EP1960844B1 - Drive mechanism for a calendar display for a time piece - Google Patents

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EP1960844B1
EP1960844B1 EP06830355.1A EP06830355A EP1960844B1 EP 1960844 B1 EP1960844 B1 EP 1960844B1 EP 06830355 A EP06830355 A EP 06830355A EP 1960844 B1 EP1960844 B1 EP 1960844B1
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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
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/24—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars
    • G04B19/243—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator
    • G04B19/247—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator disc-shaped
    • G04B19/253—Driving or releasing mechanisms
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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
    • G04B19/24—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars
    • G04B19/243—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator
    • G04B19/247—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator disc-shaped
    • G04B19/253—Driving or releasing mechanisms
    • G04B19/25333—Driving or releasing mechanisms wherein the date indicators are driven or released mechanically by a clockwork movement
    • G04B19/25373—Driving or releasing mechanisms wherein the date indicators are driven or released mechanically by a clockwork movement driven or released stepwise by an energy source which is released at determined moments by the clockwork movement
    • G04B19/25386—Driving or releasing mechanisms wherein the date indicators are driven or released mechanically by a clockwork movement driven or released stepwise by an energy source which is released at determined moments by the clockwork movement manually corrected at the end of months having less than 31 days
    • 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
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/24—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars

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  • the present invention relates to a mechanism for driving a date display for a timepiece comprising a first and second indicators for which are affixed numbers respectively indicating the units and tens of said date, these indicators being driven by a mobile programming.
  • the latter bearing itself a date wheel equipped with thirty-one teeth, this wheel being driven in turn by the tip of a rocker to advance said wheel by one step during a change of date.
  • This mechanism equips a timepiece known as a large date appearing through a large window pierced in the dial of this timepiece. The date then appears larger than if it was printed on a single ring making one turn less and progressing about 11.5 degrees per day.
  • the first and second indicators respectively indicating the units and the tens of the date are driven by a programming mobile which is described in the document WO 01/77756 .
  • This mobile is arranged to step the first indicator at the end of every day except at the end of the thirty-first day when it is not driven, and by one step the second indicator at the end of the ninth , nineteenth, twenty-ninth and thirty-first days of the month.
  • This programming mobile carries a date wheel provided with thirty-one teeth that is known to be driven by the spout of a rocker which is in turn controlled either by the engine mechanism of the timepiece, or by a pusher manually operated when there is a need for date correction.
  • the change of date occurs when the tip of the rocker - controlled manually or by the drive mechanism - enters between two teeth of the date wheel and advances one step thereof.
  • This constructive arrangement has a major disadvantage, that of the risk of runaway of one of the indicators. Indeed, as the correction of the date is effected by means of a pusher and as the force exerted manually on this pusher is not constant but depends on the force with which the latter is pushed, the date wheel and with it the linked programming mobile can launch either the tens indicator or the units indicator, by the inherent inertia of said indicators beyond the desired angle of rotation of a single step, resulting in a progression of two units or one. For the indicator of tens, this danger exists if a correction occurs on the ninth, nineteenth, twenty-ninth and thirty-first days of the month and for the indicator of units if a correction occurs on the thirtieth day of the month. It follows necessarily a loss of synchronization between the two indicators, synchronizations that can only be restored by opening the timepiece to restore the order of things.
  • the document WO 01/77756 cited above uses a ratchet and two pins that prevent the runaway of one or other of the indicators. This system is relatively complicated and uses additional parts increasing the price of the timepiece.
  • the present invention avoids the runaway of one or the other of the indicators whatever the date of the change of date and without it being necessary to add to the timepiece a single additional piece.
  • the drive mechanism of a date display is illustrated in the figures listed above.
  • This date has two indicators.
  • the first indicator 1 displays the units 3 of the date and the second indicator 2 displays the tens 4 of said date.
  • the indicators 1 and 2 are mounted coaxial to each other, that of the tens being mounted inside that of the units.
  • the date appears through a large window pierced in the dial that wears the timepiece indicators 1 and 2 are driven by a programming mobile P.
  • the programming mobile 8 step by step the first indicator 1 of the units 3 at the end of every day of the month except at the end of the thirty-first day when it is not driven.
  • figure 3 and 4 show that the indicator 1 of the units is provided with a ten-pointed star 26 in engagement with a wheel 27 bearing thirty teeth 28, the latter being secured to the programming wheel P.
  • the wheel 27 has a gap 29 without teeth so that the indicator 1 units 3 is not driven when the date passes the 31 of the month ending in the first of the new month, the number 1 remaining stationary and therefore used for both dates.
  • the programming mobile 8 is also arranged to step the second indicator 2 of the tens 4 at the end of the ninth, nineteenth, twenty-ninth and thirty-first days of the month.
  • the figures show that the indicator 2 of the tens 4 is provided with a pinion 30 with four branches 31 engaged with one of the four protrusions 32 movable integral programming 8, these projections being arranged on the mobile 8 to advance d one not the indicator 2 of the tens 4 at the end of the days mentioned above.
  • the programming wheel 8 carries a date wheel 9 provided with thirty-one teeth 10 regularly distributed around the wheel 9.
  • This date wheel 9 is in turn driven by the spout 15 of a rocker 16
  • a return spring 17 acts on the rocker 16, the latter pivoting about an axis 18.
  • the figure 1 shows the drive mechanism as it appears between each change of date. This is the rest position according to the original idea that makes the present invention, the nose 15 of the rocker 16 is then engaged between first and second teeth 11 and 12 of the date wheel 9.
  • This arrangement has a first advantage obvious, that of blocking the mechanism and thus to make it insensitive to possible shocks exerted on the timepiece and that could cause the date wheel to turn unexpectedly between the periods of change of date.
  • This provision therefore departs from that generally adopted in the prior art which consists of releasing the spout of the toothing of the wheel 9, insensitivity to impact being ensured only by a jumper 34 acting on this toothing.
  • the engagement of the spout 15 in the toothing of the date wheel is ensured by the force of the return spring 17 which presses on the rocker 16.
  • the date displayed is 24.
  • the figure 2 shows the drive mechanism as it appears at the beginning of a change of date due to an action exerted on a correction pusher.
  • the pusher proper is not shown, but a rod 21 associated with it.
  • This rod is recalled by a spring 35.
  • the figure 2 shows that the tip 15 of the rocker 16 is manually released from the date wheel 9 to correct the date. This clearance is achieved by means of the rod 21 of the pusher.
  • the rod 21 cooperates with a driver pin 22 mounted on the flip-flop 16 and rotates this latch clockwise when the rod 21 moves in the direction of the arrow B by manual action exerted on the pusher associated with this rod.
  • the spout 15 of the rocker 16 is disengaged from the first and second teeth 11 and 12 and is opposite the second and third teeth 12 and 13 of the date wheel 9.
  • the date displayed is always 24.
  • the figure 3 shows the drive mechanism as it appears at the beginning of a change of date due to an action exerted by the movement of the timepiece. This is a change of date as it appears at the end of each day.
  • the spout 15 of the rocker 16 is disengaged from the date wheel 9 by a cam 19 driven by the movement of the timepiece, this cam 19 making a turn in twenty-four hours by turning in the direction of the arrow A and cooperate with a finger 20 which is provided with the rocker 16.
  • the tip of the rocker is released from the first and second teeth 11 and 12 and is opposite the second and third teeth 12 and 13 of the date wheel 9.
  • the date displayed is still 24.
  • the figure 3 shows again that the cam 19 has a first sector 23 rising and low inclinations.
  • the cam 19 rotating in the direction of the arrow A, the finger 20 of the rocker 16 begins by climbing this first sector 23, which rotates the rocker 16 in the clockwise direction to disengage its spout 15 of the toothing of the wheel of date 9.
  • the clearance is maximum when the top of the finger 20 reaches the end of the first sector 23.
  • the figure 4 shows the drive mechanism as it appears at the end of the change of date.
  • the figure 4 shows that the spout 15 has fallen between the second and third teeth 12 and 13 of the date wheel 9, which has rotated the wheel clockwise and advanced one step the indicator 1 of the units 3 which has from 4 to 5, the displayed date having passed from 24 to 25.
  • the change of date has been caused either manually by abandoning the pressure exerted on the pusher, or mechanically by the movement of the timepiece at the end of a day.
  • the figure 4 shows that the rod 21 is returned to the rest position in the direction of the arrow C by abandoning the manual pressure exerted on its pusher, this return being actuated by the return spring 35.
  • the latch 16 rotates in a counterclockwise direction and its spout 15 is housed between the second and third teeth 12 and 13 of the wheel 9, rotating this wheel a step as mentioned above.
  • the figure 3 shows again that the cam 19 has a second sector 24 descending and disposed substantially radically to the axis of rotation 25 of the cam.
  • the second sector 24 has a void space in which the finger 20 falls as soon as the cam continues to rotate in the direction of the arrow A, that is to say at the time of the change of date.
  • the drop of the finger 20 in the empty space of the cam instantly rotates the rocker 16 in a counterclockwise direction and makes the spout 15 penetrate between the second and third teeth 12 and 13 which causes the instantaneous advancement of the date wheel. and hence the instantaneous change of one or the other indicator.
  • the instantaneous changeover from date to midnight has not been proposed, to the knowledge of the applicant, in timepieces on a large date where there are dragging or semi-instantaneous mechanisms that require several tens of minutes to pass through. one date to another.

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La présente invention est relative à un mécanisme d'entraînement d'un affichage de quantième pour pièce d'horlogerie comportant un premier et second indicateurs pour lesquels sont apposés des chiffres indiquant respectivement les unités et les dizaines dudit quantième, ces indicateurs étant entraînés par un mobile de programmation. Le dernier portant lui-même une roue de quantième munie de trente et une dents, cette roue étant entraînée à son tour par le bec d'une bascule pour faire progresser ladite roue d'un pas lors d'un changement de quantième.The present invention relates to a mechanism for driving a date display for a timepiece comprising a first and second indicators for which are affixed numbers respectively indicating the units and tens of said date, these indicators being driven by a mobile programming. The latter bearing itself a date wheel equipped with thirty-one teeth, this wheel being driven in turn by the tip of a rocker to advance said wheel by one step during a change of date.

Le mécanisme décrit succinctement dans le paragraphe ci-dessus est bien connu de l'art antérieur. Ce mécanisme équipe une pièce d'horlogerie dite à grande date apparaissant au travers d'un grand guichet percé dans le cadran de cette pièce d'horlogerie. La date apparaît alors en plus grande dimension que si elle était imprimée sur un simple anneau faisant un tour de moins et progressant d'environ 11,5 degrés par jour.The mechanism briefly described in the above paragraph is well known in the prior art. This mechanism equips a timepiece known as a large date appearing through a large window pierced in the dial of this timepiece. The date then appears larger than if it was printed on a single ring making one turn less and progressing about 11.5 degrees per day.

Les premier et second indicateurs indiquant respectivement les unités et les dizaines du quantième sont entraînés par un mobile de programmation qui est décrit dans le document WO 01/77756 . Ce mobile est arrangé pour entraîner d'un pas le premier indicateur à la fin de tous les jours sauf à la fin du trente et unième jour où il n'est pas entraîné, et d'un pas le second indicateur à la fin des neuvième, dix-neuvième, vingt-neuvième et trente et unième jours du mois.The first and second indicators respectively indicating the units and the tens of the date are driven by a programming mobile which is described in the document WO 01/77756 . This mobile is arranged to step the first indicator at the end of every day except at the end of the thirty-first day when it is not driven, and by one step the second indicator at the end of the ninth , nineteenth, twenty-ninth and thirty-first days of the month.

Ce mobile de programmation porte une roue de quantième munie de trente et une dents qu'il est connu d'entraîner par le bec d'une bascule commandée a son tour soit par le mécanisme moteur de la pièce d'horlogerie, soit par un poussoir actionné manuellement quand des besoins de correction de la date se font sentir. Dans les deux cas, le changement de date s'opère quand le bec de la bascule - commandée manuellement ou par le mécanisme moteur - pénètre entre deux dents de la roue de quantième et fait avancer d'un pas cette dernière. Une fois la fonction terminée, et par l'effet d'un ressort de rappel agissant sur la bascule, le bec est extrait de la denture de la roue.This programming mobile carries a date wheel provided with thirty-one teeth that is known to be driven by the spout of a rocker which is in turn controlled either by the engine mechanism of the timepiece, or by a pusher manually operated when there is a need for date correction. In both cases, the change of date occurs when the tip of the rocker - controlled manually or by the drive mechanism - enters between two teeth of the date wheel and advances one step thereof. Once the function is completed, and by the effect of a return spring acting on the rocker, the spout is extracted from the teeth of the wheel.

Cette disposition constructive présente un inconvénient majeur, celui du risque d'emballement d'un des indicateurs. En effet, comme la correction de la date s'effectue au moyen d'un poussoir et comme la force exercée manuellement sur ce poussoir n'est pas constante mais dépend de la vigueur avec laquelle ce dernier est poussé, la roue de quantième et avec elle le mobile de programmation qui lui est lié peuvent lancer soit l'indicateur des dizaines, soit l'indicateur des unités, de par l'inertie propre desdits indicateurs au delà de l'angle de rotation désiré d'un pas unique, d'où une progression de deux unités ou bien d'une seule. Pour l'indicateur des dizaines ce danger existe si une correction intervient le neuvième, dix-neuvième, vingt-neuvième et trente et unième jour du mois et pour l'indicateur des unités si une correction intervient le trentième jour du mois. Il s'ensuit obligatoirement une perte de synchronisation entre les deux indicateurs, synchronisations qui ne pourra être rétablie qu'en ouvrant la pièce d'horlogerie pour rétablir l'ordre des choses.This constructive arrangement has a major disadvantage, that of the risk of runaway of one of the indicators. Indeed, as the correction of the date is effected by means of a pusher and as the force exerted manually on this pusher is not constant but depends on the force with which the latter is pushed, the date wheel and with it the linked programming mobile can launch either the tens indicator or the units indicator, by the inherent inertia of said indicators beyond the desired angle of rotation of a single step, resulting in a progression of two units or one. For the indicator of tens, this danger exists if a correction occurs on the ninth, nineteenth, twenty-ninth and thirty-first days of the month and for the indicator of units if a correction occurs on the thirtieth day of the month. It follows necessarily a loss of synchronization between the two indicators, synchronizations that can only be restored by opening the timepiece to restore the order of things.

Pour éviter les inconvénients décrits au paragraphe ci-dessus, au moins lors du passage du vingt-neuf au trente puis du trente au premier du mois suivant, le document WO 01/77756 cité plus haut met en oeuvre un rochet et deux goupilles qui évitent l'emballement de l'un ou l'autre des indicateurs. Ce système est relativement compliqué et fait appel à des pièces supplémentaires augmentant du coup le prix du garde-temps.To avoid the disadvantages described in the above paragraph, at least during the transition from twenty-ninth to thirty and from thirty to the first of the following month, the document WO 01/77756 cited above uses a ratchet and two pins that prevent the runaway of one or other of the indicators. This system is relatively complicated and uses additional parts increasing the price of the timepiece.

La présente invention évite l'emballement de l'un ou l'autre des indicateurs quelle que soit la date du changement de quantième et sans qu'il soit nécessaire d'ajouter à la pièce d'horlogerie une seule pièce supplémentaire.The present invention avoids the runaway of one or the other of the indicators whatever the date of the change of date and without it being necessary to add to the timepiece a single additional piece.

Pour ce faire, le mécanisme d'entraînement de l'affichage de quantième est conforme aux revendications 1 et 2.To do this, the drive mechanism of the date display is in accordance with claims 1 and 2.

L'invention va être décrite maintenant en détail en s'appuyant sur la description qui va suivre, description illustrée par les dessins annexés donnés à titre d'exemple d'un mode d'exécution et parmi lesquels:

  • la figure 1 montre le mécanisme selon l'invention tel qu'il se présente entre chaque changement de quantième,
  • la figure 2 montre le mécanisme selon l'invention tel qu'il se présente au début d'un changement de quantième dû à une action exercée sur un poussoir de correction,
  • la figure 3 montre le mécanisme selon l'invention tel qu'il se présente au début d'un changement de quantième dû à une action exercée par le mouvement de la pièce d'horloger, et
  • le figure 4 montre le mécanisme selon l'invention tel qu'il se présente à la fin de chaque changement de quantième.
The invention will now be described in detail on the basis of the following description, which description is illustrated by the appended drawings given by way of example of an embodiment and of which:
  • the figure 1 shows the mechanism according to the invention as it occurs between each change of date,
  • the figure 2 shows the mechanism according to the invention as it appears at the beginning of a change of date due to an action exerted on a correction pusher,
  • the figure 3 shows the mechanism according to the invention as it appears at the beginning of a change of date due to an action exerted by the movement of the timepiece, and
  • the figure 4 shows the mechanism according to the invention as it appears at the end of each change of date.

Le mécanisme d'entraînement d'un affichage de quantième est illustré dans les figures énumérés ci-dessus. Ce quantième comporte deux indicateurs. Le premier indicateur 1 affiche les unités 3 du quantième et le second indicateur 2 affiche les dizaines 4 dudit quantième. Les indicateurs 1 et 2 sont montés coaxiaux l'un à l'autre, celui des dizaines étant monté à l'intérieur de celui des unités. La date apparaît au travers d'un grand guichet percé dans le cadran que porte la pièce d'horlogerie des indicateurs 1 et 2 sont entraînés par un mobile de programmation P.The drive mechanism of a date display is illustrated in the figures listed above. This date has two indicators. The first indicator 1 displays the units 3 of the date and the second indicator 2 displays the tens 4 of said date. The indicators 1 and 2 are mounted coaxial to each other, that of the tens being mounted inside that of the units. The date appears through a large window pierced in the dial that wears the timepiece indicators 1 and 2 are driven by a programming mobile P.

Le mobile de programmation 8 entraîne d'un pas le premier indicateur 1 des unités 3 à la fin de tous les jours du mois sauf à la fin du trente et unième jour où il n'est pas entraîné. Pour cela les figure 3 et 4 montrent que l'indicateur 1 des unités est pourvu d'une étoile 25 à dix branches 26 en prise avec une roue 27 portant trente dents 28, cette dernière étant solidaire du mobile de programmation P. La roue 27 présente un espace 29 dépourvu de dent de sorte que l'indicateur 1 des unités 3 n'est pas entraîné quand la date passe du 31 du mois finissant au premier du mois naissant, le chiffre 1 restant stationnaire et donc utilisé pour les deux dates.The programming mobile 8 step by step the first indicator 1 of the units 3 at the end of every day of the month except at the end of the thirty-first day when it is not driven. For that, figure 3 and 4 show that the indicator 1 of the units is provided with a ten-pointed star 26 in engagement with a wheel 27 bearing thirty teeth 28, the latter being secured to the programming wheel P. The wheel 27 has a gap 29 without teeth so that the indicator 1 units 3 is not driven when the date passes the 31 of the month ending in the first of the new month, the number 1 remaining stationary and therefore used for both dates.

Le mobile de programmation 8 est également arrangé pour entraîner d'un pas le second indicateur 2 des dizaines 4 à la fin des neuvième, dix-neuvième, vingt-neuvième et trente et unième jours du mois. Pour cela les figures montrent que l'indicateur 2 des dizaines 4 est pourvu d'un pignon 30 à quatre branches 31 en prise avec une des quatre saillies 32 solidaire mobile de programmation 8, ces saillies étant disposées sur le mobile 8 pour faire progresser d'un pas l'indicateur 2 des dizaines 4 à la fin des jours cités plus haut.The programming mobile 8 is also arranged to step the second indicator 2 of the tens 4 at the end of the ninth, nineteenth, twenty-ninth and thirty-first days of the month. For this, the figures show that the indicator 2 of the tens 4 is provided with a pinion 30 with four branches 31 engaged with one of the four protrusions 32 movable integral programming 8, these projections being arranged on the mobile 8 to advance d one not the indicator 2 of the tens 4 at the end of the days mentioned above.

Les figures montrent encore que le mobile de programmation 8 porte une roue de quantième 9 munie de trente et une dents 10 régulièrement réparties autour de la roue 9. Cette roue de quantième 9 est entraînée à son tour par le bec 15 d'une bascule 16. Dans le mode d'exécution montré sur les dessins, un ressort de rappel 17 agit sur la bascule 16, cette dernière pivotant autour d'un axe 18.The figures also show that the programming wheel 8 carries a date wheel 9 provided with thirty-one teeth 10 regularly distributed around the wheel 9. This date wheel 9 is in turn driven by the spout 15 of a rocker 16 In the embodiment shown in the drawings, a return spring 17 acts on the rocker 16, the latter pivoting about an axis 18.

La figure 1 montre le mécanisme d'entraînement tel qu'il se présente entre chaque changement de quantième. C'est la position de repos selon l'idée originale qui fait la présente inventions, le bec 15 de la bascule 16 est alors engagé entre des première et deuxième dents 11 et 12 de la roue de quantième 9. Cette disposition présente un premier avantage évident, celui de bloquer le mécanisme et ainsi de le rendre insensible aux chocs éventuels exercés sur la pièce d'horlogerie et qui pourraient faire tourner intempestivement la roue de quantième entre les périodes de changement de date. Cette disposition s'écarte donc de celle généralement adoptée dans l'art antérieur qui consiste à libéré le bec de la denture de la roue 9, l'insensibilité aux chocs n'étant assurée que par un sautoir 34 agissant sur cette denture. L'engagement du bec 15 dans la denture de la roue de quantième est assuré par la force du ressort de rappel 17 qui appuie sur la bascule 16. Comme le montre la figure 1, la date affichée est le 24.The figure 1 shows the drive mechanism as it appears between each change of date. This is the rest position according to the original idea that makes the present invention, the nose 15 of the rocker 16 is then engaged between first and second teeth 11 and 12 of the date wheel 9. This arrangement has a first advantage obvious, that of blocking the mechanism and thus to make it insensitive to possible shocks exerted on the timepiece and that could cause the date wheel to turn unexpectedly between the periods of change of date. This provision therefore departs from that generally adopted in the prior art which consists of releasing the spout of the toothing of the wheel 9, insensitivity to impact being ensured only by a jumper 34 acting on this toothing. The engagement of the spout 15 in the toothing of the date wheel is ensured by the force of the return spring 17 which presses on the rocker 16. As shown in FIG. figure 1 , the date displayed is 24.

La figure 2 montre le mécanisme d'entraînement tel qu'il se présente au début d'un changement de quantième dû à une action exercée sur un poussoir de correction. Sur cette figure, le poussoir proprement dit n'est pas représenté, mais une tige 21 qui lui est associée. Cette tige est rappelée par un ressort 35. La figure 2 montre que le bec 15 de la bascule 16 est dégagé manuellement de la roue de quantième 9 pour corriger la date. Ce dégagement est réalisé au moyen de la tige 21 du poussoir. La tige 21 coopère avec un pion entraîneur 22 monté sur la bascule 16 et fait tourner cette bascule dans le sens horaire quand la tige 21 se déplace dans le sens de la flèche B par action manuelle exercée sur le poussoir associé à cette tige. A ce moment donc le bec 15 de la bascule 16 est dégagé des première et deuxième dents 11 et 12 et se présente en face des deuxièmes et troisièmes dents 12 et 13 de la roue de quantième 9. Comme le montre la figure 2, la date affichée est toujours le 24.The figure 2 shows the drive mechanism as it appears at the beginning of a change of date due to an action exerted on a correction pusher. In this figure, the pusher proper is not shown, but a rod 21 associated with it. This rod is recalled by a spring 35. The figure 2 shows that the tip 15 of the rocker 16 is manually released from the date wheel 9 to correct the date. This clearance is achieved by means of the rod 21 of the pusher. The rod 21 cooperates with a driver pin 22 mounted on the flip-flop 16 and rotates this latch clockwise when the rod 21 moves in the direction of the arrow B by manual action exerted on the pusher associated with this rod. At this moment, the spout 15 of the rocker 16 is disengaged from the first and second teeth 11 and 12 and is opposite the second and third teeth 12 and 13 of the date wheel 9. As shown in FIG. figure 2 , the date displayed is always 24.

La figure 3 montre le mécanisme d'entraînement tel qu'il se présente au début d'un changement de quantième dû à une action exercée par le mouvement de la pièce d'horlogerie. Il s'agit là d'un changement de quantième tel qu'il se présente à la fin de chaque jour. Ici le bec 15 de la bascule 16 est dégagé de la roue de quantième 9 par une came 19 entraînée par le mouvement de la pièce d'horloger, cette came 19 faisant un tour en vingt-quatre heures en tournant dans le sens de la flèche A et coopèrent avec un doigt 20 dont est muni la bascule 16. Comme dans le cas précédent, le bec de la bascule est dégagé des première et deuxième dents 11 et 12 et se présente en face des deuxième et troisième dents 12 et 13 de la roue de quantième 9. Comme le montre la figure 3, la date affichée est encore le 24.The figure 3 shows the drive mechanism as it appears at the beginning of a change of date due to an action exerted by the movement of the timepiece. This is a change of date as it appears at the end of each day. Here the spout 15 of the rocker 16 is disengaged from the date wheel 9 by a cam 19 driven by the movement of the timepiece, this cam 19 making a turn in twenty-four hours by turning in the direction of the arrow A and cooperate with a finger 20 which is provided with the rocker 16. As in the previous case, the tip of the rocker is released from the first and second teeth 11 and 12 and is opposite the second and third teeth 12 and 13 of the date wheel 9. As shown in the figure 3 , the date displayed is still 24.

La figure 3 montre encore que la came 19 présente un premier secteur 23 montant et de faible inclinaisons. La came 19 tournant dans le sens de la flèche A, le doigt 20 de la bascule 16 commence par escalader ce premier secteur 23, ce qui fait tourner la bascule 16 dans le sens horaire pour dégager son bec 15 de la denture de la roue de quantième 9. Comme le montre la figure 3, le dégagement est maximum quand le sommet du doigt 20 atteint l'extrémité du premier secteur 23.The figure 3 shows again that the cam 19 has a first sector 23 rising and low inclinations. The cam 19 rotating in the direction of the arrow A, the finger 20 of the rocker 16 begins by climbing this first sector 23, which rotates the rocker 16 in the clockwise direction to disengage its spout 15 of the toothing of the wheel of date 9. As shown in figure 3 , the clearance is maximum when the top of the finger 20 reaches the end of the first sector 23.

La figure 4 montre le mécanisme d'entraînement tel qu'il se présente à la fin du changement de quantième. La figure 4 montre que le bec 15 est retombé entre les deuxième et troisième dents 12 et 13 de la roue de quantième 9, ce qui a fait tourner cette roue dans le sens horaire et fait avancer d'un pas l'indicateur 1 des unités 3 qui a passé du 4 au 5, la date affichée ayant passé du 24 au 25.The figure 4 shows the drive mechanism as it appears at the end of the change of date. The figure 4 shows that the spout 15 has fallen between the second and third teeth 12 and 13 of the date wheel 9, which has rotated the wheel clockwise and advanced one step the indicator 1 of the units 3 which has from 4 to 5, the displayed date having passed from 24 to 25.

Le changement de quantième a été provoqué soit manuellement par abandon de la pression exercée sur le poussoir, soit mécaniquement par le mouvement de la pièce d'horlogerie à la fin d'un jour.The change of date has been caused either manually by abandoning the pressure exerted on the pusher, or mechanically by the movement of the timepiece at the end of a day.

La figure 4 montre que la tige 21 est retournée en position de repos dans le sens de la flèche C par abandon de la pression manuelle exercée sur son poussoir, ce retour étant actionné par le ressort de rappel 35. A ce moment, rappelée par le ressort 17, la bascule 16 tourne dans un sens antihoraire et son bec 15 vient se loger entre les deuxième et troisième dents 12 et 13 de la roue 9, faisant tourner cette roue d'un pas comme il a été dit plus haut.The figure 4 shows that the rod 21 is returned to the rest position in the direction of the arrow C by abandoning the manual pressure exerted on its pusher, this return being actuated by the return spring 35. At this time, recalled by the spring 17, the latch 16 rotates in a counterclockwise direction and its spout 15 is housed between the second and third teeth 12 and 13 of the wheel 9, rotating this wheel a step as mentioned above.

Ainsi le changement de quantième par le poussoir de correction a-t-il lieu, non pas quand ce poussoir est pressé, mais quand ce poussoir et relâché. On touche du doigt ici le coeur de l'invention à savoir que la force d'actionnement exercée sur la roue de quantième pour la faire avancer d'un pas provient du seul ressort de rappel 17 et non plus de la force manuelle exercée sur le poussoir. Cette force manuelle n'est pas contrôlable dans pas constante, alors que la force d'un ressort est parfaitement constante et réglable. Comme expliqué dans l'introduction de cette description la force manuelle exercée sur le poussoir peut emballer l'un ou l'autre indicateur lors de correction de date et désynchroniser un indicateur par rapport à l'autre, ce qui obligera d'ouvrir la pièce d'horlogerie pour rétablir cette synchronisation. Selon la présente invention aucun emballement d'indicateur n'est possible puisque la force exercée par le ressort de rappel sur la bascule pour faire changer le quantième est parfaitement maîtrisable et réglable de façon de se trouver bien en deçà d'un possible emballement.Thus the change of date by the correction pusher takes place, not when the pusher is pressed, but when the pusher and released. We touch here the heart of the invention namely that the actuating force exerted on the date wheel to advance one step comes from the single return spring 17 and no longer the manual force exerted on the button. This manual force is not controllable in constant pitch, while the force of a spring is perfectly constant and adjustable. As explained in the introduction to this description, the manual force exerted on the pusher can pack one or the other indicator during date correction and desynchronize one indicator with respect to the other, which will force to open the part to restore this synchronization. According to the present invention no runaway indicator is possible since the force exerted by the return spring on the rocker to change the date is perfectly controllable and adjustable so as to be well within a possible runaway.

La figure 3 montre encore que la came 19 présente un second secteur 24 descendant et disposé sensiblement radicalement à l'axe de rotation 25 de la came. Le second secteur 24 présente un espace vide dans le quel chute le doigt 20 dès l'instant où la came continue à tourner dans le sens de la flèche A, c'est-à-dire au moment du changement de quantième. La chute du doigt 20 dans l'espace vide de la came fait tourner instantanément la bascule 16 dans un sens antihoraire et fait pénétrer le bec 15 entre les deuxième et troisième dents 12 et 13 ce qui provoque l'avancement instantané de la roue de quantième et partant, le changement instantané de l'un ou l'autre indicateur. Le passage instantané du quantième à minuit n'a pas été proposé, à la connaissance du déposant, dans les pièces d'horlogerie à grande date ou l'on trouve des mécanismes traînants ou semi-instantané qui nécessitent plusieurs dizaines de minutes pour passer d'une date à l'autre.The figure 3 shows again that the cam 19 has a second sector 24 descending and disposed substantially radically to the axis of rotation 25 of the cam. The second sector 24 has a void space in which the finger 20 falls as soon as the cam continues to rotate in the direction of the arrow A, that is to say at the time of the change of date. The drop of the finger 20 in the empty space of the cam instantly rotates the rocker 16 in a counterclockwise direction and makes the spout 15 penetrate between the second and third teeth 12 and 13 which causes the instantaneous advancement of the date wheel. and hence the instantaneous change of one or the other indicator. The instantaneous changeover from date to midnight has not been proposed, to the knowledge of the applicant, in timepieces on a large date where there are dragging or semi-instantaneous mechanisms that require several tens of minutes to pass through. one date to another.

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  1. Drive mechanism for a day of the month display of a timepiece, this day of the month display comprising first (1) and second (2) indicators on which Figures are affixed respectively indicating the units (3) and the tens (4) of said day of the month, these indicators being driven by a program wheel set (8), said program wheel set itself carrying a day of the month wheel (9) having thirty one teeth (10), this day of the month wheel being driven in turn by the beak (15) of a lever (16) pivoting about an axis (18) to make said day of the month wheel move forward by one step, said mechanism being characterized in that it is arranged so that during a change of day of the month, the beak (15) of lever (16) is engaged between first (11) and second (12) teeth of the day of the month wheel (9) and that at the time of the day of the month change, said beak (15) is initially disengaged from said first (11) and second (12) teeth to fall then between the second (12) and third (13) teeth of said wheel (9) and thereby make said day of the month wheel move forward by one step, said mechanism being also arranged so that between each day of the month change, the beak (15) of this lever (16) is engaged and maintained between two teeth (11, 12) of the day of the month wheel (9) by the force of a return spring (17) pressing on said lever (16), said mechanism being further arranged so that the beak (15) of the lever (16) is disengaged from the day of the month wheel (9) at the end of each day by a cam (19) driven by the timepiece movement, this cam cooperating with a finger (20) with which the lever (16) is provided to make the day of the month wheel (9) move forward by one step.
  2. Drive mechanism for a day of the month display of a timepiece, this day of the month display comprising first (1) and second (2) indicators on which figures are affixed respectively indicating the units (3) and the tens (4) of said day of the month, these indicators being driven by a program wheel set (8), said program wheel set itself carrying a day of the month wheel (9) having thirty one teeth (10), this day of the month wheel being driven in turn by the beak (15) of a lever (16) pivoting about an axis to make said day of the month wheel move forward by one step, said mechanism being characterized in that it is arranged so that during a change of day of the month, the beak (15) of lever (16) is engaged between first (11) and second (12) teeth of the day of the month wheel (9) and that at the time of the day of the month change, said beak (15) is initially disengaged from said first (11) and second (12) teeth to fall then between the second (12) and third (13) teeth of said wheel (9) and thereby make said day of the month wheel move forward by one step, said mechanism being further arranged so that between each day of the month change, the beak (15) of this lever (16) is engaged and maintained between two teeth (11, 12) of the day of the month wheel (9) by the force of a return spring (17) pressing on said lever (16), said mechanism being further arranged so that the beak (15) of the lever (16) is able to be disengaged manually from the day of the month wheel (9) to correct the date displayed by the timepiece, by means of a pusher (21), this pusher cooperating with a pin (22) with which the lever (16) is provided to move the day of the month wheel (9) forward by one step.
  3. Mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that program wheel set (8) is arranged to drive the first indicator (1) by one step at the end of every day except at the end of the thirty-first day when it is not driven, and the second indicator (2) by one step at the end of the ninth, nineteenth, twenty-ninth and thirty-first days of the month.
  4. Mechanism according to claim 1 characterized in that the cam (19) has a first rising sector (23) having a small inclination climbed by the finger (20) of the lever (16) before the day of the month change and a second descending sector (24) arranged substantially radially with respect to the axis of rotation (25) of the cam, this second sector (24) having an empty space in which said finger falls at the time of the day of the month change to rotate said lever, said lever moving the day of the month wheel forward instantaneously by one step.
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