WO2000054114A1

WO2000054114A1 - Timepiece

Info

Publication number: WO2000054114A1
Application number: PCT/CN1999/000034
Authority: WO
Inventors: Dashui Wang
Original assignee: Dashui Wang
Priority date: 1999-03-11
Filing date: 1999-03-11
Publication date: 2000-09-14
Also published as: AU2710499A

Abstract

A timepiece comprises an hour hand which turns with the rotation of the earth synchronously so that it turns a circuit during day and night. This makes people to have some feeling about time-space. Specially, a dial of the timepiece is provided with a disk-like hour hand on which there is indicated the time zone line about 24 time zones on the earth. Both disk-like and pointer-like hour hands turn synchronously. It is convenient to read the time at start and end places of travel which is across time zones at the same moment and read the difference of time between two places. The timepiece can be implemented easily. It needs to ensure the transmission ratio between hour wheel and minute wheel to be 1:24.

Description

Clocks and watches

The utility model relates to a chronograph. The chronograph can work in a manner that simulates the rotation of the earth to give people a sense of time and space at the same time. In particular, the user can conveniently from the dial of the chronograph. Learn the time at the start and end points and the time difference between the two places when traveling across time zones.

Background technique

At present, mechanical or electronic timepieces used in daily life are mainly composed of a movement, an hour hand, a minute hand, a second hand, a dial and a case. In recent years, fluorescent screen display clocks or liquid crystal display clocks have also appeared on the market. These types of clocks are divided into two types: digital display and pointer display. However, whether it is a mechanical clock, an electronic electric clock, or a clock controlled by a computer chip or software, the hour hand, minute hand, and second hand are all clockwise, and the time scale of the dial is divided into 12 hours. . Although the main functions of existing clocks, that is, reflecting the passage of time and displaying the time (hours, minutes, seconds), can be achieved by turning the hour hand two days a day and night. Although people can read the time from the clock, but But I do n’t know the degree of rotation of a place (local) on the earth with the earth, that is: the spatial position of the sun relative to the earth, it doesn't matter who lives in a certain time zone all day. However, for people who travel frequently across the country, when they travel by air from one time zone to another time zone, they will not adapt to the concept of time and space, that is, they will feel abnormal time. This time difference is normal for people. Rules of life, that is, inconveniences caused by work, study and life. In particular, people who travel across time zones generally need to convert time. This requires certain professional knowledge, which is inconvenient in the actual conversion process, and often consults reference books, etc. to determine the time zone where the starting and ending points of the trip are. .

Purpose of the utility model

The main purpose of the utility model is to provide a chronograph that can simulate the rotation of the earth. The hour hand rotates only once a day and night, and the direction of the hour hand always reflects the spatial position of the sun relative to the earth.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a chronograph clock that can simulate the rotation of the earth, which has a disc-shaped hour hand, and the disc-shaped hour hand is marked with a time zone line of the earth's 24 time zone. During the synchronous rotation of the hour hand, the disc-shaped hour hand and the hour hand A certain radial position of indicates the respective time in the time zone where the travel starts and ends in the time zone. Therefore, the time difference between any two places can always be intuitively known on the dial.

Technical solutions

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a chronograph capable of simulating the rotation of the earth is provided, and the transmission ratio between the hour wheel and the minute wheel is 1:24.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a chronograph clock capable of simulating the rotation of the earth is provided, and the hour hand rotates only once a day, night and day.

According to a further embodiment of the present invention, a chronograph capable of simulating the rotation of the earth is provided, which has both a disc-shaped hour hand and an analog hour hand, and the disc-shaped hour hand is marked with a time zone line of the 24 time zone of the earth, The disc-shaped hour hand is fitted on the shaft tube of the hour hand wheel.

In particular, the timepiece is a mechanical timepiece, and the movement of the hands of the movement of the movement is opposite to that of the traditional timepiece.

In particular, the timepiece is an electronic electric timepiece, in which the asymmetrical eccentric stator that rotates the "rotor" is rotated by 180 ° along its axis of symmetry that is perpendicular to the axis of the cluster, and then installed.

In particular, the pointer-type computer chip-type software-controlled fluorescent screen display-type clock or liquid crystal display-type clock of the timepiece, wherein the number indicating the step length of the pointer display in the software is multiplied by -1.

In particular, the direction of rotation of the hands of the timepiece is the same as the direction of rotation of the hands of the conventional timepiece. Beneficial effect

According to the chronograph for simulating the rotation of the earth according to the present utility model, the hour hand rotates only once in 24 hours a day, night, and night. This not only gives people the feeling of time, but also gives people the feeling of space.

On the other hand, the chronograph for simulating the rotation of the earth according to the present utility model has a disc-shaped hour hand marked with the earth's 24 time zone. The disc-shaped hour hand is fitted on the hour wheel axle tube, and can be rotated synchronously with the analog hour hand. A radial position on the dial-shaped hour hand and an analog hour hand can indicate the time of the starting point and the ending point of the travel respectively, and the time difference between the time zones where the two places are located can also be intuitively known on the dial. Therefore, through the setting of the disk-shaped hour hand, the time and time difference in different time zones can be known conveniently, accurately, and easily, in order to have a visual understanding of the global time and space, thereby providing convenience for people traveling across countries and regions. . Brief description of the drawings

In the following, several embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Through such description, the above-mentioned objects and advantages of the present utility model and other objects and advantages can be better understood, and the present utility model can be more easily used. understanding. The drawings include:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a dial and a pointer rotation direction of a chronograph that can simulate the rotation of the earth according to the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a disc-shaped hour hand of a chronograph that can simulate the rotation of the earth according to the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a dial structure of a dial-shaped hour hand of a chronograph clock that can simulate the rotation of the earth according to the present invention;

FIG. 4A is a schematic view of an eccentric stator and rotor structure of a conventional analog quartz oscillator electric timepiece; and

Fig. 4B is a schematic diagram of an embodiment after the structure of the eccentric stator and rotor shown in Fig. 4A is modified according to the present invention.

Detailed description of the preferred embodiment

Referring now to FIG. 1, there is shown an embodiment of the rotation mode of the dial and hands of a chronograph that can simulate the rotation of the earth according to the present invention. The scale 1 of this watch is circular, and its outer group is evenly distributed with a scale 2 indicating minutes. The scale 2 has 60 equal parts, each equals one second, and the second hand 6 advances one division to indicate one second. Each revolution of the second hand 6 indicates one minute, that is, one minute of the minute hand 5 indicates one minute, and one minute of rotation takes one hour. In addition, the inner circle of the dial 1 is evenly distributed with a scale 3 indicating "hour". The scale 3 is divided into 24 equal parts, and each equal part represents one hour, that is, it takes 24 hours for the hour hand 4 to rotate once. Speak, turn the hour hand once a day, one night.

In more detail, for user convenience, the dial may be provided with Arabic numerals indicating "hours" and "minutes". In this embodiment, the numerals indicating minutes are marked every 5 minutes, as shown in FIG. 1 The numbers representing minutes are 0, 5, 10,…, 55. These numbers indicating "minutes" are set radially outside the scale indicating "minutes", wherein the scale indicating "0" minutes is set directly below the scale 1; the scale indicating "15" minutes is set on the scale Right of 1; the scale indicating "30" minutes is set directly above the scale 1; the scale indicating "45" minutes is set directly to the left of scale 1. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the display is marked every 1 hour. The number of "hour", as shown in Figure 1, is 1, 2, 3, 4, 24. These numbers indicating "hours" are set radially inward of the scale indicating "hours", where the scales representing "0" are set directly below the scale 1 and the scales representing "6" are set on the scale Right of 1; the scale for "12" is set directly above scale 1, and the scale for "18" is set to the left of scale 1.

In the dial layout scheme above, at 6 am, the hour hand points to the right of the dial as if the sun rises from the horizon. At 12 noon, the hour hand points directly above the dial, and the sun is directly above it at this time; in the afternoon At 6 o'clock, the hour hand is pointing directly to the left of the dial, as if the sun is going to set. At midnight, the hour hand is pointing directly below the dial, indicating that the sun is on the other side of the earth.

With the dial and hour hand scheme described above, the position of the hour hand on the dial always reflects the spatial position of the sun relative to the earth. This not only gives people the feeling of moment, but also gives people the feeling of space.

From the dial, the upper semicircle indicates day and the lower semicircle indicates night. The user only needs to look at the direction of the hour hand to know what stage of the day the moment is at, which is very visual and intuitive.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the disc-shaped hour hand 7 of a chronograph capable of simulating the rotation of the earth according to the present invention. The setting of the disc-shaped hour hand 7 gives a sense of the rotation of the earth, as if the user is standing at the north pole of the earth and observing the rotation of the earth. In order to achieve the purpose of the present invention, the surface of the disc-shaped hour hand 7 is drawn with 24 time zone lines 9 and a schematic diagram of the land and ocean distribution 8 when the earth is viewed from the north pole.

Through the above description, the external settings of the chronograph which can simulate the rotation of the earth manufactured according to the present invention can be understood vividly. In fact, the utility model is not limited to the above description, and many kinds of chronographs with different external settings that can simulate the rotation of the earth can be designed under the spirit and idea of the utility model. E.g:

The number representing the scale may not be Arabic numerals, but may be in Roman characters or other patterns. The number representing the "minute" scale may also be set radially inside the scale representing the "minute"; the number representing the "hour" scale may also be used. It is set on the outside of the scale representing "hours"; the number representing "minutes" may not be marked every "5" minutes, but every 10 minutes, and even every 15 minutes. It's ok; too, The number representing "hour" may not be marked every 1 hour, but may be marked every 2 hours, or even every 6 hours.

Furthermore, the "0" hour and minute may not be set directly below the dial. In fact, it is also possible to set the "0" hour and minute at a position that rotates a certain angle from the bottom directly to the left or right. In this way, the user does not need to bring the forearm to a parallel position with the chest, and can conveniently use the chronograph of the present invention to provide more convenience to the user.

Furthermore, instead of drawing the corresponding pattern of the North Pole portion of the earth, the disk-shaped pointer 7 may draw a layout pattern of the land and the sea as viewed from the south pole of the Earth, or may not draw any patterns, or may only mark the international Locations of major cities such as Beijing, New York, Tokyo, London, Paris and other time zones.

In addition, the dial of the present invention may not be circular, but may be rectangular, oval, polygonal, square, or the like. The so-called "pointer" may have various shapes in the prior art, and may even be a disk shape.

In particular, it should be pointed out that the purpose of applying the present utility model is actually very easy to implement. Through the foregoing and following descriptions, those skilled in the art can easily implement the present utility model.

Specifically, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, for a mechanical or electronic electric timepiece, under the condition that the wheelbase of the time wheel and the cross-wheel axle in the existing movement is unchanged, as long as the number of teeth of the time wheel Double the original, so that the transmission ratio i between the hour wheel and the split wheel is reduced to half of the original, i = 1: 24; or it is possible to slow down the equivalent frequency of the pendulum mechanism to half of the original In short, just turn the hour hand one day, one night.

People in the northern hemisphere may be accustomed to setting the direction of the Earth's rotation observed at the North Pole as the direction of the Earth's rotation, which is counterclockwise.

For the problem of turning the hour hand counterclockwise, as long as the clockwork, ratchet, pawl, balance spring, escapement fork, escapement wheel of the transmission mechanism of the existing mechanical timepiece are installed in a mechanical timepiece, can.

As shown in FIG. 4A, for a traditional analog quartz oscillator electronic timepiece, the quartz oscillation pulse changes positive and negative once every 1 second (see the upper diagram of FIG. 4A). When there is a positive pulse, as shown in the lower left of FIG. 4A As shown in the figure, the magnetic field lines in the magnetic core stator are in a counterclockwise direction; when there is a negative pulse, as shown in the lower right figure of FIG. 4A, the magnetic field lines in the magnetic core stator are in a clockwise direction, so that the rotor Always keep turning clockwise. The AD arc on the left side of the core stator is lower than the BC arc on the right side of the core stator.

As shown in FIG. 4B, in the technical solution of the analog quartz oscillator electronic timepiece of the present utility model, the AD arc on the left side of the conventional magnetic core stator becomes a DA arc, and the BC isolation on the right side of the conventional magnetic core stator becomes CB arc; At the same time, make DA on the left side of the magnetic core stator higher than CB arc on the right side of the magnetic core stator. Similarly, the quartz oscillation pulse changes positive and negative once every 1 second (as shown in the upper diagram of FIG. 4B); as shown in the lower left diagram of FIG. 4B, when a positive pulse is encountered, the current direction in the coil 1 is from the right The end flows along the helix to its left end, so that the left side of the magnetic core stator 2 is N pole and the right side of the magnetic core stator is S pole, so that the rotor rotates counterclockwise; as shown in the lower right figure of FIG. 4B, During the pulse, the direction of the current in the spiral cluster 1 is from the left end to the right end, so that the left side of the magnetic core stator 2 is S pole, and the right side of the magnetic core stator 2 is N pole. The direction of the magnetic field lines is reversed, so that the rotor continues to reverse Turn the clock.

To put it simply, for an electronic electric clock, in order to rotate the clockwise counterclockwise, it is only necessary to flip the asymmetrical eccentric stator that rotates the rotor by 180 ° along the axis of symmetry perpendicular to the axis of the string, that is, after the left and right swap. Just install it,

For analog clocks with analog hands that are controlled by a computer chip, you only need to modify the software that displays the analog hands slightly. In other words, you can make the data representing the step size of the hour hand turn positive or negative.

In particular, as shown in FIG. 3, a disk-shaped hour hand 7 is fitted on the hour hand shaft tube to rotate in synchronization with the hour hand and placed on the bottom layer, and the hour hand 4 is placed on the hand shaft tube and stacked on the disk shape. The hour hand 7 is placed on; the minute hand 5 is placed on the minute hand wheel tube and stacked on the hour hand 4; the second hand 6 is placed on the second hand wheel shaft and stacked on the minute hand 5.

In particular, the disk-shaped hour hand 7 is marked with the Earth's 24 time zone line. Since the disk-shaped hour hand 7 keeps rotating synchronously with the analog hour hand, as long as you know the time zone where the start and end points of travel across time zones are located, While reading the start time on the hour hand, the time at the end of the end time zone is read on the disc-shaped hour hand 7, and the time difference between the two places is of course clear.

Furthermore, the dial of the utility model can simultaneously read the time of multiple cities located in different time zones, and the time difference between each two cities is also displayed on the dial intuitively. This provides great convenience for people traveling across countries and time zones.

In addition, people in the southern hemisphere may be more accustomed to turning the Earth's rotation as seen from the South Pole The direction is set to the rotation direction of the earth, and this direction is clockwise. In this case, the hour hand of the present invention can also be set to rotate clockwise, so that the present invention is easier to implement.

Although several different embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those skilled in the art can easily understand that, after understanding the spirit and thinking method of the present invention, various modifications can be made to this application, supplementing , Equivalent replacement, or other variant embodiments, however, such modifications will not exceed the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

Rights request

1. A chronograph, characterized in that the transmission ratio of the hour wheel to the minute wheel is 1: 24, wherein the hour hand rotates once every 24 hours.

2. A kind of chronograph timepiece, which is characterized in that: the timepiece has a movement and hands controlled by a computer chip or software, wherein the hour hand rotates once every 24 hours.

3. The chronograph clock according to claim 1, further comprising a disc-shaped hour hand marked with a time zone line of the earth 24 on the dial, the disc-shaped hour hand set is fitted on the hour wheel axle tube to communicate with The analog hour hand rotates synchronously.

4. The chronograph clock according to claim 1, further comprising: a disc-shaped hour hand marked with a pattern of the Earth's 24 time zone line and the northern hemisphere of the earth on the dial, the disc-shaped hour hand set being fitted on the hour wheel axle On the tube, it rotates in synchronization with the analog hour hand.

5. The chronograph clock according to claim 1, further comprising a disc-shaped hour hand marked with a pattern of the Earth's 24 time zone line and the earth's southern hemisphere on the dial, and the disc-shaped hour hand set is fitted on the hour wheel axle. On the tube, it rotates in synchronization with the analog hour hand.

6. The chronograph timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the timepiece is a mechanical timepiece, and a pointer transmission system of a movement thereof is installed in a reverse direction from a traditional timepiece.

7. The chronograph clock according to claim 1, wherein: the timepiece is an electronic electric timepiece, wherein the asymmetric eccentric stator that rotates the rotor is turned 180 along a symmetry axis that is perpendicular to the axis of the wire group. ° after installation.

8. The chronograph timepiece according to claim 2, wherein: the timepiece is a pointer-type computer chip or software-controlled fluorescent screen display or liquid crystal display-type timepiece, wherein the number indicating the step length of the pointer display in the software is increased Take -1.

9. The chronograph clock according to any one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that: a dial-shaped hour hand which is synchronously rotated with the analog hour hand and marked with the earth's 24 time zone line is further provided on the dial.

10. The chronograph timepiece according to claim 1, 2 or 5, wherein the direction of rotation of the hands of the timepiece is the same as the direction of rotation of the hands of a conventional timepiece.