Parent and Child Clock - Oyakodokei

Japanese: 親子時計 - おやこどけい
Parent and Child Clock - Oyakodokei

It refers to a combination of a master clock with a device that emits a signal at regular intervals and a slave clock that is remotely controlled by that signal. They are used in transportation, schools, hotels, and other laboratories that require accurate time, and depending on the size of the facility, there can be anywhere from a few to several hundred slave clocks. The slave clocks usually move intermittently from a highly accurate master clock, receiving a signal every 30 seconds or every minute, but some use a synchronous motor to move the hands continuously. Some slave clocks are standalone clocks that receive timely signals from outside to correct the hands, but most have an extremely simple structure in which an electromagnet is activated by a signal, moving a ratchet wheel one tooth at a time, and they cannot be used as a clock by themselves.

[Kuniyuki Motomochi]

[Reference item] | Radio controlled clock

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

一定の時間間隔で信号を発する装置をもつ親時計と、その信号によって遠隔操作される子時計の組合せをいう。交通機関、学校、ホテル、そのほか正確な時間を必要とする研究所などで用いられ、子時計は規模によって数個から数百個に達する。精度の高い親時計から、子時計は通常30秒あるいは1分ごとの信号を受けて間欠的に運針するが、同期電動機を使って連続的に針を送るものもある。子時計のなかには単独時計であって外部から適時信号を受け指針修正されるものもあるが、一般のものは、信号を受けて電磁石が作動し、爪車(つめぐるま)を1歯ずつ送るといったきわめて簡単な構造をもち、単独では時計として使用できない。

[元持邦之]

[参照項目] | 電波時計

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