Hour chime clock
US5124959A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 27, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jun 23, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG04G9/0082
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
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.
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