EP1499929B1 - Timepiece with jumping seconds - Google Patents

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EP1499929B1
EP1499929B1 EP03714597A EP03714597A EP1499929B1 EP 1499929 B1 EP1499929 B1 EP 1499929B1 EP 03714597 A EP03714597 A EP 03714597A EP 03714597 A EP03714597 A EP 03714597A EP 1499929 B1 EP1499929 B1 EP 1499929B1
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  • the present invention relates to a mechanical timepiece whose movement, with or without a chronograph mechanism, is provided with a second lightning display device.
  • a second hand performs at high speed, above the dial, a turn in one, two, three or four seconds, this turn being divided into several jumps.
  • the second hand of lightning is carried by a mobile whose tree has a pinion and two superimposed stars.
  • the pinion is engaged with a gear train terminating in a barrel, preferably an auxiliary barrel to the main barrel of the movement.
  • One of the stars is driven on the shaft, while the other is rotatably mounted and cooperates with a driven wheel driven on the shaft of an anchor escapement wheel maintaining the oscillations of an organ regulator, the escapement and the regulating organ (balance spring) being, like the barrel, dedicated to the function of second lightning.
  • the control wheel carries 30 teeth and the free star carries 4.
  • the two wheels are coupled using a pin secured to the fixed star and passing through a circular oblong opening made in the free star. This pin limits the movement of the free star in order to avoid a blockage of the control wheel.
  • the invention relates to a clockwork mechanical timepiece second lightning, comprising a barrel, a first gear driven by the barrel and having a minute wheel and a second wheel, a escapement actuated by the gear train and a regulating member whose oscillations are maintained by said escapement, the latter comprising an escape wheel, engaged with the second wheel, which makes, in jumps, one revolution per second, at most.
  • the part comprises only a second wheel whose first mobile is mounted on the shaft of the escape wheel and whose last mobile is mounted on the tree carrying the lightning second hand.
  • the mechanical timepiece schematically represented on the figures 1 , 2 and 3 is intended to display, on a dial 10, the hour, minute, and second of the current time, but also the hour, the second and the tenth of a second of the timed time as well as the date.
  • the hour and minute of the current time as well as the tenth of a second of the timed time are displayed in the center of the room respectively by large hands 12, 14 and 16.
  • the hour and the second of the timed time, as well as the second of the current time are respectively displayed at the 6 o'clock position by a small hand 18, at the 3 o'clock position by a small hand 20 and at the 9 o'clock position by small hand 22.
  • the date is displayed by a disc 24 appearing behind an opening made in the dial at the 4 o'clock and half position.
  • the timepiece comprises, under its dial 10, a movement which comprises a frame formed of a plate 26 and bridges 28, serving, in a conventional manner, the positioning of the mobiles.
  • the axis on which is fixed the needle of the current second 22 carries a second wheel 30 driven, as is known at the rate of 1 revolution per minute, by the finishing gear of the movement.
  • This wheel is engaged with the wheel pinion 32 of an anchor escapement (not shown in full) and performs 1 revolution in 4 seconds.
  • the escapement maintains the oscillations of a regulating member consisting of a balance spring (not shown) oscillating at 5 Hz or 36000 vibrations, or 10 alternations per second.
  • the escape wheel 32 rotates by performing 10 jumps per second.
  • the shaft of the escape wheel 32 carries, bottom side, a first wheel 34 meshing with a second wheel 36 identical to the first and mounted on the same shaft as a wheel 38 of larger diameter.
  • the latter which also performs 1 turn in 4 seconds, meshes with a clutch wheel 40 mounted on a rocker 42, pivoting about an axis 44 and actuable by a column wheel 46 controlled by a conventional chronograph mechanism which will not be described in detail.
  • the column wheel 46 makes it possible to place the rocker 42 in two positions.
  • the clutch wheel 40 meshes with a central chronograph wheel 48 of the same diameter as the wheel 38 and coaxial with the needles 12, 14 and 16.
  • the clutch wheel 40 does not act on the central wheel 48.
  • wheel 48 also performs 1 revolution in 4 seconds at the rate of 10 jumps per second.
  • This wheel is fixed on an axis 50 carrying the needle 16 which thus makes it possible to display the tenth of a second on the dial 10.
  • the axis 50 carries a core 52 for the resetting of the needle 16.
  • this axis is, moreover, in the center of a drive mechanism. 12 hour and 14 minute hands from a minute wheel 54 cooperating with the second wheel 30 via a wheel of average not shown.
  • the central wheel 48 is, quite conventionally, the first mobile of a gear train for driving the second hand and the hour hand. 18.
  • the display of the timed time realized by this hand can be replaced by a display of the minute timed.
  • the present description has been made with reference essentially to a workpiece having a lightning seconds hand at 9 o'clock and a large second hand. It goes without saying that other embodiments are possible without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • the lightning second hand 16 can be placed at 9 o'clock and replaced, in the center, by the current second hand 22.
  • timepiece that displays the second lightning without using, in particular, a barrel, two stars, an exhaust and a regulator member specially assigned to this function.

Abstract

The invention relates to a mechanical timepiece with a jumping second hand (16), consisting of a barrel, a first gear train which is driven by the barrel and which comprises a minute wheel (54) and a second wheel (30), an escapement which is actuated by the gear train and a regulating element, the oscillations of said regulating element being maintained by the escapement. Moreover, the aforementioned escapement comprises an escapement wheel (32) which performs a revolution in 4 seconds by means of jumps. For the purpose of the jumping second function, the inventive piece comprises a second gear train, the first mobile (34) thereof being mounted to the arbor of the escapement wheel (32) and the last mobile (48) of same being mounted to the arbor bearing the hand (16).

Description

La présente invention concerne une pièce d'horlogerie mécanique dont le mouvement, possédant ou non un mécanisme de chronographe, est doté d'un dispositif d'affichage à seconde foudroyante.The present invention relates to a mechanical timepiece whose movement, with or without a chronograph mechanism, is provided with a second lightning display device.

Dans un tel dispositif, une aiguille de seconde effectue à vitesse élevée, au dessus du cadran, un tour en une, deux, trois ou quatre secondes, ce tour étant fractionné en plusieurs sauts.In such a device, a second hand performs at high speed, above the dial, a turn in one, two, three or four seconds, this turn being divided into several jumps.

Selon la construction adoptée dans l'art antérieur, telle que décrite dans le document EP 0 871 095 , l'aiguille de seconde foudroyante est portée par un mobile dont l'arbre comporte un pignon et deux étoiles superposées. Le pignon est en prise avec un train d'engrenage aboutissant à un barillet, de préférence un barillet auxiliaire au barillet principal du mouvement. L'une des étoiles est chassée sur l'arbre, tandis que l'autre est montée libre en rotation et coopère avec une roue de commande chassée sur l'arbre d'une roue d'échappement à ancre entretenant les oscillations d'un organe régulateur, l'échappement et l'organe régulateur (balancier spiral) étant, comme le barillet, dédicacés à la fonction de seconde foudroyante. Typiquement, la roue de commande porte 30 dents et l'étoile libre en porte 4.According to the construction adopted in the prior art, as described in the document EP 0 871 095 , the second hand of lightning is carried by a mobile whose tree has a pinion and two superimposed stars. The pinion is engaged with a gear train terminating in a barrel, preferably an auxiliary barrel to the main barrel of the movement. One of the stars is driven on the shaft, while the other is rotatably mounted and cooperates with a driven wheel driven on the shaft of an anchor escapement wheel maintaining the oscillations of an organ regulator, the escapement and the regulating organ (balance spring) being, like the barrel, dedicated to the function of second lightning. Typically, the control wheel carries 30 teeth and the free star carries 4.

Par ailleurs, les deux roues sont accouplées à l'aide d'une goupille solidaire de l'étoile fixe et traversant une ouverture oblongue circulaire pratiquée dans l'étoile libre. Cette goupille limite le déplacement de l'étoile libre afin d'éviter un blocage de la roue de commande.Furthermore, the two wheels are coupled using a pin secured to the fixed star and passing through a circular oblong opening made in the free star. This pin limits the movement of the free star in order to avoid a blockage of the control wheel.

Chaque fois que la roue d'échappement s'arrête sur le repos d'une levée de l'ancre, la roue de commande immobilise l'étoile libre et la libère à l'oscillation suivante. Ainsi, pour une montre battant 14 400 vibrations, à chaque oscillation de son balancier, le pignon sur lequel sont montées l'aiguille et l'étoile fixe font une rotation d'un quart de tour. L'aiguille effectue donc un tour en 4 secondes.Each time the escape wheel stops on the rest of an anchor lift, the control wheel immobilizes the free star and releases it to the next oscillation. Thus, for a watch beating 14 400 vibrations, each oscillation of its balance, the pinion on which are mounted the needle and the fixed star rotate a quarter turn. The needle thus performs one revolution in 4 seconds.

Une description plus précise d'un tel mécanisme, particulièrement ingénieux, peut être trouvée dans l'ouvrage intitulé « Montres compliquées » , pages 21 à 26, de François Lecoultre, Editions Horlogères 1951 (Suisse ).A more precise description of such a particularly ingenious mechanism can be found in the book entitled "Complicated watches", pages 21 to 26, by François Lecoultre, Editions Horlogères 1951 (Switzerland ).

De telles réalisations sont, à l'évidence, très compliquées, coûteuses et encombrantes puisqu'elles mobilisent, notamment, un barillet, deux étoiles, un échappement et un organe régulateur.Such achievements are, obviously, very complicated, expensive and cumbersome since they mobilize, in particular, a barrel, two stars, an exhaust and a regulating member.

La présente invention a pour but de fournir un système d'affichage de seconde foudroyante exempt de ces inconvénients.It is an object of the present invention to provide a lightning second display system free of these disadvantages.

De façon plus précise, l'invention concerne une pièce d'horlogerie mécanique à aiguille de seconde foudroyante, comprenant un barillet, un premier rouage entraîné par le barillet et possédant une roue de minute et une roue de seconde, un échappement actionné par le rouage et un organe régulateur dont les oscillations sont entretenues par ledit échappement, celui-ci comportant une roue d'échappement, en prise avec la roue de seconde, qui effectue, par sauts, un tour par seconde, au plus.More specifically, the invention relates to a clockwork mechanical timepiece second lightning, comprising a barrel, a first gear driven by the barrel and having a minute wheel and a second wheel, a escapement actuated by the gear train and a regulating member whose oscillations are maintained by said escapement, the latter comprising an escape wheel, engaged with the second wheel, which makes, in jumps, one revolution per second, at most.

Selon l'invention telle que définie par la revendication 1, pour réaliser la fonction de seconde foudroyante, la pièce comporte seulement un deuxième rouage dont le premier mobile est monté sur l'arbre de la roue d'échappement et dont le dernier mobile est monté sur l'arbre portant l'aiguille de seconde foudroyante.According to the invention as defined by claim 1, to achieve the second lightning function, the part comprises only a second wheel whose first mobile is mounted on the shaft of the escape wheel and whose last mobile is mounted on the tree carrying the lightning second hand.

La pièce d'horlogerie selon l'invention présente encore les principales caractéristiques suivantes :

  • le deuxième rouage a pour fonction de transmettre à l'aiguille de seconde foudroyante le même mouvement de rotation que la roue d'échappement ;
  • la roue d'échappement effectue 1 tour en 4 secondes ;
  • l'organe régulateur oscille à la fréquence de 5 Hz, l'aiguille de seconde foudroyante effectuant ainsi 1 tour en 4 secondes, à raison de 10 sauts par seconde ;
  • le dernier mobile du deuxième rouage est concentrique à ladite roue de minute ;
  • l'un des mobiles intermédiaires du deuxième rouage est monté sur une bascule actionnable manuellement et susceptible d'occuper une position pour laquelle le mobile intermédiaire engrène avec ledit dernier mobile et une position pour laquelle le mobile intermédiaire n'agit pas sur le dernier mobile ;
  • un coeur de remise à zéro est monté sur l'axe portant l'aiguille de seconde foudroyante ;
  • ledit dernier mobile est le premier d'un troisième rouage assurant l'entraînement d'une aiguille de seconde chronométrée et d'une aiguille d'heure ou de minute chronométrée.
The timepiece according to the invention also has the following main characteristics:
  • the second gear train has the function of transmitting the same rotational movement to the second striking hand as the escape wheel;
  • the escape wheel performs 1 turn in 4 seconds;
  • the regulating organ oscillates at the frequency of 5 Hz, the lightning second hand thus making 1 turn in 4 seconds, at the rate of 10 jumps per second;
  • the last mobile of the second wheel is concentric with said minute wheel;
  • one of the intermediate wheels of the second wheel is mounted on a manually operable rocker and capable of occupying a position for which the intermediate mobile meshes with said last mobile and a position for which the intermediate mobile does not act on the last mobile;
  • a resetting heart is mounted on the axis carrying the lightning second hand;
  • said last mobile is the first of a third train ensuring the training of a timed second hand and a timed hour or minute hand.

D'autres caractéristiques de l'invention ressortiront de la description qui va suivre, faite en regard du dessin annexé, sur lequel :

  • la figure 1 représente une première exécution du cadran d'une montre chronographe à seconde foudroyante selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 2 est une vue partielle en coupe selon la ligne AA du mouvement de cette montre ;
  • la figure 3 est une représentation partielle de ce mouvement vu du fond ; enfin,
  • la figure 4 représente une deuxième exécution possible du cadran de la pièce chronographe.
Other features of the invention will emerge from the description which follows, given with reference to the appended drawing, in which:
  • the figure 1 represents a first execution of the dial of a chronograph watch second lightning according to the invention;
  • the figure 2 is a partial sectional view along line AA of the movement of this watch;
  • the figure 3 is a partial representation of this movement seen from the bottom; finally,
  • the figure 4 represents a second possible execution of the dial of the chronograph piece.

La pièce d'horlogerie mécanique représentée schématiquement sur les figures 1, 2 et 3 est destinée à afficher, sur un cadran 10, l'heure, la minute, et la seconde du temps courant, mais également l'heure, la seconde et le dixième de seconde du temps chronométré ainsi que le quantième.The mechanical timepiece schematically represented on the figures 1 , 2 and 3 is intended to display, on a dial 10, the hour, minute, and second of the current time, but also the hour, the second and the tenth of a second of the timed time as well as the date.

Comme le montre la figure 1, l'heure et la minute du temps courant ainsi que le dixième de seconde du temps chronométré sont affichées au centre de la pièce respectivement par de grandes aiguilles 12, 14 et 16. L'heure et la seconde du temps chronométré, ainsi que la seconde du temps courant, sont affichées respectivement à la position 6 heures par une petite aiguille 18, à la position 3 heures par une petite aiguille 20 et à la position 9 heures par une petite aiguille 22. Enfin, le quantième est affiché par un disque 24 apparaissant derrière une ouverture pratiquée dans le cadran à la position 4 heures et demi.As shown in figure 1 the hour and minute of the current time as well as the tenth of a second of the timed time are displayed in the center of the room respectively by large hands 12, 14 and 16. The hour and the second of the timed time, as well as the second of the current time, are respectively displayed at the 6 o'clock position by a small hand 18, at the 3 o'clock position by a small hand 20 and at the 9 o'clock position by small hand 22. Finally, the date is displayed by a disc 24 appearing behind an opening made in the dial at the 4 o'clock and half position.

La particularité de cette pièce réside essentiellement dans la manière dont l'aiguille 16 affiche le dixième de seconde du temps chronométré en effectuant 1 tour en 4 secondes, à raison de 10 sauts par seconde. Les autres fonctions d'affichage étant classiques, leur description ne sera pas donnée de manière détaillée.The peculiarity of this piece lies essentially in the way the needle 16 displays the tenth of a second of the timed time by performing 1 revolution in 4 seconds, at the rate of 10 jumps per second. The other display functions being conventional, their description will not be given in detail.

Ainsi que représenté sur la figure 2, la pièce d'horlogerie selon l'invention comporte, sous son cadran 10, un mouvement qui comprend un bâti formé d'une platine 26 et de ponts 28, servant, de manière classique, au positionnement des mobiles.As shown on the figure 2 , the timepiece according to the invention comprises, under its dial 10, a movement which comprises a frame formed of a plate 26 and bridges 28, serving, in a conventional manner, the positioning of the mobiles.

L'axe sur lequel est fixée l'aiguille de la seconde courante 22 porte une roue de seconde 30 entraînée, comme cela est connu, à raison d'1 tour par minute, par le rouage de finissage du mouvement. Cette roue est en prise avec le pignon de la roue 32 d'un échappement à ancre (non représenté en totalité) et effectue 1 tour en 4 secondes. L'échappement entretient les oscillations d'un organe régulateur constitué d'un balancier spiral (non représenté) oscillant à 5 Hz ou 36000 alternances, soit 10 alternances par seconde. Ainsi, la roue d'échappement 32 tourne en effectuant 10 sauts par seconde.The axis on which is fixed the needle of the current second 22 carries a second wheel 30 driven, as is known at the rate of 1 revolution per minute, by the finishing gear of the movement. This wheel is engaged with the wheel pinion 32 of an anchor escapement (not shown in full) and performs 1 revolution in 4 seconds. The escapement maintains the oscillations of a regulating member consisting of a balance spring (not shown) oscillating at 5 Hz or 36000 vibrations, or 10 alternations per second. Thus, the escape wheel 32 rotates by performing 10 jumps per second.

Comme représenté à la fois sur les figures 2 et 3, l'arbre de la roue d'échappement 32 porte, côté fond, une première roue 34 engrenant avec une deuxième roue 36 identique à la première et montée sur le même arbre qu'une roue 38 de plus grand diamètre. Celle-ci, qui effectue ainsi également 1 tour en 4 secondes, engrène avec une roue d'embrayage 40 montée sur une bascule 42, pivotant autour d'un axe 44 et actionnable par une roue à colonnes 46 commandée par un mécanisme classique de chronographe qui ne sera donc pas décrit en détail.As represented both on the figures 2 and 3 , the shaft of the escape wheel 32 carries, bottom side, a first wheel 34 meshing with a second wheel 36 identical to the first and mounted on the same shaft as a wheel 38 of larger diameter. The latter, which also performs 1 turn in 4 seconds, meshes with a clutch wheel 40 mounted on a rocker 42, pivoting about an axis 44 and actuable by a column wheel 46 controlled by a conventional chronograph mechanism which will not be described in detail.

La roue à colonnes 46 permet de placer la bascule 42 dans deux positions. Dans celle qui est représentée à la figure 3, pour laquelle la fonction chronographe est enclenchée, la roue d'embrayage 40 engrène avec une roue centrale de chronographe 48 de même diamètre que la roue 38 et coaxiale aux aiguilles 12, 14 et 16. Dans l'autre position, non représentée, pour laquelle la fonction chronographe n'est pas activée, la roue d'embrayage 40 n'agit pas sur la roue centrale 48.The column wheel 46 makes it possible to place the rocker 42 in two positions. In the one represented in figure 3 , for which the function chronograph is engaged, the clutch wheel 40 meshes with a central chronograph wheel 48 of the same diameter as the wheel 38 and coaxial with the needles 12, 14 and 16. In the other position, not shown, for which the chronograph function n is not activated, the clutch wheel 40 does not act on the central wheel 48.

Ainsi, la roue 48 effectue également 1 tour en 4 secondes à raison de 10 sauts par seconde. Cette roue est fixée sur un axe 50 portant l'aiguille 16 qui permet donc d'afficher le dixième de seconde sur le cadran 10.Thus, wheel 48 also performs 1 revolution in 4 seconds at the rate of 10 jumps per second. This wheel is fixed on an axis 50 carrying the needle 16 which thus makes it possible to display the tenth of a second on the dial 10.

Comme cela est le cas pour tout chronographe, l'axe 50 porte un coeur 52 pour la remise à zéro de l'aiguille 16. De manière connue également, cet axe est, par ailleurs, au centre d'un mécanisme d'entraînement des aiguilles d'heure 12 et de minute 14 à partir d'une roue de minute 54 coopérant avec la roue de seconde 30 par l'intermédiaire d'une roue de moyenne non représentée.As is the case for any chronograph, the axis 50 carries a core 52 for the resetting of the needle 16. In a manner also known, this axis is, moreover, in the center of a drive mechanism. 12 hour and 14 minute hands from a minute wheel 54 cooperating with the second wheel 30 via a wheel of average not shown.

Enfin, pour compléter la fonction chronographe, la roue centrale 48 constitue, de façon tout à fait classique, le premier mobile d'un train d'engrenage assurant l'entraînement de l'aiguille de seconde 20 et de l'aiguille d'heure 18. Bien entendu, l'affichage de l'heure chronométrée, réalisé par cette aiguille, peut être remplacé par un affichage de la minute chronométrée.Finally, to complete the chronograph function, the central wheel 48 is, quite conventionally, the first mobile of a gear train for driving the second hand and the hour hand. 18. Of course, the display of the timed time realized by this hand can be replaced by a display of the minute timed.

La présente description a été faite en se référant essentiellement à une pièce dotée d'une aiguille de seconde foudroyante à 9 heures et d'une grande aiguille de seconde courante. Il va de soi que d'autres réalisations sont possibles sans sortir du cadre de l'invention. C'est ainsi, par exemple, que comme montré à la figure 4, l'aiguille de seconde foudroyante 16 peut être placée à 9 heures et remplacée, au centre, par l'aiguille de seconde courante 22.The present description has been made with reference essentially to a workpiece having a lightning seconds hand at 9 o'clock and a large second hand. It goes without saying that other embodiments are possible without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, as shown in figure 4 , the lightning second hand 16 can be placed at 9 o'clock and replaced, in the center, by the current second hand 22.

Ainsi est proposée une pièce d'horlogerie qui affiche la seconde foudroyante sans utiliser, notamment, un barillet, deux étoiles, un échappement et un organe régulateur spécialement affectés à cette fonction.Thus is proposed a timepiece that displays the second lightning without using, in particular, a barrel, two stars, an exhaust and a regulator member specially assigned to this function.

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  1. A mechanical timepiece with jumping second hand (16), comprising a barrel, a first gear train driven by the barrel and comprising a minute wheel (54) and a second wheel (30), an escapement actuated by the gear train and a regulating member whose oscillations are maintained by said escapement, the latter comprising an escape wheel (32) which makes one revolution per second at most, by means of jumps, said timepiece comprising a second gear train whose first mobile (34) is mounted on the arbor of the escape wheel (32) and whose last mobile (48) is mounted on the arbor supporting the jumping second hand (16), characterized in that said escape wheel (32) is engaged with the second wheel.
  2. The timepiece as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the second gear train (34, 36, 38, 40, 48) has the function of transmitting to the jumping second hand (16) the same rotating motion as the escape wheel (32).
  3. The timepiece as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the escape wheel (32) makes 1 revolution in 4 seconds.
  4. The timepiece as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the regulating member oscillates at the frequency of 5 Hz, the jumping second hand (16) thus making 1 revolution in 4 seconds at the rate of 10 jumps per second.
  5. The timepiece as claimed in one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the last mobile (48) of the second gear train is concentric with said minute wheel (54).
  6. A chronograph function timepiece as claimed in one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that one of the intermediate mobiles (40) of the second gear train is mounted on a lever (42) that can be actuated manually and is likely to occupy a position for which said intermediate mobile (40) meshes with said last mobile (48) and a position for which the intermediate mobile does not act on the last mobile.
  7. The timepiece as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that a reset heart-piece (52) is mounted on the shaft (50) supporting the jumping second hand (16).
  8. The timepiece as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that said last mobile (48) is the first of a third gear train driving a timed second hand (20) and a timed hour hand (18) or minute hand.
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