EP0564407A1 - Montre de poche ou montre-bracelet - Google Patents

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EP0564407A1
EP0564407A1 EP93810213A EP93810213A EP0564407A1 EP 0564407 A1 EP0564407 A1 EP 0564407A1 EP 93810213 A EP93810213 A EP 93810213A EP 93810213 A EP93810213 A EP 93810213A EP 0564407 A1 EP0564407 A1 EP 0564407A1
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sequence generator
cuckoo
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sound sequence
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Thomas Steinemann
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04C—ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04C21/00—Producing acoustic time signals by electrical means
    • G04C21/04—Indicating the time of the day
    • G04C21/12—Indicating the time of the day by electro-acoustic means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B25/00—Indicating the time by other means or by combined means
    • G04B25/06—Indicating the time by other means or by combined means by moving figures, e.g. cuckoo clocks, trumpet clocks

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  • the present invention relates to a pocket or wrist watch provided with a programmed sound sequence generator.
  • a wristwatch is already known from the literature, which contains a mechanical musical mechanism, namely a music box, that is to say a roller provided with pins and a set of tongues which can be set in vibration by the pins and thereby produce tones.
  • a music box you can indeed program a programmed melody, e.g. generate the melody of a cuckoo call, but not the cuckoo call itself, since the sound generator and its resonance body are characteristic of the sound of the individual tones and its characteristics cannot be changed significantly.
  • a pocket watch or wrist watch provided with a battery has also been proposed, in which the sound sequence generator contains an electronic circuit and an electromagnetic transducer, that is to say a miniature loudspeaker or a listening cell.
  • the clock according to the present invention now differs from these known clocks in that the sound sequence generator is not designed so that it generates a melody, but rather in such a way that it generates a cuckoo sound, that is to say a cuckoo call, it being particularly advantageous if, in addition to the cuckoo call, the sound of an hourly chime is generated at the same time.
  • Literature has been around for 20 years, however an electronic cuckoo clock, namely a digital clock with a cuckoo call is known, in which an electronic circuit does not generate a cuckoo call melody but a cuckoo call itself.
  • the current consumption of the entire circuit is far too large to be usable in a wristwatch or pocket watch; on the other hand, the circuit requires a voltage source of 8 V, i.e. a battery that cannot be accommodated in a pocket or wrist watch, and in addition electronic switching elements must also be used, the geometric dimensions of which prevent use in a small watch.
  • 8 V i.e. a battery that cannot be accommodated in a pocket or wrist watch
  • electronic switching elements must also be used, the geometric dimensions of which prevent use in a small watch.
  • the components of the sound sequence generator in the watch housing, but next to the clockwork, and to provide the electronic circuit with an externally actuated push button for switching on the sound sequence generator. It can be particularly advantageous to program the sound sequence generator in such a way that it plays the complete cuckoo call at least once after being switched on.
  • the two watches are of identical design, the same reference numerals are used for the same parts of the two exemplary embodiments.
  • the watch can also be provided with a second hand. In the illustrated embodiment, however, sits on the second hand shaft 8, a transparent disk 9, which is provided at its edge with the drawing of a cuckoo 10 in different positions, of which a single one is visible through the window 12 attached in the bezel and closed with a glass 11 is.
  • the clock provided with an electronic stepping mechanism runs, that is, when the second shaft 8 rotates step by step, this cuckoo 10 runs to the right out of the area of the window 11 and the next cuckoo enters the area of the window.
  • the clockwork 13 Under the dial 5 is the clockwork 13, which can conveniently be a quartz clockwork.
  • a sound sequence generator is now housed in the watch case 3.
  • This consists of an electronic microcircuit, designated as a whole by 14, and an electromechanical transducer, that is to say a miniature loudspeaker 15, these two components being connected to a pushbutton 16 and a battery 17 by lines (not shown in the drawing).
  • the electronic circuit 14 is designed in such a way that it generates a cuckoo call together with the converter 15 by actuating the pushbutton 16 expediently an entire cuckoo call, which can be repeated by pressing the button again.
  • the sound sequence generator is designed such that, in addition to the cuckoo sound, it also produces the sound of an hourly beat, as is known per se in the known cuckoo wall clocks.
  • the circuit could also be configured somewhat differently, namely, for example, in such a way that the cuckoo call sounds every full hour, a switch having to be provided in order to prevent the call from being generated at certain times, for example during night hours.

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EP93810213A 1992-03-31 1993-03-25 Montre de poche ou montre-bracelet Withdrawn EP0564407A1 (fr)

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DE10157093A1 (de) * 2001-11-21 2003-06-05 Kathinka Dapper Multifunktionsuhr
WO2014019820A1 (fr) * 2012-07-31 2014-02-06 Montres Jaquet Droz Sa Dispositif a sifflet integrable dans une montre bracelet
WO2014019819A1 (fr) * 2012-07-31 2014-02-06 Montres Jaquet Droz Sa Montre-bracelet munie d'une animation au-dessus du cadran

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FR444282A (fr) * 1912-05-25 1912-10-14 Meinrad Behringer Horloge ou pendule à signal qui prévient que la sonnerie des heures va se faire entendre
CH287939A (fr) * 1950-12-15 1952-12-31 Le Coultre & Cie Mécanisme de réveil.
CH327802A (fr) * 1954-11-17 1958-02-15 Reuge Guido Montre
US4395135A (en) * 1982-05-06 1983-07-26 Timex Corporation Optional alarm and battery backup system for a talking timepiece
JPS58179382A (ja) * 1982-04-15 1983-10-20 Rhythm Watch Co Ltd 時計の報知音発生回路

Patent Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR444282A (fr) * 1912-05-25 1912-10-14 Meinrad Behringer Horloge ou pendule à signal qui prévient que la sonnerie des heures va se faire entendre
CH287939A (fr) * 1950-12-15 1952-12-31 Le Coultre & Cie Mécanisme de réveil.
CH327802A (fr) * 1954-11-17 1958-02-15 Reuge Guido Montre
JPS58179382A (ja) * 1982-04-15 1983-10-20 Rhythm Watch Co Ltd 時計の報知音発生回路
US4395135A (en) * 1982-05-06 1983-07-26 Timex Corporation Optional alarm and battery backup system for a talking timepiece

Non-Patent Citations (2)

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FUNKSCHAU Nr. 25, 12. Juli 1973, GERMANY Seiten 983 - 984 STIEWE 'Elektronische Kuckucksuhr' *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 008, no. 023 (P-251)31. Januar 1984 & JP-A-58 179 382 ( RHYTHM TOKEI KOGYO KK ) 20. Oktober 1983 *

Cited By (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE10157093A1 (de) * 2001-11-21 2003-06-05 Kathinka Dapper Multifunktionsuhr
WO2014019820A1 (fr) * 2012-07-31 2014-02-06 Montres Jaquet Droz Sa Dispositif a sifflet integrable dans une montre bracelet
WO2014019819A1 (fr) * 2012-07-31 2014-02-06 Montres Jaquet Droz Sa Montre-bracelet munie d'une animation au-dessus du cadran
US9223292B2 (en) 2012-07-31 2015-12-29 Montres Jaquet Droz Sa Wristwatch fitted with an animation above the dial
US9514730B2 (en) 2012-07-31 2016-12-06 Montres Jaquet Droz Sa Whistle device that can be integrated into a wristwatch

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