| 摘要 |
<p>There is described an animated time piece comprising: a housing (10); a figure mounted on said housing (10) including stationary and moveable figure parts (11,21); and an elongated pivotable member (17) mounting said moveable figure part (21) on one extremity thereof and co-operating therewith to form a figure part centre of mass (27), said pivot member (17) being configured on the opposite extremity with an armature portion (15) having an armature centre of mass (25). A laterally projecting pivot pin (20) interposed betweem the centres of mass (27,25) is provided for mounting the pivotable member (17) from the housing (10) so as to balance the centres of mass (27, 25) on the opposite sides of the pivot pin (20) while a magnet (13) is also provided mounted on the housing (10), the pivot member (17) being pivotable about the pivot pin (20) and the armature (15) being operative to, upon application of a predetermined electrical signal, cooperate with the magnet (13) to pivot the pivot member (17) to shift the moveable figure part (21) from a first to a second position. In addition means coupled with the pivot member (17) is provided to normally urge the moveable figure part (21) to the first position and electrical means, including a battery (34), timing means and electrical signal generating means operative to peridocially generate the predetermined electrical signal to thereby selectively energise the armature (15) to cause the figure part (21) to shift from the first to the second position. <IMAGE></p> |
