WO2020201910A1 - Structure de support pour horlogerie et horloge comprenant une telle structure - Google Patents

Structure de support pour horlogerie et horloge comprenant une telle structure Download PDF

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WO2020201910A1
WO2020201910A1 PCT/IB2020/052750 IB2020052750W WO2020201910A1 WO 2020201910 A1 WO2020201910 A1 WO 2020201910A1 IB 2020052750 W IB2020052750 W IB 2020052750W WO 2020201910 A1 WO2020201910 A1 WO 2020201910A1
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Luciano SASSO
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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
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/14—Suspending devices, supports or stands for time-pieces insofar as they form part of the case
    • G04B37/1473—Supports and feet for supporting the clockwork
    • G04B37/148—Supports and feet for supporting the clockwork formed by parts of the case
    • 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
    • G04B33/00—Calibers
    • G04B33/08—Calibers in which the gear train is arranged in different planes, e.g. parallel or inclined to each other
    • 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
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/08—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits
    • G04B37/081—Complete encasings for wrist or pocket watches also comprising means for hermetic sealing of the winding stem and crown
    • G04B37/083—Complete encasings for wrist or pocket watches also comprising means for hermetic sealing of the winding stem and crown for shaped watches
    • 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
    • G04B45/00—Time pieces of which the indicating means or cases provoke special effects, e.g. aesthetic effects
    • G04B45/0069—Cases and fixed parts with a special shape

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  • the present invention relates in a more general aspect thereof to clocks, i.e. that are usually placed or arranged on pieces of furniture or surfaces in general, such as tables, desks, cabinets or the like, or that hang on or are applied to walls.
  • the present invention is preferably intended for mechanically operated clocks, i.e. those with a manually loaded spring, for the reasons that will emerge more clearly below; however, it must not be considered limited thereto but can also be extended to other clocks that have mechanical parts (e.g. hands) controlled by quartz or electronic or digital clocks, etc.
  • clocks of the type considered herein that are currently known are generally comprised of a box-like structure that constitutes the housing case of the various components (mechanical, electrical, etc.), delimited frontally by the face on which the time-related information is displayed.
  • the faces can be of various types and shapes (circular, square, concave, convex and so on) according to the clocks, but generally comprise a surface on which the hours and/or minutes are written, and along which the indicator elements move, which are typically hands.
  • clocks when clocks are required that are able to provide indications not only on hours and minutes, but also on the days of the week, the months of the year, the number of years and so on, such as perpetual calendars, for example, the complexity of the mechanisms involved becomes inevitable.
  • the activation mechanisms and gear wheels of the indicator members can be housed in the clock case and therefore are not accessible from the outside, so that in the event of breakdowns or maintenance to be performed they need to be removed to be extracted from the case, thus requiring the disassembly and re-assembly of parts, which may not always be easy.
  • EP 1 351 104 A representative example of this state of the art is described in European patent application published as EP 1 351 104, which is also applicable to watches.
  • the present invention therefore relates to a support and/or housing structure for clock mechanisms.
  • a technical problem underlying the present invention is that of providing a clock with structural and functional characteristics such as to overcome the drawbacks outlined above with reference to known clocks.
  • the idea of the solution to this technical problem is that of providing a support structure for clocks and/or mechanisms thereof, which is substantially configured like a frame and that enables the arrangement of the faces on which the time information (hours, minutes, days, months, etc.) is displayed, similar to a dashboard.
  • Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a clock structure according to the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view of the structure of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 and 4 respectively show a front and lateral view of the structure of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a clock comprising the structure of the previous figures; Fig. 6 and 7 show respective details of the clock of the previous figure.
  • the reference number 1 therein indicates overall a structure according to the invention, intended for the support and housing of the components of a clock.
  • the structure 1 is of the type intended to rest on surfaces, such as tables, cabinets and pieces of furniture in general; it comprises two shaped side members 2, 3, arranged flanked to one another and connected transversally at the top by a series of supports 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and at the bottom by a support base 9 for the mechanisms.
  • the structure 1 with the side members 2, 3, the supports 4-8, the base 9 is preferably made of metal material, e.g. steel, aluminium, magnesium, metal alloys or the like; in this way, the structure is able to guarantee good mechanical properties of resistance and rigidity, as well as contained weight.
  • the side members 2, 3 have an arched configuration and even more preferably they have a lowered central portion 2a, 3a with respect to their arched profile, where the base 9 is present.
  • the base 9 supports two columns 10, 11 which in turn support a transverse plate 12 which extends horizontally below the central support 6, up to the adjacent ones thereto 5 and 7.
  • the supports 4-8 and the base 9 are rigidly associated with the side members 2 and 3, e.g. by welding, fixing or they are made as a single part therewith.
  • the supports 4, 5, 7 and 8 are provided respectively with pairs of connecting feet 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, to the side members 2, 3, which enable the supports to be sustained above the extrados of the side members 2, 3, offset with respect to the others on different levels following the profile of the side members, 2 and 3, i.e. sloping from the centre of the structure 1 towards the ends.
  • the central support 6 is sustained in position above the others, by a bridge 15 (visible in Fig. 5) which extends longitudinally to the structure 1; it is however appropriate to point out that as an alternative to this solution, the central support 6 can also be arranged at a lower level with respect to the adjacent ones 5 and 7. Furthermore, the central support 6 can also be fixed with feet or columns to the adjacent supports 5 and 7, or also to the transverse plate 12.
  • the supports 4-8 have a round annular shape; such shape is preferable as it corresponds to that of the faces 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 of the clock 21, both because it allows the housing and connection of the various activation means (mechanisms, gear wheels, springs, escapement, gears, etc.) 20 of the indicator elements such as hands 22, rotating discs 23 and the like, to display the clock information (i.e. hours, minutes, days of the week and/or month, years and so on).
  • Figures 6 and 7 show two possible embodiments for the faces 24-28 of the clock 21, which show information in reverse with respect to a median axis X-X so as to be advantageously read from opposite sides of the clock, i.e. those of the two side members 2 and 3.
  • the shape of the supports 4-8 could however be different from the circular geometric annular one, according to the circumstances; for example polygonal (square, hexagonal, etc.) or with complex lines (e.g. lobes, star shaped) in the event of different faces from circular ones.
  • the supports 4-8 and/or the base 9 cooperate with the side members 2, 3 in order to grant the support structure 1 suitable mechanical characteristics for the circumstances.
  • the structure 1 substantially operates like a frame, i.e. like a structural backbone comprised of various elements such as side members 2, 3, supports 4-8, the base 9, the cross member 12, etc., which cooperate with one another to form a rigid reinforcement; the structure 1 thus conceived is able not only to support and house the various mechanical components of the clock, but also to make it possible to access them from the outside, so as to facilitate the maintenance, repair, replacement etc. thereof.
  • clock mechanisms are visible from the outside, so as to enable the operation thereof to be observed and any abnormalities or however the operating status to be visually checked.
  • the structure 1 is instead of the open type and allows the various parts of the clock to be supported, including the related faces, according to an arrangement that reproduces that of an automotive dashboard and the like, so as to make the reading of the clock more immediate and easy.
  • the latter comprises the necessary activation means 20 for the operation thereof, comprising various mechanisms and more generally all the components such as the escapement, gear wheels, transmissions, springs, gears and the like, generally visible in Figure 5, not described in further detail herein as they are not necessary for the understanding of the invention.
  • the clock 1 portrayed in the drawings is preferably of the manual loaded mechanical type, it could be of any other type, e.g. quartz, electrical, electronic or otherwise; in that case, the activation means 20 may also comprise electrical power supply batteries or other appropriate devices.
  • the number of supports 4-8 of which there are five in the structure 1 could also be different, either less or more; the arrangement thereof may also be different with respect to the aligned one, e.g. at the vertices of a polygon or in staggered rows, even if what is highlighted is however their function to cooperate with the rest of the support structure 1 to improve the mechanical properties thereof.
  • these variants fall within the scope of the following claims.

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L'invention concerne une structure de support (1) pour des horloges de table, dans laquelle sont logés les mécanismes d'activation (20) des aiguilles (22), des disques rotatifs (23), des faces (24-28) et similaires. La structure (1) est sensiblement conçue comme un cadre dans lequel une série d'éléments (2, 3 4-8, 9, 12, 15) sont présents, lesquels coopèrent les uns avec les autres pour obtenir une rigidité structurale souhaitée et supportent les mécanismes.
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FR454987A (fr) * 1912-06-07 1913-07-19 Fabrique Movado L A I Ditesheim & Frere Montre-bracelet
US2166687A (en) * 1934-04-07 1939-07-18 Howard A Kehl Combination wrist watch
DE29717856U1 (de) * 1997-10-10 1999-02-18 Kundo Staiger GmbH, 78112 St Georgen Wanduhr
WO2008044220A2 (fr) * 2006-10-13 2008-04-17 Joseph Penula Piece d'horlogerie
US8873342B1 (en) * 2009-08-31 2014-10-28 UCB Industries, LLC Local-time aware multi-display wristwatch

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FR454987A (fr) * 1912-06-07 1913-07-19 Fabrique Movado L A I Ditesheim & Frere Montre-bracelet
US2166687A (en) * 1934-04-07 1939-07-18 Howard A Kehl Combination wrist watch
DE29717856U1 (de) * 1997-10-10 1999-02-18 Kundo Staiger GmbH, 78112 St Georgen Wanduhr
WO2008044220A2 (fr) * 2006-10-13 2008-04-17 Joseph Penula Piece d'horlogerie
US8873342B1 (en) * 2009-08-31 2014-10-28 UCB Industries, LLC Local-time aware multi-display wristwatch

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