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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Kazuo Suzuki, Tokorozawa, JP;
Takayasu Machida, Iruma, JP;
Takanori Nanya, Sayama, JP;
Shigeyuki Takahashi, Kodaira, JP;
Takeaki Shimanouchi, Hannou, JP;
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an analog electronic timepiece in which the rotation of a rotor ( a) step motor ( ) is decelerated through train wheels before it is transmitted an hour hand ( ) and a minute hand ( ), the gravity center of a center wheel composed of a center wheel gear ( ), a center wheel pinion ( ), and a center wheel shaft ( ) to which the minute hand ( ) is mounted is displaced from the axis of the center wheel shaft ( ) to within an angle range of less than ±90° with respect to the opposite direction to a direction in which a time indicating part ( a) of the minute hand ( ) extends so as to reduce a moment on the center wheel shaft ( ) caused by a combination of the minute hand ( ) and the center wheel. This makes it possible to prevent a hand-skip due to disturbance even if the value of holding energy of the step motor ( ) is reduced.