EP2068211B1 - Chronograph control device - Google Patents
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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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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de commande de chronographe. Plus particulièrement, elle concerne un tel dispositif pour un chronographe muni d'au moins deux poussoirs.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.
Elle s'applique notamment aux chronographes dits « à deux temps» qui possèdent deux poussoirs, en l'espèce un premier poussoir qui commande le départ et l'arrêt d'un mécanisme de chronographe et un deuxième poussoir qui commande la remise à zéro d'un compteur et d'un organe d'affichage tel qu'une aiguille.It applies in particular to so-called "two-stroke" 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.
Les constructeurs souhaitent pouvoir faire en sorte que la sensation de résistance obtenue lors de l'actionnement d'un premier poussoir reste constant par rapport à la résistance ressentie lors de l'actionnement d'un deuxième poussoir et dans un mode préférentiel identique tout en conservant l'indépendance des fonctions des deux poussoirs. Ceci n'est pas toujours le cas pour les chronographes connus, notamment quand un des poussoirs est actionné plus souvent que l'autre. Pour beaucoup d'applications, il est d'ailleurs souhaité qu'une résistance égale pour les deux poussoirs soit obtenue, c'est-à-dire qu'on souhaite que l'utilisateur ressente la même résistance aussi bien quand il actionne le poussoir arrêt/départ que lorsqu'il actionne le poussoir de mise à zéro. D'autre part, il est souhaité que les fonctions des deux poussoirs soient complètement indépendantes l'une de l'autre.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.
Un dispositif de commande de chronographe selon le préambule de la revendication 1 est notamment connu du document
L'invention a donc pour objectif de remédier à cet inconvénient et de mettre à la disposition des utilisateurs un dispositif de commande de chronographe correspondant aux besoins expliqués ci-dessus.The invention therefore aims to overcome this disadvantage and to provide users with a chronograph control device corresponding to the needs explained above.
A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet un dispositif de commande de chronographe selon la revendication 1. Ce dispositif comporte un premier levier monté pivotant, actionné par un premier poussoir, et limité dans son mouvement en direction du premier poussoir par une première butée, ainsi qu'un deuxième levier monté pivotant actionné par un deuxième poussoir, et limité dans son mouvement en direction du deuxième poussoir par une deuxième butée. Un ressort est monté fixe sur le deuxième levier.For this purpose, 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.
Conformément à l'invention, le premier levier est associé à un bras coopérant avec le ressort de manière que lorsque l'un ou l'autre des deux leviers est actionné par l'un des poussoirs, le bras et le ressort se déplacent l'un par rapport à l'autre de manière que le bras est toujours soumis à la force de rappel du ressort. La résistance que l'utilisateur ressent lors de l'actionnement d'un des poussoirs est donc déterminée par la force de rappel dudit ressort et la géométrie du mécanisme, à savoir la longueur des bras de levier impliqués. Si la force de rappel du ressort diminue avec le temps, la résistance ressentie lors de l'actionnement d'un des deux poussoirs diminuera de manière que le rapport de ces deux résistances l'une à l'autre reste toujours constant. La force ressentie lors de l'actionnement du poussoir dépend bien sûr aussi du frottement entre les éléments. Comme le frottement est petit par rapport à la force de rappel du ressort, il sera négligé par la suite.According to the invention, 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.
Le bras peut être muni d'un bec et coopérer avec le ressort par l'intermédiaire de ce bec. Il est également possible de munir le bras d'une goupille ou une cheville, le bras coopérant avec le ressort par l'intermédiaire de cette goupille ou cette cheville. Cette variante permet de faire coopérer un bras et un ressort qui ne se trouvent pas dans un même plan, ce qui est particulièrement avantageux quand les deux leviers ne se trouvent pas dans un même plan.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.
Selon un premier mode de réalisation, le bras est solidaire du premier levier, et ledit premier levier pivote dans un sens de rotation contraire à celui du deuxième levier. Ce mode de réalisation présente notamment l'avantage d'être simple ce qui facilite le montage du dispositif et donc le montage du chronographe.According to a first embodiment, 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.
Il est évident que des nombreuses variantes de ce premier mode de réalisation peuvent être imaginées, toutes ces variantes tombant dans le champ de protection de la revendication 1. Le bras et le ressort peuvent en principe coopérer via n'importe quel type de pièce intermédiaire. Le ressort peut bien entendu avoir la forme de n'importe quel type d'élément élastique. Il peut s'agir d'un sautoir, mais il est également possible d'utiliser un élément élastique solidaire avec le deuxième levier, notamment un prolongement lié au levier par un tronçon élastique.It is obvious that many variants of this first embodiment can be imagined, all these variants falling within the protective field of claim 1. 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.
Pour un tel dispositif dans lequel le bras est solidaire du premier levier, ce dernier pivotant dans un sens de rotation contraire à celui du deuxième levier, il est particulièrement avantageux de choisir la géométrie du dispositif de manière que la distance entre un axe de pivotement du premier levier et une direction de la force exercée sur le premier poussoir lors de son actionnement est égale à la distance entre un axe de pivotement du deuxième levier et une direction de la force exercée sur le deuxième poussoir lors de son actionnement. Dans ce cas, la résistance ressentie lors de l'actionnement du premier poussoir est égale à la résistance ressentie lors de l'actionnement du deuxième poussoir. Cette résistance ne dépend que de la force de rappel du ressort et des distances précitées ainsi que du frottement que l'on négligera comme indiqué ci-dessus. Comme, lors de l'actionnement de n'importe lequel des deux poussoirs, le bec et le ressort se déplacent l'un par rapport à l'autre de manière que le bec est toujours soumis à la force de rappel du ressort, le rapport des résistances ressenties ne dépend que du rapport des bras de levier en jeu, et donc que du rapport entre d'une part la distance entre un axe de pivotement du premier levier et une direction de la force exercée sur le premier poussoir, et d'autre part la distance entre un axe de pivotement du deuxième levier et une direction de la force exercée sur le deuxième poussoir.For such a device in which the arm is secured to the first lever, the latter pivoting in a direction of rotation opposite to that of the second lever, it is particularly advantageous to choose 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. In this case, 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. Since, when any of the two pushers are actuated, the spout and the spring move relative to one another so that the spout is always subjected to the return force of the spring, 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.
Selon un deuxième mode de réalisation, le bras est monté pivotant et articulé à l'extrémité du premier levier, ledit premier levier pivotant dans un même sens de rotation que le deuxième levier, et le bras pivotant dans un sens de rotation contraire à celui des deux leviers. De préférence, le bras est articulé au deuxième levier pivotant autour du même axe que ledit deuxième levier.According to a second embodiment, 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. Preferably, the arm is articulated to the second lever pivoting about the same axis as said second lever.
Si l'on souhaite que la résistance ressentie par un utilisateur lors de l'actionnement d'un des poussoirs soit la même pour les deux poussoirs, la géométrie du mécanisme pourra être dimensionnée de manière appropriée. On peut par exemple modifier le rapport des moments nécessaires pour l'actionnement d'un poussoir et donc le rapport des résistances ressenties en jouant sur la longueur des bras de levier impliquésIf it is desired that the resistance felt by a user during the actuation of one of the pushers is the same for both pushers, 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.
Selon un mode de réalisation particulièrement avantageux, la première et/ou la deuxième butée est formée par le poussoir correspondant.According to a particularly advantageous embodiment, the first and / or second stop is formed by the corresponding pusher.
L'invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description suivante de deux modes de réalisation préférentielles, donnés à titre d'exemple non limitatif, et des dessins annexés dans lesquels :
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figure 1 représente une vue du côté rouage d'un dispositif de commande de chronographe suivant un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention, et - la
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figure 2 is a view of the wheel side of a chronograph control device according to a second embodiment of the invention.
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La résistance qui sera ressentie par un utilisateur qui appuie sur le premier poussoir 10 afin de remettre à zéro le mécanisme compteur du chronographe est donc proportionnelle à la force de cran qui doit être surmonté pour sortir le bec 24 de l'encoche 32 dudit ressort 30.The resistance that will be felt by a user who presses on the
Lorsque le deuxième levier 22 est pivoté sous l'action du deuxième poussoir 12 sur le même pivot 25 en direction de la flèche B, il s'oppose également à cette même force cran déterminé par la géométrie du ressort 30 et par sa force de rappel. Cependant, la force est dans ce cas exercée par le déplacement du ressort 30 et non par celui du bec 24. La force résultante étant la même que lors d'un pivotement du premier levier 20, la sensation de résistance lors de l'actionnement du premier et du deuxième poussoirs 10, 12 respectivement ne dépend que du rapport des bras de levier effectifs dans chaque cas, comme expliqué plus en détail par la suite.When the
La résistance qui sera ressentie lors de l'actionnement du premier poussoir 10 est inversement proportionnelle à la distance d1 entre l'axe de pivotement 25 du premier levier 20 et la direction F1 de la force exercée sur le premier poussoir 10 lors de son actionnement. De la même manière, la résistance qui sera ressentie lors de l'actionnement du deuxième poussoir 12 est inversement proportionnelle à la distance d2 entre l'axe de pivotement 25 du deuxième levier 22 et la direction F2 de la force exercée sur le premier poussoir 12 lors de son actionnement. Si on veut que cette résistance soit la même pour les deux poussoirs 10, 12, il faut dimensionner le dispositif illustré à la
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- Chronograph control device including:- a first, pivotably mounted lever (20), and arranged for being activated by a first push-button (10), and whose movement in the direction of the first push-button is limited (10) by a first stop member,- a second, pivotably mounted lever (22), and arranged for being activated by a second push-button (12), and whose movement in the direction of the second push-button (12) is limited by a second stop member, characterized in that a spring (30) is mounted on the second lever (22), and in that the first lever (20) is associated with an arm (26) that cooperates with the spring (30) such that, when one or other of the two levers (20, 22) is activated by one of the push-buttons (10, 12), the arm (26) and the spring (30) move relative to each other in such a way that the arm (26) is subjected to the return force of the spring (30).
- Chronograph control device according to claim 1, characterized in that the arm (26) is provided with a beak (24) that cooperates with the spring (30).
- Chronograph control device according to claim 1, characterized in that the arm (26) is provided with a pin or peg that cooperates with the spring (30).
- Chronograph control device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the arm is attached to the first lever (20) and in that said first lever (20) is arranged for pivoting in an opposite direction of rotation (A) to that (B) of the second lever (22).
- Chronograph control device according to claim 4, characterized in that the distance (d1) between a pivoting axis (25) of the first lever (20) and a direction (F1) of the force exerted on the first push-button (10) when said push-button is activated, is equal to the distance (d2) between a pivoting axis (25) of the second lever (22) and a direction (F2) of the force exerted on the second push-button (12), when said push-button is activated.
- Chronograph control device according to claim 1, characterized in that the arm (26) is pivotably mounted and articulated on the end of the first lever (20), said first lever (20) pivoting in the same direction of rotation (B) as the second lever and the arm (26) pivoting in the opposite direction of rotation (A) to the two levers (20, 22).
- Chronograph control lever according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the arm (26) is articulated on the second lever (22) and pivots about the same axis (21) as said second lever (22).
- Chronograph control device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first and/or second stop member is formed by the corresponding push-button (10, 12).
- Chronograph control device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the spring (30) is a jumper spring.
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