US2994970A - Instruction device for telling time - Google Patents

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US2994970A
US2994970A US38977A US3897760A US2994970A US 2994970 A US2994970 A US 2994970A US 38977 A US38977 A US 38977A US 3897760 A US3897760 A US 3897760A US 2994970 A US2994970 A US 2994970A
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B19/00—Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass
    • G09B19/12—Clock-reading
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    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
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    • G04B19/10—Ornamental shape of the graduations or the surface of the dial; Attachment of the graduations to the dial
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  • This invention relates generally to instruction devices for children, and is especially concerned with an instruction device for telling time.
  • the single figure is a front view showing a watch constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention.
  • a watch is there generally designated 20, and includes a case generally designated 21 connected to a pair of opposed strap or band ends 22.
  • the internal mechanism may be conventional, and is therefore not shown.
  • a conventional winding and setting knob or stem is shown at 23.
  • the minute hand 27 is also characterized by suitable indicia, say another color, being shown in the drawing as blue.
  • hour numerals 30 imprinted on the face 25, in circular arrangement about and concentric with the axis 28 are hour numerals 30.
  • the hour numerals may be located in a circular configuration having a radius slightly greater than the length of the hour hand 26; and, the hour numerals are imprinted or otherwise provided with visual characterization corresponding to that of the hour hand, say being colored white.
  • the hour numerals may each be relatively large and occupy a substantial area in the sector through which the hour hand moves during that hour.
  • the face 25 is further provided, as by imprinting or otherwise, with a circular arrangement of minute numerals 31, which are located at a distance from the axis 28 slightly greater than the length of the minute hand 27.
  • the minute numerals 31 may be arranged in a circle about the circular arrangement of hour numerals 31, and extending about the periphery of the clock face 25.
  • a diagrammatic illustration 32 representative of a clock.
  • the minute numerals 31 and the clock representation 32 are visually characterised in correspondence with the minute hand 27, so as to be colored blue in the instant embodiment.
  • the intelligence is TY-MIZ, a phonetic spelling of TIME IS, which terminology conventionally precedes the telling of time.
  • the intelligence or notation TYMIZ is designated 35 in the drawing, and is provided with a visually distinguishable characteristic, such as being colored red.
  • the indicia 36 includes a plurality of indicia 37, 38, and 39 arranged in the normal left-to-right reading sequence and each visually corresponding to a particular step in the time-telling procedure.
  • the indicium 37 may be colored red in correspondence with the intelligence 35
  • the indicium 38 may be colored white in correspondence with the hour hand 26
  • the indicium 39 may be colored blue in correspondence with the minute hand 27.
  • the overall indicia 36 are thus prefer-ably in the familiar colors of the United States flag.
  • the indicia 36 provide the child with a key, or simple order to follow which results in the telling of time. That is, corresponding to the initial indicium 37 which is red, is the intelligence 35, which precedes the actual telling of time.
  • the indicium 38 which is white, tells a child to read the white hour numeral indicated by the while hour hand 26.
  • the child is next directed by the blue indicium 39' to read the minute numeral 31 pointed to by the blue minute hand 27.
  • Time is eight-twenty-four.
  • the same directed procedure applies at all readings of the clock, with the exception that when the time is indicated as being on the hour the minute hand 27 points to the illustrated clock 32 and reminds the child to say oclock.
  • the minute hand 27 is directly overlying the radial line associated with the hour numeral 12, while the hour hand 26 directly overlies any one of the radial lines 40, and the child can readily ascertain that the radial line '40 underlying the hour hand 26 is associated with the hour numeral to which it is connected by a connection line 41.
  • the present invention provides an instruction device for telling time which fully accomplishes its intended objects and is well adapted to meet practical conditions of manufacture and use.
  • An instruction device for telling time comprising a clock face having hour numerals indicated in one color and minute numerals indicated in another color, an hour hand of said one color, and a minute hand of said other color, said face being provided with colored indicia corresponding to said one and other colors and arranged in normal reading sequence, to indicate the order of reading said numerals as designated by said hands.
  • An instruction device for telling time according to claim 1, said face being marked with intelligence associated with the telling of time, said intelligence being indicated in a third color and said indicia including said third color and arranged to indicate the order of reading said intelligence and said numerals as designated by said hands.
  • An instruction device for telling time comprising a clock face having hour numerals indicated in one color and minute numerals indicated in another color, an hour hand of said one color, and a minute hand of said other color, saidface being provided with colored indicia corresponding to said one and other colors and arranged in normal reading sequence, to indicate the order of reading said numerals as designated by said hands, said face being imprinted with the illustration of a clock located in the place of the conventional minute numeral 60, said illustration being of said other color to indicate its being read when pointed to by said minute hand.
  • a time teaching instrument comprising a clock face having hour numerals of one color, peripherally arranged minute numerals of a second color, and said face marked with intelligence associated with the telling of time in a third color, an hour hand of said one color, a minute hand of said second color, said face being provided with prominent colored areas adjacent said intelligence corre sponding to said first, second, and third colors and arranged in standard reading sequence to indicate the order of reading said intelligence and numerals as designated by said hands.

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Cited By (7)

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US3702507A (en) * 1970-11-30 1972-11-14 Herbert R Romey Visual teaching device for telling time
US4124945A (en) * 1977-02-22 1978-11-14 John Totten Time telling teaching device
US4368046A (en) * 1981-07-22 1983-01-11 Bernick Herman C System for teaching time recognition
USD419600S (en) * 1999-05-18 2000-01-25 Amanda Marasca Teaching timepiece
US6031791A (en) * 1997-09-03 2000-02-29 Thoni; Deanna Monitoring clock
US6071124A (en) * 1998-02-26 2000-06-06 Hope Industries, Inc. Analog time teaching device
US9082314B2 (en) 2013-10-30 2015-07-14 Titanium Marketing, Inc. Time teaching watch and method

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GB191517281A (en) * 1915-12-09 1916-05-18 Joseph Herman Volk Apparatus for Teaching Children and others to Ascertain the Time from Clocks.
FR926995A (fr) * 1946-05-16 1947-10-16 Dispositif servant à apprendre à lire l'heure
US2695463A (en) * 1952-08-08 1954-11-30 Spooner Daniel Visual teaching aid

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB191517281A (en) * 1915-12-09 1916-05-18 Joseph Herman Volk Apparatus for Teaching Children and others to Ascertain the Time from Clocks.
FR926995A (fr) * 1946-05-16 1947-10-16 Dispositif servant à apprendre à lire l'heure
US2695463A (en) * 1952-08-08 1954-11-30 Spooner Daniel Visual teaching aid

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3702507A (en) * 1970-11-30 1972-11-14 Herbert R Romey Visual teaching device for telling time
US4124945A (en) * 1977-02-22 1978-11-14 John Totten Time telling teaching device
US4368046A (en) * 1981-07-22 1983-01-11 Bernick Herman C System for teaching time recognition
US6031791A (en) * 1997-09-03 2000-02-29 Thoni; Deanna Monitoring clock
US6071124A (en) * 1998-02-26 2000-06-06 Hope Industries, Inc. Analog time teaching device
USD419600S (en) * 1999-05-18 2000-01-25 Amanda Marasca Teaching timepiece
US9082314B2 (en) 2013-10-30 2015-07-14 Titanium Marketing, Inc. Time teaching watch and method

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