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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7229209 | Pendulum box for clock A pendulum box for a clock pendulum box includes a tumbler seat, a pendulum mover pivotally mounted on the tumbler seat, and a pendulum rod mounted on the pendulum mover and having a portion secured in the pendulum mover to move therewith. Thus, the pendulum rod is ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7128465 | Clock shaped like a musical instrument A clock is disclosed including a clock body, a clock drive mechanism mounted on the clock body, an hour hand and a minute hand driven by the clock drive mechanism, and a pendulum driven by the clock drive mechanism. The clock body has a front surface, a perimeter, a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6969260 | Technology explorer toy Involving mysterious gravity and mystical energy, an adjustable, instrumented, structural model, incorporating an object suspended from a frame in various ways with flexible line, freely swings, falls, bounces, and vibrates when manually disturbed. Through transfers... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6116775 | Clock assembly having magnetic ornaments A clock assembly having magnetic ornaments, including a power device, and a base. The power device includes a core having a time indication output and an induction coil at a lower portion thereof, and a swing lever pivotally connected to a rear side there... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6036358 | System and method for diagnosing mechanical clocks A system and method are provided for calculating the period of a mechanical clock while minimizing the effects of extraneous noise. The method of the invention senses three sounds from the clock and calculates the period of the clock based on those three ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5926443 | Pendulum device A pendulum device comprises a pendulum rod, a support member for rockably supporting the pendulum rod to permit the pendulum rod to swing freely within a normal swinging angle, and a locking mechanism mounted on the support member for relative movement be... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5886956 | Display for illusion of floating in the air When front and rear pendulum arms are swung together under the action of a clock movement, the front pendulum arm can swing behind an article supported on a pin because a slit formed in the front pendulum arm allows the front pendulum arm to pass by the a... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5822277 | Long period pendulum apparatus A pendulum stem (16) not more than 4 inches in length has one end portion swingably connected to a pivot arrangement (18) and a concentrated mass (22) slidably located on the other end portion. Permanent magnets (56,58) secured to the mass (22) move past ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5684761 | Swinging type power generator An improved swinging type generator for use in automatic wrist watches is disclosed. It contains: (a) a base with a center shaft hole, (b) a stator mounted on the base containing at least one layer of ring-shaped coil plate having at least one periodic-wa... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5638340 | Clock having magnetically-levitated pendulum An analog or digital clock having a ferromagnetic pendulum that is magnetically levitated under feeedback-control and that, alternatively, may be (1) driven at a forced oscillation frequency which is decoupled from and asynchronous with the clock's time c... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5442601 | Structure of a ultrathin clock A structure of an ultrathin clock comprises generally a roughly rectangular housing having partitioned into a first chamber on upper portion for disposing a clockwork mechanism and a dial, a second chamber on median portion for disposing a set of electric... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5402395 | Driving device for a rotary member A driving device has a stepping motor for reciprocatively rotationally driving a decorative rotary member. A memory circuit stores a data table on the basis on which the operation timing of the stepping motor is determined. A control circuit controls the ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5285429 | Sound-producing attachment for a clock pendulum A noise producing device that produces a tick-tock sound is provided for use on simulated pendulum clocks that otherwise produce no sound. The device is constructed of an elongated cage member having two extremities provided with hard abutment closures. T... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5278806 | Wristwatch A capacitor, which is charged up by induction currents generated in coils, is used as the current source of the wristwatch. To this end, a rotor, which can rotate about the center of the housing, is provided whose circumferential zone lies in an annular s... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5140565 | Cycloidal pendulum An isochronous pendulum for clocks. The oscillation of the pendulum causes a small compensating mass attached to the pendulum's primary mass to move in such a manner that the center of mass of the pendulum moves in the path of a cycloid.... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5007036 | Case clock with illuminated pendulum A light source is associated with the oscillating pendulum of a case clock to be energized during operation of the pendulum to achieve a striking ornamental effect as the light source moves with the oscillating pendulum.... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4939709 | Electronic visual display system for simulating the motion of a clock pendulum A visual device for simulating the motion of a clock pendulum consisting of a series of light emitting diodes having the property of emitting two distinct colors and electronic logic arranged to activate sequentially the series in one color in one directi... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4879701 | Memorialized case clocks Case clocks, especially of the so-called tall-case or grandfather type, equipped with at least one suspended elongated weight, preferably contained within a weight shell or casing, are provided with at least one narrow annular memorializing band surroundi... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4829495 | Pendulum device for clocks A pendulum rod is mounted so as to be able to swing within a desired or a normal swing angle. The means mounting the pendulum rod include means for restricting movement of the pendulum rod along the swinging axis relative to the support body when the pend... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4745590 | Anniversary clock with glass case A prismatic glass or transparent synthetic resin case for a clockwork on a base of an anniversary clock is provided on at least some of its planar facets with a decor whose resistance to peeling is ensured by the planarity of the facets to which the decor... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4723233 | Magnetically controlled arrhythmical pendulum device A display or other type device having intrinsic attention attracting properties and eye appeal is provided in the form of a pendulum type device arranged so the pendulum has an arrhythmic movement in time and/or in space and time. The pendulum may be devi... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4723232 | Pendulum indicator horological device A clock is provided with a pendulum suspended generally upwardly from the face of the clock and an electromagnet means is provided adjacent to the periphery of the face to catch and hold the pendulum bob momentarily to indicate at least one aspect of the ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4712925 | Pendulum type decorative and time indicating device A clock is provided with at least partially upwardly disposed time indicia and a pendulum is arranged to oscillate above the correct indicia to indicate current time. The clock may take any one of a number of embodiments, the common factor being the oscil... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4707144 | Table clock A table clock characterized in that a first pole member being electromagnetically driven is swingably supported at its middle portion by the back of a support body erecting one a base, the first pole member has at its lower end portion a bob and by the front s... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4707143 | Device for driving twist pendulums A device for driving multiple twist pendulums for a table clock is constructed such that the twist pendulums are arranged so as to operate independently of each other and are driven to rotate in directions opposite to each other. One twist pendulum is con... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4644246 | Electric power supply system for portable miniature size power consuming devices An electric power supply system for portable miniature size power consuming devices, comprising an AC generator, a rechargeable battery and a charging device to be fed from the AC generator and maintaining the battery charging level, the AC generator comp... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4613236 | Double pendulum clock A double pendulum clock swingingly hanging and supporting two different pendulums including a first pendulum rod swingingly pivoted on a clock body and connected to a first pendulum, a drive magnet attached to the first pendulum rod, a drive coil provided... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4600315 | Whole body swingable clock A whole body swingable clock which includes a clock body swingingly supported on the pendulum fulcrum, an additional pendulum contained in the clock body to swing the clock body by means of movement of gravity center position, said clock body containing a... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4544282 | Pendulum means The invention relates to a pendulum means with a symmetrical post carrying two fixed magnets, each of which faces a movable magnet. The two movable magnets are coupled together by a rocker, so that alternately one assumes the minimum distance and the othe... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4525078 | Electromagnetically-induced rocking clock An electromagnetically-induced rocking clock includes an adjustable combination rod fixed with a permanent magnet, two abrasion-resistant sockets formed on the combination rod and two supporting needles fixed with a rocking clock body having an induction ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4509865 | Electromagnetically-induced rocking clock An electromagnetically-induced rocking clock includes a pendulum-adjustment means having an adjustable weight pivotedly formed on a casing movably fixed on a pendulum so that the weight can be moved either rightward or leftward and the casing can be verti... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4468132 | Whole body swingable clock A whole body swingable clock wherein a clock body itself swings. This whole body swingable clock includes: a clock body swingably supported on a pendulum fulcrum and solidly secured thereto with a clock mechanism case housing therein a movement case; and ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4449831 | Pendulum arrangement for clock movement A pendulum arrangement for a clock movement in which such arrangement has a pendulum arm being mounted to swing freely at a pendulum arm supporting means which is installed on a clock movement housing, and said pendulum arm supporting means consists of a ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4422530 | Pendulum structure This invention is a pendulum structure that operates as near as possible as a perpetual motion machine to provide activity and entertainment to one using same. The pendulum structure includes: (1) a housing assembly; (2) a pendulum assembly mounted within... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4421421 | Kinetic clock sculpture A time keeping clock that includes a kinetic clock sculpture arrangement in which the clock comprises the usual minute and hour hands journalled for rotation in clockwise directions about a common axis, and a time keeping mechanism for driving said minute... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4421207 | Combination anti-friction bearing and force-generating mechanism A combination linear bearing and force-generating mechanism comprising an outer frame attached to a first set of cams and an inner shaft attached to a second set of cams. Flexible pendulums connect and wrap around the first and second set of cams, the fle... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4395137 | Synchronizing system for oscillating mechanism A method and apparatus for accurately controlling a timekeeping apparatus utilizing a relatively heavy free pendulum or other harmonic structure carrying a permanent magnet, and a powered harmonic structure carrying a ferromagnetic element. The magnet is ... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4378166 | Pendulum arrangement of pendulum clock In a pendulum arrangement of a pendulum clock having a pendulum arm hanging a pendulum disc on one end and being pivotally and swingingly supported at a supporting portion of a base plate, an electromagnet fixed to the base plate and a permanent magnet ar... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4228533 | Autonomous pendulum mechanism for clockworks An autonomously operating pendulum mechanism, adapted to be attached as a unit to a clockwork, comprises a supporting plate adapted to be attached to a clockwork casing in overlying spaced relationship to the front face of the casing. The supporting plate... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4139981 | Escapement mechanism for pendulum clocks A pendulum clock mechanism may have an escapement coupled to a conventional pendulum bob by means of an anchor arbor which is frictionally or slip coupled to an anchor having at least a pair of pallet pins symmetrically disposed thereon for engagement to ... | 02/20/1979 |
