JPH0220712Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to a table clock, and more particularly, to a table clock used as an interior item.

Problems to be Solved by Conventional Technologies and Ideas Recently, general users' demands on watches have diversified, and various elements have been added to the original function of watches, which is to display the time. It also includes elements.

However, while conventional watches had case decorations and moving characters, there is now a need for something more novel and more comforting to the user.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a table clock that solves the above-mentioned problems by swinging the timepiece body by step-driving the second hand.

Means for solving the problem In this invention, the watch body is placed at one point on a curved surface.
The movement drives the second hand in steps. A character is attached to this second hand.

Function The present invention allows the watch body to be placed at one point on the curved surface.
The movement drives the second hand in steps. A character is attached to this second hand. This character has a predetermined weight, and the watch body swings as the second hand moves step by step.

Embodiment FIG. 1 shows an external perspective view of an embodiment of a timepiece of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a watch body, which has a semicircular spherical shape. A metal dial plate 2 is provided on a surface corresponding to the cross section of a circular sphere of the watch body 1, and this dial plate 2
An hour hand 3, a minute hand 4, and a second hand 5 are provided on the top. The hour hand 3 and minute hand 4 are each formed from piano wire. The second hand 5 is made of elastic piano wire and is fixed to the second hand shaft 6 at an angle of about 15 degrees to the second hand shaft 6. The second hand 5 has a length about two to three times the diameter of the dial 2, and a character 7 shaped like a seagull or the like and having a predetermined weight is fixed to the tip thereof.

The case 10 is a hollow semi-sphere as shown in FIG.
It is made of metal, and its outer peripheral surface is finished to a degree that gives it a metallic luster. Inside this case 10 is a movement 11 whose drive source is a step motor.
is stored. The movement 11 is fixed to the dial 2 via a rubber plate 12, and has a second hand shaft 6, a minute hand shaft, and an hour hand shaft inserted and projected outward from a central window of the dial 2. Damper members 13 are attached to the peripheral edge of the dial 2 at several locations, and the dial 2 is placed and fixed on the case 10 by fitting the damper members 13 into the inner peripheral surface of the case 10.

Here, when the watch body 1 is placed on a horizontal surface, the watch body 1 is balanced so that the dial 2 is horizontal with the second hand 5 removed. Therefore, when the second hand 5 and the character 7 are mounted approximately 15 degrees from the second hand axis 6, the second hand 5 itself also bends and the dial 2 also tilts to some extent. When the movement starts step drive in this state, the second hand 5 is caused to move in steps. As a result, the character 7 moves while shaking, and the wings 7a of the character 7 vibrate. Furthermore, since the watch body 1 is in contact with the mounting plane at one point, it swings gently with the movement of the character 7 having a predetermined weight, and also rotates somewhat depending on the state of the mounting plane. Since the character 7 and the watch body 1 are connected by the second hand 5, which is an elastic body, the movement of the two is not uniform but organic.

In this way, the watch body 1 oscillates gently and organically in response to the movements of the second hand 5 and the character 7, and the beauty of the metallic luster and the movement of reflected light in response to the oscillations create a feeling in the user's mind. It can be used as an innovative interior item with an organic movement that softens the atmosphere.

Note that the watch body 1 and the like do not necessarily have to be made of metal, and the second hand 5 may be made of transparent glass fiber, for example, and is not limited to the above embodiment.

Effects of the invention As mentioned above, in the table clock of the present invention, the character oscillates due to the step movement of the second hand, and the clock body gently oscillates with the movement of the character. It has features such as not only soothing the user's mind, but also being able to be used as a novel interior item.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an embodiment of the clock of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of one embodiment of the timepiece shown in FIG. 1...Watch body, 2...Dial plate, 5...Second hand,
7...Character, 10...Case, 11...
movement.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A table clock consisting of a timepiece body placed on a point on a curved surface, a second hand to which a character having a predetermined weight is attached, and a movement provided in the timepiece body to step-drive the second hand.