WO2020201911A1 - Horloge à lecture multiple - Google Patents

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WO2020201911A1
WO2020201911A1 PCT/IB2020/052751 IB2020052751W WO2020201911A1 WO 2020201911 A1 WO2020201911 A1 WO 2020201911A1 IB 2020052751 W IB2020052751 W IB 2020052751W WO 2020201911 A1 WO2020201911 A1 WO 2020201911A1
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Leopoldo Quintavalle
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La Vallee S.R.L.
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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
    • G04B19/04—Hands; Discs with a single mark or the like
    • G04B19/048—Hands; Discs with a single mark or the like having the possibility of indicating on more than one scale, e.g. hands with variable length which work on different scales
    • 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
    • G04B19/06—Dials
    • G04B19/08—Geometrical arrangement of the graduations
    • G04B19/082—Geometrical arrangement of the graduations varying from the normal closed scale
    • 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
    • G04B19/06—Dials
    • G04B19/08—Geometrical arrangement of the graduations
    • G04B19/087—Geometrical arrangement of the graduations with several separate scales
    • 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
    • G04B19/20—Indicating by numbered bands, drums, discs, or sheets
    • G04B19/202—Indicating by numbered bands, drums, discs, or sheets by means of turning discs
    • 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
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/14—Suspending devices, supports or stands for time-pieces insofar as they form part of the case
    • G04B37/1473—Supports and feet for supporting the clockwork
    • 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
    • G04B45/00—Time pieces of which the indicating means or cases provoke special effects, e.g. aesthetic effects
    • G04B45/0069—Cases and fixed parts with a special shape
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04C—ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04C17/00—Indicating the time optically by electric means
    • G04C17/005—Indicating the time optically by electric means by discs
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G17/00—Structural details; Housings
    • G04G17/02—Component assemblies
    • G04G17/04—Mounting of electronic components
    • G04G17/045—Mounting of the display
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G21/00—Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
    • G04G21/02—Detectors of external physical values, e.g. temperature
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G9/00—Visual time or date indication means
    • G04G9/08—Visual time or date indication means by building-up characters using a combination of indicating elements, e.g. by using multiplexing techniques

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  • the present invention relates to a clock for reading time from multiple angles, for example from opposite sides of a table .
  • clocks can be considered examples of refined technology and often also real artworks born from the work of master craftsmen and watchmakers.
  • the clocks whether they are wristwatches , table, wall clocks or others, can be distinguished on the basis of the principle governing their operation: mechanical (e.g. with spring with manual or self-winding with tuning fork, pendulum, etc.) or electronic, quartz, atomic clocks are therefore available.
  • mechanical e.g. with spring with manual or self-winding with tuning fork, pendulum, etc.
  • electronic, quartz, atomic clocks are therefore available.
  • clocks can be distinguished, based on the type of information display, into analogue and digital clocks.
  • clock are called analogue when the time display member (for example a dial, a disc, a bezel or other) and/or the time indicator member (for example a cursor or a hand) move continuously, without apparent interruption of the movement, due to the mechanical energy supplied by springs and similar elements.
  • time display member for example a dial, a disc, a bezel or other
  • time indicator member for example a cursor or a hand
  • the most common analogue clocks are those based on the use of hands. These clocks allow time to be read thanks to two hands that rotate on a numbered dial; a first hand is typically used to indicate the hours and a second hand is used to indicate the minutes, and the two hands rotate on the dial at different speeds.
  • the clocks currently available have a single reading mode, that is, they are made as a function of a user to allow time to be read.
  • common wristwatches are designed to be worn in a specific direction (usually on the left wrist) , which allows to easily read time ergonomically.
  • Countertop clocks that is, clocks designed to be stably placed on a support surface (for example a table or desk), are also characterized by a single possible reading orientation.
  • This aspect can represent a limit in several cases; for example, when several people sit around the same table and a clock placed horizontally is in the centre of the table, only some of them will be in a convenient position to read time, i.e. according to the orientation of the dial, while the others will not be able to read it easily.
  • the idea for solving this problem is to make a clock that allows the reading from different angles, indifferently.
  • this result is achieved by making clocks having the indications to be read on the dial (i.e. the hours, minutes, etc.), arranged overturned with respect to one or more axes.
  • the indicator elements such as the hands or other movable references are also configured symmetrically with respect to the aforesaid axes.
  • the proposed solution allows making the reading of time immediate from different angles, for example from opposite sides of a table.
  • FIG. 1 is a top view of a table clock according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the clock of the previous figure ;
  • FIG. 3 and 4 show respective examples of clock dials according to the invention
  • - Fig. 5 shows a variant of the clock of the previous figures .
  • a clock 1 for reading time from multiple angles according to the invention is indicated in them, as a whole.
  • the clock 1 comprises a series of bodies 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, supported by a bearing structure 8 according to a configuration that recalls the one of an automotive dashboard.
  • Each of these bodies 3-7 shows the information related to time that is present, in whole or in part, in the clocks: thus, for example, the central body 5 shows the hours and minutes, the bodies 3, 4 on the left (with reference to figure 1) respectively show the days of the week and those of the month, while those on the right 6 and 7 are related to the months and years of the calendar.
  • clocks in which the various bodies with the dials are arranged within a single larger dial (as commonly occurs in wristwatches ) , or other clocks with a single dial for indicating the hours and minutes.
  • the support structure 8 of the clock 1 essentially comprises two side members 8a, 8b connected by cross members or other elements not considered in greater detail, since they are not necessary for the purposes of understanding the present invention .
  • the clock 1 then comprises actuation means 10 necessary for the operation thereof, consisting of various mechanisms and more generally of all those components such as the escapement, wheel trains, transmissions, springs, gears and so on, generically visible in the figures but also not described in more detail here.
  • clock 1 shown in the drawings is preferably of the mechanical type with manual winding, it could be of any other type, for example quartz, electric, electronic or whatever.
  • the actuation means 10 operate the dials with rings or movable discs 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, respectively associated with the bodies 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 of the clock.
  • Such rings or discs 13-17 can be considered as part of indicator means indicating the information of interest, that is, those related to time; so, for example, in the case of the hours on the ring 15 their numbering (from 1 to 12 but could also be from 1 to 24) is shown in double sequence, overturned with respect to a median axis X-X as shown in figure 3.
  • the bodies 3-7 are equipped with respective pairs of openings or windows 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, arranged symmetrically with respect to the median axis X-X so that information on time is displayed therethrough (hours, minutes, days, etc.). It is only necessary to observe that these openings 23-27 can be in a number greater than two for each dial 13-17, such as for example in the central one 5 where the hours and minutes are shown and therefore the dial comprises two rings where the corresponding pairs of openings 25 are present.
  • the clock 1 allows a reading of the information from two points of view opposite to the median axis X-X, as indicated by the arrows shown in figure 1.
  • This solution allows the immediate reading of the clock from at least two different orientations, thus solving the technical problem outlined above underlying the invention, i.e. to increase the readability of the clock so as to make it usable by more people or in any case from more positions.
  • dials may be arranged differently from their "dashboard" arrangement; it is also evident that the number of dials may also be other than five of the example shown in the drawings, given that, strictly speaking, it is sufficient to have a clock that only indicates the hours and minutes, with no need for a calendar (much less perpetual) .
  • the configuration of the dials and, more generally, the display of the information on the clocks can be made in the most appropriate way, depending on the configuration of the clock.
  • dials such as the one shown in figure 4 where a hand 35 extending diametrically with respect to the dial 15' is visible.
  • bodies 3-7 and the relative dials 13-17 are depicted in the form of circular rings or crowns with flat geometry, they can also be made with conical geometry.
  • the display can take place as shown in figure 5, with a dial 50 in which the information is shown in alpha-numerical form on four portions 53, 54, 55, 56 of the dial 50, from opposite sides with respect to median axes X-X and Y-Y orthogonal to each other.

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Abstract

Une horloge (1) comprend au moins un corps (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) avec un cadran (13, 14, 15, 16, 17 ; 5" ; 50) sur lequel se trouvent des informations permettant de lire l'heure, un moyen indicateur (23, 24, 25, 26, 27 ; 35 ; 53, 54, 55, 56, 57) pour indiquer les informations du cadran associées à l'heure, les informations étant agencées sur le cadran (3-7 ; 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 ; 5" ; 50) de façon renversée par rapport à au moins un axe (X-X ; Y-Y), de sorte qu'il peut être lu à partir de côtés opposés par rapport à cet axe.
PCT/IB2020/052751 2019-03-29 2020-03-24 Horloge à lecture multiple WO2020201911A1 (fr)

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US4430004A (en) * 1981-03-12 1984-02-07 Nitschke Noel N Multi-faced clock
WO1993002404A1 (fr) * 1991-07-24 1993-02-04 Brahaney Garth T Montre a double lecture de l'heure
US6904001B1 (en) * 2001-01-05 2005-06-07 Rodger H. Rast Apparatus and methods of providing enhanced control for consumers
WO2006010989A1 (fr) * 2004-07-22 2006-02-02 Pariente Cohen Albert Appareil horaire a affichage analogique

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US4430004A (en) * 1981-03-12 1984-02-07 Nitschke Noel N Multi-faced clock
WO1993002404A1 (fr) * 1991-07-24 1993-02-04 Brahaney Garth T Montre a double lecture de l'heure
US6904001B1 (en) * 2001-01-05 2005-06-07 Rodger H. Rast Apparatus and methods of providing enhanced control for consumers
WO2006010989A1 (fr) * 2004-07-22 2006-02-02 Pariente Cohen Albert Appareil horaire a affichage analogique

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