EP1818734A1 - Druckvorrichtung zum Steuern einer Funktion von außerhalb eines Uhrengehäuses - Google Patents

Druckvorrichtung zum Steuern einer Funktion von außerhalb eines Uhrengehäuses Download PDF

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EP1818734A1
EP1818734A1 EP06405058A EP06405058A EP1818734A1 EP 1818734 A1 EP1818734 A1 EP 1818734A1 EP 06405058 A EP06405058 A EP 06405058A EP 06405058 A EP06405058 A EP 06405058A EP 1818734 A1 EP1818734 A1 EP 1818734A1
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pushers
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rocker
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François-Paul JOURNE
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Montres Journe SA
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Priority to JP2008553595A priority patent/JP5042238B2/ja
Priority to US12/278,201 priority patent/US7570545B2/en
Priority to PCT/CH2007/000045 priority patent/WO2007090307A2/fr
Priority to EP07700132A priority patent/EP1982234B1/de
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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
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/08—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits
    • G04B37/10—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits of winding stems
    • G04B37/106—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits of winding stems of push buttons
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B3/00—Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically; Winding up several mainsprings or driving weights simultaneously
    • G04B3/04—Rigidly-mounted keys, knobs or crowns
    • G04B3/048—Operation exclusively by axial movement of a push-button, e.g. for chronographs
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04F—TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING
    • G04F7/00—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by non-electric means
    • G04F7/04—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by non-electric means using a mechanical oscillator
    • G04F7/08—Watches or clocks with stop devices, e.g. chronograph
    • G04F7/0842—Watches or clocks with stop devices, e.g. chronograph with start-stop control mechanisms
    • G04F7/0861—Watches or clocks with stop devices, e.g. chronograph with start-stop control mechanisms actuated by other than push-buttons, e.g. bezel or lever

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  • the present invention relates to a push-button device for controlling a function of the outside of a watch case comprising a case whose main face is traversed by a central opening for receiving a watch movement and having a lateral opening.
  • guide whose axis is parallel to the plane of the central opening and through which a control button is slidably mounted between two limit positions, elastic return means constantly tending to maintain this pusher in its outer limit position relative to at said central opening, corresponding to its rest position.
  • the actuation of the chronograph pushers generally generates a pressure per unit area relatively large given the force to be provided and the very small surface on which the manual pressure is exerted. Thus, the pressure felt on the finger is not negligible.
  • the object of the present invention is to improve the comfort of the user when actuating the pushers.
  • this invention relates to a push-button control device for controlling a function of the outside of a watch case according to claim 1.
  • the force exerted is multiplied by the leverage effect of the control lever.
  • the surface of the rocker on which the pressure is exerted can be substantially greater than that exerted directly on the same pusher, so that the pressure per unit area on the finger is also lower. So the lever effect and the increased surface both contribute to a better comfort, as well as to a greater reactivity of the command, which helps to improve the accuracy of the measurement performed.
  • the single figure is a partial plan view of a chronograph mechanism as well as the middle of the protective box without the bottom.
  • This figure shows a portion of a box middle 1 crossed by a central opening la to receive the movement of the timepiece, in this example a chronograph movement.
  • This middle is further traversed by two lateral openings 2, 3 each serving as a guide opening for a control push-button 4, respectively 5.
  • each control push-button 4, 5 is housed in a bushing 6, respectively 7 driven. in the respective lateral opening 2, 3.
  • Two o-rings O-rings 8 are housed around each control pusher portion 4, 5 located in the sockets 6, respectively 7, to seal the control pushers 4 , Crossing the middle part 1.
  • control pusher 4 located inside the box 1 is in contact with an anchor or pin 9 projecting from a control lever 10 pivoted at one end 10a and provided at its opposite end with a finger 10b engaged with ratchet teeth 11a of a conventional column wheel 11 for on / off control of the chronograph mechanism (not shown).
  • This column wheel 11 is positioned by a ratchet not shown.
  • the end of the control pusher 5 located inside the box is in contact with a pin 12 of a reset control lever 13 pivotally mounted about an axis 13a.
  • This reset control lever 13 comprises a locking arm 13b.
  • a locking lever 14 engaged against the columns 11b of the column wheel 11 by a not shown spring is pivotally mounted about an axis 14a. It comprises a finger 14c likely to engage between the columns 11b of the column wheel 11, or to come to rest on the columns 11b, as shown in the position drawn in broken lines.
  • the position shown in solid lines corresponds to the stop position of the chronograph. In this position, the reset lever 13 can be moved by the pusher 5 while coming into a clearance 14b of the locking lever 14.
  • a return spring 15 of the pushers 4 and 5 is held in its middle 15a and the two ends of its two symmetrical arms 15b, 15c respectively support against the pins 9 and 12, thus tending each to bring the levers 10 and 13 into position rest and simultaneously maintain the pushers 4, 5 in their respective rest positions in which they project outside the lateral guide openings 2 and 3.
  • a control rocker 16 is pivotally mounted about an axis 16a perpendicular to a plane containing the sliding axes of the two pushers 4 and 5 and located substantially equidistant from these pushers, preferably on a center line with respect to these pushers 4 5 on which is also the median clip of the return spring, ensuring a perfect symmetry of the respective forces applied to the pushers 4 and 5 by the control lever 16 and by the arms 15b, 15c of the return spring 15 on the control rocker 16 in the rest position.
  • This pivot axis 16a is advantageously formed in a clearance 17 located in the thickness of the box middle 1.
  • This control lever 16 is thus simultaneously in contact with the two pushers 4 and 5 in their rest positions defined by the means resilient return, constituted in this example by the two-arm return spring 15, so that it is in kinematic connection alternately with each of the pushers when it switches in one direction or the other, between the two positions sliding limits of these pushers 4, 5.
  • the chronograph mechanism When the chronograph mechanism is in the off position, as shown in solid lines in the figure, the user has the choice between two possibilities, he can either operate the control lever 16 to tilt it in the opposite direction to that clockwise and start the chronograph again, in case he wants to add several time intervals, either to turn it clockwise and reset the chronograph mechanism to zero. On the other hand, when the chronograph is in the position shown in phantom, the user can not operate the reset pusher 5, blocked by the locking surface 14d, but only the pusher 4, on / off, to stop the counting.
  • the operating surface of the control lever 16 preferably has a concave shape. This shape allows on the one hand to better marry the end of the finger used to maneuver and on the other hand to increase the length of the lever arm on which the finger exerts its force.
  • rocker 16 associated with two pushers 4 and 5
  • the rocker 16 is associated with only one of the pushers 4 or 5
  • the second pushbutton being replaced by a simple spring which tends to keep the rocker in contact with the remaining pusher.
  • This spring (not shown) may be for example a spring wound under tension on the axis 16a of the rocker and one end of which bears on the middle part while the other end presses on the rocker 16.

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EP06405058A 2006-02-08 2006-02-08 Druckvorrichtung zum Steuern einer Funktion von außerhalb eines Uhrengehäuses Withdrawn EP1818734A1 (de)

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EP06405058A EP1818734A1 (de) 2006-02-08 2006-02-08 Druckvorrichtung zum Steuern einer Funktion von außerhalb eines Uhrengehäuses
JP2008553595A JP5042238B2 (ja) 2006-02-08 2007-01-30 クロノグラフ機構のスタート／ストップ機能およびリセット機能を制御するための押しボタン装置
US12/278,201 US7570545B2 (en) 2006-02-08 2007-01-30 Pushbutton device for controlling the start/stop and resetting functions of a chronograph mechanism
PCT/CH2007/000045 WO2007090307A2 (fr) 2006-02-08 2007-01-30 Dispositif a poussoir pour commander les fonctions marche/arret et remise a zero d'un mecanisme de chronographe
EP07700132A EP1982234B1 (de) 2006-02-08 2007-01-30 Drucktasteneinrichtung zur steuerung der start-/stop- und zurücksetzfunktionen eines chronographenmechanismus

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US4106282A (en) * 1976-11-26 1978-08-15 Mattel, Inc. Escapement mechanism for watch
EP0443087A1 (de) * 1990-02-20 1991-08-28 IWC International Watch Co. AG Drucktastenanordnung
EP1553468A1 (de) * 2004-01-09 2005-07-13 Tissot S.A. Uhr mit Drückern und einem Mechanismus zur indirekten Betätigung der Betätigungselemente des Uhrwerks

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EP1982234A2 (de) 2008-10-22
US7570545B2 (en) 2009-08-04
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