Invention Grant
US09207642B2 Timepiece able to indicate the sunrise or sunset anywhere in the world
有权
钟表能够在世界任何地方指出日出或日落
- Patent Title: Timepiece able to indicate the sunrise or sunset anywhere in the world
- Patent Title (中): 钟表能够在世界任何地方指出日出或日落
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Application No.: US14604901Application Date: 2015-01-26
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Publication No.: US09207642B2Publication Date: 2015-12-08
- Inventor: Michel Willemin , Beat Gilomen , Dominique Lechot
- Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Applicant Address: CH Marin
- Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: CH Marin
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: EP14156008 20140220
- Main IPC: G04B19/26
- IPC: G04B19/26

Abstract:
The timepiece includes sunrise and sunset indicating means taking account of seasonal variations, said means include a sphere reproducing the terrestrial globe, a shell arranged concentrically to the sphere and arranged to demarcate one portion of the terrestrial globe where it is night from another portion where it is day by indicating the position of the earth's terminator. The sphere is arranged to be driven by the movement so as to rotate at the rate of one revolution per 24 hours about a first axis of rotation oriented parallel to the plane of the dial, and the shell is mounted to pivot about a second axis perpendicular to the plane of the dial. The sunrise and sunset indicating means also include an annual cam arranged to be driven in rotation by the movement at the rate of one revolution per year, the cam having a profile representative of the tilt of the sun relative to the equatorial plane.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150234357A1 TIMEPIECE ABLE TO INDICATE THE SUNRISE OR SUNSET ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD Public/Granted day:2015-08-20
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