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EP1125172B1
EP1125172B1 EP00954245A EP00954245A EP1125172B1 EP 1125172 B1 EP1125172 B1 EP 1125172B1 EP 00954245 A EP00954245 A EP 00954245A EP 00954245 A EP00954245 A EP 00954245A EP 1125172 B1 EP1125172 B1 EP 1125172B1
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  • the present invention relates to a timepiece driven by a mechanical, electric or electronic motor having an analogue and clear 24-hour display according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Clocks having an analogous and clear 24-hour display are more known, as follows DE 267 810 (D1), US 5,696,740 (D2), WO 91/03774 (D3).
  • the 24-hour uniqueness is solved with two concentric dials of 12 hours each, where the first 12-hour group is the time from 0 to 12 o'clock, the second 12-hour group from 12 to 24 o'clock includes.
  • the hour indicator changes its position jerkily; either it is jerked out or shortened as well.
  • the apparatuses for changing the length of the hour hand disclosed in D1 and D2 either require additional energy for tensioning a spring (D1) or an additional energy source (D2) from the clock motor.
  • D1 and D2 either require additional energy for tensioning a spring (D1) or an additional energy source (D2) from the clock motor.
  • D1 and D2 either require additional energy for tensioning a spring (D1) or an additional energy source (D2) from the clock motor.
  • D1 and D2 either require additional energy for tensioning a spring (D1) or an additional energy source (D2) from the clock motor.
  • D1 and D2 additional energy source from the clock motor.
  • D3 shows at all times of day and night the hours on two halves of circle with different radius. Neither the technical feasibility nor the market acceptance, these were solutions that could prevail.
  • Object of the present invention is therefore to move the hours marking indicator - this is the hour hand or otherwise a clear and distinctive element - on such a path, which allows a clear assignment of the position of the display element with one of the 24 hours of the day's run and so by his position causes a striking difference in the display between the day and the night hours, without the usual pointer angle positions must be changed.
  • a 24-hour clock is known, the display element, here the hour hand, running on a spiral path from the outside to the inside, the display element occupies a one-unique position in 24 hours. After 24 hours, the display element returns azimuthally and radially to its original position. The radial return is effected by the fact that the hour hand can be radially extended against the force of a spring element. This extension is effected by guiding the inner end of the pointer on a spiral path, which in turn performs a rotational movement which is half as fast relative to that of the hour hand. After complete circulation of this spiral path, the hour hand returns to its original position due to the spring force built up within 24 hours.
  • Fig. 1 is a plan view of a first embodiment of an inventive clock.
  • an inventive hour display element in the form of a variable-length hour hand 5 is shown.
  • the tip of the hour hand 5 runs on a double-loop closed curve 7 with an outer loop 8 and an inner loop 9, which have a crossing point 6.
  • the day hours of 6 to 18 o'clock of the outer loop 8 and the night hours of 18 to 6 o'clock of the inner loop 9 are assigned. Since this assignment is only graphical in nature, it can of course be reversed.
  • Such a double-loop closed curve is, for example, the conchoid, also called Pascal's screw (described, for example, in Karel Rektorys, Applicable Mathematics, Cambridge, Mass., USA, 1969). Dashed executed contains Fig. 1 the representation of a second Konchoide 10, which emerges from the curve 7 with an outer loop 8 and an inner loop 9 by a constant radial displacement.
  • This second Konchoide 10 is shown in phantom, since it may be hidden by a disc 11; she is trained as a guide and together with the governing bodies in Fig. 2 , explained in more detail.
  • Fig. 2 is the representation of only the inventive part of the clock.
  • the disk 11 is shown here only dashed and transparent and gives the view freely on the underlying and covered by the disk 11 Konchoide 10.
  • the hour hand 5 is, as already out Fig. 1 visible, designed in two parts. Its outer part, occupied by the number 13, is pivotally connected to a sliding member 12; this slider 12 is located in the example, groove-shaped Konchoide 10 and follows in circulation of the inner part of the hour hand 5 of the path of these Konchoide 10.
  • the said inner part of the hour hand 5 carries the numeral 14 and is fixedly connected to the disc 11. The disc 11 thus performs, together with the inner part 14 of the hour hand 5, one revolution in 12 hours.
  • the sliding element 12 is crescent-shaped in this embodiment in such a way that the radius of curvature of the outer surface is smaller than the smallest radius of curvature of the outer surface of the Konchoide 10, and that of the inner surface is greater than the largest radius of curvature of the inner surface of the Konchoide 10. Die measured in the tangential direction longitudinal extent of the sliding member 12 is designed so large that at the intersection of the two loops of the conchoid 10 (which carry the numbers 15, 16), the slider 12 is guided by the outer loop 15 securely on the inner loop 16, or from the inner loop 16 securely on the outer loop 15th
  • Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the embodiment of Fig. 1 for example at 24 h.
  • a dial 24 serves as a non-limiting example as a mounting platform for all other mentioned and yet to be named elements. This element and referred to below dial 24 can be both factory and related to the housing. It is only important that in the operation of the clock, the reference to the actual dial is a solid.
  • the conchoid 10 is incorporated with its outer loop 15 and its inner loop 16, for example by milling.
  • the dial 24 is a, called hour tube 18, hollow shaft mounted, with which the disc 11 and the inner Part 14 of the hour hand 5 are firmly connected. For stability reasons, the inner part 14 of the hour hand 5, for example, still connected to a support 19 with the disc 11.
  • the disc 11 has, parallel to the inner part 14 of the hour hand 5, a radial slot 20.
  • a guide pin 21 is movable, with which the outer part 13 of the hour hand is connected to the sliding member 12.
  • the sliding member 12 is thus moved in the azimuthal direction through the disc 11.
  • the guide pin 21 is fixedly connected, for example, with the sliding member 12 and rotatably supported in the outer part 13 of the hour hand 5 about its longitudinal axis. According to the invention, however, this can also be solved so that the guide pin 21 is fixedly connected to the outer part 13 of the hour hand 5 and rotatably mounted in the sliding member 12 about its longitudinal axis.
  • the outer part 13 of the hour hand 5 is longitudinally displaceable relative to the inner part 14, for which arrangement several solutions not to be described here are known.
  • dial is here to be interpreted broadly; the decision which and if any numbers are to stand on it, is purely aesthetic nature.
  • the technical relevance of the dial 24 is in its capacity as a base plate for all the above elements in the sense of the previously said.
  • Fig. 4 is a section of the Konchoide 10 shown together with another embodiment of an in Fig. 2 . 3
  • This consists of a support body 25 and here, for example, three in this rotatably mounted wheels 26, 27, 28.
  • Their arrangement is chosen so that the central wheel 26 is outside, so that it touches the outer surface of the conchoid 10 can; the other two wheels 27, 28 can touch the inner surface of the conchoid 10.
  • the arrangement of the three wheels 26, 27, 28 is further designed so that the guide member 17 both in that part of the Konchoide 10 with the largest radius of curvature, as well as in that with the smallest with radial play in the tangential direction is movable.
  • the support body 25 carries the guide pin 21, for which the same applies, as in this Fig. 3 said.
  • Fig. 4 registered - but dashed - is a variant of the support body 25.
  • An arm 29 of the support body 25 is designed as a bending spring 30, so that all three wheels 26, 27, 28 always touch their assigned side surface of the conchoid 10.
  • both arms of the support body 25 may be designed as a bending springs 30, whereby the contact pressure of the wheels 26, 27, 28 can be better dosed on the side surfaces.
  • the length of the guide member 17, so the distance of the outer wheels 27, 28 is selected so that the intersection of the two loops 15, 16 of the conchoid 10 can be passed in the right direction.
  • the number of wheels 26, 27, 28 can, of course, be chosen differently, for example greater, with the appropriate adaptations of the shape and construction of the support body 25.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 are illustrations of a second embodiment for the leadership of the top of the hour hand 5 on the proposed double-edged curve.
  • 7 Fig. 5 is a section perpendicular to the plane of the dial 24, Fig. 6 a top view.
  • the Fig. 5 is for the purpose of better understanding carried out so that all subsequent axes are in the same plane, which is actually never the case.
  • Fig. 6 is a two-loop curve (also called Pascal's screw) 31 with an outer loop 40 and an inner loop 41 and a crossing point 42 shown in dashed lines.
  • This curve 31 is in this embodiment by the interaction of several Gears and guide arms effect as follows:
  • the arm 32 can, as well as off Fig. 6 can be seen, in a plane parallel to those of the gears areal trained component. He wears here, firmly connected to him, a third gear C with radius r (C), which meshes with a fourth gear D1 with radius r (D1), which is supported by an axis 33. This is mounted in a second arm 34. The second arm 34 is firmly seated on the axis 36 of the second gear B and therefore rotates with this.
  • the axis 33 of the fourth gear D1 carries - also firmly connected to it - a fifth gear D2 with radius r (D2), which meshes with a sixth gear E with radius r (E).
  • This sixth gear E is mounted on an axle 35 which is fixed to the second arm 34 at a distance d (E) from the axle 36 and runs parallel to all previously mentioned axes.
  • the sixth gear E carries at a distance d (F) from the axis 35 the parallel to the axes 33, 36 extending guide pin 21st
  • r (C) is not dependent on r (A), but purely opportunistically given by the available space, with the restriction that if the hour tube 18 is assigned the outer radius r (18) r C ⁇ r A + r B - r 18
  • the actual dial 24 may be at least partially transparent and arranged so that the minute and second hands 1, 2 run over it, but the hour display below.
  • the gear E then carries a particularly highlighted by its brightness or color mark - for example, a round disk - which rotates on the double-edged curve 31. This disk then replaces the top of the hour hand 5. The latter as well as the said disk are then display elements.

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Abstract

A clock with a twenty four hour display includes a minute hand, a second hand, a minute scale, a date display, and an hour scale on a first conchoid. The first conchoid includes an outer loop for the hours of the day from 6-18 hours and an inner loop for the hours of the day from 18-6. A crossing point of the inner and outer loops is established at the hours of 6 and 18. To achieve unambiguous indication, the hour hand is made variable in length. In a second conchoid offset by a constant amount radially inwards with respect to the first conchoid, which for instance is milled in the form of a groove in the dial, a guiding element is moved azimuthally through the inner part of the hour hand, which receives an overlay of radial movement owing to the shape of the second conchoid. The second conchoid and the guiding element may be covered by a disc joined to the inner part of the hour hand and turning with it.

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine von einem mechanischen, elektrischen oder elektronischen Motor angetriebene Uhr mit analoger und eindeutiger 24-Stunden-Anzeige nach dem Oberbegriff von Patentanspruch 1. Uhren mit analoger und eindeutiger 24-Stunden-Anzeige sind mehrere bekannt, so aus DE 267 810 (D1), US 5,696,740 (D2), WO 91/03774 (D3).The present invention relates to a timepiece driven by a mechanical, electric or electronic motor having an analogue and clear 24-hour display according to the preamble of claim 1. Clocks having an analogous and clear 24-hour display are more known, as follows DE 267 810 (D1), US 5,696,740 (D2), WO 91/03774 (D3).

Sowohl in D1 als auch in D2 wird die 24-Stunden-Eindeutigkeit mit zwei konzentrischen Zifferblättern à je 12-Stunden gelöst, wo die erste 12-Stundengruppe die Zeit von 0÷12 Uhr, die zweite 12-Stundengruppe jene von 12÷24 Uhr umfasst. Immer beim Übergang von der einen Skala zur anderen ändert der Stundenanzeiger seine Lage ruckartig; entweder wird er ruckartig ausgefahren oder ebenso verkürzt.Both in D1 and in D2 the 24-hour uniqueness is solved with two concentric dials of 12 hours each, where the first 12-hour group is the time from 0 to 12 o'clock, the second 12-hour group from 12 to 24 o'clock includes. Always at the transition from one scale to another, the hour indicator changes its position jerkily; either it is jerked out or shortened as well.

In D3 wird die Eindeutigkeit der Stundenanzeige so gelöst, dass zwar ebenso zwei zueinander konzentrische 12-Stunden-Skalen auf dem Zifferblatt angeordnet sind, gleichzeitig ist jedoch eine durchsichtige Scheibe vorhanden, welche eine Umdrehungszeit von 24 Stunden aufweist und - in einem Ausführungsbeispiel - zwei halbkreisförmige Abdeckungen aufweist, die die nichtzutreffenden Stundenwerte abdecken.In D3, the uniqueness of the hour display is solved so that as well as two concentric 12-hour scales are arranged on the dial, but at the same time there is a transparent disc having a revolution time of 24 hours and - in one embodiment - two semicircular Has covers that cover the non-applicable hourly values.

Weitere - hier jedoch nicht in Betracht fallende Dokumente (so DE 33 05 414 und DE 40 376 57 ) zeigen Uhren mit sog. pseudoanaloger Darstellung, wo mit elektronischen Hilfsmitteln, wie LEDs und Flüssigkristallanzeigen eine eindeutige 24-Stunden-Anzeige erzeugt wird.Other - but not considered here documents (see above) DE 33 05 414 and DE 40 376 57 ) show clocks with so-called pseudo-analogue representation, where with electronic aids, such as LEDs and liquid crystal displays a clear 24-hour display is generated.

Die in D1 und D2 offenbarten Vorrichtungen zur Längenänderung des Stundenzeigers benötigen entweder aus dem Uhrmotor zusätzlich Energie zum Spannen einer Feder (D1) oder eine zusätzliche Energiequelle (D2). Die in D3 vorgeschlagene Lösung zeigt zu allen Tages- und Nachtzeiten die Stunden auf zwei Kreishälften mit unterschiedlichem Radius. Weder von der technischen Machbarkeit noch von der Marktakzeptanz sind dies Lösungen gewesen, die sich durchsetzen konnten.The apparatuses for changing the length of the hour hand disclosed in D1 and D2 either require additional energy for tensioning a spring (D1) or an additional energy source (D2) from the clock motor. The solution proposed in D3 shows at all times of day and night the hours on two halves of circle with different radius. Neither the technical feasibility nor the market acceptance, these were solutions that could prevail.

Obwohl dies mit den geschilderten Mitteln möglich wäre, wurde der Übergang von der einen Skala nie anders als am Mittag und um Mitternacht gewählt.Although this would be possible with the means outlined, the transition from one scale was never chosen other than at noon and at midnight.

Ferner sind Uhren bekannt geworden, welche nicht-zirkuläre Skalen aufweisen, wie beispielsweise in DE 196 41 885 (D4), DE 299 03 950 (D5) und DE 299 04 451 (D6). Während in D4 ein Stundenanzeigeelement auf beliebigen Kurven als Leitelement bewegt wird, in D5 das Anzeigeelement durch auf Zykloiden mittels eines zusätzlichen Zahnrades geführt ist und in D6 das Anzeigeelement sich auf Kurven bewegt, welche durch ein Viergelenkgetriebe erzeugt werden, sind hier zwar Mittel beschrieben, das genannte Anzeigeelement auf nichtzirkulären Bahnen zu bewegen, aber eine 24-Stundenanzeige eindeutiger Natur wird dadurch nicht offenbart.Furthermore, watches have become known which have non-circular scales, such as in DE 196 41 885 (D4), DE 299 03 950 (D5) and DE 299 04 451 (D6). While in D4 an hour display element is moved on arbitrary curves as a guide element, in D5 the display element is guided through on cycloids by means of an additional gear and in D6 the display element moves on curves which are generated by a four-bar mechanism, although means are described here to move said display element on non-circular orbits, but a clear 24-hour display is not disclosed thereby.

Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist es daher, das die Stunden markierende Anzeigeelement - sei dies der Stundenzeiger oder sonst ein klares und unverwechselbares Element - auf einer solchen Bahn zu bewegen, welche eine eindeutige Zuordnung der Stellung des Anzeigeelementes mit einer der 24 Stunden des Tageslaufes gestattet und so durch seine Stellung einen augenfälligen Unterschied der Anzeige zwischen den Tages-und den Nachtstunden bewirkt, ohne dass die gewohnten Zeigerwinkelstellungen geändert werden müssen.Object of the present invention is therefore to move the hours marking indicator - this is the hour hand or otherwise a clear and distinctive element - on such a path, which allows a clear assignment of the position of the display element with one of the 24 hours of the day's run and so by his position causes a striking difference in the display between the day and the night hours, without the usual pointer angle positions must be changed.

Aus DE 525 062 ist eine 24-Stunden-Uhr bekannt, deren Anzeigeelement, hier der Stundenzeiger, auf einer Spiralförmigen Bahn von aussen nach innen läuft, wobei das Anzeigeelement in 24 Stunden eine ein-eindeutige Stellung einnimmt. Nach Ablauf von 24 Stunden kehrt das Anzeigeelement azimutal und radial in seine Ausgangsstellung zurück. Die radiale Rückkehr wird dadurch bewirkt, dass der Stundenzeiger gegen die Kraft eines Federelementes radial verlängert werden kann. Diese Verlängerung wird dadurch bewirkt, dass das innen liegende Ende des Zeigers auf einer Spiralbahn geführt wird, welche ihrerseits eine Rotationsbewegung ausführt, welche gegenüber jener des Stundenzeigers halb so schnell umläuft. Nach dem vollständigen Umlauf dieser Spiralbahn kehrt der Stundenzeiger durch die innert 24 Stunden aufgebaute Federkraft in seine Ausgangslage zurück.Out DE 525,062 a 24-hour clock is known, the display element, here the hour hand, running on a spiral path from the outside to the inside, the display element occupies a one-unique position in 24 hours. After 24 hours, the display element returns azimuthally and radially to its original position. The radial return is effected by the fact that the hour hand can be radially extended against the force of a spring element. This extension is effected by guiding the inner end of the pointer on a spiral path, which in turn performs a rotational movement which is half as fast relative to that of the hour hand. After complete circulation of this spiral path, the hour hand returns to its original position due to the spring force built up within 24 hours.

Einerseits hat sich gezeigt, dass tangentiale Reibungskräfte, welche durch das Uhrwerk aufgebracht werden müssen, die Regelmässigkeit der Uhr beeinträchtigen. Insbesondere ist dies der Fall im Rückkehrpunkt des Zeigers. Dort gleitet ein Führungselement nahezu radial nach innen und beschleunigt dadurch das Uhrwerk.On the one hand, it has been shown that tangential frictional forces that must be applied by the movement affect the regularity of the clock. In particular, this is the case in the return point of the pointer. There, a guide element slides almost radially inwards, thereby accelerating the movement.

Die Lösung der gestellten Aufgabe ist wiedergegeben im kennzeichnenden Teil des Patentanspruches 1 hinsichtlich ihrer wesentlichsten Merkmale, in den folgenden Patentansprüchen hinsichtlich weiterer erfinderischer Ausbildungen.The solution of the problem is reflected in the characterizing part of claim 1 in terms of their essential characteristics, in the following claims with respect to other inventive embodiments.

Anhand der beigefügten Zeichnung wird der Erfindungsgedanke in mehreren Ausführungsbeispielen näher erläutert.Reference to the accompanying drawings, the concept of the invention is explained in more detail in several embodiments.

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Fig. 1 ist eine Draufsicht auf ein erstes Ausführungsbeispiel einer erfindungsgemässen Uhr. Neben konventionellen und hier übernommenen Elementen, wie Minutenzeiger 1, Sekundenzeiger 2, Datumsanzeige 3 und einer üblichen zirkulären Minutenskala 4, ist ein erfindungsgemässes Stundenanzeigeelement in Form eines längenveränderlichen Stundenzeigers 5 dargestellt. Die Spitze des Stundenzeigers 5 läuft auf einer zweischleifigen geschlossenen Kurve 7 mit einer äusseren Schleife 8 und einer inneren Schleife 9 um, welche einen Kreuzungspunkt 6 aufweisen. Damit sind die Tagstunden von 6 bis 18 Uhr der äusseren Schleife 8 und die Nachtstunden von 18 bis 6 Uhr der inneren Schleife 9 zugeordnet. Da diese Zuordnung nur grafischer Natur ist, kann sie selbstverständlich auch umgekehrt werden. Eine solche zweischleifige geschlossene Kurve ist beispielsweise die Konchoide, auch Pascalsche Schnecke genannt, (beschrieben z.B. in Karel Rektorys, Applicable Mathematics, Cambridge, Mass., USA, 1969). Gestrichelt ausgeführt enthält Fig. 1 die Darstellung einer zweiten Konchoide 10, die aus der Kurve 7 mit einer äusseren Schleife 8 und einer inneren Schleife 9 durch einen konstanten radialen Versatz hervorgeht. Diese zweite Konchoide 10 ist gestrichelt dargestellt, da sie von einer Scheibe 11 verdeckt sein kann; sie ist als Leitkurve ausgebildet und zusammen mit den Führungsorganen in Fig. 2, näher erläutert. Fig. 1 is a plan view of a first embodiment of an inventive clock. In addition to conventional and adopted here elements, such as minute hand 1, second hand 2, date display 3 and a conventional circular minute scale 4, an inventive hour display element in the form of a variable-length hour hand 5 is shown. The tip of the hour hand 5 runs on a double-loop closed curve 7 with an outer loop 8 and an inner loop 9, which have a crossing point 6. Thus, the day hours of 6 to 18 o'clock of the outer loop 8 and the night hours of 18 to 6 o'clock of the inner loop 9 are assigned. Since this assignment is only graphical in nature, it can of course be reversed. Such a double-loop closed curve is, for example, the conchoid, also called Pascal's screw (described, for example, in Karel Rektorys, Applicable Mathematics, Cambridge, Mass., USA, 1969). Dashed executed contains Fig. 1 the representation of a second Konchoide 10, which emerges from the curve 7 with an outer loop 8 and an inner loop 9 by a constant radial displacement. This second Konchoide 10 is shown in phantom, since it may be hidden by a disc 11; she is trained as a guide and together with the governing bodies in Fig. 2 , explained in more detail.

Fig. 2 ist die Darstellung nur des erfinderischen Teils der Uhr. Die Scheibe 11 ist hier nur gestrichelt und durchsichtig dargestellt und gibt den Blick frei auf die darunterliegende und von der Scheibe 11 abgedeckte Konchoide 10. Der Stundenzeiger 5 ist, wie schon aus Fig. 1 ersichtlich, zweiteilig ausgeführt. Dessen äusserer Teil, mit der Ziffer 13 belegt, ist mit einem Gleitelement 12 schwenkbar verbunden; dieses Gleitelement 12 liegt in der beispielsweise nutenförmig ausgeführten Konchoide 10 und folgt im Umlauf des inneren Teils des Stundenzeigers 5 der Bahn dieser Konchoide 10. Der genannte innere Teil des Stundenzeigers 5 trägt die Ziffer 14 und ist mit der Scheibe 11 fest verbunden. Die Scheibe 11 führt also, zusammen mit dem inneren Teil 14 des Stundenzeigers 5, eine Umdrehung in 12 Stunden aus. Das Gleitelement 12 ist in diesem Ausführungsbeispiel sichelartig geformt dergestalt, dass der Krümmungsradius der aussenliegenden Fläche kleiner ist, als der kleinste Krümmungsradius der Aussenfläche der Konchoide 10, und jener der innen liegenden Fläche grösser ist, als der grösste Krümmungsradius der Innenfläche der Konchoide 10. Die in tangentialer Richtung gemessene Längserstreckung des Gleitelementes 12 ist so gross ausgeführt, dass an der Kreuzungsstelle der zwei Schleifen der Konchoide 10 (welche die Ziffern 15, 16 tragen) das Gleitelement 12 von der äusseren Schleife 15 sicher auf die innere Schleife 16 geführt wird, oder von der inneren Schleife 16 sicher auf die äussere Schleife 15. Fig. 2 is the representation of only the inventive part of the clock. The disk 11 is shown here only dashed and transparent and gives the view freely on the underlying and covered by the disk 11 Konchoide 10. The hour hand 5 is, as already out Fig. 1 visible, designed in two parts. Its outer part, occupied by the number 13, is pivotally connected to a sliding member 12; this slider 12 is located in the example, groove-shaped Konchoide 10 and follows in circulation of the inner part of the hour hand 5 of the path of these Konchoide 10. The said inner part of the hour hand 5 carries the numeral 14 and is fixedly connected to the disc 11. The disc 11 thus performs, together with the inner part 14 of the hour hand 5, one revolution in 12 hours. The sliding element 12 is crescent-shaped in this embodiment in such a way that the radius of curvature of the outer surface is smaller than the smallest radius of curvature of the outer surface of the Konchoide 10, and that of the inner surface is greater than the largest radius of curvature of the inner surface of the Konchoide 10. Die measured in the tangential direction longitudinal extent of the sliding member 12 is designed so large that at the intersection of the two loops of the conchoid 10 (which carry the numbers 15, 16), the slider 12 is guided by the outer loop 15 securely on the inner loop 16, or from the inner loop 16 securely on the outer loop 15th

Fig. 3 ist ein Längsschnitt durch das Ausführungsbeispiel von Fig. 1 beispielsweise um 24 h. Ein Zifferblatt 24 dient hier im Sinne eines nicht beschränkenden Beispiels als Montageplattform für alle weiteren genannten und noch zu nennenden Elemente. Dieses und im Folgenden Zifferblatt 24 genannte Element kann sowohl werk- als auch gehäusebezogen sein. Wesentlich ist nur, dass im Betrieb der Uhr der Bezug zum eigentlichen Zifferblatt ein fester ist. In das Zifferblatt 24 ist die Konchoide 10 mit ihrer äusseren Schleife 15 und ihrer inneren Schleife 16 beispielsweise durch Fräsen eingearbeitet. Im Zifferblatt 24 ist eine, Stundenrohr 18 genannte, Hohlwelle gelagert, mit welcher die Scheibe 11 und der innere Teil 14 des Stundenzeigers 5 fest verbunden sind. Aus Stabilitätsgründen ist der innere Teil 14 des Stundenzeigers 5 beispielsweise noch mit einer Abstützung 19 mit der Scheibe 11 verbunden. Die Scheibe 11 weist, parallel verlaufend zum inneren Teil 14 des Stundenzeigers 5, einen radialen Schlitz 20 auf. In diesem Schlitz 20 ist ein Führungsstift 21 beweglich, mit welchem der äussere Teil 13 des Stundenzeigers mit dem Gleitelement 12 verbunden ist. Das Gleitelement 12 wird also in azimutaler Richtung durch die Scheibe 11 bewegt. Der Führungsstift 21 ist beispielsweise mit dem Gleitelement 12 fest verbunden und im äusseren Teil 13 des Stundenzeigers 5 um seine Längsachse drehbar gelagert. Erfindungsgemäss kann dies jedoch auch so gelöst sein, dass der Führungsstift 21 mit dem äusseren Teil 13 des Stundenzeigers 5 fest verbunden und im Gleitelement 12 um seine Längsachse drehbar gelagert ist. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the embodiment of Fig. 1 for example at 24 h. A dial 24 serves as a non-limiting example as a mounting platform for all other mentioned and yet to be named elements. This element and referred to below dial 24 can be both factory and related to the housing. It is only important that in the operation of the clock, the reference to the actual dial is a solid. In the dial 24, the conchoid 10 is incorporated with its outer loop 15 and its inner loop 16, for example by milling. In the dial 24 is a, called hour tube 18, hollow shaft mounted, with which the disc 11 and the inner Part 14 of the hour hand 5 are firmly connected. For stability reasons, the inner part 14 of the hour hand 5, for example, still connected to a support 19 with the disc 11. The disc 11 has, parallel to the inner part 14 of the hour hand 5, a radial slot 20. In this slot 20, a guide pin 21 is movable, with which the outer part 13 of the hour hand is connected to the sliding member 12. The sliding member 12 is thus moved in the azimuthal direction through the disc 11. The guide pin 21 is fixedly connected, for example, with the sliding member 12 and rotatably supported in the outer part 13 of the hour hand 5 about its longitudinal axis. According to the invention, however, this can also be solved so that the guide pin 21 is fixedly connected to the outer part 13 of the hour hand 5 and rotatably mounted in the sliding member 12 about its longitudinal axis.

Der äussere Teil 13 des Stundenzeigers 5 ist bezüglich dessen inneren Teils 14 .längsverschieblich angeordnet, für welche Anordnung mehrere hier nicht zu beschreibende Lösungen bekannt sind.The outer part 13 of the hour hand 5 is longitudinally displaceable relative to the inner part 14, for which arrangement several solutions not to be described here are known.

Die übrigen Elemente, wie Minutenrohr 22 mit Minutenzeiger 1 und Sekundenachse 23 mit Sekundenzeiger 2 sind bekannt und nur der Vollständigkeit halber angeführt. Der Begriff Zifferblatt ist hier weit auszulegen; der Entscheid welche und ob überhaupt Ziffern darauf zu stehen kommen, ist rein ästhetischer Natur. Die technische Relevanz des Zifferblattes 24 liegt in seiner Eigenschaft als Grundplatte für alle vorgenannten Elemente im Sinne des vorher Gesagten.The remaining elements, such as minute tube 22 with minute hand 1 and second axis 23 with second hand 2 are known and are given only for the sake of completeness. The term dial is here to be interpreted broadly; the decision which and if any numbers are to stand on it, is purely aesthetic nature. The technical relevance of the dial 24 is in its capacity as a base plate for all the above elements in the sense of the previously said.

In Fig. 4 ist ein Ausschnitt der Konchoide 10 dargestellt zusammen mit einem weiteren Ausführungsbeispiel eines in Fig. 2, 3 Gleitelement 12 genannten Führungsorganes 17. Dieses besteht aus einem Tragkörper 25 und hier beispielsweise drei in diesem drehbar gelagerten Rädern 26, 27, 28. Deren Anordnung ist so gewählt, dass das mittlere Rad 26 aussen liegt, so dass es die Aussenfläche der Konchoide 10 berühren kann; die anderen beiden Räder 27, 28 können die innere Fläche der Konchoide 10 berühren. Die Anordnung der drei Räder 26, 27, 28 ist ferner so ausgelegt, dass das Führungsorgan 17 sowohl in jenem Teil der Konchoide 10 mit dem grössten Krümmungsradius, als auch in jenem mit dem kleinsten mit radialem Spiel in tangentialer Richtung beweglich ist. Im Bereich des mittleren Rades 26 trägt der Tragkörper 25 den Führungsstift 21, für welchen dasselbe gilt, wie hierzu in Fig. 3 gesagt. Ebenfalls in Fig. 4 eingetragen - jedoch gestrichelt - ist eine Variante des Tragkörpers 25. Ein Arm 29 des Tragkörpers 25 ist als Biegefeder 30 ausgeführt, so dass alle drei Räder 26, 27, 28 die ihnen zugewiesene Seitenfläche der Konchoide 10 immer berühren. Alternativ können beide Arme des Tragkörpers 25 als Biegefedern 30 ausgeführt sein, womit der Anpressdruck der Räder 26, 27, 28 auf die Seitenflächen besser dosiert werden kann.In Fig. 4 is a section of the Konchoide 10 shown together with another embodiment of an in Fig. 2 . 3 This consists of a support body 25 and here, for example, three in this rotatably mounted wheels 26, 27, 28. Their arrangement is chosen so that the central wheel 26 is outside, so that it touches the outer surface of the conchoid 10 can; the other two wheels 27, 28 can touch the inner surface of the conchoid 10. The arrangement of the three wheels 26, 27, 28 is further designed so that the guide member 17 both in that part of the Konchoide 10 with the largest radius of curvature, as well as in that with the smallest with radial play in the tangential direction is movable. In the region of the central wheel 26, the support body 25 carries the guide pin 21, for which the same applies, as in this Fig. 3 said. Also in Fig. 4 registered - but dashed - is a variant of the support body 25. An arm 29 of the support body 25 is designed as a bending spring 30, so that all three wheels 26, 27, 28 always touch their assigned side surface of the conchoid 10. Alternatively, both arms of the support body 25 may be designed as a bending springs 30, whereby the contact pressure of the wheels 26, 27, 28 can be better dosed on the side surfaces.

Die Länge des Führungsorganes 17, also der Abstand der äusseren Räder 27, 28 ist so gewählt, dass die Kreuzungsstelle der beiden Schleifen 15, 16 der Konchoide 10 im richtigen Sinne passiert werden kann. Die Anzahl von Rädern 26, 27, 28 kann natürlich anders, beispielsweise grösser, gewählt werden, mit den entsprechenden Anpassungen von Form und Aufbau des Tragkörpers 25.The length of the guide member 17, so the distance of the outer wheels 27, 28 is selected so that the intersection of the two loops 15, 16 of the conchoid 10 can be passed in the right direction. The number of wheels 26, 27, 28 can, of course, be chosen differently, for example greater, with the appropriate adaptations of the shape and construction of the support body 25.

Die Fig. 5 und 6 sind Darstellungen eines zweiten Ausführungsbeispiels für die Führung der Spitze des Stundenzeigers 5 auf der vorgesehenen zweischleifigen Kurve 7. Fig. 5 ist ein Schnitt senkrecht zur Ebene des Zifferblattes 24, Fig. 6 eine Draufsicht. Die Fig. 5 ist zum Zwecke des besseren Verständnisses so ausgeführt, dass sämtliche nachfolgenden Achsen in der gleichen Ebene liegen, was tatsächlich nie' der Fall ist.The FIGS. 5 and 6 are illustrations of a second embodiment for the leadership of the top of the hour hand 5 on the proposed double-edged curve. 7 Fig. 5 is a section perpendicular to the plane of the dial 24, Fig. 6 a top view. The Fig. 5 is for the purpose of better understanding carried out so that all subsequent axes are in the same plane, which is actually never the case.

In Fig. 6 ist eine zweischleifige Kurve (auch Pascalsche Schnecke genannt) 31 mit einer äusseren Schleife 40 und einer inneren Schleife 41 und einem Kreuzungspunkt 42 gestrichelt dargestellt. Diese entspricht funktionell der Konchoide 10 aus Fig. 2 und auch insofern, als sie die Bahn des Führungsstiftes 21 mindestens mittelbar darstellt insofern, als selbstverständlich radiale Versetzung um einen konstanten als auch variablen - beispielsweise proportionalen - Betrag im Erfindungsgedanken eingeschlossen sind. Diese Kurve 31 wird in diesem Ausführungsbeispiel durch das Zusammenwirken mehrerer Zahnräder und Führungsarme bewirkt, wie nachstehend ausgeführt:In Fig. 6 is a two-loop curve (also called Pascal's screw) 31 with an outer loop 40 and an inner loop 41 and a crossing point 42 shown in dashed lines. This corresponds functionally to the Konchoide 10 off Fig. 2 and also insofar as it represents the path of the guide pin 21 at least indirectly insofar as of course radial offset by a constant as well as variable - for example, proportional - amount are included in the inventive concept. This curve 31 is in this embodiment by the interaction of several Gears and guide arms effect as follows:

Mit dem Zifferblatt 24 - oder der ihm entsprechenden Montageplattform - fest verbunden ist ein koaxial zum Stundenrohr 18 angeordnetes Zahnrad A mit Radius r(A). Das Stundenrohr 18 trägt einen mit ihm umlaufenden Arm 32, in welchem eine Achse 36 eines zweiten Zahnrades B mit Radius r(B) gelagert ist, wobei gilt r B = 2 r A

Figure imgb0001
With the dial 24 - or its corresponding mounting platform - is firmly connected to a coaxial with the hour tube 18 arranged gear A with radius r (A). The hour tube 18 carries an encircling arm 32, in which an axis 36 of a second gear B with radius r (B) is mounted, where r B = 2 r A
Figure imgb0001

Ferner sind diese Radien und der Kreuzungspunkt 42 der zwei Schleifen 40, 41 der Kurve 31 - dessen Abstand vom Zentrum des Stundenrohres mit d(31) bezeichnet ist - so verbunden, dass gilt r A + r B = d 31

Figure imgb0002
Furthermore, these radii and the crossing point 42 of the two loops 40, 41 of the curve 31 - whose distance from the center of the hour tube is denoted by d (31) - are connected so that r A + r B = d 31
Figure imgb0002

Der Arm 32 kann, wie auch aus Fig. 6 ersichtlich, ein in einer Ebene parallel zu jenen der Zahnräder flächenhaft ausgebildetes Bauelement sein. Er trägt hier, mit ihm fest verbunden, ein drittes Zahnrad C mit Radius r(C), welches mit einem vierten Zahnrad D1 mit Radius r(D1) kämmt, das von einer Achse 33 getragen wird. Diese ist in einem zweiten Arm 34 gelagert. Der zweite Arm 34 sitzt fest auf der Achse 36 des zweiten Zahnrades B und läuft daher mit diesem um. Die Achse 33 des vierten Zahnrades D1 trägt - ebenfalls mit ihr fest verbunden - ein fünftes Zahnrad D2 mit Radius r(D2), welches mit einem sechsten Zahnrad E mit Radius r(E) kämmt. Dieses sechste Zahnrad E ist auf einer Achse 35 gelagert, welche am zweiten Arm 34 in einem Abstand d(E) von der Achse 36 befestigt ist und parallel zu allen bisher genannten Achsen verläuft. Das sechste Zahnrad E trägt in einem Abstand d(F) von der Achse 35 den parallel zu den Achsen 33, 36 verlaufenden Führungsstift 21.The arm 32 can, as well as off Fig. 6 can be seen, in a plane parallel to those of the gears areal trained component. He wears here, firmly connected to him, a third gear C with radius r (C), which meshes with a fourth gear D1 with radius r (D1), which is supported by an axis 33. This is mounted in a second arm 34. The second arm 34 is firmly seated on the axis 36 of the second gear B and therefore rotates with this. The axis 33 of the fourth gear D1 carries - also firmly connected to it - a fifth gear D2 with radius r (D2), which meshes with a sixth gear E with radius r (E). This sixth gear E is mounted on an axle 35 which is fixed to the second arm 34 at a distance d (E) from the axle 36 and runs parallel to all previously mentioned axes. The sixth gear E carries at a distance d (F) from the axis 35 the parallel to the axes 33, 36 extending guide pin 21st

Für die weiteren genannten Radien und Abstände gelten folgende Beziehungen: r D 1 = ½ r C

Figure imgb0003
r E = r D 2
Figure imgb0004
d E = d F
Figure imgb0005
For the other radii and distances mentioned, the following relationships apply: r D 1 = ½ r C
Figure imgb0003
r e = r D 2
Figure imgb0004
d e = d F
Figure imgb0005

Während der Kreuzungspunkt 42 der zwei Schleifen 40, 41 durch G1. (2) festgelegt ist, definieren erst die Gl. (3), (4), (5) und (6) die beiden Schleifen 40, 41 selbst: d 40 - d 41 = 4 d E

Figure imgb0006
During the crossing point 42 of the two loops 40, 41 through G1. (2) is fixed, only the Eqs. (3), (4), (5) and (6) the two loops 40, 41 themselves: d 40 - d 41 = 4 d e
Figure imgb0006

Die Wahl von r(C) ist nicht von r(A) abhängig, sondern rein opportunistisch durch den verfügbaren Platz gegeben, mit der Einschränkung, dass - falls dem Stundenrohr 18 äussere der Radius r(18) zugewiesen ist - r C < r A + r B - r 18

Figure imgb0007
The choice of r (C) is not dependent on r (A), but purely opportunistically given by the available space, with the restriction that if the hour tube 18 is assigned the outer radius r (18) r C < r A + r B - r 18
Figure imgb0007

Nicht dargestellt in den Fig. 5, 6 sind die Scheibe 11 und der äussere und innere Teil 13, 14 des Stundenzeigers 5. Alle diese Elemente können angeordnet sein, wie im ersten Ausführungsbeispiel dargestellt.Not shown in the Fig. 5, 6 are the disc 11 and the outer and inner part 13, 14 of the hour hand 5. All these elements can be arranged as shown in the first embodiment.

Als Variante hierzu kann das eigentliche Zifferblatt 24 mindestens teilweise durchsichtig ausgeführt sein und so angeordnet sein, dass die Minuten- und Sekundenzeiger 1, 2 darüber laufen, die Stundenanzeige jedoch darunter. Anstelle des Führungsstiftes 21 trägt das Zahnrad E dann eine durch ihre Helligkeit oder Farbe besonders hervorgehobene Markierung - beispielsweise ein rundes Scheibchen - welche auf der zweischleifigen Kurve 31 umläuft. Dieses Scheibchen ersetzt dann die Spitze des Stundenzeigers 5. Letztere sowohl als auch das genannte Scheibchen sind dann Anzeigeelemente.As a variant to this, the actual dial 24 may be at least partially transparent and arranged so that the minute and second hands 1, 2 run over it, but the hour display below. Instead of the guide pin 21, the gear E then carries a particularly highlighted by its brightness or color mark - for example, a round disk - which rotates on the double-edged curve 31. This disk then replaces the top of the hour hand 5. The latter as well as the said disk are then display elements.

Für den Getriebefachmann sind selbstverständlich andere Anordnungen von Zahnrädern und gegebenenfalls diese tragenden Armen realisierbar und im Erfindungsgedanken enthalten, die die Aufgabe erfüllen, mit einem Führungsstift 21 oder einem ihm entsprechenden Bauelement die gewünschte Konchoide als Bahn des Anzeigeelementes zu erzeugen.For the gearbox specialist, of course, other arrangements of gears and possibly these supporting arms feasible and included in the concept of the invention, which fulfill the task to produce the desired Konchoide as a path of the display element with a guide pin 21 or a corresponding component.

Claims (12)

  1. A clock, with a mechanical, electrical or electronic motor, with an analog and unambiguous 24-hour display, with at least one indicating element for the hours, which is driven by an hour tube (18), characterised in that
    - the indicating element (5) for the hours moves around a two-loop closed curve (7, 31), called a conchoid or Pascal snail, each point of which is touched by the indicating element (5) exactly once in 24 hours, wherein the said curve (7, 31) has an outer loop (8, 40) and an inner loop (9,41) with a crossing point (42) of the two loops (8, 40; 9, 41),
    - means are present to guide the indicating element (5) along the said two-loop curve (7, 31),
    - the angular position of the indicating element (5) with regard to the zero time points at at 12.00 h and 24.00 h is the same as in known clocks.
  2. A clock according to Claim 1, characterised in that
    - the means by which the indicating element is guided along the said two loop curve (7, 31) comprise the following elements,
    - a groove, at least indirectly connected to the dial (24), which is also formed as a two-loop closed curve in the shape of a conchoid (10),
    - a guiding element (12, 17), which can move along the length of the said conchoid (10) and carries a guide pin (21),
    - an element (11, 14) firmly fixed to the hour tube (18), which moves the guiding element (12, 17) in the conchoid (10) at least indirectly,
    - an indicating element (13), which is moved in a radial direction by the guide pin (21), and in the azimuthal direction by the element (11, 14) rigidly fixed to the hour tube (18).
  3. A clock according to Claim 2, characterised in that
    - a variable length hour hand (5) is present with an inner part (14) and an outer part (13), wherein the inner part (14) can be connected to the element that is rigidly fixed to the hour tube (18),
    - the outer part (13) of the hour hand (5) can be displaced in a radial direction relative to the inner part (14) and is moved by said inner part in an azimuthal direction,
    - the radial movement of the outer part (13) of the hour hand (5) is caused by the guide pin (21), which is at least indirectly in engagement with the said outer part (13),
    - the indicating element is the tip of the outer part (13) of the hour hand (5).
  4. A clock according to Claim 3, characterised in that the guiding element, which carries the guide pin (21), is a sickle-shaped sliding element (12), which can move azimuthally with radial play in the groove-shaped conchoid (10), wherein the outer radius of curvature of the sickle-shaped sliding element (12) is smaller than the smallest radius of curvature of the outer surface of the groove-shaped conchoid (10) and the inner radius of curvature of the sickle-shaped sliding element (12) is greater than the greatest radius of curvature of the inner surface of the groove-shaped conchoid (10).
  5. A clock according to Claim 3, characterised in that
    - the guiding element, which carries the guide pin (21), is a guiding element (17) with at least three wheels (26, 27, 28) with parallel axles perpendicular to the plane of the dial (24), with two arms (29), and in addition a carrying member (25) is present, in which the three said wheels (26, 27, 28) are mounted, wherein each of the two arms (29) carries one wheel (26, 28), and the third wheel (27) is mounted between the two wheels (27, 28) in the carrying member (25),
    - the wheels (26, 27, 28) are arranged behind one another in the direction of the track of the conchoid (10), in such a manner that the outer wheels (27, 28) can touch the inner surface of the conchoid (10) and the central wheel (26) can touch the outer surface of the conchoid (10),
    - the aforesmentioned three wheels are further arranged so that sufficient radial play is present both at the position in the conchoid (10) with the greatest radius of curvature, and also at that with the smallest, so as to facilitate unconstrained azimuthal movement of the guiding element (17),
    - the guide pin (21) is arranged in the region of the central wheel (26).
  6. A clock according to Claim 5, characterised in that at least one of the arms (29) between the central wheel (26) and the outer wheels (27, 28) is constructed as a flexion spring (30) working in a radial direction.
  7. A clock according to Claim 1, characterised in that the means for guiding the indicating element on the said two-loop curve (7, 31) comprise gear wheels and arms to carry them where appropriate.
  8. A clock according to Claim 7, characterised in that
    - the means for guiding the indicating element on the said two-loop curve (7, 31), comprise the following elements,
    - a first gear wheel (A), with radius r(A), which is arranged concentrically with the hour tube (18) with radius r(18) and rigidly connected at least indirectly to the dial (24),
    - a first arm (32) rigidly connected to the hour tube (18) and extending radially outwards, in which a first axle (36) of a second gear wheel (B) with radius r(B) is rotatably mounted,
    - the second gear wheel (B) lies in the same plane as the first gear wheel (A) and meshes with it,
    - a third gear wheel (C) with radius r(C) is present and arranged concentrically with the second gear wheel (B) and is rigidly connected to the first arm (32),
    - a second arm (34) is present and also fastened on the same axle (36) as the second gear wheel (B),
    - a fourth gear wheel with radius r(D1) is present, which lies in the same plane as the third gear wheel (C) and meshes with it,
    - the fourth gear wheel (D1) is fastened on an axle (33) extending parallel to the axle (36) of the second gear wheel (B), which is mounted rotatably in the second arm (34),
    - the second arm (34) carries an axle (35) at a distance d(E) from the axle (36), to which it is fastened, and extending parallel thereto,
    - a fifth gear wheel (E) is present, which can rotate about the last named axle (35) and which carries the guide pin (21) at a distance d(F) from said axle and arranged parallel thereto,
    - a sixth gear wheel (D2) with radius r(D2) is present, which is arranged in the same plane as the fifth gear wheel (E) and meshes with it, wherein the sixth gear wheel (D2) is fastened on the same axle (33) as the fourth gear wheel (D1), coaxial with it,
    - the following relationships apply to the radii r(A), r(B), r(c), r(D1), r(D2): r B = 2 r A
    Figure imgb0015
    r C = 2 r D 1
    Figure imgb0016
    r E = r D 2 .
    Figure imgb0017
  9. A clock according to Claim 8, characterised in that
    - the crossing point (42) of the two loops (40, 41) of the two-loop curve (31) is at a distance d(31) from the centre of the hour tube (18), wherein r A + r B = d 31
    Figure imgb0018

    applies,
    - the greatest radial distance of each of the two loops (40, 41) of the two loop curve (31) amounts to d(40) or d(41) respectively and is related to the distances d(E) and d(F) in accordance with the following equations: d E = d F
    Figure imgb0019
    d 40 - d 41 = 4 d E ,
    Figure imgb0020
    - the hour tube (18) has an outer radius r(18), which together with r(A), r(B), and r(C) defines the constraint that r C < r A + r B - r 18 .
    Figure imgb0021
  10. A clock according to Claim 3 and Claim 7, characterised in that
    - the element rigidly connected to the hour tube (18) is a disc (11) arranged concentrically thereto,
    - a variable length hour hand (5) is present with an inner part (14) and an outer part (13), wherein the inner part (14) can be connected to the disc (11),
    - the outer part (13) of the hour hand (5) can be displaced in relation to the inner part (14) in a radial direction,
    - the radial movement of the outer part (13) of the hour hand (5) is caused by the guide pin (21), which is, at least indirectly, in engagement with the said outer part (13),
    - the indicating element is the tip of the outer part (13) of the hour hand (5),
    - the disc (11) is designed such that it can cover the components for the guidance of the indicating element (5) lying beneath it.
  11. A clock according to Claim 10, characterised in that the disc (11) has a radially extending slot for the guide pin (21).
  12. A clock according to Claim 9, characterised in that
    - instead of the the guide pin (21), the indicating element is a marker applied to the gear wheel (E),
    - the two-loop curve (31) that describes the track of the guide pin (21) is as large as the two-loop closed curve (7) of the path of the indicating element.
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