JPH0618675A - Pocket watch or wrist watch - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain a novel pocket watch or wrist watch generating the song of cuckoo. CONSTITUTION: The novel pocket watch or wrist watch comprises an electronic circuit 14 and a miniature loudspeaker 15 wherein the electronic circuit generates the song of cuckoo through the loudspeaker. A push button 16 serves to sound the song. The electronic circuit may sound the song every hour. In that case, a circuit breaker interrupts a sound generator comprising the electronic circuit 14 and the loudspeaker 15.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pocket watch or wrist watch equipped with a programmed sound generator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Prior Art Already from the literature, there is a mechanical automatic musical instrument, namely a wristwatch having a music box, and therefore a cylinder provided with pins, and a set of tongues which are vibrated by the pins to produce a sound. Are known. Such a music box can indeed produce a programmed melody, and thus, for example, a cuckoo melody, but not a cuckoo cry itself. The reason for this is that the acoustic generator and its resonators are characteristic of the individual sounds, and their characteristics cannot be changed substantially.

A pocket watch or wrist watch provided with a battery has already been proposed. In this pocket watch or wrist watch,
The sound generator has an electronic circuit and an electromagnetic induction transducer, ie a small loudspeaker or hearing cell.

It has been known from the literature for 20 years that an electronic cuckoo clock, that is, a digital clock with a cuckoo cry has been known. In this digital clock, an electronic circuit seems to generate a cuckoo cry, not a melody melody. It has become. However, as is clear from the part of this document, on the other hand, the conductivity of the entire circuit is too large to be used in a pocket watch or wristwatch.
On the other hand, the circuit requires an 8V power supply, and thus a battery that cannot be stored at all in a pocket watch or wristwatch, as well as with geometrically dimensioned circuit elements that prevent its use in smaller watches. Based on this publication, it is clear that no attempt is made to make a pocket watch or wrist watch with a sound generator that produces a cuckoo cry.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a new pocket watch or wrist watch that produces a cuckoo cry.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, in a pocket watch or wrist watch with a programmed sound generator and a battery, which has an electronic circuit and an electromechanical converter, according to the invention, the sound. The generator is configured to generate a cuckoo cry.

Anyway, there are already clocks in which the sound generator produces a melody of a few beats, but the timepiece according to the invention is not shaped to produce a melody with these known clocks, and sounds like a cuckoo. , Therefore, it is different from the above-mentioned known clock in that it is formed so as to generate a cuckoo cry, and in that case, if a beating sound is added to the cuckoo cry to simultaneously announce the time,
It is particularly advantageous.

Certainly, the components of the sound generator are arranged in the watch case, and by the clockwork, and the electronic circuit is provided with a push-button which can be actuated from the outside to switch on the sound generator. The provision is structurally particularly purposeful. In that case, it is particularly advantageous to program the sound generator to repeat the cuckling at least once after being switched on.

[0009]

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. Apart from the shape of the case, and thus the lid seen from the front, and hence the arrangement of the crown, which therefore helps to adjust the position of the hands, both watches are formed identically, so that they are the same parts of both examples. Have the same reference numerals.

Below the watch glass 4 held by the lid 1 or 2 of the watch case 3, a dial 5 and pointers 6 and 7 are provided.
Exists. The timepiece can also be provided with a second hand. However, in the illustrated embodiment, a transparent disk 9 is seated on the second hand shaft 8, and the edge of the transparent disk 9 is provided with a drawing-shaped cuckoo 10 at various positions. Only can be seen by the window attached to the lid and closed by glass 11. When the clock with the electronic stepping mechanism moves, that is, when the second hand shaft 8 rotates in steps, the cuckoo 10 moves from the range of the window 11 to the right, and the next cuckoo moves into the range of the window. enter. Below the dial 5 is a clockwork 1
There are three, and the purpose of this clockwork is the quartz clockwork. Its diameter corresponds approximately to that of the dial 5 and thus only occupies a part of the case volume. Along with the clockwork 13, a sound generator is stored in the watchcase 3. It consists of an electronic microcircuit, here indicated generally as 14, and an electromechanical transducer, and thus a small loudspeaker 15, both of these components being connected by a lead wire (not shown) to a pushbutton 16 and It is connected to the battery 17.
The electronic circuit 14 is formed so as to generate a cuckoo cry by actuating a push button 16 together with the transducer 15, and for all purposes a cuckoo cry that can be repeated by further actuation of the push button. Are formed to generate. In an expanded embodiment, the sound generator is configured to generate a beating sound in addition to the cuckoo voice, at the same time, as is known per se for the well known cuckoo wall clock. There is. Of course, the circuit could be formed in a slightly different way. That is, for example, it could be formed so that the cuckoo's crowing sounds every hour. Circuits would then have to be provided at certain times, and thus during the night hours, for example, to prevent undesired barking.

[0011]

As described above, according to the present invention, a novel pocket watch or wristwatch that produces a cuckoo cry can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a wristwatch with a conventional and therefore circular case.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a wristwatch having a novel pentagonal case reminiscent of a birdhouse.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 Dial 6,7 Pointer 13 Clockwork 14 Electronic Circuit 15 Electromechanical Transducer 14/15 Sound Generator 16 Push Button 17 Battery

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An electronic circuit (14) and an electromechanical converter (15).
Programmed sound generator and battery with
In the pocket watch or wristwatch provided with (17), the sound generator is formed so as to generate a cuckoo cry. 2. A sound generator (14/15) so as to generate a striking sound that adds time to a cuckoo cry and simultaneously announces time.
The pocket watch or wristwatch of claim 1, wherein the pocket watch or wristwatch is formed. 3. Pocket watch or wristwatch according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the components of the sound generator (14/15) are arranged by the clockwork (13). 4. A pocket watch or wristwatch as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that a push button (16) is provided for switching on the sound generator. 5. The pocket watch or wristwatch of claim 4, wherein the sound generator repeats a complete cuckoo cry at least once after being switched on. 6. The pocket watch or wristwatch according to claim 1, wherein the watch is provided with a dial and a pointer.