WO2008125535A2 - Horloge multi-fuseaux horaires - Google Patents

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WO2008125535A2
WO2008125535A2 PCT/EP2008/054156 EP2008054156W WO2008125535A2 WO 2008125535 A2 WO2008125535 A2 WO 2008125535A2 EP 2008054156 W EP2008054156 W EP 2008054156W WO 2008125535 A2 WO2008125535 A2 WO 2008125535A2
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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
    • G04B19/22—Arrangements for indicating different local apparent times; Universal time pieces
    • G04B19/23—Arrangements for indicating different local apparent times; Universal time pieces by means of additional hands or additional pairs of hands

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  • the invention relates to a Mehrfachzeitzonenuhr with a fixed 24-hour disc, around which a Zeitzonenan Attache- device is arranged, which is rotatable in a clockwise direction.
  • Such a multi-zone timer is known for example from US 5,107,468, in which a ring is provided which forms a fixed combined hour and minute disc. Outside of this disc, another disc rotates with country plates for the display of the other time zones and inside a minute and / or second circle, which refers to this fixed minute disc. The tips of the country plates rotate every hour by 15 degrees.
  • Another multi-zone timer is known for example from GB 2 348 022, which has an outer 12-hour ring, with the help of which and the known hour and minute hands the current time is displayed.
  • this watch has a movable inner ring on which 15 time segments record the 24 time zones. Opposite these 24 zones is a 24-hour ring recorded on the 12-hour ring, which also has 24 15 degree sections.
  • the moving inner ring continues to rotate 15 degrees each hour, one segment, clockwise, so that each hour value of each time zone lasts 1 hour. Only the segment that stood at 23 o'clock jumps over a line marking the date line and goes to 0 o'clock. It is sufficient to mark these hours, since the minutes are generally readable from the minute hand.
  • both state-of-the-art watches are unable to display the time zones of Sydney (GMT + 9:30) or Katmandu (GMT +5: 45).
  • GTT + 9:30 a few countries and then also not the moving ⁇ chen day.
  • Flags or cities as in the prior art may change, and in zones such as CET, given the limited space available, the representable countries / cities would have to be pre-selected.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a Mehrfachzonenuhr, are to represent the time zone in a simpler and more modular way, this on the one hand includes the possibility of setting time zones outside the hourly rate and then adjust the summer time in a simple manner is.
  • a circle is provided with a 15 degree grid in the radial bars are inserted.
  • Each radial bar corresponds to a specific time display, which is directly readable. This corresponds to the display of a standard analog clock.
  • the radial rod is indeed plugged into the usual grid, but then offset, for example, radially offset by 7.5 degrees.
  • the time zone holder (hourly bar) can detachably accommodate one or more display panels, which are advantageously always horizontally self-aligning.
  • the horizontal self-alignment ensures that even at night, and especially at 24 o'clock (that is, when the hourly bar down) the display remains easily readable.
  • This connection can be made by the rods you represent, it can also be provided bayonet or other connections.
  • the invention is based on the approach that normally not the hour hands rotate, but the globe and thus the countries and cities.
  • the countries run around the non-moving 24-hour time measurement line, so that the labels on the local hour time show.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of a Mehrfumblezeitzonenuhr according to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic representation of a Mehrfachzeitzonenuhr according to a second embodiment of the invention with a Zeitzonenin
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic representation of a Mehrfachzeitzonenuhr according to a third embodiment of the invention with three time zone rings
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic representation of a Mehrfachzeitzonenuhr according to a modified second embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of a Mehrfachzeitzonenuhr according to a first embodiment of the invention with radial radiation.
  • the hour wheel is designated, it is irregularly shaped here. It does not have to be a circle, polygon, or other regularly shaped base.
  • the resulting time measurement line can be chosen freely in terms of design.
  • the disc 1 is permanently attached. It has an edge 11, near which the hourly numbers 111 are shown between 1 and 24, so that, starting from the center 12 of the clock they are at an angular distance of 15 degrees to each other.
  • the time 12 o'clock or noon is upwards, the time ⁇ oriented clock 24 clock down, 6 o'clock and 18 o'clock lie with the center 12 on a horizontal line.
  • This is the usual number distribution found on most analog clock watches. In principle, this arrangement is irrelevant; Also, the numbers need not be arranged in a clockwise direction, provided that the movement of the hands 5 now described are also designed differently.
  • the watch does not have a single hour hand but any number. In the drawing of FIG. 1, for simplicity's sake, only 10 pointers 5 or 15 are shown on one side. Nine of the hands 5 are each radially from the center 12 and are assigned to the numbers 10 to 18 respectively. This should also correspond to the corresponding time, because the minute disc 20 and the minute hand 21 indicate just the full hours. There is a tenth hour hand, here denoted by the reference numeral 15, which stands at 10:30 clock. This corresponds to a time zone that is midway between the time zones where it is currently 10 o'clock on the one hand and 11 o'clock on the other hand.
  • the pointers 5 may be rods which are inserted and locked in a rotating core 4.
  • Core 4 revolves around itself in 24 hours.
  • the core can rotate 15 degrees every hour, or 1 degree every 4 minutes,% degrees every 2 minutes, or in any other continuous or quasi-continuous manner. If the core 4 has only 24 (hour) Steckpläte, the pointer 15 can also be attached to an adjacent pointer 5 or form a double pointer, ie with two pointers at a distance of 7.5 degrees.
  • the rods 5 can also be firmly connected to the core.
  • the pros Part of the releasable attachment is that not all time ⁇ zonenstangen 5 must be used.
  • the time zone rods 5 can also be provided of different lengths.
  • location-related time zone elements or designation signs 3 can be inserted. These may be formed from a disc, on the back of a clamping sleeve is provided. Then the clamping sleeve on a pointer 5 or 15 can be pushed and then locked. On the disc, a place, a country or any other geographical name or company name (such as headquarters of a subsidiary) may be noted, so that this local time is directly readable.
  • the shield 3 may also have the geometric shape of the respective country and / or bear the colors of the flag of a country or region. It is also possible that groups of countries are arranged on a common sleeve. This could be, for example, the three signs 13.
  • the location-related time zone elements 3 or 13 are preferably not firmly connected to the pointer 5 or 15, but can be rotated relative to these. This can be realized if between the sleeve and the shield 3 is a hinge. If a weight is attached or distributed on the plate 3 correspondingly, then the location-related time zone element 3 in each case aligns itself horizontally. This is represented by the horizontal dashed line and the vertically pointing arrow 7.
  • the pivot point is located at a so-called predetermined location 6. It may be specified that the location-related time zone elements 3 are each arranged at a certain distance from the center 12, for example by corresponding grooves in the hands 5.
  • the signs 3 can also be arranged at arbitrary intervals be.
  • the device allows the displayed time zones to be set up by selecting appropriate signs 3 as desired by the user. These rotate in the daily rhythm and are advantageously always readable by the freely rotatable holder. New labels can be easily replaced, added or removed without tools.
  • sign 3 or group of signs 13 For example, the European countries travel 1 or more hours en bloc, which can be simplified by grouping the signs.
  • the geographical areas not participating in the summer time or participating in another time will not be implemented.
  • the embodiment of FIG. 1 also has a second minute display 17.
  • the plate 7 may be specially marked in color, the marking corresponding to that of the second minute display 17. Then this shift by 30 minutes or 45 minutes at the concrete direct reading of the minutes is no longer a problem.
  • the hour ring 31 continues to carry the hourly numbers 111.
  • the time zone disk 25 is provided. This can have a multiplicity of attachment points in the form of bores for the location-related time zone elements 3, then bolts with the rotatable attachment to these can be used. slices for horizontal self-alignment are inserted into these holes.
  • the attachment can also be provided by a hook and loop fastener or other releasably adhering element, advantageously radial auxiliary lines are seen ⁇ before.
  • the location-related time zone elements 3 may in particular have, in the Fig.
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of a multiple time zone clock according to a third embodiment of the invention with three time zone rings 35.
  • the time zone rings 35 may be connected via radial connections, not shown in the drawings, to the central drive. You can have attachment points.
  • the location-related time zone elements 3 can also be clipped onto the rings. Then, a conversion to the summer time or winter time corresponds only to a shift along the ring 35. It can of course be provided only a ring 35 or another number.
  • the plates 3 may have the said radial indicator 18.
  • the rings 35 as the outer contour of the disc 1 can be designed irregularly, so deviate from the circular shape. This can be an ellipse or an irregular shape.
  • location-related time elements of countries or locations on a single time zone ring 36 at different positions, in which the changeover from summer time to winter time or vice versa takes place at the same time.
  • One conceivable group here is, for example, Russia (Moscow), Switzerland (Zurich) and England (London).
  • Zeitzo ⁇ nenring 37 then location-related time elements of countries or places can be arranged, which make no change from summer to winter time.
  • One conceivable group is, for example, China (Beijing), India (Delhi), South Africa (Cape Town) and Peru (Lima).
  • time zone ring 38 On a third time zone ring 38, other countries or locations could also be grouped whose time change takes place at a different time than in the former group. Examples include Afghanistan, Egypt and Sun. Such an arrangement of country groups on the time zone rings 36, 37, 38 allows an automated adjustment when changing from summer to winter time or vice versa.
  • the Zeitzonenring 36 is advanced at the time of change to the summer time in Europe by one hour and pushed back at the time of change to the winter time by one hour, the Zeitzonenringe 37, 38 is not adjusted during the changeover.
  • the time zone ring 38 is adjusted to another appropriate time.
  • Such an adjustment could, for example, be done mechanically by hand or by means of an electronic calendar. Alternatively, the adjustment can also be done electronically by means of suitable switching elements and actuators. For the user, this embodiment is advantageous because he does not have to adjust each time zone element 3 by hand at a time change.
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation of a multiple time zone clock according to a modified second exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • a plurality of Ortgiann 3 are attached on the Zeitzonena 25 . If it is assumed that this watch is located at a company headquarters of a company "eao", the watch then also includes signs 33 with reference to company headquarters of this company in various countries of the world.
  • the minute disc 20 and minute hand 21 are not centrally located here. For this is still a moon phase display 34 integrated.
  • the core 4 with the rods 5, 15, the disk 25 and the ring 35 may be referred to as mounting support for the location-related time zone elements 3, 13, 33, in particular having a fulcrum, so that the time zone elements 3, 13, 33 despite 360 rotation Degree readable.
  • the displays are easily changeable to switch to summer time or winter time.
  • the signs are customizable by the user to his personal needs and he is not forced to accept selected locations. Instead of Athens, he can choose Heraklion instead of London Birmingham, etc. If he chooses optical symbols, he can choose instead of a shield 3 in the form of a boot for Italy only the island of Sicily, instead of a complete time zone in the US only the representation of a state, etc ..
  • the multi-time zone clock with a fixed 24-hour disk around which a time-zone display device which is rotatable clockwise can not be physically realized only.
  • FIG. 4 represents a screen display, wherein the hourly disk and the time zone display device with location-related time zone elements are graphic objects.
  • the releasable attachment for transfer according to a protection claim corresponds to a deletion of the said time zone element representing graphical Object at a first location and copying it in a second location.
  • the horizontal self-alignment of time zone elements is then realized by moving the corresponding graphical objects along the main axes of the screen and the matrix representing them.
  • this embodiment is covered by the appended claims, as well as other modifications of the present technical teaching, as they result from the appended claims.
  • the time zone disk 25 or the entire dial 26, which is delimited by the edge 27, constitutes a screen 28.
  • the screen 28 has the shape of a circular ring and displays the location-related time zone elements 3 and the company seat signs 33, respectively.
  • the screen has the shape of a circle and displays, in addition to the time zone elements 3, also the minute disk 20, the minute hand 21, the hour ring 31 and the moon phase display 34.
  • the display elements, ie the time zone elements 3 and optionally also the minute disc 21, the minute hand 21, the hour ring 31 and the moon phase display 34 are shown graphically on the screen 28. The displacement of the display elements takes place after the deletion and copying described above.
  • the formation of said display elements or of the dial as a screen 28 has the advantage that the time zone clock according to the invention can be manufactured inexpensively.
  • the screen 28 may have a small size, for example, a diameter of 30 mm to 50 mm is conceivable, which allow the provision of a wristwatch.
  • the screen can also have a larger dimension, so that a Wall clock can be provided.
  • the gra ⁇ phical representation of the display elements also enables the user configuration via a suitable software. Thus, the user can show or hide time zone elements 3, as well as adapt their presentation to his needs.
  • time zone ring 35 time zone ring 35 time zone ring 37 time zone ring

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L'invention concerne une horloge multi-fuseaux horaires comportant un disque fixe indiquant l'heure (1) et un dispositif d'affichage de fuseaux horaires (2) interne ou externe disposé autour du disque fixe indiquant l'heure (1) avec des éléments de fuseaux horaires (3, 13) relatifs à l'endroit, lesquels tournent dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre, caractérisée en ce que les éléments de fuseaux horaires (3, 13) relatifs à l'endroit du dispositif d'affichage de fuseaux horaires (2) sont fixés de manière amovible sur le dispositif d'affichage de fuseaux horaires (2) et sont en particulier permutables.
PCT/EP2008/054156 2007-04-11 2008-04-07 Horloge multi-fuseaux horaires WO2008125535A2 (fr)

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