EP2244137A2 - Steuerungsorgan einer Uhr - Google Patents

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EP2244137A2
EP2244137A2 EP10004154A EP10004154A EP2244137A2 EP 2244137 A2 EP2244137 A2 EP 2244137A2 EP 10004154 A EP10004154 A EP 10004154A EP 10004154 A EP10004154 A EP 10004154A EP 2244137 A2 EP2244137 A2 EP 2244137A2
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control member
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Jean-Pierre Golay
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Franck Mueller Watchland SA
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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
    • G04B27/00—Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means
    • G04B27/004—Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means having several simultaneous functions, e.g. stopping or starting the clockwork or the hands
    • 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
    • G04B3/00—Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically; Winding up several mainsprings or driving weights simultaneously
    • G04B3/04—Rigidly-mounted keys, knobs or crowns
    • G04B3/041—Construction of crowns for rotating movement; connection with the winding stem; winding stems

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  • the present invention relates to a control member for watchpick, of the type comprising a box inside which is housed a watch movement, the control member comprising a rod intended to be arranged through the box and presenting a first end intended to be located in the box to cooperate with a mechanism of the watch movement and a second end intended to be located outside the box and carrying an actuating surface.
  • the winding and / or setting crown rods have: generally complex constructions by which they can move axially and turn on themselves, to cooperate with a plurality of mechanisms; movement: watchmaker, including a winding train and a train of time setting.
  • the pushers and correctors have simpler constructions by which they can generally move axially between two extreme positions, most of the time in response to pressure, to actuate a single mechanism of the watch movement.
  • control members thus have complementary applications, the pushers and correctors being: dedicated, besides the functions of a chronograph for the pushers, the setting of certain complications.
  • timepieces that is to say having, for example, a perpetual calendar function
  • a main object of the present invention is to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks, by proposing a control member for a timepiece that makes it possible to actuate two different mechanisms of a watch movement while presenting a relatively simple construction and assembly.
  • the present invention relates more particularly to a control member of the type mentioned above, characterized in that it is: arranged so as to be pivotable along a first axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to its rod.
  • the rod has a through hole formed in a direction substantially perpendicular to its longitudinal direction, the control member comprising a fixing member housed in the through hole: and: to ensure the mounting of the control member inside the timepiece box and: to fulfill the pivot function: for the stem.
  • control member allows: from the outset to operate two different functions, depending on whether its rod is rotated in one direction or the other.
  • the through hole is formed of two bores having surfaces inclined relative to a direction perpendicular to the rod, so that the control member is able to pivot further along a second axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the first axis of rotation.
  • control member comprises a crown secured to the rod and mounted on it so as to be able to moving in the longitudinal direction of the rod between first and second extreme positions, a retracted position and a pulled position.
  • control member may further comprise an elastic member interposed between the rod and the crown to tend to position the latter in its pulled position relative to the rod, and a retaining member for be integral with the timepiece box, arranged to allow locking of the crown in its retracted position.
  • control device can be handled without tools, as opposed to correctors, and without requiring the wearer a particular dexterity.
  • the movement: watchmaker associated with the control member according to the invention may comprise a fork arranged to cooperate; on the one hand, with the first end of the stem and, on the other hand, with one or more mechanisms of movement: watchmaker.
  • FIG. 1 represents a simplified front view of a timepiece comprising a control member according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2a to 2d represent simplified sectional views of a controller according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention, in four different configurations, and
  • FIGS. 3a to 3d are simplified sectional views of a controller according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention in four different configurations.
  • the figure 1 represents a simplified front view of a timepiece 1 comprising a control member 2 according to an embodiment preferred embodiment of the present invention, more specifically of its box 4 in which is housed a watch movement surmounted by a dial 5.
  • the control member 2 is shown in solid lines when it occupies a first position and in broken lines in two other positions that it can occupy by pivoting, after passing through an intermediate central drawn position (not shown), and. which will be described later.
  • FIGS. 2a to 2d illustrate, in a simplified sectional view, a first preferred embodiment of a control member such as that of the figure 1 , in four different configurations.
  • the control member 20 is in the form of a crown rod comprising a rod 21, having a first end 22, located inside the watch case 4, and a second end 23, located outside the the watch box.
  • the second end 23 of the rod carries a ring 25 advantageously having a groove 26 to facilitate its handling.
  • the ring 25 is mounted on the rod 21 so as to be able to move between first and second. second axial positions, namely a retracted or neutral position and a pulled position.
  • the rod 21 is secured to the watch case 4 so as to pivot on either side of a central drawn position.
  • the figure 2a represents the control member when the crown is in its retracted or neutral position, while the figure 2b represents it when the crown is in its drawn position, the rod being in its central position.
  • the Figures 2c and 2d represent the control member when the rod 21 is pivoted in one direction and the other.
  • the ring 25 has a central bore 28 in which is formed a tapping 30.
  • a sleeve 31 is screwed into the bore, with the interposition of an O-ring 32.
  • the second end 23 of the rod 21 is inserted into the central hole 33 of the sleeve 31.
  • a screw 34 is housed in the second end 23, in the longitudinal direction of the rod 21.
  • the head of the screw 34 has a larger diameter to that of the rod, so that it is arranged to cooperate with a shoulder 36 formed in the central hole of the sleeve, in order to define a stop during the axial displacement: of the sleeve, therefore of the crown, relative to the stem.
  • a helical spring 37 is also inserted into the central hole 33 of the sleeve 31, being: in abutment, on the one hand, against the head of the screw 34 and, on the other hand, against the ring 25, in order to exert on the latter a force tending to push it back into its drawn position.
  • the control member 20 further comprises a tube 39 screwed into a hole 40 adapted to the box 4, with the interposition of a seal. 41.
  • the tube 39 has a thread 42 adapted to cooperate with the tapping 30 of the ring 25.
  • the ring 25 is of the screwed type, that is to say that it must be screwed to be: positioned and held in its neutral position.
  • An additional packing 43 is provided to reinforce the tightness of the box when the crown is screwed.
  • the rod 21 comprises a bulge 44 located inside the watch box 4 and provided with a cylindrical hole 45 intended to accommodate a shaft 46 secured to the frame of the watch movement, for example by means of the circle of chase 48, to ensure the assembly of the control member to the watch.
  • the bulge 44 can indifferently be cylindrical or spherical, for example.
  • the shaft 46 is oriented here in a direction substantially parallel to the general plane of the watch case.
  • a seal 49 is provided between the rod 21, at the bulge 44, and the tube 39, to ensure the sealing of the watch case.
  • the rod 21 is able to pivot relative to the watch movement, along the axis of rotation defined by the shaft 46.
  • the first end 22 of the rod 21 cooperates preferably with a fork 50 cooperating itself with at least one mechanism of the watch movement.
  • the person skilled in the art will not encounter any particular difficulty in implementing suitable means of cooperation between the fork 50 and the watch movement, to provide that the latter acts either in one way or another on a single mechanism of movement, in one direction or the other, or on two mechanisms, different in the direction of rotation of the rod 21.
  • the rod 21 when the rod 21 is: actuated in a first direction, it increments a counter of the watch and when it is actuated in the other direction, it decrements the same counter.
  • FIGS. 3a to 3d illustrate, in a simplified sectional view, a second preferred embodiment of a control member 60 such as that of the figure 1 , in four different configurations.
  • control member 60 The structure and mounting of the control member 60 are similar to those of the control member 20 which has just been described. For the sake of simplification of the present description, only the constituents differing will be described in detail and will carry different numerical references from those already used in relation to Figures 2a to 2d .
  • the control member 60 comprises a ring 25, of the screwed type, cooperating with a tube 39 secured to the watch case 4 to define a retracted position, neutral, and a position drawn from the ring, by means of a helical spring 37 disposed between the second end 23 of the rod 61 and. the crown 25.
  • the rod 61 comprises a bulge 64 located inside the watch box 4 and provided with a hole 65 for housing a shaft 66 integral with the frame of the watch movement, for example via the circle of 48.
  • the bulge 64 can indifferently be cylindrical or spherical, for example.
  • the shaft 66 here has the shape of a screw oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the general plane of the watch case .
  • the rod 61 is pivotable on both sides of the its central drawn position, along an axis of rotation: perpendicular to that of the first embodiment.
  • the hole 65 has a particular shape. Indeed, it has, from one of its ends to the other, transverse dimensions greater than the diameter of the screw 66 and decreasing to its central region where its transverse dimensions are adjusted relative to: the screw 66. Starting from the central region to the other end of the hole, the transverse dimensions of the latter increase again to clear a gap between there screw and the hole.
  • the hole 65 is formed of two identical frustoconical bores whose bases are opposite.
  • the rod 61 has an additional axis of rotation relative to the first embodiment.
  • the figure 3a represents the control member when the crown is in its retracted or neutral position, while the figure 3b represents it when the crown is in its drawn position, the rod being in its central position.
  • the Figures 3c and 3d represent the control organ 60 when the rod 61 is rotated in one direction and the other, along the additional axis of rotation.
  • the first end 22 of the rod 61 cooperates preferably with one or two control levers (not shown) cooperating themselves with at least one mechanism of the watch movement.
  • control levers and the watch movement, to provide that they act in one way or another; on one, two, three or four movement mechanisms.
  • each lever has an oblong opening in which the first end 22 of the rod is housed, so that each lever is not actuated in one of two possible pivoting directions.
  • a single control member according to the present invention can advantageously replace up to four correctors, which allows to divide by four the number of holes to spare in the box. of watch. This results in an obvious advantage in terms of safety, from the point of view of sealing, for the corresponding wristwatch, in addition to the question of manufacturing costs related to the complexity of producing a box with many holes.

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JP2015068684A (ja) * 2013-09-27 2015-04-13 カシオ計算機株式会社 スイッチ装置および時計
CN112242265A (zh) * 2020-11-11 2021-01-19 歌尔科技有限公司 按键组件及智能腕戴设备

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