JP2000009858A - Pointer type clock - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a dial exchangeable while pointers are set to a pointer shaft by providing a front plate that retains a movement on the reverse surface and pierce pointer shaft of the movement from the rear surface side to the front surface side and a dial that can be slid from an insertion port being provided on the side of a clock body to the front surface of the front plate. SOLUTION: The device consists of a clock body 1 and a dial 3 that can be inserted from an insertion port 5. The clock body 1 is constituted by connecting a front frame 9, a rear frame 10, and a rear lid 11 that is mounted on the rear of the rear frame 10, and a front plate 2 for fixing a movement 8 is formed in one piece with the rear frame 10. A fixing part for fixing the movement 8 is provided at the rear surface side of the front plate 2, and a through hole 15 for projecting a pointer shaft 6 being provided at the movement 8 toward the front surface side of the front plate 2 when the movement 8 is fixed to the front plate rear surface side is provided. A gap is formed between pointers 7 and the front plate 2, and an insertion port 5 for inserting the dial 3 from an upper portion is provided on the upper surface of the clock body 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pointer type timepiece capable of easily attaching and detaching a dial.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional pointer-type timepiece, a dial plate is fixed to a front plate through a pointer shaft. Further, a multi-segmented dial is placed on the front plate, and the adjacent dials are fixed to the front plate from above by a connecting pin via a fixing bush (for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. -109985
Publication). Furthermore, there is proposed a pointer-type timepiece (for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-16356) in which a notch is provided in a dial that can be inserted into and removed from the watch case, and the dial can be replaced without removing the pointer from the pointer shaft. Have been.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional timepiece, when the replacement of the dial is performed in spite of the growing need for midway replacement of the dial, which is an important point in the design field, a pointer shaft is required. After removing the pointer from
There was a problem that the dial had to be replaced, which was troublesome.

[0004] In the structure disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 59-109985 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-16356, the dial can be replaced without removing the hands.
There is a problem in that the portion in contact with the multi-divided dial appears as a single vertical line when viewed from the front of the timepiece, and the appearance of the timepiece deteriorates.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a timepiece that can easily be replaced with a dial while the hands are still set on a pointer shaft and has a good appearance. is there.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a front plate which holds a movement on the back and penetrates a pointer shaft of the movement from the back side to the front side, has a notch from an end to a center. Formed with a dial slidable from the insertion opening provided on the side of the watch body to the front of the front plate,
At least a part of the dial was constituted by the cutout.

As described above, the notch is provided in the dial from the end toward the center, so that even if the dial is inserted through the insertion opening provided on the side of the timepiece body, the pointer shaft and the dial can be connected. There is no interference, and the dial can be replaced without removing the pointer from the pointer shaft. In addition, since the notch is used as a part of the picture, the notch can be configured as a decoration.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the structure of a pointer type timepiece according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of the pointer type timepiece according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. It is a front view showing a dial concerning an embodiment of the invention. The pointer-type timepiece according to the present embodiment includes a timepiece main body 1 and a dial 3 that can be inserted from an insertion port 5 provided on an upper surface of the timepiece body.

As shown in FIG. 2, the timepiece body 1 includes a front frame 9, a rear frame 10, and a back cover 1 attached behind the rear frame.
The front frame 2 for fixing the movement 8 is integrally formed on the rear frame 10. A fixing portion (not shown) for fixing the movement 8 is provided on the back side of the front plate 2, and a pointer provided on the movement 8 when the movement 8 is fixed on the back side of the front plate. A through hole 15 is provided for projecting the shaft 6 to the front side of the front plate 2. At the tip of the pointer shaft 6, a pointer 7 such as an hour hand, a minute hand or a second hand is attached.

As shown in FIG. 2, a gap is formed between the pointer 7 and the front plate 2 via the pointer shaft 6. In addition, an insertion port 5 is provided on the upper surface of the watch main body 1 to allow the dial 3 to be inserted from above the watch main body 1. The insertion opening 5 is set to have a width substantially equal to the thickness of the dial and a length substantially equal to the lateral width of the dial so that the dial 3 can be inserted into the gap. It is provided above. A ring-shaped guide portion 20 is formed on the front surfaces of the front frame 9 and the front plate 2 so that the dial 3 can be smoothly inserted into the timepiece body.

As shown in FIG. 3, the dial 3 according to the present embodiment is formed in a substantially square shape, and a notch 4 is formed from the end of the dial 3 toward the center. This notch 4
The notch 4 is provided so that the notch 4 does not interfere with the pointer shaft 6 when the dial 3 is inserted into the timepiece body 1 as shown in FIG. In the case of the present embodiment, the notch 4 is formed to imitate the shape of the outer frame of the building, as shown in FIG. In addition, in order to make it easy to understand that the notch 4 has the shape of a building, a picture 2 of a roof or a chimney is provided around the notch 4.
5 are formed. As described above, the outer frame of the building is composed of the notch 4, the roof and the chimney are composed of the picture 25 drawn on the dial, and the picture of the building with the chimney is used as the whole picture. Make up.

When the dial 3 is formed of a light collector, an LED (not shown) is arranged inside the watch main body 1, and when this LED is turned on or the watch is placed in a bright place,
Since the light is radiated from the notch 4 by the light-collecting action of the light-collecting plate, the building part shines brightly.

When the dial 3 is set in the watch main body 1 through the insertion slot 5, the dial 3 is first positioned so that the notch 4 of the dial 3 is directly above the pointer shaft 6. After adjusting the position, cut the dial in the direction of the watch body 1
May be inserted so as to surround the pointer shaft 6.

In the present embodiment, the shape of the notch 4 is the outer frame of the building, but may be, for example, the shape of a doll or animal. In addition, the dial 3 is composed of the entire pattern by the pattern 25 drawn on the dial and the notch 4, but the pattern 25 drawn on the dial is not necessarily required, and the entire pattern is composed only by the notch 4. May be.

[0015]

According to the present invention, there is provided a front plate which holds a movement on the back side and penetrates the pointer shaft of the movement from the back side to the front side, and a notch is formed from the end to the center to form a lateral side of the watch body. And a character plate slidable from the insertion opening provided on the front surface of the front plate, wherein at least a part of the character plate is cut out to form a picture.

As described above, by providing the dial with the notch extending from the end to the center, even if the dial is inserted through the insertion opening provided on the side of the timepiece body, the pointer shaft and the dial may interfere. I will not do it. Therefore, the dial can be replaced without removing the pointer from the pointer shaft. In addition, since the picture is constituted by the notch, the notch can be expressed as a decoration.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pointer-type timepiece according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A shows a pointer-type timepiece according to an embodiment of the present invention.
A sectional drawing.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the dial according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Watch main body 2 Front plate 3 Dial 4 Notch 5 Insertion opening 6 Pointer shaft 7 Pointer 8 Movement 9 Front frame 10 Rear frame 11 Back cover 15 Through hole 20 Guide part 25 Picture

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A front plate which holds a movement on the back and penetrates a pointer shaft of the movement from the back side to the front side, and a notch is formed from an end to a center, and is provided on a side of the timepiece body. A dial slidable from the insertion opening to the front side of the front plate, wherein at least a part of the dial has a pattern formed by the cutout.