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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7278782 | Analog electronic clock having reset current conductive structure To provide a reset current conductive path between a reset lever and an overhang of a printed circuit board without using a conductive part such as a metal pin and without bending a distal end portion of the reset lever. When a movement is assembled, an overhang pat... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7187625 | Shofar timekeeping apparatus and method Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for audibly playing through a speaker (12) of a timekeeping apparatus (1) comprising a visual replica of a shofar (11), at least one shofar call sound (14) in response to a timing device (17 | 03/06/2007 |
| 7099704 | Music player applicable to portable telephone terminal A music playback device applicable to a portable telephone terminal device uses a sequence data FIFO memory and a waveform data FIFO memory both having limited storage capacities. A system CPU performs successive transfer of sequence data and waveform data in respon... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6819635 | Portable clock with chime signal A portable alarm clock is provided. The alarm clock comprises a base receptacle sized and shaped for portability. A striking plate is secured and receivable within the base receptacle with a striking mechanism secured to the striking plate. A chime plate is secured ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6750388 | Transportable bell arrangement A method of generating music using a plurality of bells (312, 314) is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of mounting said plurality of bells (312, 314), in playable dispositions, on a mobile platform (302), transporting the mobile platfor... | 06/15/2004 |
| 5959527 | Time triggered chime A chime activated by a clock to sound a pleasing sound every hour, by attaching a clock to an electrical controller that operates a striker mechanism. The striker mechanism, comprising a striker ball that strikes the chime elements when rotated provides a... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5864519 | Music box timepiece A music box timepiece A having a clock body 10 with a disc music box instrument 20 to which a music box disc 1 is fitted, characterized in that a space 11 in which a spare music box disc 1' can be housed is formed within the clock body, and when the spare... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5506819 | Ornamental clock with sound-producing means An ornamental clock capable of producing motion and sounds including a vehicle frame having a base installed at its bottom. A clock slot is provided at an appropriate position of the vehicle frame for receiving a clock actuated by a clock movement. The or... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5471006 | Electronic carillon system and sequencer module therefor An electronic carillon system comprising a sequencer module (10) programmed for receiving, storing and outputting timing data and sequence data representing a prescribed number of distinct bell strikes, a tone generator (12) for generating, in accordance ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5452270 | Melody alarm timepiece Melodies are changed over sequentially in accordance with hours at each of which an alarm melody is to be played as a time signal so that predetermined melodies are always played at predetermined hours, respectively. In addition, even if the hours and the... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5438154 | Holiday action and musical display A holiday action and musical display (10) comprising a plurality of separate display units (40, 42, 44, 46) electrically connected to a central control unit (12). Each display unit contains a figurine (147) resembling a character representation which is c... | 08/01/1995 |
| 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 |
| 4965779 | Multi-functional electronic timepiece A multi-functional electronic timepiece has a melody function to play a musical piece and musical hand operation function to operate hands in a normal or reverse rotating direction in match with the sound emission. A plurality of basic hand operation patt... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4896308 | Digital clock for giving acoustic time-indicating signals at predetermined moments A digital clock for giving acoustic time-indicating signals having an oscillator, a time integrated circuit driven by the oscillator, a first display element connected to the time integrated circuit to show hour and minute and, a second display element co... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4803673 | Striking mechanism clock with switchable lifting stud cylinder The invention relates to a striking mechanism clock including a clock movement and a mechanical strike mechanism. The mechanical striking mechanism includes a plurality of striking hammers which have contact levers, the hammers being positioned on a commo... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4712926 | Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece which produces a time tone based on a time code signal from a time code disk, comprising a control circuit for generating read-in signals in response to a start signal produced on the hour, memory circuit means for storing a time c... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4699518 | Musical scale generating circuit A musical scale generating circuit comprises an oscillator, a programmable frequency divider for frequency-dividing an output signal from the oscillator, a tone generating circuit for generating a tone, and a frequency dividing ratio data output circuit f... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4664532 | Assembly for fastening the clockwork and the gongblock of a clock in a housing In order to facilitate the insertion and adjustment of a clockwork and a gongblock in the housing of a clock, the gongblock and the clockwork mechanism are fixed on to a common mounting means which is fastened to the housing. The assembly and adjustment c... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4575832 | Device for timepiece electronically signalling a time by melody sounds and time striking sounds A time signalling device for a timepiece in which the time signalling sound can be obtained in the same signalling sound with the mechanical time signalling means in which the previously produced sound remains to mix with the next sound, and the time sign... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4551029 | Electronic timepiece with a sound generator A sound generator including a note generating circuit for outputting a sequence of note signals corresponding to audible notes, an acoustic transducer receiving said note signals and outputting audible notes, memory means for storing data characterizing a... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4526478 | Electronic sound generating circuit for generation bell toll An electronic sound generating circuit for an electronic device having standard signal generator including a first audio frequency signal generating circuit generating a first audio frequency signal, a second audio frequency signal generating circuit gene... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4508456 | Striking clock with device for disconnecting the striking mechanism In a striking clock having a striking mechanism, a release lever for releasing the striking mechanism to cause a striking of the clock, a barrel cam associated with the release lever for moving the release lever to release and retain the striking mechanis... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4488820 | Time signalling device for a timepiece which produces musical sounds A device for generating musical time signalling signals for a timepiece in which combination of the data in ROM installed in the time signalling sound selecting circuit and the controlling action of the time signalling control circuit can simplify the cir... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4488272 | Musical door chime preferably also combined with a clock for annunciating the time A musical door chime which includes a repertoire of musical tunes one of which is played when a door pushbutton, preferably the front door pushbutton, is actuated. The musical tune which is played may be selected by means of a keyboard connected to a micr... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4478525 | Musical envelope control device Disclosed is a musical envelope control device which is used in an electronic watch with a melody alarm function. The musical envelope control device comprises a memory which stores musical performance data representing pitches and durations of notes; an ... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4472065 | Time read-out device for electronic clocks A device for converting pulses generated by a 7-segment, 12-hour clock unit of a standard electronic timepiece into a sequence of nonoptical time-indicating signals. The device comprises binary counter means for counting minutes and groups of 5-minute mul... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4472069 | Minature electronic apparatus having alarm sound generating function A miniaturized electronic apparatus having an alarm sound generating function comprises an alarm sound data memory, in which alarm sound data for a plurality of different alarm sounds are memorized. Peculiar alarm sounds can be preset for each season or m... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4457631 | Attenuation-modulation circuit for generating electronic bell sounds for a timepiece An electronic bell sound generating circuit for a timepiece for generating a sound simulating a bell sound produced by a motor driven bell-striking system. The circuit includes an audio frequency signal generating circuit, an optional number of attenuatio... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4444514 | Device to permit reproducing or player pianos to serve as musical clocks An apparatus for adapting an electric player piano to play the hours, simulating the chimes of a clock, can be attached to the piano without alterations to the piano of a permanent nature. The apparatus includes a clock for actuating the piano on each hou... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443114 | Electronic timepiece with melody alarm faculties A melody function of an electronic timepiece is incorporated into a one or more LSI chip. A pseudo or dummy scale frequency signal generator responsive to timing signals is developed from a timekeeping divider chain. In one preferred form an audible alarm... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4421422 | Electronic timepiece with variable melody alarm faculties A melody function in an electronic timepiece is incorporated into one or more LSI chips, which comprise a pseudo or dummy scale frequency signal generator responsive to timing signals developing from a timekeeping divider chain. In one preferred form an a... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4408899 | Electronic clock striking mechanism Additional fields of application are provided for an electronic clock striking mechanism. In particular, a modular unit for a clock striking mechanism comprising an operating device, together with a clock circuit, and optionally a battery space, is built ... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4396297 | Device for stopping the striking of a clock at night A device for stopping the striking of a time-striking clock at night which includes a striking stop contact driven by a clock gear train through the agency of an associated intermittent gear train. The intermittent movement of the striking stop contact is... | 08/02/1983 |
| 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 |
| 4377345 | Alarm signaling circuit for timepiece An alarm signaling circuit for a timepiece including a volume control circuit having a variable volume controller which can be externally adjusted and a fixed volume setting means which determines a constant volume, a change over switch which selectively ... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4370069 | Electronic alarm timepiece An electronic timepiece has an alarm function using circuitry and an electroacoustic transducer to generate a selected melody. The frequencies of the generated tones lie close to those of the standard chromatic or diatonic scales, and are produced by divi... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4368989 | Electronic timepiece having a system for audible generation of a melody In an electronic timepiece equipped with a liquid crystal display, means are provided whereby the user can input a freely selected sequence of musical notes to be stored in a memory circuit, to thereby compose a melody, and whereby this melody can be subs... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4358838 | Electronic timepiece with a time striking device An electronic timepiece with a time striking device including an electric preliminary signalling means, an electric time striking means, an electric contact means, a time striking selecting means, and a time striking timing circuit in which a timer circui... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4349899 | Music box having time-sounding function A music box having time-sounding function characterized in that a chime-zone with a row of chiming pins and a time-sounding zone with a row of time-sounding pins are formed on the periphery of a single rotatable drum in its rotating direction, said rows o... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4326276 | Musical door chime preferably also combined with a clock for annunciating the time A musical door chime which includes a repertoire of musical tunes one of which is played when a door pushbutton, preferably the front door pushbutton, is actuated. The musical tune which is played may be selected by means of a keyboard connected to a micr... | 04/20/1982 |
