Abstract: A fountain attachment for a faucet, comprising a tubular body of rigid plastic material, a closure member of rigid plastic material hinged to the short rear wall of the tubular body and adapted to be pivoted to cover its inclined outlet end, a fountain spout formed in the long front wall of the tubular body with an inclined passage terminating at its upper end in an upwardly directed spout opening and terminating at its lower end within the tubular body, and a tubular insert of yieldable plastic material disposed inside the tubular body, with its top end disposed within the top end of the tubular body and spaced therefrom by an annular gap and adapted for frictional fit with a faucet, the tubular insert further having a mid section supported within the tubular body and a bottom end comprising a sealing flange extending beyond the bottom end of the tubular body, the sealing flange providing a seal with the closure member when the closure member is pivoted to cover the outlet end of the tubular body.
Abstract: An electronic analog timepiece with time zone and time setting modes selected by appropriate rotation and axial movement of a crown that controls a high speed stepping motor is disclosed. The stepping motor provides high frequency signals to produce time correction rotation of the timepiece hands. The speed of the stepping motor is reduced by a deceleration ramp from high speed prior to stopping the motor at the end of time correction. The time setting mode may be selected when the watch is in the shutdown mode and the time zone mode is selected when the watch is in the normal clockwise running mode by rotating the crown in either the clockwise or counterclockwise direction. The shutdown mode may be selected from the normal running mode by pulling the crown to its out/setting position and the normal running mode may be selected from the shutdown mode by pushing the crown to its on/run position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 12, 1982
Date of Patent:
May 1, 1984
Assignee:
William C. Crutcher
Inventors:
Jean P. Chambon, Jean-Francois Dufay, Paul Grand Chavin, Georges J. Perrin, Louis Vernay