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WO1992001250A1 - Combinaison d'une calculatrice se tenant a la main et d'un article de bijouterie - Google Patents

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WO1992001250A1
WO1992001250A1 PCT/US1990/005440 US9005440W WO9201250A1 WO 1992001250 A1 WO1992001250 A1 WO 1992001250A1 US 9005440 W US9005440 W US 9005440W WO 9201250 A1 WO9201250 A1 WO 9201250A1
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Robert T. Tracey
William I. Kreisner
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Tracey Robert T
Kreisner William I
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F15/00—Digital computers in general; Data processing equipment in general
    • G06F15/02—Digital computers in general; Data processing equipment in general manually operated with input through keyboard and computation using a built-in program, e.g. pocket calculators
    • G06F15/0216—Constructional details or arrangements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2221/00—Actuators
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2223/00—Casings

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  • This invention relates generally to calculators and particularly to electronic calculators having jewel stones as the keys.
  • the present invention has semi-precious or precious jewel stones as the keys of a hand-held electronic calcula- tor which in other respects may be like the prior art calculators.
  • the use of such ornamental jewel stones as the keys enables the calculator to double as a jewelry article attractive enough to be displayed in the most elegant surroundings.
  • a principal object of this invention is to provide a combined hand-held calculator assembly and jewelry article in which the calculator keys are semi-precious or precious jewel stones.
  • Figure 1 is a top plan view of a calculator with oval cut semi-precious jewel stones as the keys, in accordance with a first embodiment of this invention
  • Figure 2 is an end elevation taken from the right end of Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 is a front elevation of the Fig. 1 calcula ⁇ tor;
  • Figure 4 is an enlarged cross-section taken along the line 4—4 in Fig. 1;
  • Figure 5 is a top perspective view of one of the keys in the Fig. 1 calculator
  • Figure 6 is a bottom perspective view of this key with a foil layer on the bottom partly peeled away;
  • Figure 7 is a top plan view of a calculator according to a second embodiment of this invention, with emerald cut semi-precious jewel stones as the keys;
  • Figures 8 is an end elevation taken from the right end of Figure 7;
  • Figure 9 is a front elevation of the Fig. 7 calcula ⁇ tor;
  • Figure 10 is an enlarged cross-section taken along the line 10—10 in Figure 7;
  • Figure 11 is a top perspective view of one of the keys in the Fig. 7 calculator.
  • Figure 12 is a bottom perspective view of this key with a foil layer on the bottom partly peeled away;
  • Figure 13 is a top plan view of a calculator in ac ⁇ cordance with a third embodiment of this invention having all the number keys and some of the computational function keys of the same jewel stone and other function keys of different jewel stones;
  • Figure 14 is a top plan view of a calculator in ac ⁇ cordance with a fourth embodiment of this invention with most of the keys in diagonal rows, each of which has all keys of the same jewel stone different from those in the neighboring diagonal rows.
  • the calculator shown there has a generally rectangular casing 20 with a flat top wall 21 having a laterally elongated window 22 for displaying numbers and a plurality of oval openings 23 at which the calculator keys K are located.
  • the top wall of the calculator casing has a thin, flat, rigid, metal panel 21a covered on ' the outside by gold or silver plating 21b for a visually attractive appearance.
  • Each key is an oval-cut, cabochon, semi-precious jewel stone with a shape as shown in Figures 5 and 6.
  • the jewel stone has a convex dome 24 on the top projecting up from an elliptical side edge 25 (Fig. 4) and an oval flange 2b on the bottom projecting laterally outward from the side edge 25 along its complete extent.
  • the bottom flange 26 pre ⁇ sents a flat top face 27 (Fig. 5; surrounding the side edge 25 and extending perpendicular to it.
  • Tne bottom flange of each key has a flat bottom face 26 (Fig. 6) to which a thin, electrically conductive, metal foil 29 is adhesively bonded. This foil is the movable electrode of a capaci ⁇ tance switch of known design.
  • the top wall panel 21a of the calculator casing is on top of a support frame 30 of rigid dielectric plastic material.
  • Frame 30 is formed with a plurality of oval top openings 31 each of which is slightly larger than the corresponding key at its oval side wall 25, and oval bottom openings 32, each of which is slightly larger than the respective key at its bottom flange 26.
  • Each bottom opening 32 in the frame intersects a corre- sponding top opening 31 at a respective downwardly-facing shoulder 33, which is engageable by the top face 27 (Fig. 6 ) of the bottom flange on the corresponding key to provide an upper limit stop for the key.
  • Each key can be pushed down into the casing by the pressure of a person's finger, and when this happens the bottom flange 26 of the key slides down the bottom opening 32 in the support frame 30 inside the calculator casing directly below its top wall 21.
  • a flexible and resilient diaphragm 34 of suitable rub- ber-like material directly overlies a generally flat print ⁇ ed circuit board B that carries the electronic components and wiring of the calculator.
  • This printed circuit board may be of known design.
  • the diaphragm 34 has a plurality of upwardly projecting cylindrical nodes 36, one beneath each key K or K' . Each node has a flat top wall 37 that engages the metal foil 29 on the bottom of the corresponding key.
  • a pad 38 of rela ⁇ tively soft, compressible and resilient material is adhe- ⁇ ively affixed to the bottom face of the top wall of each node 36 in the diaphragm.
  • the nodes 36 of the diaphragm hold the corresponding keys up against tne down ⁇ wardly- facing shoulder 3 ⁇ in the frame 30 below the top wall of the casing.
  • the soft pad 38 in each node is spaced above the corresponding fixed electrode 35 of the capacitance switch operated by that key .
  • all the keys may be of the same semi-precious jewel stone, such as amethyst, or tney may be a variety of different semi-precious or precious jewel stones of different colors, such as amethyst, rose quartz, blue agate, aventurine, carnelian, mother-of-pearl, garnet, pearl, ruby, emerald, sapphire and diamon ⁇ arranged in a predetermined multi-color pattern or arranged randomly.
  • Figure 7-12 shows a second embodiment of the invention which is essentially the same as the first embodiment (Figs. 1-6) except that the keys are emerald-cut semi ⁇ precious jewel stones instead of the oval cabochons of the first embodiment.
  • the elements of this second embodiment are given the same reference numerals with a "-2" suffix added as the corresponding elements of the first embodiment so the detailed description need not be repeated.
  • each key in the second embodiment of the invention has a thin, flat, bottom flange 26-2 projecting out laterally from a side wall 25-2 of tne jewel stone that is rectangular in outline except for beveled corners 25a-2.
  • Each key has a bevel-eoged too segment 24-2 that normally projects aoove tne top wall i-_ of the calculator casing.
  • the side wal_. 25-2 of tne key fits snugly but ⁇ lidably in the corresponding opening 23-2 in the top wall 21-2 of the casing.
  • the top face 27-2 of the bottom flange 26-2 of each key normally engages a corresponding downwardly-facing shoulder 33-2 provided by the frame 30-2 inside the calculator casing beneath its top wall 21-2.
  • the bottom flange 26-2 of each key is snugly but slidably received in a corresponding bottom opening 32- 2 in frame 30-2.
  • any key can be pushed down by a person's finger to perform a switching function in the manner already described for the first embodiment of thee invention (Figs. 1-6).
  • the calcula ⁇ tor shown there has a multi-colored keypad including a rose quartz or garnet "C ON” key, a jade "5" key, an aventurine "%” key, a blue agate “OFF” key, a carnelian "+” key, and substantially colorless, translucent jewel stones for all the other keys.
  • a multi-colored keypad including a rose quartz or garnet "C ON” key, a jade "5" key, an aventurine "%” key, a blue agate “OFF” key, a carnelian "+” key, and substantially colorless, translucent jewel stones for all the other keys.
  • any desired pattern of differently colored jewel stones may be provided in the key . pad, such as by having amethyst as all of the number keys.
  • Figure 13 shows another embodiment of the invention which is .like the embodiment of Figure 7 except that it has a larger window 22-3 for displaying the numbers.
  • Figure 14 shows a fourth embodiment which is like
  • Figure 13 except that it has keys of differently-colored semi-precious jewel stones, with all the keys in a given diagonal row the same type of. jewel stone.
  • the "C ON" key 40 is rose quartz or garnet
  • the diagonally aligned "7" key 41 and "5" key 42 are blue agates
  • the diagonally aligned "8" key 43, "4'' key 44 and "%” key 45 are carnelians.
  • the diagonally aligned "9" key 46, "5" key 47, “1” key 48 and “OFF” key 49 are amethysts
  • the diagonally aligned "X" Key 50, "6" key 51, "2" key 52 and “0” key 53 are aventurines
  • the diagonally aligned "-" key 54, “-” key 55, "3” key 56 andd decimal point key “57” are garnets or rose quartzes
  • the larger "+” key 60 is an amethyst
  • the "M-” key 61 is a blue agate
  • the "M+” key 62 in the lower right corner is a carnelian.

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Abstract

Boîtier d'une calculatrice électronique se tenant à la main de conception connue comportant des pierres semi-précieuses ou précieuses comme touches (k) de la calculatrice, et constituant à la fois une calculatrice se tenant à la main et un article de bijouterie décorative.
PCT/US1990/005440 1990-07-06 1990-09-27 Combinaison d'une calculatrice se tenant a la main et d'un article de bijouterie WO1992001250A1 (fr)

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WO2002054734A1 (fr) * 2000-12-29 2002-07-11 Vertu Ltd Dispositif de communication portable
WO2002054717A3 (fr) * 2000-12-29 2003-02-06 Vertu Ltd Boitier
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