The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 12, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1989
Makoto Yanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Irie, Tokyo, JP;
Seikosha Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A wall clock has a first time increment portion comprising a stationary frame member. A timepiece movement is supported by the stationary frame member. A first wheel is rotatably driven by the timepiece movement, and a first time indicating member is rotatably driven by the timepiece movement for indicating a first time increment (i.e., hours). A belt is disposed around and driven by the first wheel. A second time increment portion rotatably supports a second wheel. The second wheel is rotatably driven by and suspended only by the belt, so that the second time increment portion is suspended only by the belt. A second time indicating member is rotatably driven by the second wheel for indicating a second time increment (i.e., minutes). The diameters of the first wheel and second wheel have a ratio of 12:1 so that the single timepiece movement can drive both the hour time indicating member (hour hand) and the minute time indicating member (minute hand) at appropriate speeds, through a simple and easy to manufacture construction.