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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7394725 | Clock for children A method and device for representing the passage of time, in which a day is divided into long time periods and short time periods; the large time periods are indicated using a graphic representation and the small time periods are represented by coloring at least a p... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7347619 | Watch assembly having a dial integrally formed in the watch-glass A watch assembly includes a case, a movement provided at an inner side of the case, hands coupled to the movement for indicating hours, minutes, and seconds, and a watch-glass provided at the case, the watch-glass having a dial so that the hands indicate a character... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7274375 | Timekeeping system and method for graphically tracking and representing activities A timekeeping system and method is provided for enabling users to graphically represent one or more activities, as well as the time that has been allocated to each. A graphical display uniquely identifies activities or events based on different visual indicators (e.... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7221624 | Time display system, method and device A time display device (“TDD”)—equally adaptable to watches, clocks, computers, phones, and vehicles—indicates the current hour of the day by displaying a color that refers an observer to the disclosed color-to-hour matrix, thereby eliminating the traditional... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7173883 | Analogue chronograph comprising a digital display Disclosed is an analogue chronograph comprising a digital display. The digital display contains an hour and/or minute indicator using numbers. The latter are arranged on individual circular tracks and under a viewing window, form the hour and/or minute indicator in ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7079452 | Time display system, method and device A time display device (“TDD”)—equally adaptable to watches, clocks, computers, phones, and vehicles—indicates the current hour of the day by displaying a color that refers an observer to the disclosed color-to-hour matrix, thereby eliminating the traditional... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075860 | Mechanical hour and minute display device This hour and minute display device comprises four disks, two for displaying, respectively, the tens and units of hours, two for displaying, respectively, the tens and units of minutes, each disk being fixedly connected to a toothed wheel linked to a jumper, said to... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7061833 | Clocks with unique time displays which are interpreted by the use of traditional clock interpretation means Apparatus for the display of time with a distinctive aesthetic character that includes clear, rigid rotating indicator rings (22) and (24) which are externally driven by a clockwork (30). The clockwork (30) rotates drive wheels (26... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7023762 | Date display assembly for an analog timepiece A date display assembly for a timepiece, wherein the timepiece comprises a casing, an hour wheel that is rotationally engaged with a meshing wheel, and a display window for displaying a date, the date display assembly comprising an outer date ring having a plurality... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6813222 | Watch with relative reading A watch comprising a motor driving in rotation a first rotary hour indicator at a period of 1/N revolution per day, and a second rotary minute indicator driven by a concentric axis. The invention is characterized in that the minute indicator (13, 23) is drive... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6754139 | Animated timepiece A timepiece includes a plurality of coaxially mounted disks which are driven with different periods, at least some of the disks having a time indicator area which is visible through one or more transmissive areas on one or more disks which lie over it. In a preferre... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6683821 | Day and night depicting clock device A day and night depicting clock device for demonstrating daytime and nighttime on a clock. The device includes a clock having a clock face wall and an hour drive shaft rotating once every twelve hours. A first disk is mounted on the hour drive shaft for r... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6430112 | Watch character panel and watch From various traditional medical teachings, it is known that humans have a life rhythm which depends upon the time. As one example, there are the traditional Indian medical teachings of the "Ayurveda". In the present invention, in order to display which t... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6229768 | Trick action type clock A trick action type clock, wherein a dial plate which is arranged in front of ornaments is made of left and right side dial plates mating along a line passing through a center of rotation of the hands. A planetary gear mechanism actuates the left and righ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5943300 | Timepiece having disks of graduated design density A timepiece that uses disks having sharp zones of contrast of visual design density to indicate time intervals when the sharp zone of contrast is aligned with time interval indicator markings or traditional time indicator positions on a non-rotatable fram... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5878003 | Mystery clock A clock, called a "mystery" clock because of its almost totally transparent nature, comprising a transparent dial bearing reference markers (11), a minute indicator, transparent except in the area of a reading pointer (28') and an hour indicator, also tra... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5751663 | Timepiece having disks of graduated design density A timepiece that uses disks having sharp zones of contrast of visual design density to indicate time intervals when the sharp zone of contrast is aligned with time interval indicator markings or traditional time indicator positions on a non-rotatable fram... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5694378 | Time display apparatus The invention relates to a time display apparatus consisting of at least two partly transparent discs (A, B, C) which are arranged concentrically and axially displaced with respect to one another, with each of the discs (A, B, C) being rotationally driven... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5638341 | Watch character panel and watch From various traditional medical teachings, it is known that humans have a life rhythm which depends upon the time. As one example, there are the traditional Indian medical teachings of the "Ayurveda". In the present invention, in order to display which t... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5586089 | Rotational moire timepiece A timepiece having a plurality of plates (12, 14, 16) in place of the standard hour, minute and second's hands, printed with patterns of open and opaque areas (52). As these plates rotate, novel and stimulating visual effects in the form of multiple moire... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5475373 | Power conserving electronic parking meter A power conserving electronic parking meter system for receiving at least one type of payment element. The electronic parking meter has: a power source; a processor connected to the power source, the processor having at least an operational mode and a sta... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5359578 | Timepiece for geometrically synchronized time indications A clock display mechanism including circular discs or rings which rotate within a fixed circular plane or ring to indicate minutes and hours by providing that one rotating indicator disc or ring acts as a geometrical link between the indication of minutes... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5349572 | Clock dial A clock dial having a minute face, an hour face with a smaller diameter than the minute face, and a minute hand rotatable relative to the minute face. The minute face has a central axis for rotating the minute hand. The hour face is geared relative to the... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5284108 | Display device for a vehicle An object of the present invention is to provide a display device for a vehicle which assures that visual recognizability can be improved by using a circular disc-shaped pointer while the pointer and characters, calibrations or the like on a dial overlap ... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5134595 | Easily read rotary timepiece A timepiece made up of a rotating hour plate and a rotating minute plate, a portion of the minute plate showing through a window formed through a fixed plate separating the two plates. Time of day is indicated by hour indicia on the hour plate adjacent th... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5103434 | Single-handed analog timepiece An all analog timepiece having a face with a center-point and a periphery and a single distinguishable time indicating hand rotatably mounted to the face at a periphery point. The single hand rotates about the periphery point at a first rate while the fac... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5088440 | Indicator for an indicating device An indicating mechanism is described. The mechanism is ideally suited for the indication of time but is also applicable to other indicating functions where changing information must be displayed. The mechanism is composed of a flexible belt bearing indici... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5044961 | Child activity timer A timer for teaching young children the concept of time is described. The timer includes a timing mechanism contained within a housing having a timer dial and activity selector. The timer dial permits selection of a duration of predetermined length and in... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5014251 | Device producing stopping of a movable element in a determined position and a timepiece having a counting indicator of a finite duration The motor driving a minute-indicator in a down counting operation which must count a finite duration is stopped when the terminal post of its control circuit is connected to "earth" potential by an electric line. A seconds-hand, rotating in synchronism wi... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4995021 | Time measuring device and method for using the same An improved clock display consists of a disc hour hand with the indicator being the minute hand which is located at a position remote for the axis of the dial. The minute hand rotates on the hour disk. Time is determined by the relative position of the mi... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4984223 | Analog style electronic watch An analog style electronic watch employing an IC controlled electromagnetic system for driving concentrically mounted second, minute and hour ring indicators. Each ring has a plurality of equidistantly spaced permanent magnetic elements which enable the r... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4956828 | Wall clock An clock has separate rotary dials and separate stationary hands for indicating separate units of time. The dials are rotated at speeds representative of different units of time, such as seconds, minutes and hours, while the hands are maintained stationar... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4945522 | Time indicator for a clock or watch A time indicator for a clock or watch that has a watch plate and at least two time-indicating elements that are at least partially superimposed over one another and are driven by centrally and coaxially disposed drive elements. The time-indicating element... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4939708 | Timepiece of the analog type Timepiece of the analog type, in which the hour hands are replaced by two coaxial disks which are split radially and bent helically and which are arranged in such a way that each passes between the leading edge and the trailing edge of the other in the di... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4740934 | Timepiece enabling the hours of one half of a day to be differentiated from those of the other half of the day The timepiece comprises a movement (1) that rotatably drives at least an hours-hand before a dial (5). The dial (5) is formed with at least one display aperture (g1). Signs (s1, s2), which respectively represents the numbers of the hours shown by the hour... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4737941 | Watch with hand in form of circular film and provided with electrostatic shielding device A wrist watch with hour and minute hands in the form of rotatable circular films, having an electrostatic shielding device which grounds a glass of the watch through a back cover of the watch, to eliminate static electricity produced in the glass. Also, b... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4687341 | Timer A timer advantageously in the form of a wristwatch and is combined with the time indicating function of the watch. The timer comprises a setting device enabling an accumulator to be loaded through the medium of a position transducer. The movement of the s... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4605311 | Electronic watch having a stepping motor The rotor of a stepping motor which rotates quickly by 180° after the elapse of every second is provided with an ornamental disc at the end of the rotor spindle that is directed toward the timepiece's face. The disc may be disposed above the face, where ... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4472068 | Watch movement with a rotating minute disc Movement for a wrist watch, having at least one rotatable minute disc, a drive connection between the toothed disc edge and a drive pinion, being reliably and positively maintained in that the disc is mounted with clearance and capable of tilting, in that... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4461580 | Watch, the back cover of which constitutes a plate The back cover (51) of the watch case carries a middle-bezel and forms a plate. At its center there are superimposed and concentrically pivoted, respectively, a ratchet crown-wheel (1.6) inside which a mainspring is housed, driving a core (1.3) fast with ... | 07/24/1984 |
