JP2992468B2 - Alarm clock - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an alarm clock, and more particularly, to an alarm clock in which a board, such as a pachinko board, for changing a falling trajectory of a falling object is incorporated in a watch case.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, an alarm clock is a clock that sounds an alarm when a reference is set. The clock component of the alarm clock is a portion that performs time display and generates a reference output at a set time to perform a reference operation. In general, a signal transmitted from a transmission circuit such as a crystal transmission circuit is 1 Hz by a frequency divider circuit.
The rotation of the motor is reduced by the train of wheels, and the time is indicated by the hour and minute hands.
Further, it is known that a reference output is generated from a reference contact at a set time by an hour wheel and a reference gear of the wheel train, and this is supplied to a sound generation circuit to activate an alarm.

[0003] In this type of alarm clock, there has been proposed an alarm clock in which a pachinko board is incorporated in a clock face plate as described in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-21990 for the purpose of ensuring waking. I have.

[0004]

In the above-described alarm clock with a pachinko machine, an alarm sounds at the set time, and the outer peripheral gear ring containing the pachinko balls rotates, and the pachinko balls rotate with the rotation of the outer peripheral gear ring. Along with this, it is lifted up, thrown into the pachinko board from the upper hall, falls down the pachinko board, is collected in the storage room of the outer peripheral gearing, is lifted again, and the pachinko is automatically turned on until the alarm is stopped. Done in

[0005] In the conventional alarm with a pachinko machine, the pachinko machine is a so-called follower of an alarm system, and merely has an alarm effect, and does not have the original game performance of the pachinko machine.

Accordingly, the present invention proposes an alarm clock which can improve the pachinko alarm clock of this kind and impart the game characteristic inherent to the pachinko.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an alarm clock in which a board for changing the falling trajectory of a falling object is incorporated in a timepiece case. Part, and a car part provided on the panel and having a switch installed to change the output state of the alarm,
The alarm clock has a configuration in which the holding unit is opened by a reference time or an external switch operation, and the falling object falls from the holding unit.

[0008] With this configuration, the holding portion is opened by the reference time or the operation of the external switch, and the falling object falls on the board while changing the falling locus. If the falling object does not enter the car part, the alarm output state does not change. Conversely, if the falling object falls and enters the car part, at that point, for example, the alarm stops sounding, the alarm volume, the alarm All or part of the output state, such as the tempo speed and the snooze interval, is changed.

As described above, the alarm is held or the output state of the alarm is changed depending on whether or not the falling object enters the car portion on the board, so that the game can be visually and audibly unpredictable. An alarm clock with a different nature can be obtained.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to specific examples shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of an alarm clock according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a vertical side view of the alarm clock according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the clock. In the same figure, the alarm clock according to the present invention has a pachinko ball or the like that can operate in cooperation with the alarm mechanism. This is an alarm clock incorporating a pachinko board A as a board for changing a falling trajectory of a falling object.

An arc-shaped opening 2 is formed on the front side of the watch case 1. The opening 2 has a transparent plate 3 made of glass or the like, and a transparent dial 4 on the back side of the transparent plate 3. And a pachinko board A is provided on the back side of the dial 4. The watch case 1 is provided with a sounding body 5 for notifying an alarm.

In this embodiment, each part constituting the alarm clock, namely, the movement 6, the hands 7 (hour hands 7a,
Conventionally known ones are used for the minute hand 7b, the second hand 7c, the guide hand 7d), the guide mechanism and the like. Clock component 11 of alarm clock
Is a portion that performs time display and generates a reference output at a set time to perform a reference operation. A signal transmitted from a transmission circuit 12 such as a crystal transmission circuit is frequency-divided to 1 Hz by a frequency divider circuit 13 and a waveform is further generated. Drive circuit 1 via shaping circuit 14
5, the rotation of the clock motor 16 operated by this is decelerated by the train wheel 17, and the time is displayed by the hour and minute hands. Further, a reference output is generated from a reference contact 19 at a set time by the hour wheel and the reference gear 18 of the wheel train 17, and this is supplied to a sound generation circuit 20 to activate an alarm.

Further, in this embodiment, a holding portion 23 for a pachinko ball 22 having an opening / closing door 21 which is a constituent member of the pachinko board A is provided on an upper portion of the watch case 1, and a car is provided below the holding portion 23. Parts 24, 24, and below the basket part 24, a tray 25 for receiving the pachinko balls 22,
Each is provided.

The opening / closing door 21 is opened at a reference time in cooperation with an alarm mechanism of a timepiece, and is provided so that the door can be moved in and out by an opening / closing door motor 26 provided on the back. The holding section 23 on which the opening and closing door 21 is provided has a space for accommodating a large number of pachinko balls 22. In the figure, reference numeral 8 denotes a noise stop switch.

At the lower part of the opening / closing door 21, an introduction path 27 is provided, and at a set time, a pachinko ball 22 is moved from the introduction path 27 to the pachinko board A as described later in detail.
Inside. The pachinko board A is provided with the dial 4
And a back plate 28, and in front of the back plate 28, a cage 24, a nail 29, a rotating wheel 30, a guide plate 31
A face plate 32 provided with the above is provided. Between the face plate 32 and the back plate 28, the pachinko balls 22 in the cage portion 24 are provided.
Is provided with an escape groove 33 through which the air can pass. Incidentally, 34 in the figure
Is a battery.

A switch 24a associated with the alarm 5 is provided in the car section 24. This switch 24a
Is a noise stop switch that is activated when the pachinko ball 22 passes, and an appropriate switch such as a limit switch, a pressure switch, a magnetic switch, or the like may be used. Also,
On the back of the cage portion 24, the pachinko balls 22 are provided with the aforementioned escape grooves 3.
An opening 24b for shifting to No. 3 is provided.

Next, the operation of the alarm clock of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.

The pachinko balls 22, 22 are stored in the holder 23 in advance. Then, when the reference time comes, the reference contact is turned on, an alarm sounds, and the door motor 26 of the holding unit 23 rotates to open the door 21. Then, the pachinko balls 22 fall from the opening / closing door 21 and enter the pachinko board A from the introduction path 27. The dropped pachinko balls 22 are stored in a lower tray 25.

When the pachinko ball 22 enters the cage 24 and operates the switch 24a, the switch 24a
Sends an alarm stop signal to the tone generation circuit, and the alarm stops. In this example, the alarm stop signal is also sent to the holding section 23, and the motor 26 for the open / close door is reversed so that the open / close door 21 is closed.

When the alarm and the pachinko operation are stopped, the sound stop switch 8 is pressed.

When the pachinko operation is not desired, the pachinko balls 22 need not be stored in the holding portion 23.

As described above, according to the alarm clock of the present embodiment,
By storing the pachinko balls in the holding part of the watch case and setting the standard, the alarm sounds at the predetermined time (standard setting time) and the pachinko operation is performed, so the alarm and the sound of the pachinko ball falling Awakening is promoted. When the pachinko ball enters the car part, the alarm stops immediately, but when the pachinko ball does not enter, it does not stop easily, so that it is possible to provide a game characteristic that is visually and audibly unpredictable. Moreover, it has the selectivity that it can be used as a normal alarm clock without pachinko balls.

In the present embodiment, a silence switch has been described as an example of a switch for changing the output state of an alarm. However, the present invention is not limited to the silence switch. An appropriate switch such as a switch for changing the volume, a switch for changing the speed of the tempo of the alarm, a switch for changing the interval of snooze, and the like can be adopted. Further, in the present example, the holding unit is opened at the reference setting time, but the invention is not limited to this, and the holding unit is opened at the reference setting time only when the noise suppression switch is in the ON state. Is also good.

[0025]

As described above, the present invention is configured as described above, so that the alarm continues to sound unless the pachinko ball, which is a falling object, enters the basket, and the basket is immediately dropped when the pachinko ball falls. If you do, the alarm will stop at that point. If the alarm keeps ringing like this,
It depends on the pachinko ball whether or not the sound stops right away, so that uncertainty is brought about and game characteristics are given. Furthermore, if you want to use it as a normal alarm clock, you do not need to set a pachinko ball, therefore,
The choice of using an alarm clock can be broadened.

Also, for example, if the holding unit is opened at the reference time only when the ringing switch is in the ON state, even if the pachinko ball is always set, the holding is maintained by turning the ringing switch on / off. Since it is possible to control whether or not the opening operation is performed, the risk of the pachinko balls being lost is reduced.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the length of the alarm ringing time changes depending on the movement of the pachinko ball, a more irrelevant wake-up having a game characteristic that is visually and audibly unpredictable. You can get a clock.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an alarm clock according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of the alarm clock according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a timepiece configuration diagram of the alarm clock according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Watch case 2 Opening 3 Transparent plate 4 Dial 5 Sound generator 6 Movement 7 Pointer 7a Hour hand 7b Minute hand 7c Second hand 7d Estimated hand 8 Sound stop switch 11 Clock component 12 Starter circuit 13 Frequency divider circuit 14 Waveform shaping circuit 15 Drive circuit DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 16 Watch motor 17 Wheel train 18 Reference gear 19 Reference contact 20 Sounding circuit 21 Opening / closing door 22 Pachinko ball 23 Holding part 24 Basket part 24a Switch 24b Opening 25 Receiving tray 26 Opening / closing door motor 27 Introductory path 28 Back plate 29 Nail 30 Rotating wheel 31 guide plate 32 face plate 33 escape groove 34 battery A pachinko board

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An alarm clock in which a board for changing a falling trajectory of a falling object is incorporated in a timepiece case, wherein a holding section for the falling object, which is provided above the board and operates to open and close, is provided on the board. And a cage section provided with a switch for changing an alarm output state, wherein the holding section is opened by a reference time or an external switch operation, and the falling object falls from the holding section. Alarm clock to do.