JP2766823B2 - Outdoor mechanical clock - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates, in outdoor Karak Ri time meter
Respect, the same time as the bird of the pigeon or the like is to not stop long time
And a hand that also serves as an operation display of the timepiece .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a tower clock or the like installed outdoors,
When pigeons stop and become polluted with feces, or when using solar cells, in order to prevent the dropping of the power generation capacity of the solar cells due to feces, etc. Some have multiple needles protruding.
This is to take advantage of the fact that, when the dove stops and then takes off again, the needle damages the wings, and if this is repeated, the learning effect prevents the dove from stopping.

[0003]

In the above-described conventional configuration, the pigeon stops until it stops due to the learning effect, which causes the same disadvantages as described above. Further, in the conventional configuration, when it is necessary to carry out bird repelling in a wide range, it is necessary to install a large number of needles in a required area, and there is a problem that the appearance is impaired. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a outdoor automaton clock doubling as status indicator of <br/> or not and timepiece deviation birds over a wide range.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To achieve the above object, an outdoor mechanical timepiece according to the present invention comprises a timepiece frame having a half-frame.
Spherical lower hemisphere and upper and lower outer rims of this lower hemisphere
Formed as a sphere consisting of a hemispherical upper hemisphere in contact with Noh
The inside of the frame is lifted by lifting means.
The hemisphere rises and the joint surface with the lower hemisphere is separated
For outdoor use with built-in mechanism
This is a mechanical watch that operates when the watch is energized.
Of the upper hemisphere by the driving means provided at the top
Bends along the outer circumference of the upper hemisphere on the rotating shaft
A plurality of needles are provided for both bird protection and operation display .

[0005]

EXAMPLES The present invention, with reference to an embodiment applied to the watch Ri large outdoor or <br/> pleasure as shown in the drawings and will be described in detail below. As shown in FIG. 1, a sphere 1 shaped as a sphere as a frame of a watch is made of stainless steel or the like.
It comprises a southern hemisphere 11 as a lower hemisphere and a northern hemisphere 12 as an upper hemisphere. The lower outer peripheral edge of the northern hemisphere 12 comes into contact with the upper outer peripheral edge of the southern hemisphere 11 so as to be able to come and go. It consists of On the outer peripheral surface of the sphere 1, a world map 15 is displayed together with lines indicating latitude and longitude as shown in FIGS. The southern hemisphere 11 has beams 13a, 13b, 13c connected to a southern hemisphere support pipe 13 which penetrates the center of the south hemisphere vertically.
The northern hemisphere 12 is fixed to the northern hemisphere support pipe 14 by a beam 12a. The northern hemisphere support pipe 14 is fitted into the southern hemisphere support pipe 13 so as to be able to move up and down.

[0006] In a base 2 provided below the sphere 1,
A sphere driving means 3 is provided for rotating the south hemisphere support pipe 13 so as to make one rotation every 24 hours. The sphere driving means 3 corresponds to the rotation of the earth, and transmits the rotation of the driving motor 31 to the driving gear 34 via the motor pinion 32 and the intermediate gear 33, and the lower end of the south hemisphere supporting pipe 13 is transmitted to the driving gear. Is fixed. The sphere driving means 3 is supported by support plates 35 and 36 and housed in a case 37. The upper surface of the case is covered with a lid 38 to prevent water or the like from entering the case 37. An outer structure 20 is provided outside the base 2 at regular intervals, and a planting unit 3 for growing plants between the base 2 and the outer structure 20.
There is 0. In the planting section 30, a plurality of illuminating lamps 40 for illuminating the sphere 1 from the outside and a plurality of country name map boards 60 are provided. The upper end of the base 2 surrounds the lower end of the sphere 1 and has a tapered surface at the upper end.
As shown in FIG. 4, a time display section 2a of a 24-hour display type is formed.

In the southern hemisphere support pipe 13, there is provided lifting means 4 for raising and lowering the northern hemisphere support pipe 14.
The lifting / lowering means 4 is driven by a hydraulic power cylinder 42 by a driving motor 41, and a shaft 4 in a cylinder cylinder 43 is provided.
The upper end of the shaft 44 is connected to the connecting portion 14 a of the northern hemisphere support pipe 14.

[0008] Inside the sphere 1, the northern hemisphere supporting pipe 14 is raised by the elevating means 4 so that the northern hemisphere 12
Rises and the interface with the southern hemisphere 11 separates,
The mechanism 5 is built in so as to be exposed from the gap between them. The mechanism 5 is supported by a mechanism support member 51 fixed to the southern hemisphere support pipe 13 and the beam 13c of the southern hemisphere 11. An internal gear 52 is rotatably fitted in a concave portion on the upper surface of the mechanism support member 51, and a plurality of (for example, eight) arms 53 are radiated from the internal gear 52.
... are integrally stretched. At the tip of the arm, a mechanism doll 54 is rotatably supported by a shaft 55. The shaft 55 penetrates through the stage 56 and protrudes upward, and the mechanism doll 54 is located on the stage 56. Further, a background plate 57 which is located behind the mechanism doll 54 and forms a background is fixed to the southern hemisphere support pipe 13. A built-in illuminator for illuminating the stage 56 is also provided, not shown.

[0009] The mechanism directing means 6 is a mechanism doll 54
Is revolved around the two support pipes 13 and 14 and revolves. A revolving drive motor 61 is fixed to the southern hemisphere support pipe 13, and a motor pinion 62 fixed to the motor shaft of the motor has an internal gear. 52. A rotation drive motor 63 is fixed to the tip of the arm 53, and a bevel gear 64 fixed to the shaft 55 of the mechanism doll 54 meshes with a bevel gear 64 fixed to the motor shaft of this motor. ing. In addition, mechanism doll 5
Reference numeral 4 is formed as a doll for playing a baton, a piccolo, a drum, a violin, and the like. Therefore, although not shown, a transmission means for moving the limbs of the mechanism doll 54 is provided in conjunction with the rotation of the rotation drive motor 63. It is. As shown in FIG. 3, small animals such as birds and squirrels are arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the background plate 57 to form a background. Move it,
Driving means for giving a motion of shaking the whole body is provided.

The operation display device 7 which is also used as a bird fender according to the present invention comprises:
As shown in FIG. 1, it is provided at the top of the northern hemisphere 12.
That is, the operation display device 7 for birds is fixed to the driving motor 71 as a driving means by the support plate 14b provided at the upper part in the northern hemisphere support pipe 14, and the driving motor 71 protrudes from the top. At the tip of the rotating shaft 71a, a plurality (three in this example) of birds extending in a radial direction is also used as a bird guard.
Needle for shows 72 ... is bent along the outer circumferential surface of the northern hemisphere 12
It is provided as to.

As shown in FIG. 2, a control device 8 is provided in a case 37 below the sphere 1, and includes a sphere driving means 3, a lifting / lowering means 4, a mechanism effecting means 6, and an operation display for bird protection. The device 7 and the illumination lamp 40 are controlled by the control device 8. Further, a wind speed sensor 1 is provided outside the sphere 1.
0 is arranged, and the detection value detected by the wind speed sensor 10 is input to the control device 8. When the wind speed exceeds a certain value, the control means 8 controls to stop the production by the mechanism 5. That is, the driving of the lifting / lowering means 4 is stopped so that the mechanism mechanism 5 is not exposed, and the mechanism effecting means 6 is not driven. Further, the control device 8
When a power failure or the like occurs, the power failure time is calculated by calculating the difference between the time at the time of the power failure and the time at the time of the power recovery. So that the current time is always displayed on the time display unit 2a.
To be displayed correctly. Also of shade bird combined
The operation display device 7 is controlled such that the rotating shaft 71a of the driving motor 71 rotates once per minute. Lightning arresters are also provided to prevent damage to equipment due to lightning.

As shown in FIG. 3, a display device 9 is projected from the upper surface of the base 2. The display device 9 has a display panel 92 supported by an arch-shaped support 91 made of a stainless steel pipe. The display panel 92 displays the remaining days, remaining seconds, and current time up to the 21st century at a fixed cycle, for example. The display is switched every six seconds, and a nine-digit display is possible. As shown in FIG.
0, in addition to the country name map board 60, tropical forests, forests,
A green map board 50 displaying regions such as grasslands, deserts and sea areas in different colors, and a mechanism explanation board 70 for explaining the operation of mechanism are also provided.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described. Since the rotation of the drive motor is controlled by the control device 8 so that the rotation shaft 71a of the drive motor 71 rotates once per minute, the operation display device 7 also serves as a bird guard. When the bird stops at the same time, the needle 72
The needle 72 passes under the leg once every 20 seconds because of the book, and the bird must fly up once every 20 seconds. In other words, it cannot stay at the top of the sphere 1 longer than 20 seconds. In addition, the prior art in this way those of the slow movement, such as one rotation in one day, a moving of whether, but was difficult to determine immediately see what has stopped in some accident, the shade this bird also used In the operation display device 7, the needle 72 makes one rotation per minute as described above.
Since it can be seen that electricity by Rukoto is urchin driven has come to the apparatus, it can also serve as the operation display function of the automaton clock.

Further, the operation of the clock will be described. Normally, a person stands in front of a country where he wants to know the time, and when he / she looks at the time display unit 2a immediately below the time, the current time of the country he / she wants to know is displayed. It can be read because it is. Since the sphere 1 is rotationally driven at a speed of one rotation per day by the sphere driving means 3, the country moves from time to time and the current time of the country also changes. You can also know the time difference at the same time. In addition, the green can be enjoyed by the planting unit 30, the remaining days, remaining seconds, and the current time up to the 21st century can be known from the display panel 92.
Thus, the state of greenery on the earth can be recognized, and the country name map plate 60 allows the names of countries, capitals, and locations in the world to be known.

At the set time of the karakuri effect, music is played, the elevating means 4 is driven to move up the northern hemisphere 12, and the kinetic means 5 is exposed as shown by the chain line in FIG. 1 and FIG. At the same time, the mechanism directing means 6 is driven,
When the motor pinion 62 is rotated by the driving motor 61, the internal gear 52 rotates, the arm 53 also rotates integrally, and the mechanism doll 54 marches on the front surface of the background plate 57. Since the driving motor 63 is driven at the same time,
The mechanism doll 54 itself also rotates and moves its limbs, as if playing a musical instrument. The small animals on the front of the background plate 57 also move in time. When the preset effect time ends, the operation of the mechanism effect stops, and the northern hemisphere 12 descends this time by the elevating means 4,
The mechanism 5 is hidden in the sphere 1. At night, the lighting lamp 40 is turned on to illuminate the sphere 1 brightly, and at the time of nighttime karakuri, a built-in lighting lamp (not shown) is turned on to illuminate the stage 56.

[0016]

As described above, the present invention can be applied to outdoor use.
The clock is protruded from the top of the upper hemisphere and
There are multiple needles on the rotating shaft that operates when power is supplied to the
Thus, it is possible to perform the bird guard and the operation display of the clock with a simple configuration .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control device.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a main part during a mechanism effect.

FIG. 4 is an overall reduced plan view.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 sphere (frame) 11 lower hemisphere 12 upper hemisphere 4 elevating means 5 hanging mechanism 7 operation display device 71 driving means (driving motor) 71 a rotating shaft 72 needle

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. The timepiece frame comprises a hemispherical lower hemisphere,
Of the lower hemisphere
It is formed in a spherical shape consisting of an upper hemisphere,
Inside, the upper hemisphere is raised by the lifting means
It is visible when the joint surface with the lower hemisphere is separated.
Outdoor clock with built-in
The top of the upper hemisphere so that it operates when the watch is energized
The above rotation axis is rotated by the drive means provided in
Multiple needles bent along the outer surface of the hemisphere
For outdoor use characterized by being provided also as a work display
Easy clock .