EP1577718A1 - Uhrwerk mit Animation - Google Patents

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EP1577718A1
EP1577718A1 EP04006495A EP04006495A EP1577718A1 EP 1577718 A1 EP1577718 A1 EP 1577718A1 EP 04006495 A EP04006495 A EP 04006495A EP 04006495 A EP04006495 A EP 04006495A EP 1577718 A1 EP1577718 A1 EP 1577718A1
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animation
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Pierre Koukjian
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L' heure Nouvelle SA
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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
    • G04B45/00—Time pieces of which the indicating means or cases provoke special effects, e.g. aesthetic effects
    • G04B45/0038—Figures or parts thereof moved by the clockwork

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  • the present invention relates to movements for timepieces equipped with an animation.
  • One of them is, for example, described in the US 6,385,138. It includes a clockwork and a train of gear meshes with this wheel. Two mobiles of this train each cooperate with a display member formed of a disc, to create an animation on the dial.
  • the dial simulates a face and each of the disks carries a black dot that represents the movement of the eyes, which rotate in synchronism with the movement of the needles.
  • the movement according to the invention comprises cogs of finishing and timer, an animated cog in at least mediately with one of the finishing and timing wheels, and display means controlled by the animation wheel.
  • this movement comprises, in addition, a retrograde mechanism commissioned by the animation cog and commanding the means display.
  • the animation presents both slow movements and jerky movements, reinforcing its spectacular character.
  • this movement comprises at least two retrograde mechanisms that can be arranged to perform jumps with the same periodicity.
  • the display means comprise several organs display, each associated with one of the retrograde mechanisms.
  • the retrograde mechanisms are arranged so that the jumps are done in a chained manner, generating a surprise effect that contributes to the spectacular character, giving the impression that one of the movements engenders the other.
  • Such mechanisms may furthermore provide a display and measure in relation to the sport and create animations related to such activity.
  • the animation wheel is numbered so that the retrograde mechanisms make a jump with a periodicity equal to the duration of a game period of a sport, and the means of display include the representation of a sport-related interaction whose play periods are measured. For example, a foot and a ball represent the practice of football.
  • Such a relationship can, of course, also be considered without measure information, for example in the case of tennis, with the representation an arm with a racket and a ball.
  • the represented movement part comprises a mobile 10 comprising a wheel 10a and a pinion 10b, part of the cogwheel or cogwheel of the watch, for example a mobile of the minutes or hours. It includes, in addition, an animation wheel formed of two branches 12 and 14.
  • the branch 12 comprises a return 16 engaged with the 10a wheel and a mobile 18, while the branch 14 has a reference 20 in taken with the pinion 10b, a first mobile 22 having a pinion 22a which meshes with the reference 20 and a wheel 22b and a second mobile 24 driven by the wheel 22b.
  • the represented motion further comprises retrograde mechanisms 26 and 28.
  • the mechanism 26 comprises a spiral cam 30 integral in rotation with the 18, a lever 32 and a spring 34 resting against the lever 32 for apply it against the cam 30, as well as a toothed wheel 36.
  • the lever 32 comprises a finger 32a bearing against the cam 30 and a toothed sector 32b engaged with the wheel 36.
  • the mechanism 28 has a similar structure, with a snail cam 38 integral in rotation of the mobile 24, a lever 40 having a finger 40a and a toothed sector 40b, a spring 42 and a gear wheel 44 meshing with the toothed sector 40b.
  • the number of mobile branches 12 and 14 defines the direction of rotation of the cams 30 and 38.
  • the gears 36 and 44 carry display means 45 consisting of two members 46 and 48, a leg 46 carried by the wheel 36 and a balloon 48 carried by the wheel 44.
  • the movement is, of course, covered with a dial that has not been represented, but which masks the motives and mechanisms.
  • display means 45 are visible at the front of the dial.
  • the two branches 12 and 14 have equal gear ratios, such that the cams 30 and 38 rotate at the same speed, but are slightly out of phase. In this way, when the finger 32a reaches the top of the cam 30, the lever 32 pivots suddenly under the effect of the spring 34, the toothed sector 32b driving the toothed wheel 36. The leg 46 is then projected towards the balloon 48, the latter appearing motionless.
  • the lever 40 does not falls only when the foot of leg 46 gives the impression of coming hit the balloon 48 which is then thrown off.
  • the levers are driven by two branches 12 and 14 of an animation cog, and by two separate cams 30 and 38, each driven by a branch.
  • Such a configuration facilitates the identification of the different constituents of the movement. It would be also possible to have only one cam cooperating with the two levers, their fingers 32a and 40a being slightly offset. In this way, the setting of phase shift would be facilitated.
  • the periodicity of jumps is a function of the number of constituent motives of the animation train and the speed of rotation of the mobile on which the animation work is in process.
  • this periodicity will be chosen so as to measure the duration of a simulated sport game period. So, in the example given, which relates to football, the periodicity would be 45 minutes.
  • a measurement effective period of play is facilitated by equipping the movement with a clutch and zeroing device as encountered in chronographs, controlled by a pusher.
  • a pressure on a pusher would control a clutch that would remove the link between the animation cog and the mobile 10 and would control, by an action on a cam of the type of hearts equipping the chronographs, the positioning of the levers 32 and 40, so that they are in the hollow of their respective cam.
  • the two levers 32 and 40 would be driven for 45 minutes, until the lever 32 reaches the top point of the cam 30 and falls back in the hollow of this cam, then that the lever 40 performs the same movement, thus simulating the propulsion of the ball by the leg of a footballer.
  • a new pressure on the pusher returns the device to the initial position for a new measurement.
  • the display means relate to the football practice. It is obvious that other activities can be simulated in a similar way.
  • Leg 46 can, for example. to be replaced by a hockey stick and the ball 48 by a puck.
  • the timepiece is playful and surprising, animating the dial in a pleasant way, while offering the possibility to take a measurement related to the animation presented.

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Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CH30220A (fr) * 1904-02-20 1904-11-30 Arthur Vuille Montre avec automate
DE837079C (de) * 1950-07-01 1952-04-21 Friedrich Springmann Vorrichtung an Uhren-Gehwerken zur Bewegung von Figuren
CH305645A (fr) * 1952-10-04 1955-02-28 D Horlogerie Muros Erwin Trieb Montre.
WO2000075735A2 (en) * 1999-06-04 2000-12-14 Sii Marketing International, Inc. Second hand substitute apparatus and method
EP1134627A1 (de) * 2000-03-16 2001-09-19 Roger Dubuis S.A. Manufacture Dreifache rückläufige Anzeige und deren Mechanismus

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CH30220A (fr) * 1904-02-20 1904-11-30 Arthur Vuille Montre avec automate
DE837079C (de) * 1950-07-01 1952-04-21 Friedrich Springmann Vorrichtung an Uhren-Gehwerken zur Bewegung von Figuren
CH305645A (fr) * 1952-10-04 1955-02-28 D Horlogerie Muros Erwin Trieb Montre.
WO2000075735A2 (en) * 1999-06-04 2000-12-14 Sii Marketing International, Inc. Second hand substitute apparatus and method
EP1134627A1 (de) * 2000-03-16 2001-09-19 Roger Dubuis S.A. Manufacture Dreifache rückläufige Anzeige und deren Mechanismus

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