Classifications

• • 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
  • G04B45/00—Time pieces of which the indicating means or cases provoke special effects, e.g. aesthetic effects
• • 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
  • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
  • G04B19/06—Dials
  • G04B19/08—Geometrical arrangement of the graduations
  • G04B19/082—Geometrical arrangement of the graduations varying from the normal closed scale

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a time display device, in particular a device for simulating a period out of time.
• the first is based on the decomposition of the hour into a circle, an indicator of which scans the 360 ° for 60 minutes. Each minute therefore represents 6 °.
• the second is based on the scanning of an angular sector and when the end of the sector is reached, the indicator returns to the starting position. This return is usually done very quickly to be invisible to the eye.
• the purpose of the present invention is to stand against this race for precision and to propose a time display device which grants its user a period out of time which he can enjoy as he pleases.
• a time display device which includes a first so-called advance zone, covering an indication of 60 minutes and during which the indication of the time takes proportionately the advance on the exact time and a second so-called freedom zone, during which this advance is returned to the user.
• the principle is therefore based on the fact that when one is in the first zone, the time displayed passes slightly faster than reality. This difference is then made up in the freedom zone since the tasks planned to last one hour were completed during the passage in the first zone.
• FIG. 1 shows a watch face on which two areas are represented
• FIG. 2 shows an assembly according to the invention at 12 o'clock.
• a first mode as illustrated in FIG. 1 consists of a circular type display, and having two sectors, ie a first sector graduated from 0 to 60 and a second sector, located between the 60 and the 0.
• the minute indicator cover the distance between 0 and 60 in a shorter time than 60 minutes, for example 57 minutes.
• the hour hand 1 is represented in the form of a triangle, the tip of which sweeps over a marking 2 specific to the hours.
• the minute hand here represented by a square 3, crosses the second sector between 60 and 0 in a mixed mode, that is to say that for 3 minutes, the hand catches the real time on a sector covering qu 'part of the second sector. Then the needle jumps to reach position 0. If the second sector is larger than 18 ° (3 x 6 °), as illustrated in Figure 1, the angular displacement is reduced, the speed of rotation of the needle is then less than 6 ° per minute. Thus, when the hand reaches the indication 60, we will have gained 3 minutes over the actual minute. Once in position 60, the minute hand points to a particular area which represents an area of freedom outside the hour.
• the hour hand 1 points to the usual position of 12.
• the minute hand 3 for its part, positions itself at position 0.
• the time indicated by this type of display according to the invention and the actual time are in phase.
• the movement of the minute hand can be in different ways. According to a first embodiment, the needle moves in three minutes in the "free" zone to reach point 0.
• the needle stops in the "free” zone for the duration of the three minutes and jumps to position 0 when the "free" time has ended.
• Mixtures of these two modes can be achieved, for example by moving to the center of the "free" zone and then stopping while waiting for the end of this period. At this time, the needle jumps to zero to resume its course.
• the display seems normal, that is to say that the graduation starts at 0 and ends at 0 (they are aligned) but the movement of the needle is faster than normal.
• the hand indicates the half, it has already taken 1.5 minutes in advance (for a total of "gained" time of 3 minutes).
• a rotary indicator starts and indicates the progress of this free time. This indicator can take the form of a bar, the shaded part of which increases over time.
• an auditory indication will be used instead.
• a first sound signal When arriving at position 60 (or 0 according to the example above), a first sound signal will be given.
• a second audible signal At the end of the free period, a second audible signal will be emitted. This second signal may have a sound difference from the first, for example a blow for the first and two strokes for the second.
• the minute hand will indicate the minutes in advance so as to be able to benefit, at the end of the journey, from a period called "free".
• the needle can then either advance into a particular zone, thus indicating that we are in the free zone, or stop at the end of the race and wait for the end of the free period to return to the initial position.

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