U.S. patent number RE29,486 [Application Number 05/528,212] was granted by the patent office on 1977-12-06 for timepiece.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Clinton Watch Company. Invention is credited to Irving L. Wein.
United States Patent |
RE29,486 |
Wein |
December 6, 1977 |
Timepiece
Abstract
A timepiece, comprising indicating means driven by a movement
for indicating the hours and minutes and also the date,
characterized in that there are disposed around the said indicating
means a first annular surface carrying indications of the dates of
a month of 31 days, and a second annular surface concentric with
the first one and carrying indications of the consecutive days of
the week of at least five consecutive weeks, at least one of said
annular surfaces being disposed on a turning ring which can be
rotated manually for radially aligning the indications of the dates
and the indications of the days of the week to form a complete
calendar of a month.
Inventors: |
Wein; Irving L. (Chicago,
IL) |
Assignee: |
Clinton Watch Company (Chicago,
IL)
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Family
ID: |
22658822 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/528,212 |
Filed: |
November 29, 1974 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
Issue Date |
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Reissue of: |
179988 |
Sep 13, 1971 |
03760585 |
Sep 25, 1973 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
368/35;
968/400 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G04B
47/003 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
G04B
47/00 (20060101); G04B 039/00 (); G04B
019/06 () |
Field of
Search: |
;58/4,5,127R,58,91 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
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996,795 |
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Dec 1951 |
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FR |
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235,071 |
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Nov 1944 |
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CH |
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Primary Examiner: Miller, Jr.; George H.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wallenstein, Spangenberg, Hattis
& Strampel
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A timepiece, comprising indicating means driven by a movement,
said indicating means including hands for indicating the hours and
minutes and a date ring for indicating the date, characterized in
that there are disposed around the said indicating means within the
casing of the timepiece a first annular surface carrying
indications of the dates of a month of 31 days, a second annular
surface concentric with the first one and carrying indications of
the consecutive days of the week of at least five consecutive
weeks, at least one of said annular surfaces being stationary and
having window formed therein, the other of said annular surfaces
being disposed on a turning ring which can be rotated manually for
radially aligning the indications of the dates and the indications
of the days of the week, and a third annular surface carrying
indications of the 12 months of the year, said third annular
surface being disposed on a turning ring which can be manually
rotated for presenting one of the twelve month indications in the
window of said at least one stationary annular surface, said
surfaces cooperating to form a complete calender of a month.
2. A timepiece according to claim 1, characterized in that the said
turning rings are arranged inside the casing of the timepiece, and
are provided with teeth, and in that a separate crown carrying a
pinion in engagement with said teeth is provided for rotating each
of the rings. .Iadd. 3. In a watch which includes indicating
mechanism driven by a watch movement and wherein said indicating
mechanism indicates hours and minutes, said movement and said
indicating mechanism being supported in a watch casing; the
improvement which comprises a stationary bezel; a turning bezel
arranged inside said stationary bezel; said stationary bezel having
a visible annular surface carrying indications of consecutive days
of the week of at least five weeks; said turning bezel having a
visible annular surface which is concentric with the annular
surface of said stationary bezel, said turning bezel carrying
numerals from 1 to 31 in consecutive order corresponding to the
dates of a month having 31 days; each one of the date indications
on the turning bezel being adapted to be placed in radial alignment
with a day of the week indication on the stationary bezel; said
stationary bezel and said turning bezel being supported
independently of the watch movement; and means externally of said
casing to effect manual turning of said turning bezel.
Description
The present invention relates to a timepiece comprising means
driven by a movement for indicating the hours and minutes and also
the date, characterized in that there are disposed around the said
means a first annular surface carrying indications of the dates in
a month of 31 days, and a second annular surface, concentric with
the first one and carrying indications of the consecutive days of
the weeks of at least five consecutive weeks, at least one of said
annular surfaces being disposed on a turning ring which can be
rotated manually for radially aligning the indications of the dates
and the indications of the days of the week to form a complete
calendar of a month.
Embodiments of the timepiece according to the invention will be
described hereinafter, by way of examples, with reference to the
accompanying drawing in which:
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a watch and
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic sectional view of the watch.
The watch shown in the drawing includes, in known manner, means for
indicating the hours and the minutes in the form of hands 11 and
12. These hands, which cooperate with time markings on a dial 13,
are driven by a conventional movement (not shown) housed in a
compartment 14 of a watch casing, which movement also drives a date
ring mounted below the dial. One of the date indications on this
date ring is visible in a window 15 in the dial 13. The elements
described hereinbefore are arranged in a housing comprising a case
middle part 16 and a crystal 17.
In the case middle part are also mounted a stationary bezel 18, a
first turning bezel 19 and a second turning bezel 20. The visible
annular surface of the stationary bezel 18 carries 37 indications
of consecutive days of the week. The first turning bezel 19 is
arranged inside the stationary bezel 18 and has an annular surface
which is concentric with the annular surface of the bezel 18 and
carries indication of the dates of a month of 31 days. Each one of
these date indications on the bezel 19 is in radial alignment with
one of the indications of days of the week provided on the
stationary bezel 18 so as to form a complete calendar of one month.
Since different months do not begin with the same days of the week
the bezel 19 can be turned manually at the end of every month for
aligning the first day of the succeeding month with the correct day
of the week. For this purpose it would be sufficient, in principle,
if the bezel 18 carried, in an uninterrupted series, indications of
the days of the week of five weeks. In the watch shown in the
drawing the stationary bezel 18 is interrupted by a window 21, and
therefore 37 indications of days of the week must be provided.
The second turning bezel 20 is mounted below the stationary bezel
18 and carries indications of the 12 months of the year. One of
these indications is visible in the window 21 of the stationary
bezel 18. At the end of every month the bezel 20 can be turned
manually for making the indication of the next month appear in the
window 21.
As the turning bezels 19 and 20 are mounted inside the case middle
part 16 and below the crystal 17, two crowns 22 and 23 carrying
pinions are provided for rotating the bezels, the pinions being in
engagement with teeth formed on the bottom surface of the bezels 19
and 20. Only the pinion 24 associated with the crown 23 is visible
in the drawing in FIG. 2.
It is obvious that the bezel 19 carrying the date indications could
be replaced by a turning bezel mounted on the outside of the case
middle part 16, and outside the crystal, so as to be capable of
being manually rotated directly by the fingers. The bezel 20
carrying the month indications could be omitted, and the
indications of the days of the weeks could then be carried directly
on an annular surface of the dial, instead of on a stationary
bezel.
The indications of the dates and the indications of the days of the
week could also be interchanged, i.e., one could dispose the date
indications on a stationary annular surface and the day of the week
indications on a turning bezel. The surfaces carrying the two kinds
of indications could both be turning, but in any case it is
necessary that they can also be rotated relatively to one
another.
The watch described above shows, in addition to the time and the
date, also a complete calendar of the instant month and an
indication of the name of this month, requiring only a simple
manual setting once in every month. If desired, one could also
provide means driven by the movement for indicating in known manner
the day of the week in the window 15 of the dial, but it will be
appreciated that this is in general superfluous.
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