JPH07333357A - Formation of stage for pole top decoration clock - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate installation of a pole top decoration clock by directing the time indicating part of clock and the stage therefor in the direction of gathering people. CONSTITUTION:A decoration is housed on the inside of a dial and a decoration clock 11 having a door, opening at a predetermined time interval to disclose the decoration, is installed on the top of a pole 19. A drive motor 25 rotates the decoration clock 11 about the pole 19. The dial is normally directed in the reference direction and when the door of the clock body 11 is opened at a predetermined time interval to form a stage, the clock body 11 is rotated horizontally from the reference direction. Upon finishing the stage, the clock body 11 is rotated again and stopped at a position where the dial directs in the reference direction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wall clock mounted above a rod-shaped column such as a column, and more specifically, it has a decorative body inside the clock body and opens and closes at regular time intervals such as hourly intervals. The present invention relates to an ornamental timepiece that is a pillar-shaped ornamental timepiece in which a decoration is opened by opening a door.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, a clock called an ornamental body clock is used to play music every hour or every 30 minutes, and to form a stage in which an ornamental body such as a doll appears and to operate the doll or the like in accordance with the music. As a result, many watches have been installed to attract the attention of the viewer.

These ornamental timepieces are provided on a wall surface of a building such as a building or a clock tower, and when a predetermined time comes, the entire dial serving as a time display portion is moved upward, for example, by opening or closing the dial. A decoration that is placed inside a dial that makes it appear as a door to form a stage, or a dial that is divided into multiple pieces and spread like a petal to be placed inside the dial. There are those that make the body appear to form a stage, and those that open and close the door on the wall surface near the dial and open this open and close door to form the stage near the dial. .

Further, the applicant of the present invention not only installs a decorative body timepiece in which a decorative body is housed inside a dial or near the dial on a wall surface of a building, but as shown in FIG. We have developed a pillar-type ornamental timepiece that incorporates an ornamental body into a timepiece body 11 provided above a fixed column 19. As shown in FIG. 18, the pillar-shaped ornamental body timepiece is a timepiece body 11 which is a pillar-shaped timepiece having dial plates 13 in three directions. Inside the timepiece body 11 is a decoration body such as a doll. When a predetermined time arrives, two of the dials 13 used as the time display part are opened as opening / closing doors at a predetermined time, and a doll or the like stored inside the timepiece body 11 is stored. The ornamental body 15 appears to form a stage.

[0005]

As described above, in the normal state, the dial is turned in three directions to display the time, and at a predetermined time, the two dials are opened to make the stage appear. In the ornamental timepiece of, if the dials are installed so that people can easily see the time by setting the direction of the dials to be easy to see, when the two dials are opened and the stage is opened, the front of the stage differs from the direction in which people gather. A problem arises that it is difficult to show the movement of the ornament to a large number of people, and the stage is oriented in a direction in which a large number of people can easily gather, and the display time is in a direction in which people can easily see when the stage is closed. It has been found that it is difficult to determine the installation location of the watch body and the installation direction of the watch body.

The present invention eliminates such drawbacks, and makes it possible to easily arrange a decorative timepiece in which the displayed time is easy to see and the stage can be enjoyed by many people. is there.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a decorative timepiece having a decorative body accommodated inside a dial is arranged above a column.
A motor for rotation drive that rotates the watch body around this pillar is provided, and the direction of the dial is normally set to a fixed reference position. After changing the stage to form the stage and closing the opening / closing door, the dial is rotated again so as to face the reference position and stopped.

[0008] It should be noted that, using a timepiece body in which three dials are oriented in different directions by 120 degrees, three reference position directions that are different by 120 degrees are set as the reference position directions of the dials.
When rotating the dial so that the dial faces the reference position after the end of the stage,
When stopping toward a different reference position direction,
It may be rotated so as to return to the original reference position direction.

Further, in a timepiece body having dial plates in three directions, it may be rotated by 60 degrees before opening and closing the opening / closing door, and may be rotated by 60 degrees after closing the opening / closing door. Further, when forming a stage, the sun is always placed on the back The stage may be formed in the direction. When a timepiece body having a dial plate on one side and an opening / closing door on the back side is used, the timepiece body is rotated 180 degrees when the stage is formed, and the timepiece body is further rotated 180 degrees after the stage is completed. To do.

Further, when using a timepiece body having dial plates in three directions different by 90 degrees and having an opening / closing door on one surface without the dial plates, 90 degrees or 1 is used when forming the stage.
Rotate it by 80 degrees, and after the stage ends, turn the watch body back to its original position and stop it.

[0011]

[Operation] According to the present invention, the decorative timepiece, in which the decorative body is housed inside the dial, is arranged above the pillar, so that the place where the decorative timepiece is arranged is not limited to the wall surface of the building. or,
Since the motor for rotating the timepiece body as this ornamental timepiece is provided, the direction of the dial and the stage can be freely oriented.

Then, when the opening / closing door is opened to form the stage, the timepiece body is rotated so as to change the direction of the timepiece body, so that the direction of the stage can be set in any direction. After that, since the timepiece body is rotated again, the direction of the dial can be oriented toward the predetermined reference position. In addition, the method of providing the three reference position directions on the timepiece body having the dial plate in three directions different by 120 degrees can have the same appearance as the original state regardless of the reference position direction. , When returning to the original reference position direction or returning to another reference position direction, the same appearance is always used to make it easy to see the current time from a certain direction, and to return the watch body direction to another reference position direction after the stage ends. When forming the next stage, it becomes easy to form a stage in a direction different from the previous stage forming direction, and when returning to the original reference position direction after the stage is finished, always direct the stage in a predetermined direction. The stage can be formed quickly.

Further, a method of rotating a timepiece body having dial plates in three different directions by 120 degrees by 60 degrees before opening the opening / closing door is a method in which the front of the stage is formed when the stage is not formed. The direction of the plate can be matched, and the method of forming the stage with the sun always facing the back can prevent sunlight from shining inside the stage.

Then, this pillar-shaped decorative body timepiece is constructed by using a timepiece body having a dial plate on one side and an opening / closing door on the back side thereof.
The method of rotating it by 0 degrees can be the direction of the dial when the stage is not formed,
Further, a method of using a watch body having a dial in three directions different by 90 degrees and having an opening / closing door on one side without the dial, and rotating this watch body by 90 degrees or 180 degrees is always a stage dial. You can turn it in any direction it was facing.

[0015]

EXAMPLE An example of the method according to the present invention is, as shown in FIG. 17, a columnar pillar 19 fixed by a foundation 18.
The timepiece 11 is attached to the upper part of the column to form a pillar-type timepiece. As shown in FIG.
Is attached rotatably in the horizontal direction by a rotary shaft 17, a fixed gear 21 is provided at the upper end of the support column 19, and a rotary gear 23 meshing with the fixed gear 21 and a rotary drive motor 25 for rotating the rotary gear 23. It is provided on the clock body 11.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the timepiece body 11 has
The same dials 31, 32, facing in three different directions by 120 degrees
It is assumed that three time display parts having 33 and hands are provided, and as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, two dial plates 31 and 32 are used as opening / closing doors, and a decorative body 15 such as a doll is stored inside. The first dial 31 and the second dial 32, which are doors and doors, are to be a pillar-type decorative body timepiece, and the third dial 33 to be in a fixed state.
The joint with and can be opened and closed as a hinge.

As shown in FIG. 5A, the timepiece body 11 has, for example, a first dial plate 31 and a second dial plate which are the other two opening and closing doors with the third dial plate 33 facing north. When the opening / closing edge 37 where the first dial 31 and the second dial 32 are in contact with each other is set to the south by orienting 32 substantially in the southeast direction and the southwest direction, just before the hour before the hour, FIG. As shown in B of FIG. 6, the third dial 33 is rotated by 60 degrees so as to face northwest, and the opening / closing edge 37 is directed toward the original first opening / closing door 31. The first dial plate 31 and the second dial plate 32 are opened as shown in FIG.

Further, the decorative body 15 is operated to activate the first dial 31.
And after closing the second dial 32, as shown in FIG. 6B,
The first dial 31 is further rotated by 60 degrees so as to face north, and the timepiece body 11 is made to stand still in a direction rotated by 120 degrees from the initial direction shown in FIG. 5A. In this way about 1
As time passes and the hour approaches again, the timepiece body 11 is rotated 60 degrees so that the opening / closing edge 37 faces north as shown in FIG. 2 dial
Open 32 to form the stage and finish the stage to first
When the dial 31 and the second dial 32 are closed, both dials 3
After closing 1,32, rotate the watch body 11 again by 60 degrees, and
Turn the second dial 32 to the north as shown in A of
When opening the 1st dial 31 and the 2nd dial 32 after time,
As shown in FIG. 8B, the timepiece body 11 is further rotated by 60 degrees so that the opening / closing edge 37 is oriented substantially southwest, and after the first dial plate 31 and the second dial plate 32 are closed, further rotated by 60 degrees. As shown in A of FIG. 5, the third dial 33 is returned to the position facing north.

As described above, in this embodiment, the time display portions having the same shape in three directions are provided, and the decorative body is provided inside the dial plates 31, 32, 33.
A decorative body timepiece containing 15 is arranged at the upper end of the support column 19, and when the stage is formed by opening the first dial plate 31 and the second dial plate 32 which are opening / closing doors, the clock body 11 is opened before opening the opening / closing door. 60
By rotating the first dial 31 toward the reference position which the first dial 31 was facing when it was stationary,
Since the dial 31 and the second dial 32 are opened, it is possible to provide a pillar-type decorative timepiece in which the stage can be formed with the front surface of the stage facing the direction in which the first dial 31 faced.

Furthermore, after closing the first dial plate 31 and the second dial plate 32, the timepiece body 11 is rotated again by 60 degrees, so that the timepiece body 11 is stopped at the position rotated by 120 degrees from before the stage formation. The time is displayed by the time display unit 120.
Since the dials are provided in three directions so as to face in different directions, the dial can be stopped for each reference position direction of the timepiece body 11 that displays the time.

Therefore, when the stage is stationary without forming a stage, the dial 11 is not noticed that the timepiece body 11 has rotated.
The current time is displayed by directing each time display section by 31,32,33 toward the direction where people gather, and when forming the stage, the front direction of the stage is directed toward the direction where people gather, and at each hour. The stage can be formed by orienting the stage in a direction in which people in different directions are gathered.

As another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9A, as the first reference position direction, the direction in which the opening / closing edge 37 is substantially west is used as the reference position direction. The direction of 33 is determined, and at each hour in the morning, the stage is formed by slightly rotating the direction of the clock body 11 immediately before the hour,
After closing the 1st dial plate 31 and the 2nd dial plate 32, it returns to the said 1st reference position direction, the timepiece body 11 is made to stand still, and the stage formed at noon is made substantially north facing, as shown to A of FIG. After this stage is finished, the rotation control of the timepiece 11 is stopped and the opening / closing edge 37 is left stationary in the north direction, or as shown in FIG. 10B, about 12 degrees from the first reference position direction.
It is assumed that the opening / closing edge 37 is rotated by 0 degree in the direction of the second reference position that is approximately east and is made stationary, and the clock body 11 is rotated from this second reference position before opening the stage every hour in the afternoon. Then, open the first dial plate 31 and the second dial plate 32 so that the stage is always opened in the direction of the sun, and after closing the stage, return it to the second reference position direction and make the timepiece body 11 stand still. It is something to put.

Thus, in the first reference position direction or the second reference position direction.
The clock body 11 is rotated from the reference position direction to open the stage, and after closing the stage, the first reference position direction or the second
By rotating so that it returns to the reference position direction and keeping it still, it will not be noticed that the orientation of the timepiece 11 has changed when the stage is closed, and sunlight will enter the stage when the stage is opened. When artificial lighting is used for the decorative body 15 in the stage to prevent this, there is an advantage that the lighting of the artificial lighting can be clearly seen.

When the timepiece body 11 is rotated so that the stage is not exposed to sunlight, the rotation angle is detected by counting encoders and motor drive pulses while controlling the rotation angle in units of 15 degrees. If controlled in advance, there is an advantage that it is possible to easily create a sequence program for controlling rotation by an hour signal or the like.

Further, when forming the stage, not only the case where the timepiece body 11 is rotated before opening the first dial plate 31 and the second dial plate 32 which are opening / closing doors, but also the first dial plate 31 and the second dial plate After opening the dial 32, the watch body 11 is rotated so that the front surface of the stage is directed in a predetermined direction, the decorative body 15 is operated in the predetermined direction, and after the operation of the decorative body 15 ends, the reference position direction The first dial 31 and the second dial 32 may be closed after rotating the timepiece body 11 up to.

Further, although the above embodiment is a method of forming a stage of a pillar-shaped decorative body timepiece having time display portions in three directions different by 120 degrees, as shown in FIG. 11, it has time display portions in four directions. Even in the case of a pillar-shaped decorative body timepiece, the formation of the stage can be similarly controlled. That is, the four dials 31, 32, 3 with the same time display section
As shown in FIG. 12, the decorative body 15 is housed inside by using the first dial 31 and the second dial 32 as opening and closing doors, and the third dial 33 and the fourth dial 33 are provided. Even if the dial 34 is a pillar-type ornamental timepiece having a fixed surface,
As shown in FIG. 2, there is a deviation of 45 degrees between the front direction of the stage and the front direction of the time display part when the first dial 31 and the second dial 32 are closed. Before opening the 31 and the second dial 32, or after opening, form a stage by rotating from the reference position direction by 45 degrees, and after the stage is closed, close the open / close door and rotate the clock body 11 by 45 degrees to set the reference position. It is to be returned to.

In the pillar-shaped ornamental timepiece having the time display portions on the four sides, four reference position directions different by 90 degrees are set as reference position directions, and each time the stage is closed, the position before the stage is formed is changed from the position before the stage formation. When the stage is formed such that the stage is rotated by 45 degrees before and after the stage is finished so as to be stationary in different directions by 90 degrees and the front surface of the stage is always aligned with the front direction of the time display unit. Yes, when incorporating artificial lighting into the decorative body 15, one or two reference position directions should be set, and the stage should be formed so that the sun is on the back by rotating from this reference position direction and the stage ends. After that, the timepiece body 11 may be rotated and stopped toward the reference position.

Further, in each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the dial plate is used as the opening / closing door, but as shown in FIG. 13, three dial plates 31, 3 are used.
In the case of using an ornamental timepiece in which the time display portions are formed by directing 2, 33 in different directions by 90 degrees and the remaining one direction is not provided, as shown in FIG. The opening / closing door 39 is provided on the rear surface to open the opening / closing door 39 to form the stage. In this case, 90 degrees or 180 degrees from the reference position direction when the stage is not formed.
16 is rotated to form the stage, and after the stage is finished, the stage is returned to the original reference position direction. Even in the case of using the decorative timepiece in which the dial 31 is provided only in one direction as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the opening / closing door 39 provided on the back surface of the dial plate may be opened to form the stage, and the timepiece body 11 may be rotated 180 degrees after the stage is formed and after the stage is completed.

As described above, in the case of a pillar-type ornamental timepiece in which the opening / closing door 39 is provided on the back surface where the time display portion such as the dial and hands is not formed, the timepiece body 11 should be rotated before and after the stage is formed. Thus, the front of the stage when forming the stage is the front direction of the time display unit, that is, the direction in which people gather, and the face of the mechanism that forms the stage by opening and closing the surface without the time display unit, which is the direction in which people do not gather, is used. Even in such a case, the stage can be formed by orienting the stage in the direction in which people gather, and the timepiece body 11 does not have the timepiece mechanism attached to the opening / closing door 39 that is a movable part.
This makes it easier to design and manufacture the strength of the opening / closing mechanism, and facilitates the manufacture of the timepiece body 11 that is a pillar-type decorative body timepiece, while at the same time making it possible to notify many people of the time and show the stage. .

[0030]

As described above, the present invention provides a pillar-shaped decorative body timepiece in which a decorative body timepiece containing an ornamental body is arranged above a column, and when the stage of the pillar-type ornamental body timepiece is formed, the clock body is rotated. A stage is formed, and even after the stage is finished, the timepiece is rotated so that the time display section is directed toward the reference position direction.Therefore, by setting the direction in which people gather as the reference position direction, many people are notified of the time, In addition, the pillar-shaped decoration body that can always form the stage toward the direction in which a person is present and can easily determine the installation location and installation direction of the pillar clock and facilitate the installation of the decoration clock. It is a method of forming a stage of a watch.

In a method of providing three reference position directions on a timepiece having dial plates in three different directions by 120 degrees, the appearance is the same as the original state regardless of which reference position direction the timepiece is directed. The method of returning the direction of the timepiece to the other reference position direction makes it easy to form the stage in a direction different from the previous stage formation direction when forming the stage, and The stages can be sequentially formed in each of the surrounding directions.

Further, a method of providing a timepiece body having dial plates in three directions different by 120 degrees and returning it to the original reference position direction is as follows.
It is possible to make it easy to see the current time from a fixed direction at all times, and to easily form the stage with the stage always directed in a predetermined range. Furthermore, a method of rotating a watch body having dials in three different directions by 120 degrees by 60 degrees before opening the opening / closing door, by making the front of the stage always coincide with the direction of the dial when the stage is not formed, The direction of the time display unit and the direction of the stage can both be the direction in which people gather.

The method of forming the stage with the sun always facing the back is to prevent sunlight from shining inside the stage and to clearly show the lighting of the artificial illumination in the stage using the artificial illumination. You can make a big change in the stage. And with the dial on one side,
A method of arranging a clock body with an opening and closing door on the back side above the pillar and rotating this pillar-mounted decorative body clock by 180 degrees is as follows.
The door opening / closing mechanism of the ornamental timepiece can be easily formed,
Moreover, even when the opening / closing door faces the direction in which people are not likely to gather, the direction of the stage can be made to coincide with the direction of the dial which is the direction in which people gather when forming the stage.

Further, a method of using a timepiece body having dial plates in three directions different by 90 degrees and having an opening / closing door on one side without the dial plate, and rotating this timepiece body by 90 degrees or 180 degrees is always a stage. Can be directed to any direction in which the dial faced to make it easy for many people to see the time while showing the stage.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a main part of a decorative timepiece for implementing the method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view of a decorative body timepiece for implementing the method of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the ornamental timepiece that implements the method of the present invention with the open / close door opened.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the decorative timepiece for carrying out the method of the present invention with the open / close door opened.

FIG. 5 is a top view showing a rotating state of the decorative body timepiece according to the invention.

FIG. 6 is a top view showing a rotating state of the decorative timepiece according to the invention.

FIG. 7 is a top view showing a rotating state of the decorative timepiece according to the invention.

FIG. 8 is a top view showing a rotating state of the decorative body timepiece according to the invention.

FIG. 9 is a top view showing a rotating state of the decorative body timepiece according to the invention.

FIG. 10 is a top view showing a rotating state of the decorative body timepiece according to the invention.

FIG. 11 is a top view of another decorative timepiece embodying the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a top view of the other decorative timepiece embodying the present invention with the open / close door opened.

FIG. 13 is a top view of another ornamental timepiece embodying the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a top view of the other decorative body timepiece embodying the present invention with the opening / closing door opened.

FIG. 15 is a top view of still another ornamental timepiece embodying the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a top view of the opening / closing door of still another decorative timepiece embodying the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a view showing the external appearance of a pillar-shaped decorative body timepiece.

FIG. 18 is a top view of a pillar-shaped decorative body timepiece.

FIG. 19 is a top view of the pillar-shaped decorative body timepiece with the opening / closing door opened.

FIG. 20 is a front view of the pillar-shaped decorative body timepiece with the opening / closing door opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Clock body 13 Dial 15 Decorative body 17 Rotating shaft 18 Foundation 19 Strut 21 Fixed gear 23 Rotating gear 25 Drive motor 31 First dial 32 Second dial 33 Third dial 34 Fourth dial 37 Opening / closing edge 39 open / close door

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A decorative body timepiece, in which a decorative body is housed inside a dial, and an opening / closing door is opened at predetermined intervals to cause the internal decorative body to appear, is arranged above a pillar. A drive motor for rotating the column around the rotation center is provided, and normally the direction of the dial is set to a fixed reference position direction, and when the opening / closing door of the timepiece is opened at predetermined intervals to form a stage, The clock body is horizontally rotated from the reference position direction to form a stage, and after the operation of the ornamental body is closed, the opening / closing door is closed and the direction of the clock body is rotated again to stop the dial toward the reference position direction. A method for forming a stage of a pillar-shaped decorative body timepiece characterized by the above. 2. By using a pillar-shaped decorative body timepiece in which three dials are oriented in different directions by 120 degrees, 120
The reference position direction of three directions different from each other is set, and after the operation of the decorative body is stopped in a reference position direction different from the reference position direction before opening the opening / closing door.
A method for forming a stage of a pillar-shaped decorative body timepiece described in 1. 3. A pillar-shaped ornamental timepiece in which three dials are oriented in different directions by 120 degrees, and the dials are rotated again to return to the original reference position direction after the operation of the ornamental body is completed. 3. The timepiece body is kept stationary by allowing the timepiece body to stand still.
A method for forming a stage of a pillar-shaped decorative body timepiece described in 1. 4. The pillar according to claim 2, wherein the opening / closing door is rotated by 60 degrees before being opened, the opening / closing door is closed, and the opening / closing door is closed, and then rotated again by 60 degrees. Of forming a stage for a decorative clock. 5. The opening / closing door is opened in a direction opposite to the direction of the sun when forming the stage.
A stage forming method for a pillar-type decorative body timepiece according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 6. A watch body having a dial plate only in one direction and having an opening / closing door on the back surface thereof is rotated 180 degrees to form a stage, and the stage is re-formed after the operation of the decorative body is completed. The stage forming method for a pillar-shaped decorative body timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the stage forming method is performed by rotating the stage. 7. A timepiece having a dial in three different directions of 90 degrees and having an opening / closing door on the surface not having the dial is rotated 90 degrees or 180 degrees to form a stage. The stage forming method for a pillar-shaped decorative body timepiece according to claim 1, wherein after the operation of the decorative body is completed, the decorative body timepiece is rotated 90 degrees or 180 degrees in the opposite direction and returned to the original direction.