JPH0440394A - Clock device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To definitely diferentiate a time indicating plane from that of other watches by an arrangement wherein the intersection of hour and minute hands, disposed movably on the top surface of a square dial, varies with time. CONSTITUTION: Numerals indicating the hour are arranged upward at the left end 5 of a frame 1 while numerals indicating the minute are arranged at the upper end 6 thereof. An hour hand 3 and a minute hand 4 arranged orthogonally are provided with arrow parts on the side arranged with the numerals. Intersection of the hands 3, 4 varies with time on the dial 2 and winding crowsn 7, 8 can adjust the hour hand 3 and the minute hand 4 individually. In the drawing, the hour hand 3 points 3 o'clock while the minute hand 4 points 45 minute and the hour hand 3 stops for about one hour at the position of 3 o'clock while the minute hand 4 translates from the left side to the right side over one hour and then returns back to the left side. When the minute hand 4 returns back to the left side, the hour hand 3 moves to the position of 4 o'clock. The operation is repeated and current hour is indicated sequentially.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a timepiece device, and particularly to a timepiece device having a characteristic time display surface.

[Prior Art] In conventional analog timepiece devices, the time display surface is usually disk-shaped, and numbers representing hours and minutes are written around the disk-shaped display surface. An hour hand and a minute hand are provided coaxially with the rotating shaft at the center, and the necessary time can be read by rotating these hour and minute hands.

By the way, such conventional clock devices are not inconvenient for reading the necessary time, but the way they display the time is extremely different from other clock devices. There is a drawback that the number of watches is small and does not arouse the purchasing desire of general consumers, and in this respect, there is a strong demand for the development of a novel timepiece device.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As mentioned above, conventional clock devices are not particularly inconvenient in reading the necessary time, but the way they display the time is different from other clock devices. There was a problem in that there was very little discrimination among consumers, which did not arouse the desire of general consumers to purchase.

This invention has been made to solve the above problems, and aims to provide a timepiece device that is highly distinctive from others by devising a time display surface.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A timepiece device according to the present invention includes: a first hour and minute indicating hand that is arranged horizontally with respect to a rectangular dial portion and moves in the vertical direction; a second hour and minute indicating hand that is arranged perpendicularly to the hour and minute indicating hand and moves laterally from one side of the dial portion to the other side; The intersecting position of the first hour and minute indicating hands and the second hour and minute indicating hands on the face of the dial portion changes with the passage of time.

[Function] In the present invention, the first hour and minute indicating hands that move in the vertical direction are arranged horizontally with respect to the rectangular dial part, and the hands move from one side of the dial part to the other side. A second hour and minute indicating hand that moves laterally is arranged perpendicularly to the first hour and minute indicating hand, and the second hour and minute indicating hand moves in the horizontal direction, and the second hour and minute indicating hand moves in the horizontal direction and is arranged perpendicularly to the first hour and minute indicating hand. By changing the intersecting position of the indicating hand and the second hour/minute indicating hand over time, a timepiece device that is highly distinguishable from others in its time display surface can be obtained.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a timepiece device that is an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the rectangular frame (1) may be made of a metal material plated with chrome plating, gold plating, silver plating, etc., and the center part thereof has a similar shape to the frame (1) described above. A dial portion (2) having a shape and an appropriate width is provided. The dial part (2) may be made of, for example, a suitable multi-color liquid crystal material.The 0:00 hour hand (3) is a rod-shaped body arranged horizontally; Minute hand (4)
is a rod-shaped body placed perpendicular to this. Also,
On the left end (5) of the frame (1), numbers for displaying "time" are arranged from bottom to top like 1.2.3...10, 11.12. At the upper end (6) of this frame (1) are numbers for displaying minutes: 5, 10.
．． They are arranged from left to right like 15...45, 50.55. Note that the hour hand (3) and the minute hand (4) are provided with an arrow portion on the side where the numbers are arranged to assist in checking the time. Furthermore, the intersecting position of the hour hand (3) and minute hand (4) on the dial portion (2) changes over time. (7
) and (8) are the crowns for the hour hand (3) and the minute hand (4), respectively, and their positions can be adjusted individually.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained. In FIG. 1, the hour hand (3) is at a position representing "3 o'clock" and the minute hand (4) is at a position representing "45 minutes". This can be done by moving your line of sight horizontally and vertically from the intersection position of the hour hand (3) and minute hand (4) on the dial part (2) to the dial part (2). It can be confirmed. Here, the hour hand (3) is "3 o'clock"
The minute hand (4) is stopped at the position representing the dial for about one hour, and the minute hand (4) moves in parallel from the left end of the dial portion (2) to the right end thereof over the course of one hour. And this minute hand (4
) returns to the left end, the hour hand (3) moves to the position representing "4 o'clock". Thereafter, by performing similar operations, the current time can be sequentially displayed. In this case, by appropriately dividing the brightness and darkness of the dial part (2), it becomes easier to know the current time. For example, if the dial part (2) is divided into hour and minute hands According to (4), it is divided into four parts centered at the intersection position, for example, the upper right part is dark colored,
The other parts are brightly colored so that the current time can be easily determined.

In the above embodiment, the case where the numeral section for displaying "hours" is provided at the left end of the frame, and the numeric section for displaying "minutes" is provided at the upper end of the frame will be explained. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and for example, they may be provided at the right end and the lower end of the frame, respectively. In addition, in the above embodiment, the "hour" display hand is arranged horizontally with respect to the dial part, and "
Although the explanation has been given on the case where the minute display hand is arranged perpendicularly to this, it is also possible to arrange it in the opposite relationship.Furthermore, in the above embodiment, it is possible to Although the case has been described in which the divided sections are divided into bright and dark areas, it is also possible to select an appropriate color for display.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the timepiece device according to the present invention includes: the first hour and minute indicating hands that are arranged horizontally with respect to the rectangular dial portion and move in the vertical direction; a second hour and minute indicating hand that is arranged perpendicularly to the first hour and minute indicating hand and moves laterally from one side of the dial portion to the other side;
The cross position of the first hour and minute indicating hands and the second hour and minute indicating hands on the surface of the rectangular dial portion changes over time. By devising the time display surface, it is possible to clearly differentiate the watch from other timepiece devices.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a timepiece device according to an embodiment of the present invention. (1): Frame, (2) Double dial part, (3) Hours hand, (4) Two minute hand, (5): Left side end ("hour" number display part), (6) Double side end (“Minute” number display), (7), (8): Crown.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A first hour and minute indicating hand that is arranged horizontally with respect to the rectangular dial part and moves in the vertical direction: A first hour and minute indicating hand that is arranged perpendicularly to the first hour and minute indicating hand, A timepiece device comprising: a second hour and minute indicating hand that moves laterally from one side of the dial section to the other side, wherein: A timepiece device characterized in that the intersecting position of the first hour and minute indicating hand and the second hour and minute indicating hand changes with the passage of time. (2) The timepiece device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of sections of the dial section defined by the first and second hour and minute hands are selectively made brighter and darker.