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Analogue display timepiece comprising means for processing a decimal number

US5508980A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 4, 1995
Grant dateApr 16, 1996
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Expiry dateJan 4, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04C3/146
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention concerns an analogue display timepiece. This timepiece comprises means for processing at least one decimal number having several figures corresponding to a period of time required to elapse before the activation of an alarm, and it is characterized in that it comprises a first display system (S1) cooperating with a first hand (H) to indicate selectively the order or significance of said figures, and a second display system (S2) cooperating with a second hand (MN) to indicate the value of the figure whose order or significance is indicated by the first hand (H).

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