JPH0326475Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention is particularly suitable for detecting whether or not a watch is tilted, in a watch that is equipped with a rotating ornament, a pendulum, etc., which are mechanically undesirable in a tilted state. This invention relates to the tilt display structure of a watch.

(Prior Art) In recent years, wall clocks and table clocks have been fitted with various additional mechanisms, such as rotating ornaments and pendulums, to give them decorative effects. Conventionally, this additional mechanism is susceptible to tilt due to its operating mechanism, and if it is tilted forward, backward, left or right, the operation will stop or the performance will deteriorate.
For example, various measures were taken, such as installing a simple spirit level and placing a mark on the bottom edge of the clock to indicate its vertical position.

(Problem that the invention attempts to solve) However, with this type of conventional means, it takes time and effort to separately install equipment such as a level, etc.
On the other hand, there was a drawback in that it was not possible to accurately confirm the vertical state simply by placing a mark.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to easily and accurately check whether the watch is tilted forward, backward, left or right, and based on this, to easily install the watch without tilting it. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a tilting display structure for a watch.

(Means for Solving the Problem) Therefore, in order to achieve this purpose, the present invention has an index hand that is swingably hung on the hour hand pipe, and when the watch is in a vertical position, the tip of the index hand is aligned. The present invention is characterized in that an index is provided in the 6 o'clock direction of the dial, and the index is positioned at a height between the dial and the tip of the index hand to indicate whether or not the watch is tilted.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on an example of the present invention shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing the tilt display structure of a timepiece according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view thereof. In the figure, reference numeral 10 indicates a watch body, and 12 indicates a dial. 14 is glass.

On the dial 12, an index hand 20 is hung on a pipe 18 of a timepiece 16. This index hand is loosely fitted into the hour hand pipe 18 through the hole 22, and
It is said to be able to swing. On the other hand, the index hand 20 is connected to the hook 24 of the watch 16 in the axial direction of the watch pipe 18.
and the dial 12 without much play. The index hand 20 has an index 28 at its tip.
The dial 1 is slightly shorter than the position of the index 28 so that it does not touch the
2 and is hung on the hour hand pipe 18 with a substantially constant interval 26 between them.

Further, on the dial 12, an indicator 28 is provided at the 6 o'clock position. In this example, the index 28
is made to look like a black circle when viewed from the front.
This indicator 28 is connected to the indicator hand 20 and dial plate 1.
The index needle 20 is erected at approximately the same height as the distance 26 between the index needle 20 and the index 28, so that the tip of the index needle 20 and the index 28 coincide with each other, making it easy to confirm the longitudinal inclination.

Therefore, in the present invention, when the watch is in a vertical position without being tilted, the indicator hand 20 points to the 6 o'clock direction on the vertical line, indicating that the watch is not tilted in the left-right direction. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 2, the tip of the index hand 20 and the index 28 coincide with each other, thereby indicating that the watch is not tilted in the forward or backward direction. Therefore, if the index hand 20 deviates even slightly from the 6 o'clock index position, the watch is tilted at least in the left-right direction.On the other hand, if the index hand 20 tip and index 28 are at the height position The further away it is, the more the clock is tilted forward and backward.

In the above embodiment, the indicator 28 is formed as a black circle and separately provided on the dial 12, but the hour character "6" may be used as an indicator. In this case, only the character "6" or all the hour characters are made to have a height of the interval 26.

Further, it is conceivable to color the indicator needle 20 as appropriate for design purposes, but in order to prevent it from becoming noticeable, for example, only the tip of the indicator needle 20 is colored, and the rest of the indicator needle 20 is made transparent or the same color as the dial 12. It may be configured to do so.

Furthermore, in the present invention, when the indicator 28 is provided below the hour character as shown in FIG. Alternatively, the perpendicularity may be determined based on the fact that the hour mark is in the center of the hole 30.

(Effects of the invention) According to the invention, since the index hand of the time display section and the indicator match when the watch is in the vertical position, it is possible to easily and accurately check whether the watch is tilted forward, backward, left or right. Moreover, based on this information, it is easy to accurately install the clock without tilting it, and there is an advantage that anyone can always determine whether or not the clock is in an accurate state.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing one embodiment of the tilt display structure of a timepiece according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of the tilted display structure in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing another embodiment of the present invention. 12...Dial board, 16...Clock, 18...Hour pipe, 20...Indicator hand, 28...Indicator.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An index hand is swingably hung on the hour hand pipe, and an index is provided at the 6 o'clock position on the dial, with which the tip of the index hand coincides when the watch is in a vertical position, and the index hand is slightly shorter than the length to the index. A tilted display structure of a watch in which the indicator is at the height of the distance between the dial and the tip of the indicator hand.