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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:
Jan. 19, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazunari Kume, Tokorozawa, JP;
Assignee:
Citizen Watch Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
368 63 ; 368 71 ; 368 72 ; 368243 ; 368250 ;
Abstract
An electronic timepiece is arranged to give an audible time signal indicative of the current time when a user operates an externally manually operable switch means. The operation of the switch means causes a signal emitting means responsive to information relating to the current time to emit a time signal which preferably includes a portion representing a zone within which the current time lies, and a further portion indicative of the current unit of time within the zone. In a preferred embodiment, the signal comprises two parts, one indicating the current hour and the other indicating the current minute.