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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1983
Yoshiaki Kato, Tanashi, JP;
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hand type musical timepiece, namely, an analog musical timepiece comprising a hand adapted to be driven by a step motor for the visual indication of tones of a melody, a staff or a pattern of a keyboard formed on a plane extending adjacently to an imaginary plane to be swept by the hand, a melody playing device, and a normal-reverse rotation controller to move the hand in synchronism with the melody so that the hand indicates the position corresponding to the individual tone of the melody on the staff or on the keyboard. The time indicating operation and the tone indicating operation of the hand and the mode changeover operation are controlled by an exclusive circuit designed therefor and a programmed microcomputer.