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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul Wuthrich, Watertown, CT (US);
Assignee:
Timex Corporation, Middlebury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B / ; G04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
368 76 ; 368220 ; 368322 ;
Abstract
A stepping motor driven by a time-based electrical driving signal periodically rotates an overhung gear train directly driving the hour and minute hands mounted on a main arbor. The arbor is rotatably mounted in two spaced journals in a single tapered bearing hole in the frame. An intermediate arbor is similarly journaled. The gear train is assembled from only one side of the timepiece. The main arbor, center gear assembly, hands and dial are all added as a subassembly.