EP0504623A1 - Double time-zone with traversing axe and hand-setting by the crown - Google Patents

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EP0504623A1
EP0504623A1 EP92103093A EP92103093A EP0504623A1 EP 0504623 A1 EP0504623 A1 EP 0504623A1 EP 92103093 A EP92103093 A EP 92103093A EP 92103093 A EP92103093 A EP 92103093A EP 0504623 A1 EP0504623 A1 EP 0504623A1
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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
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/02—Back-gearing arrangements between gear train and hands
    • G04B19/025—Back-gearing arrangements between gear train and hands for simultaneous indicating on several dials
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    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/22—Arrangements for indicating different local apparent times; Universal time pieces
    • G04B19/23—Arrangements for indicating different local apparent times; Universal time pieces by means of additional hands or additional pairs of hands
    • G04B19/235—Arrangements for indicating different local apparent times; Universal time pieces by means of additional hands or additional pairs of hands mechanisms for correcting the additional hand or hands
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    • G04B27/00—Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means
    • G04B27/02—Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means by making use of the winding means
    • G04B27/026—Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means by making use of the winding means for several clockworks or pairs of hands and/or supplementary functions

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  • the present invention relates to a timepiece movement intended to equip the case with a reversible watch, and making it possible to display, opposite each of the two main faces of the case, different time information. It relates more particularly to a movement comprising means for indicating in analog form two time information, one on each face of the movement, this information advancing in synchronism with one another, as for example in the case of the display of two different time zones.
  • the present invention aims to fill this gap by providing a movement capable of causing on each of its two main faces, and around the same axis, an analog display of the time.
  • the watch movement according to the invention comprising two main faces that are substantially flat and parallel, mobiles forming a cog arranged to rotate, opposite one of the faces, the hands for displaying the hour around an axis of pivoting arranged perpendicularly to these faces, and means for setting the time of the display, is particularly remarkable in that it also comprises means for driving in rotation, opposite the other main face, the hands another time display from a gear train so that the hands of the other display; rotate around an axis coinciding with the pivot axis in an anticlockwise direction of the display.
  • An advantage of the invention results from the fact that the proposed movement can be obtained by means of a simple and inexpensive transformation of an existing conventional movement, without significantly increasing its thickness.
  • the reference 1 designates a plate, the latter being a thin and flat plate, generally of circular shape.
  • the plate which is delimited by two opposite faces, constitutes the basic element of the movement.
  • the underside of the plate, referenced 2 is intended to receive the dial, not shown, of the watch.
  • the face 2 further supports, in suitable housings 3, cogs, also called mobile, these cogs having the function of rotating the minute hand 4 and that of the hours 5 of the usual analog display of the watch .
  • Other moving parts of the movement are held in place by means of bridges which are fixed on the other face 6 of the plate 1, such as for example the bridge bearing the reference 7.
  • the members which have just been described form part of any conventional analog movement.
  • the face 2 with the members which it supports thus constitutes one of the two main faces, referenced 8, of such a movement, and opposite which the needles 4 and 5 move.
  • the bridges and the face 6 on which they are fixed form the other main face, referenced 9, of this movement.
  • the present invention proposes to describe a transformation of a conventional analog movement making it possible to add to this movement a second analog display of the time, the hands 4 ′ and 5 ′ of this display moving, opposite the main face. 9 of the movement and of another dial not shown, in synchronism with hands 4 and 5 of the usual display, or first display.
  • the movement can be that of a wristwatch, a pocket watch, or a pendant watch.
  • the two displays comprising similar elements, the main elements of the first display, known from the prior art, will first be described.
  • the reference 15 thus designates a shaft which pivots in the plate 1 and the bridge 7 of the movement, and on which is driven a center pinion 16, this pinion supporting on its side a toothed wheel of center referenced 17.
  • the shaft 15, called center shaft or minute tree rotates at the rate of one revolution per hour around a pivot axis aa 'arranged perpendicular to the main faces 8 and 9 of the movement.
  • the pinion 16 meshes with a barrel, not shown, which provides the movement with the torque necessary for its operation.
  • the wheel 17 meshes, for its part, with a train not shown, the speed of rotation of which is stabilized by a spiral balance.
  • the shaft 15 could just as easily, in the case of an electronic quartz movement, be that of a stepping motor.
  • the shaft 15 projects from each of the two main faces of the movement.
  • a hollow cylindrical member 18 pivoting about the axis aa 'and which is called lanterned roadway.
  • the roadway has at one end a pinion 19 which is disposed in a housing 20 of the plate 1. It further comprises in its middle a groove 21 intended to weaken its wall which is pinched, at a location 21a, so that its inner face, coming into contact with a corresponding conical part 15a of the shaft 15, creates a friction torque depending on the gripping force.
  • the free end of the roadway 18 has a cylindrical part 22 of reduced diameter, called the minute cannon, and on which the needle 4 is driven.
  • the pinion 19 of the roadway 18 meshes with a timer wheel 23 which pivots about an axis bb 'on a shaft 24 driven into the plate 1.
  • a timer pinion 25 which meshes with a wheel of the hours 26.
  • the diameters of the wheels 23 and 26 and of the pinions 19 and 25 are chosen so that the wheel 26 rotates 12 or 24 times slower than the minute shaft 15 and can thus be used to indicate the hours.
  • the wheel 26 has in its center a tubular part 27, called the hour cannon, which is arranged on the roadway 18 so as to pivot around the axis aa ', and on which the needle 5 is fixed.
  • the movement further comprises a conventional time-setting mechanism, not shown, which is controlled by a time-setting rod when the latter occupies a determined axial position.
  • the mechanism is a cog which meshes with the pinion 19 of the roadway 18 in order to allow the needles 4 and 5 to be moved quickly when a sufficient torque is applied to the time-setting rod to overcome the friction between the roadway 18 and the minutes tree 15.
  • the setting of the hands 4 'and 5' of the second time display from the minute tree 15, is obtained by means of a return mechanism constituting the present invention and which will now be described.
  • the reference 30 designates in FIG. 1 a shaft of this mechanism, this shaft traversing the movement right through so as to pivot around an axis cc 'arranged perpendicular to the faces 8 and 9.
  • the shaft 30 is supported on the side of the face 8 of the movement by an existing timer bridge 31, and on the side of the face 9, by a complementary bridge 32.
  • the bridge 32 is fixed to the movement by means of the screws 33 and 34, shown in FIG. 2, the first being screwed into a support 35 integral with the bridge 7.
  • On the shaft 30 is driven, on the side of the face 8, a toothed wheel 36 which meshes with the timer wheel 23. This meshing is symbolically represented on the fig.
  • the roadway 37 further comprises a pinion 39, disposed in a housing of the plate 1 on the side of the face 8 of the movement, and a toothed wheel 40, of same diameter as the wheel 36, placed between the bridges 7 and 32.
  • the toothed wheel 40 meshes with an inversion toothed wheel 41 pivoting on a shaft 42 around an axis dd ', while the wheel 41 meshes with a timer toothed wheel 23' pivoting on a shaft 43 around an axis ee '.
  • the wheel 23 ' is identical to the wheel 23, and therefore has the same diameter as the latter, and it comprises a pinion 25' similar to the pinion 25.
  • the shafts 42 and 43 are driven into housings of the bridge 7, the axes dd 'and ee' of these trees being oriented perpendicular to the main faces 8 and 9 of the movement.
  • a carriageway 18 ' identical to the carriageway 18, which comprises a pinion 19' similar to the pinion 19 and coming to mesh with the wheel 23 '.
  • the carriageway 18 ′ which supports the minute hand 4 ′ at its end, does not, however, exhibit pinching, which means that it pivots without constraint on the shaft 15, unlike the carriageway 18.
  • an hour wheel 26' identical to the wheel 26, which meshes with the pinion 25 ', and which comprises a barrel 27' supporting the hour hand 5 '.
  • the diameters of the mobiles 19 ', 23', 25 ', 26' and 40 ' are, in this case, equal respectively to the diameters of the mobiles 19, 23, 25, 26 and 36, it follows that the needles 4 ′ and 5 ′ rotate around the axis aa ′ at the same speed as the corresponding needles 4 and 5, but in the opposite direction to the latter thanks to the reversing wheel 41.
  • the diameters of the mobiles 19 ', 23', 25 ', 26', 36 and 40 could be different from those indicated, provided that their ratios are determined so as to ensure the speeds 4 'and 5' correct rotation.
  • the time setting of the first display comprising hands 4 and 5 is obtained, as has already been indicated, by means of a conventional time setting rod.
  • the independent time setting of the two displays is made by means of a control member 50 in the form of a rod secured to an external pusher not shown.
  • the rod has a conical end 51 which is arranged opposite the pinion 39 so as to remain outside the toothing of this pinion when the pusher is not activated.
  • the pusher being at rest, the second display can then be set to the time by moving the hands 4 'and 5', which also modifies, of course, the position of the hands 4 and 5.
  • the first display can then be set to the time by moving only hands 4 and 5.
  • the shaft 30 pivots during this operation, but its movement is not transmitted to the wheel 40 since the roadway 37 is blocked.

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The movement, of the mechanical or electronic type, is delimited by two main faces (8, 9), and it comprises two analog time displays. The first, corresponding to the conventional display, includes two hands (4, 5) moving in front of one of the faces (8) about a pivot pin (aa') perpendicular to the two faces, and it is driven in a known manner by cogwheels (19, 23, 25, 26) from the minute shaft (15). The second display comprises two hands (4', 5') moving in front of the other face (9) about the same pivot pin (aa'), and it is driven, in the opposite direction, by a gear train (36, 40, 41, 23', 19', 25', 26') from a moving element (23) of the cogwheels of the first display. Moreover, a cannon pinion (37), enabling the second display to be locked by means of a control member (50), is arranged between two moving elements (36, 40) of the gear train. Conventional means make it possible to set the time simultaneously and in synchronism on the two displays if the control member (50) is inactive, and on the first display alone if this member is activated. <IMAGE>

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La présente invention concerne un mouvement d'horlogerie destiné à équiper le boitier d'une montre réversible, et permettant d'afficher, en regard de chacune des deux faces principales du boîtier, une information horaire différente. Elle concerne plus particulièrement un mouvement comportant des moyens pour indiquer sous forme analogique deux informations horaires, une sur chaque face du mouvement, ces informations avançant en synchronisme l'une de l'autre, comme par exemple dans le cas de l'affichage de deux fuseaux horaires différents.The present invention relates to a timepiece movement intended to equip the case with a reversible watch, and making it possible to display, opposite each of the two main faces of the case, different time information. It relates more particularly to a movement comprising means for indicating in analog form two time information, one on each face of the movement, this information advancing in synchronism with one another, as for example in the case of the display of two different time zones.

Les montres réversibles, comportant un affichage disposé derrière chacune des faces principales de leur boîtier, sont connues en soi. Par exemple le brevet CH 645569 décrit en détail la partie pivotante, celle supportant les affichages, du boîtier d'une telle montre. Ce document ne donne, par contre, aucune précision sur les moyens qui permettraient de commander chaque affichage, tout au plus suggère-t-il deux possibilités pour y parvenir. Dans l'une, chaque affichage est entraîné par un mouvement d'horlogerie autonome, ce qui implique la superposition dans la montre, de deux mouvements indépendants. Cette solution, si elle est de réalisation facile, est en revanche peu satisfaisante du point de vue du prix de revient, et de la place prise en hauteur par les deux mouvements dans le boîtier. Dans l'autre possibilité évoquée, les deux affichages sont entraînés simultanément par un mouvement d'horlogerie unique, de chaque côté de celui-ci. C'est bien entendu la solution la plus avantageuse, mais un tel mouvement, dont la réalisation se heurte à de nombreuses difficultés techniques, n'est ni connu de l'art antérieur, ni décrit dans le document cité.Reversible watches, with a display arranged behind each of the main faces of their casing, are known per se. For example, patent CH 645569 describes in detail the pivoting part, that supporting the displays, of the case of such a watch. This document does not, however, give any details on the means that would allow each display to be ordered, at most he suggests two possibilities for achieving this. In one, each display is driven by an autonomous clockwork movement, which involves the superposition in the watch of two independent movements. This solution, if it is easy to make, is however unsatisfactory from the point of view of cost price, and the space taken up by the two movements in the case. In the other possibility mentioned, the two displays are driven simultaneously by a single clockwork movement, on each side of it. This is of course the most advantageous solution, but such a movement, the realization of which comes up against numerous technical difficulties, is neither known to the prior art, nor described in the cited document.

La présente invention a pour but de combler cette lacune en proposant un mouvement capable d'entraîner sur chacune de ses deux faces principales, et autour d'un même axe, un affichage analogique de l'heure.The present invention aims to fill this gap by providing a movement capable of causing on each of its two main faces, and around the same axis, an analog display of the time.

Pour atteindre cet objectif, le mouvement de montre selon l'invention comprenant deux faces principales sensiblement planes et parallèles, des mobiles formant un rouage agencé pour entraîner en rotation, en regard de l'une des faces, les aiguilles d'un affichage de l'heure autour d'un axe de pivotement disposé perpendiculairement à ces faces, et des moyens de mise à l'heure de l'affichage, est particulièrement remarquable en ce qu'il comporte en outre des moyens pour entraîner en rotation, en regard de l'autre face principale, les aiguilles d'un autre affichage de l'heure à partir d'un mobile du rouage de manière que les aiguilles de l'autre affichage; tournent autour d'un axe coïncidant avec l'axe de pivotement dans les sens inverse des aiguilles de l'affichage.To achieve this objective, the watch movement according to the invention comprising two main faces that are substantially flat and parallel, mobiles forming a cog arranged to rotate, opposite one of the faces, the hands for displaying the hour around an axis of pivoting arranged perpendicularly to these faces, and means for setting the time of the display, is particularly remarkable in that it also comprises means for driving in rotation, opposite the other main face, the hands another time display from a gear train so that the hands of the other display; rotate around an axis coinciding with the pivot axis in an anticlockwise direction of the display.

Un avantage de l'invention résulte du fait que le mouvement proposé peut être obtenu au moyen d'une transformation, simple et bon marché, d'un mouvement conventionnel existant, et cela sans augmenter sensiblement son épaisseur.An advantage of the invention results from the fact that the proposed movement can be obtained by means of a simple and inexpensive transformation of an existing conventional movement, without significantly increasing its thickness.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages du mouvement selon la présente invention ressortiront de la description qui va suivre, faite en regard du dessin annexé et donnant, à titre explicatif mais nullement limitatif, un exemple de réalisation d'un tel mouvement. Sur ce dessin, où les mêmes références se rapportent à des éléments analogues :

  • la fig. 1 est une vue partielle en coupe du mouvement selon l'invention montrant la disposition des principaux mobiles qui entraînent deux affichages de l'heure, un sur chaque face du mouvement, les axes de tous les mobiles étant disposés dans le plan du dessin afin de rendre celui-ci plus clair; et
  • la fig. 2 montre, dans une vue partielle en plan du mouvement de la figure précédente, la position des axes des principaux mobiles entraînant les affichages, et les engrènements entre ces mobiles.
Other characteristics and advantages of the movement according to the present invention will emerge from the description which follows, given with reference to the appended drawing and giving, by way of explanation but in no way limitative, an exemplary embodiment of such a movement. In this drawing, where the same references relate to similar elements:
  • fig. 1 is a partial sectional view of the movement according to the invention showing the arrangement of the main mobiles which cause two time displays, one on each face of the movement, the axes of all the mobiles being arranged in the plane of the drawing in order to make it clearer; and
  • fig. 2 shows, in a partial plan view of the movement of the previous figure, the position of the axes of the main mobiles driving the displays, and the meshes between these mobiles.

Sur la fig. 1, qui représente en coupe un mouvement d'horlogerie analogique selon l'invention pour montre, la référence 1 désigne une platine, celle-ci étant une plaque mince et plane, généralement de forme circulaire. La platine, qui est délimitée par deux faces opposées, constitue l'élément de base du mouvement. La face de dessous de la platine, référencée 2, est destinée à recevoir le cadran, non représenté, de la montre. La face 2 supporte en outre, dans des logements appropriés 3, des rouages, appelés aussi mobiles, ces rouages ayant pour fonction d'entraîner en rotation l'aiguille des minutes 4 et celle des heures 5 de l'affichage analogique habituel de la montre. D'autres mobiles du mouvement sont maintenus en place au moyen de ponts qui sont fixés sur l'autre face 6 de la platine 1, comme par exemple le pont portant la référence 7. Les organes qui viennent d'être décrits font partie de tout mouvement analogique conventionnel. La face 2 avec les organes qu'elle supporte constitue ainsi une des deux faces principales, référencée 8, d'un tel mouvement, et en regard de laquelle se déplacent les aiguilles 4 et 5. Les ponts et la face 6 sur laquelle ils sont fixés forment l'autre face principale, référencée 9, de ce mouvement.In fig. 1, which shows in section an analog clockwork movement according to the invention for a watch, the reference 1 designates a plate, the latter being a thin and flat plate, generally of circular shape. The plate, which is delimited by two opposite faces, constitutes the basic element of the movement. The underside of the plate, referenced 2, is intended to receive the dial, not shown, of the watch. The face 2 further supports, in suitable housings 3, cogs, also called mobile, these cogs having the function of rotating the minute hand 4 and that of the hours 5 of the usual analog display of the watch . Other moving parts of the movement are held in place by means of bridges which are fixed on the other face 6 of the plate 1, such as for example the bridge bearing the reference 7. The members which have just been described form part of any conventional analog movement. The face 2 with the members which it supports thus constitutes one of the two main faces, referenced 8, of such a movement, and opposite which the needles 4 and 5 move. The bridges and the face 6 on which they are fixed form the other main face, referenced 9, of this movement.

La présente invention se propose de décrire une transformation d'un mouvement analogique conventionnel permettant d'ajouter à ce mouvement un deuxième affichage analogue de l'heure, les aiguilles 4' et 5' de cet affichage se déplaçant, en regard de la face principale 9 du mouvement et d'un autre cadran non représenté, en synchronisme avec les aiguilles 4 et 5 de l'affichage habituel, ou premier affichage. Bien entendu le mouvement peut être celui d'une montre bracelet, d'une montre de poche, ou d'une montre pendentif.The present invention proposes to describe a transformation of a conventional analog movement making it possible to add to this movement a second analog display of the time, the hands 4 ′ and 5 ′ of this display moving, opposite the main face. 9 of the movement and of another dial not shown, in synchronism with hands 4 and 5 of the usual display, or first display. Of course the movement can be that of a wristwatch, a pocket watch, or a pendant watch.

Les deux affichages comportant des éléments similaires, les principaux éléments du premier affichage, connus de l'art antérieur, seront d'abord décrits. La référence 15 désigne ainsi un arbre qui pivote dans la platine 1 et le pont 7 du mouvement, et sur lequel est chassé un pignon de centre 16, ce pignon supportant de son côté une roue dentée de centre référencée 17. L'arbre 15, appelé arbre de centre ou arbre des minutes, tourne à raison de un tour par heure autour d'un axe de pivotement aa' disposé perpendiculairement aux faces principales 8 et 9 du mouvement. Le pignon 16 engrène avec un barillet, non représenté, qui fournit au mouvement le couple nécessaire à son fonctionnement. La roue 17 engrène, de son côté, avec un rouage non représenté dont la vitesse de rotation est stabilisée par un balancier spiral. Bien entendu l'arbre 15 pourrait tout aussi bien, dans le cas d'un mouvement électronique à quartz, être celui d'un moteur pas à pas.The two displays comprising similar elements, the main elements of the first display, known from the prior art, will first be described. The reference 15 thus designates a shaft which pivots in the plate 1 and the bridge 7 of the movement, and on which is driven a center pinion 16, this pinion supporting on its side a toothed wheel of center referenced 17. The shaft 15, called center shaft or minute tree, rotates at the rate of one revolution per hour around a pivot axis aa 'arranged perpendicular to the main faces 8 and 9 of the movement. The pinion 16 meshes with a barrel, not shown, which provides the movement with the torque necessary for its operation. The wheel 17 meshes, for its part, with a train not shown, the speed of rotation of which is stabilized by a spiral balance. Of course the shaft 15 could just as easily, in the case of an electronic quartz movement, be that of a stepping motor.

L'arbre 15 dépasse de chacune des deux faces principales du mouvement. Sur la partie sortant de la face 8 est disposé librement un organe cylindrique creux 18, pivotant autour de l'axe aa' et qui est appelé chaussée lanternée. La chaussée présente à une extrémité un pignon 19 qui est disposé dans un logement 20 de la platine 1. Elle comporte en outre en son milieu une rainure 21 destinée à affaiblir sa paroi qui est pincée, à un endroit 21a, de manière que sa face intérieure, en venant en contact d'une partie conique 15a correspondante de l'arbre 15, crée un couple de frottement dépendant de la force de pincement. Enfin l'extrémité libre de la chaussée 18 présente une partie cylindrique 22 de diamètre réduit, appelée canon des minutes, et sur laquelle est chassée l'aiguille 4.The shaft 15 projects from each of the two main faces of the movement. On the part exiting from the face 8 is freely arranged a hollow cylindrical member 18, pivoting about the axis aa 'and which is called lanterned roadway. The roadway has at one end a pinion 19 which is disposed in a housing 20 of the plate 1. It further comprises in its middle a groove 21 intended to weaken its wall which is pinched, at a location 21a, so that its inner face, coming into contact with a corresponding conical part 15a of the shaft 15, creates a friction torque depending on the gripping force. Finally, the free end of the roadway 18 has a cylindrical part 22 of reduced diameter, called the minute cannon, and on which the needle 4 is driven.

Le pignon 19 de la chaussée 18 engrène avec une roue de minuterie 23 qui pivote autour d'un axe bb' sur un arbre 24 chassé dans la platine 1. Sur la roue 23 est fixé un pignon de minuterie 25 qui engrène avec une roue des heures 26. Les diamètres des roues 23 et 26 et des pignons 19 et 25, sont choisis de manière que la roue 26 tourne 12 ou 24 fois moins vite que l'arbre des minutes 15 et puisse ainsi servir à indiquer les heures. A cet effet la roue 26 comporte en son centre une partie tubulaire 27, appelée canon des heures, qui est disposée sur la chaussée 18 de manière à pivoter autour de l'axe aa', et sur laquelle est fixée l'aiguille 5.The pinion 19 of the roadway 18 meshes with a timer wheel 23 which pivots about an axis bb 'on a shaft 24 driven into the plate 1. On the wheel 23 is fixed a timer pinion 25 which meshes with a wheel of the hours 26. The diameters of the wheels 23 and 26 and of the pinions 19 and 25 are chosen so that the wheel 26 rotates 12 or 24 times slower than the minute shaft 15 and can thus be used to indicate the hours. To this end, the wheel 26 has in its center a tubular part 27, called the hour cannon, which is arranged on the roadway 18 so as to pivot around the axis aa ', and on which the needle 5 is fixed.

Le mouvement comporte en outre un mécanisme de mise à l'heure conventionnel, non représenté, qui est commandé par une tige de mise à l'heure lorsque celle-ci occupe une position axiale déterminée. Le mécanisme est un rouage qui vient engrener avec le pignon 19 de la chaussée 18 afin de permettre de déplacer rapidement les aiguilles 4 et 5 lorsqu'un couple suffisant est appliqué sur la tige de mise à l'heure pour vaincre le frottement entre la chaussée 18 et l'arbre des minutes 15.The movement further comprises a conventional time-setting mechanism, not shown, which is controlled by a time-setting rod when the latter occupies a determined axial position. The mechanism is a cog which meshes with the pinion 19 of the roadway 18 in order to allow the needles 4 and 5 to be moved quickly when a sufficient torque is applied to the time-setting rod to overcome the friction between the roadway 18 and the minutes tree 15.

La mise en mouvement des aiguilles 4' et 5' du deuxième affichage de l'heure à partir de l'arbre des minutes 15, est obtenu au moyen d'un mécanisme de renvoi constituant la présente invention et qui sera décrit maintenant.The setting of the hands 4 'and 5' of the second time display from the minute tree 15, is obtained by means of a return mechanism constituting the present invention and which will now be described.

La référence 30 désigne sur la fig. 1 un arbre de ce mécanisme, cet arbre traversant le mouvement de part en part de manière à pivoter autour d'un axe cc' disposé perpendiculairement aux faces 8 et 9. L'arbre 30 est supporté du côté de la face 8 du mouvement par un pont de minuterie 31 existant, et du côté de la face 9, par un pont complémentaire 32. Le pont 32 est fixé sur le mouvement au moyen des vis 33 et 34, représentées sur la fig. 2, la première étant vissée dans un support 35 solidaire du pont 7. Sur l'arbre 30 est chassée, du côté de la face 8, une roue dentée 36 venant engrener avec la roue de minuterie 23. Cet engrènement est représenté symboliquement sur la fig. 1, en coupant partiellement ces roues, car afin de rendre cette figure plus claire, les axes des mobiles ont été disposés dans le plan du dessin, ceci faussant les distances entre certains de ces axes. La position exacte des axes est représentée sur la fig. 2, qui est une vue partielle en plan depuis la face 9 du mouvement, les axes aa', bb', cc' traversant le plan de ce dessin aux points A, B, C, de même que les axes dd' et cc', qui sont décrits plus loin, aux points D et E.The reference 30 designates in FIG. 1 a shaft of this mechanism, this shaft traversing the movement right through so as to pivot around an axis cc 'arranged perpendicular to the faces 8 and 9. The shaft 30 is supported on the side of the face 8 of the movement by an existing timer bridge 31, and on the side of the face 9, by a complementary bridge 32. The bridge 32 is fixed to the movement by means of the screws 33 and 34, shown in FIG. 2, the first being screwed into a support 35 integral with the bridge 7. On the shaft 30 is driven, on the side of the face 8, a toothed wheel 36 which meshes with the timer wheel 23. This meshing is symbolically represented on the fig. 1, by partially cutting these wheels, because in order to make this figure clearer, the axes of the mobiles have been arranged in the plane of the drawing, this distorting the distances between some of these axes. The exact position of the axes is shown in fig. 2, which is a partial plan view from the face 9 of the movement, the axes aa ', bb', cc 'crossing the plane of this drawing at points A, B, C, as well as the axes dd' and cc ' , which are described below, in points D and E.

Sur l'arbre 30 est disposée une chaussée lanternée 37 qui comporte une rainure 38 servant à créer, en pinçant la chaussée à cet endroit, un couple de frottement sur une partie conique correspondante de l'arbre. La chaussée 37 comprend en outre un pignon 39, disposé dans un logement de la platine 1 du côté de la face 8 du mouvement, et une roue dentée 40, de même diamètre que la roue 36, placée entre les ponts 7 et 32.On the shaft 30 is arranged a lanterned carriageway 37 which has a groove 38 serving to create, by pinching the carriageway at this location, a friction torque on a corresponding conical part of the tree. The roadway 37 further comprises a pinion 39, disposed in a housing of the plate 1 on the side of the face 8 of the movement, and a toothed wheel 40, of same diameter as the wheel 36, placed between the bridges 7 and 32.

La roue dentée 40 engrène avec une roue dentée d'inversion 41 pivotant sur un arbre 42 autour d'un axe dd', tandis que la roue 41 engrène avec une roue dentée de minuterie 23' pivotant sur un arbre 43 autour d'un axe ee'. La roue 23' est identique à la roue 23, et a donc le même diamètre que cette dernière, et elle comporte un pignon 25' similaire au pignon 25. Les arbres 42 et 43 sont chassés dans des logements du pont 7, les axes dd' et ee' de ces arbres étant orientés perpendiculairement aux faces principales 8 et 9 du mouvement.The toothed wheel 40 meshes with an inversion toothed wheel 41 pivoting on a shaft 42 around an axis dd ', while the wheel 41 meshes with a timer toothed wheel 23' pivoting on a shaft 43 around an axis ee '. The wheel 23 'is identical to the wheel 23, and therefore has the same diameter as the latter, and it comprises a pinion 25' similar to the pinion 25. The shafts 42 and 43 are driven into housings of the bridge 7, the axes dd 'and ee' of these trees being oriented perpendicular to the main faces 8 and 9 of the movement.

Sur la partie de l'arbre 15 qui dépasse de la face 9 du mouvement est disposée librement une chaussée 18', indentique à la chaussée 18, qui comporte un pignon 19' similaire au pignon 19 et venant engrener avec la roue 23'. La chaussée 18', qui supporte à son extrémité l'aiguille des minutes 4', ne présente cependant pas de pincement, ce qui fait qu'elle pivote sans contrainte sur l'arbre 15, contrairement à la chaussé 18. Enfin sur la chaussée 18' est disposée une roue des heures 26', identique à la roue 26, venant engrener avec le pignon 25', et qui comporte un canon 27' supportant l'aiguille des heures 5'.On the part of the shaft 15 which protrudes from the face 9 of the movement is freely disposed a carriageway 18 ', identical to the carriageway 18, which comprises a pinion 19' similar to the pinion 19 and coming to mesh with the wheel 23 '. The carriageway 18 ′, which supports the minute hand 4 ′ at its end, does not, however, exhibit pinching, which means that it pivots without constraint on the shaft 15, unlike the carriageway 18. Finally on the carriageway 18 'is arranged an hour wheel 26', identical to the wheel 26, which meshes with the pinion 25 ', and which comprises a barrel 27' supporting the hour hand 5 '.

Etant donné que les diamètres des mobiles 19', 23', 25', 26' et 40' sont, dans le cas présent, égaux respectivement aux diamètres des mobiles 19, 23, 25, 26 et 36, il en résulte que les aiguilles 4' et 5' pivotent autour de l'axe aa' à la même vitesse que les aiguilles correspondantes 4 et 5, mais en sens inverse de ces dernières grâce à la roue d'inversion 41.Since the diameters of the mobiles 19 ', 23', 25 ', 26' and 40 'are, in this case, equal respectively to the diameters of the mobiles 19, 23, 25, 26 and 36, it follows that the needles 4 ′ and 5 ′ rotate around the axis aa ′ at the same speed as the corresponding needles 4 and 5, but in the opposite direction to the latter thanks to the reversing wheel 41.

Il est évident que les diamètres des mobiles 19', 23', 25', 26', 36 et 40 pourraient être différents de ceux indiqués, à condition que leurs rapports soient déterminés de manière à assurer aux aiguilles 4' et 5' les vitesses de rotation correctes. Dans la présente réalisation la chaussée 18' pivote en sens inverse de l'arbre 15. Il est cependant à la portée de l'homme du métier de concevoir une construction dans laquelle la chaussée 18' serait supportée par un arbre fixe.It is obvious that the diameters of the mobiles 19 ', 23', 25 ', 26', 36 and 40 could be different from those indicated, provided that their ratios are determined so as to ensure the speeds 4 'and 5' correct rotation. In the present embodiment, the roadway 18 'pivots in the opposite direction to the shaft 15. It is, however, within the reach of the skilled person to design a construction in which the roadway 18' would be supported by a fixed shaft.

La mise à l'heure du premier affichage, comportant les aiguilles 4 et 5, est obtenue, ainsi que cela a déjà été indiqué, au moyen d'une tige de mise à l'heure conventionnelle. En procédant ainsi, les aiguilles 4' et 5' du deuxième affichage se déplacent bien entendu en synchronisme avec celles du premier affichage. La mise à l'heure indépendante des deux affichages est faite au moyen d'un organe de commande 50 se présentant sous la forme d'une tige solidaire d'un poussoir extérieur non représenté. La tige comporte une extrémité conique 51 qui est disposée en regard du pignon 39 de manière à rester en dehors de la denture de ce pignon lorsque le poussoir n'est pas activé. Le poussoir étant au repos, le deuxième affichage peut alors être mis à l'heure en déplaçant les aiguilles 4' et 5', ce qui modifie également, bien entendu, la position des aiguilles 4 et 5. En pressant ensuite sur le poussoir, , le cône 51 pénètre alors dans la denture du pignon 39 et immobilise la chaussée 37, la roue 40 et donc les aiguilles 4' et 5'. Le premier affichage peut alors être mis à l'heure en déplaçant uniquement les aiguilles 4 et 5. L'arbre 30 pivote durant cette opération, mais son mouvement n'est pas transmis à la roue 40 puisque la chaussée 37 est bloquée.The time setting of the first display, comprising hands 4 and 5, is obtained, as has already been indicated, by means of a conventional time setting rod. By doing so, the hands 4 ′ and 5 ′ of the second display naturally move in synchronism with those of the first display. The independent time setting of the two displays is made by means of a control member 50 in the form of a rod secured to an external pusher not shown. The rod has a conical end 51 which is arranged opposite the pinion 39 so as to remain outside the toothing of this pinion when the pusher is not activated. The pusher being at rest, the second display can then be set to the time by moving the hands 4 'and 5', which also modifies, of course, the position of the hands 4 and 5. Then pressing the pusher, , the cone 51 then enters the teeth of the pinion 39 and immobilizes the roadway 37, the wheel 40 and therefore the needles 4 'and 5'. The first display can then be set to the time by moving only hands 4 and 5. The shaft 30 pivots during this operation, but its movement is not transmitted to the wheel 40 since the roadway 37 is blocked.

L'invention a été décrite dans le cas d'une transformation d'un mouvement existant pour mettre en évidence sa facilité d'application et son intérêt économique, mais elle pourrait aussi être utilisée dans une nouvelle réalisation.The invention has been described in the case of a transformation of an existing movement to highlight its ease of application and its economic interest, but it could also be used in a new embodiment.

Il va de soi que l'invention ne se limite pas au seul mode de réalisation qui a été représenté, mais que la portée du présent brevet s'étend également aux variantes des dispositions décrites restant dans le cadre des équivalences, ainsi qu'à toute application de telles dispositions.It goes without saying that the invention is not limited to the single embodiment which has been shown, but that the scope of this patent also extends to the variants of the arrangements described remaining within the framework of equivalences, as well as to any application of such provisions.

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Mouvement d'horlogerie pour montre analogique comprenant deux faces principales (8, 9) sensiblement planes et parallèles, des mobiles (19, 23, 25, 26) formant un rouage agencé pour entraîner en rotation, en regard de l'une (8) desdites faces, les aiguilles (4, 5) d'un affichage de l'heure autour d'un axe de pivotement (aa') disposé perpendiculairement auxdites faces, et des moyens de mise à l'heure dudit affichage, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte en outre des moyens (19', 23', 26', 30, 36, 37, 40, 41) pour entraîner en rotation, en regard de l'autre face principale (9), les aiguilles (4', 5') d'un autre affichage de l'heure à partir d'un mobile (23) dudit rouage de manière que les aiguilles dudit autre affichage tournent autour d'un axe coïncidant avec ledit axe de pivotement (aa') dans le sens inverse des aiguilles (4, 5) dudit affichage.Clock movement for analog watch comprising two main faces (8, 9) substantially planar and parallel, mobiles (19, 23, 25, 26) forming a cog arranged to drive in rotation, opposite one (8) of said faces, the hands (4, 5) of a time display around a pivot axis (aa ') arranged perpendicular to said faces, and means for setting the time of said display, characterized in that 'it further comprises means (19', 23 ', 26', 30, 36, 37, 40, 41) for rotating the needles (4 ', opposite the other main face (9), 5 ') of another display of the time from a mobile (23) of said gear train so that the hands of said other display rotate about an axis coinciding with said pivot axis (aa ') in the opposite direction to the needles (4, 5) of said display. Mouvement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte en outre un dispositif de commande, accessible de l'extérieur de la montre, permettant de mettre à l'heure chacun desdits affichages.Movement according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a control device, accessible from the outside of the watch, making it possible to set the time of each of said displays. Mouvement selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif comprend lesdits moyens de mise à l'heure, et un organe de commande (50) accessible de l'extérieur de la montre et pouvant occuper deux positions, lesdits moyens permettant de mettre à l'heure simultanément et en synchronisme les deux affichages lorsque ledit organe occupe l'une desdites positions, et de ne mettre à l'heure qu'un seul desdits affichages lorsque ledit organe occupe l'autre position.Movement according to claim 2, characterized in that said device comprises said means for setting the time, and a control member (50) accessible from outside the watch and capable of occupying two positions, said means making it possible to set the time simultaneously and synchronously the two displays when said member occupies one of said positions, and to set the time only one of said displays when said member occupies the other position. Mouvement selon l'une des revendications précédentes, comprenant un arbre de centre (15) effectuant un tour par heure, une chaussée lanternée (18) disposée sur ledit arbre et comportant un pignon (19) disposé du côté de ladite face principale (8), une roue dentée de minuterie (23) engrenant avec ledit pignon, et une roue dentée des heures (26) engrenant avec un pignon (25) solidaire de ladite roue de minuterie, ladite chaussée (18) et ladite roue des heures (26) supportant respectivement l'aiguille des minutes (4) et l'aiguille des heures (5) dudit affichage, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens pour entraîner les aiguilles (4', 5') dudit autre affichage comprennent un arbre de renvoi (30) disposé perpendiculairement auxdites faces principales (8, 9), une roue dentée (36) solidaire dudit arbre et engrenant avec ladite roue de minuterie (23), une autre chaussée lanternée (37) disposée sur ledit arbre de renvoi et comportant une roue dentée (40) disposée contre ladite autre face principale (9), une roue dentée d'inversion (41) engrenant avec ladite roue de l'autre chaussée, une autre roue dentée de minuterie (23') engrenant avec ladite roue d'inversion, une chaussée (18') tournant librement autour dudit axe de pivotement (aa' ) et comportant un pignon (19') engrenant avec ladite autre roue dentée de minuterie, et une autre roue dentée des heures (26') tournant autour dudit axe de pivotement (aa') et engrenant avec un pignon (25') solidaire de ladite autre roue de minuterie (23'), les diamètres des différents pignons et roues dentées étant choisi de manière que l'aiguille des minutes (4') et l'aiguille des heures (5') de l'autre affichage, supportées respectivement par la chaussée (18') et l'autre roue des heures (26'), pivotent à la même vitesse, mais en sens inverse gràce à la roue d'inversion (41), respectivement que l'aiguille des minutes (4) et que l'aiguille des heures (5) dudit affichage de l'heure.Movement according to one of the preceding claims, comprising a center shaft (15) performing one revolution per hour, a lanterned carriageway (18) disposed on said shaft and comprising a pinion (19) disposed on the side of said main face (8) , a timer gear (23) meshing with said pinion, and an hour gear (26) meshing with a pinion (25) integral with said wheel timer, said carriageway (18) and said hour wheel (26) respectively supporting the minute hand (4) and the hour hand (5) of said display, characterized in that said means for driving the hands (4 ' , 5 ') of said other display comprise a return shaft (30) disposed perpendicular to said main faces (8, 9), a toothed wheel (36) integral with said shaft and meshing with said timer wheel (23), another lanterned carriageway (37) disposed on said idler shaft and comprising a toothed wheel (40) disposed against said other main face (9), a reversing toothed wheel (41) meshing with said wheel on the other road, another toothed wheel of a timer (23 ') meshing with said reversing wheel, a carriageway (18') rotating freely around said pivot axis (aa ') and comprising a pinion (19') meshing with said other timer gear, and a another hour wheel (26 ') rotating around of said pivot axis (aa ') and meshing with a pinion (25') integral with said other timer wheel (23 '), the diameters of the different pinions and toothed wheels being chosen so that the minute hand (4' ) and the hour hand (5 ') of the other display, supported respectively by the carriageway (18') and the other hour wheel (26 '), rotate at the same speed, but in the opposite direction thanks to the reversing wheel (41), respectively that the minute hand (4) and the hour hand (5) of said hour display. Mouvement selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que ladite autre chaussée lanternée (37) comporte un pignon (39) dans la denture duquel pénètre une pointe (51) de l'organe de commande (50) lorsque ledit organe de commande se trouve dans l'autre desdites positions pour bloquer ladite chaussée.Movement according to claim 3, characterized in that said other lanterned floor (37) comprises a pinion (39) in the teeth of which penetrates a point (51) of the control member (50) when said control member is in the other of said positions to block said floor.
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