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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7280439 | Sunlight simulating microprocessor alarm clock The present invention relates to an improved countermeasure for circadian and sleep disruption as caused by a traditional alarm clock. It incorporates a lighting system at the alarm clock that, prior to the preset waking time, will emit a light that gradually increa... | 10/09/2007 |
| 6987710 | Alarm clock with dial illumination An alarm clock of the analog type with hands for indicating the time includes a battery, a housing, a dial with time indicia disposed in the housing and an illumination module disposed adjacently to the dial. The illumination module has one or more recesses defined ... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6349075 | Electron equipment A small electronic equipment with a vibration alarm has, as a drive source, a flat stator type bipolar stepping motor, which has a rotor having high durability, can be assembled easily, requires low power consumption, is started constantly stably, and can... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6236622 | Lamp and alarm clock with gradually increasing light or sounds A lighting fixture having a lamp and alarm clock with a wake-up cycle and sleep cycle with gradually increasing and decreasing light and sounds. The lighting fixture includes at least one lamp for emitting light in the wake-up cycle and in the sleep cycle... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6163507 | Remotely activated alarm clock system A remotely activated snooze control circuit for enabling a snooze alarm from a position remote from the snooze control circuit. The remotely activated snooze control circuit includes a remote control unit including an infrared signal generator and a trans... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6057769 | Intelligent alarm system with snow sensor The intelligent alarm system of the present invention provides a reliable, low cost system for alerting a user to the presence of snow outside of a building. The system includes a sensor and an intelligent alarm clock for use inside a building or dwelling... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5539627 | Tree stand locating device A tree stand locating device including a first housing unit that has a front face, a rear face, and a pair of side panels. The first housing unit has an alarm clock mechanism with a clock body. The side panels of the first housing unit each have a pile-ty... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5469346 | Time settable flashing light A device which can be set to start a light flashing unattended at a predetermined time. The device includes a light and a battery, together with a small electronic clock. The clock has a display for displaying a time, a memory for holding a settable alarm... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5327331 | Arising aid A method of reducing the resistance of a sleeping mammal to arising at a preselected wake up time by exposing the mammal to at least one source of artificial light for a period of exposure of at least about 0.5 hour and no longer than about 8 hours before... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5243568 | Bioclock An electronic circuit, which, when inserted into a clock/radio, utilizes the time-setting mechanism and the audio system of the clock/radio, and which, in conjunction with a light sensor, causes both light and sound to start at low intensity and increase ... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5212672 | Timing control apparatus A timing control apparatus for selectively actuating at least one remote device, such as a variable intensity lamp, an audio device or an aroma generator at a selected future time, by generating a plurality of clock pulses of a known time duration at the ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5079682 | Arising aid A method of reducing the resistance of a sleeping mammal to arising at a preselected wake up time by exposing the mammal to at least one source of artificial light for a period of exposure of at least about 0.5 hour and no longer than about 8 hours before... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5016229 | Electronically operated clock for hearing impaired persons An electronic circuit for energizing an electric lamp associated with an alarm clock. Alarm circuitry within the clock energizes an electronic flasher that delivers a control signal to a bidirectional switch means in an A.C. circuit containing the lamp. T... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5008865 | Light source with gradually changing intensity A device and method of awaking a sleeper includes an alarm clock coupled to a control circuit for controlling the power provided to a lamp. After the alarm clock wake-up signal is provided, the light intensity emitted by the lamp slowly, smoothly and grad... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4894813 | Alarm shut-off device, with a wake up signal delivering integrated circuit and a receiving and signal shaping network The invention is directed to an alarm shut-off device for an alarm clock or timer permitting a signal delivered by the clock to be interupted or to be cancelled in that the user of the clock approaches the clock or merely moves a part of his body, for exa... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4523856 | Electronic timepiece including an electro-acoustic transducer An electronic timepiece is provided with an alarm and means coupling a sounding unit to a circuit generating a sonic signal. The first electrode (6) of the sounding unit (5) is mechanically and electrically fixed to a metallized decoration (4) set under t... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4388000 | Electronic apparatus having a musical alarm function and a display An electronic apparatus having a musical alarm function and a display, which produced a musical sound when an alarm time is reached while also concurrently performing score display of the musical notes of the produced musical sound on a printed five-line ... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4373822 | Clock with selective visual alarm indicators A novelty alarm clock that incorporates an illumination system that selectively lights portions of the clock face, at least a portion of the illumination system being governed by the alarm-setting mechanism of the clock which can also include an aural ala... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4322830 | Electronic timepiece having an alarm unit An alarm device for electronic watches has a memory for storing data representing a specified date. When the user operates a switch on that day, the device sounds an alarm to tell the user the specified date has arrived.... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4196582 | Control device for an electronic watch A control device for controlling the display of an electronic watch capable of providing two different types of information. The control device enables selection of the information to be displayed and differentiation between the two types of display avail... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4078376 | Electronic watch having optical and audible readouts and alarm and stopwatch capabilities An electronic watch providing optical and audible readouts, controlled by a number of predetermined pulse trains, each pulse of which being produced by the user's tapping or otherwise impacting a small electroacoustic transducer, which also provides the a... | 03/14/1978 |
| 3943694 | Divers' fluid-tight watch comprising an electric circuit An arrangement for indicating elapsed time is disclosed that is particularly useful in marine timepieces, divers' wristwatches and the like. The arrangement utilizes a light-emitting member which, upon the lapsing of a predetermined time is energized to g... | 03/16/1976 |
