EP0282829A2 - Interrupteur horaire électrique avec support de programme pouvant être commuté d'un programme à intervalles de temps courts à un programme à intervalles de temps longs - Google Patents

Interrupteur horaire électrique avec support de programme pouvant être commuté d'un programme à intervalles de temps courts à un programme à intervalles de temps longs Download PDF

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EP0282829A2
EP0282829A2 EP88103253A EP88103253A EP0282829A2 EP 0282829 A2 EP0282829 A2 EP 0282829A2 EP 88103253 A EP88103253 A EP 88103253A EP 88103253 A EP88103253 A EP 88103253A EP 0282829 A2 EP0282829 A2 EP 0282829A2
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Lukas Ing. Grad. Schwer
Manfred Karger
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    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04C—ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04C23/00—Clocks with attached or built-in means operating any device at preselected times or after preselected time-intervals
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  • the invention relates to an electric time switch with an analog time display and with a time-synchronized drive driven by a time-controlled drive, provided with program-oriented switching tabs, disc-shaped or ring-shaped program carrier, which by means of a switching device from a short-time program corresponding speed, for example one revolution in 24 hours , can be switched to a speed corresponding to a long-term program of, for example, one revolution in seven days and vice versa, and the switching tabs of which actuate a contact system, with a short or long-term program optionally set on the program carrier appropriate scale ring is attachable.
  • the program carrier is firmly connected to the time switch mechanism and assigned to a single contact system.
  • a changeover gear it can be set, for example, to one revolution per week or one revolution per day.
  • the changeover gear consists of two axially offset and concentric to each other and concentric to the axis of the program carrier and rotatably connected to the program carrier gears of different speeds and two interconnected axially displaceably arranged on a drive shaft rotatably arranged gears, optionally with one or the other gear of the program carrier can be brought into engagement by axial displacement.
  • this known time switch it is also known to reversibly place a scale ring printed on both sides with scales on the scale carrier, which displays the set short-term or long-term program at the correct time and with which it is also possible to set the scale carrier to the correct time of day or Set the time of day of the week.
  • the changeover gear is provided with a switch lock on this n time switch, which only allows switching in certain time settings of the program carrier or the analog time display. For this purpose, on the one hand, additional expenditure on components and, on the other hand, an additional complication of operation must be accepted.
  • a multi-range switching device in particular for time switching devices, is already known (DE-PS 31 48 704), in which a rotating switching disk is permanently connected to the time switching device.
  • two drive shafts are provided, which can optionally be switched to the switching disc by means of a coupling device.
  • the coupling device is arranged coaxially to the switching disk.
  • the clutch device is reversible or axially displaceable.
  • the scale carrier is also a coupling agent. With this time switch, one and the same program carrier can be used for both programs running at different speeds.
  • the invention has for its object to improve an electrical timer of the type mentioned by a special design of the switching device such that on the one hand a very flat design is made possible in the axial direction and that on the other hand switching from a program, ie from the weekly program to the daily program or vice versa can be carried out in a very simple manner and without the occurrence of an intervention change leading to time errors.
  • the program carrier can be coupled by means of a coupling element which can be moved radially and can be set to different radii with one of two drive rings arranged concentrically to the axis of rotation of the program carrier, one drive ring with the speed corresponding to the short-term program and the other drive ring is driven at the speed corresponding to the long-term program.
  • This switching device ensures on the one hand that when switching from long-term to short-term program and vice versa there are no gear change operations and thus no time errors can occur on the program carrier.
  • the switchover can be carried out in a very simple manner from the front of the program carrier, without the latter itself having to be removed.
  • the coupling member designed according to claim 3 has the advantage that it can be retrofitted to the program carrier and does not require pre-assembly.
  • the design of the coupling member according to claim 4 is advantageous in that it combines the advantages of the coupling members designed according to claims 2 and 3.
  • the long-term program comprises an integral multiple of the short-term program, for example if the long-term program has seven days and the short-term program comprises one day, it is advantageous if the drive ring corresponds to that of the long-term program.
  • Speed is driven is designed according to claim 5. This makes it easier to switch from the short-term program to the long-term program insofar as the drive ring of the long-term program has to be rotated by less than 1/7 of its circumference to reach the switchover position in which two coupling slots or coupling recesses of the two drive rings are radially aligned . In other words, to reach this switchover position, the drive ring of the long-term program must be rotated by an angle that corresponds to the time period of the short-term period.
  • the embodiment of the invention according to claim 6 is also important insofar as it ensures that that the switchover takes place at the same time of day, ie that no time errors can occur during the switchover.
  • the embodiment of the invention according to claim 7 is also important, by means of which it is also ensured that a scale ring provided with the scale of the long-term program can be angularly offset on the program carrier by a period corresponding to the short-term program.
  • the embodiment of the invention according to claims 8 and 9 results on the one hand in the possibility of a simple interlocking connection between the coupling pin and the program carrier and on the other hand in a simple way to produce a correct angular position between the program carrier and the coupling pin. Due to the design of the invention according to claim 10, it is possible to connect the coupling pin form-fitting to the program carrier in a simple manner already during preassembly, and in addition, the coupling pin in the radial slot of the program carrier receives better guidance so that it can be adjusted more easily leaves.
  • the scale ring designed according to claim 11 can be used in a simple manner for both programs, in that it is placed on the program carrier in such a way that the time scale associated with the program that is currently switched on is frontal is visible.
  • the configuration according to claim 12 also ensures in a simple and reliable manner that the scale ring, irrespective of which program is currently set, assumes the correct angular position on the program carrier.
  • the time switch shown has an essentially square housing 1 with a housing end wall 16. Coaxial to an axis 2 lying at the intersection of the square diagonals are, outside the housing end wall 16, an analog indicator 3 and a switch that can be set up according to the program rider 4 programmable program carrier 50 arranged.
  • the minute hand 6 sits on a minute shaft 7, which is arranged coaxially to the axis 2 and on which a hour tube 8 with an hour hand 9 is rotatably mounted in a known manner.
  • the dial for this pointer movement is formed by an annular disk 10 provided with a cylindrical recess 11, which is non-rotatably fastened by means of a hub sleeve 12 in a centering collar 15 provided with locking tongues 13 and 14 of the housing end wall 16.
  • the minute hand 6 is non-positively or positively attached to the minute shaft 7 by means of an integrally molded hub attachment 17
  • the hour hand 9 sits non-positively on a cylindrical boss 19 of the hour tube 8 tapering in diameter by means of a hollow hub 18 to which it is connected in one piece.
  • the hour tube 8 is rotatably mounted in a bore 21 of the housing end wall 16 by means of a second cylindrical extension 20.
  • the minute shaft 7 is rotatably mounted in a journal bearing 28 of the rear wall 29 of the housing.
  • the countershaft 23 is rigidly connected to a toothed pinion 30 arranged coaxially thereto and by means of a stub shaft 31 on the one hand in the rear wall 29 of the housing and by means of a cylindrical shoulder tapered in diameter 32 rotatably supported in a bearing bore 33 of the housing end wall 16.
  • This toothed pinion 30 is in engagement with the toothed ring 34 of a first drive ring 35 which is rotatably guided on a centering ring 36 of the housing end wall 16 by means of a cylindrical ring collar 35 ⁇ .
  • a toothed wheel 38 is provided, which is provided with a molded pinion 39, which meshes with the ring gear 34 of the drive disk 35 and the pinion 39 with a ring gear 40 of a second drive ring 41 is engaged, which is rotatably and concentrically to the first drive ring 35 through a partially interrupted collar 42 of the housing end wall 16.
  • Both drive rings 35 and 41 each have a U-shaped, raised edge 43 and 44, the upper, plane-level boundary surfaces, as can be seen from FIG. 2, lie in the same axial plane. While the edge 43 of the drive ring 35 is only provided with a single coupling slot 45 which is open on the outside, the edge 44 of the drive ring 41 has a total of seven coupling slots 46 which are open inwards and are each arranged at equal angular intervals from one another.
  • These two drive rings 35 and 41 are assigned a common, partly ring-shaped, partly disc-shaped program carrier 50, which has an annular groove 51 in the vicinity of its outer circumference and fine teeth 53 on the outside of an annular rib delimiting this annular groove 51 for non-positively receiving the switching riders 4.
  • These switching tabs 4 can be fastened to the program carrier 50 in the manner indicated in FIGS. 1 and 2 and are provided for actuating a contact system of the time switch (not shown in the drawing) at the desired times.
  • the program carrier 50 is guided concentrically to the axis 2 by means of a hub 55 between the centering ring 36 and the centering collar 15 of the housing end wall 16 and fixed in the axial direction by the locking tongues 13 and 14 of the centering collar 15.
  • the latching tongues 13 and 14, as can be seen from FIG. 2, are provided with pawl-like hook profiles which project into a rabbet-like recess of the program carrier in a form-fitting manner.
  • a flat ring section 56 Above the two edges 43 and 44 of the drive rings 35 and 41 is a flat ring section 56, which is provided with an inwardly open radial slot 57.
  • This radial slot 57 extends over the total radial width of the two edges 43 and 44.
  • a cylindrical coupling pin 58 is arranged, which has a tapered guide neck 59. The thickness of this guide neck 59 corresponds to the width of the radial slot 57 as far as this extends in the ring section 56.
  • the coupling pin 58 is guided in the radial slot 57 in an almost movable manner in the axial direction.
  • the part 62 of the radial slot lying below the ring section 56 is made wider, so that the coupling part 60 can be passed through it.
  • the coupling pin 58 is inserted into the radial slot 57 in the course of a pre-assembly before the program carrier 50 itself is placed over the two drive rings.
  • the coupling part 60 of the coupling pin 58 can either be inserted into the coupling slot 45 of the drive ring 35 or into one of the coupling slots 46 of the drive ring 41, so that the program carrier 50 either from the drive ring 35 with a drive speed of one revolution per day or from the drive ring 41 with one Revolution in seven days.
  • the program carrier 50 is connected to the drive ring 35 of the short-term program, i.e. of the daily program, coupled.
  • the position of the coupling pin 58 is shown in dash-dotted lines, in which the program carrier 50 is coupled to the drive ring 41 and is then driven at the rotational speed of the long-term program.
  • a scale ring 65 which can be placed on the flat ring section 56 of the program carrier 50 is provided, which is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 as an individual part with its two end views. While the 24-hour scale of the short-term or daily program is visible in FIG. 4, FIG. 5 shows the back with the 7-day scale of the long-term program.
  • the scale ring is on its circumference 65 provided with seven rectangular incisions 66, into which latching tongues 64, which are integrally formed on the program carrier 50 but radially resiliently, can engage in a latching manner in order to fix the scale ring 65 on the program carrier 50.
  • the scale ring 65 is additionally provided with a cylindrical bore 68, the diameter of which is matched to the diameter of the head part 61 of the coupling pin 58 and which lies on a radius which corresponds to the position of the coupling pin 58 when the program carrier 50 with the drive ring 35 of the short-term program.
  • this bore 68 is continuous.
  • the bores 69 can be designed as Sacck bores on the opposite side. Because the head part 61 of the coupling pin 58 projects into one of the bores 68 or 69 when the scale ring 65 is in place, the respective switching or coupling position is also of the coupling pin 58 secured in the radial direction. The switchover from the long-term program to the short-term program or vice versa can therefore only be done with the scale ring 65 removed by corresponding radial displacement of the coupling pin 58 in the radial slot 57.
  • the scale ring 65 is then placed again on the program carrier 50 in the manner described, the bores 68 and 69 lying on different radii ensuring that the correct scale is visible in each case, because the bores 69 are only on the side of the scale ring 65 are arranged, on which the 24-hour scale is visible.
  • FIG. 6 shows in a simplified manner how a plug-in pin 70 can be used as the coupling member instead of the radially displaceable coupling pin 58, which has a head part 71 which is larger in diameter.
  • the program carrier 50 is provided with two plug-in bores 72 and 73 at the point where the radial slot 57 is located in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 3. Accordingly, the coupling slots 45 and 46 of the two drive rings 35 and 41 are replaced by plug holes 74 and 75, respectively.
  • the diameter of the head part 71 is also matched to the bores 68 and 69 of the scale ring 65 so that it can be received by them.
  • the switching takes place in such a way that the plug pin 70 with the scale ring 65 removed from the inside to the outside or from the outside to the inside is displaced so that it couples either the drive ring 35 or the drive ring 41 with the program carrier 50.
  • a threaded pin could also be provided in an analogous manner, which can optionally be screwed into one of two threaded holes in the program carrier instead of the plug holes.
  • the switching element consists of a two-armed rocker 78, which is pivotally mounted in a radial slot 79 of the program carrier 50 and either engages in a slot-shaped recess 80 in the edge 43 of the drive ring 35 in a form-fitting manner, or in the other position in a corresponding recess 81 in the collar 44 of the drive ring 41 engages in a coupling manner.
  • Driver pins 82 and 83 are arranged on the top of the rocker, which depending on the position of the rocker 78 either protrude into the through bore 68 lying on the larger radius in this exemplary embodiment or else into one of the blind bores 69 of the scale ring 65 lying on the smaller radius.
  • the coupling member which is formed by the rocker 78, is captively connected to the program carrier 50, as is the case with the exemplary embodiment in FIGS. 1 to 3.

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EP88103253A 1987-03-17 1988-03-03 Interrupteur horaire électrique avec support de programme pouvant être commuté d'un programme à intervalles de temps courts à un programme à intervalles de temps longs Expired - Lifetime EP0282829B1 (fr)

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AT88103253T ATE76695T1 (de) 1987-03-17 1988-03-03 Elektrische schaltuhr mit einem von einem kurzzeitprogramm auf ein langzeitprogramm umschaltbaren programmtraeger.

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DE3708611A DE3708611C1 (de) 1987-03-17 1987-03-17 Elektrische Schaltuhr mit einem von einem Kurzzeitprogramm auf ein Langzeitprogramm umschaltbaren Programmtraeger

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