Alarm setting indication device for digital clock
AssigneeSeiko Koki Kabushiki Kasiha
InventorsMasuo Ogihara, Kozo Chimura, Nobuo Shinozaki, Yoichi Seki
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Abstract
An alarm time is digitally indicated by the figures on a first drum indicating the hour unit and a second drum indicating the minute unit of the alarm time. An alarm setting indication plate comprises a shutter for covering the figures and an arm interlocked with an alarm stopping button through the first and second drums.
Claims10
An alarm setting indication device for a digital clock having an alarm device, a first drum having thereon figures for indicating the hour unit of alarm time, and a second drum having thereon figures for indicating the minute unit of alarm time, said indication device comprising:
- a setting indication plate provided with a shutter;
- means for setting and stopping operation of said alarm device;
- and indication plate positioning means, cooperative with said means for setting and stopping operation of said alarm device, for positioning said plate shutter to cover the figures on said first and second drums when operation of said alarm device is stopped and for positioning said plate shutter to uncover the figures on said first and second drums when said alarm device is set for operation.
In a digital alarm clock having a first drum positionable for setting the hour unit of an alarm time and having figures thereon for indicating the hour unit of the alarm time, a second drum positionable for setting the minutes unit of the alarm time and having figures thereon for indicating the minutes unit of the alarm time, and an alarm mechanism cooperative with said first and second drums for emitting an alarm signal at the alarm time determined by the setting of said first and second drums, the improvement comprising:
- an indication plate having a shutter extending therefrom;
- mounting means for mounting said indication plate to permit positioning of said indication plate shutter at a first position covering the figures on said first and said second drums indicating the alarm time and to permit positioning of said indication plate shutter at a second position uncovering the figures on said first and said second drums indicating the alarm time;
- and said indication plate including means cooperative with said alarm mechanism for disenabling said alarm mechanism when said indication plate is positioned with said indication plate shutter covering the figures on said first and second drums indicating the alarm time.
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