Electromechanical wristwatch with reading by touch
OwnerGianni Mininni, Eugenio Michelottiinventors
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Abstract
An electromechanical wristwatch is described with the particular characteristic of being readable both by sight or by touch in that the hours and minutes are indicated in two square areas. In each of these areas are four cursors which, by means of electrical impulses, which come out of or go back into the case. Said reading by touch can thus be interpreted by means of a series of combinations of the said cursors, which permit the time to be determined with an interval of five minutes.
Claims15
A touch sensitive time indicator comprising a housing having at least two sections;
- at least four indicators in each section operable between an extended position in which said indicator extends outwardly of said housing and a retracted position in which said indicator is positioned within the housing;
- a plurality of openings in said housing in one-in-one correspondence with said indicators to permit each said indicator to move between said extended and retracted positions;
- biasing means within said housing for biasing each of said indicators to the extended position;
- and electromagnetic means associated with each of said indicators for moving selected ones of said indicators to the retracted position in timed sequence.
A touch sensitive time indicator as in claim 16, in which different pairs of adjacent indicators in said first section are moved to the extended position under control of said electromagnetic means to indicate the hours five o'clock, six o'clock, seven o'clock, and eight o'clock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.