EP0161438B1 - Uhrwerk das wenigstens eine Chronograph-Funktion enthält - Google Patents

Uhrwerk das wenigstens eine Chronograph-Funktion enthält Download PDF

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EP0161438B1
EP0161438B1 EP85103618A EP85103618A EP0161438B1 EP 0161438 B1 EP0161438 B1 EP 0161438B1 EP 85103618 A EP85103618 A EP 85103618A EP 85103618 A EP85103618 A EP 85103618A EP 0161438 B1 EP0161438 B1 EP 0161438B1
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    • G04C3/00—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means
    • G04C3/14—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means incorporating a stepping motor
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    • G04F—TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING
    • G04F8/00—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by electromechanical means
    • G04F8/003—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by electromechanical means using continuously running driving means

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  • the present invention relates to a timepiece comprising an electronic oscillator as a time base, a frequency divider and a stepping motor controlling both a timepiece display and at least one chronograph hand obeying a mechanism by which the chronograph hand can be started, stopped, and then returned to its starting point.
  • the frequency divider circuit has two outputs of different frequencies, one at 1 Hz to control the watch motor and the other at at least 8 Hz to control, via an engagement switch and an auxiliary frequency divider, the chronograph motor (s).
  • the switch When the switch is turned on, the auxiliary divider begins to count the pulses at 8 Hz received from the main frequency divider to deliver at its output a control pulse for eight pulses received at its input.
  • the display error can reach the value of -1 second if the chrono function is triggered just before the arrival of the eighth pulse. It should be noted in passing that this error could be ⁇ 1 second at most if an auxiliary divider was not provided and if the chronograph motor was controlled directly by pulses at 1 Hz from the main divider.
  • the chronograph watch described in document GB-A-2 028 545 also uses two stepping motors, one of which actuates the train indicating the current time, and the other the chronograph train.
  • the chronograph motor is driven by pulses which exit the divider circuit at a frequency of 10 Hz.
  • the central seconds hand which is part of the chronograph display mechanism, is driven at a rotational speed of ten times the speed normal, so that it makes a dial turn in six seconds. In this way it is possible to read the tenth of a second.
  • the reduction ratios that must be provided in the chronograph train to drive a minute counter and an hour counter are then such that the size of the movement of the chronograph watch becomes significant. It should also be said that the reading of periods of inferior duration. greater than one minute, but greater than six seconds is therefore difficult.
  • the known chronograph watch cited in the above paragraph is equipped with a stepping motor which progresses at the rate of one step per second.
  • the measurement error can extend to ⁇ 1 second, which in many cases may seem unacceptable.
  • the chronograph watch described in document GB-A-2 008 291 can operate, at the user's choice, with wide steps (1 Hz) or with narrow steps (10 Hz). If wide steps are used, a simple timepiece motor will not be enough to drive a chronograph mechanism that requires additional torque. If narrow steps are used, consumption becomes prohibitive as will be mentioned in the last paragraph of this description. It can therefore be seen that there is an operating slot for a chronograph watch which has never been used and which consists in driving the mechanism at a frequency between 2 and 5 Hz.
  • the timepiece shown in Figure 1 comprises a housing 1 which contains all the mechanisms and circuits necessary for the display which appears on a dial 2 above which several hands move.
  • the timepiece is a chronograph watch.
  • the current time is displayed using an hour hand 3, a minute hand 4, a small second hand 5 and a date indicator 12.
  • the time is set using of the crown 6.
  • the chronograph for its part comprises a hand with a large second centrafe 7, a minute counter 8 and an hour counter 9.
  • the chronograph is controlled by an engagement and stop button 10 and by a button reset 11.
  • the timepiece described comprises at least one second hand obeying a chronograph mechanism with the aid of which said hand can be started, stopped, then brought back to its starting point.
  • the hands are controlled by a single stepping motor 15 itself controlled by a frequency divider 16 in turn excited by a time base 17 as shown in Figure 2
  • the axis of the stepping motor controls the chronograph display mechanism 18.
  • the motor 15 also controls a timepiece display mechanism 19 with its hand small second 5. Note that the motor 15 is preceded by a shaping circuit which receives the signals from the divider 16, a circuit which is not shown in the drawing.
  • the invention is distinguished by the fact that the frequency divider 16 is arranged to supply the motor 15 with at least two driving pulses per second, which will result in advancing the seconds hand 7 at least two steps per second. This appears in the division in front of which the second hand 7 of FIG. 1 moves, where, between two indexes 20 indicating the seconds, an additional index 21 indicating the half second is arranged.
  • the time base 17 is a quartz oscillator delivering 32,768 vibrations per second
  • the divider 16 will include 14 stages-dividers by two to deliver at its output a frequency of 2 Hz.
  • a divider 16 comprising 13 stages-dividers will output a frequency of 4 Hz at its output.
  • the second advantage is that by increasing the number of pulses per unit of time, the motor can cause higher loads if the reduction ratio between the rotor axis and the needle axis increases in the same proportions.
  • a stepping motor calculated to drive a simple timepiece display mechanism can be used to drive a chronograph mechanism requiring more power and even a chronograph mechanism mounted in bypass on a timepiece mechanism, this without increasing the size of said motor.
  • the stepping motor chosen is that calculated to drive a timepiece movement with large second hand.
  • the motor advances at two steps per revolution and the seconds hand advances by 6 ° every second.
  • the reduction ratio is 30 and the torque measured on the axis of the second hand is 6 ⁇ m.
  • the gear ratio will be increased to 60 and the torque available on the second hand will increase to 12 wNm. It is therefore understood that the proposed device allows to cause a movement requiring a higher torque with an engine whose size does not vary. This is important, especially for sizes which we want to keep a small thickness.
  • the above formula shows that the average consumption increases with the number n of pulses per minute.
  • Cci 0.3 ⁇ A
  • Cmot 1 ⁇ A
  • the consumption at 1 Hz of 1 ⁇ A corresponds to that of a simple known watch movement.

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1. Uhrwerk mit einem elektronischen Oszillator (7) als Zeitbasis, einem Frequenzteiler (16) und einem Schrittmotor (15), der sowohl die Zeitanzeige (3, 4, 5) als auch wenigstens einen Chronograph-Zeiger (7) steuert, der einem Antrieb folgt, mit dessen Hilfe der Chronograph-Zeiger gestartet, angehalten und schließlich in seine Ausgangsstellung zurückgestellt werden kann, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Frequenzteiler derart ausgestaltet ist, daß er dem Motor zwei bis fünf Impulse pro Sekunde zuführt, um den Chronograph-Zeiger um zwei bis fünf Schritte pro Sekunde vorzuverstellen.
2. Uhrwerk nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Schrittmotor (15) außer dem Chronograph-Zeiger (7) einen Minutenzähler (8) und einen Stundenzähler (9) antreibt.
3. Uhrwerk nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Zeitanzeige einen Sekundenzeiger (5), einen Minutenzeiger (4) und einen Stundenzeiger (3) aufweist.
4. Uhrwerk nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Breite der den Motor (15) zugeführten Impulse von der von ihm anzutreibenden Last abhängt.
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