CN105527817A - Adjusting device for adjusting the function of a timepiece - Google Patents

Adjusting device for adjusting the function of a timepiece Download PDF

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CN105527817A
CN105527817A CN201510686244.4A CN201510686244A CN105527817A CN 105527817 A CN105527817 A CN 105527817A CN 201510686244 A CN201510686244 A CN 201510686244A CN 105527817 A CN105527817 A CN 105527817A
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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
    • G04B19/00Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/28Adjustable guide marks or pointers for indicating determined points of time
    • G04B19/283Adjustable guide marks or pointers for indicating determined points of time on rotatable rings, i.e. bezel
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    • G04B27/00Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means
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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
    • G04B27/00Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means
    • G04B27/08Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means by using parts of the case
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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
    • G04B3/045Storing the operating element, also bringing it out of storage

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An adjustment device for adjusting a function of a timepiece, the timepiece comprising: a movement (3); a stem (8) connected to the movement (3) and suitable for controlling the functions of the timepiece; a casing (4) housing the movement (3) and provided with a bezel (7) at the top, the adjustment device comprising a manually operated member external to the movement (3) and defined by both the bezel (7) and a lever (13), wherein the bezel (7) is rotatable and engages with the rotation of the stem (8) by means of a toothed wheel (11) sliding axially on the stem (8), while the lever (13) pivots about the casing (4) and extends transversely with respect to a crystal (7a) on the outer edge of the casing (4).

Description

Regulate the conditioning equipment of timer function
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of for regulating the equipment of timer function, above-mentioned functions be such as wind up, setting-up time, week, date etc., wherein this timer comprises: movement; Turning handle, is connected to movement and is suitable for controlling the function of timer; Housing, accommodating movement and top is provided with seat ring, and conditioning equipment comprises: be applicable to rotate and move axially the manual manipulation member of turning handle, this manual manipulation member is outside and comprise at movement: seat ring, limits the rotatable portion of housing and engage with the rotation of turning handle; Manual hold element, is suitable for turning handle to move to it from the outstanding position of movement in the outside of housing.
Background technology
Like device is described: WO-A-97/39386, JP-A-2007085895, EP-A-1722282A and CH-A-707381 in following patented claim.
Known, watch can carry timer with other, no matter be mechanical, automatic, electronic or electronics, or quartz, simulation, numeral etc., inside all comprises so-called " movement ", namely such mechanism: the pointer of mobile timer with the retention time, simultaneously mobile watch star's phase, the date and also may show the element that the moon is equal.
It is usually protected and be packaged in housing that watch maybe can carry the movement of timer, and this housing is the body (bodywork) of timer and can be formed by multiple parts.
Usually, housing comprises three parts: intermediate member or expanded letter portion (carrure), limits the profile of timepiece case; Base element or back, be attached to intermediate member removedly; And upper member or seat ring (French is lunette), crystal when being fixed to intermediate member and terminating on clock face.Seat ring can comprise swivel eye, has multiple instruction (indication).
In order to regulate the various parameters of movement, in housing, widely using in prior art and wind up turning handle and/or control turning handle.
Turning handle can rotate and can move axially.When turning handle moves axially, it is selected and engages with the different component inside movement, and these different components are such as wind up component or the component for setting-up time, week, date etc. in mechanical timer.
When, upon rotating, depend on axial location, turning handle transmission necessary operation is manually to wind up to timer or mobile pointer or carry out other move and regulate on index dial.
Timer generally includes ball handle (knob) (being called bizet (crown)), and it to be given prominence to and for the movement of Non-follow control turning handle from housing.
Bizet is arranged to corresponding with the particular bore in housing, and at least major part is outside and coaxial with turning handle in this particular bore.
Turning handle can by moving with finger grip bizet to some extent, and it is extracted vertically direction and move.Turning handle can be made as and rotate by rotating bizet.
Although described crown configurations is simple, relate to multiple practical problems.
On the one hand, bizet can not be very large, in order to avoid change the whole shape of timer, but it can not be very little and make timer be difficult to operation on the other hand.
On watch, be always difficult to rotate and extract bizet.Sometimes have to untie for this reason and take watch accurately to carry out.
In addition, owing to also not knowing performed mobile degree and such as attempting move pointer when changing the date, then may perform moving axially possibly constantly trial and may makeing mistakes of bizet by experience.
Finally, as everyone knows, bizet is that watch feels least comfortable and least pleasant part, because it is given prominence to towards hand.
Summary of the invention
In this case, technical purpose of the present invention is a kind of equipment that substantially can overcome above-mentioned shortcoming for regulating the function of timer of exploitation.
In the scope of described technical purpose, an important goal of the present invention is to provide one conveniently easy-to-use equipment.
Another important goal of the present invention is to provide one and can not produces any discomfort on wrist or feel offending equipment.
The equipment substantially not changing respective timer shape is provided also to be important target.
Above-mentioned technical purpose and target are substantially by regulating the equipment of timer function to realize, and its Timer comprises: movement (movement, rotating device); Turning handle (stem), is connected to movement and is suitable for controlling the function of timer; Housing, accommodating movement and be provided with seat ring (bezel) at top, and conditioning equipment comprises the manual manipulation member being applicable to rotate and move axially turning handle, this manual manipulation member is in the outside of movement and comprise: seat ring, limits the rotatable portion of housing and engages with the rotation of turning handle; Manual hold element, be suitable for turning handle to move to it from the outstanding position of movement in the outside of housing, and wherein manual hold element is lever, this lever is around intermediate member or expanded letter portion pivotable, and relative to laterally (crosswise intersects) extension of the described crystal on described intermediate member outward flange.
Accompanying drawing explanation
With reference to accompanying drawing, characteristic of the present invention and advantage can be known and obtain from the following detailed description of its preferred embodiment significantly, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is the exploded view of the watch be provided with according to conditioning equipment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 illustrates the watch of Fig. 1 in the step of operation conditioning equipment, and in this step, conditioning equipment is rotated;
Fig. 3 is the cut-open view of the component according to watch of the present invention and equipment comprised in the step shown in last accompanying drawing;
Fig. 4 illustrates the watch in the step of operating equipment, and in this step, this equipment is moved to limit specific function to be regulated;
Fig. 5 is the cut-open view of watch and the component comprised in the step shown in last accompanying drawing;
Fig. 6 is in the various positions supposed in the step illustrated in figures 4 and 5, according to the view of the height up-sizing of some elements of equipment of the present invention; And
Fig. 7 shows an element of this equipment in isolated positions that is in.
Embodiment
With reference to accompanying drawing, Reference numeral 1 is used to refer to generation in the text according to conditioning equipment of the present invention.
This equipment is a part for timer, and this timer is preferably the timer (such as the portable timer such as pocket-watch or pocket watch or desktop clock, traveling clock or bed-side alarm clock etc.) of watch (as shown in the drawing) or other type.
In a manner well known in the art, mentioned by the beginning part, timer 2 generally includes the parts (being called as movement 3) of the funtion part limiting timer 2, and this device is also provided with: index dial 3a, and on index dial 3a, pointer or like are moved and displaying time; And other element (especially when watch), show week and/or date, also may show month etc.
Movement 3 is primary elements of timer.Which define its function and precision, and to any saddlebag of the amendment of described movement 3 or transformation containing extremely specialized work, such work is difficult, very meticulous and costliness.
Movement 3 is protected and to be contained in housing 4 inner.
Housing 4 be timer 2 external engine body and usually (or at least under many circumstances) formed by multiple parts: intermediate member 5, is commonly referred to expanded letter portion; Substrate parts or back 6; And top component or seat ring 7.
Intermediate member or expanded letter portion 5 be mainly limit timepiece case profile and limit the parts of its hardness and intensity.
This intermediate member or expanded letter portion 5 be commonly annular, support watchband, and top and bottom all unlimited.
Substrate parts or back 6 are attached to intermediate member 5 in removable mode usually, such as, by attachment system or by screw or by being directly threadedly engaged.
When movement 3 being taken out from table 2 by the opening arranging substrate 6 place, remove this substrate parts or back 6.
Top component or seat ring 7 are supported by intermediate member 5, and end at the crystal 7a of timer 2.Crystal 7a is directly placed on above index dial 3a.
Wind up and/or control member is commonly referred to turning handle 8, this turning handle 8 extends between aforementioned movement 3 and housing 4.
Turning handle 8 integrally manifests along the intermediate member of housing 4 or the direction in expanded letter portion 5 from movement 3.
Advantageously, the turning handle 8 and section portion of integrated (such as by be screwed together) aligned with each other by two limits.
The first paragraph portion 8a of turning handle 8 engages with movement 3 and second segment portion 8b, and second segment portion 8b follows the first extension of the outside of movement 3, and first paragraph portion 8a is through the edge in expanded letter portion 5.Second segment portion 8b has given shape, as following concrete described.
As already mentioned, turning handle 8 can rotate, and also can move axially.
As it moves, it optionally engages with the different component of movement 3, such as, component of winding up in mechanical timer, or for the component on setting-up time, week, date etc.
When turning handle 8 rotates, its transmission necessary operation thinks that timer 2 is wound up, or other element of mobile pointer or index dial 3a, thus regulates or upgrade the instruction on index dial 3a.
Specific and favourable manual manipulation member is set to rotate and moves axially turning handle 8, all these components all in the outside of movement 3, because this eliminating the needs carrying out operation on movement.
Such component limit according to conditioning equipment 1 of the present invention, and comprises maneuverable different elements.
Especially, in order to rotate turning handle 8, described component comprises seat ring 7, and this seat ring 7 is manufactured to and rotates and limit the rotatable portion of housing 4, and seat ring 7 and this rotatable portion are such as sliding engaged to by slide lock fixed ring 9.
Rotatable seat ring 7 is designed to engage with the rotation of turning handle 8, and periphery has tooth 10 stably to engage with tooth-like wheel 11, and this tooth-like wheel 11 rotatably and engage with turning handle 8 coaxially, and slides on this turning handle.
As shown in Figure 7, the prism shape at least partially of the prism shape due to the interior groove 11a of tooth-like wheel 11 and the turning handle 8 relative to interior groove 11 negative shape (as depicted in FIG. 1 out), obtains rotation on turning handle 8 and engages in axial sliding.
Especially, tooth-like wheel 11 engages with the second segment portion 8b of the turning handle 8 be shaped especially.
According to the embodiment illustrated, the crystal 7a of timer 2 preferably and be advantageously fixed to this whirligig, even during the rotation of seat ring 7, the intermediate member of its middle shell 4 or expanded letter portion 5 have the tubular protrusions 5a concentric with seat ring 7, directly to engage with crystal 7a.
In fact, rotatable seat ring 7 limits the rotatable ring of the Non-follow control arranged around crystal 7a substantially.
For the ease of manual hold and the rotation thereof of seat ring 7, the profile of seat ring 7 there is annular knurl 12.
In order to move axially turning handle 8, described manual manipulation member comprises manual hold element, and this manual hold element is in the outside of housing 4 and be suitable for turning handle 8 to move into different extrusion position.
Advantageously, manual hold element is lever 13, its intermediate member around housing 4 or expanded letter portion 5 pivotable, and relative to substrate 6 horizontal expansion on crystal 7a and expanded letter portion 5 outward flange.
Expediently, lever 13 is bending, be actually hook-type and towards substrate 6, and can be placed as the outermost edge being attached to timer 2 and expanded letter portion 5.
Mechanically, lever 13 is preferably second order lever, and when back 6 being defined as bottom when crystal 7a is defined as the top of table 2, this second order lever has: first end 13a, engages rotatably above turning handle 8 around expanded letter portion 5 pivotable and with expanded letter portion 5; And the second free end 13b, can manual engagement, and be arranged on the below of turning handle 8.
Between end 13a and 13b, in the middle region, lever 13 engages with turning handle 8 by transverse bolt 14, and advantageously, lever 13 is provided with at least one groove portion 15, this groove portion 15 is suitable for allowing the swing of transverse bolt 14, to prevent any transverse force applying relative to its bearing of trend to turning handle 8.
Transverse bolt 14 engages with turning handle 8, and wherein inserts (interposition gets involved) hat and the element 16 of general cylindrical.
The second segment portion 8b of turning handle 8 has outermost end, and this outermost end is configured as the head widened and inserts in cap shaped element 16.
Preferably, in as directed embodiment, lever 13 has two arms, and these two arms are arranged side by side and mutually form one, and cap shaped element 16 is contained between these two arms, and these two arms engage cap shaped element 16 by transverse bolt 14.
Two arms of lever are provided with groove portion 15, keep when lever rotation aiming at turning handle 8 to allow cap shaped element 16.
Timer 2 comprises other element multiple, and such as, turning handle 8 can accurately be located, guard tube 18, certain element also having those skilled in the art well known in the prior art to be familiar with to make for fixed cap or ring 17.
In structural meaning, the function of above-mentioned conditioning equipment 1 is as follows.
Turning handle 8 is the elements controlling timer function, and it is provided with the section portion 8b of shaping, and the section portion of this shaping is sliding engaged to tooth-like wheel 11 in the outside of movement 3 completely.
When turning handle 8 moves axially, described tooth-like wheel 11 slides on turning handle 8, and tooth-like wheel 11 is kept during rotation rotating integratedly with turning handle 8.
Sliding motion and rotary motion are controlled by different and easy-to-use component: described turning handle 8 is rotated by the rotation of seat ring 7, and obtains the axially-movable of turning handle 8 by the mobile lever 13 around housing 4 pivotable.
In fact, depending on the position of lever 13, and by rotary base ring 7, can be that movement 3 is wound up or change time or set not same date.
When not applying the transverse force relative to its bearing of trend to turning handle 8, the swing of lever 13 produces the axially-movable of turning handle 8: the motion of turning handle limits by cap shaped element and transverse bolt, and both all can change their positions relative to lever, this be due in lever 13 obtain groove portion 15, if or lever 13 comprise two arms be arranged side by side, be a pair groove portion 15 (as in a preferred embodiment).
The present invention realizes above-mentioned purpose and important advantage served by band.
When not changing movement 3 by any mode, accurately and easily adjustment movement.
In addition, eliminate bizet, all inconvenience brought by bizet and problem also together with eliminate.
Housing 4 structure (although being modified) for this part producer still simple and economically feasible.
When not deviating from the scope of the inventive concept as expressed in independent claims and dependent claims, remodeling and modification can be made to the present invention as described herein.
All elements described here can be replaced by IF-AND-ONLY-IF element, and the scope of the present invention as advocated in independent claims and dependent claims comprises other materials all, shape and size.

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1. one kind for regulating the conditioning equipment (1) of timer (2) function, and described timer (2) comprising:
Movement (3);
Turning handle (8), is connected to described movement (3) and is suitable for controlling the function of described timer (2);
Housing (4), accommodating described movement (3) and be provided with seat ring (7) at top, and
Described conditioning equipment (1) comprising:
Manual manipulation member, be suitable for rotating and moving axially described turning handle (8), described manual manipulation member is in the outside of described movement (3) and comprise:
Seat ring (7), limits the rotatable portion of described housing (4) and engages with the rotation of described turning handle (8); And
Manual hold element, is suitable for described turning handle (8) to move to it from the outstanding position of described movement (3) in the outside of described housing (4), and
It is characterized in that, described manual hold element is lever (13), described lever around described intermediate member or expanded letter portion (5) pivotable, and relative to described crystal (7a) horizontal expansion on the outward flange of described intermediate member (5).
2. equipment according to claim 1, the periphery of wherein said seat ring (7) is provided with tooth (10), and be wherein provided with tooth-like wheel (11), described tooth-like wheel engages with the rotation of described turning handle (8), and slide axially on described turning handle, the described tooth (10) on periphery engages with described tooth-like wheel (11).
3. equipment according to claim 1, wherein said turning handle (8) comprising: first paragraph portion (8a), engages with described movement (3); And second segment portion (8b), follow described first paragraph portion and in the outside of described movement (3), described tooth-like wheel (11) engages with the described second segment portion (8b) of described turning handle (8).
4. equipment according to claim 1, wherein said housing (4) comprises intermediate member or expanded letter portion (5), described intermediate member or expanded letter portion extend in the mode directly engaged with the crystal (7a) of described timer (2), described seat ring (7) limits rotatable ring substantially, and described rotatable ring is around described crystal (7a) and engage with described housing (4) by slide lock system.
5. equipment according to claim 1, wherein said lever (13) is bending and is positioned as substantially being attached to described outward flange.
6. equipment according to claim 1, wherein said lever (13) is second order lever, described second order lever has: first end (13a), engages rotatably with the described intermediate member of described housing (4) or expanded letter portion (5); Second free end (13b), can manually be engaged; And pars intermedia, engage with described turning handle (8).
7. equipment according to claim 1, wherein said lever (13) engages with described turning handle (8) by transverse bolt (14), and comprise at least one groove portion (15), described groove portion (15) is suitable for the swing allowing described transverse bolt (14), to prevent from applying any power to described turning handle (8).
8. equipment according to claim 1, wherein said transverse bolt (14) engages with described turning handle (8), and insert cap shaped element (16) between described transverse bolt and described turning handle, described turning handle (8) has the widened head inserting described cap shaped element (16).
9. equipment according to claim 1, wherein said lever (13) has two arms, described two arms are arranged side by side and integration mutually, described cap shaped element (16) is between said arms accommodating, and described arm engages described cap shaped element by described transverse bolt (14).
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