JP7252406B1 - skeleton console clock - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a skeleton-type console clock that allows even a viewer at a distance of 1 to 4 m from the container to observe the movement of the internal structure inside the container with interest.
A dial housed in a container whose front part is made of a transparent member; a fixed first timing belt, and a second timing belt having a minute hand fixed thereto arranged so that its movement can be seen from the front side of the container through the transparent member and the dial cavity, A viewer at a distance of 1 to 4 m from the front side of the container can see and appreciate the movement of the timing belt for turning the minute hand and the timing belt for turning the hour hand through the transparent member and the hollow portion. It is a skeleton type console clock.
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Description

The present invention relates to a relatively large console clock that is placed in a part of a facility such as a reception desk or entrance of a building.

Relatively large console clocks that are placed in a part of a facility such as a building reception or entrance are relatively large "Karakuri" installed in a part of a building or site, such as an amusement facility or tourist facility. Clock" and the like are known (see Patent Document 1). Such a conventional "mechanical clock" is provided in a container containing transparent glass, and is made to make a special movement of a doll or the like at a predetermined time and to show it through a transparent glass plate or the like. is.

JP 2009-258086 A

However, conventional karakuri clocks such as those described above are designed to make a doll or the like perform special movements that are separate from the construction of the clock itself, and to show the movement to the observer (user) through transparent glass or the like. It was nothing more than something that made the watch itself interesting, and did not allow the observer to look at the movement of the internal structure of the clock itself (or at least the movement of a part of it) with interest. In the first place, in the structure of the inside of the case of a conventional watch, the driving force from a drive source such as a motor is decelerated by gears and transmitted to the hour hand, minute hand and second hand. While the relatively small movement of only the rotation of the gear is the center, such a relatively small movement of just the rotation of the gear is sufficiently visible and visible to viewers at least 1 to 4 m away. couldn't get it.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the prior art. To provide a skeleton-type console watch which enables the movement (at least part of the movement) of the internal structure of the watch placed in a watch to be viewed or appreciated with interest.

A skeleton-type console timepiece according to the present invention for solving the above-described problems is a substantially box-shaped container formed so that the front side facing the user has a length of 1 to 3 m in the vertical direction, and The hour hand, minute hand, and second hand rotate around the same axis, and the dial consists of a ring-shaped thin plate that displays the numbers that indicate the time. A timing belt for the hour hand that rotates a relatively large-diameter timing pulley to which the hour hand is fixed, and a relatively small-diameter timing pulley to which the minute hand is fixed by receiving the rotational force from the motor via a gear or the like and moving it. and a second hand gear for rotating the second hand by receiving the rotational force from the motor via another gear etc. is composed of a transparent member on the front side of "the portion facing the timing belt for the hour hand, the timing belt for the minute hand, and the dial", and the dial is a ring-shaped thin plate on which the numbers are displayed. The inside of the container is formed to be a "circular hollow part centered on the axis around which the hour hand, minute hand and second hand rotate", and the timing belt for the hour hand and the timing belt for the minute hand are positioned from the front of the container. It is configured so that the movement can be sufficiently visually recognized even from a position at least 1 m away, and even a viewer at a position at least 1 m away from the front of the container can see the transparent member of the container and the This is a skeleton-type console timepiece in which the movement of the timing belt for the hour hand that rotates the hour hand and the movement of the timing belt for the minute hand that rotates the minute hand can be seen through a cavity inside the dial.

Further, in the skeleton type console timepiece according to the present invention, at least one of the hour hand, the minute hand and each timing belt is rotated or moved via a Genever mechanism, and at least a part of the Geneva mechanism is the transparent member. and the cavity, so that the movement of the geneva mechanism can be seen from the front side of the container through the transparent member and the cavity.

Further, in the skeleton type console timepiece according to the present invention, the rotational force from one motor is transmitted to the second hand side through the reduction gear for the second hand, and the same rotational force is transmitted to the reduction gear for the minute hand, the timing pulley for reduction and the timing pulley for reduction. It may be transmitted to the minute hand side via a belt, and the rotational force may be transmitted to the hour hand side via a reduction gear for the hour hand, a timing pulley for reduction, and a timing belt.

Further, in the skeleton-type console timepiece according to the present invention, in the container, the axis serving as the center of rotation of the second hand, the minute hand, and the hour hand and the dial extending in a ring shape around the axis are the A pendulum disposed at a position facing the center of the left and right transparent members of the container and configured to swing left and right in conjunction with the movement of the second hand or the minute hand is the pendulum between the shaft and the dial. It may be arranged at an intermediate position between the timing belts and at a position away from each of the timing belts in the right or left direction.

In the present invention, at least the hour hand and minute hand are rotated by "the movement of each timing belt that allows the movement to be sufficiently visually recognized even from a position 1 to 4 m or more away from the front of the container". , even a viewer at a distance of 1 to 4 m or more from the front of the container can observe the relatively dynamic movement of the timing belt that rotates the hour hand and the minute hand from the front side of the container to the transparent member and the center of the dial. Through the hollow part, it becomes possible to fully and easily see and perceive (in contrast, in a conventional watch, the movement of the structure inside the case is relatively Due to the focus on small movements, viewers at least 1 to 4 meters away could not sufficiently see and perceive relatively small movements such as the rotation of gears. rice field).

Thus, according to the present invention, a viewer (user) at the front side of the container can control the movements of the internal components of a timepiece placed within said container, including the relatively dynamic movements of the timing belts that rotate the hour and minute hands. can be viewed or appreciated with great interest.

In the present invention, when the Genever mechanism connected to at least one of the hour hand, minute hand and timing belt is arranged so that at least a part thereof faces the transparent member and the hollow portion, the A viewer (user) on the front side can enjoy not only the movement of the timing belt that rotates the hour and minute hands, but also the movement of the Genever mechanism.

Further, in the present invention, in the interior of the container, the axis serving as the rotation center of the second hand, the minute hand, and the hour hand and the dial extending in a ring shape around the axis are positioned at the center of the left and right transparent members of the container as seen from the observer. and a pendulum configured to swing left and right to interlock with the movement of the second hand or the minute hand, at an intermediate position between the shaft and the dial, each of the When the pendulum is placed at a position away from the timing belt, the presence of the pendulum is such that "a viewer (user) in front of the transparent member on the front side of the container may can be effectively prevented from interfering with "interestingly watching or appreciating the movements of the timing belts inside the container".

1 is a diagram showing the appearance of the front side of a skeleton console timepiece according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 1; It is a perspective view which shows the structure in the container in this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the structure in the container in this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the structure in the container in this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a front view showing timing belts and timing pulleys arranged inside the embodiment; FIG. 4 is a side view showing timing belts, timing pulleys, and the like arranged in the container of the present embodiment; FIG. 2 is a front view showing the positional relationship between the Geneva mechanism arranged in the container of the present embodiment and other parts such as the second hand 3, the minute hand 4, and the hour hand 5;

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a view showing the appearance of the front side of a skeleton type console timepiece according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view, and FIGS. , and FIGS. 6 and 7 are front and side views of timing belts and timing pulleys disposed in the container of this embodiment, respectively.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a container, 1a is a transparent plate (a transparent thin plate made of glass or acrylic resin) arranged on the front (front) side of the container 1, and 2 extends in a ring shape (the center side is a hollow portion). ) A watch dial on which the numbers 1 to 12, for example, are displayed on the surface of a strip-shaped thin plate, and 3, 4 and 5 are second hands arranged between the transparent plate 1a and the dial 2, respectively. , minute and hour hands, 20 is a motor. In this embodiment, the second hand 3, the minute hand 4 and the hour hand 5 are arranged in this order from the side closer to the transparent plate 1a.

In this embodiment, the power from the motor 20, that is, the rotational force is transmitted while being reduced by a plurality of reduction gears (see, for example, reference numerals 11 and 13 in FIG. 2). It is transmitted to the pulleys (see numerals 14 and 12 in FIGS. 6 and 7).

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3, 6 and 7, the timing belt 6 is moved by the timing pulley 14 on the drive side, and the movement of the timing belt 6 causes the corresponding timing on the driven side. The pulley 7 is rotated and the hour hand 5 fixed thereto is rotated.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3, 6 and 7, the timing belt 8 is moved by the timing pulley 12 on the drive side, and the movement of the timing belt 8 causes the corresponding timing on the driven side. The pulley 9 is rotated and the minute hand 4 fixed thereto is rotated.

4 and 5 are perspective views showing an example of movement of the timing belts 6 and 8. FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the positional relationship among the timing belts 6 and 8, the timing pulleys 7 and 9 on the driven side, the dial 2, the minute hand 4 and the hour hand 5. As shown in FIG. In FIGS. 3, 6 and 7, reference numeral 10 denotes a shaft serving as a common center of rotation when the driven timing pulleys 7, 9, hour hand 5, minute hand 4 and second hand 3 rotate.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2 (partially enlarged view of FIG. 1), the timing belts 6 and 8, the timing pulley 7 on the driven side, etc. A viewer (user) who is at a distance of at least 1 to 4 m or more can fully and easily see through the hollow part in the center of the transparent plate 1a and the dial 2. .

In the present embodiment, inside the container 1, a viewer (user) can see a shaft 10 serving as the center of rotation of the second hand 3, the minute hand 4, and the hour hand 5, and the dial 2 extending in a ring shape around the shaft 10. A pendulum 19 is disposed at a position facing the left-right center of the transparent plate 1a of the container 1, and is configured to swing left and right in conjunction with the movement of the second hand 3 or the minute hand 4. It is arranged at an intermediate position between the dial 2 and away from the timing belts 6 and 8.例文帳に追加

Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the driven-side Geneva wheel constituting a Geneva mechanism directly or indirectly connected to at least one of the hour hand 5, minute hand 4 and timing belt 6 or 8 The hour hand 5, minute hand 4 and second hand 3 rotate so that 15 can be at least partly seen by a viewer (user) through the central cavity of the transparent plate 1a and the dial 2. It is arranged on the left side of the central common shaft in the drawing (in FIG. 2, the driven side Geneva wheel 15 that constitutes the Geneva mechanism is partly hidden by the pendulum 19 or the like, but at least part of it is can be seen by a caregiver). FIG. 8 is a front view showing the positional relationship between such a Geneva mechanism and other parts such as the second hand 3, minute hand 4 and hour hand 5. In FIG. Six slits are radially and evenly formed in the driven side geneva wheel 15, 16 is a pin provided in the driving side mechanism, and 17 is a transparent dial receiving base. The pin 16 is intermittently and sequentially inserted into each slit 15a of the driven side geneva wheel 15. As shown in FIG. As a result, the rotational force transmitted from the pin 16 is reduced to 1/6 by the driven Geneva wheel 15 and transmitted to other gears and other timing pulleys.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the hour hand 5 and the minute hand 4 are set by "movements of the timing belts 6 and 8 whose movement can be seen sufficiently even from a position 1 to 4 m or more away from the front of the container 1". Since it is designed to rotate, even a viewer (user) who is at a distance of 1 to 4 m or more from the front of the container 1 can easily see the movements of the timing belts 6 and 8 that rotate the hour hand 5 and minute hand 4. From the front side of the container 1, the transparent plate 1a and the hollow portion at the center of the dial 2 can be seen sufficiently and easily (in contrast, in a conventional timepiece, the internal structure of the container is As for the movement of the gear, it is centered on a relatively small movement that only the gear rotates. could not be seen or observed sufficiently).

Thus, according to this embodiment, a viewer (user) at the front side of the container 1 can move the container 1 through relatively dynamic movements of the timing belts 6, 8 that rotate the hour hand 5 and minute hand 4. 1, it becomes possible to watch or appreciate the movement of the internal structure of the watch arranged in 1 with great interest.

Further, in this embodiment, at least a part of the Genever mechanism connected to at least one of the hour hand 5, the minute hand 4 and the timing belts 6 and 8 is arranged in a cavity in the center of the transparent plate 1a and the dial 2. Since it is arranged so as to face the part, a viewer (user) on the front side of the container 1 can not only move the timing belts 6 and 8 that rotate the hour hand 5 and the minute hand 4, but also the geneva. Movement of the mechanism can also be viewed or appreciated with interest.

Further, in the present embodiment, inside the container 1, a shaft 10 serving as the center of rotation of the second hand 3, the minute hand 4 and the hour hand 5 and the dial plate 2 extending in a ring shape around the shaft 10 are mounted on the front side of the container 1. A pendulum 19 arranged in the center of the left and right in relation to the transparent plate 1a and configured to swing left and right in conjunction with the movement of the second hand 3 or the minute hand 4 is attached to the shaft 10 and the dial. 2 and away from the respective timing belts 6 and 8, the presence of the pendulum 19 causes "the transparent plate 1a on the front side of the container 1 to It prevents a viewer (user) in front from watching with interest the movements of the timing belts 6 and 8 inside the container 1 through the hollow portion of the transparent plate 1a and the dial 2. can be effectively prevented from occurring.

1 Container 1a Transparent plate 2 Dial 3 Second hand 4 Minute hand 5 Hour hand 6, 8 Timing belts 7, 9 Timing pulley 10 on the driven side Shafts 11, 13 Reduction gears 12, 14 Timing pulley 15 on the driving side Genever wheel 15a on the driven side Slit 16 Pin 17 Transparent dial base 19 Pendulum 20 Motor

Claims (4)

A substantially box-shaped container formed to have a length of 1 to 3 m in the vertical direction on the front side facing the user, an hour hand, a minute hand and a second hand, each rotating around the same axis, and indicating the time. A timing belt for the hour hand that rotates a relatively large-diameter timing pulley to which the hour hand is fixed by moving the dial, which consists of a ring-shaped thin plate that displays numbers, and the rotational force of the motor via gears, etc. and a timing belt for the minute hand, which rotates a relatively small-diameter timing pulley to which the minute hand is fixed by receiving the rotational force from the motor via a gear or the like, and another gear that receives the rotational force from the motor. A skeleton-type console clock comprising a gear for a second hand that rotates the second hand by receiving it via a
In the case, the front side of the container, ``the portion facing the timing belt for the hour hand, the timing belt for the minute hand, and the dial'' is made of a transparent member, and the dial is a ring on which the numbers are displayed. The inner side of the thin plate is formed to be a "circular cavity centered on the axis around which the hour hand, minute hand and second hand rotate", and the timing belt for the hour hand and the timing belt for the minute hand are attached to the container. The transparent member of the container is constructed so that the movement can be sufficiently visually recognized even from a position at least 1 m away from the front, and even a viewer at a position at least 1 m away from the front of the container can see the movement. and a skeleton-type console timepiece, wherein movement of the timing belt for the hour hand that rotates the hour hand and movement of the timing belt for the minute hand that rotates the minute hand can be seen through the cavity inside the dial. At least one of the hour hand, the minute hand, and each timing belt is rotated or moved via a geneva mechanism, and the geneva mechanism is arranged such that at least a part thereof faces the transparent member and the cavity. 2. A skeleton console timepiece according to claim 1, wherein movement of said geneva mechanism is visible through said transparent member and said cavity from the front side of said container. Rotational force from one motor is transmitted to the second hand side through the reduction gear for the second hand, the same rotational force is transmitted to the minute hand side through the reduction gear for the minute hand and the timing pulley and timing belt for reduction, and further 2. The skeleton type console timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the rotational force is transmitted to the hour hand through a reduction gear for the hour hand and a timing pulley and timing belt for reduction. In the container, the axis serving as the center of rotation of the second hand, the minute hand, and the hour hand and the dial extending in a ring shape around the axis are arranged at positions facing the center of the transparent member of the container when viewed from the viewer. and a pendulum configured to swing left and right to interlock with the movement of the second hand or the minute hand is located at an intermediate position between the shaft and the dial and extends from each timing belt to the right. 2. A skeleton type console timepiece according to claim 1, characterized in that it is arranged in a leftwardly spaced position.

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