EP1973012A2 - Uhr mit Kinematik zum Ausgleich des Spiels des Aufziehkranzes, der in die Ruhe- oder Aufziehposition versetzt wird - Google Patents

Uhr mit Kinematik zum Ausgleich des Spiels des Aufziehkranzes, der in die Ruhe- oder Aufziehposition versetzt wird Download PDF

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EP1973012A2
EP1973012A2 EP08153189A EP08153189A EP1973012A2 EP 1973012 A2 EP1973012 A2 EP 1973012A2 EP 08153189 A EP08153189 A EP 08153189A EP 08153189 A EP08153189 A EP 08153189A EP 1973012 A2 EP1973012 A2 EP 1973012A2
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    • G04BMECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B3/00Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically; Winding up several mainsprings or driving weights simultaneously
    • G04B3/04Rigidly-mounted keys, knobs or crowns
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  • the present invention relates to a watch in which the user makes adjustments, and possibly reassembly, through a winding associated with a device for controlling its movement in axial translation. Such a device facilitates the handling of the winder.
  • the invention relates to such a watch including more particularly a box for receiving a watch movement, a winding provided with a winding crown movable in an axial direction between a first position of rest or winding movement and a second position adjusting the movement in which the winding crown has a game relative to the box, and a movable drive member controlled by a control element for driving the winding crown in the first position.
  • a watch of this type is known from the document EP-A-1722282 .
  • the control element is shaped as a pivoting lever with respect to a crown bridge fixed to the box.
  • the movable driving element is slaved to the control element by a cam formed in the latter and moved in translation in the axial direction inside the crown bridge.
  • the object of the invention is to overcome this drawback, in other words to modify the type of watch recalled above to reduce the space requirement imposed by the transfer of play of the winding crown relative to the box in the adjustment position. to the control element relative to the box in the rest or reassembly position.
  • the subject of the invention is a watch comprising a box for receiving a watch movement, a winder provided with a mobile winding crown in an axial direction between a first position of rest or winding of the movement and a second position of adjustment of the movement in which the winding crown has a clearance with respect to the box, and a movable driving element controlled by a control element for driving the winding crown in the first position, characterized in that the control element and the movable drive element are shaped and slaved to absorb the play of the winding crown driven in the first position.
  • the movable drive element is slaved to the control element by a transmission rod and lock absorbing the play of the winding crown driven into the first position by intercalation of the link between the control element and the movable drive element.
  • control element is shaped as an annular ring rotatable relative to the box about an axis of rotation centered with respect to the box and perpendicular to the plane of this box.
  • the movable drive element is slaved to the annular control ring by a cam or a rod absorbing the play of the winding crown driven in the first position by rotation of the annular ring.
  • the movable driving element is shaped as a pivoting element about a pivot axis perpendicular to the plane of the box and slaved to the control element by a cam absorbing the play of the winding crown driven in the first position by pivoting the movable drive element.
  • these various embodiments of the invention make it possible to lock the winding crown in the rest or winding position.
  • the cam formed in the control member or in the movable drive member has a portion for locking the control member and the movable drive member in the first position of the winding crown.
  • the annular control ring is provided with a means cooperating with the box to lock the rotation of the annular ring in the first position of the winding crown.
  • the movable driving element drives the winding crown from the adjustment position to the rest or reassembly position by absorbing the clearance.
  • it is shaped to drive it from the rest or reassembly position to the position adjustment and thus facilitate the handling of the winder in both directions of movement.
  • the figure 1 is a top view of a watch according to a first variant of the first embodiment of the invention, the winding crown being in the rest or winding position.
  • the figure 2 is a top view of a watch according to the figure 1 , the winding crown being in the adjustment position.
  • the figure 3 is a perspective view of a watch according to a second variant of the first embodiment of the invention, the winding crown being in the adjustment position.
  • the figure 4 is a side view of a watch according to the figure 3 , the winding crown being in the rest or winding position.
  • the figure 5 is a side view of a watch according to the figure 3 , the winding crown being in the adjustment position.
  • the figure 6 is a top view of a watch according to Figures 3, 4 or 5 , in section along the axis of the winding, the winding crown being in the rest position or reassembly.
  • the figure 7 is a top view of a watch according to the third embodiment of the invention, the winding crown being in the rest position or reassembly.
  • the figure 8 is a top view of a watch according to the figure 7 , the winding crown being in the adjustment position.
  • the figure 9 is a top view of a watch according to a first variant of the second embodiment of the invention, the winding crown being in the rest or winding position.
  • the figure 10 is a top view of a watch according to the figure 9 , the winding crown being in the adjustment position.
  • the figure 11 is a top view of a watch according to a second variant of the second embodiment of the invention, the winding crown being in the rest or winding position.
  • the figure 12 is a top view of a watch according to the figure 11 , the winding crown being in the adjustment position.
  • the figure 13 is a top view of a watch according to a third variant of the second embodiment of the invention, the winding crown being in the rest position or reassembly.
  • the figure 14 is a top view of a watch according to the figure 13 , the winding crown being in the adjustment position.
  • the figure 15 is a top view of a watch according to a fourth variant of the second embodiment of the invention, the winding crown being in the rest position or reassembly.
  • the figure 16 is a top view of a watch according to the figure 15 , the winding crown being in the adjustment position.
  • the movable driving element is shaped as two movable levers 1 and 2 which are articulated on each side of the box 11 along two pivot axes 3 and 4 perpendicular to the plane of the box.
  • the control element consists of a lever 5.
  • One of the two drive levers 2 is slaved to the control element 5 by a transmission and locking link 6 while the other drive lever 1 is articulated to the control element 5.
  • the latter moves the two drive levers 1, 2 in a motion composition along the axis of the winding.
  • the drive levers 1, 2 cause the winding crown in the rest position or reassembly through the extensions 41, 42 levers 1, 2 which cover and close on it.
  • the levers 1, 2 can be linked to the winding crown to drive the latter in translation both in the rest position or reassembly and in the adjustment position.
  • the control element makes it possible to move the winding crown in the adjustment position.
  • the driving lever 2 slaved to the control element 5 by the transmission and locking rod 6 is primarily intended to ensure certain symmetry of forces on the winder. But it can be absent and in this case, the rod 6 is articulated directly on the box, for example along the axis 4.
  • the two movable levers 1, 2 are retained in the rest position or reassembly by a control element 5 and the rod 6 which ensure the transmission of the control and the locking of the two drive levers and the control element.
  • the clearance J of the winding crown 8 with respect to the box 11 in the adjustment position, figure 2 is absorbed by the interposition of the transmission and locking link 6 between the two drive levers 1, 2 and the control lever 5, when the winding crown 8 is driven by the two drive levers 1, 2 in the rest or reassembly position, figure 1 .
  • the movable drive member 12 is guided in translation relative to the box 11 along the axis of the winding and causes the winding crown by its portion 43 which overlaps. It is controlled by a control element 5 shaped into a lever articulated on the box 11 along the axes 13 extending in the plane of the box. It acts on the movable drive element 12 via a transmission element to drive the winding crown 8 in the rest position or reassembly.
  • This means is a link 6 articulated on one side on the control lever 5 according to a pivot axis 14 and articulated on the other side on the movable drive member 12 according to a pivot axis 15.
  • the pivot axes the control lever and the transmission rod are arranged to interpose the transmission rod 6 between the control lever 5 and the movable drive element 12 so as to obtain a stable rest or reassembly position to lock the crown winding 8, as illustrated by the figure 4 .
  • the play J of the winding crown 8 compared at the box 11 in the adjustment position, figure 5 is absorbed by the intercalation of the transmission rod and locking 6 between the movable drive element 12 and the control element 5, when the winding crown 8 is driven by the movable drive element 12 in the rest or reassembly position, figure 6 .
  • the means for transmitting the rotary movement of the lever to the movable element may also be a rack and pinion system or may be a cam system which may or may not cause the lever to be retained in the closed position, it may also be a flexible link of the type cable or chain.
  • the movable drive element 12 can ensure only the return of the winding crown in the rest or reassembly position and its locking in this rest position or it can be linked to the crown winding to drive in translation in both directions of its axial movement, while allowing its rotation for reassembly or adjustment.
  • the movable driving element 20 is a ring fixed on the winding 8 and guided in translation by the box or the winder to drive the winding crown in translation while allowing its rotation for reassembly or for the adjustment of the movement of the watch.
  • This drive ring 20 comprises one or more axes 21 to be displaced during the movement of the transmission element 6.
  • the control element 17 is an annular ring rotatable about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the plan of the box and centered on this box. The control element 17 acts on the movable driving element 20 by the effect of the transmission link 6 articulated on one side on the movable driving element 16 and on the other on the driving element.
  • control 17 to produce the movement of the winding crown.
  • the kinematics of the set produced according to the figure 9 a stable rest or reassembly position to lock the crown, but it can be added an independent locking device acting on one or the other element of the device.
  • the ring 17 drives the winding crown in both directions of its axial movement, but the movable driving element can be shaped to only move the winding crown from the adjustment position to the rest or winding position and lock it in this position.
  • the movable drive element 1 is shaped pivoting element articulated along the pivot 3 perpendicular to the plane of the box and fixed on one side thereof and causes the winding crown 8 to ensure its return and locking in the rest position or reassembly.
  • the driving of the winding crown is provided by a portion 44 of the movable drive member which overlaps.
  • the Figures 11 and 12 more particularly illustrate the control element 17 shaped, as in all embodiments of the second embodiment, into an annular ring 17 pivoting about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the plane of the box and centered on the latter.
  • the control element 17 is shaped as an annular ring for pivoting about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the plane of the box and centered on the latter.
  • the Figures 13 and 14 more particularly illustrate the two cams 24 and 26 formed in the control element 17 and operating in cooperation with the fingers 25 and 27 fixed on the movable drive element 12 to produce its movement by means of a translation guide according to the winding axis.
  • the cams and the fingers associated with them may belong to the control element or to the movable drive member or to a movement transmission member between them. .
  • the control element 17 is again an annular ring rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the box and centered with respect to the latter.
  • the means for transmitting the movement of the control element 17 to the movable driving element 12 is a cam 24 formed in the annular ring 17 and operating in cooperation with a finger 28 fixed to the mobile drive element 12
  • This latter is a drive ring similar to the drive ring described in a first variant of the second embodiment of the invention, Figures 9 and 10 .
  • the cam path is without line breaks and does not produce a stable rest or reassembly position.
  • a holding device in the rest or reassembly position is deputy.
  • the movable driving element 1 is shaped pivoting element articulated along the pivot 3 perpendicular to the plane of the box and fixed on one side of the latter and drive the winding crown 8 to ensure its return and locking in the rest or reassembly position.
  • the rotational movement of the movable driving element 1 is not perfectly coincident with the axial trajectory of the winding 8, their connection allows a certain latitude of rotation and lateral sliding in order to absorb the difference. trajectory.
  • the movable driving element 1 is returned to the rest and reassembly position by the effect of the control element 5 consisting of a pivoting lever according to the pivot 18.
  • the control element 5 can also by its movement of the interior towards the outside relative to the box, producing the displacement of the winding crown 8 according to setting notches, not shown, if there is a connection in translation between them in this direction, for example through to the lug 19 carried by the movable drive element 1.
  • the means for transmitting the movement between the control element 5 and the movable driving element 1 is a cam system consisting of the finger 16 which slides in the cam light 23 formed in the movable drive element 1.
  • the clearance J of the winding crown 8 relative to the box in the adjustment position, figure 8 is absorbed by the servo-control cam 23 formed in the movable driving element 1 when the winding crown is driven by the pivoting of the movable driving element 1 in the rest or winding position, figure 7 .
  • the cam system can produce by its forms the locking of the movable drive element 1 and the winder in the rest position or reassembly. This stable position can also be obtained by a holding means in the rest position or independent winding acting on one or other of the mobile elements of the device.
  • a seal 33 between the crown and the box may advantageously be added to protect the watch from the entry of liquid under pressure.
  • the advantage of the invention is to provide a device for protecting and sealing the winder which facilitates its handling, in particular in its most elaborate embodiments that can control the winding in both directions of its axial movement.
  • the invention also has the advantage of allowing various arrangements and forms of the control element to adapt the embodiment to different forms of housings and different ergonomics. In doing so, the invention opens up a new field of application in the design by those skilled in the art of locking systems of the winding of a watch.

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EP08153189A 2007-03-23 2008-03-23 Uhr mit Kinematik zum Ausgleich des Spiels des Aufziehkranzes, der in die Ruhe- oder Aufziehposition versetzt wird Not-in-force EP1973012B1 (de)

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FR0702147A FR2914072A1 (fr) 2007-03-23 2007-03-23 Montre a dispositif de commande et de verrouillage du remontoir.
FR0705195A FR2914073A1 (fr) 2007-03-23 2007-07-18 Montre a dispositif de commande et de verrouillage du remontoir

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CN102955416A (zh) * 2011-08-17 2013-03-06 Eta瑞士钟表制造股份有限公司 使用压力或牵引的钟表机构的控制装置
EP3056947A1 (de) * 2015-02-10 2016-08-17 Giuseppe Schillaci Betätigungsvorrichtung einer krone in einer uhr, und entsprechendes verfahren

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CN102955416B (zh) * 2011-08-17 2015-04-15 Eta瑞士钟表制造股份有限公司 使用压力或牵引的钟表机构的控制装置
EP3056947A1 (de) * 2015-02-10 2016-08-17 Giuseppe Schillaci Betätigungsvorrichtung einer krone in einer uhr, und entsprechendes verfahren

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