EP3410232B1 - Uhrwerksmechanismus - Google Patents

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EP3410232B1
EP3410232B1 EP17173323.1A EP17173323A EP3410232B1 EP 3410232 B1 EP3410232 B1 EP 3410232B1 EP 17173323 A EP17173323 A EP 17173323A EP 3410232 B1 EP3410232 B1 EP 3410232B1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/26—Clocks or watches with indicators for tides, for the phases of the moon, or the like
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/26—Clocks or watches with indicators for tides, for the phases of the moon, or the like
    • G04B19/266—Clocks or watches with indicators for tides, for the phases of the moon, or the like with indicators for tides
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B13/00—Gearwork
    • G04B13/001—Gearwork with the choice of adjustable or varying transmission ratio
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/26—Clocks or watches with indicators for tides, for the phases of the moon, or the like
    • G04B19/262—Clocks or watches with indicators for tides, for the phases of the moon, or the like with indicators for astrological informations
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06G—ANALOGUE COMPUTERS
    • G06G3/00—Devices in which the computing operation is performed mechanically
    • G06G3/04—Devices in which the computing operation is performed mechanically for performing multiplications or divisions, e.g. variable-ratio gearing

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  • the present invention relates to the field of watchmaking. It relates more particularly to a clockwork mechanism capable of performing a mathematical operation.
  • Certain events are dependent on a conjunction of at least two natural phenomena having distinct periods which are not multiple of one another.
  • the representation of such events using exclusively mechanical means presents a certain difficulty.
  • a first mechanical solution for representing an event depending on two temporal functions would consist in using a three-dimensional cam.
  • the three-dimensional cam can, for example, be movable independently according to the two degrees of freedom of a sliding pivot.
  • the probe moves with reference to the cam surface, in rotation around the pivot axis and in translation along the axis, each of the two movements being governed independently according to the two time functions.
  • this type of solution is not very suitable for integration into a watch mechanism because of the excessive volume occupied by the three-dimensional cam.
  • WO 2016/029296 proposes to perform various mathematical operations, including multiplication, without detailing the embodiment making it possible to achieve this objective.
  • the document US 3,316,706 describes a horological instrument comprising a cartographic representation of the earth moving in a rectilinear direction and means moving constantly and continuously to delimit and distinguish on the cartographic representation the areas where it is daylight from the areas where it is dark.
  • the instrument also comprises means for inducing the rectilinear movement of the cartographic representation with respect to the means allowing the delimitation between the day and night zones so as to clearly represent the change in day position resulting from the rotation of the earth.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy the drawbacks of the prior art by proposing a multiplier mechanism which is easier to integrate into a watch.
  • the invention relates to a clockwork mechanism comprising a latch, movable in rotation about a latch axis, the angular position a of the latch representing a first value, a zero value of the first value corresponding to a reference direction.
  • the mechanism also comprises a slide mounted movable in translation on the rocker in a direction substantially perpendicular to the rocker axis, the slide comprising a reference element whose translation path with reference to the rocker is intersecting with the rocker axis. , the radial position r of the reference element relative to the rocker axis representing a second value.
  • the mechanism also comprises an output device formed of a parallelogram which can be deformed in a plane perpendicular to the rocker axis, the parallelogram comprising a first side, fixed with reference to the rocker axis and perpendicular to the reference direction, a second side opposite to the first side and linked in translation to the reference element in the direction perpendicular to the reference direction.
  • an output device formed of a parallelogram which can be deformed in a plane perpendicular to the rocker axis, the parallelogram comprising a first side, fixed with reference to the rocker axis and perpendicular to the reference direction, a second side opposite to the first side and linked in translation to the reference element in the direction perpendicular to the reference direction.
  • the first and second values are time functions.
  • the latch is positioned angularly by a first mobile intended to be kinematically connected to a watch movement.
  • the first mobile is a first cam arranged to cooperate with a cam follower integral with the lever and the mechanism comprises an elastic return means maintaining the cam follower in contact with the first cam.
  • the slide comprises a rack extending in the direction of translation and the mechanism comprises a pinion coaxial with the rocker axis and in engagement with the rack, the pinion also meshing with a second mobile intended to be kinematically linked to a watch movement.
  • the second mobile is a lever positioned angularly by a second cam intended to be kinematically connected to a watch movement.
  • the reference element is a pin at least partially housed in an oblong opening that has the second side of the deformable parallelogram, the oblong opening extending in the reference direction.
  • the radius of the pinion is less than ten times the length of the oblong opening, preferably less than twenty times.
  • the angular position of the rocker is included in an interval [- ⁇ / 4, + ⁇ / 4], preferably in an interval [- ⁇ / 8, + ⁇ / 8].
  • the figure 1 represents a multiplier mechanism according to the invention, intended to be integrated into a movement or to be added in a modular fashion to a movement.
  • This clockwork mechanism comprises two input mobile and one output mobile, the position of the output mobile representing a value substantially proportional to the product of the values represented by the positions of the two input mobile.
  • the mechanism comprises a latch 1, movable in rotation about an axis of the latch X, the latch axis X being perpendicular to the movement.
  • the rocker 1 is positioned angularly by a first mobile intended to be kinematically connected to a watch movement.
  • the first mobile is a first cam 3 intended to be driven in rotation by the watch movement.
  • the mechanism comprises a return means, not shown, arranged to maintain a feeler 2, integral with the rocker 1, in contact with the first cam 3.
  • the angular position of the rocker 1 around its rocker axis X corresponds to a first value can be positive or negative.
  • a zero value of the first value corresponds to a reference direction for latch 1.
  • the first mobile could be a pinion meshing with a toothed sector integral with latch 1 and centered on the latch axis X.
  • a slider 4 is slidably mounted on the rocker 1 in a plane substantially perpendicular to the rocker axis X.
  • the slider 4 is movable in translation with reference to the rocker 1 and follows the rocker 1 in its rotational movements around the axis X.
  • a reference element, integral with the slide 4 is arranged so that its path in translation with reference to the rocker 1, is secant with the rocker axis X.
  • the marker element takes the form with a pin 5.
  • the pin 5 is shown in a particular position, collinear with the rocker axis X.
  • the angular position of the rocker 1 is that of the slide axis of the slide 4.
  • the pinion 6 being coaxial with the rocker 1, it remains in engagement with the rack 7 whatever the position.
  • the pinion 6 also meshes with a second mobile intended to be kinematically connected to a watch movement.
  • the second mobile is an oscillating arm 8 comprising a toothed sector 9 in engagement with the pinion 6.
  • the oscillating arm 8 is positioned angularly by a second cam 10 intended to be connected to a clockwork movement.
  • the position of the second cam 10 determines that of the oscillating arm 8, that of the pinion 6 and therefore the radial position of the slide 4 and therefore of the reference element constituted by the pin 5, with reference to the rocker axis X
  • the radial position of the pin 5 with respect to the rocker axis X corresponds to a second value which may be positive or negative.
  • the pin 5 is collinear with the rocker axis X which corresponds to a zero value of the second value.
  • the multiplier mechanism also comprises an output device formed of a deformable parallelogram located in a plane perpendicular to the rocker axis X.
  • the deformable parallelogram comprises a first side AB, fixed with reference to the rocker axis X and perpendicular to the reference direction, a second side CD, opposite to the first side AB and linked in translation to the pin 5 in the direction perpendicular to the reference direction.
  • the second side has an oblong opening 11 extending in the reference direction, that is to say perpendicular to the first AB and second CD sides of the parallelogram.
  • the pin 5 is at least partially housed in the oblong opening 11, the width of which is substantially equal to the diameter of the pin 5.
  • the figure 2 represents a kinematic diagram of the mechanism of the invention.
  • the rocker 1 is shown with an inclination of an angle ⁇ between the direction of the sliding connection of the slide 4 and the reference direction which is here the vertical direction.
  • the angle a is proportional to the first value.
  • Pin 5 is located at a radial distance r from the rocker axis X, representing the second value.
  • the angle a can be chosen proportional to the first value so as to remain in an interval [- ⁇ / 4, + ⁇ / 4], of preferably in an interval [- ⁇ / 8, + ⁇ / 8], in which the sine of angle a can be approximated by the value of angle a.
  • the angle b remains more closed than the angle a, i.e. the distance r does not exceed the length R of the adjacent sides of the parallelogram.
  • the angular position of the adjacent sides given by the angle b is substantially proportional to the product a.r of the first and second values.
  • the output value determined by the angular position of the third AC and fourth BD sides of the parallelogram, adjacent to the first side AB, can be collected directly using a display needle secured to one of the lateral sides of the deformable parallelogram or indirectly through a toothed sector 12 driving a pinion or a rack.
  • the output of the multiplier mechanism can also be kinematically connected to the input of another multiplier mechanism in order to carry out the multiplication of a number of values greater than two. It is also possible to perform power operations by multiplying a value by itself repeatedly.
  • FIG. 3 to 4 represent the mechanism in different positions depending on the variation of the second value, which causes the slide 4 to move.
  • figures 5 and 6 represent the mechanism in which the flip-flop 1 pivots according to the variation of the first value.
  • the radial displacement of the slide 4 was obtained by the rotation of the pinion 6 meshing with the rack 7.
  • the rack 7 rolls on the pinion 6 causing a parasitic movement of the slide 4 relative to the rocker 1 which will modify the radial position of the pin 5 representing the second value.
  • the radius of the pinion 6 will be chosen as small as possible, preferably less than ten times the length of the oblong opening representing the maximum travel of the slide, or even less than twenty times this length. Even by reducing the radius of pinion 6, the phenomenon remains sensitive when the second value is close to zero, as is the case with figure 1 .
  • the mechanism proposed by the invention therefore makes it possible to carry out a multiplication operation between two independent input values.
  • the essentially flat arrangement of the mechanism makes it easy to integrate it into a movement or to add it to an independent module.
  • the input values can be periodic time functions having very different periods like for example, declination of the earth, time of day, lunar month, etc.
  • the operations of multiplication of these data made possible by the mechanism of the invention make it possible to obtain mechanically a representation or an indication of various natural phenomena such as the display of the terminator, the calculation of the times of sunrise and sunset and of the moon, calculating timetables and tidal coefficients.

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  1. Mechanismus für die Uhrmacherei, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er umfasst:
    - eine Wippe (1), die um eine Wippenachse (X) drehbeweglich ist, wobei die Winkelposition a der Wippe (1) einen ersten Wert darstellt, wobei ein Nullwert des ersten Werts einer Referenzrichtung entspricht,
    - einen Schlitten (4), der translationsbeweglich auf der Wippe (1) gemäß einer Richtung, die im Wesentlichen senkrecht zu der Achse der Wippe (1) verläuft, montiert ist und ein Merkzeichenelement umfasst, dessen Translationsbahn sich Bezug nehmend auf die Wippe (1) mit der Wippenachse (X) schneidet, wobei die radiale Position r des Merkzeichenelements in Bezug auf die Wippenachse (X) einen zweiten Wert darstellt,
    - eine Ausgangsvorrichtung, die von einem Parallelogramm gebildet wird, das in einer Ebene senkrecht zu der Wippenachse (X) verformbar ist, wobei das Parallelogramm eine feste erste Seite (AB) Bezug nehmend auf die Wippenachse (X) und senkrecht zu der Referenzrichtung umfasst, eine zweite Seite (CD), die der ersten Seite (AB) gegenüberliegt und mit dem Merkzeichenelement gemäß der Richtung senkrecht zu der Referenzrichtung translationsverbunden ist,
    und dadurch, dass die Winkelposition b der dritten (AC) und vierten (BD) Seite des Parallelogramms, die an die erste Seite (AB) angrenzen, in Bezug auf die Referenzrichtung, der Formel: r.sin(a) = R.sin(b) entspricht, wobei R eine Konstante ist.
  2. Mechanismus für die Uhrmacherei nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste und zweite Wert Zeitfunktionen sind.
  3. Mechanismus für die Uhrmacherei nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Wippe (1) durch einen ersten Drehteil, der dazu bestimmt ist, mit einem Uhrwerk kinematisch verbunden zu werden, winkelmäßig positioniert wird.
  4. Mechanismus für die Uhrmacherei nach dem vorstehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste Drehteil eine erste Kurvenscheibe (3) ist, die angeordnet ist, um mit einem Kurvenscheibenfolger (2) zusammenzuwirken, der mit der Wippe (1) fest verbunden ist, und dadurch, dass der Mechanismus ein elastisches Rückzugsmittel umfasst, das den Kurvenscheibenfolger (2) in Kontakt mit der ersten Kurvenscheibe (3) hält.
  5. Mechanismus für die Uhrmacherei nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schlitten (4) eine Zahnstange (7) umfasst, die sich in der Translationsrichtung erstreckt, und dadurch, dass der Mechanismus einen Trieb (6) koaxial mit der Achse der Wippe (1) und in Eingriff mit der Zahnstange (7) umfasst, wobei der Trieb (6) weiter in einen zweiten Drehteil eingreift, der dazu bestimmt ist, mit einem Uhrwerk kinematisch verbunden zu werden.
  6. Mechanismus für die Uhrmacherei nach dem vorstehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der zweite Drehteil eine Wippe (8) ist, die durch eine zweite Kurvenscheibe (10), die dazu bestimmt ist, mit einem Uhrwerk kinematisch verbunden zu werden, winkelmäßig positioniert wird.
  7. Mechanismus für die Uhrmacherei nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Merkzeichenelement ein Sperrstift (5) ist, der wenigstens teilweise in einem Langloch (11) aufgenommen ist, das die zweite Seite (CD) des verformbaren Parallelogramms umfasst, wobei sich das Langloch (11) in der Referenzrichtung erstreckt.
  8. Mechanismus für die Uhrmacherei nach den Ansprüchen 5 und 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Radius des Triebs (6) kleiner ist als das Zehnfache der Länge des Langlochs (11), vorzugsweise kleiner als das Zwanzigfache.
  9. Mechanismus für die Uhrmacherei nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Winkelposition der Wippe (1) in einem Intervall [-π/4, +π/4] umfasst ist, vorzugsweise in einem Intervall [-π/8, +π/8].
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