EP1744229B1 - Timepiece - Google Patents

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EP1744229B1
EP1744229B1 EP05106388A EP05106388A EP1744229B1 EP 1744229 B1 EP1744229 B1 EP 1744229B1 EP 05106388 A EP05106388 A EP 05106388A EP 05106388 A EP05106388 A EP 05106388A EP 1744229 B1 EP1744229 B1 EP 1744229B1
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    • 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
    • G04B19/28—Adjustable guide marks or pointers for indicating determined points of time
    • G04B19/283—Adjustable guide marks or pointers for indicating determined points of time on rotatable rings, i.e. bezel
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    • 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
    • G04B17/00—Mechanisms for stabilising frequency
    • G04B17/20—Compensation of mechanisms for stabilising frequency
    • G04B17/28—Compensation of mechanisms for stabilising frequency for the effect of imbalance of the weights, e.g. tourbillon
    • G04B17/285—Tourbillons or carrousels

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  • the present invention relates to the field of mechanical watchmaking. It relates, more particularly to a timepiece provided with a particular regulating organ.
  • the motor member that allows to give energy to the movement is a spring housed in a drum to form a barrel.
  • the unwinding of the barrel is controlled by a dispensing member called exhaust which also aims to maintain and count the oscillations of the regulating member formed by a balance associated with a spiral spring.
  • the assembly consisting of the exhaust and the spiral spring is called assortment.
  • tourbillon has been developed by Breguet.
  • Tourbillon is currently widespread. Its purpose is to compensate gravitational variations by making the whole set, in the case of a vortex with a single axis, all the vertical positions. He has, thereafter, vortices were developed comprising a cage pivoting around several axes, so that the assortment can occupy different positions in the three dimensions of space.
  • the document EP 1465024 proposes a tourbillon with two axes.
  • Such a cardan system can not be transposed inside a movement for a portable timepiece, because it is too large.
  • the problem of the connection between the work train and the part suspended by the cardan remains, at present, insoluble.
  • the present invention aims to propose a timepiece whose operation of the regulating member is not exposed to variations of gravitation and does not have the aforementioned disadvantages.
  • the document EP 1615085 proposes a device to address, at least in part, the above-mentioned problem.
  • it implements an escapement mechanism connected to a driving wheel driven by a corrective kinematic chain engaged with a wheel integral with a counterweight to rotate the driving wheel in the same direction and at the same speed as the counterweight.
  • the invention relates to an assortment for a timepiece comprising an escapement mechanism which is intended to drive a finishing gear train of a watch movement which defines a reference plane, and a pendulum cooperating with the exhaust mechanism.
  • the balance is mounted in a frame, this frame pivoting about a first axis relative to the reference plane, and the orientation of said frame relative to this first axis is a function of the gravitational force of the earth.
  • the escapement mechanism is not connected to a driving wheel driven by a corrective kinematic chain engaged with a wheel integral with a counterweight to rotate the driving wheel in the same direction and at the same speed as the counterweight.
  • FIG 1 On the figure 1 a second wheel 10 of the work train of a watch movement.
  • the support 12 is made by means of three arms, better visible on the figure 2 , which intersect on an axis orthogonal to the wheel 10 and passing through its center.
  • the wheel 10 rotates a shaft 14, oriented perpendicular thereto.
  • this shaft 14 is integral with the wheel 10 at a first of its ends. At its other end, it ends with a first bevel gear 16, which is also attached to it.
  • the tree defines an axis AA.
  • a connecting member is mounted at the end of the shaft 14, on the side of the pinion 16. It is formed of two washers 18a and 18b, advantageously of similar dimensions, each provided with two lugs 20a and 20b oriented orthogonally with respect to the washers and pierced with a hole 22a and 22b.
  • the first washer 18a is mounted in a groove 24 formed on the shaft 14 in which it is slidable about the axis AA.
  • the groove is positioned in a plane orthogonal to AA.
  • the second washer 18b is disposed vis-à-vis the first 18a.
  • the holes 22a and 22b of the lugs 20a and 20b of one and the other are aligned along an axis BB and form hinges with studs 26 which pass through them.
  • the second washer 18b is rotatable along the axes AA and BB with respect to the shaft 14.
  • a watch movement assortment is disposed in a frame 28, formed of two bridges connected by pillars 32.
  • the escapement is of the constant force type. This type of organ is particularly well known to those skilled in the art and need not be described in detail here.
  • the figures show, by way of example, a distributor member consisting of an anchor escapement.
  • the latter mainly comprises an anchor 34 which periodically retains an escape wheel 36. This is secured to an exhaust pinion 38 carrying an auxiliary spiral spring 40 which provides the function of "constant force" of the exhaust. Conventionally, the anchor cooperates with a balance spring 42.
  • the frame 28 comprises, in an area between the axis of the escape wheel 36 and that of the balance spring 42, an annular portion 44 provided with a hole.
  • the frame 28 is mounted integral with the washer 18b so that the hole 22b is aligned with the hole of the portion 44.
  • the annular portion 44 is welded to the washer 18b.
  • the washer 18b has come from one piece with the bridge and ends with the two lugs 20b.
  • a second bevel gear 46 is pivotally mounted on the hole of the second washer 18b and on that of the portion 44. It is provided with a shaft 48 which passes through the washer 18b and the annular portion 44, and terminates in a pinion 50, of which only one tooth is visible in the drawing, which meshes with the exhaust pinion 38.
  • the regulating member is kinematically connected to a cylinder that comprises the movement of the watch, via the second wheel 10, the shaft 14 and all the gears 16, 46 and 50.
  • the exhaust receives the energy dispensed at the base by the barrel and let periodically escape a parcel of this motive power to return to the regulating organ that makes him lose the friction.
  • the device When the watch is horizontal, the device is as shown on the Figures 2 and 3 that is, the bevel gears 16 and 46 mesh completely with each other.
  • the center of gravity of the frame bearing the regulating organ shall be situated in a plane passing through the axis BB and oriented in the direction of the earth's gravitational force, that is to say, when the watch is horizontal, in a orthogonal plane with respect to the finishing gear.
  • This plane is called reference plane P r .
  • the purpose of the device is to allow the frame 18, when the wearer of the watch moves, to move so that the regulating member remains in a horizontal position relative to a terrestrial reference.
  • the frame pivots about the axis BB so that the center of gravity remains in the reference plane.
  • the two bevel gears abut one another. If the center of gravity moves on the reference plane side which includes the shaft 14, the two bevel gears abut one another. If the center of gravity remains in a plane orthogonal to the reference plane which contains the center of the first washer 18a, then the device is in a metastable position in which the regulating member may not be horizontal. However, under real conditions, a slight imbalance of the frame relative to this metastable position provides a first pivoting rotation of the frame about the axis AA by rotation of the first washer 18a on the groove 24. The center of gravity then returns to the other side of the reference plane and, as described above, the frame pivots around the BB axis so that the center of gravity remains in the reference plane . In fact, both pivoting around axes AA and BB take place simultaneously and combine.
  • the frame 28 can move when the watch is moved, the latter carries weights 52, in particular arranged at the furthest point from the axes of rotation.
  • the weights are shown near the escape wheel 36.
  • they can slide on the frame 28 to facilitate the adjustment of the device.
  • the height between the support structure 12 and the axis BB must be greater than the largest dimension orthogonal to the reference plane of the parts of the set or frame located on the side of the reference plane does not include the shaft 14.
  • this maximum dimension is defined by the distance between the balance spring 42 and the reference plane.
  • the movement in which the device according to the invention is integrated must not include elements that could hinder the movement of the frame 28 and assortment.
  • the coefficient of friction between the first washer 18a and the shaft 14 must be greater than the friction of the assortment, thus ensuring that the exhaust pinion 36 transmits its energy well to the gear train and does not cause the rotation of the frame 28 around the tree 14.
  • the escape wheel pivots in the direction indicated by the arrow Z on the figure 1 .
  • the pinion 50 rotates in the opposite direction.
  • the frame 28 pivots in the opposite direction to that of the arrow Z about the axis AA
  • the escape wheel 36 is delayed with respect to its normal movement.
  • the auxiliary spring 40 stores energy and then restores it gradually.
  • the frame pivots in the direction of the arrow Z the escape wheel 36 is advanced in relation to its normal movement.
  • the auxiliary spring 40 expands and the barrel is immediately unwound faster to compensate for the decrease in torque. In both cases, the auxiliary spring 40 serves as an intermediate so that the torque supplied to the escape wheel is constant.
  • the entire set also provided with a constant force escapement, is mounted in a first frame 60 comprising, in the example shown, two pillars 62 and a central axis CC.
  • the upper deck 68a associated with an intermediate bridge 69 carries an anchor 72, while an escape wheel 73 and an escape pinion 75 associated with its auxiliary spring, are mounted on the central axis.
  • the pinion 75 is only partially represented, while the spring is not visible.
  • the exhaust pinion 75 is located between the first 60 and the second 66 frame.
  • the second frame is interposed between the wheel 73 and the exhaust pinion 75. In this way, the pinion 75 facilitates the kinematic connection between the exhaust and the finishing train, because it avoids impeding the rotation of the second frame 66 relative to the first.
  • the anchor 72 cooperates with a plateau pin 74.
  • the plate pivots between the upper bridge 68a and the intermediate bridge 69 and is provided with a shaft 76 which passes through the intermediate bridge 69 and terminates in a bevel gear 78.
  • the shaft 76 comprises a connecting member 80 comprising a hinge axis DD which connects it in an articulated manner to a third frame 82.
  • a part of the elements forming the hinge is integral or may be integral with the intermediate bridge 69.
  • the balance spring is mounted in the third frame 82 and leads integrally, by an axis which passes through the frame 82, a second pinion with conical teeth 84 which cooperates with the first 78.
  • the regulating member is pivotable about the axis DD, on the one hand, but also, in solidarity with the entire assortment, around the axis CC.
  • the assembly of the second frame 66 pivots inside the first 60 whose pillars 62 are sufficiently distant from each other to allow a complete revolution of the second frame.
  • the pillars 70 of the second frame are made of a heavy material.
  • a timepiece whose regulating member, alone or associated with the distributor member, is disposed in a frame capable of being oriented along two axes by the gravitational force of the earth.
  • the plane of the balance spring remains approximately orthogonal to the direction of gravity. The differences of course generally observed in the various positions of the watch no longer exist.
  • the escapement represented is of the Swiss anchor type.
  • the skilled person can easily choose and adapt any type of exhaust without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • the skilled person can define and position stops to prevent the frames take unfavorable extreme positions.
  • the two bevel gears associated with the connecting member can be replaced, one by a gear spherical type and the other by a plate whose edges are curved in a convex direction, these edges bearing a toothing collaborating with the spherical gear.
  • Such a device can be inspired from the document SU 958048 .
  • the mechanism according to the invention like the Tourbillon Bréguet, seeks to limit the effects of terrestrial gravitation on the regulating organ. In reference and as a tribute to this prestigious predecessor, this mechanism is called Maelström.

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Abstract

The timepiece has an escapement mechanism for driving a finish gear-train of a watch movement defining a reference plan. A balance (42) co-operates with the escapement mechanism and is mounted in a frame (28). The frame is pivoted around an axis with respect to the reference plan, where the orientation of the frame, with respect to the axis, depends on the orientation of the gravitational force of the earth.

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Domaine techniqueTechnical area

La présente invention se rapporte au domaine de l'horlogerie mécanique. Elle concerne, plus particulièrement une pièce d'horlogerie munie d'un organe régulateur particulier.The present invention relates to the field of mechanical watchmaking. It relates, more particularly to a timepiece provided with a particular regulating organ.

Etat de la techniqueState of the art

Dans certaines pièces d'horlogerie mécanique, particulièrement dans les montres bracelet, l'organe moteur qui permet de donner de l'énergie au mouvement est un ressort logé dans un tambour pour former un barillet. Le dévidement du barillet est contrôlé par un organe distributeur appelé échappement qui a également pour but d'entretenir et de compter les oscillations de l'organe régulateur formé par un balancier associé à un ressort spiral. L'ensemble constitué par l'échappement et le ressort spiral est appelé assortiment.In some mechanical timepieces, particularly in wristwatches, the motor member that allows to give energy to the movement is a spring housed in a drum to form a barrel. The unwinding of the barrel is controlled by a dispensing member called exhaust which also aims to maintain and count the oscillations of the regulating member formed by a balance associated with a spiral spring. The assembly consisting of the exhaust and the spiral spring is called assortment.

On pourra trouver d'autres détails sur les échappements et sur les organes de régulation dans le livre Théorie de l'horlogerie" de Reymondin et al, Fédération des Ecoles Techniques, 1998, ISBN 2-940025-10-X, pages 99 à 169 .Further details on the exhausts and regulating devices can be found in the book Theory of Watchmaking "by Reymondin et al, Federation of Technical Schools, 1998, ISBN 2-940025-10-X, pages 99 to 169 .

On sait que, lorsque l'échappement d'une montre mécanique se trouve en position verticale, les déséquilibres inévitables du balancier et du spiral engendrés par la gravitation terrestre entraînent des écarts de marche. C'est pour cela que le fonctionnement d'une montre doit être contrôlé dans différentes positions.It is known that, when the escapement of a mechanical watch is in a vertical position, the inevitable imbalances of the balance and spiral generated by the earth's gravitation cause gait deviations. This is why the operation of a watch must be controlled in different positions.

Pour pallier cet inconvénient, un dispositif connu sous le nom de tourbillon a été développé par Breguet. Constituant une complication réputée de l'horlogerie mécanique, le tourbillon est actuellement très répandu. Son but est de compenser les variations dues à la gravitation en faisant prendre à l'ensemble de l'assortiment, dans le cas d'un tourbillon à un seul axe, toutes les positions verticales. Il a, par la suite, été développé des tourbillons comportant une cage pivotant autour de plusieurs axes, afin que l'assortiment puisse occuper des positions différentes, dans les trois dimensions de l'espace. Notamment, le document EP 1465024 propose un tourbillon à deux axes.To overcome this disadvantage, a device known as tourbillon has been developed by Breguet. As a famous complication of mechanical watchmaking, tourbillon is currently widespread. Its purpose is to compensate gravitational variations by making the whole set, in the case of a vortex with a single axis, all the vertical positions. He has, thereafter, vortices were developed comprising a cage pivoting around several axes, so that the assortment can occupy different positions in the three dimensions of space. In particular, the document EP 1465024 proposes a tourbillon with two axes.

Cependant, la construction d'un tourbillon est fort complexe. De plus, un tel dispositif prend tout son sens dans les montres de poches ou dans les pendulettes, qui sont presque toujours en position verticale. Mais son utilité est plus douteuse dans une montre bracelet qui est susceptible d'occuper toutes les positions et qui n'est presque jamais en position complètement verticale.However, building a whirlpool is very complex. In addition, such a device makes sense in pocket watches or clocks, which are almost always in a vertical position. But its usefulness is more doubtful in a wristwatch which is likely to occupy all positions and which is almost never in a completely vertical position.

Par ailleurs, à la grande époque des voyages maritimes (fin du XVllème siècle), les chronomètres de marine ont été développés pour fournir des instruments permettant de mesurer le temps avec une grande précision, malgré le tangage et le roulis. La boîte contenant le mouvement d'horlogerie est, en quelque sorte, suspendue. Plus précisément, elle est montée sur un support, un système de cardans permettant à ce dernier de s'orienter dans les trois dimensions de l'espace. Le support est couplé à un contrepoids. Ainsi, malgré les mouvements de la houle, la gravité subie par le contrepoids conjuguée à l'action des cardans, maintient le support à l'horizontal par rapport à un référentiel terrestre.Moreover, at the time of maritime voyages (late 18th century), marine chronometers were developed to provide instruments for measuring time with great accuracy, despite pitching and rolling. The box containing the watch movement is, in a way, suspended. More specifically, it is mounted on a support, a cardan system allowing the latter to orient itself in the three dimensions of space. The support is coupled to a counterweight. Thus, despite the movements of the swell, the gravity experienced by the counterweight combined with the action of the gimbals, maintains the support horizontally with respect to a terrestrial reference.

Un tel système de cardans ne peut être transposé à l'intérieur d'un mouvement pour pièce d'horlogerie portable, car il est trop volumineux. De plus, le problème de la liaison entre le rouage de finissage et la partie suspendue par le cardan reste, à l'heure actuelle, insoluble.Such a cardan system can not be transposed inside a movement for a portable timepiece, because it is too large. In addition, the problem of the connection between the work train and the part suspended by the cardan remains, at present, insoluble.

La présente invention a pour but de proposer une pièce d'horlogerie dont le fonctionnement de l'organe régulateur n'est pas exposé aux variations de la gravitation et ne présente pas les inconvénients susmentionnés.The present invention aims to propose a timepiece whose operation of the regulating member is not exposed to variations of gravitation and does not have the aforementioned disadvantages.

Le document EP 1615085 , déposé avant mais publié après la date de dépôt de la présente demande, propose un dispositif permettant de répondre, au moins en partie, au problème susmentionné. De structure complexe, il met en oeuvre un mécanisme d'échappement relié à une roue entraîneuse entraînée par une chaîne cinématique correctrice en prise avec une roue solidaire d'un contrepoids pour faire tourner la roue entraîneuse dans le même sens et à la même vitesse que le contrepoids.The document EP 1615085 , filed before but published after the filing date of this application, proposes a device to address, at least in part, the above-mentioned problem. Of complex structure, it implements an escapement mechanism connected to a driving wheel driven by a corrective kinematic chain engaged with a wheel integral with a counterweight to rotate the driving wheel in the same direction and at the same speed as the counterweight.

Divulgation de l'inventionDisclosure of the invention

De façon plus précise, l'invention concerne un assortiment pour pièce d'horlogerie comprenant un mécanisme d'échappement qui est destiné à entraîner un rouage de finissage d'un mouvement de montre qui définit un plan de référence, et un balancier coopérant avec le mécanisme d'échappement. Selon l'invention, le balancier est monté dans un bâti, ce bâti pivotant autour d'un premier axe par rapport au plan de référence, et l'orientation dudit bâti par rapport à ce premier axe est fonction de la force gravitationnelle terrestre. Le mécanisme d'échappement n'est pas relié à une roue entraîneuse entraînée par une chaîne cinématique correctrice en prise avec une roue solidaire d'un contrepoids pour faire tourner la roue entraîneuse dans le même sens et à la même vitesse que le contrepoids.More specifically, the invention relates to an assortment for a timepiece comprising an escapement mechanism which is intended to drive a finishing gear train of a watch movement which defines a reference plane, and a pendulum cooperating with the exhaust mechanism. According to the invention, the balance is mounted in a frame, this frame pivoting about a first axis relative to the reference plane, and the orientation of said frame relative to this first axis is a function of the gravitational force of the earth. The escapement mechanism is not connected to a driving wheel driven by a corrective kinematic chain engaged with a wheel integral with a counterweight to rotate the driving wheel in the same direction and at the same speed as the counterweight.

Brève description des dessinsBrief description of the drawings

D'autres détails apparaîtront plus clairement à la lecture de la description qui suit, faite en référence au dessin annexé dans lequel:

  • la figure 1 est une vue en perspective du dispositif selon l'invention,
  • les figures 2 et 3 sont des vues de dessus et de côté du dispositif dans une première position, et
  • la figure 4 montre l'intégration du dispositif dans un mouvement de montre, et
  • la figure 5 représente un autre mode de réalisation de l'invention.
Other details will appear more clearly on reading the description which follows, made with reference to the appended drawing in which:
  • the figure 1 is a perspective view of the device according to the invention,
  • the Figures 2 and 3 are top and side views of the device in a first position, and
  • the figure 4 shows the integration of the device in a watch movement, and
  • the figure 5 represents another embodiment of the invention.

Mode(s) de réalisation de l'inventionMode (s) of realization of the invention

On a représenté, sur la figure 1, une roue de seconde 10 du rouage de finissage d'un mouvement de montre. Une structure de support 12 destinée, comme on le voit sur la figure 4, à être fixée à la platine qui porte le mouvement, est disposée à proximité de la roue 10, parallèlement à elle. Dans l'exemple, le support 12 est réalisé au moyen de trois bras, mieux visibles sur la figure 2, qui se coupent sur un axe orthogonal à la roue 10 et passant par son centre.On the figure 1 a second wheel 10 of the work train of a watch movement. A support structure 12 intended, as seen on the figure 4 , to be fixed to the plate that carries the movement, is disposed near the wheel 10, parallel to it. In the example, the support 12 is made by means of three arms, better visible on the figure 2 , which intersect on an axis orthogonal to the wheel 10 and passing through its center.

La roue 10 entraîne en rotation un arbre 14, orienté perpendiculairement à elle. Avantageusement, cet arbre 14 est solidaire de la roue 10 à une première de ses extrémités. A son autre extrémité, il se termine par un premier pignon à denture conique 16, qui lui est également solidaire. L'arbre définit un axe AA.The wheel 10 rotates a shaft 14, oriented perpendicular thereto. Advantageously, this shaft 14 is integral with the wheel 10 at a first of its ends. At its other end, it ends with a first bevel gear 16, which is also attached to it. The tree defines an axis AA.

Un organe de liaison est monté à l'extrémité de l'arbre 14, du côté du pignon 16. Il est formé de deux rondelles 18a et 18b, avantageusement de dimensions voisines, dotées chacune de deux oreilles 20a et 20b orientées orthogonalement par rapport aux rondelles et percées d'un trou 22a et 22b. La première rondelle 18a est montée dans une rainure 24 ménagée sur l'arbre 14 dans laquelle elle est susceptible de coulisser, autour de l'axe AA. De préférence, la rainure est positionnée dans un plan orthogonal à AA.A connecting member is mounted at the end of the shaft 14, on the side of the pinion 16. It is formed of two washers 18a and 18b, advantageously of similar dimensions, each provided with two lugs 20a and 20b oriented orthogonally with respect to the washers and pierced with a hole 22a and 22b. The first washer 18a is mounted in a groove 24 formed on the shaft 14 in which it is slidable about the axis AA. Preferably, the groove is positioned in a plane orthogonal to AA.

La deuxième rondelle 18b est disposée en vis-à-vis de la première 18a. Les trous 22a et 22b des oreilles 20a et 20b de l'une et de l'autre sont alignés selon un axe BB et forment des charnières avec des pitons 26 qui les traversent. Ainsi, la deuxième rondelle 18b est mobile en rotation selon les axes AA et BB par rapport à l'arbre 14.The second washer 18b is disposed vis-à-vis the first 18a. The holes 22a and 22b of the lugs 20a and 20b of one and the other are aligned along an axis BB and form hinges with studs 26 which pass through them. Thus, the second washer 18b is rotatable along the axes AA and BB with respect to the shaft 14.

Un assortiment de mouvement de montre est disposé dans un bâti 28, formé de deux ponts reliés par des piliers 32. L'échappement est du type à force constante. Ce genre d'organe est particulièrement bien connu de l'homme du métier et n'a pas besoin d'être décrit en détail ici. On a représenté sur les figures, à titre d'exemple, un organe distributeur constitué d'un échappement à ancre. Ce dernier comprend principalement une ancre 34 qui retient périodiquement une roue d'échappement 36. Celle-ci est solidaire d'un pignon d'échappement 38 portant un ressort spiral auxiliaire 40 qui assure la fonction de "force constante" de l'échappement. De manière classique, l'ancre coopère avec un balancier spiral 42.A watch movement assortment is disposed in a frame 28, formed of two bridges connected by pillars 32. The escapement is of the constant force type. This type of organ is particularly well known to those skilled in the art and need not be described in detail here. The figures show, by way of example, a distributor member consisting of an anchor escapement. The latter mainly comprises an anchor 34 which periodically retains an escape wheel 36. This is secured to an exhaust pinion 38 carrying an auxiliary spiral spring 40 which provides the function of "constant force" of the exhaust. Conventionally, the anchor cooperates with a balance spring 42.

Plus particulièrement, le bâti 28 comporte, en une zone située entre l'axe de la roue d'échappement 36 et celui du balancier spiral 42, une portion annulaire 44 munie d'un trou.More particularly, the frame 28 comprises, in an area between the axis of the escape wheel 36 and that of the balance spring 42, an annular portion 44 provided with a hole.

Le bâti 28 est monté solidaire sur la rondelle 18b de manière à ce que le trou 22b soit aligné avec le trou de la portion 44. Par exemple, la portion annulaire 44 est soudée à la rondelle 18b. Dans une variante avantageuse, la rondelle 18b est venue d'une pièce avec le pont et se termine par les deux oreilles 20b.The frame 28 is mounted integral with the washer 18b so that the hole 22b is aligned with the hole of the portion 44. For example, the annular portion 44 is welded to the washer 18b. In an advantageous variant, the washer 18b has come from one piece with the bridge and ends with the two lugs 20b.

Un deuxième pignon à denture conique 46 est monté pivotant sur le trou de la deuxième rondelle 18b et sur celui de la portion 44. Il est doté d'un arbre 48 qui traverse la rondelle 18b et la portion annulaire 44, et se termine en un pignon 50, dont seule une dent est visible au dessin, qui engrène avec le pignon d'échappement 38.A second bevel gear 46 is pivotally mounted on the hole of the second washer 18b and on that of the portion 44. It is provided with a shaft 48 which passes through the washer 18b and the annular portion 44, and terminates in a pinion 50, of which only one tooth is visible in the drawing, which meshes with the exhaust pinion 38.

Ainsi, l'organe régulateur est relié cinématiquement à un barillet que comporte le mouvement de la montre, via la roue de seconde 10, l'arbre 14 et l'ensemble des pignons 16, 46 et 50. L'échappement reçoit l'énergie dispensée à la base par le barillet et laisse périodiquement échapper une parcelle de cette énergie motrice pour restituer à l'organe régulateur celle que lui font perdre les frottements.Thus, the regulating member is kinematically connected to a cylinder that comprises the movement of the watch, via the second wheel 10, the shaft 14 and all the gears 16, 46 and 50. The exhaust receives the energy dispensed at the base by the barrel and let periodically escape a parcel of this motive power to return to the regulating organ that makes him lose the friction.

Lorsque la montre est à l'horizontale, le dispositif est tel que représenté sur les figures 2 et 3, c'est-à-dire que les pignons coniques 16 et 46 engrènent complètement l'un avec l'autre.When the watch is horizontal, the device is as shown on the Figures 2 and 3 that is, the bevel gears 16 and 46 mesh completely with each other.

Le centre de gravité du bâti portant l'organe régulateur doit être situé dans un plan passant par l'axe BB et orienté selon la direction de la force gravitationnelle terrestre, c'est-à-dire, lorsque la montre est horizontale, dans un plan orthogonal par rapport au rouage de finissage. Ce plan est appelé plan de référence Pr.The center of gravity of the frame bearing the regulating organ shall be situated in a plane passing through the axis BB and oriented in the direction of the earth's gravitational force, that is to say, when the watch is horizontal, in a orthogonal plane with respect to the finishing gear. This plane is called reference plane P r .

Le but du dispositif est de permettre au bâti 18, lorsque le porteur de la montre bouge, de se déplacer de manière à ce que l'organe régulateur reste en position horizontale par rapport à un référentiel terrestre.The purpose of the device is to allow the frame 18, when the wearer of the watch moves, to move so that the regulating member remains in a horizontal position relative to a terrestrial reference.

Si le centre de gravité de l'ensemble formé par le bâti et par l'assortiment se déplace du côté du plan de référence qui ne comporte pas l'arbre 14, le bâti pivote autour de l'axe BB de manière à ce que le centre de gravité demeure dans le plan de référence.If the center of gravity of the assembly formed by the frame and the assortment moves towards the reference plane which does not include the shaft 14, the frame pivots about the axis BB so that the center of gravity remains in the reference plane.

Si le centre de gravité se déplace du côté du plan de référence qui comporte l'arbre 14, les deux pignons à denture conique s'appuient l'un sur l'autre. Si le centre de gravité reste dans un plan orthogonal au plan de référence qui contient le centre de la première rondelle 18a, alors, le dispositif est dans une position métastable dans laquelle l'organe régulateur peut ne pas être horizontal. Cependant, en condition réelle, un léger déséquilibre du bâti par rapport à cette position métastable permet d'obtenir un premier pivotement par rotation du bâti autour de l'axe AA par rotation de la première rondelle 18a sur la rainure 24. Le centre de gravité repasse alors de l'autre côté du plan de référence et, à l'instar de ce qui est décrit ci-dessus, le bâti pivote autour de l'axe BB de manière à ce que le centre de gravité demeure dans le plan de référence. En réalité, les deux pivotements autour des axes AA et BB se déroulent simultanément et se combinent.If the center of gravity moves on the reference plane side which includes the shaft 14, the two bevel gears abut one another. If the center of gravity remains in a plane orthogonal to the reference plane which contains the center of the first washer 18a, then the device is in a metastable position in which the regulating member may not be horizontal. However, under real conditions, a slight imbalance of the frame relative to this metastable position provides a first pivoting rotation of the frame about the axis AA by rotation of the first washer 18a on the groove 24. The center of gravity then returns to the other side of the reference plane and, as described above, the frame pivots around the BB axis so that the center of gravity remains in the reference plane . In fact, both pivoting around axes AA and BB take place simultaneously and combine.

Pour favoriser et améliorer la réactivité du système afin que le bâti 28 puisse bouger lorsque la montre est déplacée, ce dernier porte des poids 52, notamment disposés au niveau le plus éloigné des axes de rotation. Sur les figures, les poids sont représentés à proximité de la roue d'échappement 36. De manière avantageuse, ils peuvent coulisser sur le bâti 28 pour faciliter le réglage du dispositif.To promote and improve the responsiveness of the system so that the frame 28 can move when the watch is moved, the latter carries weights 52, in particular arranged at the furthest point from the axes of rotation. In the figures, the weights are shown near the escape wheel 36. Advantageously, they can slide on the frame 28 to facilitate the adjustment of the device.

Par ailleurs, on comprend que, pour que l'assortiment et le bâti 28 puissent se déplacer librement, la hauteur entre la structure de support 12 et l'axe BB doit être supérieure à la plus grande dimension orthogonale au plan de référence des parties de l'assortiment ou du bâti situées du côté du plan de référence ne comportant pas l'arbre 14. Dans l'exemple illustré, cette dimension maximale est définie par la distance entre le balancier spiral 42 et le plan de référence. Comme le montre la figure 4, le mouvement dans lequel le dispositif selon l'invention est intégré ne doit pas comporter d'éléments qui pourraient gêner le déplacement du bâti 28 et de l'assortiment.Furthermore, it is understood that, in order for the set and the frame 28 to move freely, the height between the support structure 12 and the axis BB must be greater than the largest dimension orthogonal to the reference plane of the parts of the set or frame located on the side of the reference plane does not include the shaft 14. In the illustrated example, this maximum dimension is defined by the distance between the balance spring 42 and the reference plane. As shown in figure 4 , the movement in which the device according to the invention is integrated must not include elements that could hinder the movement of the frame 28 and assortment.

On remarquera que les axes de la roue 36 et du pignon 38 d'échappement, des pignons à denture conique 16 et 46 et du balancier spiral 42 sont alignés. De même, lorsque la montre est horizontale, la roue de seconde 10, l'arbre 14, les pignons coniques 16 et 46, les rondelles 18 et le pignon 50 sont centrés sur l'axe AA.It will be noted that the axes of the wheel 36 and the exhaust pinion 38, the bevel gears 16 and 46 and the balance spring 42 are aligned. Similarly, when the watch is horizontal, the second wheel 10, the shaft 14, the bevel gears 16 and 46, the washers 18 and the pinion 50 are centered on the axis AA.

Le coefficient de frottement entre la première rondelle 18a et l'arbre 14 doit être supérieur aux frottements de l'assortiment, garantissant ainsi que le pignon d'échappement 36 transmette bien son énergie au rouage de finissage et n'entraîne pas la rotation du bâti 28 autour de l'arbre 14.The coefficient of friction between the first washer 18a and the shaft 14 must be greater than the friction of the assortment, thus ensuring that the exhaust pinion 36 transmits its energy well to the gear train and does not cause the rotation of the frame 28 around the tree 14.

En fonctionnement, la roue d'échappement pivote dans la direction indiquée par la flèche Z sur la figure 1. Le pignon 50 tourne donc dans le sens opposé. Quand, à cause d'un déplacement de la montre, le bâti 28 pivote dans le sens opposé à celui de la flèche Z autour de l'axe AA, la roue d'échappement 36 prend du retard par rapport à son mouvement normal. Le ressort auxiliaire 40 emmagasine alors de l'énergie et la restitue ensuite progressivement. Lorsque le bâti pivote dans le sens de la flèche Z, la roue d'échappement 36 prend de l'avance par rapport à son mouvement normal. Le ressort auxiliaire 40 se détend et le barillet se dévide aussitôt plus rapidement de manière à compenser la diminution du couple. Dans les deux cas, le ressort auxiliaire 40 sert d'intermédiaire de manière à ce que le couple fourni à la roue d'échappement soit constant.In operation, the escape wheel pivots in the direction indicated by the arrow Z on the figure 1 . The pinion 50 rotates in the opposite direction. When, due to a movement of the watch, the frame 28 pivots in the opposite direction to that of the arrow Z about the axis AA, the escape wheel 36 is delayed with respect to its normal movement. The auxiliary spring 40 stores energy and then restores it gradually. When the frame pivots in the direction of the arrow Z, the escape wheel 36 is advanced in relation to its normal movement. The auxiliary spring 40 expands and the barrel is immediately unwound faster to compensate for the decrease in torque. In both cases, the auxiliary spring 40 serves as an intermediate so that the torque supplied to the escape wheel is constant.

Dans un autre mode de réalisation représenté sur la figure 5, l'ensemble de l'assortiment, également doté d'un échappement à force constante, est monté dans un premier bâti 60 comportant, dans l'exemple illustré, deux piliers 62 et un axe central CC.In another embodiment shown in the figure 5 , the entire set, also provided with a constant force escapement, is mounted in a first frame 60 comprising, in the example shown, two pillars 62 and a central axis CC.

Un deuxième bâti 66 formé principalement de deux ponts 68a et 68b reliés par des piliers 70, est monté pivotant autour de cet axe central CC. Le pont supérieur 68a associé à un pont intermédiaire 69, porte une ancre 72, tandis qu'une roue d'échappement 73 et un pignon d'échappement 75 associé à son ressort auxiliaire, sont montés sur l'axe central. Le pignon 75 n'est que partiellement représenté, tandis que le ressort n'est pas visible. Avantageusement, le pignon d'échappement 75 est situé entre le premier 60 et le deuxième 66 bâti. Autrement dit, le deuxième bâti est intercalé entre la roue 73 et le pignon 75 d'échappement. De la sorte, le pignon 75 permet de faciliter la liaison cinématique entre l'échappement et le rouage de finissage, car il évite d'entraver la rotation du deuxième bâti 66 par rapport au premier.A second frame 66 formed mainly of two bridges 68a and 68b connected by pillars 70, is pivotally mounted about this central axis CC. The upper deck 68a associated with an intermediate bridge 69, carries an anchor 72, while an escape wheel 73 and an escape pinion 75 associated with its auxiliary spring, are mounted on the central axis. The pinion 75 is only partially represented, while the spring is not visible. Advantageously, the exhaust pinion 75 is located between the first 60 and the second 66 frame. In other words, the second frame is interposed between the wheel 73 and the exhaust pinion 75. In this way, the pinion 75 facilitates the kinematic connection between the exhaust and the finishing train, because it avoids impeding the rotation of the second frame 66 relative to the first.

L'ancre 72 coopère avec une cheville de plateau 74. Le plateau pivote entre le pont supérieur 68a et le pont intermédiaire 69 et est doté d'un arbre 76 qui traverse le pont intermédiaire 69 et se termine en un pignon à denture conique 78. A l'instar de ce qui a été décrit ci-dessus, l'arbre 76 comporte un organe de liaison 80 comprenant une charnière d'axe DD qui le relie de manière articulée à un troisième bâti 82. Une partie des éléments formant la charnière est solidaire ou peut être venue d'une pièce avec le pont intermédiaire 69. Le balancier spiral est monté dans ce troisième bâti 82 et entraîne solidairement, par un axe qui traverse le bâti 82, un deuxième pignon à denture conique 84 qui coopère avec le premier 78.The anchor 72 cooperates with a plateau pin 74. The plate pivots between the upper bridge 68a and the intermediate bridge 69 and is provided with a shaft 76 which passes through the intermediate bridge 69 and terminates in a bevel gear 78. As described above, the shaft 76 comprises a connecting member 80 comprising a hinge axis DD which connects it in an articulated manner to a third frame 82. A part of the elements forming the hinge is integral or may be integral with the intermediate bridge 69. The balance spring is mounted in the third frame 82 and leads integrally, by an axis which passes through the frame 82, a second pinion with conical teeth 84 which cooperates with the first 78.

Ainsi, l'organe régulateur est susceptible de pivoter autour de l'axe DD, d'une part, mais également, solidairement avec l'ensemble de l'assortiment, autour de l'axe CC. L'ensemble du deuxième bâti 66 pivote à l'intérieur du premier 60 dont les piliers 62 sont suffisamment distants l'un de l'autre pour permettre une révolution complète du deuxième bâti. Pour améliorer la réactivité de l'ensemble les piliers 70 du deuxième bâti sont réalisés en un matériau lourd.Thus, the regulating member is pivotable about the axis DD, on the one hand, but also, in solidarity with the entire assortment, around the axis CC. The assembly of the second frame 66 pivots inside the first 60 whose pillars 62 are sufficiently distant from each other to allow a complete revolution of the second frame. To improve the reactivity of the assembly, the pillars 70 of the second frame are made of a heavy material.

Ainsi est proposé une pièce d'horlogerie dont l'organe régulateur, seul ou associé à l'organe distributeur, est disposé dans un bâti susceptible d'être orienté selon deux axes par la force gravitationnelle terrestre. Le plan du balancier spiral demeure approximativement orthogonal à la direction de la gravité. Les écarts de marche observés généralement dans les différentes positions de la montre n'existent plus.Thus is proposed a timepiece whose regulating member, alone or associated with the distributor member, is disposed in a frame capable of being oriented along two axes by the gravitational force of the earth. The plane of the balance spring remains approximately orthogonal to the direction of gravity. The differences of course generally observed in the various positions of the watch no longer exist.

Dans les modes de réalisation qui viennent d'être décrits, l'échappement représenté est du type à ancre suisse. L'homme du métier pourra choisir et adapter aisément tout type d'échappement sans sortir du cadre de l'invention. De même, l'homme du métier pourra définir et positionner des butées permettant d'éviter que les bâtis prennent des positions extrêmes défavorables. Les deux pignons à denture conique associés à l'organe de liaison peuvent être remplacés, l'un, par un engrenage de type sphérique, et l'autre, par un plateau dont les bords sont recourbés dans une direction convexe, ces bords portant une denture collaborant avec l'engrenage sphérique. Un tel dispositif peut être inspiré du document SU 958048 .In the embodiments which have just been described, the escapement represented is of the Swiss anchor type. The skilled person can easily choose and adapt any type of exhaust without departing from the scope of the invention. Similarly, the skilled person can define and position stops to prevent the frames take unfavorable extreme positions. The two bevel gears associated with the connecting member can be replaced, one by a gear spherical type and the other by a plate whose edges are curved in a convex direction, these edges bearing a toothing collaborating with the spherical gear. Such a device can be inspired from the document SU 958048 .

Le mécanisme selon l'invention, tout comme le Tourbillon de Bréguet, cherche à limiter les effets de la gravitation terrestre sur l'organe régulateur. En référence et en hommage à ce prédécesseur prestigieux, ce mécanisme est appelé Maelström.The mechanism according to the invention, like the Tourbillon Bréguet, seeks to limit the effects of terrestrial gravitation on the regulating organ. In reference and as a tribute to this prestigious predecessor, this mechanism is called Maelström.

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  1. Timepiece comprising an assortment formed of a spiral and an escapement mechanism, this latter being intended to drive a going train of a watch movement and a balance (42) cooperating with said escapement mechanism, said balance being mounted in a frame (28, 60), said frame pivoting around a first axis (AA, CC), characterized by the fact that the orientation of said frame (28, 60) with respect to said first axis (AA, CC) is function of the orientation of the terrestrial gravitation force, the escapement mechanism being not connected to a driving wheel driven by a corrective cinematic chain meshing with a wheel fast with a counterweight to cause the rotation of the driving wheel in the same direction and at the same speed than the counterweight.
  2. Timepiece according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that said frame (28, 60) pivotes around a driving mobile (14) intended to drive the going train and driven in rotation around the said first axis by the said escapement mechanism.
  3. Timepiece according to claim 2, characterized by the fact that said frame pivotes around a second axis (BB) with respect to said driving mobile, a second reference plane being defined by the parallel plane to the direction of the terrestrial gravitation force and passing through said second axis.
  4. Timepiece according to claim 3, characterized by the fact that said driving mobile is a shaft (14), and in that the said shaft and the said escapement mechanism are cinematically connected by means of :
    - a linking member which comprises a first element (18a) pivoting on the said shaft (14) and a second element (18b) hinged onto the first element (18a) in reference to said second axis (BB),
    - a first pinion having a conical toothing (16) pivoting on the said first element and driving said shaft, and
    - a second pinion having a conical toothing (46) pivoting on the said second element driven by said escapement mechanism and cooperating with the first pinion having a conical toothing.
  5. Timepiece according to claim 4 in which the escapement mechanism comprises a wheel (36) and an escapement pinion (38), characterized by the fact that the axes of said wheel (36) and of the escapement pinion (38), of the second pinion having a conical toothing (46) and of the balance (42) are aligned.
  6. Timepiece according to one of claims 2 to 5, characterized by the fact that the frame (28) comprises weights (52) the position of which is adjustable with respect to the frame.
  7. Timepiece according to one of claims 4 to 6, characterized by the fact that the length of the shaft (14) between its end located on the going train side and the second axis is greater that the greatest orthogonal distance to the reference plane of the parts of the assortment or of the frame located on the side of the reference plane which does not comprise said shaft.
  8. Timepiece according to one of claims 3 to 7, characterized by the fact that the centre of gravity of the frame (28) and of the assortment is located in the second plane of reference
  9. Timepiece according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that said balance is mounted in a second frame (66), said balance and said escapement mechanism being connected by means of :
    - a liking member (80) comprising a first element pivoting on a shaft (76) movable in rotation with respect to the second frame (66) and a second element hinged onto the first element by means of a hinge defining a second axis (DD),
    - a first pinion having a conical toothing (78) pivoting on said first element and driving the said shaft (76), and
    - a second pinion having a conical toothing (84) pivoting on the said second element, driven by said balance and cooperating with the first pinion having a conical toothing.
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