DocumentCode
378740
Title
Reduction and elimination of watch batteries
Author
Hirashima, Yasuhito
Author_Institution
Seiko Epson Corp., Nagano, Japan
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
832
Lastpage
835
Abstract
A watch that does not require battery replacement has been developed and launched on the market. There are two types of such watch: one that uses arm movement to generate electricity, and the other a mechanical watch run by a spring with quartz accuracy. It is not easy to get batteries in some parts of the world, making such watches very useful. These watches are also more convenient because there is no need to replace the battery. For the eco-conscious, these watches avoid the use of natural resources and the problem of treating dead batteries. They improve resource productivity greatly with less usage of resources and increased customer convenience
Keywords
clocks; design for environment; arm movement; customer convenience; eco-conscious; electricity generation; mechanical watch; natural resources; quartz accuracy; resource productivity; spring; watch batteries elimination; Batteries; Gears; Humans; Kinetic theory; Power generation; Productivity; Relays; Rotors; Springs; Watches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Tokyo
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1266-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/.2001.992476
Filename
992476
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