JPS6132385Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a structure for housing a sounding body in a pendulum clock that uses electronic sounds to strike the time.

Conventionally, watches with electronic sounds have not been able to have a sound hole on the front of the watch to emit the sound from the sounding body due to design reasons, resulting in inconveniences such as having to increase the volume of the sound coming from the sounding body to a certain extent. Ta. In addition, the space occupied by the sounding body such as the speaker is large, and it is a big problem in terms of design space to house the clock operating components such as the clock movement sounding body and the clock drive circuit at the same time.

Furthermore, in a pendulum clock, in order to make the pendulum movement, the time display part and the pendulum part had to be made slightly heavier, so a weight was inserted into the pendulum weight part to maintain the vertical relationship. . This has resulted in problems of increased weight of the watch body and increased cost.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and its purpose is to provide a pendulum clock that eliminates the storage space for the sounding body, reduces the weight of the clock, and has a low cost and good design.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a pendulum clock in which a sounding body is disposed to notify functions such as the striking of the hour by means of an electronic sound, and the present invention is characterized in that the sounding body is disposed in the pendulum weight part. do.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a front view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows a back view thereof, and FIG. 3 shows a right sectional view thereof.

The time display section 4 includes an hour hand 6, a minute hand 8, a clock dial 10, a clock frame 12, a clock movement 20 disposed on the back side of the clock dial 10, and a battery 22 as a power source. The battery 22 drives the clock train within the clock movement 20, and the hour hand 6 and minute hand 8 rotate to display the time.

A swinging rod 24 that controls pendulum operation is suspended below the clock movement 20, and this swinging rod 24
A pendulum rod 14 is fixed with a screw to be swingable.

A speaker 26, which is a sounding body that notifies the time signal, is disposed on the pendulum weight portion 18 at the lower end of the pendulum rod 14.
It plays the role of a weight. Furthermore, speaker wiring cord storage sections 12 are formed at both ends of the pendulum rod 14, and the wiring cords 28 connected to the speaker terminals 30 are connected to the speaker wiring cord storage sections 12.
The terminal 32 of the watch movement 20 is connected through the terminal 32 of the watch movement 20.

With the above configuration, the pendulum movement of the pendulum rod 14 continues as normal due to the inertial force due to the mass of the speaker 26 disposed on the pendulum weight section 18 as the swing rod 24 moves from side to side. Further, even if a sound is generated from the speaker 26 due to the time signal operation during the pendulum operation, there is no effect on the pendulum operation.

In the embodiment, the speaker is arranged in the pendulum weight part, but it is also possible to arrange the battery/clock drive circuit in the pendulum weight part.

As described above, the present invention allows the sounding body, such as a speaker, to be placed in the pendulum weight section, thereby allowing the sounding body to play the role of a weight, thereby eliminating the space that was conventionally placed in the time display section. This is possible and convenient from the standpoint of design and volume. Further, without separately forming the pendulum weight, the number of parts can be reduced, and the cost of the watch can be reduced. Furthermore, since the pendulum weight is replaced by a sounding body such as a speaker, it has the advantage of reducing the weight of the watch itself.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a back view, and FIG. 3 is a right sectional view. 14...pendulum rod, 16...speaker wiring cord storage section, 18...pendulum weight section, 24...swing rod, 26...speaker.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A pendulum clock that notifies functions by electronic sound from a speaker or the like, characterized in that a sounding body is disposed in a pendulum weight part.