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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322741 | Second hand reset device for a timepiece A setting device for a timepiece comprising a second-indicating element (1) and at least one other time-indicating element comprises a first manual control element (2) that can occupy a neutral position and a position for setting the other time-indicat... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7182737 | Apparatus and method for measuring jaw motion An apparatus for measuring jaw motion has a pair of fixed marker attached to both sides of face of patient, a pair of movable markers disposed to face the fixed marker in a spaced distance and to move in unison with the movement of the lower jaw of patient, four cam... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184370 | Waterproof pace clock Underwater pace clock allows competitive and recreational swimmers the benefit of being able to observe training times without having to stop to observe a pool area clock. This invention will be solar and/or battery operated with a reset mechanism allowing synchroni... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7130247 | Watch with fly back hand function and corresponding fly back hand mechanism A watch with an analog time display has at least one minute hand and one hour hand. This watch is moreover equipped with a fly back hand mechanism which has at least one minute fly back hand and/or hour fly back hand located coaxially to the hands of the normal time... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7092317 | Chronograph timepiece A chronograph timepiece has a movable crown, a start button operable to start and stop measurement of a time period in a chronograph mode using at least one chronograph hand, and a reset button operable to reset the chronograph hand to a zero position. A control cir... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7027358 | System for pressure ulcer prophylaxis and treatment A system for pressure ulcer prophylaxis and treatment includes an annunciator which is attached to the outer face of the door or to the doorway of a patient's room and a bedside patient position sequence indicator. The annunciator includes a timing device with setta... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6987712 | Analog chronograph timepiece having plural motors An analog chronograph timepiece has a main plate and a setting stem for correcting time information. Defined at the main plate are a reference vertical axis line passing through the rotational center of the main plate and disposed parallel to a central axis line of ... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6965543 | Radio controllable clock A radio controllable clock includes an analog display having a plurality of clock hands each fastened to a uniquely associated one of a plurality of clock hand shafts that each rotate about a common axis. The clock also includes a plurality of rotary gears each uniq... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6625089 | Setting structure of electronic timer A setting structure of electronic timer, its constitution includes a main body and a reveal able faceplate, a LED display is provided on the faceplate, a recess is provided on the main body there under, several keys are provided in the recess; setting pos... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6614726 | Stopwatch A stopwatch has a measuring section for measuring a primary physical quantity, a memory section for previously storing as a target value the value of the primary physical quantity at a point where a time is to be recorded, and recording sections for recor... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6545952 | Ordered multichronographic time sequences Ordered units and methods of multichronographic time sequences are provided which are operable to up count and down count such time sequences by using a single control element for each such type of count. These single control elements are manipulated in a... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6466518 | Time measurement device A time measurement device includes a first motor (1300) for indicating standard time, a second motor (1400) for indicating a chronograph, a generator (1600) which generates driving power for driving the first and second motors by converting mechanical ene... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6370087 | Time measurement device and time measurement method In a time measurement device (1000) having, at least, both a function of measuring standard time and a function of measuring any elapsed time, when a predetermined amount of time passes from a temporary suspension of a watch hand in position in the middle... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6357746 | Gaming chip with built-in timer A gaming chip with built-in timer includes a circular cylindrical body with an upper surface, a lower surface, and a continuous sidewall. Additionally, the gaming chip with built-in timer may have a diameter and a thickness that are approximately the same... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6351435 | Display having at least one hand, in particular for timepieces A display having at least one hand which can be driven by an electric drive, it being possible for the hand or the hands to execute rotations of more than 360° in a first direction, wherein it is provided that the hand or the hands (Z) can be rotated in ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6062985 | Golf flag stick play pacer A golf play pacing device that is contained in the flag stick itself. The device includes an orientation sensing switch in the flag stick that is activated when the stick moves through an arc of approximately 45°, and reactivated when the stick is return... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5784342 | Timepiece and, in particular, a wrist watch The control mechanism for displaying hours and minutes includes a tilting member (15) biasing against, under the effect of a return spring and via a pawl (18), a spirally shaped cam (12) located at the center of the movement, and which makes a full rotati... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5751664 | Hand rotating mechanism for electronic watch In an electronic watch, a hand wheel gear 109b in a gear train has a tooth 124 having a profile K so as to prevent the backward movement of a hand 104. During initialization, the gear train is rotated backward such that the hand 104 is turned to the backw... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5255248 | Time line watch A watch is disclosed herein having a case mounting a time-keeping mechanism with hour and minute hands movable across the face of a numbered dial. A time line hand is included, settable by pushbutton to a start position superimposed with the position of t... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5224077 | Stopwatch precision enhancement device Stopwatch precision enhancement device. The device includes an attachment means, a fluid-actuated, spring-return plunger mechanism, a fluid-filled, flexible, hose, and a thumb plunger mechanism mounted onto a two finger ring. The device facilitates ipsila... | 06/29/1993 |
| 4588305 | Electronic chronograph watch having analog and digital display of measured time periods A motor actuates a wheel train which drives center hour and minute hands as in an ordinary analog-display watch. Another motor actuates a chronograph train which drives a chronograph sweep seconds-hand, a minute-register hand, and an hour-register hand of... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4486847 | Watch provided with a microcomputer A microcomputer used in the multi-function watch comprises, in addition to its conventional circuits such as the program memory 1, the data memory 7 and the arithmetic and logic unit 6, a counter 13 with a counting capacity of 100. The counter can be set ... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4389122 | Clock with electric oscillator-controlled motor The clock comprises an electronic part including a quartz oscillator controlling a motor. The motor drives, through a wheelwork, both continually running hands and stoppable hands. By means of a manually operated actuator, the stoppable hands can be opera... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4259737 | Electronic watch An electronic timepiece with analog display by seconds, minutes, and hours hands driven by a bidirectional stepping motor, in which the seconds hand can be used to display information different from the seconds count, the time displayed by the minutes and... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4201041 | Digital electronic timepiece having a time correcting means A digital electronic timepiece comprises oscillator means for generating reference clock-pulse signals, a plurality of counter means of successive stages for successively counting the reference clock-pulse signals and respectively producing output signals... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4122663 | Stop watch and timing device There is disclosed herein a stop watch and timing device which includes a dial train, escapement, time train, mainspring and barrel, and stop, start and reset means of novel design. The device is readily adapted for construction using inexpensive molded p... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4110966 | Electronic timepiece with stop watch An electronic timepiece comprises a first time counting circuit including a time counter and adapted to count reference clock signals of an oscillator as time data at all times, and a time interval counting circuit provided independently of the time count... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4089156 | Stop watch device A stop watch device has a time-counting circuit which is caused to count time by clock pulses from an oscillator and the count value of which is displayed on the display section. The time-counting circuit starts counting time in response to a time-count s... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4075829 | Self-contained miniature timer The specification discloses a timer including a housing having a display aperture in the front surface thereof. A light emitting diode display is mounted within the display aperture for displaying multiple digits. A U-shaped bracket pivotally connects to ... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4058971 | Digital wristwatch and stopwatch A resettable interval timer in combination with, but functioning independently from a digital watch which provides horological information. The watch operates in two modes; the first mode displaying horological information on the display devices and the s... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4051666 | Electronic timepiece hand-adjustment mechanism A hand-return mechanism for an electronic timepiece wherein at least one hand is advanced to a predetermined position is provided. The timepiece includes a display hand mechanically coupled to a positionable gear, the rotational position of the gear deter... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4050234 | Electronic timepiece hand-return mechanism A hand-return mechanism for an electronic timepiece wherein at least one hand is returned to a predetermined position and the motor rotating same is correspondingly adjusted. The timepiece includes a display hand mechanically coupled to a positionable gea... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4023345 | Electronic timepiece A digital display electronic stop-watch control circuit for facilitating the control of the start, stop, lap and reset functions in an electronic stop-watch is provided. The control circuit is provided for use in an electronic timepiece having counter cir... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3992871 | Chronograph wristwatch An electronic timepiece having a single digital display and being suitable to operate as a standard timekeeping wristwatch or in the alternative as a chronograph. Separate divider circuits are provided for performing the timekeeping and chronograph functi... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3980868 | Digital yacht racing timing system A digital time indication system for displaying the time to the next racing signal of a yacht race. A quartz crystal oscillator provides time reference signals to a frequency divider chain. The divider chain counts down and provides digital signals repres... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3962861 | Apparatus for determining and lastingly showing the time at which an event occurs A device for determining and temporarily recording the time of occurrence an event in which a time-counter is connected to a memory and to a time-indicator. The time-indicator, time-counter and memory are connected through activator means such that when ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3934400 | Electronic timepiece A chronographic electronic timepiece adapted to display elapsed time wherein the time displayed is rounded off to the nearest half period is provided. Chronographic divider stages adapted to apply signals representative of elapsed time to associated displ... | 01/27/1976 |