Voice clock apparatus

Claim 1

A voice clock apparatus comprising a first rotating member having a magnetic layer applied thereon, said magnetic layer being formed with a plurality of tracks storing vocal time signals corresponding to hours; a second rotating member having a magnetic layer applied thereon, said magnetic layer being formed with a plurality of tracks storing vocal time signals corresponding to minutes; means, including a clock mechanism, for driving said rotating members to rotate one pitch of the tracks thereon in accordance with a predetermined period of time; means, including a magnetic head carried on a head supporting carriage, for scanning one of the tracks on each of said rotating members to thereby reproduce the vocal time signal stored on said track; means, including a tension spring, for biasing said carriage to return said magnetic head to its rest position; driving means circulatively driven by a motor and engageable with said carriage at the rest position to move said magnetic head against the biasing force of said tension spring; means, including broadcast receiver amplifier, for amplifying the output reproduced by said magnetic head; an operation switch connecting a power source with said motor for driving said magnetic head; means, including a rest switch responsive to the initiation of the scanning by said magnetic head and connected in parallel to said operation switch, for maintaining the electric connection of the power source with said motor after disconnection of said power switch until the magnetic head returns to its rest position; and means, including a changeover switch responsive to said operation switch and said rest switch, for connecting said amplifier to said magnetic head during the scanning of said rotating members by said magnetic head to reproduce the signal recorded on said rotating members so that the vocal time signal corresponding to a current point of time stored in the tracks is broadcast through a speaker in said radiobroadcast receiver set; wherein after the termination of tHe scanning by said magnetic head, said driving means is disengaged from said carriage, said carriage is returned to the rest position under the biasing force of said tension spring, said rest switch is disconnected, said motor is disconnected from the power source and said amplifier is disconnected from the output of said magnetic head and connected to said broadcast receiver for amplifying a radiobroadcast program received by said radiobroadcast receiver set.