Timer

Details Timer Timer

1999-01-12

2000-09-19

Gutierrez, Diego

Horology: time measuring systems or devices

Time interval

Electrical or electromechanical

368 72, 368 89, 368107, 368108, G04F 800

Patent

active

061222275

ABSTRACT:
A timer is made up of a base unit and an operation unit. The base unit is composed of a support body, a disk, and a core located between the support body and the disk. The disk is provided with a retaining ring having an indentation, and a timing scale. The core has a rotary shaft extending toward the disk. The operation unit consists of a lower housing, an upper housing, an action member, and an elastic member. The upper housing has a cylindrical portion provided with a sliding portion and a shaft fastening portion. The shaft fastening portion is provided with an axial hole in which the rotary shaft of the core of the base unit is retained. The upper housing is disposed on the lower housing and provided with a pointer corresponding in location to the scale of the disk of the base unit. The action member has a body corresponding to the cylindrical portion of the lower housing, a retaining portion corresponding to the retaining ring of the disk, and a position confining portion corresponding to the sliding portion of the upper housing. The elastic member is disposed in the cylindrical portion of the lower housing for urging the action member.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4410774 (1983-10-01), Houpt et al.
patent: 5095468 (1992-03-01), Sato
patent: 5568452 (1996-10-01), Kronenberg

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