Position detection and correction mechanism for a timepiece
First Claim
1. In a timepiece having minute and hour hands;
- a hand-setting mechanism including an hour wheel; and
a correcting means for the detection and correction of a hands setting;
said correcting means including;
a sender and receiver for sending and receiving, respectively, a radiation beam, apertured disks joined for rotation with said hands setting mechanism, one of said disks having a front mirror located proximate said beam sender for reflecting a beam to said receiver, an aperture of said one disk defining an interruption in said front mirror for passing the beam through that aperture, a rear mirror disposed remote from said sender such that a beam reflects from said rear mirror only after passing through apertures in said disks, the improvement wherein said one disk on which said front mirror is formed comprises an hour disk joined for rotation with said hour wheel, said hour disk being movable independently of the remaining disks, said remaining disks being rotatably interconnected.
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Abstract
A radio-controlled timepiece contains a mechanism for the detection and correction of a hands setting. The mechanism includes a sender and a receiver for sending and receiving, respectively, a radiation beam. A hands setting mechanism includes an hour wheel, a minute wheel, and a seconds wheel, each possessing an aperture therethrough. The hour wheel has a front mirror located proximate the beam sender for reflecting a beam to the receiver. The front mirror has an interruption defined by the aperture of the hour disk in order to pass the beam through that aperture to a rear mirror disposed remote from the sender, such that a beam reflects from the rear mirror only after passing through aligned apertures in the disks. The hour wheel is movable independently of the minute wheel and seconds wheel, and the minute wheel and seconds wheel are rotatably interconnected.
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12 Claims
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1. In a timepiece having minute and hour hands;
- a hand-setting mechanism including an hour wheel; and
a correcting means for the detection and correction of a hands setting;
said correcting means including;
a sender and receiver for sending and receiving, respectively, a radiation beam, apertured disks joined for rotation with said hands setting mechanism, one of said disks having a front mirror located proximate said beam sender for reflecting a beam to said receiver, an aperture of said one disk defining an interruption in said front mirror for passing the beam through that aperture, a rear mirror disposed remote from said sender such that a beam reflects from said rear mirror only after passing through apertures in said disks, the improvement wherein said one disk on which said front mirror is formed comprises an hour disk joined for rotation with said hour wheel, said hour disk being movable independently of the remaining disks, said remaining disks being rotatably interconnected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- a hand-setting mechanism including an hour wheel; and
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