JPH05346469A - Door opening and closing method of equipment timekeeper - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make possible the emergence of a stage 21 for a long time without complicating operation control of accessories incorporated in the stage of an equipment timekeeper for emerging every specified time and without making spectators getting tired of watching the stage. CONSTITUTION:After opening and closing doors 15 are wholly opened with a time signal and a stage 21 is allowed to emerge and, thereafter, after each clearance exists between the doors 15 and each opening and closing door 15 is closed up to a position for incompletely closing the stage 21, each door 15 is wholly opened again. Thereafter, as a condition in which the opening and closing doors 15 are wholly-closed, in another condition in which the stage 21 is closed, the stage 21 is kept closed with each opening and closing door 15 during a specified time up to a next time signal.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an equipment clock provided outdoors, and more specifically, to a stage for opening a door to open a stage at a predetermined time such as every hour, and a decorative body such as a doll provided on the stage. The present invention relates to a method of opening and closing a door in an equipment clock that activates a watch to attract the attention of a viewer.

2. Description of the Related Art Today, a karakuri clock is called, and a door is opened along with music in accordance with the time signal such as the hour to make a stage appear, showing a decorative body such as a doll incorporated in a facility clock. Many equipment clocks such as clock towers have been installed to activate the ornaments and draw the attention of the viewer. In these equipment clocks, the timepiece itself is used as an opening / closing door, and a stage is created by sliding the timepiece that has been used as the opening / closing door upward or sideways, or a separate opening / closing door is provided on the wall surface near the timepiece. It is installed on the door and slides the open / close door to make the stage appear. Also, the two doors are closed together at the center, and the right end of the right door and the left end of the left door are opened to the left and right, respectively. Various types of open / close doors have been adopted. By the way, in the stage of equipment clocks using the above-mentioned various types of opening and closing doors, the door is fully opened in time with the time signal etc. Keeps the door fully open, and closes the door after the operation of the ornament to maximize the change between showing the stage and not showing the stage.

As described above, even if the decorative body in the stage is operated with the door fully opened, there is a limit to the change in the motion of the decorative body. It has become difficult to attract the attention of the viewer.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, the opening and closing doors are fully opened by a time signal, and the doors are kept fully opened while a decorative object such as a doll performs a predetermined operation. Close each door to a position where the stage is incompletely closed by creating a slight gap between them, and then fully open each door again. Will be completely closed, and the closing of the stage by the opening and closing door will be maintained until the next time signal.

[Operation] According to the present invention, after opening the opening / closing door of the stage accommodating the ornamental body to the fully open position, the opening / closing doors are once closed to the incomplete stage closing position and then again opened / closed again. Therefore, by giving the feeling of encore, even if a part of the same ornamental movement as in the first stage is repeated in the second stage, the user will not be tired of seeing. Further, when the door is closed midway, the stage is not completely closed, so that the viewer's attention can be attracted until the stage is opened again without causing the illusion that the stage has ended. Further, when the stage is incompletely closed by the opening / closing door, the ornamental body in the stage can be made almost invisible so that the arrangement of the ornamental body can be easily changed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As a first embodiment of an equipment timepiece for carrying out the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, a wall surface 25 of an equipment timepiece such as a clock tower.
It is an equipment timepiece in which a stage 21 is incorporated inside the dial of the timepiece body 11 attached to the dial, has an annular fixing portion 13 around the dial, and is provided with a time scale on the fixing portion 13. Clock body 1 in which the rotary shaft of an opening / closing door 15 obtained by dividing the dial of the clock body 11 into 6 parts is covered with the fixing portion 13.
It is 1. The dial plate in this watch body 11 is divided into 6
As shown in FIG. 2, each of the opening / closing doors 15 pivots about a pin 17 provided perpendicular to the plane of the dial plate and slides in the outer peripheral direction. As shown in FIG. The fixed part 13
The inner side of the fixed portion 13 is opened by projecting it to the outer periphery of the stage, and the stage 21 on which the decorative body is arranged appears on the dial portion of the timepiece body 11. As described above, the equipment timepiece makes the stage 21 appear on the dial portion of the timepiece body 11 to activate the ornamental body and sounds the music to draw the viewer's attention. After appearing and operating the decorative body for several minutes, as shown in FIG.
Each opening / closing door 15 is temporarily closed to a position where a small gap is left between the opening / closing doors 15, and each opening / closing door 15 is stopped for several seconds at the incompletely closed position of the stage 21, and then each opening / closing door 15 is opened again.
3 to the fully open position shown in FIG. 3, and after performing the operation of the decorative body again in accordance with music, completely close each opening / closing door 15,
The stage 21 is kept closed until the next time signal. In the embodiment of the present invention, each opening / closing door 15 is
Since each opening / closing door 15 is once closed to the incomplete closing position of the stage 21 having a gap between the two, when the stage 21 appears for the second time, a part of the operation of the ornament on the stage 21 for the first time is repeated. By doing so, it is possible to configure the stage 21 that makes it appear as if to answer an encore, lengthens the start time of the stage 21 without complicating the operation control sequence of the ornament, and prevents the viewer from getting tired of seeing. In addition, since the stage 21 is incompletely closed by a large number of opening / closing doors 15 in this embodiment, the gap between the doors is not offset to a part of the stage 21, and each opening / closing door 15 is stopped at the incompletely closed position. Even in the case of opening, it is possible to show the opening / closing operation of the door without making the viewer feel uncomfortable. The opening and closing of each of the opening and closing doors 15 can make the inside of the stage 21 almost invisible while attracting the attention of the viewer due to the incomplete closing of the stage 21. Also, it is possible to easily make large-scale changes in the ornaments and the like, such as changing the arrangement of the ornaments and turning over the background, and it is possible to easily design and construct the stage 21 that does not get tired of being seen. When opening / closing the opening / closing door 15,
It is possible to perform opening / closing control from the fully closed position to the fully open position, from the fully open position to the incompletely closed position, from the incompletely closed position to the fully open position, and from the fully open position to the fully closed position by setting a timer. Limit switches for position detection are provided at the fully open position, the fully closed position, and the incompletely closed position, and the open / close control is performed while detecting the position of the open / close door 15. Further, the opening / closing from the fully open position to the incompletely closed position is not limited to one time, and the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing door 15 itself can be shown to a viewer by continuously opening and closing a plurality of times. The outer peripheral shape of the timepiece body 11 and the shape of the stage 21 that perform the opening and closing method as described above are not limited to the circular shape, and may be a polygonal timepiece body 11 such as a hexagon or the stage 21. Further, although the above embodiment is a method of opening and closing the equipment timepiece 10 in which the dial is divided into six opening and closing doors 15, as shown in FIG. 5, it is provided on the wall surface 25 of the equipment timepiece 10 in the vicinity of the timepiece body 11. By opening the opening / closing door 27 as shown in FIG. 6, the opening / closing operation is performed not only between the full opening and the full closing but also the stage 21 as shown in FIG.
6 may be controlled to be opened and closed between a position where the stage is incompletely closed and a position where the stage 21 shown in FIG. 6 is fully opened. It is sufficient to open and close them at the same time. Also, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the opening / closing door 27 may be opened so as to be hidden behind the wall surface 25 so that the stage 21 appears. When opening and closing a larger number of opening / closing doors, the opening / closing doors are not limited to being slid in the outer circumferential direction of the stage 21, and as shown in FIGS. It goes without saying that this is also an opening / closing method that can be applied when rotating and opening / closing with one side as the rotation axis.

According to the present invention, when opening and closing the opening and closing doors for making the stage appear, after opening each door to the fully open position, each door is closed to the incompletely closed position of the stage where there is a gap between the doors. , It is a method of opening and closing the door of the equipment clock that fully opens the doors again and then completely closes the stage. Therefore, when the doors are opened the second time, the operation of the ornament on the first stage is partially performed. By repeating it, it is possible to make it look like the encore is reproduced, and it is possible to easily make a large-scale layout change of the decorative body when the stage is incompletely closed. It is a method of opening and closing the door of an equipment clock that can easily produce a stage of time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a state in which a door is completely closed in a first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a door mechanism in the first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which a door is completely opened in the first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which the door is incompletely closed in the first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which a door in the second embodiment according to the present invention is completely closed.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which a door is completely opened in the second embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which the door is incompletely closed in the second embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a state in which a door is opened in the third embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state in which a door is completely closed in a fourth embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which a door in the fourth embodiment according to the present invention is completely opened.

FIG. 11 is a top view of the equipment watch showing a state in which the door is opened in the fourth embodiment according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Equipment clock 11 Clock body 13 Fixed part 15 Open / close door 17 Pin 21 Stage 25 Wall surface 27 Open / close door 29 Open / close door

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An equipment timepiece having a plurality of opening / closing doors for causing a stage to appear, each door is opened based on a time signal output at a predetermined time interval, and after the doors are kept in a fully opened state, all of them are temporarily opened. After closing the doors to the incompletely closed position where there is a slight gap between the doors, open and close the doors again, and then close the stage completely. A method for opening and closing the door of an equipment clock, characterized in that the door is fully closed and the stage is closed by each door until the next time signal. 2. The door opening / closing method for a facility clock according to claim 1, wherein a large number of three or more doors are used as the opening / closing door, and each door is opened / closed by sliding each door. 3. The equipment according to claim 1 or 2, wherein opening and closing of the door is repeated a plurality of times between a position having a slight gap between the opening and closing doors and a fully opened position of each door. How to open and close the clock door.