Method and enhanced clock for displaying time

A clock comprising:

• a timer circuit for maintaining hours and minutes for a time of day;
• a segment member positioned on a standard clock face positioned about a reference point and having an adjustable length defined between a starting point indicating the hour of the day and a stopping point indicating the minute of the hour of the time of day;
• a segment member control circuit, responsive to the timer circuit and coupled to the segment member, adjusting the starting and stopping points to reflect the time of day maintained by the timer circuit;
• a motor, having a stationary assembly and a rotatable assembly in magnetic coupling relation to the stationary assembly, mounted with the rotatable assembly at the reference point, the rotatable assembly connected to the light and rotating the light about the reference point;
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• a position sensor providing a control signal indicating a position of the rotatable assembly;
• wherein the segment member control circuit comprises a light control circuit, responsive to the position sensor and timer circuit, for selectively illuminating the rotating light defining the position of the starting point, defining the position of the stopping point, and defining the position of the segment member relative to the reference point.

A clock comprising:

• a standard clock face;
• a timer circuit for maintaining hours and minutes for a time of day on the clock face;
• a segment member having an adjustable arcuate length defined between a starting point indicating the hour of the day and a stopping point terminating the arcuate length of the segment member, the arcuate length of the segment member indicating the minute of the hour of the day, the segment member being adjusted to a maximum length once during each hour of the day wherein the stopping point of the segment member is generally adjacent the starting point of the segment member when the segment member is adjusted to the maximum length;
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• a segment member control circuit, responsive to the timer circuit and coupled to the segment member, adjusting the starting and stopping points to reflect the time of day maintained by the timer circuit.

A clock comprising:

• a timer circuit for maintaining hours and minutes for a time of day;
• a standard clock face having sixty time increments, comprised of twelve hour increments and four minute increments between each of the hour increments;
• a segment member having an adjustable length for displaying time, each of the sixty time increments defining a portion of the segment member at least once during each hour of the time of day;
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• a segment member control circuit, responsive to the timer circuit and coupled to the segment member, adjusting the length and position of the segment member to reflect the time of day maintained by the timer circuit.