GB1128050A - Improvements in electrical circuitry for timekeeping instruments - Google Patents

Improvements in electrical circuitry for timekeeping instruments

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GB1128050A
GB1128050A GB55462/65A GB5546265A GB1128050A GB 1128050 A GB1128050 A GB 1128050A GB 55462/65 A GB55462/65 A GB 55462/65A GB 5546265 A GB5546265 A GB 5546265A GB 1128050 A GB1128050 A GB 1128050A
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coil
condenser
transistor
transistors
mechanical oscillation
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GB55462/65A
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United States Time Corp
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United States Time Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/28—Modifications for introducing a time delay before switching
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04C—ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04C3/00—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means
    • G04C3/02—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means wherein movement is regulated by a pendulum
    • G04C3/027—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means wherein movement is regulated by a pendulum using electromagnetic coupling between electric power source and pendulum
    • G04C3/0278—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means wherein movement is regulated by a pendulum using electromagnetic coupling between electric power source and pendulum the pendulum controlling the gear-train by means of static switches, e.g. transistor circuits
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04C—ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04C3/00—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means
    • G04C3/04—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means wherein movement is regulated by a balance
    • G04C3/06—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means wherein movement is regulated by a balance using electromagnetic coupling between electric power source and balance
    • G04C3/065—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means wherein movement is regulated by a balance using electromagnetic coupling between electric power source and balance the balance controlling gear-train by means of static switches, e.g. transistor circuits
    • G04C3/069—Driving circuits using a single coil for detection and driving purposes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04C—ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04C3/00—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means
    • G04C3/08—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means wherein movement is regulated by a mechanical oscillator other than a pendulum or balance, e.g. by a tuning fork, e.g. electrostatically
    • G04C3/10—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means wherein movement is regulated by a mechanical oscillator other than a pendulum or balance, e.g. by a tuning fork, e.g. electrostatically driven by electromagnetic means
    • G04C3/108—Driving circuits

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Apparatuses For Generation Of Mechanical Vibrations (AREA)
  • Electric Clocks (AREA)

Abstract

1,128,050. Clocks and watches. UNITED STATES TIME CORP. Dec.31, 1965 [Jan.2, 1965], No.55462/65. Heading G3T. [Also in Division H3] An electronic timepiece comprises a permanent magnet 10 and a coil 14 mounted for relative mechanical oscillation, the coil 14 acting both as a pick-up coil and as a drive coil for maintaining the relative mechanical oscillation, a source 16 of direct current, an RC network, e.g. a condenser 26 and resistor 24, and an astable multi-vibrator including complementary transistors 18, 20 the emitters of which are connected together, and wherein the collector of the transistor 18 is connected to the current source 16, and the collector of the transistor 20 is connected to one end of the coil 14. In the illustrated embodiment the magnet 10 oscillates relatively to a fixed coil 14, the mechanical oscillation being started by the closing of a switch (not shown) whereby the condenser 26 charges through the resistor 24 to apply a negative voltage to the base of the transistor 18 so that current flows through the transistors 18, 20 in series to produce a current pulse in the coil 14. At the same time the condenser 26 discharges through the transistors 18, 20 which then become non-conducting to be rendered conducting again by each voltage pulse generated in the coil 14 by the relative movement of the coil and magnet.
GB55462/65A 1965-01-02 1965-12-31 Improvements in electrical circuitry for timekeeping instruments Expired GB1128050A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DEU11336A DE1244069B (en) 1965-01-02 1965-01-02 Drive circuit for time-keeping devices

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GB1128050A true GB1128050A (en) 1968-09-25

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US (1) US3403312A (en)
JP (1) JPS4811918B1 (en)
CH (1) CH539875A (en)
DE (1) DE1244069B (en)
FR (1) FR1461286A (en)
GB (1) GB1128050A (en)

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GB1274126A (en) * 1969-03-28 1972-05-10 Hattori Tokeiten Kk Driving circuits for driving moveable elements particularly for motors or timepieces
DE1963259C3 (en) * 1969-12-17 1978-04-27 Franz Hermle & Sohn, Uhrenfabrik, 7209 Gosheim Permanent magnet dynamically driven movement for electronically controlled pendulum clocks
US3762155A (en) * 1971-12-23 1973-10-02 Gen Electric Simulated pendulum clock
US3762154A (en) * 1971-12-23 1973-10-02 Gen Electric Simulate pendulum clock
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US3124731A (en) * 1964-03-10 Electronic time pieces
US2909732A (en) * 1954-11-06 1959-10-20 Philips Corp Device for maintaining mechanical oscillations
US3100278A (en) * 1958-01-10 1963-08-06 Reich Robert Walter Electromagnetic pendulum drive
ES249816A1 (en) * 1958-06-14 1960-07-16 Durowe A G IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN THE TIMING MECHANICAL OSCILLATING ORGANS
DE1166705B (en) * 1958-09-03 1964-03-26 Durowe Deutsche Uhren Rohwerke Contactless mechanical oscillator controlled by electronic means as a gear folder of a time-keeping electrical device
US3061796A (en) * 1958-09-03 1962-10-30 Durowe A G Electric drive device for driving a mechanical oscillatory system
CH481860A4 (en) * 1960-04-28 1964-06-15
US3131362A (en) * 1960-05-31 1964-04-28 Ibm Balanced transistor multivibrator
US3238431A (en) * 1965-01-25 1966-03-01 Omega Brandt & Freres Sa Louis Oscillating resonator for a timepiece with synchronized driving oscillator

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FR1461286A (en) 1966-12-10
DE1244069B (en) 1967-07-06
CH539875A (en) 1973-09-14
US3403312A (en) 1968-09-24
JPS4811918B1 (en) 1973-04-17
CH1724165A4 (en) 1968-04-11

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