Clock
AssigneeSeikosha Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroyuki Kizawa
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Abstract
A clock includes a dial, a transparent cover plate spaced apart from the dial at a certain interval to define a space between the back face of the cover plate and the front face of the dial, and hands disposed in the space and driven to move relative to the dial to indicate time. Spacers are disposed on the visible portion of the front face of the dial and protrude against the back face of the cover plate such that the spacers are contactable with the back face of the cover plate upon deformation of the dial and the cover plate to maintain a sufficient interval of the space to allow face movement of the hands.
Claims20
In a clock comprising a capsule having a timepiece movement therein, an install plate for firmly supporting said capsule disposed thereon, a dial having a front face and time reference members on the front face, the dial being disposed in front of said install plate, a transparent front cover having a back face and being disposed in front of said dial to define a gap between the back face of the transparent front cover and the front face of the dial, and hands disposed in the gap and driven by said timepiece movement to move relative to the time reference members to indicate time;
- the improvement wherein said time reference members have a height substantially corresponding to said gap between said dial and said front cover so as to act as spacers for maintaining said gap.
A clock comprising:
- a base plate having a front face;
- a timepiece movement disposed on the front face of the base plate;
- a dial having front and back faces and being disposed on the front face of the base plate;
- a transparent cover plate having a back face and being spaced apart a given distance from the dial to define a space between the back face of the cover plate and the front face of the dial;
- a clock hand disposed in the space and driven by the timepiece movement to move relative to the dial to indicate time;
- and spacer means disposed on a visible peripheral portion of the front face of the dial and protruding toward the back face of the cover plate such that the spacer means is contactable with the back face of the cover plate upon deformation of the dial and the cover plate to thereby maintain a sufficient space to allow free movement of the hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.