Movable clock

• US 20090116342A1
• Filed: 11/07/2007
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chien-Min Chen
• Original Assignee: Chien-Min Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Chien-Min
• Application Number:
  US11/979,658
• Publication Number:
  US 20090116342A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/10
• CPC Class Codes: G04B 25/06 by moving figures, e.g. cuckoo clocks, trumpet clocks figures or part of figures set in motion by the clockwork and creating an optical special effect G04B45/0007; figures or parts of figures not used to indicate time G04B45/0038; clockworks driving inscriptions or figures G04B45/0023; time indication by means of plates or bands driven electrically G04C19/04
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 13/00 Producing acoustic time signals
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 15/00 Time-pieces comprising means to be operated at preselected times or after preselected time intervals G04G11/00, G04G13/00 take precedence; electronic timers G04F1/005; pulse delay circuits H03K5/13; electronic time-delay switches H03K17/28; electronic time-programme switches which automatically terminate their operation after the programme is completed H03K17/296

Abstract

A movable clock includes a control system (10) having a printed circuit board (PCB, 11), a clock (12), and batteries (13); a wheeled vehicle (20) having a first geared motor (21) to drive a set of universal rollers (23); a housing (31) having a base (31) and a dome (32) installed with light emission diodes (16a); said control system (10) hidden inside the dome, said wheeled vehicle (20) partly mounted within the base (31); and an on-off switch (40) exposed outside the housing (30) electrically connected to the PCB (11) turns off a horn (15), the first geared motor (21), and light emission diodes (LEDs, 16a). Hour/minute/second hands on a dial of the clock pointed to a preset time notation, a signal transmitted to the PCB (11) activates the horn (15), the first geared motor (21) to move the base (31), light up the LEds (16a) and wake up user.

Claims

1. A movable clock comprising:

a control system (10) includes a printed circuit board (PCB, 11), a clock (12) electrically connected to the PCB (11), a horn (15) electrically connected to the PCB (11);

a wheeled vehicle (20) includes a first geared motor (21) electrically connected to the PCB (11), the first geared motor (21) drives a set of universal rollers (23) support for the wheel vehicle (20) to drive straight ahead, turn right, or turn left by a set of gear reducer (22);

a housing (30) includes a base (31), and a dome (32);

the control system (10) disposed above the base (31) is hidden inside the dome (30), while the wheeled vehicle (20) is rotated below the base (31) for ease of transportation;

an upper half portion of the dome (30) is inlaid with a transparent lens (321), by which a dial of the clock (12) is clearly seen therethrough, a bore (311) centrally formed through a front portion of the base (31) accommodates the set of universal rollers (23) mounted within the base, and, at least, one roller (33) is centrally disposed below a rear portion of the base (31); and

an on-off switch (40) disposed to a front side of the housing (30) is electrically connected to the PCB (11) to turn off the horn, further cut off power source of the wheeled vehicle (20).

2. The movable clock of claim 1 wherein light emission diodes (LEDs) (16) disposed inside the dome (32) are electrically connected to the PCB (11), whether the LEDs are electrified to light or not are determined by the on-off switch (40).

3. The movable clock of claim 1 wherein the on-off switch (40) consists of a supporting frame (40a) disposed to a front side of the housing (30) is hidden inside the dome (31), and a switch pole (40b) coupled to the supporting frame (40a) is exposed outside the housing (32), the supporting frame (40a) is also electrically connected to the PCB (11).

4. The movable clock of claim 3 wherein a passive infrared sensor (PIR) based motion detector based motion detector (14) electrically connected to the PCB (11) is coupled to a bottom of the switch pole (40b) for monitoring road condition, a second geared motor (51) mounted on the base (31) starts rotating a rotating base (50) by a set of gear reducer (52), the second geared motor (51) is electrically connected to and activated by the PCB (11), which is in response to signals transmitted by the passive infrared sensor based motion detector (14) to activate the second geared motor (51).

5. The movable clock of claim 3 wherein an alternate current (AC) outlet (131) disposed on the dome (32), the outlet is electrically connected to a set of rechargeable batteries.

6. A movable clock comprising:

a control system (10) includes a PCB (11), a clock (12) electrically connected to the PCB (11), the PCB (11) and the clock (12) are powered by a set of batteries (13), a horn (15) electrically connected to the PCB (11);

a wheeled vehicle (20) includes a first geared motor (21) electrically connected to the PCB (11), the first geared motor (21) drives a set of universal roller (23) by a set of gear reducer (22);

a housing (30) includes a base (31) accommodates the control system (10) mounted above and the wheeled vehicle hung below, a transparent dome (32) covers up the base (31);

a front portion of the base has a bore (311) accommodates the set of universal rollers (23) mounted within, at least, one roller (33) disposed below a rear portion of the base (31); and

an on-off switch (40) disposed on an upper portion of the clock (12) is exposed outside a bore in the middle of a front side of the dome (32), and the on-off switch (40) is electrically connected to the PCB (11) to turn off the horn (15) and cut off power to the wheeled vehicle (20).

7. The movable clock of claim 6 wherein light emission diodes (LEDs), (16a) disposed inside the dome (32) are electrically connected to the PCB (11), the on-off switch (40) cuts off power to dim LEDs (16a).

8. The movable clock of claim 6 wherein a passive infrared sensor based motion detector (14) disposed below a front portion of the base (31) is electrically connected to the PCB (11), the wheeled vehicle (20) disposed within a rotating base (50), a second geared motor (51) mounted on the base (31) starts rotating the rotating base (50) by a set of gear reducer (52), the second geared motor (51) is electrically connected to the PCB (11), which is in response to signals transmitted by the passive infrared sensor based motion detector (14) to activate the second geared motor (51).

9. The movable clock of claim 6 wherein an alternate current (AC) outlet (131) disposed on the dome (32);

the outlet is electrically connected to a set of rechargeable batteries