EP0240778B1 - Drückermechanismus für Uhren - Google Patents

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EP0240778B1
EP0240778B1 EP87103803A EP87103803A EP0240778B1 EP 0240778 B1 EP0240778 B1 EP 0240778B1 EP 87103803 A EP87103803 A EP 87103803A EP 87103803 A EP87103803 A EP 87103803A EP 0240778 B1 EP0240778 B1 EP 0240778B1
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Alphonse Bron
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04C—ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04C3/00—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means
    • G04C3/001—Electromechanical switches for setting or display
    • 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
    • G04B3/00—Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically; Winding up several mainsprings or driving weights simultaneously
    • G04B3/04—Rigidly-mounted keys, knobs or crowns
    • G04B3/048—Operation exclusively by axial movement of a push-button, e.g. for chronographs
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H5/00—Snap-action arrangements, i.e. in which during a single opening operation or a single closing operation energy is first stored and then released to produce or assist the contact movement
    • H01H5/04—Energy stored by deformation of elastic members
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2300/00—Orthogonal indexing scheme relating to electric switches, relays, selectors or emergency protective devices covered by H01H
    • H01H2300/016—Application timepiece
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
    • Y10T74/18—Mechanical movements
    • Y10T74/18992—Reciprocating to reciprocating

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  • the invention relates to a control mechanism for a timepiece, in particular for a chronograph comprising a pusher intended to occupy a first rest position and a second depressed position and means for returning the pusher from the depressed position to the position of rest, mechanism arranged so that the force applied to the pusher passes through a maximum in an intermediate position.
  • the pushers commonly used in relation to mechanical timepieces always act on a mechanism, either to correct an indication, or to start or start a particular function, for example a count (chronograph). Due to this action on a mechanism which passes from one state to another, there is a discontinuity or an abrupt variation in the force exerted on the pusher by the user, which results in a generally audible click. , accompanied by the very clear perception of the change in the pushing force. The user therefore knows, without having to visually verify it, that he has effectively ordered and implemented the function concerned.
  • patent CH 629,647 (US 4,451,719) proposes a pusher comprising a rod sliding in a tube against the return force of a spring, a pusher in which an elastic member is interposed between the rod and the tube. This member is retained axially in a housing formed in the rod and cooperates with a surface carried by the tube, said surface having a sufficient variation in slope for a click or detachment to occur when the elastic member crosses this variation in slope. It appears from what has just been said that the entire click mechanism is incorporated in the pusher, which complicates its construction and increases its size, especially in diameter, which makes it ill-suited to a chronograph of thin.
  • the triggering effect of the return means of the pusher according to the invention does not depend on the way in which they are installed on the plate or on their cooperation with elements which are integral with this plate, but only depends the configuration of said return means themselves.
  • they comprise two support members arranged to cooperate with the eu, with the other and connected by an elastic member, said support members and said elastic member being made in one piece.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of the mechanism according to the invention.
  • This mechanism comprises a pusher not shown and symbolized only by its force of application F1.
  • This pusher acts on return means 1 of the pusher from a depressed position to a rest position.
  • These return means comprise two support members 2 and 3 and an elastic member 4 which connects these support members.
  • Figure 1 shows that the support members 2 and 3 and the elastic member 4 are made in one piece. This unique piece can be cut from a sheet of steel for example.
  • the support members 2 and 3 are arranged to cooperate together in the manner which will be better explained with reference to FIGS. 2a to 2d.
  • Figure 1 shows the mechanism in the idle state when no force is applied to the pusher.
  • the return means 1 have a general U shape.
  • the first branch 5 of the U is articulated at its base 6 and can bend angularly under the action of the pusher which is exerted in F1 .
  • the second branch 7 of the U can slide elastically in the longitudinal direction (arrow 8) and this by bending the thinned base 9 of the U-shape, which tends to move this base in the direction of the arrow 10.
  • the first branch 5 is articulated at its base 6 on a support 11, while the second branch 7 is guided in a slide formed by the elements 12 and 13.
  • the support member 3 comprises an oblong hole 14 into which a guide pin 15 enters.
  • the support 11, the sliding elements 12 and 13 and the pin 15 form part of the plate of the clockwork movement on which the spring 1 rests.
  • a plate (not shown) limits the spring play in the thickness direction of the timepiece.
  • the spring 1 is sandwiched between the plate and a spacer, made for example of plastic material, spacer which includes the supports 11, 12 and 13.
  • the support member 2 has the form of a spout having a frontal inclined plane 16 and the support member 3 has the shape of a heel shaped to cooperate with the spout.
  • Figure 1 also shows that the return means 1 further comprises an electrical contact element 21 which acts for example on the track 23 of a printed circuit 22.
  • the contact 21 closes an electrical circuit constituted by the U-shaped element and the track 23.
  • FIG. 1 shows that the contact 21 is also made in one piece with the return means 1. It is an extension of the branch 5 , an extension which is advantageously folded out of the spout and at the point of contact 21.
  • FIG. 1 also shows that a great latitude is left at the point of application of the force F1 on the branch 5.
  • This point of application could be at F2 for example or at any other point situated between F1 and F2.
  • the proposed construction does not require great precision as to the position of the pusher relative to the branch 5, which simplifies the execution of the system and makes its application more universal. At most, there will be slight differences in the force to be applied to the pusher depending on the point of application of this force to fulfill the requested function, differences due to the lever arm of branch 5.
  • FIG. 3 is another embodiment of the invention derived from that which has just been discussed.
  • the U-shaped return means 1 are articulated no longer on a support but around an axis formed by a screw 25 which crosses the U-shaped part. This way of doing things avoids the use of the slide formed by the supports 12 and 13 which appeared in the execution according to the figure 1.
  • the longitudinal guidance of the branch 7 will always be carried out by means of the pin 15 and the oblong hole 14 (see FIG. 1).

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  • Electric Clocks (AREA)
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  • Piezo-Electric Or Mechanical Vibrators, Or Delay Or Filter Circuits (AREA)
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Claims (7)

1. Steuermechanismus für eine Uhr, insbesondere für Chronographen, umfassend einen Drücker, bestimmt zum Einnehmen einer ersten Ruheposition und einer zweiten eingedrückten Position, und Mittel (1) zum Rücksetzen des Drückers aus der eingedrückten in die Ruheposition, welcher Mechanismus derart ausgebildet ist, daß die auf den Drücker ausgeübte Kraft in einer Mittelposition ein Maximum durchläuft, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Rücksetzmittel (1) zwei Anschlagorgane (2, 3) umfassen, die miteinander zusammenwirkend angeordnet und durch ein elastisches Organ (4) verbunden sind, wobei die Anschlagorgane und das elastische Organ einstückig ausgebildet sind.
2. Mechanismus nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Drückerrücksetzmittel ferner ein elektrisches Kontaktelement (21) umfassen, angeordnet zum Einwirken auf einen elektrischen Schaltkreis (23), wenn der Drücker in der eingedrückten Position ist.
3. Mechanismus nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Drückerrücksetzmittel eine generelle U-Form aufweisen, die einen an seiner Basis (6) angelenkten und unter der Wirkung des Drückers winkelauslenkbaren ersten Schenkel umfaßt sowie einen zweiten Schenkel (7), der in Längsrichtung elastisch gleitbeweglich ist durch Flexion der Basis (9) der U-Form, wobei das freie Ende des ersten und des zweiten Schenkels eine Nase (2) bzw. einen Absatz (3) aufweist, die die genannten Anschlagorgane bilden und so angeordnet sind, daß nacheinander die Nase auf den Absatz drückt, diesen ausweichen läßt und auf ihm gleitet, wenn der Drücker aus der ersten Ruheposition in die zweite eingedrückte Position geht.
4. Mechanismus nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der erste Schenkel (5) an seiner Basis (6) auf einem Anschlag (11) gelagert ist, daß der zweite Schenkel (7) in einer Kulisse (12, 13) geführt ist und daß der Absatz (3) ein Langloch (14) aufweist, in den ein Führungsstift (15) greift.
5. Mechanismus nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnete, daß der erste Schenkel (5) an seiner Basis (6) um eine sie durchsetzende Achse (25) drehbar ist und daß der Absatz (3) ein Langloch (14) aufweist, in den ein Führungsstift (15) greift.
6. Mechanismus nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Nase (2) eine frontale schräge Ebene (16) aufweist, die sich an den Absatz (3) anlegt, um mit diesem einen Halte-Hinterschnitt zu bilden, der die Mittelposition definiert, in der die auf den Drücker wirkende Kraft maximal ist.
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