Patent ID: 6683821
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: G04B

Abstract:
A day and night depicting clock device comprising:a clock having a clock body, the clock body having a clock face wall, a clock movement mounted on the clock body and having a plurality of concentric drive shafts extending through the clock face wall including an hour drive shaft rotating once every twelve hours, a pair of time-displaying hands mounted on the drive shafts; a first disk positioned in front of the clock face wall and mounted on the hour drive shaft for rotation with the hour drive shaft, the first disk including a first central hole through a center of the first disk, a first slot extending radially in the first disk from the first central hole to an outer edge of the first disk, the first disk being formed out of a resiliently flexible material to permit flexing of a portion of the first disk out of a plane of a remainder portion of the first disk, the first disk being a relatively light color to identify daytime; a second disk positioned in front of the clock face wall and behind the first disk, the second disk being fixed against rotation with respect to the clock face wall, the second disk including a second central hole through a center of the second disk, a second slot extending radially from the second central hole to an outer edge of the second disk, the second disk being formed from a resiliently flexible material to permit flexing of a portion of the second disk out of a plane of a remainder portion of the second disk, the second disk being a relatively dark color to identify night-time, the first disk being movable through the second slot of the second disk; shifting means for shifting a portion of one said disk with respect to another said disk, the shifting means selectively moving a portion of the disks toward the clock face wall to cause the first disk to move through the second slot of the second disk to shift the first disk either from a position behind the second disk to a position in front of the second disk or from a position in front of the second disk to a position behind the second disk; and actuating means for periodically actuating the shifting means; wherein the shifting means comprises a pair of shifting assemblies, each of the shifting assemblies being positioned lateral to a twelve o'clock position on the clock face wall, a left one of the shifting assemblies being positioned laterally left of the twelve o'clock position and a right one of the shifting assemblies being positioned laterally right of the twelve o'clock position.