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Instrument for counting the duration of differentiated phases

AssigneeHamilton International AG

InventorsInes Ruestenberg, Gerald Matthey, Fabien Balli

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Abstract

An instrument for counting duration for differentiated phases, including: plural mechanisms for recording a time duration, each actuatable, for activation and deactivation thereof, by a first controller; a general controller for controlling, from an inactive position in which all the recording mechanisms are deactivated, activation of only one of them, selected by a selector, and for again controlling, at a final moment, deactivation of all the recording mechanisms; a switch configured, during a command for activation of one of the recording mechanisms, to trigger the deactivation of all other recording mechanisms and to save totality of the recorded times, counted on each of the recording mechanisms. The selector is configured to be controlled by a user or/and by a measuring mechanism or/and by a signal to trigger the activation of one of the recording mechanisms.

Claims23

Dependent claims

An instrument for counting duration for differentiated phases, comprising:

a first control mechanism;
a plurality of recording mechanisms to count time and to record a time duration, each actuatable, for activation and deactivation thereof, by the first control mechanism;
a selection mechanism that is a single actuator, each of the recording mechanisms being selectable by the selection mechanism;
a general control mechanism to control, from an inactive position in which all the recording mechanisms are deactivated, activation of only one of the recording mechanisms selected by the selection mechanism, and to again control, at a final moment, deactivation of all the recording mechanisms;
and
a switching mechanism configured, during a command for activation of one of the recording mechanisms, to trigger the deactivation of all other recording mechanisms and saving of a totality of recorded times, counted on each of the recording mechanisms, the switching mechanism configured to be controlled by at least one of a user, a measuring mechanism, and a signal to trigger the activation of one of the recording mechanisms;
wherein each of the recording mechanisms is configured, during a reactivation, to resume counting of a duration from a total duration recorded by a respective recording mechanism.

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A method for counting duration for differentiated phases with an instrument including a plurality of recording mechanisms to count time and to record a time duration, each actuatable, for activation and deactivation thereof, by a first control mechanism of the instrument, the method comprising:

selecting, in an inactive position where all the recording mechanisms are deactivated and via a selection mechanism which the instrument comprises, one of the recording mechanisms, the selection mechanism being a single actuator, and each of the recording mechanisms being selectable by the selection mechanism;
controlling, by action of a general control mechanism of the instrument, activation of the selected one of the recording mechanisms and displaying, on a display of the instrument, counting of a time duration provided by the selected one of the recording mechanisms;
actuating a switching mechanism of the instrument to control activation of one of the recording mechanisms, triggering deactivation of all the other recording mechanisms and saving of a totality of the recorded time counted on each of the recording mechanisms, and displaying, on the display, the counting of the duration of the activated one of the recording mechanisms, each of the recording mechanisms being configured, during a reactivation, to resume counting of a duration from a total duration recorded by a respective recording mechanism;
and
controlling the deactivation of all the recording mechanisms.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/006,862Filed 22 Mar 2012
Priority: EP 1115945223 Mar 2011
Published: US 2014/0064042 A16 Mar 2014
Granted: 19 Apr 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G04F 8/006
Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by electromechanical means: running only during the time interval to be measured, e.g. stopwatches
G04F 10/00
Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by electric means
G07C 1/04
Not involving the registering, indicating or recording of other data: wherein the time is indicated in figures
G07C 1/00
Registering, indicating or recording the time of events or elapsed time