EP0683904B1 - Mecanisme de metronome - Google Patents

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EP0683904B1
EP0683904B1 EP94904166A EP94904166A EP0683904B1 EP 0683904 B1 EP0683904 B1 EP 0683904B1 EP 94904166 A EP94904166 A EP 94904166A EP 94904166 A EP94904166 A EP 94904166A EP 0683904 B1 EP0683904 B1 EP 0683904B1
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Georg Vochezer
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    • G04F—TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING
    • G04F5/00—Apparatus for producing preselected time intervals for use as timing standards
    • G04F5/02—Metronomes

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  • the invention relates to a metronome with a U-shaped bearing frame, which has a web and two legs projecting from the web, with an elevator shaft carrying a spring housing, with a climbing wheel shaft carrying a climbing wheel, and with bearing bushes arranged on the legs of the bearing frame for receiving the ends of the Elevator and climbing wheel shaft.
  • the bearing bushes for receiving the ends of the elevator and rising wheel shaft are arranged in the form of simple bores directly on the two legs of the storage rack made of sheet metal, these waves the space between the legs bridge.
  • the legs of the bearing frame In order to be able to insert the shaft ends of the elevator and rising wheel shaft into their bearing bushes, the legs of the bearing frame must be bent laterally and then bent back into their original position. This often leads to deformation of the storage rack, for example, that the legs no longer protrude vertically from the U-bridge of the frame connecting them. This can result in friction losses that affect the accuracy of the metronome.
  • the up and back bending of the legs of the bearing frame and the insertion of the shaft ends had to be done manually and could not be automated.
  • bearing bushes are formed on two separate side parts which can be pushed onto the legs of the U-shaped bearing frame and can be firmly locked in place with the legs.
  • Fig. 4 shows a U-shaped, formed from sheet metal storage rack 1 with a web 2 and two legs 3, 4 projecting from this web.
  • the legs 3, 4 of the U-shaped storage racks previously used in metronome mounts had bearing bushes in the form of bores , into which the ends of an elevator shaft and a rising wheel shaft would be rotatably inserted, this shaft bridging the space between the two legs 3, 4.
  • the two legs 3, 4 had to be bent to the side so that the ends of the shafts mentioned could be inserted into their bores. Then the legs 3, 4 had to be bent back into their original position. It is obvious that inaccuracies could occur and the legs 3, 4 often did not return to their correct starting position, which could have an adverse effect on the gait and the accuracy of the metronome mechanism.
  • the following are inventively - cf. 1 and 2 in particular - two side parts, namely a left side part 5 and a right side part 6, provided on the free ends of the legs 3, 4 of the storage rack 1 can be pushed on in a manner to be described and locked there.
  • the left side part 5 is shown in FIG. 6, the right side part 6 in FIG. 5 in detail.
  • Bearing bushes are formed on the left and right side parts 5, 6, which are also to be described, and which receive the ends of an elevator shaft 7 and a rising wheel shaft 8, respectively.
  • the two side parts 5, 6 with the shafts they carry are pushed onto the legs 3, 4 of the storage rack 1.
  • the two bearing bushes are arranged on the side parts 5, 6 so that when the side parts are pushed onto the legs 3, 4 of the bearing frame 1 they either run past these legs on the end face or penetrate into slots in these legs.
  • the side parts 5, 6 with the bearing bushes arranged on them can be applied to the legs 3, 4 at a constant distance without having to bend them. In this way it is basically possible to carry out a very precise mounting with an exactly predetermined distance between the bearing bushes.
  • a left bearing bush 9 for the left end of the elevator shaft 7 is formed on the left side part 5 so that after this side part 5 has been slid onto the (left) leg 3 of the bearing frame 1 it comes to lie on the end outside of this leg 3 (cf. in particular Fig. 2 and 3).
  • a right bearing bush 11 for the right end of the elevator shaft 7 is arranged in a corresponding manner on the right side part 6, which is pushed onto the (right) leg 4 of the storage rack 1. How especially out Fig.
  • the elevator shaft 7 protrudes to the right over the bearing bush 11 and there carries a (not shown) thread on which an elevator screw is used in the usual way for tensioning a spring (not shown), which in turn in a known manner in a spring housing 12 carried by the elevator shaft 7 is accommodated.
  • the left end of the elevator shaft 7 protrudes quite far over the bearing bush 9 to the left, so that the application of a retaining ring on this shaft, which prevents the shaft end from escaping from the bearing bush, can be omitted.
  • a left bearing bush 13 for the left end of the climbing wheel shaft 8 is essentially formed on the inside of the left side part 5. Accordingly - cf. Fig. 5 - a right bearing bush 14 for the right end of the climbing wheel shaft 8 is formed essentially on the inside of the right side part 6.
  • slot-shaped slide guideways 15, 16 are formed on the legs 3, 4 of the storage rack 1, which are open towards the free ends of the legs 3, 4.
  • the bearing bushes 13, 14 for the climbing wheel shaft 8 are inserted into these sliding guideways 15, 16.
  • the bearing bushes 13, 14 have guide members connected to them, which guide the bearing bushes 13, 14 in the slot-shaped slideway in a safe, largely tolerance-free manner 15, 16 ensure.
  • the side parts 5, 6, with the bearing bushes 9, 13 and 11, 14 arranged on them, are injection-molded in one piece from slightly resilient plastic, which at the same time has good bearing properties for shaft bearings.
  • a suitable plastic is, for example, polyacetal resin.
  • the side parts for example the left side part 5 shown in FIG. 3, have projections 32, 33, which in corresponding recesses 34 and 35 (see FIG. 4) on the legs 3 , 4 of the storage rack 1 engage, whereby the position fixing of the side parts 3, 4 is further improved.
  • the side parts 5, 6 also have at their ends facing away from the web 2 of the storage rack 1 mounting flanges 36 in the form of webs bent at right angles, with which the metronome mechanism on a front plate 37 - cf. Fig. 3 - a metronome can be attached.
  • recesses 38 are formed on one side on the mounting flanges 36 and can engage in corresponding anchor projections 39 on the front plate 37 (FIG. 3).
  • the mounting flanges 36 are attached to the front plate 37 in a conventional manner by screwing.
  • the elevator shaft 7 carries a locking member 42 firmly connected to it, which cooperates in a conventional manner with a stationary locking member 43, the latter locking member 43 being integrally formed near the bearing bush 9 on the left side part 5.
  • a locking mechanism is described for example in DE-OS 34 40 264. In this way, the separate manufacture of the locking part 43 is omitted, since it can be injection molded in one piece with the left side part 5.
  • the outer circumference of the spring housing 12 meshes by means of a Teeth 50 in a manner known per se with a small pinion which is non-rotatably formed on the climbing wheel shaft 8.
  • the climbing wheel shaft 8 also carries the climbing wheel 44 in a rotationally fixed manner in a known manner, which also cooperates in a known manner with an armature shaft (not shown) which runs perpendicular to the elevator shaft 7 and the climbing wheel shaft 8.
  • Fig. 7 shows a modification of the right side part 6, wherein an angled arm 45 is integrally formed on this side part 6, in particular molded, which carries a bearing bush 46 for the armature shaft.
  • the bearing bush 46 is fitted on the back into a recess 47 in the web 2 of the storage rack 1 (see FIG. 4) and is thus fixed.
  • the other end of the armature shaft is rotatably received by a bearing bush which is arranged on the front plate 37 (FIG. 3).
  • the main advantage of the metronome mechanism described is that the side parts 5, 6 with their bearing bushes are fitted snugly onto the elevator or rising wheel shaft and then also fitted snugly onto the legs 3, 4 of the bearing frame 1 and can be locked in place with them.
  • steps are formed in a conventional manner by reducing the diameter at the ends, which abut the bearing bushes and prevent an axial displacement of the shafts 7, 8.
  • Another advantage of the metronome mechanism described is that its assembly can be easily automated with the help of the side parts carrying the bearing bushes.

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  1. Mécanisme de métronome comprenant un châssis palier qui présente une traverse et deux branches partant de la traverse, avec un arbre de remontoir portant un boîtier de ressort, un arbre de roue de rencontre portant une roue de rencontre et des coussinets agencés sur les branches du châssis palier pour recevoir les extrémités de l'arbre de remontoir et de l'arbre de roue de rencontre, caractérisé en ce que les coussinets (9, 11 ; 13, 14) sont agencés sur deux parties latérales séparées (5, 6) qui peuvent être emmanchées sur les branches (3, 4) du châssis palier (1) en forme de U et être encliquetées rigidement avec ces branches.
  2. Mécanisme de métronome selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les parties latérales (5, 6) sont fabriquées en une matière plastique élastique formant une matière pour coussinets, et les coussinets (9, 11 ; 13, 14) sont formés d'une seule pièce avec les parties latérales (5, 6).
  3. Mécanisme de métronome selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les parties latérales (5, 6) sont faites d'une résine polyacétal.
  4. Mécanisme de métronome selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que, dans les parties latérales (5, 6) sont formées des languettes élastiques d'encliquetage (18, 19 ; 22, 23) qui coopèrent avec des languettes d'encliquetage (20, 21 ; 24, 25) prévues sur les branches (3, 4) du châssis palier (1).
  5. Mécanisme de métronome selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que, sur chacune des branches (3, 4) du châssis palier (1) sont formées des glissières de guidage (15, 16 ; 30, 31) dans lesquelles peuvent être emmanchés des organes de guidage (13, 14 ; 40, 41) des parties latérales (5, 6).
  6. Mécanisme de métronome selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que, sur chacune des branches (3, 4) du châssis palier (1) sont formées deux glissières de guidage (15, 16 ; 24, 25) dans lesquelles peuvent être emmanchés des organes de guidage (13, 14 ; 40, 41) des parties latérales (5, 6), les glissières de guidage et les organes de guidage fixant l'écartement entre axes entre l'arbre de remontoir et l'arbre de la roue de rencontre (7 et 8 respectivement).
  7. Mécanisme de métronome selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que, sur les parties latérales (5, 6) sont réalisées des ailes de montage (36) servant pour la fixation du mécanisme de métronome à une plaque frontale (37) d'un métronome.
  8. Mécanisme de métronome selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'arbre de remontoir (7) porte un premier élément d'arrêt (42) qui coopère avec un deuxième élément d'arrêt fixe (43), ledit deuxième élément d'arrêt (43) étant formé d'une seule pièce avec l'une (5) des parties, latérales.
  9. Mécanisme de métronome selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'un coussinet de palier (46) destiné à recevoir un arbre d'ancre est formé d'une seule pièce avec l'une (6) des parois latérales.
  10. Mécanisme de métronome selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que le coussinet (46) recevant l'arbre d'ancre peut s'emboîter dans un évidement (47) de la traverse (2) du châssis palier en U (1).
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