EP2503543A1 - Musikmodul für eine Armbanduhr - Google Patents

Musikmodul für eine Armbanduhr Download PDF

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EP2503543A1
EP2503543A1 EP11159064A EP11159064A EP2503543A1 EP 2503543 A1 EP2503543 A1 EP 2503543A1 EP 11159064 A EP11159064 A EP 11159064A EP 11159064 A EP11159064 A EP 11159064A EP 2503543 A1 EP2503543 A1 EP 2503543A1
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Jérôme Favre
Jan Pittet
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Montres Breguet SA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10F—AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
    • G10F1/00—Automatic musical instruments
    • G10F1/06—Musical boxes with plucked teeth, blades, or the like
    • 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
    • G04B21/00—Indicating the time by acoustic means
    • G04B21/02—Regular striking mechanisms giving the full hour, half hour or quarter hour
    • G04B21/06—Details of striking mechanisms, e.g. hammer, fan governor
    • 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
    • G04B21/00—Indicating the time by acoustic means
    • G04B21/02—Regular striking mechanisms giving the full hour, half hour or quarter hour
    • G04B21/08—Sounding bodies; Whistles; Musical apparatus
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10F—AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
    • G10F5/00—Details or accessories
    • G10F5/04—Tune barrels, sheets, rollers, spools, or the like

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  • the invention relates to a musical module for a watch, which is provided with a mobile substrate carrying activation members and at least one blade keyboard that can be activated by the activation members in an operating mode. of the musical module.
  • This music module includes at least one keyboard.
  • This keyboard is composed of several metal blades arranged parallel to each other in a plane and connected to a heel fixed to a watch plate. Each blade is capable of producing a tone of a specific tone depending on its length.
  • the blades are activated by pins of a disc selected in rotation among several disks available. The pins distributed on the rotating disk allow to lift or flex at least some of the blades and release them to vibrate, to generate a music function of the selected disc.
  • the invention therefore aims to provide a musical module for a watch to overcome the disadvantages of the state of the art mentioned above.
  • the invention relates to a musical module for a watch, comprising the features, which are defined in the independent claim 1.
  • the substrate comprises a set of pins, the height of which can be variable from one pin to the other so as to activate the blades of the keyboard more or less strongly when the substrate is moving.
  • the loudness can generally be adjusted according to the height of each pin, as it modifies the lifting of the blade of the keyboard to activate.
  • the keyboard consists of a set of blades, which are fixed at one end to a bead and are arranged generally parallel to each other in the same plane.
  • Another advantage of the musical module lies in the fact that an optimization of the consumed torque of the musical module can be obtained by modifying the lifting of blades to activate the keyboard. This may be important because the blades that can generate high-pitched sounds consume a greater amount of torque than the blades that can generate serious sounds for the same lifting of the blade.
  • the pins at different height on the substrate which can be a rotating disk or a rotating cylinder, it is possible to alternate musical passages ranging from a low intensity (pianissimo) to a high intensity (fortissimo) .
  • this arrangement of pins at different height to the human ear with eg sharp notes less piercing.
  • the figure 1 represents a three-dimensional view of the musical module, which can equip a watch for the production of a music in specific periods or by a manual setting.
  • the musical module shown firstly comprises a keyboard 1.
  • the keyboard 1 comprises a set of blades 3. These blades 3 can be arranged parallel and equidistant from one another, and in the same plane .
  • One end of each blade is fixed to the same heel 2, which can be fixed for example on a bridge connected to a plate or directly on a plate in the case of a musical watch.
  • the blades 3 come from material with the heel 2 to form a single piece of the same material.
  • the material may be for example a metallic material, such as steel or copper, or a precious metal such as gold, or also a material of amorphous structure, such as metallic glass.
  • the musical module further comprises at least one substrate 10 in the form of a cylinder or disc made of a metallic or ceramic or plastic material.
  • the cylinder or disk 10 comprises several activation members, which are preferably pins 11 for activating respectively a certain number of blades in order to produce a plurality of blades. music.
  • the height of the pins 11 of the disk is variable, that is to say that the height of the pins can be defined or adjusted on the disk 10.
  • it is possible when turning on the music module to activate more or less strongly some blades. This has the effect of intensifying more or less strongly the sound generated by the vibration of each activated blade.
  • each blade 3 further comprises a member 4 in the form of a cam, which defines a ramp.
  • the ramp preferably defines an acute angle slope with respect to the free end of the blade 3.
  • Each pin 11 of the toothed disc 10 can come into contact with the ramp of the cam 4 of each blade 3 to be activated, when the rotation in the direction r of the toothed disk 10.
  • the toothed disk can be rotated by a toothed wheel of the not shown musical module.
  • the axis of rotation of the toothed disc 10, which carries all the pins 11, may be arranged perpendicular to the plane of the blades 3 and at an initially adapted distance.
  • the pin 11 By coming into contact with the ramp of the cam 4 of one of the blades 3 to be activated, the pin 11 raises or flexes the corresponding blade as it moves in the direction of the free end of the blade. Once the pin 11 has moved beyond said cam 4, the blade 3 is released to vibrate for the generation of a specific note depending on the length of the blade 3. According to the arrangement of pins 11 on the toothed disk 10, at least some blades 3 can be successively activated to produce a specific music.
  • Each blade 3 of the keyboard may be of a rectilinear shape with a rectangular or circular cross-section or the like, which may be the same throughout the length of the blade. However the section transverse can also vary gradually or discontinuously along the length of each blade 3.
  • All blades 3 of keyboard 1 may be sized to generally each produce a different note when activated. However it can also be expected to have some groups of two or more blades, which are likely to produce the same particular note as it can be seen on the figure 1 .
  • the musical module summarily represented comprises a keyboard 1 and a substrate in the form of a cylinder or disk 10.
  • the cylinder or disk 10 comprises a set of activation members, which are preferably pins 11. These Pins 11 are screwed, glued, welded or driven onto the cylinder or disc 10, or they come directly from the material of the disk plate 10 or cylinder tube.
  • the keyboard 1 comprises a set of blades 3 arranged parallel to each other in the same plane, but only one of the blades 3 is visible on this figure 2 .
  • the plane of the blades is also parallel to the plate of the disk 10, which is represented in a simplified manner at the figure 2 .
  • These blades 3 are fixed at one of their ends to the same bead 2, while the other free end of movement is provided with a cam 4 in the form of a ramp as explained above.
  • the toothed disc 10 is rotated about an axis perpendicular to the set of blades 3.
  • the pins 11 of the disc facing the blades 3 move in a direction from the heel 2 to the blade. free end of the blades 3.
  • the height h1, h2, h3 of the different pins is variable, that is to say that the height of some pins can be adapted according to the loudness more or less strong to produce when 3.
  • passages from pianissimo to fortissimo can be played.
  • the sound level can also be adjusted to the human ear, so that acute notes, generated by some activated blades, are less piercing.
  • a first set of pins may be provided at a first height h1, a second set of pins 11 at a second height h2 and a third set of pins 11 at a third height h3.
  • pins can also be provided at only two different heights on the disc 10.
  • the pins can also have a height, which is adapted according to the length of the blade so as to have an equivalent activation torque for each blade of different length, because this activation torque is more important for blades generating acute notes than low notes.
  • the pins 11 on the disc can be replaced by pins of different height, if they are for example screwed into the plate of the disc.
  • a same blade can be activated when rotating the disk by a pin at a first height and by another pin at a second height.
  • This note generated by the vibrating blade is of a loudness, which depends on the bending of the blade due to the specific height of the pin.
  • the loudness can also depend on the height of the cam 4 in addition to that of the pin 11. According to a defined arrangement of pins on the disk and their height, it can be considered for example more or less remove the disc from the blades, which has the effect of changing the sound level of the melody produced more or less strongly.
  • the adaptation of the sound intensity and the vibration of the blades 3 is advantageously transmitted to parts of dressing of the watch for a good acoustic radiation of the sound produced. It can also be provided to mount several discs 10 or pin rollers 11 on the plate, if several sets of blades are attached from different side surfaces of the heel 2.
  • each keyboard blade may not be straight, but define at least one curve.
  • the blades of curvilinear shape can be arranged coaxially around a pin cylinder, or possibly a ball pin.
  • the keyboard blades can be removably attached to the heel to be able to change one or more blades depending on the music to be produced.
  • the height of each pin on the disk or the cylinder can be adapted in particular by means of a screw in a thread in the disk or cylinder.
  • the cam at each free end of the blades may have a bearing surface in curvilinear shape or another form different from a rectilinear ramp.

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CH00474/11A CH704670B1 (fr) 2011-03-21 2011-03-21 Module musical pour une montre.
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CH707110A1 (fr) * 2012-10-17 2014-04-30 Reuge Sa Montre musicale.
CH710457A1 (fr) * 2014-12-10 2016-06-15 Van Cleef & Arpels SA Montre musicale.
CN110277078A (zh) * 2018-03-16 2019-09-24 蒙特雷布勒盖股份有限公司 用于钟表报时机构的音乐梳

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CH708953B1 (fr) * 2013-12-09 2017-12-15 Montres Breguet Sa Disque-clavier de sonnerie optimisé pour pièce d'horlogerie.

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CH262301A (de) * 1948-02-21 1949-06-30 Reuge Guido Musikwerk mit Stabkamm.
US2787927A (en) * 1953-04-08 1957-04-09 Nosco Plastics Music box cylinder and comb
CH349869A (fr) * 1958-04-03 1960-10-31 Techna Anstalt Fuer Verwertung Procédé de fabrication d'un rouleau de mouvement à musique à lames vibrantes, machine pour la mise en oeuvre de ce procédé et rouleau obtenu à l'aide de celui-ci.
CH409599A (fr) * 1962-11-23 1966-03-15 Jaques Fernand Boîte à musique
FR2777095A1 (fr) * 1998-04-02 1999-10-08 Christophe Claret Sa Montre sonore
JPH11272267A (ja) * 1998-03-23 1999-10-08 Sony Corp オルゴール
JPH11327543A (ja) * 1998-05-07 1999-11-26 Sony Corp オルゴール
WO2008007161A1 (fr) 2006-07-10 2008-01-17 Mermod Frere S.A. Module musical d'un mouvement horloger d'une montre

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CH262301A (de) * 1948-02-21 1949-06-30 Reuge Guido Musikwerk mit Stabkamm.
US2787927A (en) * 1953-04-08 1957-04-09 Nosco Plastics Music box cylinder and comb
CH349869A (fr) * 1958-04-03 1960-10-31 Techna Anstalt Fuer Verwertung Procédé de fabrication d'un rouleau de mouvement à musique à lames vibrantes, machine pour la mise en oeuvre de ce procédé et rouleau obtenu à l'aide de celui-ci.
CH409599A (fr) * 1962-11-23 1966-03-15 Jaques Fernand Boîte à musique
JPH11272267A (ja) * 1998-03-23 1999-10-08 Sony Corp オルゴール
FR2777095A1 (fr) * 1998-04-02 1999-10-08 Christophe Claret Sa Montre sonore
JPH11327543A (ja) * 1998-05-07 1999-11-26 Sony Corp オルゴール
WO2008007161A1 (fr) 2006-07-10 2008-01-17 Mermod Frere S.A. Module musical d'un mouvement horloger d'une montre

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CH707110A1 (fr) * 2012-10-17 2014-04-30 Reuge Sa Montre musicale.
CH710457A1 (fr) * 2014-12-10 2016-06-15 Van Cleef & Arpels SA Montre musicale.
CN110277078A (zh) * 2018-03-16 2019-09-24 蒙特雷布勒盖股份有限公司 用于钟表报时机构的音乐梳

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