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US 5,671,194 AGranted
Clocks with unique time displays
OwnerYaron Chautinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for the display of time, which includes a support frame and a driven gear having external teeth mounted to the support frame. The apparatus further includes a rigid annular member with internal teeth for engagement with the external teeth of the driven gear.
Claims6
An apparatus for the display of time, comprising:
- (a) a support frame;
- (b) a rotatable time indicator element mounted on said support frame, said element featuring ratchet teeth about a periphery of said element;
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- (c) a pivotable time indicator member mounted on said support frame, said member located so as to engage said ratchet teeth so as to pivot in an arc of substantially less than 360 degrees as said element is rotated, said pivoting of said member serving to at least partly indicate the time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.