JPH09166667A - Alarm clock - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an alarm clock which surely awakes a sleeper by compelling him to a some extent of work. SOLUTION: A lid 2 is detachably provided to a clock device 1. To the lid 2, one end of string 3 is fixed and the other end of this string 3 is connected to an alarm switch. The string 2 is removed from the clock case 1 when the alarm is ringing and the string 3 is provided in a tension state. By this, the alarm is operated to turn off.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an alarm timepiece, and more particularly to an alarm timepiece having an alarm on / off switch in a timepiece case.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, an alarm clock is a clock that sounds an alarm when a standard is set. Generally, the timepiece component of an alarm clock is a part that displays the time and generates a reference output at a set time to perform a reference operation, and a signal transmitted from a transmission circuit such as a crystal transmission circuit is 1 Hz in a frequency dividing circuit. The frequency is further divided, and is further sent to the drive circuit via the waveform shaping circuit. The rotation of the motor operated thereby is decelerated by the train wheel, and the time is displayed by the hour and minute indicating hands. Further, the hour hand wheel and the reference gear of the train wheel generate a reference output from a reference contact at a set time, and this is supplied to a sounding circuit to activate an alarm.

Further, the alarm clock is provided with an alarm stop switch, a switch (snooze switch) which sounds again after a fixed time has elapsed after the alarm is stopped, and an automatic change mechanism for gradually increasing the alarm.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional alarm clock, when the alarm sounds at the standard set time, in the case of the alarm stop switch, the alarm is stopped by pressing the switch, so the alarm clock goes to sleep again. Sometimes. Also, in the case of a snooze switch that sounds an alarm again after a certain period of time, pressing the switch when the alarm sounds causes the alarm to stop, so the user may fall asleep again. Furthermore, in the case of an auto change mechanism in which the alarm gradually increases, if the switch is pressed when the alarm sounds, the alarm is stopped, and the user may fall asleep again even if he wants to wake up.

As described above, in the conventional alarm clock, the alarm is stopped by simply pressing the switch. Therefore, when the person who uses the alarm clock does not have a strong intention to wake up, the effect as an alarm clock is obtained. I can't show it to the full.

Therefore, the present invention proposes an alarm clock in which the alarm is not stopped by simply pushing the switch, but the alarm is not stopped without a considerable effort.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in an alarm timepiece having an alarm switch in a watch case, a lid is detachably provided on the watch case, and one end of a cord is stopped on the lid. While wearing, the other end of the cord is linked to the alarm switch, and when the alarm sounds, the alarm is turned off by removing the lid from the watch case and pulling the cord. It is an alarm clock having a structure for activating a switch.

With this structure, when the alarm sounds at a predetermined time, the alarm is stopped by removing the lid from the watch case. The conventional snooze switch or the like stops the alarm by simply pressing it, but the alarm does not stop by simply removing the lid. That is, the alarm can be turned off only when the lid is removed from the watch case and the cord is provided in a pulled state. Further, the switch actuating means used is, as in a specific example to be described later, for pulling a string previously wound around the rotating body to rotate the rotating body for switch operation, or to the other end of the string. For example, it may be considered that a wedge-shaped protrusion is provided, the cord body is pulled to remove the protrusion, and the alarm is turned off by removing the protrusion.

Therefore, the alarm can be turned off for the first time by removing the lid from the watch case and setting the cord in the pulled state, so that the person who wakes up is forced to do some work (effort). Certainly brings awakening.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on specific examples shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of an alarm clock according to the present invention,
2 is an enlarged perspective view showing the switch actuating means used in the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the same. In these drawings, the alarm timepiece according to the present invention is an alarm timepiece having an alarm switch in the timepiece case 1, and the timepiece constituent part of the alarm timepiece is the same as a known one. That is, a signal transmitted from a crystal oscillator circuit or other oscillator circuit is divided by a frequency divider circuit to 1 Hz, and is further transmitted to a drive circuit via a waveform shaping circuit. The speed is reduced and the time is displayed by the hour and minute hands. Further, the hour wheel and the reference gear of the train wheel generate a reference output from the reference contact at a set time, and this is supplied to the sounding circuit to activate the alarm.

Further, a lid 2 is detachably provided on the watch case 1. While fixing one end of the string 3 to the lid 2,
The other end of the cord 3 is locked to the switch operating means 10 linked to the alarm switch. In addition, 2a is a holding part.

In the switch actuating means 10 of this example, a conductive circular metal rod 13 is formed between the left and right frame bodies 11 and 12 and is threaded on the outer circumference, and the circular metal rod 13 is threaded on the inner circumference. The cylindrical moving body 14 is screwed so as to be rotatably movable, the contacts 15 and 16 are fixed to the one end face 14a of the moving body 14 and the one frame body 11, and the rotating movement of the moving body 14 causes the contact 15, 16 is provided so that the switch is turned on and off by contacting and separating. In the figure, reference numeral 20 is a reference control circuit, which is electrically connected by a lead wire from the contact 16 and the contact 15 via the conductive circular metal rod 13.

The moving body 14 is provided with an intermediate partition surface 14c between the one end surface 14a and the other end surface 14b, and the other end of the cord 3 has an intermediate partition surface 14c and the other end surface. It is attached to the moving body 14 between 14b. Further, one end of the elastic body 17 is attached between the one end surface 14a of the moving body 14 and the intermediate partition surface 14c. The other end of the elastic body 17 is attached to the frame body 11. When the moving body 14 rotates, the elastic body 17 is wound while being pulled by the moving body 14, and the energy for returning the moving body 14 to the original position is generated.
Is accumulated in

In the alarm clock of the present example constructed as described above, in the initial setting state, the cord 3 is wound around the moving body 14. That is, the elastic body 17 is in a state where energy is not accumulated. When the alarm sounds at a predetermined time, as shown in FIG. 4, when the grip 2a is hooked on the finger to remove the lid 2 from the watch case, the cord 3 is pulled to rotate the moving body 14. As the moving body 14 rotates, the moving body 14 moves on the circular metal rod 13 in the leftward direction in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG.
By the rotational movement of 4, the contacts 15 and 16 come into contact with each other and the switch is turned on.
And the alarm ringing stops.

At this time, since the elastic body 17 is wound while the movable body 14 is rotated and pulled by the movable body 14, energy for returning the movable body 14 to the original position is accumulated in the elastic body 17. Has been done. Therefore, in this state, the lid 2
When the force of pulling is weakened, the moving body 14 rotates in the original direction by the accumulated energy of the elastic body 17. As a result, the lid body 2 returns to the original position on the watch case 1.

The series of operations described above, that is, when the lid body 2 is removed from the watch case 1, the cord body 3 is pulled to rotate the moving body 14, and the moving body 14 is rotated as the moving body 14 rotates. Moves on the circular metal rod 13 in the left direction in FIG. 3, the contacts 15 and 16 come into contact with each other due to the rotational movement of the moving body 14, the switch is turned on, and this on signal is sent to the reference control circuit 20. In order to ensure the awakening, the operation of stopping the alarm ringing when the contacts 15 and 16 are contacted is not performed for a predetermined period of time in order to ensure awakening. It is good not to do it as long as possible. Further, the alarm ringing may not be stopped unless the contact is made a predetermined number of times intermittently.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a rotary plate 18 with a grip portion 18a for rotating the moving body 14 may be provided on the back surface of the timepiece case 1. That is, the movable body 14 can be rotated by turning the rotary plate 18 while holding the grip portion 18a, and thereby the movable body 14 can be returned to the original position.

According to the embodiment described above, the alarm can be turned off only by removing the lid body 2 from the watch case 1 and setting the cord body 3 in the pulled state, so that the person who wakes up can perform some work. It will compel you to be sure that you will be awakened.

FIG. 7 shows a switch actuating means 10 according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the case of this example, the cord body 3 is used.
The protrusion 19 is provided at the other end of the cord, the cord 3 is pulled, the protrusion 19 is removed from the switch portion, and the alarm is turned off by removing the protrusion 19. That is, the contacts 15 and 16 previously separated according to the standard setting come into contact with each other due to the disengagement of the protrusion 19, and the switch is turned on. To do. Then, by inserting the protrusion 19 into the switch portion again, the contacts 15 and 16 can be separated from each other, and the switch can be brought into the off state.

Also in this example, the alarm can be turned off for the first time by removing the lid 2 from the watch case 1 and setting the cord 3 in the pulled state, so that the person who wakes up must perform some work. , Which will certainly bring awakening.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned specific example, and when the alarm sounds, the switch actuating means for turning off the alarm by removing the lid from the watch case and setting the string in the pulled state. If so, an appropriate one can be adopted.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, a lid is detachably attached to a timepiece case, one end of a cord is fixed to the lid, and the other end of the cord is attached to the alarm. A alarm clock having a configuration in which switch operation means is provided which is linked to a switch, and when the alarm is sounded, the lid body is removed from the timepiece case and the cord body is provided in a pulling state to turn off an alarm. Therefore,
When the alarm sounds at the predetermined time, the alarm does not stop by simply removing the lid, but the alarm is turned off only by removing the lid from the watch case and setting the string in the pulled state. Since it can be operated, it requires a certain amount of work or effort for the person who is trying to get up, which surely brings awakening.

Further, according to the present invention, by pulling the cord body, for example, the movable body as shown in the embodiment can be moved to turn on / off the contact, so that the drive source for driving the movable body or the like. Therefore, it can be implemented with a simple structure.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an alarm clock according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing a switch operating means used in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view showing a switch operating means used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state where the lid of the alarm clock is removed according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged front view showing the switch actuating means used in the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a rear view showing the alarm clock according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a state in which another switch actuating means is implemented in the alarm timepiece according to the invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 watch case 2 lid body 3 cord body 10 switch actuating means 11 frame body 12 frame body 13 circular metal rod 14 moving body 14a one end face 14b other side end face 14c intermediate partition face 15 contact point 16 contact point 17 elastic body 18 rotating plate 18a gripping Part 19 Sprout 20 Target control circuit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An alarm clock provided with an alarm switch in a watch case, wherein a lid is detachably provided on the watch case, and one end of a cord is fixed to the lid and The other end is linked to the alarm switch, and when the alarm sounds, the switch actuating means for turning off the alarm is provided by removing the lid from the watch case and setting the cord in a pulled state. Characteristic alarm clock.