Invention Grant
US09335739B2 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.: US14862382Application Date: 2015-09-23
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Publication No.: US09335739B2Publication Date: 2016-05-10
- Inventor: Beat Gilomen , Michel Willemin , 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: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: EP14187982 20141007
- Main IPC: G04B19/26
- IPC: G04B19/26

Abstract:
The timepiece comprises means for indicating the sunrise and sunset taking account of seasonal variations. These means comprise 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 shell can pivot about the globe on two axes perpendicular to each other. The shell is driven by the movement so as to rotate at a rate of one revolution per 24 hours about the polar axis. A disconnecting mechanism is controlled by an annual cam which has a profile representative of the tilt of the Sun with respect to the equatorial plane. The disconnecting mechanism controls the tilt of the shell about the axis by means of a drive shaft concentric to the polar axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160098012A1 TIMEPIECE ABLE TO INDICATE THE SUNRISE OR SUNSET ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD Public/Granted day:2016-04-07
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