EP2015146B1 - Mécanisme d'affichage instantané pour pièce d'horlogerie - Google Patents

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EP2015146B1
EP2015146B1 EP07112479A EP07112479A EP2015146B1 EP 2015146 B1 EP2015146 B1 EP 2015146B1 EP 07112479 A EP07112479 A EP 07112479A EP 07112479 A EP07112479 A EP 07112479A EP 2015146 B1 EP2015146 B1 EP 2015146B1
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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
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to the field of watchmaking. More specifically, it concerns a mechanism for instant display of a time indication, such as a simple or annual calendar, an indication of the day of the week or the month.
  • Such display mechanisms are well known to those skilled in the art. They generally comprise a display member provided with a toothing, movable in rotation, and driven by a mobile arranged to deliver a brief pulse, passing from one indication of time to the next.
  • the mobile is conventionally formed of a finger intended to cooperate with the toothing to advance in steps, a cam integral with the rotation of the finger, and a driving wheel that draws its motive force from a movement.
  • FIG. 1 An example of such an instant display mechanism is illustrated in figure 1 .
  • the mechanism conventionally comprises a display member 10 formed of a date ring 12 provided with a toothing 14, rotatably mounted on a not shown plate.
  • the display member 10 is angularly positioned by means of a jumper 16. It is actuated in rotation by a mobile 18, which itself is rotated in the clockwise direction by a gear wheel 20 meshing with a wheel hours 22.
  • the mobile 18 comprises a finger 24 and a cam 26 integral in rotation with the finger 24 and oriented angularly with respect to the finger 24.
  • the cam 26 is provided with a pin 28 engaged in a cutout 30 of the finger 24.
  • the mobile 18 further comprises a driving wheel 32, engaged with the reference 20, in which is practiced an opening in a circular arc 34 having an active end 34a and a passive end 34b.
  • the stud 28 passes through the opening 34, so that the finger-cam assembly 26 forms with the driving wheel 32 a play coupling, in which the finger-cam assembly 26 is free to pivot at a certain angle.
  • a rocker 36 bears on the cam 26 under the action of a spring 38.
  • the cam 26, illustrated in figure 2 comprises a portion 26a with increasing radius, a portion 26b with a rapidly decreasing radius, and a portion 26c with a minimum radius.
  • the different portions define, for a given point of support of the lever 36, different angular sectors of positioning of the finger 24, corresponding to distinct modes of advance of the finger assembly 24 - cam 26.
  • the first two portions 26a and 26b define two angular sectors, respectively BA and AB, delimited by two angular positions A and B of the finger 24. In position A, the finger 24 is oriented upstream but clear of the toothing 14, and in position B, the finger 24 is oriented downstream but engaged in the toothing 14.
  • the finger 24 is said 'engaged' in the toothing 14 if it is located in the path of the toothing 14, and 'cleared' of the toothing 14 if it is located outside the path of the toothing 14.
  • the last portion 26c defines a stable position of the finger assembly 24 - cam 26, wherein the finger 24 is in position B.
  • the finger assembly 24 - cam 26 is rotated by the driving wheel 32, under the action of the pin 28 which cooperates with the active end 34a of the opening 34.
  • the rocker 36 bears on the portion 26a, so that the spring 38 tends progressively under the effect of the increase in radius of the cam 26.
  • the finger 24 is in position B and the rocker 36 is in abutment on the portion 26c, which corresponds to the minimum voltage energy position of the spring 38.
  • the finger assembly 24 - cam 26 is in position stable. This configuration is illustrated in figure 3 .
  • the pin 28 is now located approximately two-thirds of the opening 34, so that the driving wheel 32 stops driving the entire finger 24-cam 26 for the time necessary for the active end 34a of the opening 34 catches the post 28. This period of time is typically of the order of 8 hours.
  • the display mechanism of a time indication is generally provided with a fast correction device intended to directly drive the display member 10 in its current direction of operation, ie the clockwise direction in this case. .
  • a fast correction device intended to directly drive the display member 10 in its current direction of operation, ie the clockwise direction in this case.
  • the display member 10 drives the finger 24 in rotation through its toothing 14. Note that this manipulation is possible because the post 28 is not in abutment against the passive end 34b of the opening 34, but at a distance sufficient for the finger 24 to disengage from the toothing 14 without being blocked by the driving wheel 32.
  • the finger 24 can be oriented in a singular position referenced S. In this position S, the finger 24 bears on the top of the toothing 14, on which it exerts a significant force because of the action the spring 38 which holds the rocker 36 bears against the portion 26a with increasing radius of the cam 26.
  • the display member 10 is locked in an intermediate position, because the action of the jumper 16 which tends to rotate, is not sufficient to counter the action of the spring 38 which blocks it. This configuration is illustrated in figure 4 .
  • the finger 24 is positioned in the singular position S, the user may wish to go back, if he finds that he should rather correct the display in the direction of rotation opposite the current direction of operation.
  • the rapid correction devices do not allow rapid correction in this direction of reverse rotation, because of the high risk of breakage of the display mechanism.
  • they are provided with disengaging means or drive means for tilting the correction of a display member to another, according to the direction of rotation.
  • the correction in the opposite direction of the current operation is possible via the correction of the time.
  • the document EP1785783 describes an annual calendar mechanism in which the date indications are corrected almost instantaneously by means of a trigger system similar to that described above.
  • the shape of the cam simply determines the angle of rotation of the gear wheel, but it does not allow to prevent locking position for the indexing fingers with respect to the internal teeth of the driven annular disks, and in particular that indexing finger secured to the gear wheel relative to the lower annular disc.
  • the cam is furthermore arranged to rotate, under the triggering action of the spring, the finger-cam assembly so as to disengage the finger from the toothing after the finger-cam assembly has stepped the display member.
  • the finger 24 can no longer be immobilized in the singular position S in which it blocks the rotation of the display member 10. As a result, even in the event of a rearward correction by the user, any risk of breakage of the finger 24 or the toothing 14, is eliminated.
  • the instant display mechanism represented in figure 5 like the mechanism illustrated in figure 1 to 4 , a display member 10 rotatably mounted on a not shown plate, angularly positioned by means of a jumper 16, and actuated in rotation by a mobile 39.
  • the mobile 39 is identical, in its structure, to the mobile 18 described above, but is distinguished by the characteristics of its cam 40, shown in plan view in figure 6 .
  • the cam 40 illustrated in figure 6 comprises, as the cam 26, a first portion 40a increasing radius, a second portion 40b radius rapidly decreasing and a portion 40c minimum radius. It further comprises a second portion 40d with increasing radius and a second portion 40e with rapidly decreasing radius, forming together a spout 42 located between the portions 40c and 40a. At the boundary between the portions 40e and 40a is a point 40f of locally minimum radius of the cam 40.
  • the two portions 40d and 40e define two new angular sectors, respectively BC and CD, delimited by two angular positions C and D of the finger 24, and corresponding to two distinct modes of advance of the finger assembly 24 - cam 40.
  • position C the finger 24 is oriented downstream of the position B, but still engaged in the toothing 14, and in position D, it is oriented downstream of the C position but clear of the toothing 14.
  • the point 40f of locally small radius defines a second stable position of the finger assembly 24 - cam 40, wherein the finger 24 is oriented in angular position D.
  • the cycle of rotation of the mobile 39 is started at the point D.
  • the drive and the operation of the mobile 39 is identical to that of the mobile 18 on the sector BA. It is the same for the AB sector.
  • the finger 24 is in position B and the rocker 36 bears on the portion 40c.
  • the finger assembly 24 - cam 26 occupies its first stable position, and the pin 28 is located two-thirds of the opening 34.
  • the user manipulates the fast correction device.
  • the toothing 14 then drives the finger assembly 24 - cam 26 via the finger 24, on the angular sector BC corresponding to the cam portion 40d.
  • the spring 38 is stretched under the effect of the increase in radius of the cam 40.
  • figure 7 illustrates this step of the rotation cycle of the mobile 39.
  • the finger-cam assembly 26 If the user stops his manipulation before the finger 24 has reached or exceeded the angular position C, the finger-cam assembly 26 returns, under the action of the spring 38, to its first stable position in which, the finger 24 occupies the angular position B.
  • the finger 24 is driven, without user action and without the possibility of stopping in the singular position S, an angular position C located upstream of the singular position S , at an angular position D located downstream of the singular position S.
  • the user can then, without any risk of breakage of the finger 24 or the toothing 14, go back using the correction of the time.
  • the user does not manipulate the rapid correction device, and the end 34a of the opening 34 catches the pin 28 in a period of time of about eight hours. It is then the driving wheel 32 which drives the finger assembly 24 - cam 40 on the angular sector BC. Then the finger assembly 24 - cam 26 pivots rapidly under the action of the spring 38 on the angular sector CD. The finger 24 being in position D, the finger assembly 24 - cam 26 occupies its second stable position.
  • the tenon 28 is now slightly downstream of the active end 34a of the opening 34, so that the driving wheel stops driving the entire finger 24-cam 26 for the time necessary for the end active 34a of the opening 34 catches the post 28. This period of time is typically of the order of two hours. Beyond these two hours, the driving wheel again controls the finger assembly 24 - cam 26, and the rotation cycle resumes from the position D.
  • first and second portions of rapidly decreasing radius 40b and 40e of the cam 40 are adjacent.
  • the second portion 40d with increasing radius does not exist, and the minimum radius portion 40c is coincident with the point 40f at locally minimum radius.
  • the finger assembly 24 - cam 26 is rotated by the spring 38, from the angular position A to the angular position D, without stopping in the stable position B, and without going through another training mode between positions B and C.
  • This embodiment prevents the risk of breakage of the finger 24 and the toothing 14, in the same way as the embodiment described above. However, it is less advantageous because the finger 24, after driving the display member 10, is no longer engaged in the toothing 14. Therefore, it is not able to block the rotation of the display member 10, and in particular to prevent the risk of several consecutive jumps.

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DE602007012856T DE602007012856D1 (de) 2007-07-13 2007-07-13 Augenblicklicher Anzeigemechanismus für Uhr
EP07112479A EP2015146B1 (fr) 2007-07-13 2007-07-13 Mécanisme d'affichage instantané pour pièce d'horlogerie
AT07112479T ATE500537T1 (de) 2007-07-13 2007-07-13 Augenblicklicher anzeigemechanismus für uhr
JP2008177553A JP5294392B2 (ja) 2007-07-13 2008-07-08 時計用瞬時表示機構
SG200805170-8A SG149761A1 (en) 2007-07-13 2008-07-09 Instantaneous display mechanism for a timepiece
US12/172,358 US7643379B2 (en) 2007-07-13 2008-07-14 Instantaneous display mechanism for a timepiece
CN2008101358047A CN101441433B (zh) 2007-07-13 2008-07-14 用于时计的即时显示机构
HK09110654.7A HK1132803A1 (en) 2007-07-13 2009-11-13 Instantaneous display mechanism for a timepiece

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