DE3305414A1 - Electrical or electronic clock with clock face - Google Patents

Abstract

Electrical or electronic clock with clock face, characterised in that the clock face 1 has a 24 hour-division and is constructed as a spiral of two movements, the 0 hour, 1200 hour and 2400 hour figures 2, 3, 4 lying one on top of the other, the spiral consisting of a number of electrically drivable elements 5 arranged next to one another in rows, the starting element 6 and finishing element 7 being identical with the 0 figure and 2400 hour figure, respectively, and the finishing element 7 and starting element 6 being electrically coupled to one another in order to obtain a display transition from the end of the spiral, i.e. the 2400 hour element to the start of the spiral, i.e. the 0 hour element.

Description

Annex to the patent application
Xlaus Exsternbrink
5840 swords 6

"ielectric or electronic clock with dial description

Clocks with a dial are used to read the respective time of day in the daily routine v <> n 24 hours.

Usually the daily routine on the dial is divided into 2 times 12 hours with a sequence of numbers from 1-12 o'clock in such a way that that for the second half of the day the second run of the smaller hour hand through the number sequence 1 to 12 takes place. . With these clocks it is disadvantageous that the same time information is used for the hours in the second half of the day 1 to 12, as for the first half of the day. This ambiguity leads to misunderstandings.

This type of dial is particularly disadvantageous when this clock as a control unit for certain periods of a day's routine is used and a period of time advances into the next daily routine.

It is the object of the invention to provide a clock with a dial that unmistakably depicts the entire 24-hour daily routine. The object of the invention is achieved in that the dial has a 24 hour division and is designed as a spiral of two gears, with the 0 o'clock, 12 o'clock and 24 o'clock digits 2, 3, 4 lie one on top of the other, the spiral consisting of a large number of strung together, electrically controllable elements 5, where the beginning element 6 and the end element 7 are identical to the 0 o'clock number and 24 o'clock respectively and with end element 7 and beginning element 6 electrically coupled to provide a display transition from the end of the spiral, i. the 24 o'clock element, to reach the beginning of the spiral, i.e. the 0 o'clock element.

In an embodiment of the invention it is provided that the elements are individually controllable.

In a further embodiment of the invention it is provided that a large number of elements can be controlled collectively. Through this it is achieved that a time range can be displayed. The advantage achieved by the invention is that when used This clock acts as a control unit for the entire tax area for a daily routine or for an area beyond midnight can be presented clearly and unambiguously. The transition from the 12-part representation to the 24-part representation at Maintaining the conventional position of 12 o'clock and 24 o'clock makes it easy for every person to recognize time ranges and also to set them. The invention is shown in drawings, further advantageous details of the invention can be taken from the drawings. The drawings show in detail:

Fig. 1 consists of a dial with a spiral of two gears and elements arranged thereon from individual lights.

Fig. 2 dial with a spiral of two gears and elements arranged thereon consisting of an LCD _T semiconductor element

In Fig. 1, 1 denotes the dial with a spiral of two gears and lights 8 and clock digits 9 arranged thereon. The use of lights becomes a particularly advantageous application achieved in poor lighting conditions.

Fig. 2 shows a particularly favorable embodiment in which the dial 1 including the display elements 5 consists of an LCD semiconductor display element.

The display elements 5 represent an optical contact with one another. The number of display elements 4 per hour is preferably A to 6 pieces.

The clock digits are part of the LCD semiconductor display elements: preferably printed. This embodiment according to the invention is distinguished by its particular cost-effectiveness.

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Claims (3)

■ - 33054H Annex to the patent application
Klaus Exsternbrink
Swords 6 Electric or electronic clock with dial claims α .. X / Electric or electronic clock with dial, characterized, that the dial 1 has a 24-hour division and is designed as a spiral of two gears, with the 0 o'clock, 12 o'clock and 24 o'clock digits 2, 3, 4, one above the other, the spiral consisting of a large number of electrically controllable ones lined up next to one another Elements 5 consists, with the beginning element 6 and the end element 7 being identical to the 0 o'clock and 24 o'clock digits and wherein end element 7 and beginning element 6 are electrically coupled to provide a display transition from To reach the end of the spiral, i.e. the 24 o'clock element, to the beginning of the spiral, i.e. the 0 o'clock element. 2.) Electric or electronic clock with dial according to 'claim 1, characterized,
that the elements can be controlled individually. 3.) Electric or electronic clock with dial according to claim 1 and 2,
characterized, that a large number of elements can be controlled collectively.