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Clock faces and electronic clocks with solar cells

A technology of solar cells and electronic clocks, which is applied to clocks, electronic timers, and structural details of electronic timers. It can solve problems such as the difficulty of balancing light transmittance and brightness, and the inability to ensure light transmittance, and achieve excellent aesthetic appearance. , reflect fine, improve the effect of high-end

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-12-28
SEIKO EPSON CORP
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[0006] However, in the case where the layer made of powder and curable resin of Patent Document 1 is formed over a wide area, instead of being formed on a part of the dial surface such as a logo, when applied to an electronic watch with a solar cell There are the following problems in the dial of the watch: it is not possible to ensure sufficient light transmission, and it is difficult to balance light transmission and brightness

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no. 1 Embodiment approach

[0033] Structure of clock face

[0034] figure 1 It is a schematic diagram showing the cross section of the timepiece dial 1 of the first embodiment. The timepiece dial 1 includes a dial main body 11 and a glitter layer 12. The dial main body 11 has light transmittance. The glitter layer 12 is provided on the surface side (the back side of the clock) of the dial main body 11 opposite to the viewing surface (the watch face). ), and the bright powder 121 is dispersed in the translucent resin 122 .

[0035] The structure of the dial body

[0036] The dial main body 11 may be made of various materials, but needs to be made of a light-transmitting material. Accordingly, it can be suitably applied to a solar timepiece dial (a dial included in a timepiece equipped with a solar cell) that utilizes the excellent aesthetic appearance and excellent light transmittance of the timepiece dial 1 . In the present invention, "having light transmittance" means having the property of transmi...

no. 2 Embodiment approach

[0098] Then refer to Figure 4 A second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram showing the cross section of the timepiece dial of the second embodiment. In this embodiment, a colored layer 13 is provided between the dial main body 11 and the glitter layer 12, and the colored layer 13 has translucency. Except for this point, the timepiece dial of the present embodiment is formed in the same manner as the timepiece dial of the first embodiment.

[0099] The translucent colored layer 13 is preferably formed by coating a resin containing a dye. The tint of the colored layer can be chosen arbitrarily. The thickness of the colored layer 13 is preferably within a range of not less than 1 μm and not more than 20 μm.

[0100] For example, the combination of the colored layer 13 being white and the glitter layer 12 being white-yellow can provide a timepiece dial 1 with a pearl-colored appearance.

[0101] In addition, the combinat...

Embodiment 1

[0113] First, a polycarbonate-based sheet is press-molded to produce a substrate in the shape of a watch dial, and then the necessary parts are cut and ground. The obtained substrate was approximately disc-shaped, diameter: 27 mm×thickness: 500 μm. Make it the dial body. In addition, regarding the light transmittance of the dial main body, the transmittance of visible light when using a white fluorescent lamp (FL20S-D65 for inspection, produced by Toshiba Corporation) as a light source is 80% or more.

[0114] Next, the dial main body is cleaned. As washing of the dial main body, first, 30 seconds of alkaline immersion and degreasing were performed, and thereafter, 10 seconds of neutralization, 10 seconds of water washing, and 10 seconds of pure water washing were performed.

[0115] The entire surface of the back side of the dial main body cleaned in this way is coated with a composition comprising glitter powder, uncured thermosetting resin (urethane resin), and a ring as ...

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Abstract

The present invention provides a dial for a timepiece and an electronic timepiece with a solar cell, which exhibit an excellent aesthetic appearance with brilliance, and have moderate light transmittance. The watch dial (1) of the present invention is characterized in that it comprises: a dial main body (11), which has light transmission; and a bright layer (12), which is provided on the front and back of the dial main body (11). on either side of the light-transmitting resin (122), and the bright powder (121) is dispersed in the light-transmitting resin (122). ) with a metal oxide film ( 121 b ) laminated on one side thereof, and a laminated powder having an average particle diameter of not less than 10 μm and not more than 90 μm.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a dial for a timepiece and an electronic timepiece with a solar cell. Background technique [0002] For watch dials, not only practicality such as visibility but also decorativeness (aesthetic appearance) are pursued. Conventionally, a member obtained by processing a metal plate, or a member obtained by applying coating, metal plating, or the like to a plastic substrate has been used as a watch face. In addition, it is also desired to obtain a watch face that exhibits a more excellent aesthetic appearance that cannot be obtained by simple metal plate or metal plating. [0003] On the other hand, electronic timepieces with solar cells are highly evaluated from the viewpoints of ease of maintenance and resource saving. For a timepiece dial applied to an electronic timepiece with a solar cell, the dial is required to have a translucency to pass a sufficient amount of light to generate sufficient electromotive force for t...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G04B19/06G04B19/10G04B19/12G04C10/02
CPCG04C10/02G04G17/00G04B19/06G04B19/10G04B19/12G04B45/0076
Inventor 高泽幸树
Owner SEIKO EPSON CORP
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