Low energy animated time piece
US5197044A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 11, 1990 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63H13/00
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A wristwatch mounting an animated head of a figure and including a moveable nose overlying a watch face and formed by one end of a moveable member, the opposite end forming an armature. The moveable member is mounted on a laterally extending pivot pin such that magnitude of the torque due by the gravitational pull on such centers of mass on the opposite sides of such pivot pin are equal. An electrical circuit is provided with an actuation switch that may be pressed to actuate an audio speaker which emits a simulated time indicating voice in synchronism with intermittent energization of such armature to selectively move such nose between mouth open and mouth closed positions.
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