in the process, for the assignment of specific colours to specific hours to be learned. The co-operation of the window with an interpolation scale mounted on the projecting edge region of the lower disc permits intermediate times to be determined between successive full hours. <IMAGE>

Description

Die Sekundenwelle 2 ist drehsicher in einem Fundament 4 befestigt Auf der Stundenwelle 3 ist drehsicher ein Zeitanzeigeorgan 5 in Form eines Hohlzylinders befestigt Ein dieses Zeitanzeigeorgan 5 übergreifendes Gehäuse 6 in Form eines Hohlzylinders sitzt fest und drehsicher auf dem Uhrwerk 1 und besitzt sowohl ein wendelförmig angeordnetes Sichtfenster 7 als auch mehrere auf einem Kreisumfang angeordnete Sichtfenster 8. Die SichiTenster sind, um den Eintritt von Feuchtigkeit und Schmutz zu verhindern, mittels Glas oder einer durchsichtigen Folie Oberbrückt. Das wendeiförmige Sichtfenster 7 erstreckt sich im vorliegenden Fall um die gesamte Säule und seine Breite beträgt in Umfangsrichtung ein Zwölftel des Umfangs.The second shaft 2 is secured against rotation in a foundation 4. On the hour shaft 3 is a rotationally secure Time display element 5 in the form of a hollow cylinder attached to this time display element 5 overlapping Housing 6 in the form of a hollow cylinder sits firmly and non-rotatably on the clockwork 1 and has both a helically arranged viewing window 7 as well as several viewing windows arranged on a circumference 8. To prevent the entry of moisture and dirt, the viewing windows are made of glass or a transparent film overlay. The helical viewing window 7 extends in the present Fall around the entire column and its width is one twelfth of the circumference in the circumferential direction.

Mit der gleichen Stellung sind auf dem Zeitanzeigeorgan 5 aneinander angrenzend zwölf Farbstreifen 9a bis 9/n aufgebracht, von denen die Farbtöne benachbarter Farbstreifen einen gut erkennbaren Kontrast besitzen. Die Farbstreifen nehmen in Umfangsrichtung auch jeweils ein Zwölftel des Umfangs ein und verlaufen im oberen Bereich IO in axiaier Richtung. Die gleichmäßige Verteilung der Streifen über den Umfang lkiit die Querschnittsansicht 2 deutlich erkennen. Aus dieser Figur geht auch hervor, daß sich innerhalb des hohlzylindrischen Zeitanzeigeorgans 5 eine Lichtquelle 12 befindet. Die Farbstreifen sind im vorliegenden Fall transparent ausgebildet. Vorzugsweise richtet sich die Reihenfolge der Farben der aufeinanderfolgenden Farbstreifen 9a bis 9/n nach dem Farbspektrum; es kann jedoch zur Erzielung eines besseren Kontrastes zwischen benachbarten Farben auch eine andere Reihenfolge gewählt werden.In the same position, twelve color strips 9a to 9 / n are applied to one another on the time display element 5, of which the color tones of adjacent color strips have a clearly recognizable contrast. The colored stripes each also take up one twelfth of the circumference in the circumferential direction and run in the axial direction in the upper area IO. The even distribution of the strips over the circumference can be clearly seen in the cross-sectional view 2. This figure also shows that a light source 12 is located within the hollow cylindrical time display element 5. In the present case, the colored stripes are transparent. The order of the colors of the successive color strips 9a to 9 / n is preferably based on the color spectrum; however, a different order can be selected to achieve a better contrast between adjacent colors.

Ist die beschriebene Uhr in Betrieb, dann dreht sich das Gehäuse 6 in der Minute einmal um seine Achse und das Zeitanzeigeorgan 5 dreht sich pro Stunde um ein Zwölftel gegenüber dem Gehäuse 6. Durch die Relativbewegung zwischen dem Gehäuse und dem Zeitanzeigeorgan verschwindet im Verlaufe einer Stunde ein durch das Sichtfenster freigegebener Farbstreifen und wird durch den nächsten ersetzt. Werden den einzelnen Farben bestimmte Zeiten zugeordnet, so ist unmittelbar durch die Farbe die gerade gültige Zeit festzustellen. Zwischenwerte zwischen den Stunden können dadurch abgeschätzt werden, daß im Sichtfenster zu einem mehr oder weniger großen Teil bereits der benachDarte Farbstreifen sichtbar ist. Durch den Kontrast benachbarter Farbflächen wird die Grenzlinie zwischen benachbarten Streifen gut hervorgehoben, so daß auch die Zwischenwerte gut abschätzbar sind. Gegebenenfalls kann am oberen oder am unteren Ende des Sichtfensters eine Skala 11 für die Minuteneinteilung angebracht werden. Der die Zeit darstellende freigegebene Farbstreifen ist von jeder Richtung bereits von weitern gut erkennbar und damit die Zeit ablesbar. Durch die im Inneren des Zeitanzeigeorgans 5 vorgesehene Lampe 12 (vergleiche F i g. 2) ist auch bei trübem Wetter oder bei einbrechender Dunkelheit eine gute Erkennbarkeit der angezeigten Farbe gewährleistet.
Zur genauen Einstellung der Uhr kann entweder imIf the clock described is in operation, the housing 6 rotates around its axis once a minute and the time display element 5 rotates a twelfth per hour compared to the housing 6. The relative movement between the housing and the time display element disappears over the course of an hour one color stripe released through the viewing window and is replaced by the next one. If certain times are assigned to the individual colors, the currently valid time can be determined directly from the color. Intermediate values between the hours can be estimated by the fact that the adjacent colored stripe is already visible to a greater or lesser extent in the viewing window. Due to the contrast of neighboring colored areas, the boundary line between neighboring strips is well emphasized, so that the intermediate values can also be easily estimated. If necessary, a scale 11 for the minute division can be attached to the upper or lower end of the viewing window. The released colored stripe representing the time is clearly recognizable from a distance from every direction and thus the time can be read off. The lamp 12 provided in the interior of the time display element 5 (see FIG. 2) ensures that the displayed color can be easily recognized even in cloudy weather or when darkness falls.
For the exact setting of the clock you can either use the

ίο Uhrwerk zwischen der Stundenwelle 3 und dem Zeitanzeigeorgan 5 oder zwischen dem Uhrwerk 1 und dem Gehäuse 6 ein Verstellmechanismus vorgesehen werden, der es gestattet die gegenseitige Winkellage dieser Teile zu verstellen.ίο movement between the hour shaft 3 and the Time display element 5 or between the clockwork 1 and the housing 6, an adjustment mechanism is provided which allows the mutual angular position of these parts to be adjusted.

Die Fenster 8 dienen dazu, neben der Ortszeit am Standort der Uhr auch andere Ortszeiten anzuzeigen. Zu diesem Zweck sind die Farbstreifen im Bereich 10 senkrecht nach oben geführt und bei einer Zeitverschiebung von beispielsweise 3 Stunden ist im Gehäuse 6 einThe windows 8 are used to display the local time on The location of the watch can also display other local times. For this purpose, the colored strips are in area 10 guided vertically upwards and with a time difference of 3 hours, for example, a is in the housing 6

M Fenster vorgesehen, das in Urnfangsr.htung um drei Zwölftel gegenüber dem Farbstreifen verrreht ist, der gerade in dem wendeiförmigen Ausschnitt 7 erscheint.M window is provided, which is at three o'clock in the circumference The twelfth is twisted in relation to the color strip that just appears in the helical cutout 7.

Die F i g. 3 bis 6 stellen die Anwendung der Erfindung bei Armbanduhren dar. Bei der Armbanduhr nach den F i g. 3 und 4 besitzt das Gehäuse 13 einen sektorförmigen Ausschnitt 14, dessen Zentriwinkel 30° beträgt. Hinter der durch den sektorförmigen Ausschnitt 14 freigegebenen Deckfläche des Gehäuses der Armbanduhr dreht sich eine in zwölf Farbsektor.-n eingeteilteThe F i g. 3 to 6 illustrate the application of the invention to wristwatches. In the wristwatch according to the F i g. 3 and 4, the housing 13 has a sector-shaped cutout 14, the central angle of which is 30 °. Behind the cover surface of the case of the wristwatch released by the sector-shaped cutout 14 rotates one divided into twelve color sectors.-n

Ju Drehscheibe 15 (siehe Fig.5), die auf einem Stundenrohr eines Uhrwerks sitzt. In F i g. 3 ist der Fall dargestellt, daß sich der sektorförmige Ausschnitt 14 gerade mit einer sektorförmigen Farbfläche der Drehscheibe 15 deckt — dies entspricht einer vollen Stundenzahl — und in Fig.4 der Fall, daß sich die sektorförmige Drehscheibe 15 um etwa die Hälfte der Farbteilung weiterbewegt hat, was einem halben Stundenwert entspricht.Ju turntable 15 (see Fig.5) on an hour tube of a clockwork. In Fig. 3 shows the case in which the sector-shaped cutout 14 just covers the turntable 15 with a sector-shaped colored area - this corresponds to a full one Number of hours - and in Fig. 4 the case that the sector-shaped turntable 15 has moved on by about half the color division, which is a half Hourly value corresponds.

Die in Fig.6 dargestellte Armbanduhr soll dieThe wristwatch shown in Fig.6 is intended to be the

■to Kombinationsmöglichkeit mit konventionellen Zeitanzeigeo.ganen veranschaulichen. Es handelt sich hier um eine Armbanduhr mit digitaler Zeitanzeige. Zwischen den Fenstern für die digitale Anzeige und den digitalen Anzeigeorganen bewegt sich eine transparente endloseCan be combined with conventional time displays illustrate. This is a wristwatch with a digital time display. Between the windows for the digital display and the digital display organs moves a transparent endless

π Folie hindurch, die in zwölf Farbstreifen unterteilt ist. Die Folie ist über Walzen geführt und wird im Verlaufe von einer Stunde um die Breite eines Farbstreifens weiterbewegt. Dadurch erscheinen die beiden Fenster jeweils in der der betreffenden Uhrzeit zugeordneten Farbe. Die Lage des Bandes 16 mit den Farbstreifen 17 ist gestrichelt angedeutet.π foil through which is divided into twelve colored strips. The film is guided over rollers and becomes the width of a color strip over the course of an hour moved on. As a result, the two windows appear at the time assigned to the relevant time Colour. The position of the band 16 with the colored stripes 17 is indicated by dashed lines.

Hierzu 1 Blatt Zeichnungen1 sheet of drawings

Claims

Claims;

1. Time display organ for a clock, with the behind a viewing window mounted in a housing, divided into time segments, preferably hours Time display member is arranged, which moves with the time relative to the viewing window so that this reveals the currently valid time segment, characterized in that the Time segments are designed in the form of colored areas (9), their extension in the direction of movement of the time display element corresponds approximately to the dimensions of the viewing window (7) in this direction

2. Time display element according to claim 1, characterized in that one is continuously moving time display organ the color area assigned to a time segment from only one There is a color tone and that the color tones of adjacent colored areas have a clearly recognizable contrast.

3. time indicator according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the colored areas are fluorescent.

4. Time display element according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the colored areas are transparent and a light source (12) is located behind them.

5. time display element according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the with a Housing provided with viewing windows designed as a hollow cylinder (6) and fixed with a clockwork (1) is connected, the hour shaft (3) a rotating cylinder arranged coaxially within the housing (5) on which the Faiöflächen (9) are applied.

6. time display element according to claim 5, characterized in that the housing by means of a Second shaft (2) of the clockwork is connected to a stationary foundation (4).

7. time display element according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the viewing window and the colored areas on the rotary cylinder are designed as helical strips, each at least once around the entire circumference of the cylinder in question, with the colored area strips in The circumferential direction of the rotary cylinder have a width of one twelfth of the circumference.

8. time display element according to one of claims I to 4, characterized in that the with a Housing provided with a viewing window is designed as the housing of a wristwatch, which is a clockwork contains, whose hour tube carries a turntable (15) on which sector-shaped colored areas are applied are.

9. Time display element according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the housing provided with a viewing window is designed as the housing of a wristwatch which contains a clockwork whose hour tube serves as a drive for an endless belt (16) running over at least two shafts , on the crosswise to the running direction Fiirbstrei fen (17) are applied.

10. /.cit display organ me one of the preceding Claims, characterized in that numbers are indicated in connection with the colored areas will.

The invention relates to a time display element for a clock, in which behind one in a housing Attached viewing window a time display organ divided into time segments, preferably hours is arranged that moves with time relative to the viewing window so that this is the currently valid Period of time can be recognized

In the known clocks of this type, numbers are applied to the time display element, which indicate the bhrzeit and the time display organ moves step-by-step over time. To be sure to read a clock too do not make them too small when using numbers to indicate the time. In particular, clocks for which reliable readability is guaranteed even at a greater distance should be, large dimensions of the number symbols and thus also large dimensions of the time display organ, that carries these number symbols is required.

The invention is based on the object To improve the perceptibility of a time segment indicated by a clock.

According to the invention, this object is achieved in that, in the case of a time display element, the one mentioned in the introduction Type the time segments are designed in the form of colored areas, their extension in the direction of movement of the time display organ corresponds approximately to the dimensions of the viewing window in this direction

With the solution according to the invention, the entire viewing window can be used for the transmission of the time information. It is therefore not necessary to recognize a number appearing in this window, rather it is sufficient if one recognizes the color filling the viewing window or the position of the boundary line between two colors in the J5 viewing window to read an intermediate value. This opens up the possibility of arranging the viewing window all around on a cylindrical column and thus conveying the time information in all directions at the same time. With the known clock, E; z ^; Elung about the same effect display organs are arranged in different directions.

The recognizability is increased if the colored areas are fluorescent or if they are transparent and illuminated from behind by means of a light source. It's simple Way possible to attach additional windows, which in addition to the local time also the time of other time zones can be recognized or the color time information can be combined with conventional time information.

The invention is explained in more detail by means of exemplary embodiments with the aid of six figures. It shows each schematically

F i g. I is a side view of a columnar clock according to this invention with the case removed,

Fig. 2 die Schnittansicht U-Il der Uhr nach Fig. I₁ FIG. 2 shows the sectional view U-II of the clock according to FIG. I ₁

Fig.3 und 4 eine Armbanduhr mit einem sektorförmigen Sichtfenster in zwei Stellungen des kreisförmig ausgebildeten Zeitanzeigeorgans,3 and 4 a wrist watch with a sector-shaped viewing window in two positions of the circular trained time display organ,

F i g. 5 eine Draufsicht auf das Zeitanzeigeorgan der Uhr nach den F ί g. 3 und 4,F i g. 5 is a plan view of the time display element of the clock according to FIGS. 3 and 4,

F i g. 6 the time display organ according to the invention, the is combined with a clock for digital time display.

The in F i g. I column-shaped clock shown in principle has a clockwork 1 with a shaft 2, which Against the clockwork, a shaft rotates once per minute - hereinafter referred to as the second wheel 3, which rotates once every twelve hours compared to movement 1 - hereinafter referred to as the hour shaft.