Decorative hourglass with light reflecting base
First Claim
1. An hourglass time measuring device comprisingan hourglass shaped transparent body having a closed interior volume containing a plurality of small precious of semi-precious stones suspended in a liquid of sufficient viscosity to act as a lubricant between said stones and inner walls of said transparent body;
- said liquid having a specific gravity less than that of said precious or semi-precious stones so said stones can fall by gravity to a bottom of said hour glass body;
said transparent body having first and second ends, each said end having an end plate thereover, said end plates being of similar shape and size;
a base for holding either of said end plates to support said transparent body in a generally vertical position so that said transparent body may be inverted with either end in a downward position on said base;
said base having a light reflecting exterior surface on at least a portion thereof and shaped to reflect light toward said precious or semi-precious stones in said transparent body.
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Abstract
An hourglass timepiece that is filled with a plurality of precious or semi-precious stones, such as small uncut diamonds, which are suspended in a silicone compound, such as silicone oil, to prevent scratching of the interior surface of the hourglass as the stones move by gravity from an upper compartment to a lower compartment of the hourglass. The hourglass has similar ends, either of which can be supported by a decorative base that reflects light into the stones to highlight them and compensate for the reflective loss due to the silicone.
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21 Claims
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1. An hourglass time measuring device comprising
an hourglass shaped transparent body having a closed interior volume containing a plurality of small precious of semi-precious stones suspended in a liquid of sufficient viscosity to act as a lubricant between said stones and inner walls of said transparent body; -
said liquid having a specific gravity less than that of said precious or semi-precious stones so said stones can fall by gravity to a bottom of said hour glass body;
said transparent body having first and second ends, each said end having an end plate thereover, said end plates being of similar shape and size;
a base for holding either of said end plates to support said transparent body in a generally vertical position so that said transparent body may be inverted with either end in a downward position on said base;
said base having a light reflecting exterior surface on at least a portion thereof and shaped to reflect light toward said precious or semi-precious stones in said transparent body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An hourglass time measuring device comprising:
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an hourglass shaped transparent body having a closed interior volume containing a plurality of uncut diamonds suspended in a dense liquid of sufficient viscosity to act as a lubricant between said diamonds and inner walls of said transparent body;
said transparent body having first and second ends, each end having an end plate thereover, said end plates being of similar size and shape;
a plurality of pillars extending between said end plates and secured thereto to hold said end plates in fixed relation to each other, said pillars being equally circumferentially spaced around the transparent body;
a base for holding either of said end plates to support said transparent body in a generally vertical position so that said transparent body may be inverted with either end in a downward position on said base;
said base having a light reflecting exterior surface on at least and upper portion thereof, said upper portion being concavely shaped to reflect light toward said uncut diamonds in said transparent body. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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