Patent ID: 8544684

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a house including a plurality of equispaced primary ticker tabs and a plurality of equispaced secondary ticker tabs at a first end of the house; a rotatable platform rotatably coupled to the first end of the house, the rotatable platform including a plurality of equispaced major digit tabs and a plurality of equispaced minor digit tabs arranged along an outer side wall of the rotatable platform to complement key reference markings on the first end of the house, the rotatable platform including a plurality of major side ticks and a plurality of minor side ticks arranged on an outer base rim of the rotatable platform, each of the plurality of major side ticks being larger than each of the plurality of minor side ticks, the rotatable platform including a plurality of redundant side ticks arranged on an inner base rim of the rotatable platform, the outer base rim being concentric with the inner base rim, the outer base rim being of a larger diameter than the inner base rim, the plurality of major side ticks and the plurality of redundant side ticks configured to interact simultaneously with the primary ticker tabs and the secondary ticker tabs, respectively, to produce a first sound with rotation of the rotatable platform, the plurality of minor side ticks configured to interact with the primary ticker tabs to produce as second sound with rotation of the rotatable platform, the first sound being an audibly distinct and different sound relative to the second sound; a screw-complex coupled to the rotatable platform and positioned within an interior region of the house; an elevator coupled to the screw-complex and configured to rise within the interior region of the house with rotation of the rotatable platform; and a dispenser coupled to a second end of the house.