EP1319998B1 - Leuchtzeiger und diese aufweisendes Anzeigegerät, insbesondere für eine Uhr - Google Patents

Leuchtzeiger und diese aufweisendes Anzeigegerät, insbesondere für eine Uhr Download PDF

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EP1319998B1
EP1319998B1 EP20010204843 EP01204843A EP1319998B1 EP 1319998 B1 EP1319998 B1 EP 1319998B1 EP 20010204843 EP20010204843 EP 20010204843 EP 01204843 A EP01204843 A EP 01204843A EP 1319998 B1 EP1319998 B1 EP 1319998B1
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Jean-Jacques Born
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    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to a needle having a piece made of a transparent material and capable of being illuminated so that the needle becomes bright and visible even in the dark, in particular in an analog display device such as that of a timepiece.
  • timepiece luminous dials which are surmounted by two coaxial luminous hands formed of a body made of a transparent material connected to an opaque head for fixing the needle on its axis.
  • the body of transparent material has a bevelled face which serves as a reflector to reflect the incident light in the axis of the needle.
  • the beveled face of one of the needles is offset radially from the beveled face of the other needle to avoid shading.
  • an analogue display by means of light needles in portable devices where the available electrical energy is very limited, as in watches there is therefore the need for a device capable of providing sufficient illumination of at least a portion of each needle from one or more fixed light sources of low power.
  • it is intended to increase the light output, ie the portion of the light emitted by the source that is actually returned by the needles to an observer.
  • An additional object is to arrange a needle made of transparent material so as to to illuminate more particularly parts of the body of the needle, so that its position is clearly visible to the observer even if the power available to illuminate the needle is low.
  • the reflectors are located substantially at the same distance from the axis of rotation, but this distance is different from one needle to another in order to avoid that a reflector of a lower needle completely mask a reflector of the overlying needle.
  • the reflectors can advantageously be distributed in the head of the needle not only near the body of the needle, but also in parts of the head located at a distance from this body. Intercepting a portion of the axial light flux on different regions of the periphery of the needle head offers several advantages.
  • the reflectors may have a larger total area and thus intercept more light than a reflector disposed in front of the body of the needle as provided in the document WO 96/02810 .
  • the light source is formed by two or more small members, spaced apart from each other about the axis of rotation, an adequate distribution of the reflectors provides a reflected light intensity which varies less, during the rotation of the light. the needle, only with a single reflector located in front of the body.
  • some of the reflectors may advantageously have respective different orientations, which makes it possible to direct light preferentially towards certain regions of the needle, either to illuminate these regions more specifically, or to obtain a fairly uniform distribution of the light taking into account the shape of the needle.
  • FIG 1 is schematically shown the outer contour of the box of a wristwatch 1 provided with a time display device including a dial 10, an hour hand 11 and a minute hand 12, these needles being fixed to respective coaxial shafts 13 and 14 driven by a not shown clockwork movement, in order to rotate about their common axis 15.
  • the dial 10 is placed on a dial support 16 and these two elements comprise a central orifice 17 in which is fixed a light guide 18 formed by the wall of a cylindrical tube of transparent material, which extends around the shafts 13 and 14.
  • the light source 21 is formed by a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) 23 which are distributed around the shafts and mounted on the printed circuit board 20 according to the SMD technique.
  • the diodes 23 are preferably in number of three and are distributed uniformly about the axis, in this case 120 ° from each other. They are all lit at the same time, for example by means of a control circuit mounted on the card 20 and activated by means of a manual organ such as a push-button of the watch.
  • the watch movement can be of any type. If it is electronic, it can be mounted either on the underside of the printed circuit board 20 or on another card below.
  • the needles 11 and 12 are intended to be illuminated internally by the light source 21, to facilitate the reading of the time and in particular make it possible in the dark.
  • a dial illumination is not realized in the example shown here, but it can be provided, as will be explained later.
  • the hour hand 11 comprises a metal central sleeve 26 and a piece 27 ( figure 4 ) of transparent material which forms an elongate body 28 and a circular head 29 of the needle, the head 29 having a central hole 30 in which is fixed the sleeve 26.
  • the part 27 may advantageously be a molded piece of synthetic material, for example PMMA example, manufactured by overmoulding on the metal sleeve. The latter is fixed on the corresponding shaft 14 in the usual way.
  • the body 28 of the needle preferably has a triangular or trapezoidal shape in plan, but other shapes are possible depending on the needs.
  • the minute hand 12 arranged in a conventional manner above the hour hand 11, also comprises a metal central sleeve 32 and a piece 33 made of transparent material ( figure 3 ) comprising an elongate body 34 and a circular head 35 provided with a central hole 36 where the sleeve 32 is fixed.
  • This transparent part 33 can be made in the same way as the part 27 of the other hand, with a head of same size but a longer body.
  • the upper face of the head 35 of the minute hand is covered with an opaque cover 37 which has been omitted in the figures 2 and 3 to clarify the drawings.
  • reflectors 40 are distributed in the head 29 of the hour hand 11, around the central hole 30 of this head. In the present case, these reflectors are eleven in number and are all situated substantially at the same distance R1 from the axis of rotation 15. Likewise, several reflectors 41 are distributed in the head 35 of the minute hand 12. In the present case, the reflectors 41 are nine in number and are situated substantially at the same distance R2 from the axis 15. This distance R2 is smaller than R1, so that each reflector 41 can always receive a part of the axial flow. light from the light guide 18 through the hour hand 11, without the risk of being entirely in the shadow of one of the reflectors 40 of this needle.
  • Each of the reflectors 40 and 41 is preferably formed by an oblique surface of a recess 43 ( figure 6 ) shaped dihedral formed in the transparent head of each needle, one of the faces of the dihedral forming the oblique reflector and the other face 44 of the dihedral being substantially vertical, that is to say parallel to the axis of rotation 15, in order to intercept the least possible axial light flux.
  • the other faces 45 of each recess 43 are also vertical for the same reason.
  • the reflectors remote from the body are oriented so as to avoid returning the light to the central hole 30, 36 of the head.
  • An opaque, preferably reflective, coating is applied to the peripheral surface 46, 47 of each needle head 29, to prevent outward leakage of light there.
  • a needle as described here can also be made of cut and polished glass.
  • any light ray arriving from the bottom on a reflector in a direction substantially parallel to the axis 15 undergoes a total internal reflection, provided that the refractive index of the transparent material is greater than ⁇ 2, which is the case of PMMA, the various types of glass and other transparent materials used to make such needles.
  • the total internal reflection makes it possible to drive more light energy towards the body of the needle than one could do with metallic reflectors.
  • the light guide 18 may also be made of one of the materials mentioned above.
  • the three light-emitting diodes 23 are of small size and therefore almost point-like. Each of them emits light with a strong predominance in the axial direction, that is to say parallel to the axis 15. Part of the light that is not parallel to this axis can be reflected by reflection total inside the guide 18 by the cylindrical faces thereof. A reflective coating may be applied to the lower portion of the lateral surfaces of the guide, where the incident rays are too oblique to fulfill the total internal reflection condition. However, the intensity of the light exiting the upper surface of the guide towards the needles is not uniform over the entire periphery of the beam.
  • the distribution of the reflectors 40 and 41, as represented in the Figures 2 to 5 , is chosen so that the portion of light reflected in each needle varies relatively little during the rotation of the needle. This distribution therefore depends on the number of diodes forming the light source 21.
  • the light guide 18 Since the light guide 18 is fixed with respect to the diodes 23, it is possible to give it an optical configuration tending to produce at its output an optimum light beam, either to standardize the luminous intensity around the periphery of the beam, or so that most of the light rays have an axial direction at their exit from the guide.
  • the lower face of the guide may have vis-à-vis each diode form producing a lens effect, especially in the form of Fresnel lenses. Similar arrangements may be provided on the upper face of the guide.
  • the reflectors 41 are closer to the axis 15, while the reflectors 40 of the other hand are further from the axis .
  • the hole 30 of the lower needle 11 is larger and could therefore hardly be circumvented by the reflected light if the reflectors 40 were close to it.
  • the intensity of the light in the axial beam is a little larger near the interior, it is better to use this part of the beam to illuminate the upper needle, given the dispersion and losses of light in the head of the lower needle.
  • an advantageous solution consists in providing light diffusion surfaces at appropriate places, in particular on the lower face. of this body.
  • this arrangement makes it possible to place opaque structural or decorative elements in the central zone of the body of the needle.
  • the paint can be applied simply in one layer, as it is represented by a bold line in the drawings, or fill the entire groove.
  • the other needle will be provided with a similar groove, but having a different pattern.
  • diffusing surfaces 54 are formed directly by inclined flanks of the underside of the body 28 of the needle.
  • the number of light needles is not limited to two.
  • a watch having a center second hand it may also be luminous and made according to the principles described above, so that the three coaxial needles are illuminated by the same axial light beam.
  • a non-luminous central second hand carried by a shaft which passes through the sleeve 32 and the cover 37 of the minute hand 12 could be added.
  • a needle made according to the principles of the present invention can also be used as a single needle of any indicator, for example on the dashboard of an automobile.
  • the plurality of reflectors distributed in the head of a needle according to the invention may also comprise reflectors arranged along the peripheral surface of the head of the needle and having an inclination close to 45 °.
  • this peripheral surface will preferably have a serrated shape, so that these reflectors direct the reflected light towards the body of the needle.
  • the body of the needle can have a variable thickness, for example due to a lower face that rises towards the tip of the needle and reflects upward incident rays.
  • This longitudinally inclined face may also include diffusing surfaces.
  • the illumination source 21 may be in other forms. Light sources of elongate or even annular shape can be used in particular to ensure a better uniformity of the light intensity around the axis.
  • the dial support 16 could be made of transparent material and combined with the guide 18 to drive a portion of the light from the source 21 underneath the dial to illuminate certain openings of the dial and / or hourly indexes arranged on it.
  • the annular light guide 18 could be rotatable and integral with the transparent part of the nearest needle, in this case the hour hand 11 in the example of FIG. figure 1 , to avoid a loss of light between these two elements.
  • the manufacture of this part would be more expensive than that of a flat needle.

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  1. Zeiger (11, 12) für ein analoges Anzeigegerät, insbesondere in eine Uhr, umfassend ein Teil aus einem durchsichtigen Material (27, 33), das einen Körper (28, 34) des Zeigers und einen Kopf (29, 35) des Zeigers bildet, wobei der besagte Kopf gegenüber einer Drehachse (15) des Zeigers zentriert ist, und so angeordnet ist, dass er auf seiner unteren Oberfläche einen Lichtstrahl empfängt und wenigstens einen Teil dieses Lichtstrahls in das durchsichtige Material verteilt,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Kopf (29, 35) des Zeigers eine Vielzahl von Spiegelelementen (40, 41) umfasst, die um die Drehachse (15) in der besagten Kopf verteilt sind, und so angeordnet sind, dass sie einen Teil dieses Lichtstrahls in die Richtung des Körpers (28, 34) des Zeigers reflektieren.
  2. Zeiger gemäss Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Spiegelelemente (40, 41) nicht nur in der Nähe des Körpers des Zeigers im Zeiger verteilt sind, sondern auch in Teilen des Zeigers, die von dem Körper beabstandet sind.
  3. Zeiger gemäss einem der vorigen Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass wenigstens einige Spiegelelemente (40, 41) jeweils verschiedene Ausrichtungen aufweisen.
  4. Zeiger gemäss einem der vorigen Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Spiegelelemente (40, 41) so angeordnet sind, dass sie eine totale innere Reflexion der Strahlen bewirken, die im Wesentlichen parallel zu der besagten Drehachse (15) sind.
  5. Zeiger gemäss Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jedes Spiegelelement (40, 41) von einer schrägen Fläche einer Höhlung (43) gebildet ist, die in dem Teil aus dem durchsichtigen Material geformt ist.
  6. Zeiger gemäss Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Höhlung (43) diederförmig ist, wobei eine der Seiten des Dieders das Spiegelelement bildet, (40, 41) und die andere Seite (44) im Wesentlichen parallel zu der Drehachse ist.
  7. Zeiger gemäss Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Teil aus durchsichtigem Material ein gegossenes Kunststoffteil ist.
  8. Zeiger gemäss Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Teil aus durchsichtigem Material flach ist, wobei seine untere und seine obere Oberfläche eben sind.
  9. Zeiger gemäss einem der vorigen Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der besagte Kopf (26, 32) ein zentrales Loch (30, 36) beinhaltet, in welchem eine Hülse (26, 32) aus einem lichtdichten Material befestigt ist.
  10. Zeiger gemäss einem der vorigen Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Körper (28, 34) des Zeigers auf seiner unteren Oberfläche eine oder mehrere Lichtstreuungsflächen (50, 54) umfasst, die mit einer weißen oder gefärbten Beschichtung versehen sind.
  11. Zeiger gemäss Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine Lichtstreuungsfläche (50, 54) gegenüber einer zu der Drehachse orthogonalen Ebene geneigt ist, und sich auf einer geneigten Flanke des Körpers des Zeigers, oder in einer Rille (51), die in einer unteren Fläche des Körpers des Zeigers angeordnet ist, befindet.
  12. Anzeigegerät mit Leuchtzeigern für eine Uhr, umfassend:
    ein Zifferblatt (10);
    koaxiale, über dem Zifferblatt angeordnete Zeiger (11, 12), jeder umfassend ein Teil aus einem durchsichtigen Material (27, 33), das einen Kopf (28, 33) und einen Körper (28, 34) eines Zeigers bildet, wobei die jeweiligen Köpfe der Zeiger übereinander liegen und an jeweiligen Wellen (13, 14) befestigt sind, so dass sie sich um eine gemeinsame Drehachse (15) drehen; und
    eine ortsgebundene Lichtquelle (21), die so angeordnet ist, dass sie die Gesamtheit der Zeiger von unten beleuchtet mittels eines im wesentlichen zur Drehachse parallelen Lichtstrahls;
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass wenigstens zwei der Zeiger (11, 12) gemäss einem der vorigen Ansprüchen geformt sind.
  13. Gerät gemäss Anspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass, in jedem der besagten Zieger, die Spiegelelemente (40, 41) sich bei einer im Wesentlichen gleichen Entfernung (R1, R2) gegenüber der Drehachse (15) befinden, und dass die besagte Entfernung verschieden ist von einem Zeiger zum anderen.
  14. Gerät gemäss Anspruch 12 oder 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lichtquelle (21) Leuchtdioden (23) umfasst, die um die besagten Wellen (13, 14) verteilt sind, und auf einer unter dem Zifferblatt (10) gelegenen Leiterplatte (20) montiert sind.
  15. Gerät gemäss Anspruch 12 oder 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein Lichtwellenleiter (18), der aus der Wand eines Schlauchs aus einem durchsichtigen Material besteht, zwischen der Lichtquelle und den Köpfen der Zeiger angeordnet ist, wobei der Schlauch in einer zentralen Öffnung des Zifferblattes befestigt ist.
  16. Uhr umfassend ein Anzeigegerät gemäss einem der Ansprüche 12 bis 15.
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