A machine for use in teaching the manner in which a clock indicates time appearing more or less as a simulated clock can be constructed so as to utilize a support or housing holding a simulated clock face. Concentric shafts extending through the clock's face are used in conjunction with a mechanical structure for transmitting motion to couple simulated clock hands on the shafts with readout wheels. These wheels are rotatably mounted in the support behind windows through which limited portions of the wheels can be viewed. These windows are normally covered by covers capable of being moved so as to display the portions of the wheels behind them. The wheels are provided with numbers corresponding to positions of the clock hands capable of being viewed through these windows when the covers are lifted. Mechanical structures are employed for the purpose of advancing the clock hands and for the purpose of lifting the covers.
A teaching clock comprising an analog clock face having numeric indicia of hour and minute disposed about its periphery, an hour hand and a minute hand pivotally mounted and substantially centrally disposed proximate to the analog clock face, a digital time display disposed adjacent to the analog clock face, and a gear assembly responsive to movement of the minute hand for conforming a time displayed by the digital time display to a time indicated by the hour hand and the minute hand.
An electronic learning device (10) for teaching how to tell time is provided. A student provides input to the device, in a preferred embodiment, by a plurality of keys (14) which select the learning activity and its difficulty level. In certain activities, the device (10) request (visually and/or auditorily) the student to engage in a randomly selected time-identification problem. The student's response is compared with the correct response, and the information concerning the appropriateness of the response is provided to the student. In the case of erroneous response, the correct response can be presented to the student both orally and visually. A speech synthesizer (38) (and/or analog and/or digital display) serves to generate a request to the student concerning time identification problems, and comments on the appropriateness of the student's response. In the preferred embodiment, the device is provided with a plurality of operational modes ranging from merely generating an audio signal identifying the correct time to engaging in interactive activities and games related to time identification problems.
A clock for educational purposes comprising a minute hand and an hour hand, both rotatably mounted at the center of the clockface, openings formed in the clockface at locations where the hours and minutes are indicated, and rotating members rotatably supported in the clock and each marked on its face with an hour indicating figure and a minute indicating figure. The surface of each rotating member is partially exposed through respective ones of the openings, and an arm is provided to rotate with the minute hand so as to individually turn the rotating members.
A time teaching device which gives a numerical readout to teach a child the position of clock hands and is capable of advancing the clock hands every time the child activates the readout portion has a housing in which is located a clock face and typical hour and minute clock hands. Within the housing are two carrier members which have a plurality of indicia thereon which indicate numerically the position of the clock's hands. The carrier members are located in the housing beneath display openings. Interspaced between the display openings and the carriers is an interference member which normally interferes with viewing of the indicia on the carrier. Both the hands and the carriers are coordinated such that movement of the minute hand will move the hour hand and both of the carriers through appropriate increments. An operator member is located on the housing and when it is depressed into the housing the indicia corresponding to the positions of the hands is viewable. Upon release of the operator member the interference member interferes with viewing of the indicia while simultaneously the hands advance an increment of time and concurrently unseen to the child the indicia carriers move to advance the indicia to correspond to the new positions of the hands.
This invention deals with a teaching means for reading time by providing simulated analogue and digital clocks wherein said clocks function independently from each other.
