KR102192720B1 - Watch - Google Patents

Abstract

A clock according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an hour hand showing a time of a country to be displayed; An hour hand plate that displays a time including a baseline of 12 o'clock at night; A city name plate that displays a date change line and a city name, and rotates with the hour hand; And a date display unit for displaying two consecutive dates, and the date display unit is characterized in that the date changes in association with the date change line passing by 12:00 pm.

Description

Watch{Watch}

The present invention relates to a watch.

In general, a clock indicates hours, minutes, and seconds so that the hour, minute, and second hands can see the time, and the clock is displayed as hours from 0 to 24 to inform the user.

In other words, the clock usually displays 12 o'clock at the top of the center, with a regular hour interval to the right based on the 12 o'clock, and 6 o'clock is displayed at the bottom of the center, and the 6 o'clock is at 7 o'clock and 8 o'clock to the left. The poem is marked.

When the second hand moves to the right based on the 12 o'clock mark and rotates 1 minute, it is 60 seconds, and the minute hand moves 1 minute to the right with 1 minute, and the minute hand moves to the right based on the 12 o'clock mark and rotates 1 rotation 60 It is the minute and the hour hand moves to the right for 1 hour with 1 hour.

The hour hand moves to the right based on the 12 o'clock hour display, and it is 12 hours at one rotation, and it becomes noon or midnight, and the hour hand, minute hand, and second hand rotate simultaneously to express the position of the time indicating the time.

Such a clock is classified into a wall clock, a table clock, a wrist clock, etc. according to characteristics such as a purpose of use and space, and functions such as an alarm are provided or characters are decorated. Also, watches are classified into analog watches and digital watches according to the driving principle of the watch.

In general, a clock like this displays 24 hours with two rotations per day or, unlike the movement display of the hour hand, which is an analog method, a dual clock that is limited to a digital method and displays the time in two countries due to the fluctuation of numbers is sold on the market. It is becoming.

In particular, the trend of activities such as overseas travelers and overseas business activists is increasing, but time display due to simple number fluctuations is cut off from the user to purchase. Therefore, it is necessary to develop new markets that meet the demands of various tastes to strengthen competitiveness. Improvement is required.

The present invention was created to improve the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a watch that can increase competitiveness by presenting a new type of watch according to various tastes and desires of consumers.

A clock according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an hour hand including a first hour hand showing a time of a first country to be displayed and a second hour hand showing a time of a second country to be displayed; An hour hand plate that displays a time including a baseline of 12 o'clock at night; A city name plate that displays a date change line and a city name, and rotates together with the first hour hand; And a date display unit that displays two consecutive dates based on the date change line, wherein the date display unit includes the date change line provided on the city name plate rotating relative to the hour hand plate. It is characterized in that the date fluctuates in association with passing the baseline.

Specifically, a color display unit configured to form the color of the hour hand plate or provided on one surface of the hour hand plate to display a color, and the color display unit displays two colors divided based on the reference line and the date change line. Can be displayed.

Specifically, the color display unit may display a first color from the reference line to the date change line in a clockwise direction, and display a second color from the date change line to the reference line in a clockwise direction.

Specifically, it further includes a minute hand plate on which the minute is displayed, and the hour hand plate and the minute hand plate are fixed to a frame forming an exterior of a watch.

Specifically, the hour mark displayed on the hour hand plate and the minute mark displayed on the minute hand plate are marked with different diameters so as not to interfere with each other.

Specifically, the first hour hand is fixed on the city name plate or is made of a display and rotates together.

The watch according to the present invention has an analog shape of a dual watch required according to the increase of overseas activities such as overseas travelers and overseas business activists, and presents a new form according to various tastes and consumption needs, as well as belonging to two countries. By displaying different dates corresponding to the time, the user can easily recognize the time and date.

1 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a date change line and a reference line of a watch are deviated from each other according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a date change line and a reference line of a watch are overlapped according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a date change line and a reference line of a watch according to an embodiment of the present invention are shifted.
4 is a view conceptually showing a state in which the configuration of a watch according to an embodiment of the present invention is separated.

Objects, specific advantages and novel features of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description and preferred embodiments associated with the accompanying drawings. In adding reference numerals to elements of each drawing in the present specification, it should be noted that, even though they are indicated on different drawings, only the same elements are to have the same number as possible. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of related known technologies may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing a state in which the date change line and the reference line of a watch according to an embodiment of the present invention are misaligned, and FIG. 2 is a view showing a state in which the date change line and the reference line of a watch according to an embodiment of the present invention overlap 3 is a view showing a state in which the date change line and the reference line of the watch according to an embodiment of the present invention are deviated, and FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a state in which the configuration of the watch according to an embodiment of the present invention is separated. It is a drawing.

1 to 4, the clock 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an hour hand unit 110, a dial 120, a city name plate 130, a color display unit 140, and a date display unit ( 150), and a frame (not shown) and a cover (not shown) in which these components are incorporated.

Here, the hour hand part 110, the dial 120, the city name plate 130, the color display part 140, etc. are installed inside the frame, and the frame may form an exterior and the frame may be sealed by a cover. However, the cover may be made transparent to identify the configuration of the hour hand unit 110, the dial 120, and the like inside the watch 100, and may be made of glass, for example.

The hour hand unit 110 is a configuration that displays the time of the hour from among hours, minutes, and seconds of time corresponding to the flowing time, as an example of a power source (not shown), a movement It can rotate at a constant speed by receiving power from

Here, the movement may be used by applying a known general technique such as a mechanical type such as an automatic (self-winding) or a manual type (manual winding) and an electronic type such as a quartz (qaurtz) and a kinetic type. Of course, the movement may be connected to a configuration requiring power such as the hour hand unit 110 as well as the city name plate 130 in a conventional structure to perform an operation.

The hour hand unit 110 includes a first hour hand 111 and a second hour hand 112 to display times of two countries having different times due to different spaces at the same time. The first hour hand 111 rotates to show the time of the first country to be displayed, and the second hour hand 112 rotates to show the time of the second country.

Here, the first hour hand 111 displays the time of the first country, which is the country that the user uses as a reference, and the first hour hand 111 is marked on the city name plate by transfer printing, sticker, etc. ) Can be rotated together.

In contrast, the first hour hand 111 may be formed of a separate hand like the second hour hand 112 and may rotate. This is to allow the country indicated by the first hour hand 111 and/or the second hour hand 112 to be selected by the user.

In addition, in the two countries where the time is displayed, the time difference may be N (natural number) time, but there may be a difference in which the time difference is N (natural number) time plus M (natural number) minutes. That is, when the time difference is N (natural number) time M (natural number) minutes, since the time difference between the first country and the second country is made up of hours and minutes, the minute hand 115 is divided into two identical to the hour hand unit 110 Can be achieved. Since the mechanism of the minute hand 115 is the same as that of the hour hand unit 110, a duplicate description will be omitted. However, unlike the hour hand portion 110, the minute hand 115 rotates once every 60 minutes (1 hour). In addition, the identification code 117, which is not described, may be an hour hand 117 or a second country minute hand.

In addition, the shape of the hour hand unit 110 and the minute hand 115 can be various known shapes such as bars and arrows, and the division between the first hour hand 111 and the second hour hand 112 and the minute hand 115 is saturation, Various modifications are possible, such as distinguished by colors such as brightness and transparency, or by marks such as letters and symbols, or by shapes and shapes.

However, in this embodiment, the hour, minute, second, and middle hour may be displayed close to the outer edge of the frame, and the minute may be displayed close to the center. At this time, the hour hand unit 110 to easily recognize the time of the hour. May be made longer than the minute hand 115 so as to be close to a display such as a scale in which an hour is displayed.

The dial 120 may display time, thereby achieving a time display by the hour hand unit 110 and the minute hand 115, and may include an hour hand plate 121 that displays the hour among hours, minutes, and seconds of time. have.

The hour hand plate 121 displays the time including the reference line 121A forming 12 o'clock at night. The hour hand plate 121 may be divided into 24 equal parts along the circumference of a circle so as to distinguish the time indicated by the hour hand unit 110 rotating once a day. Here, the reference line 121A is 12 pm, which is a time point that changes from PM (night) to AM (day), and may mean a reference at which the date changes.

For example, the hour hand plate 121 is fixed to the frame forming the exterior of the watch 100, and the hour hand plate 121 and the minute hand plate 122 of the dial 120 on which the minute is displayed separately are provided to be fixed to the frame. May be. In contrast, the hour hand plate 121 may also be displayed with the minute of the hour, but in the present embodiment, the hour hand plate 121 and the minute hand plate 122 will be described separately as an example.

That is, the hour and minute display is individually displayed so that the user can recognize it regardless of whether the hour hand plate 121 and the minute hand plate 122 are individually displayed, or the hour and minute are displayed together on the hour hand plate 121 Can be. For example, the hour and minute display can be made in various forms by a scale (for example, a figure, a dot, a line) or a sign (for example, Arabic numerals, Roman letters), or a combination thereof. The distinction can be made in various ways of expression such as thickness, length, and size.

In this embodiment, the hour hand plate 121 and the minute hand plate 122 may be separately formed, and the hour hand plate 121 and the minute hand plate 122 may be stacked on the frame in a vertical row. Here, unlike the hour hand displaying numbers from 1 to 24 (in the present embodiment, the hour hand rotates one right per day and the hour hand can individually display 24 hours), and the minute and second hands are the same as 1 to 60. Since the time is shown by displaying the numbers up to, the minute hand plate 122 can be used as a mark for the second hand. In this case, the minute hand 115 and the second hand may be divided into minutes and seconds by different thicknesses or lengths, or the second hand may be omitted.

The hour hand plate 121 and the minute hand plate 122 may be fixed to the frame in the same manner, but may be vertically spaced apart from each other so that the hour hand unit 110 and the minute hand 115 do not interfere with each other. Here, the hour hand plate 121 and the minute hand plate 122 may have different diameters at which the hours, minutes, and seconds are displayed so that the user can easily recognize the hours, minutes and seconds.

As an example, the hour hand plate 121 is provided along the circumference of a circle having a first diameter, and the minute hand plate 122 is displayed along the circumference of a second diameter circle having a diameter smaller than the first diameter. Can be provided.

At this time, the order of lamination of the hour hand plate 121 and the minute hand plate 122 is not limited, but the hour hand plate 121 and the minute hand plate are adjacent to each mark displayed on the hour hand plate 121 and the minute hand plate 122 In order not to interfere with 122, an hour hand plate 121 displaying a poem on a first diameter having the largest diameter may be provided at the lower portion, and a minute hand plate 122 displayed on a second diameter may be provided at the top thereof. . In addition, the hour display area from the outside of the minute display may be made transparent so that the hour display of the hour hand plate 121 is not covered by the minute hand plate 122.

Conversely, the hour hand plate 121 may be provided on the upper portion of the minute hand plate 122 and the minute display portion may be formed of a transparent hour hand plate 121 so as not to block the minute display of the minute hand plate 122.

Here, the time displayed on the hour hand plate 121 and the minute hand plate 122 may be formed by various printing methods and plating, and as an example, a known transfer printing method (a method of transferring a film printed on paper to the surface) , Off-set printing method (a method in which an image is transferred to a rubber blanket and printed on paper), a screen printing method (a silk, etc. is used as a screen to cover the part of the non-image part with paper glue, and then ink on it. It can be done by a method in which ink is printed through the screen only in the caustics).

At this time, the minute hand plate 122 may be used as a plate that displays a minute hand and a second hand at the same time. That is, in the present invention, the minute hand plate 122 may indicate the minute hand and/or the hour hand.

The city name plate 130 is configured to display a city for which the time is to be known, and the city name is displayed on the city name plate 130, and a plurality of countries other than the first country and the second country are displayed. Country can be selected and changed. At this time, the second hour hand 112 may be rotated to a city name corresponding to the change of the second country, which is generally the same operation as the operation of changing the time indicated by the hour hand, where the second hour hand 112 indicates This can be achieved by moving to.

Such, the city name plate 130 rotates together with the first hour hand 111 to interlock according to the time of the first country indicated by the first hour hand 111, and rotates by a driving source, and the rotation of the city name plate 130 is The rotation of the first hour hand 111 and the same mechanism may be used.

The city name plate 130 displays not only the city name, but also a date change line 131. The date change line 131 displayed on the city name plate 130 may be a display made of a mark, and a change in the date of the first country and the second country is detected based on the date change line 131 and displayed on the date display unit 150. Dates are subject to change. The date change line 131 may be visually displayed to the user's eyes.

The color display unit 140 interlocks with the date display unit 150 to display multiple cities to be included in the zone of the date corresponding to the color of the date display unit 150, so that when a city is located on a date displayed in the color, it corresponds to the color. Since the date of the city is made of a date of the same color as the date display unit 150, the user can intuitively recognize the city and the date immediately.

That is, the color display unit 140 may display two colors divided based on the reference line 121A and the date change line 131. Specifically, the color display unit 140 may display a first color from the reference line 121A to the date change line 131 in a clockwise direction, and display a second color from the date change line 131 to the reference line 121A in a clockwise direction. have.

The color display unit 140 displays two colors based on the reference line 121A and the date change line 131 by detection of the reference line 121A and the date change line 131. For example, the color display unit 140 includes a sensor (not shown) and a control unit (not shown), and when the sensor detects a change in the reference line 121A and the date change line 131, it transmits a signal to the control unit, The color of the color display unit 140 may be changed by the control unit.

Here, the color display unit 140 may achieve the color of the hour hand plate 121 itself. Unlike this, a color display unit 140 is provided in the form of a separate plate on the lower or upper surface of the hour hand plate 121 to display colors. Here, the color display of the color display unit 140 is digital, so that the color can be changed. That is, the color display unit 140 may be integral with the hour hand plate 121.

However, the color display unit 140 may be omitted in the present invention. That is, the user can grasp the date using the reference line 121A of the hour hand plate 121 and the date change line 131 of the city name plate 130 without the color display unit 140.

The date display unit 150 includes a first date plate 151 displaying the date of a first country indicated by the first hour hand 111 and a second date plate 151 displaying the date of a second country indicated by the second hour hand 112. 2 A date plate 152 is provided.

Here, since the date indicated by the first date plate 151 and the second date plate 152 is different dates corresponding to cities in the first country and the second country, the user recognizes that the date is different because the color is different. I can make it. On the other hand, when the first country and the second country have the same date, such as day and night, they may be displayed in the same color. The date display unit 150 changes the date in association with the date change line 131 passing through the reference line 121A.

That is, the date display unit 150 displays the date in association with the date change line 131 provided on the city name plate 130 rotating relative to the hour hand plate 121 passing through the reference line 121A provided on the hour hand plate 121. It can change.

In this way, the date display unit 150 forms the clock 100 in which two dates are displayed, so that when the world date change line 131 passes 0 o'clock (12 o'clock AM), the date display changes. For example, when 0 o'clock of the first hour hand 111 passes, there is no change in date, and when the date change line 131 passes 0 o'clock, the date display may be skipped. This allows you to know the date and time for each city at the same time.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the date display unit 150 displays not only the date but also the day of the week corresponding to the date, so that the change of the date and the day of the week may be changed in conjunction with each other, and the change of the day of the week is the same as the mechanism of changing the date. .

In addition, the fluctuation of the date of the first date plate 151 and the second date plate 152 can be automatically changed by the change of the date by inputting 365 days, respectively, and the last day of the date is, 28, 29, Various embodiments are possible, such as the user may directly input the first day of the newly started day according to the last day different for each month, such as the 30th and 31st.

In addition, when the first date plate 151 and the second date plate 152 have the same date, they form the same color, and the first date plate 151 and the second date plate 152 are two consecutive dates. When displaying different days, different colors can be achieved (for example, complementary colors such as red and blue).

Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the date display unit 150 displays two dates, and the dates of cities located counterclockwise with respect to the date change line 131 are currently 21 days, The date of the cities located in the clockwise direction based on the date change line 131 is the current 20th. That is, when the date change line 131 is crossed clockwise, the date decreases by one day.

However, when about 8 hours elapse from the time of FIG. 1, the date change line 131 overlaps the reference line 121A as shown in FIG. 2. In this case, the global date is the 21st. That is, the date display unit 150 may display two dates, but display two 21 days, which is the same date. That is, a day is added only to the date displayed on the right in the date display unit 150.

Thereafter, as time elapses and the date change line 131 moves clockwise from the reference line 121A as illustrated in FIG. 3, the date display unit 150 displays two different dates again. At this time, the date display unit 150 adds a day and displays only the date displayed on the left, and the date displayed by the date display unit 150 is the 22nd and the 21st.

That is, the date on the right side of the date display unit 150 is added with a day when the date change line 131 overlaps the reference line 121A, and the date on the left of the date display unit 150 is the date change line 131 is the reference line 121A. The day is added when moving in a clockwise direction.

The clock 100 is made in an analog form, and each of the hour hand unit 110, the dial 120, the city name plate 130, and the color display unit 140 is composed of a real object made of metal, plastic, or a material corresponding thereto. It can be operated.

In contrast, the watch 100 is made in a digital manner, and the hour hand unit 110, the dial 120, the city name plate 130, and the color display unit 140 are digitally displayed on the display, but the user recognizes it as an analog shape. It can also be made in a form that can be done.

In addition, the clock 100 may be a mixture of an analog type, a digital type, etc., for example, the dial 120 and the city name plate 130 are made of a mechanical analog type rotating within a frame, and a color display unit ( 140) may be made in a form in which the color change is programmed.

The rotation of the hour hand unit 110 and the city name plate 130 described above may be a physical rotation by a driving source in the analog form, and in the digital form, the user may recognize the rotation as a change in color on the display.

That is, in the present embodiment, the material, shape, and mechanism of each configuration are not limited, and times belonging to two or more countries are individually displayed, and different dates for each country can be easily recognized by the user.

As described above, this embodiment provides a new form according to various tastes and consumption desires by making a dual watch required according to the increase of overseas activities such as overseas travelers and overseas business activists in an analog shape, as well as belonging to two countries. By displaying different dates corresponding to the time, the user can easily recognize the time and date.

Although the present invention has been described in detail through specific examples, this is for explaining the present invention in detail, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and within the technical scope of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art It would be clear that the transformation or improvement is possible.

All simple modifications to changes of the present invention belong to the scope of the present invention, and the specific scope of protection of the present invention will be made clear by the appended claims.

100: clock
110: hour hand
111: first hour hand
112: second hour hand
115: minute hand
120: dial
121: hour hand plate
121A: baseline
122: minute hand plate
130: city name plate
131: date line
140: color display
150: date display
151: first date plate
152: second date plate

Claims (2)

Hour hand showing the time of the country to be displayed;
An hour hand plate that displays a time including a baseline of 12 o'clock at night;
A city name plate that displays a date change line and a city name, and rotates with the hour hand;
Includes a date display unit that displays two consecutive dates,
The date display unit changes the date in association with the date change line passing 12 o'clock at night,
When the date change line overlaps the baseline, two dates display the same date,
And when the date change line moves clockwise from the reference line, the two dates display different dates. The method of claim 1,
Further comprising a color display unit configured to form the color of the hour hand plate or provided on one surface of the hour hand plate to display a color,
The color display unit displays two colors divided based on the reference line and the date change line,
And displaying a first color from the reference line to the date change line in a clockwise direction, and displaying a second color from the date change line to the reference line in a clockwise direction.

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