EP2068211B1 - Chronograph-Steuervorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP2068211B1
EP2068211B1 EP07122635A EP07122635A EP2068211B1 EP 2068211 B1 EP2068211 B1 EP 2068211B1 EP 07122635 A EP07122635 A EP 07122635A EP 07122635 A EP07122635 A EP 07122635A EP 2068211 B1 EP2068211 B1 EP 2068211B1
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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • 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
    • G04F7/0804—Watches or clocks with stop devices, e.g. chronograph with reset mechanisms

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  • the present invention relates to a chronograph control device. More particularly, it relates to such a device for a chronograph equipped with at least two pushers.
  • chronographs that have two pushers, in this case a first pusher that controls the start and stop of a chronograph mechanism and a second pushbutton that controls the reset to zero. a counter and a display member such as a needle.
  • the manufacturers wish to be able to make sure that the sensation of resistance obtained during the actuation of a first pusher remains constant with respect to the resistance felt during the actuation of a second pusher and in an identical preferential mode while retaining the independence of the functions of the two pushers. This is not always the case for known chronographs, especially when one of the pushers is operated more often than the other. For many applications, it is also desired that an equal resistance for the two pushers is obtained, that is to say, it is desired that the user feels the same resistance as well when it actuates the pusher stop / start only when it activates the reset pushbutton. On the other hand, it is desired that the functions of the two pushers are completely independent of one another.
  • a chronograph control device is in particular known from the document GB 698 763 .
  • This document describes a chronograph mechanism comprising two pushers, each cooperating with a pivotally mounted lever.
  • the first lever cooperates with the second so as to rotate the second lever when the first lever is rotated.
  • a spring bears on a pin fixed to the second lever, so as to position it in abutment against the second pusher.
  • the second lever is pivoted under the action of the pusher, it is subjected to the return force of the spring, while the first lever is subjected to this restoring force indirectly via the second lever.
  • a disadvantage of this mechanism is the dependence of the functions of the two pushers relative to each other.
  • the invention therefore aims to overcome this disadvantage and to provide users with a chronograph control device corresponding to the needs explained above.
  • the subject of the invention is a chronograph control device according to claim 1.
  • This device comprises a first pivotally mounted lever, actuated by a first pusher, and limited in its movement towards the first pusher by a first stop , and a second pivotally mounted lever actuated by a second pusher, and limited in its movement towards the second pusher by a second stop.
  • a spring is fixedly mounted on the second lever.
  • the first lever is associated with an arm cooperating with the spring so that when one or the other of the two levers is actuated by one of the pushers, the arm and the spring move the relative to each other so that the arm is always subjected to the restoring force of the spring.
  • the resistance that the user feels when operating one of the pushers is therefore determined by the return force of said spring and the geometry of the mechanism, namely the length of the lever arms involved. If the return force of the spring decreases with time, the resistance felt during the actuation of one of the two pushers will decrease so that the ratio of these two resistances to one another remains constant.
  • the force felt during the actuation of the pusher depends of course also on the friction between the elements. As the friction is small compared to the restoring force of the spring, it will be neglected thereafter.
  • the arm can be provided with a spout and cooperate with the spring via this spout. It is also possible to provide the arm with a pin or ankle, the arm cooperating with the spring via this pin or this pin. This variant allows to cooperate an arm and a spring that are not in the same plane, which is particularly advantageous when the two levers are not in the same plane.
  • the arm is secured to the first lever, and said first lever pivots in a direction of rotation opposite to that of the second lever.
  • This embodiment has the particular advantage of being simple which facilitates the mounting of the device and therefore the mounting of the chronograph.
  • the arm and the spring can in principle cooperate via any type of intermediate part.
  • the spring can of course have the shape of any type of elastic element. It may be a jumper, but it is also possible to use a resilient element integral with the second lever, including an extension linked to the lever by an elastic section.
  • the geometry of the device so that the distance between a pivot axis of the first lever and a direction of the force exerted on the first pusher when actuated is equal to the distance between a pivot axis of the second lever and a direction of the force exerted on the second pusher during its actuation.
  • the resistance felt during the actuation of the first pusher is equal to the resistance felt during the actuation of the second pusher. This resistance depends only on the restoring force of the spring and the aforementioned distances as well as the friction that will be neglected as indicated above.
  • the ratio the resistances felt depend only on the ratio of the lever arms involved, and therefore on the ratio between, on the one hand, the distance between a pivot axis of the first lever and a direction of the force exerted on the first pusher, and secondly the distance between a pivot axis of the second lever and a direction of the force exerted on the second pusher.
  • the arm is pivotally mounted and articulated at the end of the first lever, said first lever pivoting in the same direction of rotation as the second lever, and the arm pivoting in a direction of rotation contrary to that of the two levers.
  • the arm is articulated to the second lever pivoting about the same axis as said second lever.
  • the geometry of the mechanism can be dimensioned appropriately. For example, it is possible to modify the ratio of the moments necessary for the actuation of a pusher and therefore the ratio of the resistances felt by varying the length of the lever arms involved.
  • the first and / or second stop is formed by the corresponding pusher.
  • the chronograph control device comprises a first lever 20 pivotally mounted on a first pivot 25, actuated by a first pusher 10, and a second lever 22 pivotally mounted on the same pivot 25 and actuated by a second Pusher 12.
  • the two levers 20, 22 are each limited in their movement towards their pusher 10, 12 respectively by a stop not shown in FIG. figure 1 .
  • the two levers 20, 22 are fixed to each other via a pin 28 which can move in a longitudinal hole.
  • the first lever 20 is in the form of a reset latch and can control the movement of, for example, a conventional hammer bolt rod to release a spring-loaded hammer.
  • the second lever 22 controls the stop and start of a chronograph counter. Since the invention relates solely to the control device, the chronograph mechanism as such will not be described in detail. However, according to the invention, the device can in principle be used with any type of watch mechanism, in particular a chronograph mechanism comprising column-type or cam-type systems.
  • a jumper spring 30 is mounted on the second lever 22 with two pins.
  • Said spring 30 has a generally V-shaped shape with a stationary arm relative to to the second lever 22 and a second arm located on the side of the first lever 20.
  • said spring 30 comprises in the end portion of the arm located on the side of the first lever a notch 32 or a notch which cooperates with a spout 24 secured to the first lever 20. This spout 24 is held in said notch 32 by the return force of the spring 30.
  • the spout 24 secured to the first lever 20 must overcome the notch force which holds it in the notch 32 of the spring 30. Once this force is overcome, the user will feel the resistance decrease and he will know that the desired reset has been carried out . If the user continues to actuate the pusher 10, the spout 24 is no longer in said notch 32, but slides along an inclined plane 34 with which the spring 30 terminates, the first lever 20 still opposing the restoring force of the spring 30. This inclined plane 34 ensures in particular the return of the lever 20, 22 when the user releases the pusher 10, 12.
  • the resistance that will be felt by a user who presses on the first pusher 10 in order to reset the counter mechanism of the chronograph is therefore proportional to the notch force that must be overcome to remove the spout 24 from the notch 32 of said spring 30 .
  • the resistance that will be felt during the actuation of the first pusher 10 is inversely proportional to the distance d 1 between the pivot axis 25 of the first lever 20 and the direction F 1 of the force exerted on the first pusher 10 during its actuation.
  • the resistance that will be felt during the actuation of the second pusher 12 is inversely proportional to the distance d 2 between the pivot axis 25 of the second lever 22 and the direction F 2 of the force exerted on the first pusher 12 when actuated. If it is desired that this resistance be the same for the two pushers 10, 12, the device illustrated in FIG. figure 1 so that the distances d 1 and d 2 are equal. Of course, it is also possible to choose a desired ratio between the distances d 1 and d 2 that is greater than u less than 1.
  • the figure 2 shows a chronograph control device according to a second embodiment.
  • the device comprises, as for the first embodiment, a first lever 20 pivotally mounted on a first pivot 25, actuated by a first pusher 10, and a second lever pivotally mounted on a second pivot 21 and actuated by a second pusher
  • the two levers 20, 22 are each limited in their movement towards their respective pushers 10, 12 by a stop not shown.
  • the second embodiment comprises a spout 24 cooperating with the notch 32 of the spring 30, this spout 24 not being integral with the first lever 20, but integral with an arm 26 hinged to the first lever 20 at a location designated by the reference 27 in the figure 2 .
  • This arm 26 is pivotally mounted on the same pivot 21 as the second lever 22, but it could also be pivotally mounted on a third pivot.
  • the first lever 20 and the second lever 22 pivot in the same direction B, while the arm 26 pivots in the opposite direction A.
  • the feeling of resistance during the actuation of the first and second pushers 10, 12 respectively depends only on the ratio of the effective lever arms in both cases and therefore only the geometry of the device.
  • the resistance that will be felt when operating one of the two pushers 10, 12 is inversely proportional to the distance d 1 , d 2 between the pivot axis of the lever. 20, 22 associated and the direction F 1 , F 12 of the force exerted on the pusher 10, 12 in question during its actuation.
  • this resistance is the same for the two pushers 10, 12

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  1. Chronographensteuervorrichtung, umfassend
    einen ersten Hebel (20), der schwenkbar montiert ist und derart vorgesehen ist, dass er von einem ersten Drücker (10) betätigt wird, und der in seiner Bewegung in Richtung des ersten Drückers (10) durch einen ersten Anschlag begrenzt wird,
    einen zweiten Hebel (22), der schwenkbar montiert ist und derart vorgesehen ist, dass er von einem zweiten Drücker (12) betätigt wird, und der in seiner Bewegung in Richtung des zweiten Drückers (12) durch einen zweiten Anschlag begrenzt wird,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass auf dem zweiten Hebel (22) eine Feder (30) montiert ist und dass der erste Hebel (20) einem Arm (26) zugeordnet ist, der mit der Feder (30) derart zusammenwirkt, dass sich der Arm (26) und die Feder (30) beim Betätigen des einen oder des anderen der beiden Hebel (20, 22) durch einen der Drücker (10, 12) derart gegenseitig verlagern, dass der Arm (26) der Rückstellkraft der Feder (30) unterworfen wird.
  2. Chronographensteuervorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Arm (26) mit einem Schnabel (24) ausgerüstet ist, der mit der Feder (30) zusammenwirkt.
  3. Chronographensteuervorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Arm (26) mit einem Stift oder mit einem Bolzen ausgerüstet ist, der mit der Feder (30) zusammenwirkt.
  4. Chronographensteuervorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Arm mit dem ersten Hebel (20) fest verbunden ist und dass der erste Hebel (20) derart vorgesehen ist, dass er in einer Drehrichtung (A) dreht, die derjenigen (B) des zweiten Hebels (22) entgegengesetzt ist.
  5. Chronographensteuervorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Abstand (d1) zwischen einer Drehachse (25) des ersten Hebels (20) und einer Richtung (F1) der auf den ersten Drücker (10) bei seiner Betätigung ausgeübten Kraft gleich ist, wie der Abstand (d2) zwischen einer Drehachse (25) des zweiten Hebels (22) und einer Richtung (F2) der auf den zweiten Drücker (12) bei seiner Betätigung ausgeübten Kraft.
  6. Chronographensteuervorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Arm (26) schwenkbar montiert ist und mit dem Ende des ersten Hebels (20) gelenkig verbunden ist, wobei der erste Hebel (20) in einer gleichen Drehrichtung (B) dreht, wie der zweite Hebel, und wobei der Arm (26) in einer Drehrichtung (A) dreht, die derjenigen der beiden Hebel (20, 22) entgegengesetzt ist.
  7. Chronographensteuervorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Arm (26) mit dem zweiten Hebel (22) gelenkig verbunden ist, wobei er um die gleiche Achse (21) dreht, wie dieser zweite Hebel (22).
  8. Chronographensteuervorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste und/oder der zweite Anschlag vom entsprechenden Drücker (10, 12) gebildet ist.
  9. Chronographensteuervorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Feder (30) eine Sperrfeder ist.
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EP07122635A EP2068211B1 (de) 2007-12-07 2007-12-07 Chronograph-Steuervorrichtung
KR1020080121130A KR20090060156A (ko) 2007-12-07 2008-12-02 크로노그래프 제어 장치
SG200808977-3A SG153034A1 (en) 2007-12-07 2008-12-03 Chronograph control device
US12/330,067 US8235584B2 (en) 2007-12-07 2008-12-08 Chronograph control device
CN2008101846106A CN101452256B (zh) 2007-12-07 2008-12-08 计时器控制装置
JP2008312082A JP5411487B2 (ja) 2007-12-07 2008-12-08 クロノグラフ制御デバイス
HK09110826.0A HK1133095A1 (en) 2007-12-07 2009-11-19 Chronograph control device

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