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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Teruo Takane, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Oshima, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Shimozono, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kunio Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Seikosha Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
368231 ; 368223 ; 368272 ; 368273 ;
Abstract
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 or an hour numeral. At each hour, a melody chimes and the display units undergo a predetermined pattern of movements. After chiming the hour, the display unit at the present hour position is placed in a different display state from the display state of all the other display units.