Horology: time measuring systems or devices – Displays or display device details
Patent
1991-03-15
1995-06-06
Roskoski, Bernard
Horology: time measuring systems or devices
Displays or display device details
368228, 368 71, 368 80, G04B 1904
Patent
active
054228646
ABSTRACT:
An analog timepiece that has a dominating large minute area surrounding a smaller hour inner circle area. The minute outer band area is divided into 2 hemispheres: the right hemisphere starting at the "o'clock" word on top, swing downward "after" around to the "half-past" word and arrow mark below, swinging upward "to or of" to the same "o'clock" word--thus completing the 60 minute band circle. Each of the two hemispheres will be a different but compatible color or shading from the other. The minute numbers in the one hemisphere will be the same size and type as the numbers in the other hemisphere, but of a different compatible color or shading (as blue and green, dark green and light green). The numbers in each hemisphere will begin next to "o'clock" and arrow with the number 5 appearing first in both hemispheres. Then using the multiples of 5, the numbers 5,10,15,20,25,30 will follow appropriately in both hemispheres with the number 30 shared at the bottom by both hemispheres. Some advanced analog timepieces will have a dual digital superimposed on it somewhere, showing the time after the hour in digitals and the time to the next hour also in digitals.
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Lorello James
Roskoski Bernard
Winter Gene
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