EP1870784B1 - Mikromechanischer Drehteil mit stößgeregelter Rotation - Google Patents

Mikromechanischer Drehteil mit stößgeregelter Rotation Download PDF

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EP1870784B1
EP1870784B1 EP20070110433 EP07110433A EP1870784B1 EP 1870784 B1 EP1870784 B1 EP 1870784B1 EP 20070110433 EP20070110433 EP 20070110433 EP 07110433 A EP07110433 A EP 07110433A EP 1870784 B1 EP1870784 B1 EP 1870784B1
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Benjamin Kraehenbuehl
Thierry Conus
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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
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    • G04B15/06—Free escapements
    • G04B15/08—Lever escapements
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    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
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  • the present invention relates to a micromechanical mobile, and in particular a wheel or pinion, the rotation of which is controlled by shocks at the teeth disposed at its periphery.
  • the invention will be more particularly illustrated by an escape wheel of a sprung-balance system of a mechanical watch movement.
  • the escapement of a mechanical watch movement comprises a more or less complex set of parts, including an escape wheel whose regularly spaced teeth undergo the shock of pallets generally in rubies.
  • the shape of this wheel represented in figure 2 has hardly ever evolved. It comprises a rigid central zone 2 provided with an opening 4 for driving on a shaft, a rigid serge 12 provided with teeth 8, and generally four arms 6 also rigid, which leads to a rigid part. Improvements have focused on the number or shape of teeth in particular to facilitate lubrication and reduce wear. Licences CH 230 743 and DE 1,192,984 describe, for example, embodiments in which the teeth have notches for forming oil reservoirs.
  • Figures 9 and 10 of the document US Patent 2,717,488 illustrate two escape wheels designed to cushion the impacts associated with the impact of their teeth against the pallets of the anchor.
  • the teeth of the illustrated wheels are separated from each other by radial notches made in the serge.
  • this tooth has the ability to bend tangentially. Since the notch separating the first tooth from the next tooth is relatively narrow, the bending of the first tooth causes the two opposite edges of the notch to meet. As soon as the notch is thus closed, the resistance of the tooth to sag becomes significantly greater.
  • the possibility offered to each tooth to lean against a portion of the wheel located immediately behind it provides an escape wheel conciliating sufficient strength with significant flexibility of each tooth.
  • the material used to make such escape wheels is almost always a metal or a alloy. However, this does not totally exclude the risk of damaging the teeth in case of violent shocks. This risk is further increased if the metal is replaced by a more shock-sensitive material.
  • the present invention therefore aims to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a mobile whose rotation is controlled by shocks on teeth designed so that they are not damaged by said shocks.
  • the invention relates to such a mobile comprising a central zone of a rigid material, and arms extending radially from the central zone to a peripheral zone comprising teeth, the arms being flexible to allow a small tangential displacement and / or radial teeth to absorb shocks likely to damage said teeth.
  • the invention is characterized in that the arms are curved and gradually bend towards a tangential orientation the rotation of the mobile, in that the width of the arm is decreasing towards the periphery, and finally, in that the teeth are formed by the ends of the arms.
  • the arms are bent in the direction of rotation of said mobile.
  • the arms are bent in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation of said mobile, while at the end of the arms, the teeth are bent in the direction of rotation of said mobile.
  • the rigid central portion preferably comprises an opening for driving a shaft for rotating the mobile. This rotation can also be carried out by means of pivots coming from material with the rigid central zone.
  • the "mobile” will be more particularly illustrated by the escapement wheel of the balance-sprung system of a clockwork mechanical movement in which the teeth undergo shocks of pallets generally ruby.
  • the present invention will be more particularly illustrated by a coaxial anchor escapement in which the teeth of the escape wheel are subjected to the shocks of the pallets.
  • this mechanism comprises a first escape wheel 1 and a second escape wheel 11, also called an impulse pinion, mounted on the same axis 3.
  • the two escape wheels are integral in rotation and they have the same number of teeth.
  • the first escape wheel 1 has the shape shown in FIG. figure 2 , that is to say the shape of a classic Swiss anchor escapement wheel.
  • the pinion gear 11 also acts as an escape pinion 15 meshing with an intermediate wheel 17, which has the advantage of reducing the height of the mechanism.
  • the large plate 19 of the balance carries a plate pin 21 and a direct pulse pallet 23 arranged to cooperate with the teeth 8 of the first escape wheel 1.
  • the anchor 25, whose fork 27 cooperates with the ankle plate 21, comprises an indirect pulse pallet 24 which cooperates with the teeth 13 of the second escape wheel 11, as well as two pallets of rest 26, 28, respectively inlet and outlet, which cooperate with the teeth 8 of the first escape wheel 1.
  • the construction of such a coaxial escapement requires tight tolerances, so that such an exhaust is mainly reserved for high-end timepieces.
  • the present invention is innovative in that the teeth have a certain flexibility radially and tangentially so as to absorb shocks.
  • the figure 3 corresponds to the escape wheel 1 represented in the Figures 5 and 6 , to explain the operation of a coaxial escapement, and corresponds to a first embodiment.
  • the arms 6 are curved and gradually bend towards a tangential orientation, in the direction of rotation of the mobile.
  • the arms 6 are relatively thin given their length, which gives them some flexibility.
  • the wheel 1 has no serge, the teeth 8 being constituted by the ends of the arms 6.
  • the absence of serge has the advantage of giving each arm 6 the ability to flex independently of other arms. Since the arms 6 are not simply oriented radially like the wheel arms of the prior art, they have the possibility of flexing radially as well as tangentially.
  • the configuration of the arms that "roll up" around the wheel makes it possible to have longer arms for a wheel of a given diameter.
  • the curvature of the arms 6 is progressive so as to distribute the tensions caused by a shock throughout the length of the arms. Moreover, we can still see figure 3 that the width of the arms diminishes as we approach their extremities. Indeed, it will be understood that, in the configuration shown, the shear stresses are greater at the birth of the arms than at their end. Under these conditions, the progressive thinning of the arms makes it possible to reconcile the contradictory imperatives of flexibility and solidity.
  • the escape wheel 1 has eight arms 6 and as many teeth 8. It is obvious that one could have another number of arms and teeth.
  • the figure 4 corresponds to a second embodiment. It differs from the previous mode in that the arms 6 "wind up" around the wheel in the opposite direction to the direction of rotation of the wheel. It can be seen that, in this embodiment, each tooth is formed by a portion 8 of the end of an arm which is bent in the direction of rotation of the wheel.
  • the central opening 4 comprises an arrangement 5 to have a certain elasticity.
  • This arrangement is particularly advantageous when the material used to make such an escapement is a material having a certain flexibility but being brittle such as glass, quartz or silicon.
  • the arms 6 comprise spikes 7. These spikes serve to angularly position the spur gear 11 relative to the escape wheel 1 during the assembly of the escapement mechanism. Once wheel and pinion correctly oriented relative to each other, these two parts are secured to one another by gluing or by any other suitable method. It will be observed that the escape pinion 11 could also have the characteristics of one of the configurations just described for the escape wheel 1.
  • Such a mobile according to the invention can be realized according to the techniques known in the field. If the material used is a metal or an alloy, the mobile can be cut into a plate by stamping, wire EDM, etc ... or be conformed by the LIGA technique. If the material used is a fragile material, such as glass, quartz and silicon, the mobile can be shaped by chemical etching.

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  1. Mikromechanisches bewegliches Element, insbesondere mit durch stoßgesteuerter Drehung, mit einer starren Mittelzone (2) und Armen (6), die sich von der Mittelzone (2) radial in eine Umfangszone erstrecken, die Zähne (8) aufweist, wobei die Arme (6) biegsam sind, um eine geringe tangentiale und/oder radiale Verlagerung der Zähne (8) zu ermöglichen, um Stöße zu absorbieren, die die Zähne (8) beschädigen könnten, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Arme (6) gekrümmt sind und sich progressiv in eine zur Drehung des beweglichen Elements tangentiale Orientierung durchbiegen, dass die Breite der Arme zum Umfang abnimmt und dass die Zähne durch die Enden der Arme gebildet sind.
  2. Bewegliches Element nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich die Arme (6) in der zur Drehrichtung des beweglichen Elements entgegengesetzten Richtung durchbiegen und dass am Ende der Arme (6) die Zähne (8) in Drehrichtung des beweglichen Elements umgebogen sind.
  3. Bewegliches Element nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich die Arme (6) in Drehrichtung des beweglichen Elements durchbiegen.
  4. Bewegliches Element nach einem der Ansprüche 1, 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die starre Mittelzone (2) mit einer Öffnung (4) versehen ist, die ihre Festpressung an einer Welle (3) ermöglicht.
  5. Bewegliches Element nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die mittige Öffnung (4) eine Anordnung (5) aufweist, die der Öffnung (4) eine Elastizität verleiht, um das bewegliche Element an der Welle (3) festzupressen.
  6. Bewegliches Element nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das bewegliche Element aus einem Metall oder einer Legierung verwirklicht ist, indem es aus einer Platte herausgearbeitet ist oder ihre Herstellung gemäß der LIGA-Technik erfolgt.
  7. Bewegliches Element nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das bewegliche Element aus einem zerbrechlichen Material wie etwa Glas, Quarz oder Silicium verwirklicht ist, indem es durch Gravieren gebildet ist.
  8. Bewegliches Element nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es das Hemmungsrad (1) des Systems bildet, das ein mechanisches Uhrwerk reguliert, und eventuell einen Impulstrieb (11) aufweist, der koaxial zu dem Hemmungsrad (1) angebracht ist.
  9. Bewegliches Elemente nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Arme Spitzen (7) aufweisen, die ermöglichen, die Winkelposition des Impulstriebs (11) zu indexieren.
  10. Zeitmessgerät, das ein Gehäuse umfasst, das durch ein Uhrenglas verschlossen ist, unter dem ein Zifferblatt angeordnet ist, das wenigstens eine analoge Anzeige aufweist, wobei das Zifferblatt einen Aufnahmeraum für ein mechanisches Uhrwerk begrenzt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das regulierende System des Werks ein Hemmungsrad (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche enthält.
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