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Universal time clock

US4671672A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 15, 1986
Grant dateJun 9, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 15, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04B19/226
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A universal time clock that can be constructed in a very simple and inexpensive way and the globe of which is driven by the hour tube of a left-hand-rotating clockwork, a network of lines being marked on a bell-shaped top put over the globe. The lines extend from the center point of the bell-shaped top, along the shortest route, to the lower end of said bell-shaped top. For the adjusting of the network of lines, the bell-shaped top can be turned manually on the base.

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