Abstract: In a battery charger device 1 for a portable telephone, a front pocket 11 suitable for a portable telephone 4 having a large battery pack 3, and a rear pocket 12 suitable for a large battery pack 3 are disposed. Rotatable levers 5 which are urged by spiral springs 6 are disposed in pocket back faces 11a. A small battery pack 2 and a portable telephone 4 having a small battery pack 2 are held by the levers 5. Since the levers 5 are rotated so as to be housed in the battery charger, the large battery pack 3 and the portable telephone 4 having the large battery pack 3 are held by the pocket back faces 11a. The rotatable levers allow a small battery pack and a portable telephone having a small battery pack, and a large battery pack and a portable telephone having a large battery pack to be selectively held in a fixed state. Therefore, either of a small battery pack and a large battery pack can be stably held.

Abstract: A battery holding apparatus holds a battery pack on a battery mount of an electronic device such as a portable telephone. The battery holding apparatus includes a holding member and a hook assembly. The holding member is provided on a first end of the battery mount and has formed thereon a claw fitted into a first recess formed on a first end of the battery pack. The hook assembly is provided on a second end portion of the battery mount opposite to the first end thereof and includes a spring and a protrusion. The protrusion is urged by the spring pressure produced by the spring into constant engagement with a second recess formed in a second end of the battery pack opposite to the first end thereof so as to split the spring pressure into a horizontal pressure and a vertical pressure. The horizontal pressure urges the second end of the battery pack against the holding member to eliminate any horizontal play of the battery pack on the battery mount.

Abstract: A high precision timepiece pace measuring device wherein a first mask circuit inhibits the entry of a first signal of the timepiece so as to initiate a measurement of the pace of the timepiece from a second signal of the timepiece, while a second mask circuit inhibits the entry of timepiece signals, external noises and the like during a period from a time at the initiation of the measurement to a time immediately before the termination thereof, wherein a counter circuit which receives the timepiece signals as its inputs is connected to a nine's complement presetting circuit, to a carry detecting circuit and to normal and nine's complement circuits which are respectively selected in accordance with the presence and absence of a carry in the counter circuit, and wherein output pulses of the counter circuit are fed back via a counter matrix circuit so as to set the mask period of the second mask circuit.