JP2000258561A - Clock using disk-shaped storage medium and spacer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a clock using a disk-shaped storage medium that can be easily created such as a CD and a CD-ROM as the dial of the clock. SOLUTION: A clock movement 3 is arranged on the back surface of a CD1, and an electronic clock hand shaft 3a is allowed to project from an opening part 1a of the CD1 to the surface side of the CD1. At the surface side of the CD1, a spacer 5 with a larger external diameter than that of the opening part 1a is arranged, a screw 4 is inserted from the tip side of the electronic clock hand shaft 3a, and the clock movement 3 is fixed to the CD1. Then, an electronic clock hand 2 is mounted at the tip of the electronic clock hand 3a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disk-shaped recording medium having a circular opening at the center, such as a music CD (compact disk) or a CD-ROM storing computer software. The present invention relates to a clock used as a dial and a spacer used for such a clock.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a 12-cm or 8-cm CD for music or a CD-ROM on which computer software is recorded has one side as an information recording side, while the other side displays the recorded contents together with the recorded contents. Various designs expressing the images related to it are given.

[0003]

However, even if the recording medium as described above is of interest in design, it is conventionally placed on a desk or shelf while being stored in a plastic case as it is. They could only do what they wanted to do, and the good design wasn't being used effectively. In addition, CD-ROMs distributed as appendices to magazines often become obsolete or obsolete after a certain period from the time of distribution. Ways of use were also being considered.

[0004] From such a viewpoint, the present inventor has used a music CD, a computer CD-ROM, or the like as a clock face to provide an excellent design.
We propose to provide a watch that attracts people's interest. In addition, by manufacturing such a timepiece, it becomes possible to effectively use a recording medium that is no longer needed.

[0005] By the way, there has been conventionally known a clock that uses a photograph, a poster, a painting, a picture plate and the like as a dial. Such a watch is placed on the back of a dial or other photo,
A watch movement containing the mechanism of the watch is arranged, and the pointer axis of the watch provided in the watch movement is made to penetrate through the dial and protrude toward the front surface, and is disposed on the front surface of the dial at that portion. The pointer is inserted. In this case, in order to fix the timepiece movement to the dial, a nut-shaped screw was screwed into the pointer shaft of the timepiece movement from the front side, and the dial was fixed between the screw and the timepiece movement.

However, the timepiece movement used for such a purpose is designed so that a hole formed in the dial can be made small so as not to damage a photograph or a picture drawn on the dial surface. And nut-shaped screws were minimized. For this reason, it has been impossible to attach an existing timepiece movement to a dial having a relatively large opening in the center, such as a music CD or a computer CD-ROM.

Therefore, another object of the present invention is to make it possible to use as a dial even a recording medium having a relatively large opening in which the screw of an existing timepiece movement cannot be used as it is. And a spacer for use in such a timepiece.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a timepiece using a disk-shaped recording medium according to the present invention uses a disk-shaped recording medium including a CD and a CD-ROM as a dial. Then, a clock movement is arranged on the back surface of the disc-shaped recording medium, and a pointer shaft protruding from the clock movement is made to protrude from the center opening provided in the disc-shaped recording medium to the surface side of the disc-shaped recording medium. The timepiece movement is fixed to the disc-shaped recording medium by a screw inserted into the surface of the disc-shaped storage medium of the pointer shaft, and a timepiece hand is fixed to the tip side of the pointer shaft. .

According to the first aspect of the present invention having the above-described structure, the disk-shaped recording medium can be used as a dial without any damage or processing.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a timepiece using a disk-shaped recording medium according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein a spacer larger than the opening is disposed on a surface side of the disk-shaped recording medium, Inserting the pointer shaft into the provided insertion hole, and fixing the disc-shaped recording medium and the spacer by sandwiching the disk-shaped recording medium and the spacer between the screw and the timepiece movement by screws arranged outside the spacer. Features.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the recording medium is securely fixed to the timepiece movement by the spacers even if the pointer shaft or the nut-like screw of the timepiece movement is smaller than the opening of the recording medium. be able to. Therefore, it is possible to use an existing timepiece movement with a small pointer shaft and a small screw as it is for a dial made of a CD or a CD-ROM having a large opening.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a spacer used for fixing a timepiece movement to a disc-shaped recording medium having an opening in the center, the outer diameter being larger than the opening, The portion is provided with an insertion hole for inserting a pointer shaft of the timepiece movement.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a CD or CD-RO having a large opening can be obtained simply by using the spacer.
The existing timepiece movement can also be fixed to M, so that it is not necessary to prepare a dedicated screw or the like.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a timepiece (hereinafter simply referred to as a timepiece) using a disk-shaped recording medium according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[1. Configuration] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a timepiece according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a commercially available music CD or computer CD-ROM (hereinafter simply referred to as a CD), and an opening 1a is formed in the center of the CD. 2
Is a pointer made up of an hour hand, a minute hand and a second hand (may be omitted), and 3 is a clock movement for driving the hands. A pointer shaft 3a is provided on the front surface of the timepiece movement 3, and the pointer shaft 3a passes through the opening 1a of the CD 1,
The screw 4 inserted from the surface side of the CD 1 allows the CD 1 to be inserted.
Is to be fixed to. The pointer 2 is inserted into the tip of the pointer shaft 3a.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a spacer having an outer diameter of C
The opening 5a is larger than the opening 1a of D1 and is formed at the center. The spacer 5 is arranged between the CD 1 and the screw 4, and the pointer shaft 3 a of the timepiece movement 3 passes through the opening 5 a.

Further, reference numeral 6 denotes a hanging bracket, 7 denotes a suction cup, and 8 denotes a stand, which are mounted on the upper, back and lower portions of the timepiece movement 3, respectively. The hanging bracket 6 is for hanging the watch on a wall or the like, the suction cup 7 is for sucking the watch on a wall or the like, and the stand 8 is for standing the watch on a shelf or the like. Things.

[2. Operation and Effect] According to the present embodiment having the above configuration, the following operation and effect can be obtained. That is, when assembling the watch, the desired CD
1 and a clock movement 3 on the back
The spacer 5 is arranged on the front surface side of the substrate 1. Then, the pointer shaft 3a of the clock movement 3 is sequentially inserted into the opening 1a of the CD 1 and the opening 5a of the spacer 5, and the screw 4 is inserted from the tip side of the pointer shaft 3a to fix the clock movement 3 to the back of the CD 1. I do. Finally, the pointer 2 is inserted into the tip of the pointer shaft 3a.

The timepiece assembled as described above may be hung on a wall or the like by the hanging bracket 6, may be absorbed on the wall or the like by the suction cup 7, or may stand on a shelf or the like by the stand 8. . Thus, watch movement 3
Since three types of auxiliary tools are provided, it is possible to decorate a clock at a desired place. When disassembling the timepiece, the hands 2, 3
The screw 4, the spacer 5, and the CD 1 are sequentially removed.

As described above, since the timepiece movement 3 can be easily removed from the CD 1, the CD 1 to be used can be used.
Is not limited to unnecessary CDs or CD-ROMs, but it is also possible to use a favorite CD or the like and use it again for reproduction. That is, since the assembling / disassembling is easy, the watch movement 3 and the like can be mounted on different CDs or different
-Can be used repeatedly in ROM.

The shape of the stand is such that the lower portion of the CD 1 does not strongly contact the installation surface.
It is possible to prevent the CD1 from being distorted and hindering reproduction. For example, as shown in FIG. 2A, a stand 9 having an L-shaped side face is attached, and the bottom of the stand supports the timepiece body so that the lower part of the CD 1 does not contact the installation surface. Alternatively, as shown in FIG.
An L-shaped or U-shaped stand 10 protruding from the side is attached, and the CD 1 is mounted on a portion protruding from the front. In these drawings, other elements such as the pointer 2, the screw 4, and the spacer 5 are omitted.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a disk-shaped recording medium such as a music CD or a computer CD-ROM can be used as a dial without any damage or processing. can do. for that reason,
The unnecessary recording medium can be used effectively, or a medium such as a music CD that is interesting in design can be easily displayed.

Further, since the spacer 5 having an outer diameter larger than the opening 1a of the CD 1 is inserted, the pointer shaft 3a can be prevented from moving in the axial direction and can be securely fixed. Therefore, it is possible to create a timepiece using a medium having a large opening as a dial using an existing timepiece movement.

An auxiliary tool for decorating the timepiece is shown in FIG.
The present invention is not limited to the shape shown in FIG. 1, but may be of any form as long as it can be attached to the watch movement 3 and has sufficient strength to support the watch.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A disc-shaped recording medium such as a CD or CD-ROM that is interesting in design, or an unnecessary CD or CD-ROM can be effectively used as a clock face.

Specifically, for example, in the case of an individual, a CD that is interesting in design can be displayed in a room. Or your own music CD or self-published CD-
The ROM can be used as a watch and used as a wedding present. In the case of a publisher, the magazine appendix CD
-The ROM can be used as a dial to make special goods. Furthermore, in the case of a computer software company,
CD-ROM of talent photo book and character material book
Can be newly sold as character goods as a clock, and in the case of ordinary companies, as a novelty to be distributed at events, a conventional product catalog or CD-ROM for presentation can be distributed as a clock .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a timepiece using a disk-shaped recording medium according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams showing another configuration example of the stand according to the embodiment, wherein FIG. 2A shows a shape protruding from the rear surface of the CD 1, and FIG. 2B shows a shape protruding from the front surface.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... CD or CD-ROM (CD) 1a ... Opening 2 ... Pointer 3 ... Clock movement 3a ... Pointer shaft 4 ... Screw 5 ... Spacer 5a ... Opening 6 ... Hanging bracket 7 ... Sucker 8, 9, 10 ... Stand

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A disk-shaped recording medium including a CD and a CD-ROM is used as a dial, a clock movement is arranged on the back of the disk-shaped recording medium, and a pointer shaft protruding from the clock movement is used for the disk-shaped recording medium. Protruding from the center opening provided in the medium to the surface side of the disc-shaped recording medium,
A disk wherein the clock movement is fixed to the disk-shaped recording medium by a screw inserted into the surface of the disk-shaped storage medium of the pointer shaft, and a clock hand is fixed to the tip side of the pointer shaft. Clock using a shape recording medium. 2. A spacer larger than the opening is disposed on the surface side of the disk-shaped recording medium, the pointer shaft is inserted into an insertion hole provided in the spacer, and a screw disposed outside the spacer is used. 2. A timepiece using a disc-shaped recording medium according to claim 1, wherein said disc-shaped recording medium and said spacer are sandwiched and fixed between said screw and said timepiece movement. 3. A spacer used for fixing a timepiece movement to a disk-shaped recording medium having an opening in the center, the spacer having an outer diameter larger than the opening, and a pointer shaft of the timepiece movement in a center. A spacer having an insertion hole for inserting a spacer.