EP4394524A1 - Dispositif d'affichage d'un temps - Google Patents

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EP4394524A1
EP4394524A1 EP22216958.3A EP22216958A EP4394524A1 EP 4394524 A1 EP4394524 A1 EP 4394524A1 EP 22216958 A EP22216958 A EP 22216958A EP 4394524 A1 EP4394524 A1 EP 4394524A1
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Andreas Funk
Marco Biegert
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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • G04B19/02—Back-gearing arrangements between gear train and hands
    • 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
    • G04B19/24—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars
    • G04B19/243—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator

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  • the invention relates to a device for displaying a point in time which is specified in a shorter time unit and a longer time unit.
  • the point in time can be a time of day, for example specified in hours and minutes, or a calendar date, for example specified in months and days.
  • Corresponding clocks and calendars are known in countless different designs.
  • digital displays that show the two pieces of information (e.g. hour and minute or month and day) as numbers
  • the object of the invention is to provide a device for displaying a point in time which meets high design requirements while having a simple movement sequence.
  • the track forms a closed ring, which can basically have any geometry.
  • the track can be arranged in a plane or approximately in a plane.
  • the track can have a circular basic shape.
  • the track can be designed in a curved shape so that it is not arranged in a plane or is only approximately arranged in a plane.
  • the marker moves along the track, first along the loop in which it is currently located, then, upon completing a full circle around the axis of rotation, into an adjacent loop, further along this loop, into the next loop adjacent to this loop, and so on, until the marker returns to its starting point and the process begins again as the rotational movement progresses.
  • the loops can all have the same geometry, which results in a particularly harmonious design. However, it is also possible to use loops of different shapes and/or sizes, for example to have loops for certain times (eg for the hours 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock) compared to the loops for the to make the remaining points in time stand out visually.
  • the number of loops corresponds to the number of longer time units to be displayed.
  • the rotation of the track corresponds to the passage of time. If the track is rotated by a certain angle starting from a certain starting point (where the angle can be one or more full circles or just parts of a full circle), the position of the marking along the track indicates how far the track has been rotated and thus the point in time corresponding to this rotation. Due to the special geometry of the track with the loops, the marking moves "one loop further" for each full circle of rotation. Therefore, the loop in which the marking is located at a certain point in time provides information about the full circles completed since the starting point. The rotational position of this loop or the rotational position of the marking located in this loop indicates the shorter time unit of the point in time.
  • the rotational position of the marking located in the loop refers to the position of the marking in relation to the rotational movement of the track, not a possible rotation of the marking itself around its own axis. If the device is, for example, a calendar that displays the month as a longer time unit and the calendar day of that month as a shorter time unit, one full circle of the track corresponds to the passage of a month. Accordingly, starting from the loop in which it was at the beginning, the marker moves one loop further as a result of the rotation around a full circle, so that the displayed time advances by one month.
  • the rotational position of the loop follows the rotational movement and can advance a fraction of a full circle for each shorter time unit by selecting the appropriate rotation speed, so that the shorter time unit of the time can always be read off from the rotational position of the loop or from the rotational position of the marker arranged in this loop.
  • a rotational movement by a certain fraction of a full circle for example by 360° divided by 31 calendar days, can correspond to the passage of time of one day.
  • the device can be used as a desk calendar, where the rotation is carried out manually, so that the rotation position of the track is manually advanced by one day every day. Therefore, a scale, on which the shorter time unit of the point in time is read, can be designed largely freely.
  • the device is an aesthetically pleasing object that represents the progress of time in an interesting way.
  • the device has a drive that sets the track in a rotating movement around the axis of rotation, so that the track describes a full circle in one of the longer time units.
  • the drive can be, for example, a stepper motor or another electric drive. It can drive the track at a constant speed. However, it is just as possible to vary the rotation speed. In particular, a constant speed can be selected within one of the longer time units, so that the rotational position of the track (including the loop in which the marking is currently located) advances by the same angle in each of the smaller time units. If the last, shorter time unit is exceeded within one of the current, longer time units, the track can be driven at a different rotation speed, in particular at a higher one.
  • the marking can move from the relevant loop to the adjacent loop in a short time when the full circle is completed or at the end of the longer time unit.
  • This process therefore runs particularly smoothly and at a precisely defined time. point in time. In the calendar example, this applies in particular to crossing the month boundary, for example at the end of March 31st. At this point in time, a rotational movement can be carried out at a relatively high speed in order to cause the display to quickly "jump" to April 1st.
  • the track is arranged in a vertical plane and the axis of rotation is arranged horizontally.
  • the device has a particularly clear design that is well suited to wall mounting or an upright position. Gravity can optionally be used optimally to move the marking along the track (see below). In principle, however, it is neither necessary to arrange the track in a plane nor to arrange the axis of rotation horizontally. In particular, the axis of rotation can be arranged at an angle. A prerequisite for the correct functioning of the device is that the track with the loops is shaped in such a way that the marking reaches the adjacent loop when a full circle is completed.
  • the path describes a curve in the area of each loop, the angle of which is 360° minus 360° divided by the number of loops present.
  • the curve can be circular along the spanned angle, but can also have a geometry that deviates from a circular shape, for example elliptical or oval.
  • the loops are arranged on a circle and connected to one another via intermediate pieces of the track and each have an entrance and an exit, so that each exit is connected to the entrance of an adjacent loop via one of the intermediate pieces.
  • the intermediate pieces can be straight or have a curve.
  • the fact that the loops are arranged on a circle does not refer to the shape of the individual loops, but to the arrangement of the loops as a whole.
  • the Center points or the innermost or outermost points of the individual loops can be arranged on a circle.
  • the entrance and exit of a loop can be arranged adjacent to each other, in particular offset from each other in the direction of the axis of rotation.
  • the entrances and exits of the loops and the geometry of the loops are designed in such a way that the marking from the exit of a loop passes through the associated intermediate piece to the entrance of the next loop, thus ensuring a smooth change from one loop to the next loop.
  • the intermediate pieces are arranged on a circle, with the loops pointing inwards or outwards from this circle.
  • the intermediate pieces can, if they themselves have a curvature, follow an exact circular path, but they can also be arranged only approximately on an imaginary circle. The latter applies, for example, if the intermediate pieces themselves have a geometry that deviates from the circular path, e.g. are straight or partially straight. If the entrances and exits of the loops are arranged at the same point or closely adjacent to each other in relation to the rotary movement, the basic shape of the path is essentially determined by the arrangement of the intermediate pieces. Depending on whether the loops point inwards or outwards, the approximate circular shape described by the intermediate pieces can represent an inner or outer boundary of the path.
  • the intermediate pieces can represent an inner boundary of the path.
  • the entrances and exits of the loops are located in particular on the inner boundary of the track and the transition of the marking from one loop to the adjacent loop occurs in particular whenever the current loop is approximately at the highest point.
  • the intermediate pieces can represent an outer boundary of the track.
  • the entrances and exits of the loops are located in particular at the outer boundary of the track and the transition of the marking from one loop to the adjacent loop occurs especially when the current loop is approximately at its lowest point.
  • the track has a stop element at the exit of a loop, which is designed in such a way that the marking stops when it reaches the stop element and only moves on when the track has rotated a defined angle.
  • the track can have a bump or a hump that the marking has to overcome. This measure allows the point in time at which the marking "jumps" from the respective loop to the adjacent loop to be specified particularly precisely by appropriately controlling the rotational movement of the track.
  • the marker moves freely along the track due to gravity, so that it is always located at a local low point on the track.
  • the local low point usually corresponds to the lowest point of the loop on which the marker is currently located.
  • an intermediate piece that connects two adjacent loops is never the local low point, or only for a short period of time, namely while the marker moves to the next loop.
  • Moving the marker using gravity in this way is particularly simple and interesting and entertaining for an observer to observe. In principle, however, other possibilities for moving the marker along the track are also possible, for example using a separate drive and/or elastic and/or magnetic forces.
  • the marking comprises a body that rolls along the track, the track having a geometry that is adapted to the body and guides the body laterally.
  • the marking may be a ball or a roller or a more complicated object with wheels.
  • the track can be designed in particular as a channel or groove or rail to allow the body to roll along the track while simultaneously being guided laterally.
  • a track well suited for this can have two wires arranged at an equal, horizontal distance from each other, whereby the distance can be such that the body arranged between the two wires does not fall through and is guided laterally by the two wires.
  • the use of a ball in particular is impressive due to its simplicity and aesthetic clarity. At the same time, a ball can move easily along the track with minimal resistance and even with manufacturing tolerances.
  • the marking has a body that slides along the track.
  • a sliding movement of the body along the track that this enables can be carried out, for example, with a body that has a through hole, such as a ball or a cube.
  • the track can have a wire or a similar guide element that runs through the through hole.
  • the device has a scale on which the rotational position of the loop in which the marking is arranged or the rotational position of the marking arranged in this loop can be read, the scale having sectors with a central angle that corresponds to the angle of rotation that represents one of the shorter time units.
  • the rotational position of the track which is important for reading the shorter time unit, can be read particularly easily using the scale.
  • the scale has a starting point and an end point and in between a free sector whose central angle corresponds to the angle which spans two adjacent loops with a rotation axis of the track.
  • a slightly smaller or larger dimension of the central angle of the free sector is included.
  • the free sector offers sufficient scope for the marker to reach the adjacent loop.
  • the marker is then automatically located approximately at the starting point of the scale. In the example of a calendar with a ball as a marker, this means, for example, that at the end of March 31st, the ball sweeps over the free sector along the intermediate piece and reaches the adjacent loop for the following month of April, which at the "switchover time" is located approximately at the starting point of the scale, i.e. on the first calendar day.
  • the time is a clock time
  • the shorter time unit is a minute
  • the longer time unit is an hour.
  • the device serves as a clock that displays the time in minutes and hours.
  • 12 or 24 loops can be used, so that the time is displayed in 12 or 24 hour format, respectively.
  • the point in time is a calendar date
  • the shorter time unit is a day
  • the longer time unit is a month.
  • the device comprises 12 loops for the months. It is also conceivable to use 52 loops to display the calendar week as a longer time unit, in particular with the day of the week (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) as a shorter time unit.
  • the point in time is a calendar date
  • the shorter unit of time is a month
  • the longer unit of time is a year.
  • 12 loops can be used for 12 years, corresponding to the signs of the zodiac on which, for example, certain Chinese calendars are based.
  • the device made of Fig.1 serves as a calendar for displaying the date, with the longer unit of time indicating the month and the shorter unit of time indicating the day. Therefore, the schematically shown track comprises twelve loops, which are designated by the Roman reference symbols I to XII and represent the calendar months from January to December.
  • the loops I to XII are each approximately circular and arranged with their centers on a circle.
  • the loops I to XII all have the same shape and size and are connected to one another via twelve spacers 10.
  • the track which comprises the spacers 10 and the loops I to XII, is approximately in a vertical plane and rotates around an axis of rotation 12 which is arranged horizontally (perpendicular to the plane of the drawing) and is located at the center of the track.
  • the track is mounted on three rollers 14 that rest on an inner side of the track, so that the track rotates around the (imaginary) axis of rotation 12.
  • a marking in the form of a ball 16 is arranged in loop IV. This indicates that the current calendar month is April.
  • Inside the track there is a scale with 31 points that correspond to the 31 calendar days.
  • the calendar days 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 do not have any points, but are numbered accordingly.
  • Each pair of two adjacent scale points forms a sector 18 with a central angle ⁇ .
  • the device has a drive 20, which is only indicated schematically, which in the example acts on the inside of the track and rotates the track around the axis of rotation 12.
  • the drive 20 is controlled in such a way that the rotational movement of the track covers the central angle ⁇ of a sector within one day, i.e. within one of the shorter time units.
  • the track and thus in particular the loop IV in which the ball 16 is located moves forward on the scale by one calendar day within 24 hours.
  • the drive 20 is controlled so that the track continues to move around the axis of rotation 12 until the loop IV is finally so far up that the ball 16 leaves this loop IV and moves along the intermediate piece 10 leading to the loop V into the loop V.
  • the loop V is then at the scale marking for the first calendar day or the track is moved up to this point so that the calendar shows May 1st. In this way, the marking 16 moves into the adjacent loop upon completion of each full circle so that the displayed time advances by one month.
  • Figure 2 shows the Fig.1 schematically illustrated device in a concrete embodiment in which a ball 16 serves as a marker and the track is formed by a metal profile 32 which forms the loops I to XII and intermediate pieces 10.
  • Figure 5 shows another device, also serving as a calendar, with a track that, like the one from the Figures 1 and 2 twelve loops I to XII and twelve intermediate pieces 10.
  • the loops I to XII are arranged on a circle, as are the intermediate pieces 10.
  • the loops I to XII point inwards and the intermediate pieces 10 do not form an inner but an outer boundary of the track.
  • the marking is as in the Figures 1 and 2 designed as a ball 16.
  • the ball 16 In the rotational position of the track shown, the ball 16 is in the loop VIII, which indicates the month of July.
  • the rotational position of the ball 16 or the marking "VIII" of the current loop is near the number 1 on the scale from 1 to 31, which corresponds to the days and is fixed along the inside of the track.
  • the device therefore shows the date August 1st.
  • the track has two wires 34 that are arranged along the entire track at a uniform, horizontal distance from each other. The distance is about half the diameter of the ball 16, so that the ball cannot fall through between the wires 34 and is guided laterally along the track by the wires 34.

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FR2262238A1 (fr) * 1974-02-22 1975-09-19 Ebauches Sa
EP0813124A1 (fr) * 1995-12-20 1997-12-17 Kuronuma, Izuru Affichage

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FR2262238A1 (fr) * 1974-02-22 1975-09-19 Ebauches Sa
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