EP1115041B1 - Fast correction device for calendar watch - Google Patents

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EP1115041B1
EP1115041B1 EP20000127036 EP00127036A EP1115041B1 EP 1115041 B1 EP1115041 B1 EP 1115041B1 EP 20000127036 EP20000127036 EP 20000127036 EP 00127036 A EP00127036 A EP 00127036A EP 1115041 B1 EP1115041 B1 EP 1115041B1
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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
    • G04B19/24—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars
    • G04B19/243—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator
    • G04B19/247—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator disc-shaped
    • G04B19/25—Devices for setting the date indicators manually
    • 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
    • G04B11/00—Click devices; Stop clicks; Clutches
    • G04B11/02—Devices allowing the motion of a rotatable part in only one direction
    • G04B11/04—Pawl constructions therefor, e.g. pawl secured to an oscillating member actuating a ratchet
    • 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
    • G04B13/00—Gearwork
    • G04B13/002—Gearwork where rotation in one direction is changed into a stepping movement
    • 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
    • G04B13/00—Gearwork
    • G04B13/005—Gearwork where a revolution in both directions is changed into a revolution in one direction

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  • the present invention relates to a rapid date correction mechanism for a watch movement.
  • the rapid manual correction of the date is made from the winding crown when it is in the intermediate position. Once the winding stem is placed in this axial date correction position the user can, by a rotation of the winding crown, correct the date.
  • the date correction is obtained only for a determined direction of rotation of the winding crown. To make a correction of several steps, or days, the date, the user must turn the crown between two fingers, release it, and then repeat the operation.
  • Document is also known EP 0230878 a correction mechanism of at least two indicators, date and day of the week, which comprises a winding pin provided with a sliding pinion for driving, for a first direction of rotation of the winding stem, a train of correction of a first indicator and, in the opposite direction of rotation of the winding stem, a correction train of a second indicator.
  • the correction of an indicator can only be done by turning the winding stem in one direction of rotation.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism for rapid manual correction of the date which makes it possible to obtain the date correction irrespective of the direction of rotation of the winding crown and even, for a correction of several days, by a rotary movement of the back and forth of the crown alternately in one direction and then in the other, etc.
  • the present invention relates to a mechanism for rapid manual correction of the date of a watch movement which is distinguished by the characteristics listed in claim 1.
  • the single figure of the appended drawing illustrates schematically and by way of example an embodiment of the fast correction mechanism of the date according to the invention.
  • This figure is a plan view of the mechanism alone, the other elements of the watch movement not being represented.
  • the date mechanism of a watch movement comprises a date star 1 which is driven at a rate of one step per day by the watch movement and which carries a mobile date indication member.
  • a date jumper 2 maintains this date star 1 in a determined position between two successive operations.
  • the manual rapid correction mechanism of the date has a correction lever 3 pivoted at 0 on a plate or a bridge of the clockwork movement.
  • This lever comprises at one of its ends an actuating spout 4 cooperating with the toothing of the date star 1.
  • This cam 6 comprises one or more lifts, three in the illustrated example, which, during the rotation of this cam 6, causes the tilting of the correction lever 3 and the driving of a pitch of the date star 1.
  • the shape of the lifts of this cam is such that the finger 5 of the correction lever 3 can follow the periphery of this cam 6 whatever its direction of rotation.
  • the lifts of the cam 6 are symmetrical with respect to a radius of the cam passing through the top of the lift.
  • This cam 6 is carried by a date correction wheel 8 kinematically connected by references 9, 10 and 11 to the sliding pinion 12 of the winding stem 13 of the clockwork when it is in the date correction position.
  • the jumper 2 ensures, for its part, a safe positioning of the star 1.
  • the angular value of the rotation of the winding stem 13 can be modified to obtain the correction of a step of the date star 1.
  • the manual correction of the date can be done very quickly by a rotary back and forth movement of the crown that the user holds between two fingers.
  • the cam 6 has pointed lifts and if by chance one of these lifts remained in active position, in contact with the spout 5 of the lever 3, as soon as the winding stem 13 is moved from its middle position, the pinion 12 meshing more with the pinion 11, the lever 3 drops into its rest position illustrated under the action of its return spring.
  • the force of the return spring is such that when the kinematic connection 9,10,11 is disengaged from the winding stem 13, the cam 6 is moved under the action of the spout 5 to a position for which this beak 5 is located between two lifts of the cam 6 and for which the other end of the lever is disengaged from the date star.
  • This is important because between two quick date corrections, it is imperative that the date star can be indexed every day by one step and therefore it is not blocked by the lever 3.
  • This mechanism of quick correction of the date is very simple, it facilitates the manipulation to perform to correct the date and increases its speed.

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La présente invention a pour objet un mécanisme de correction rapide de quantième pour mouvement d'horlogerie. Généralement, la correction manuelle rapide du quantième se fait à partir de la couronne de remontoir lorsque celle-ci est en position intermédiaire. Une fois la tige de remontoir placée dans cette position axiale de correction de quantième l'usager peut, par une rotation de la couronne de remontoir, corriger le quantième. Dans les mécanismes connus de ce type, la correction du quantième n'est obtenue que pour un sens de rotation déterminé de la couronne de remontoir. Pour faire une correction de plusieurs pas, ou jours, du quantième, l'usager doit tourner la couronne entre deux doigts, relâcher celle-ci, puis recommencer l'opération.The present invention relates to a rapid date correction mechanism for a watch movement. Generally, the rapid manual correction of the date is made from the winding crown when it is in the intermediate position. Once the winding stem is placed in this axial date correction position the user can, by a rotation of the winding crown, correct the date. In the known mechanisms of this type, the date correction is obtained only for a determined direction of rotation of the winding crown. To make a correction of several steps, or days, the date, the user must turn the crown between two fingers, release it, and then repeat the operation.

On connaît également du document EP 0230878 un mécanisme de correction d'au moins deux indicateurs, quantième et jour de la semaine, qui comporte une tige de remontoir munie d'un pignon coulant permettant d'entraîner, pour un premier sens de rotation de la tige de remontoir, un train de correction d'un premier indicateur et, pour en sens inverse de rotation de la tige de remontoir, un train de correction d'un second indicateur. Dans ce mécanisme également la correction d'un indicateur ne peut se faire qu'en tournant la tige de remontoir dans un seul sens de rotation.Document is also known EP 0230878 a correction mechanism of at least two indicators, date and day of the week, which comprises a winding pin provided with a sliding pinion for driving, for a first direction of rotation of the winding stem, a train of correction of a first indicator and, in the opposite direction of rotation of the winding stem, a correction train of a second indicator. In this mechanism also the correction of an indicator can only be done by turning the winding stem in one direction of rotation.

Le but de la présente invention est la réalisation d'un mécanisme de correction manuelle rapide du quantième qui permette d'obtenir la correction du quantième quel que soit le sens de rotation de la couronne de remontoir et même, pour une correction de plusieurs jours, par un déplacement rotatif de va-et-vient de la couronne alternativement dans un sens puis dans l'autre, etc.The object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism for rapid manual correction of the date which makes it possible to obtain the date correction irrespective of the direction of rotation of the winding crown and even, for a correction of several days, by a rotary movement of the back and forth of the crown alternately in one direction and then in the other, etc.

L'usager ne doit plus réfléchir ou essayer pour savoir dans quel sens il doit tourner la couronne de remontoir et pour une correction de plusieurs jours la rotation rapide en sens alterné de la couronne s'effectuera très facilement sans lâcher la couronne de remontoir et la correction est ainsi plus rapide.The user must no longer think or try to know in which direction he must turn the winding crown and for a correction of several days the rapid rotation in alternate direction of the crown will be very easy without releasing the winding crown and the correction is thus faster.

La présente invention a pour objet un mécanisme de correction manuelle rapide du quantième d'un mouvement d'horlogerie qui se distingue par les caractéristiques énumérées à la revendication 1.The present invention relates to a mechanism for rapid manual correction of the date of a watch movement which is distinguished by the characteristics listed in claim 1.

La figure unique du dessin annexé illustre schématiquement et à titre d'exemple une forme d'exécution du mécanisme de correction rapide du quantième selon l'invention. Cette figure est une vue en plan du mécanisme seul, les autres éléments du mouvement d'horlogerie n'étant pas représentés.The single figure of the appended drawing illustrates schematically and by way of example an embodiment of the fast correction mechanism of the date according to the invention. This figure is a plan view of the mechanism alone, the other elements of the watch movement not being represented.

Le mécanisme de quantième d'un mouvement d'horlogerie comporte une étoile de quantième 1 qui est entraînée à raison d'un pas par jour par le mouvement d'horlogerie et qui porte un organe mobile d'indication du quantième. Un sautoir de quantième 2 maintient cette étoile de quantième 1 dans une position déterminée entre deux actionnements successifs.The date mechanism of a watch movement comprises a date star 1 which is driven at a rate of one step per day by the watch movement and which carries a mobile date indication member. A date jumper 2 maintains this date star 1 in a determined position between two successive operations.

Le mécanisme de correction rapide manuelle du quantième comporte un levier correcteur 3 pivoté en 0 sur une platine ou un pont du mouvement d'horlogerie. Ce levier comporte à l'une de ses extrémités un bec d'actionnement 4 coopérant avec la denture de l'étoile de quantième 1.The manual rapid correction mechanism of the date has a correction lever 3 pivoted at 0 on a plate or a bridge of the clockwork movement. This lever comprises at one of its ends an actuating spout 4 cooperating with the toothing of the date star 1.

L'autre extrémité de ce levier de quantième 3 présente un doigt 5 appliqué contre une came 6 par un ressort de levier correcteur 7. Cette came 6 comporte une ou plusieurs levées, trois dans l'exemple illustré, qui, lors de la rotation de cette came 6, provoque le basculement du levier correcteur 3 et l'entraînement d'un pas de l'étoile de quantième 1. La forme des levées de cette came est telle que le doigt 5 du levier correcteur 3 puisse suivre le pourtour de cette came 6 quel que soit son sens de rotation. De préférence, les levées de la came 6 sont symétriques par rapport à un rayon de la came passant par le sommet de la levée.The other end of this date lever 3 has a finger 5 applied against a cam 6 by a corrector lever spring 7. This cam 6 comprises one or more lifts, three in the illustrated example, which, during the rotation of this cam 6, causes the tilting of the correction lever 3 and the driving of a pitch of the date star 1. The shape of the lifts of this cam is such that the finger 5 of the correction lever 3 can follow the periphery of this cam 6 whatever its direction of rotation. Preferably, the lifts of the cam 6 are symmetrical with respect to a radius of the cam passing through the top of the lift.

Cette came 6 est portée par une roue correctrice de quantième 8 reliée cinématiquement par des renvois 9, 10 et 11 au pignon coulant 12 de la tige de remontoir 13 du mouvement d'horlogerie lorsque celle-ci est en position de correction de quantième.This cam 6 is carried by a date correction wheel 8 kinematically connected by references 9, 10 and 11 to the sliding pinion 12 of the winding stem 13 of the clockwork when it is in the date correction position.

Lorsque le mécanisme se trouve dans la position de correction rapide de quantième, un mouvement de rotation de la tige de remontoir 13 dans un sens ou dans l'autre met en rotation la roue correctrice de quantième 8 qui, avec sa came 6, imprime au levier correcteur de quantième 3 un mouvement alternatif permettant à l'étoile de quantième 1 d'avancer d'une dent à chaque passage d'un sommet de la came.When the mechanism is in the rapid date correction position, a rotational movement of the winding stem 13 in one direction or the other rotates the date correction wheel 8 which, with its cam 6, prints at the same time. corrective date lever 3 reciprocating movement allowing date star 1 to advance one tooth at each passage of a top of the cam.

Le sautoir 2 assure, quant à lui, un positionnement sûr de l'étoile 1.The jumper 2 ensures, for its part, a safe positioning of the star 1.

En jouant sur le rapport de démultiplication de la liaison cinématique entre le pignon coulant 12 et la came correctrice 8 ainsi que sur le nombre de levées de la came 6, on peut modifier la valeur angulaire de la rotation de la tige de remontoir 13 pour obtenir la correction d'un pas de l'étoile de quantième 1.By changing the reduction ratio of the kinematic link between the sliding pinion 12 and the correction cam 8 as well as the number of lifts of the cam 6, the angular value of the rotation of the winding stem 13 can be modified to obtain the correction of a step of the date star 1.

La correction manuelle du quantième peut se faire très rapidement par un mouvement de va-et-vient rotatif de la couronne que l'usager tient entre deux doigts.The manual correction of the date can be done very quickly by a rotary back and forth movement of the crown that the user holds between two fingers.

La came 6 présente des levées pointues ainsi si par hasard une de ces levées restait en position active, en contact avec le bec 5 du levier 3, dès que la tige de remontoir 13 est déplacée de sa position médiane, le pignon 12 n'engrenant plus avec le pignon 11, le levier 3 retombe dans sa position de repos illustrée sous l'action de son ressort de rappel.The cam 6 has pointed lifts and if by chance one of these lifts remained in active position, in contact with the spout 5 of the lever 3, as soon as the winding stem 13 is moved from its middle position, the pinion 12 meshing more with the pinion 11, the lever 3 drops into its rest position illustrated under the action of its return spring.

En effet, la force du ressort de rappel est telle que lorsque la liaison cinématique 9,10,11 est débrayée de la tige de remontoir 13, la came 6 est déplacée sous l'action du bec 5 jusque dans une position pour laquelle ce bec 5 est situé entre deux levées de la came 6 et pour laquelle l'autre extrémité du levier est désengagée de l'étoile de quantième. Ceci est important car entre deux corrections rapides de quantième, il est impératif que l'étoile de quantième puisse être indexée chaque jour d'un pas et donc qu'elle ne soit pas bloquée par le levier 3.Indeed, the force of the return spring is such that when the kinematic connection 9,10,11 is disengaged from the winding stem 13, the cam 6 is moved under the action of the spout 5 to a position for which this beak 5 is located between two lifts of the cam 6 and for which the other end of the lever is disengaged from the date star. This is important because between two quick date corrections, it is imperative that the date star can be indexed every day by one step and therefore it is not blocked by the lever 3.

Ce mécanisme de correction rapide du quantième est très simple, il facilite la manipulation à effectuer pour corriger le quantième et en augmente sa rapidité.This mechanism of quick correction of the date is very simple, it facilitates the manipulation to perform to correct the date and increases its speed.

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  1. Quick manual correction mechanism of the date of a clock movement comprising a winding stem (13) having three axial positions presenting a sliding pinion (12) and a date star (11) characterised by the fact that it comprises a tilting correction lever (3) comprising a beak (4) at one of its ends cooperating with the tooting of the date star (11) and presenting a finger (5) at it other end, said finger (5) being maintained by means of a spring (7) against a cam (6) having at least one lift; and by the fact that this cam (6) is carried by a correcting wheel (8) driven by a cinematic linkage (9, 10, 11) by the sliding pinion (12) of the winding stem (13) when it is in its intermediate axial position for correction of the date.
  2. Mechanism as claimed in claim 1, characterised by the fact that the lifts of the cam (6) are sharp-pointed so that when the winding stem is out of its date correction position, the force of the spring (7) causes the return of the finger (5) in rest position between two lifts of the cam (6) so that the beak (4) of the lever (3) is no more in contact with the date star.
  3. Mechanism according to claim 2 characterised by the fact that the cam (6) comprises three lifts.
  4. Mechanism according to claim 2 or to claim 3 characterised by the fact that the lift or lifts of the cam (6) are symmetrical with respect to the radius of the cam passing through their summit.
  5. Mechanism according to one of the preceding claims, characterised by the fact that the cinematic linkage connecting the correcting cam (8) to the sliding pinion (12) comprises three intermediate wheels (9, 10, 11).
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