Patent ID: 7023764
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: G04B

Abstract:
1. A clock having a clock face with at least one hand and having a clock-work mechanism with at least one concentric motion arbor to move the hand around an axis of rotation of the hand, in which the clock face, when viewed in a clock-wise direction, has a surface which is not symmetric to the rotation, in which the at least one hand is pivotably anchored at an inner end which is adjacent to the axis of rotation around a second axis perpendicular to the axis of rotation and perpendicular to a third pivoting axis which runs in the same plane as a longitudinal axis of the hand in such a way that it can pivot, and in which a control is provided with which the hand can be pivoted about the second axis of rotation in such a manner that it moves over the surface of the clock face at an essentially constant distance, wherein the hand, at or near its inner end which is facing the first axis of rotation, is attached around the third axis of rotation running longitudinally to the hand in such a manner that it can rotate, the hand is two-dimensional in its visible area, and an additional control is provided with which the hand can be rotated around the third axis of rotation along its longitudinal orientation such that in its rotation it moves essentially parallel to the surface of the clock face.