JP3056299U - Clock with pendulum - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEM] To provide a surprising and highly interesting movement on a pendulum and related parts of a clock, and to sufficiently enhance the commercial value of the pendulum clock. SOLUTION: This is a pendulum clock in which the upper end of a pendulum 2 is supported on the lower rear part of the back of a timepiece 1 so that the swing of the pendulum 2 can be seen from the outside, and an animal designed as a duck at the free end of the pendulum 2. Attach the doll 3 and its torso 3a
Is formed of a string-shaped member, which has a length that is slack when the pendulum 2 is located at the center of the swing width (on a vertical line), and whose tip end portion is an outer frame surrounding the pendulum 2. A clock with a pendulum fixed to 4 is provided.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a clock with a pendulum having a pendulum outside the clock main body among table clocks and wall clocks.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In recent years, table clocks and wall clocks have hardly seen any mechanical type.Electronic clocks in which a crystal oscillator is placed in an oscillation circuit as the movement of the clock main body are mainstream, and the pendulum as a part of the movement is Though unnecessary, hobbies of the pendulum are required in some cases, and watches with a pendulum are also awarded.

In such a timepiece with a pendulum, a pendulum drive mechanism including a coil and a permanent magnet is provided separately from an electric circuit for driving a second hand, a minute hand, an hour hand, and the like of the timepiece body, and the pendulum is moved up and down or left and right. It is like a mechanical watch.

Many pendulum-equipped watches have aesthetically shaped pendulums, but such pendulums simply reciprocate and are not particularly interesting.

[0005] Furthermore, a "vertical operation pendulum clock" disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-53593 suspends a swinging rod having a permanent magnet attached to the lower end of a spring, and surrounds the permanent magnet of the swinging rod. The swinging rod is operated up and down by the current flowing through the placed coil body, and the lower end of the swinging rod and the base of the clock are connected by a display swing plate via a spring, and the swing plate is moved up and down to display. Can be performed.

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 However, all of the conventional watches with a pendulum as described above merely change the position of a weight or other object suspended from the pendulum in the vertical or horizontal direction. There were no moves, and the pendulum was not fully functioning to increase its commercial value.

[0007] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, to produce unexpected and highly interesting movements in the pendulum and its related parts, and to sufficiently increase the commercial value of the pendulum-equipped watch. It is to increase.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the present invention, in a clock with a pendulum provided with a pendulum that swings outside the clock main body, an animal doll is attached to a free end of the pendulum, and the body of the animal doll is attached. The leg extending from the part is formed with a string-shaped member, and this string-shaped member has a pendulum that is set to a length that relaxes when the pendulum is located at the center of the swing width and the tip is fixed outside the watch body. It was a watch.

[0009] The pendulum described above can employ a pendulum that swings back and forth on an arc. Further, the string-shaped member may be provided with its tip fixed to the outer frame of the timepiece body.

[0010] The pendulum clock of the present invention configured as described above has the body of the animal doll attached to the free end of the pendulum, and the legs, which are the limbs extending from the body, are formed of a string-shaped member. In addition, the "looseness" and "stretching" of the string-like member can express the flexible movement of the jointed leg.

That is, the string-shaped member is formed to have a length that is slack at the center of the swinging width of the pendulum, and its tip is fixed to the outer frame of the watch main body, the base, or the outside of the watch main body such as the wall surface. When the pendulum swings, the torso of the animal doll swings with the toes of the legs fixed.

[0012] Such a movement is as if the animal doll is dancing while waving its hips while bending the legs, so that a very unexpected and highly interesting movement is performed.

When the pendulum is a pendulum that swings back and forth on an arc, the torso of the animal doll moves left and right and up and down. The flexion and extension movements of the part are very close to the same movements of a real animal.

[0014]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a pendulum-equipped timepiece in which the upper end of a pendulum 2 is supported at the lower rear part of the timepiece body 1 so that the swing of the pendulum 2 can be seen from the outside. A duck-shaped animal doll 3 is attached, and a leg 3b extending from its trunk 3a is formed by a string-shaped member. This string-shaped member is loosened when the pendulum 2 is positioned at the center of the swing width (on the vertical line). This is a pendulum-equipped timepiece which is lengthened and whose tip is fixed to an outer frame 4 surrounding the pendulum 2.

The timepiece body 1 is provided with a well-known mechanism (movement) such as a mechanical timepiece, an electric timepiece, and an electronic timepiece, and is housed in a case on the back side of the dial 5 including a drive source such as a battery. Have been. The illustrated clock is an analog clock that displays the time at the positions of the long and short hands, but it is needless to say that the clock may be a liquid crystal display.

The pendulum 2 has an upper end (not shown) of the pendulum rod 6 supported by the timepiece body 1 (the back side of the dial) by a hanging spring or a horizontal rotating shaft. And swing back and forth on the arc.

As another form of the pendulum, a part thereof may be exposed at appropriate positions in the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the dial, and the main part may be arranged on the back side of the dial. It is also preferable to provide a track for stabilization.

As a biasing mechanism for maintaining the swing of the pendulum 2, a permanent magnet and an electromagnetic coil are mounted at predetermined positions of the pendulum 2 and the watch main body 1. The electric circuit is closed so that the contact arranged at the upper part of the pole 6 and the contact arranged at a predetermined position of the watch main body 1 are brought into contact with each other. At this time, the electromagnetic force generated in the coil causes the N of the permanent magnet to be closed. A mechanism for urging the pendulum by repelling the pole or the south pole can be exemplified. As another known urging mechanism, a general mechanism of an old pendulum clock in which the pendulum rod 6 is swung by an ankle rod and an pallet can be used.

Although the illustrated animal doll 3 is designed in the form of a duck, the animal doll 3 can be adopted without particular limitation as long as it is an animal having a leg 3b that moves, for example, any animal. A form, a design thereof, an anthropomorphic animal, or a plant or other well-known article designed in an animal-like shape may be employed. The leg 3b of the animal doll 3 is not particularly limited to a foot, but may be a part such as a front leg corresponding to a human hand.

As the cord-like member constituting the leg 3b, a thread, a braid, a soft wire, a small-diameter rope, a strand of synthetic resin, or the like made of fiber can be adopted, and is soft enough to be freely bent by its own weight. As long as the string is made of a material, it can be adopted without any particular limitation.

When the pendulum 2 is positioned at the center of the swing width, such a string-shaped member has a length that naturally relaxes and is fixed at one end to the animal doll. The other end of the string-shaped member (leg 3b) is fixedly provided on an outer frame 4 surrounding the watch body 1. The fixing position of the other end of the string-shaped member is not limited to the outer frame 4; it may be fixed to a pedestal (base) in the case of a clock, or adhered to a wall surface in the case of a simple clock. It can also be fixed with an agent or a push pin.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the timepiece with a pendulum according to the embodiment, when the pendulum swings, the torso 3a swings while the toes 3c of the legs 3b of the animal figure 3 are fixed. At this time, in the moving object 3, the torso 3 a reciprocates on the arc line, the string-like member is slackened at the lowest position of the center of the swing width, and the string-like member is stretched and stretched at the outermost position of the swing width. In this case, the duck appears to be dancing while waving his hips while bending the leg 3b.

[0023]

【effect】

 In this invention, as described above, the torso of the animal doll is attached to the free end of the pendulum, and the legs, which are the limbs extending from the torso, are formed of a string-shaped member, and the toes of the legs are fixed. As a result, the animal doll moves as if it were shaking its hips while bending its legs, etc., and a surprising and interesting movement between the pendulum and the watch itself occurred. There is an advantage that the commercial value of a pendulum clock can be sufficiently enhanced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a front view illustrating a use state of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Watch main body 2 Pendulum 3 Animal doll 3a Body 3b Leg 3c Toe 4 Outer frame 5 Dial 6 Pendulum pole

Claims (3)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A pendulum-equipped timepiece provided with a pendulum that swings outside the timepiece body, wherein an animal doll is attached to a free end of the pendulum, and a leg extending from the body of the animal doll is formed of a string-shaped member. A timepiece with a pendulum, wherein the string-shaped member has a length that is slack when the pendulum is positioned at the center of the swing width, and a tip end portion thereof is fixed outside the timepiece body. 2. The timepiece with a pendulum according to claim 1, wherein the pendulum is a pendulum that swings back and forth on an arc. 3. The timepiece with a pendulum according to claim 1, wherein the end of the string-shaped member is fixed to an outer frame of the timepiece body.