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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7355927 | Date display for timepiece This date display for a timepiece, comprising two side by side indicator disks (1, 2), one (1) bearing the figures for the units, the other (2) those for the tens, the two side by side figures of the two respective disks (1, 2) appearing ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339855 | Timepiece A mechanical timepiece has an ornamental portion and a plurality of movable units operable to expose and hide the ornamental portion. Each of the movable units includes a divisional segment for exposing and hiding the ornamental portion by inward and outward movemen... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7126882 | Cuckoo clock having scissoring extension ARM and actuating mechanisms A cuckoo clock having a scissored extension arm is disclosed. The clock, using the arm, provides an attractive visual display with minimum displacement and shift of center of gravity. ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126881 | Customizable timepiece device The present invention relates to a timepiece device, and more particularly to a timepiece device having a customized dial. The timepiece device has a housing and a face plate attached to the housing. The face plate has a peripheral rim which has a plurality of inter... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6525997 | Efficient use of display real estate in a wrist watch display A wearable mobile computing device/appliance (e.g., a wrist watch) with a high resolution display that is capable of wirelessly accessing information from the network and a variety of other devices. The mobile computing device/appliance includes a user in... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6496449 | Analog controls housed with electronic displays for clocks A clock having a time display and including a pressure-sensitive variable-conductance sensor for creating a varying analog value according to varying depression applied by a finger of a human user to the analog sensor. Multiple analog sensors are sometime... | 12/17/2002 |
| 5687140 | Timepiece and its display switching mechanism A timepiece capable of selectively showing a before-noon display or an after-noon display. A cam (26) is driven by an hour wheel (10) and an intermediate wheel (12) to make one rotation a day in the counterclockwise direction. During before-noon hours, a ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5600836 | System and method for processing date-dependent information which spans one or two centuries The invention provides a system and method for processing date-dependent information in two-digit format where the dates are in one or two centuries. The system according to the invention includes time change interfaces that convert date data from local t... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5124959 | Hour chime clock An hour chime clock has an hour-indicating hand and a plurality of display units disposed circumferentially around the hour-indicating hand at different hour positions. The display units are displaceable between two positions to display either an ornament... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4993006 | Device for turning decoration for timepiece A timepiece having a housing and at least one decorative element mounted for rotation relative to the housing. The mounting comprises a rotary member supporting the decorative element and rotatably mounted on a shaft connected to the housing, a stationary... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4953149 | Two speed clock for daylight saving A two-speed battery powered quartz daylight saving clock operating for a first six months' period beginning on the shortest day of the year at two and one-half seconds per hour fast (fast time) and then being adjustable to operate for a second six months'... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4763311 | Double clock for daylight saving The application discloses two time clocks interconnected by a transmission, one clock is driven by a 60 cycle synchronous motor for standard time which drives the second clock at fast time for six months then slow time for six months.... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4725714 | Drip-type hot water feeder A drip-type hot water feeder of a coffee maker incudes an electric heater for heating and boiling water fed from a water reservoir, and a timer for controlling the time for supplying an electric current to the heater to regulate the hot-water supply to a ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4651147 | Device for setting a numeric display A device for setting a numeric display (11) comprises a continuously turnable potentiometer (12) by which the setting area can be repeatedly passed through by turning in the same direction. The potentiometer and the display are connected to a computer (10... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4158947 | Yacht timer There is provided in accordance with the invention a yacht timer and a means for converting a conventional sweep second watch or clock into a yacht timer, either of which will be found useful in both fun and highly competitive sailboat racing.... | 06/26/1979 |
| 3977179 | Display mechanism for timepieces A timepiece display mechanism having an indicator member on which are formed a series of indicating marks which overlap each other; some of the marks forming different indications are intermingled. The marks are viewed through an aperture which comprises ... | 08/31/1976 |
