EP2088481A3 - Device for displaying a unit of time - Google Patents

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EP2088481A3
EP2088481A3 EP09152158A EP09152158A EP2088481A3 EP 2088481 A3 EP2088481 A3 EP 2088481A3 EP 09152158 A EP09152158 A EP 09152158A EP 09152158 A EP09152158 A EP 09152158A EP 2088481 A3 EP2088481 A3 EP 2088481A3
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Pierre Schmidli
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04C—ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04C17/00—Indicating the time optically by electric means
    • G04C17/005—Indicating the time optically by electric means by discs
    • 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
    • G04B19/20—Indicating by numbered bands, drums, discs, or sheets
    • G04B19/202—Indicating by numbered bands, drums, discs, or sheets by means of turning discs
    • 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
    • G04B45/0007—Light-, colour-, line-, or spot-effects caused by parts or pictures moved by the clockwork

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un dispositif d'affichage d'une unité de temps qui permet de remplacer un organe d'affichage et de donner une indication supplémentaire relative au temps restant par rapport à un temps de référence. Le dispositif d'affichage (14) d'une unité de temps comprend:
- un cadran comprenant au moins deux bandes en forme de spirale, de couleurs contrastées, et
- un disque mobile en rotation par rapport au cadran, superposé audit cadran, présentant au moins deux bandes en forme de spirale, de couleurs contrastées, au moins l'une desdites bandes étant réalisée dans un matériau laissant apparaitre le cadran,

ledit cadran et ledit disque mobile étant agencés de sorte que, lors de la rotation du disque mobile en fonction de l'unité de temps, les bandes en forme de spirale du disque mobile se déplacent pour afficher l'unité de temps et se combinent aux bandes en forme de spirale du cadran pour indiquer, par rapport à ces dernières, au moins le temps restant jusqu'à la rotation complète du disque mobile.

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The present invention relates to a device for displaying a unit of time which makes it possible to replace a display member and to give an additional indication relating to the time remaining with respect to a reference time. The display device (14) of a time unit comprises:
- a dial comprising at least two spiral-shaped bands of contrasting colors, and
a disc movable in rotation with respect to the dial, superimposed on said dial, having at least two spiral-shaped strips of contrasting colors, at least one of said strips being made of a material allowing the dial to appear,

said dial and said movable disk being arranged so that, during the rotation of the mobile disk as a function of the time unit, the spiral-shaped strips of the mobile disk move to display the unit of time and combine with the spiral-shaped bands of the dial to indicate, with respect to the latter, at least the time remaining until the complete rotation of the mobile disk.
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EP09152158A 2008-02-06 2009-02-05 Device for displaying a unit of time Withdrawn EP2088481A3 (en)

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CH1592008A CH706022B1 (en) 2008-02-06 2008-02-06 Time unit display device

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WO2015169748A1 (en) * 2014-05-05 2015-11-12 Frey Remo Manuel Hourglass simulation device and a clock, in particular a wrist watch comprising the same
WO2021199088A1 (en) * 2020-03-30 2021-10-07 Luce Maurizio A mechanical watch with improved reading of the time

Citations (5)

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US1877732A (en) * 1931-09-05 1932-09-13 Seth Thomas Clock Company Imitation hour glass clock
EP0354187A1 (en) * 1988-08-03 1990-02-07 Alain Peter Schildknecht Time display device
DE19545847A1 (en) * 1995-12-08 1997-06-12 Gerolf Dr Richter Continuous mechanical date display for wristwatches
WO1998026334A1 (en) * 1996-12-10 1998-06-18 Johnson Peter R Timepiece for sight impaired individuals
US20030099159A1 (en) * 2001-11-29 2003-05-29 Herbstman David F. Animated timepiece

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US3595009A (en) 1970-03-30 1971-07-27 David L Pakter Timepiece for achieving special visual effects
DE4036260C2 (en) 1990-11-14 1994-01-27 Armin Dietrich Clock
DE9303530U1 (en) 1993-03-11 1993-07-08 Wirthner, Henri, 7614 Gengenbach Device for displaying kinetic design or art objects
US7362662B2 (en) 2003-08-04 2008-04-22 Lang Timothy R Color timepiece
FR2863370A1 (en) 2003-12-04 2005-06-10 Bettina Dadon Time display device e.g. electronic clock, for e.g. mobile telephone, has indictors with respective non-uniformly colored regions, where rotation of indicators enables user to observe color by partial superposition of any two regions

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1877732A (en) * 1931-09-05 1932-09-13 Seth Thomas Clock Company Imitation hour glass clock
EP0354187A1 (en) * 1988-08-03 1990-02-07 Alain Peter Schildknecht Time display device
DE19545847A1 (en) * 1995-12-08 1997-06-12 Gerolf Dr Richter Continuous mechanical date display for wristwatches
WO1998026334A1 (en) * 1996-12-10 1998-06-18 Johnson Peter R Timepiece for sight impaired individuals
US20030099159A1 (en) * 2001-11-29 2003-05-29 Herbstman David F. Animated timepiece

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