EP1306733A2 - Timepiece device - Google Patents
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- EP1306733A2 EP1306733A2 EP02023525A EP02023525A EP1306733A2 EP 1306733 A2 EP1306733 A2 EP 1306733A2 EP 02023525 A EP02023525 A EP 02023525A EP 02023525 A EP02023525 A EP 02023525A EP 1306733 A2 EP1306733 A2 EP 1306733A2
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- rocker
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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04F—TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING
- G04F7/00—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by non-electric means
- G04F7/04—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by non-electric means using a mechanical oscillator
- G04F7/08—Watches or clocks with stop devices, e.g. chronograph
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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
- G04B3/00—Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically; Winding up several mainsprings or driving weights simultaneously
- G04B3/003—Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically; Winding up several mainsprings or driving weights simultaneously by lever mechanism
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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
- G04B3/00—Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically; Winding up several mainsprings or driving weights simultaneously
- G04B3/04—Rigidly-mounted keys, knobs or crowns
- G04B3/046—Operation by rotation and axial movement with extra function of axial shift of operating element, e.g. crown combined with push button
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- the subject of the present invention is a device for a timepiece, for example a chronograph, in particular logic switch multi-state mechanical, such as a multi-level columns or cam allowing to control at least one function and which is made up of several elements, including one rocker.
- a chronograph in particular logic switch multi-state mechanical, such as a multi-level columns or cam allowing to control at least one function and which is made up of several elements, including one rocker.
- the device for a timepiece in particular mechanical logic switch with several states, allowing to control at least one function and which is made up of several elements including one is characterized by the fact that at least two elements of this device are made of all in one piece, without discontinuity molecular.
- the two elements are usually constituted by a rocker and a spring to which this rocker is subjected.
- the device can comprise a column wheel and the pawl of the column wheel, as well as its spring and the rocker, produced in one piece.
- the rocker, the pawl of the column wheel, the spring acting on this pawl and the spring acting on the rocker are made in one piece.
- the scale controlled by a column wheel simultaneously actuates two hammers for resetting a chronograph to zero and the scale and the two hammers are made in one piece.
- the rocker and its spring, as well as a brake, intended to brake a mobile are also made in one piece. Many other embodiments usually intended to be used in conjunction with a chronograph and using scales, can be proposed, the scales being made in one piece with other elements such as springs, control members, training pawls, etc ...
- the subject of the invention is also a method of manufacturing the device for a timepiece, in particular a mechanical logic switch with several states, making it possible to control at least one function and which consists of several elements including a rocker, the method being characterized in that the device is produced by machining, by chip removal, by wire cutting, by electroerosion, by wire, by electroforming, by stamp cutting, by micro-molding techniques obtained by illumination of UV-sensitive resin , by galvanic deposits in micro-molds, or by galvanic treatments on supports without micro-mold.
- the parts thus produced may be made of plastic or metallic material or both, by injection or galvanic deposition in micro-molds.
- Figure 1 an embodiment comprising a column wheel 10, a control rocker 11, articulated at 12, and one end 13 of which is intended to be subjected to an action P.
- the pawl 14 and its spring 15 are produced in a piece.
- Figure 2 an embodiment comprising a column wheel 10, its pawl 14 and its spring 15 made in one piece.
- the rocker 11 and its spring 16 are also made in one piece.
- Figure 3 an embodiment comprising a column wheel 10, in which the rocker 11, the pawl 14 and the springs 15 and 16 are made in one piece.
- Figure 4 an embodiment comprising a column wheel 10 and two reset devices (hammers 17 and 18, acting respectively on the reset hearts seconds and hours).
- the rocker 11, the spring 16 and the hammers 17 and 18 are in one piece.
- Figure 5 an embodiment comprising a column wheel 10, a rocker 11, its spring 16, and a brake 19.
- the rocker 11, the pawl 14, the spring 16 and the brake 19 are in one piece.
- FIG. 6 an embodiment comprising a column wheel 10, a control lever 11, articulated in a pawl 14, a spring 16 and an intermediate lever 20.
- the rocker 11, articulated at 12, the pawl 14, the spring 16 and the rocker 20 are in one piece.
- Figure 7 an embodiment comprising a column wheel 10, a rocker 11, articulated at 12, a pawl 14 and a spring 16, all these elements being made in one piece.
- Figure 8 an embodiment comprising a paddle jumper 21 and a control rocker 11, articulated at 12, and a spring 16.
- the elements 11 and 16 being produced in one piece.
- FIG. 9 an embodiment comprising a column wheel 10, a rocker 11 articulated by 12 controlling an oscillating pinion 22 via a lug 23, a rocker 24, the pivot axis 25 of which is placed eccentrically on the wheel 26, allowing the pinion 22 to drive the wheel 27.
- FIG. 10 an embodiment comprising a rocker 11, a spring 14 and an integrated spring 30.
- the rocker 11 and the two springs 14 and 30 are in one piece.
- the invention is obviously not limited to the embodiments of the above devices. It indeed covers all the cases where elements usually produced individually and assembled are capable of being produced in one piece by operations relating to the process according to the invention.
- the axes and pins of such systems can be directly integrated with the other elements in a single piece without molecular discontinuity.
- the claimed manufacturing process it can be implemented by various means known to date, such as traditional machining by chip removal, wire cutting, wire EDM, electroforming, stamp cutting , by micro-molding techniques obtained by illumination of UV-sensitive resin and also by galvanic deposition methods in micro-molds, or by galvanic treatments on supports without micro-mold.
- the parts thus produced may be made of plastic or metallic material or both together, by injection or galvanic deposition in micro-molds.
Abstract
Description
La présente invention a pour objet un dispositif pour pièce d'horlogerie, par exemple un chronographe, notamment interrupteur logique mécanique à plusieurs états, tel qu'une roue à colonnes ou une came à plusieurs niveaux permettant de commander au moins une fonction et qui est constitué par plusieurs éléments, dont une bascule.The subject of the present invention is a device for a timepiece, for example a chronograph, in particular logic switch multi-state mechanical, such as a multi-level columns or cam allowing to control at least one function and which is made up of several elements, including one rocker.
Le dispositif pour pièce d'horlogerie, notamment interrupteur logique mécanique à plusieurs états, permettant de commander au moins une fonction et qui est constitué par plusieurs éléments dont une bascule, est caractérisé par le fait qu'au moins deux éléments de ce dispositif sont réalisés d'un seul tenant, en une seule pièce sans discontinuité moléculaire. The device for a timepiece, in particular mechanical logic switch with several states, allowing to control at least one function and which is made up of several elements including one is characterized by the fact that at least two elements of this device are made of all in one piece, without discontinuity molecular.
Les deux éléments sont habituellement constitués
par une bascule et un ressort auquel cette bascule
est soumise.
Selon un autre mode d'exécution, le dispositif
peut comprendre une roue à colonnes et le cliquet
de la roue à colonnes, de même que son ressort et
la bascule, réalisés en une seule pièce.
Dans un autre mode d'exécution, la bascule, le
cliquet de la roue à colonnes, le ressort agissant
sur ce cliquet et le ressort agissant sur la
bascule, sont réalisés d'une seule pièce.
Dans un autre mode d'exécution, la bascule
commandée par une roue à colonnes actionne
simultanément deux marteaux de remise à zéro d'un
chronographe et la bascule et les deux marteaux
sont réalisés d'une seule pièce.
Dans un autre mode d'exécution, la bascule et son
ressort, ainsi qu'un frein, destiné à freiner un
mobile, sont également réalisés d'une seule pièce.
De nombreux autres modes d'exécution destinés
habituellement à être utilisés en liaison avec un
chronographe et utilisant des bascules, peuvent
être proposés, les bascules étant réalisées d'une
seule pièce avec d'autres éléments tels que des
ressorts, des organes de commande, des cliquets
d'entraínement, etc... The two elements are usually constituted by a rocker and a spring to which this rocker is subjected.
According to another embodiment, the device can comprise a column wheel and the pawl of the column wheel, as well as its spring and the rocker, produced in one piece.
In another embodiment, the rocker, the pawl of the column wheel, the spring acting on this pawl and the spring acting on the rocker, are made in one piece.
In another embodiment, the scale controlled by a column wheel simultaneously actuates two hammers for resetting a chronograph to zero and the scale and the two hammers are made in one piece.
In another embodiment, the rocker and its spring, as well as a brake, intended to brake a mobile, are also made in one piece. Many other embodiments usually intended to be used in conjunction with a chronograph and using scales, can be proposed, the scales being made in one piece with other elements such as springs, control members, training pawls, etc ...
L'invention a également pour objet un procédé de
fabrication du dispositif pour pièce d'horlogerie,
notamment interrupteur logique mécanique à
plusieurs états, permettant de commander au moins
une fonction et qui est constitué par plusieurs
éléments dont une bascule, le procédé étant
caractérisé en ce que le dispositif est réalisé
par usinage, par enlèvement de copeaux, par
découpage au fil, par électroérosion, par fil, par
électroformage, par découpage à l'étampe, par des
techniques de micro-moulage obtenus par
illumination de résine sensible aux U.V., par
dépôts galvaniques dans des micro-moules, ou
encore par des traitements galvaniques sur des
supports sans micro-moule.
Les pièces ainsi réalisées pourront être en
matière plastique ou métallique ou les deux
ensembles, par injection ou dépôt galvanique dans
des micro-moules.The subject of the invention is also a method of manufacturing the device for a timepiece, in particular a mechanical logic switch with several states, making it possible to control at least one function and which consists of several elements including a rocker, the method being characterized in that the device is produced by machining, by chip removal, by wire cutting, by electroerosion, by wire, by electroforming, by stamp cutting, by micro-molding techniques obtained by illumination of UV-sensitive resin , by galvanic deposits in micro-molds, or by galvanic treatments on supports without micro-mold.
The parts thus produced may be made of plastic or metallic material or both, by injection or galvanic deposition in micro-molds.
Les figures du dessin représentent schématiquement et à titre d'exemple plusieurs modes d'exécution ou réalisations du dispositif selon l'invention. The drawing figures show schematically and by way of example several modes of execution or embodiments of the device according to the invention.
Dans le dessin :
Dans la figure 1 est représentée une réalisation
comprenant une roue à colonnes 10, une bascule de
commande 11, articulée en 12, et dont une
extrémité 13 est prévue pour être soumise à une
action P. Le cliquet 14 et son ressort 15 sont
réalisés en une pièce. In Figure 1 is shown an embodiment comprising a
Dans la figure 2 est représentée une réalisation
comprenant une roue à colonnes 10, son cliquet 14
et son ressort 15 réalisés en une pièce. La
bascule 11 et son ressort 16 sont également
réalisés en une seule pièce. In Figure 2 is shown an embodiment comprising a
Dans la figure 3 est représentée une réalisation
comprenant une roue à colonne 10, dans laquelle la
bascule 11, le cliquet 14 et les ressorts 15 et 16
sont réalisés en une seule pièce. In Figure 3 is shown an embodiment comprising a
Dans la figure 4 est représentée une réalisation
comprenant une roue à colonnes 10 et deux
dispositifs de remise à zéro (marteaux 17 et 18,
agissant respectivement sur les coeurs de remise à
zéro des secondes et des heures).
La bascule 11, le ressort 16 et les marteaux 17 et
18 sont en une pièce. In Figure 4 is shown an embodiment comprising a
The
Dans la figure 5 est représentée une réalisation
comprenant une roue à colonne 10, une bascule 11,
son ressort 16, et un frein 19. La bascule 11, le
cliquet 14, le ressort 16 et le frein 19 sont en
une pièce. In Figure 5 is shown an embodiment comprising a
Dans la figure 6 est représentée une réalisation
comprenant une roue à colonnes 10, une bascule de
commande 11, articulée en un cliquet 14, un
ressort 16 et une bascule intermédiaire 20.
La bascule 11, articulée en 12, le cliquet 14, le
ressort 16 et la bascule 20 sont en une pièce. In FIG. 6 is shown an embodiment comprising a
The
Dans la figure 7 est représentée une réalisation
comprenant une roue à colonne 10, une bascule 11,
articulée en 12, un cliquet 14 et un ressort 16,
tous ces éléments étant réalisés en une pièce. In Figure 7 is shown an embodiment comprising a
Dans la figure 8 est représentée une réalisation
comprenant un sautoir à palettes 21 et une bascule
de commande 11, articulée en 12, et un ressort 16.
Les éléments 11 et 16 étant réalisés en une pièce. In Figure 8 is shown an embodiment comprising a
Dans la figure 9 est représentée une réalisation
comprenant une roue à colonnes 10, une bascule 11
articulée en 12 commandant un pignon oscillant 22
par l'intermédiaire d'un ergot 23, d'une bascule
24, dont l'axe de pivotement 25 est placé de façon
excentrée sur la roue 26, permettant ainsi au
pignon 22 d'entraíner la roue 27. In FIG. 9 is shown an embodiment comprising a
Dans la figure 10 est représentée une réalisation
comprenant une bascule 11, un ressort 14 et un
ressort intégré 30.
La bascule 11 et les deux ressorts 14 et 30 sont
en une pièce.
L'invention n'est évidemment pas limitée aux
réalisations des dispositifs ci-dessus. Elle
englobe en effet tous les cas où des éléments
habituellement fabriqués individuellement et
assemblés sont susceptibles d'être fabriqués en
une pièce par des opérations relevant du procédé
selon l'invention.
De plus, les axes et les goupilles de tels
systèmes pourront être directement intégrés aux
autres éléments en une seule pièce sans
discontinuité moléculaire.
Quant au procédé de fabrication revendiqué, il
pourra être mis en oeuvre par différents moyens
connus à ce jour, comme l'usinage traditionnel par
enlèvement de copeaux, par découpage au fil, par
électroérosion par fil, par électroformage, par
découpage à l'étampe, par des techniques de micro-moulage
obtenus par illumination de résine
sensible aux U.V. et également par des méthodes de
dépôts galvaniques dans des micro-moules, ou
encore par des traitements galvaniques sur des
supports sans micro-moule.
Les pièces ainsi réalisées pourront être en
matière plastique ou métallique ou les deux
ensemble, par injection ou dépôt galvanique dans
des micro-moules. In FIG. 10 is shown an embodiment comprising a
The
The invention is obviously not limited to the embodiments of the above devices. It indeed covers all the cases where elements usually produced individually and assembled are capable of being produced in one piece by operations relating to the process according to the invention.
In addition, the axes and pins of such systems can be directly integrated with the other elements in a single piece without molecular discontinuity.
As for the claimed manufacturing process, it can be implemented by various means known to date, such as traditional machining by chip removal, wire cutting, wire EDM, electroforming, stamp cutting , by micro-molding techniques obtained by illumination of UV-sensitive resin and also by galvanic deposition methods in micro-molds, or by galvanic treatments on supports without micro-mold.
The parts thus produced may be made of plastic or metallic material or both together, by injection or galvanic deposition in micro-molds.
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