Three dimensional time piece
OwnerRobert W. Veazeyinventor
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Abstract
A three dimensional time piece for determining the correct time anywhere in the world. The time piece having a world globe with a 24 hour time band therearound, and lighting inside the globe to indicate both night time and day time on the surface of the globe. The time piece further indicates the month of the year with changes in light intensity on the surface of the globe to represent the inclination of the sun and the corresponding season of the year.
Claims4
A three dimensional time piece for determing the correct time anywhere in the world and whether the selected location in the world at that moment is in daylight or darkness, the time piece comprising:
- a base;
- a world globe swivelly mounted on said base, said globe having 24 longitudinal lines equally spaced 15.degree. apart on the surface of said globe and representing the time zones of the world, said globe made of translucent material for shining light therethrough;
- a time band attached to the globe and mounted on the equator of said globe, said band indicating the 24 hours of the day;
- a light attached to one side of a light shade, said light and said light shade disposed inside said globe, said shade longitudinally dividing the inside of said globe, the unlighted side of said globe representing nighttime in the world while the lighted side of said globe represents daytime;
- an electrically driven synchronous motor attached to a drive gear for driving a pinion gear, said pinion gear turning a tubular shaft disposed inside said globe and attached to said time band and said light shade for turning said time band and said light shade one revolution per 24 hours;
- a time clock mounted inside said base for telling the present time at the location of the time piece;
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- a dial indicating the month of a year, said dial attached to said base and said light shade, said dial driven by a second electrically driven synchronized motor one revolution per year, said dial by turning adjusts the tilt of said light shade and said light in said globe thereby changing the light intensity reflected on the northern and southern hemispheres of said globe and representing the inclination of the sun and the corresponding season of the year.
A three dimensional time piece for determining the correct time anywhere in the world and whether the selected location in the world at that moment is in daylight or darkness, the time piece comprising:
- a base;
- a world globe swivelly mounted on said base, said globe having 24 longitudinal lines equally spaced 15.degree. apart on the surface of said globe and representing the time zones of the world, said globe made of translucent material for shining light therethrough;
- a time band attached to the globe and mounted on the equator of said globe, said band indicating the 24 hours of the day;
- a light attached to one side of a light shade, said light and said light shade disposed inside said globe, said shade longitudinally dividing the inside of said globe, the unlighted side of said globe representing nighttime in the world while the lighted side of said globe represents daytime;
- an electrically driven synchronous motor attached to a drive gear for driving a pinion gear, said pinion gear turning a tubular shaft disposed inside said globe and attached to said time band and said light shade for turning said time band and said light shade one revolution per 24 hours;
- a time clock mounted inside said base for telling the present time at the location of the time piece;
- a dial indicating the month of a year, said dial attached to said base and said light shade, said dial driven by a second electrically driven synchronized motor one revolution per year, said dial by turning adjusts the tilt of said light shade and light in said globe thereby changing the light intensity reflected on the northern and southern hemispheres of said globe and representing the inclination of the sun and the corresponding season of the year;
- a hooded secondary light attached to and disposed on the nighttime side of said light shade, said hooded secondary light positioned adjacent to said time band for providing a source of light for reading said time band on the unlighted side of said globe;
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- a lever attached to said base and to said time band, by moving said lever, said time band is moved 15.degree. thereby changing the time indicated on a particular location in the world by one hour, said lever used for changing the time piece when daylight savings time is observed.
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