JPH055512Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) This invention relates to a relief clock that is a decorative rotating relief that utilizes the pointer rotation mechanism of a clock and also serves as a clock.

(Prior art) Conventional watches display the time, but plates with various conspicuous shapes are attached to the tips of the long and short hands of the watch. There are also pieces that aim for decorative effects, enjoying the pattern-like changes that occur when the orientation of the plates and their relative positions change.

(Problem that the invention aims to solve) However, watches that also have a decorative effect, such as attaching a plate to the tip of the long and short hands, cannot deviate greatly from the range of rotation of the long and short hands, so changes are not possible. I disliked how simple it was.

(Means for solving the problem) In this invention, a flexible outer skin is provided to cover the upper part of the base containing the watch hand rotation mechanism, and a long and short arm body or a modification thereof is connected to the watch hand rotation mechanism on the base. A relief clock has been devised in which the body is rotated, and the long and short arms or their modified bodies press against the outer skin, causing the outer skin to protrude outward at the relevant locations.

(Function) This idea allows the shape of the long and short hands (minute and hour hands) of the watch to be changed freely, and the outer skin that covers the base (conventional dial) of the watch is made flexible so that the shape can be changed freely. Press the outer skin from one side with the upper surface of the changed long and short hands to make the relevant part of the outer skin bulge or protrude outward so as to create a shadow,
These rotate over time, and the shadow shape changes moment by moment.

(Example) An embodiment of this invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

A first embodiment of this invention is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in which an outer skin 2 made of synthetic leather is installed using the outer periphery of the substrate 1 above a substrate 1 on which a watch hand rotation drive mechanism is provided on the back surface. A disc-shaped projecting plate 4 is provided at the tip of the long hand (minute hand) 3 connected to the clock hand rotation drive mechanism, and a surface near the root of the short hand (hour hand) 5, which is also connected to the clock hand rotation drive mechanism. A plate-like body 6 like a long thin line is provided, and the front view is as shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, when the watch hand rotation drive mechanism is activated, the disc-shaped projecting plate 4 at the tip of the long hand 3 presses against the synthetic leather outer skin 2 and rotates while slightly protruding a circular shape outward. The plate-shaped body 6 of the short hand 5 slowly rotates around the central part while pressing the outer skin 2 of synthetic leather to create a raised linear shape, and various raised shapes created by a combination of slightly smaller circles and lines are displayed at the time. Therefore, the viewer can also tell the time by looking at the positions of the raised parts of the circles and lines.

A second embodiment of this invention is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in which a flexible synthetic resin outer layer is placed on the outside of a substrate 7 on which a watch hand rotation drive mechanism is provided on the back surface, using the outer periphery of the substrate 7. A crescent-shaped plate body 10 is provided at the tip of the long hand (minute hand) 9, which is connected to the clock hand rotation drive mechanism, and the upper part of the short hand (hour hand) rotation shaft 11, which is connected to the clock hand rotation drive mechanism. A triangular plate 12 is provided.

When the above-mentioned watch hand rotation drive mechanism is activated, the crescent-shaped plate 10 on the tip of the minute hand 9 presses the outer skin 8 made of soft synthetic resin from the inside and rotates while causing the outer skin 8 to protrude. A triangular plate 12 provided on a rotating shaft 11 rotates while slowly changing the direction of rotation while raising the outer skin 8. Therefore, various crescent-shaped and triangular protuberances or shadows having different mutual distances and directions appear on the outer skin 8.

A third embodiment of this invention is shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, in which a flexible outer skin 14 is stretched on the outside of a substrate 13 that has a watch hand rotation drive mechanism on the back side, using the outer periphery of the substrate 13. A circular disk body 15 fixed to a long hand (minute hand) shaft connected to a conventional watch hand rotation drive mechanism is formed on the substrate 13, and an annular groove 16 is formed near the outer periphery of the circular disk body 15 to be rotated. The bearing 17 is arranged in the groove 16, and the annular frame 1 is placed on top of the bearing 17.
Insert 8. This annular frame 18 presses the outer skin 14 and causes it to protrude. Next, a roller support 19 is fixed at one place on the circular disk body 15, two rollers 20 are rotatably mounted on the roller support 19, and these rollers 20 are pressed against the outer skin 14, and the outer skin 14 is removed. make it stick out in one direction. In addition, the hour hand (hour hand) arm 2 connected to the clock hand rotation drive mechanism mentioned above.
A bearing 22 is rotatably attached to the concave hole at the tip of the outer shell 1, and the bearing 22 is pressed against the outer skin 14 so that the outer skin 14 projects outward.

In this embodiment, when the clock pointer rotation drive mechanism connected to the base plate 13 is activated, the circular disc body 15 is rotated by the rotation of the clock hand shaft.
An annular frame 18 inserted into the groove 16 via 7
presses the outer skin 14 outward without rotating, causing the outer skin 14 at the contact portion to be somewhat raised.
And the roller support 1 fixed on the circular disc body 15
The roller 20 attached to the circular disc body 15
The outer skin 14 is sequentially raised while rotating together with the outer skin 14. Further, the bearing 22 also rotates while sequentially raising the outer skin 14 as the hour hand rotates. Therefore, within the annular ridge formed by the annular frame 8, two rollers 20
The ridges in the shape of the bearing 22 and the shape of the bearing 22 move one after another, creating various shadows as they move. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the two rollers 20 and the bearing 22 that contact and press the outer skin 14 have little friction with the outer skin 14, and can rotate smoothly and stably while pressing the outer skin 14. Although the rollers 20 are shown shifted in FIG. 5 for explanation purposes, they are actually oriented in the radial direction of the circular disc body 15.

The material of the outer skin of this invention is a flexible material with elasticity, such as synthetic leather, synthetic resin film or sheet, cloth, rubber, etc., and as long as it is thin enough to raise the pressed area, an appropriate material can be used. be able to.

(Effects of the invention) This invention replaces the glass plate or transparent plastic plate that has served as a cover for the dial up to now with a flexible outer skin, and uses a rotating arm or rotating mechanism that uses the rotational drive mechanism of the clock hands. The shaft itself or a deformed body of arbitrary shape such as a disc, triangular plate, or crescent plate attached to the shaft is pressed against the flexible outer skin, and the arm body or the deformed body is rotated while the outer skin at the pressed area is slightly raised. Therefore, on the outer skin, the shadows created by the combination of these arbitrarily shaped ridges move and create different shadows every moment. Therefore, this relief clock has value as a new interior decoration item, and if you memorize the time of the placement position of the shadow of a certain combination of these raised parts, you can also know the time, and it can be used as a clock. It is also capable of fully demonstrating its functions.
Moreover, if patterns, faces, characters, etc. are drawn on the outer surface of the outer skin of this invention, the expressions of these patterns, faces, etc. change every moment due to the raised parts of the outer skin, and the decorative effect becomes even higher. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the first embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the second embodiment of this invention, Fig. 4 is a front view of the same, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the first embodiment of the invention. The figure is a longitudinal sectional view of a third embodiment of this invention, and FIG. 6 is a front view of the same. In the figure, 1 is the substrate, 2 is the outer skin, 4 is the veneer part, and 6
is a plate-like body, 7 is a substrate, 8 is an outer skin, 10 is a plate body, 1
2 is a triangular plate, 13 is a substrate, 14 is an outer plate, 15 is a disc body, 18 is an annular frame, 19 is a roller, and 22 is a bearing.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A flexible outer skin is provided to cover the upper part of the base in which the watch hand rotation mechanism is built, and the long and short arms connected to the watch hand rotation mechanism or their modified bodies are rotated on the base. A relief clock characterized in that the deformable body presses the outer skin to cause the outer skin to protrude outward at the relevant location.