Global Patent Index - EP 1373987 B1

EP 1373987 B1 20100210 - UNIVERSAL TIMEPIECE

Title (en)

UNIVERSAL TIMEPIECE

Title (de)

WELTZEITUHR

Title (fr)

MONTRE UNIVERSELLE

Publication

EP 1373987 B1 20100210 (DE)

Application

EP 02732375 A 20020405

Priority

  • DE 0201247 W 20020405
  • DE 10117190 A 20010405
  • DE 10161860 A 20011214

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO02082191A1] The invention relates to devices, particularly embodied as wrist watches, with a universal time display device for the derivation or direct representation of the local time at a number of places on earth, whereby the surface of the universal time display device has identifiers for various places on earth. According to the invention, the universal time for a certain point, or at least a particular region of the earth may be intuitively and spontaneously read off, or may be made at least coarsely estimable for particular regions, whereby the universal time display device comprises a rotating body (1), in particular a ball with a representation of the continents of the earth and a drive for the rotating body is provided to turn the above through 360 DEG in 24 hours. In an advantageous embodiment, parts of the drive are located within the globe.

IPC 8 full level

G04B 19/22 (2006.01); G04B 3/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G04B 3/001 (2013.01); G04B 19/226 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 02082191 A1 20021017; EP 1373987 A1 20040102; EP 1373987 B1 20100210

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 0201247 W 20020405; EP 02732375 A 20020405