EP2650735B1 - Winding device of a self-winding watch - Google Patents

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EP2650735B1
EP2650735B1 EP13163158.2A EP13163158A EP2650735B1 EP 2650735 B1 EP2650735 B1 EP 2650735B1 EP 13163158 A EP13163158 A EP 13163158A EP 2650735 B1 EP2650735 B1 EP 2650735B1
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Michel Willemin
Jean-Jacques Born
François Klopfenstein
Patrick Ragot
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Priority to CN201480020397.9A priority patent/CN105103058B/en
Priority to PCT/EP2014/055662 priority patent/WO2014166719A2/en
Priority to US14/768,610 priority patent/US9836027B2/en
Priority to JP2015559523A priority patent/JP5982590B2/en
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    • G04HOROLOGY
    • G04DAPPARATUS OR TOOLS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR MAKING OR MAINTAINING CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04D7/00Measuring, counting, calibrating, testing or regulating apparatus
    • G04D7/006Testing apparatus for complete clockworks with regard to external influences or general good working
    • G04D7/009Testing apparatus for complete clockworks with regard to external influences or general good working with regard to the functioning of the automatic winding-up device
    • GPHYSICS
    • G04HOROLOGY
    • G04BMECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B13/00Gearwork
    • GPHYSICS
    • G04HOROLOGY
    • G04BMECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B5/00Automatic winding up
    • G04B5/02Automatic winding up by self-winding caused by the movement of the watch
    • G04B5/16Construction of the weights
    • G04B5/165Weights consisting of several parts
    • GPHYSICS
    • G04HOROLOGY
    • G04CELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04C1/00Winding mechanical clocks electrically
    • G04C1/02Winding mechanical clocks electrically by electromagnets

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  • the invention relates to a winding device for an automatic winding watch, comprising a guide at its pivot axis and inscribed in a cylinder of maximum radius, and comprising drive means of a mechanism for recharging energy.
  • the invention also relates to an automatic winding watch comprising at least one moving mechanical mass for recharging mechanical energy of at least one cylinder or accumulator.
  • the invention also relates to a watch movement comprising at least one barrel or a mechanical energy accumulator, and at least one such automatic winding.
  • the invention also relates to a self-winding watch, comprising at least one such movement, and / or at least one mechanical energy cylinder or accumulator and at least one such automatic winding.
  • the invention relates to the field of watchmaking, and more particularly the reassembly of automatic watches.
  • EP2650735A2 describes a self-winding watch winding device, by magnetic or electrostatic drive of an oscillating mass.
  • the document CH706352A2 discloses non-contact torque transfer by magnetic or electrostatic drive.
  • the document FR1242820 describes a self-winding watch without a pivoted axle.
  • the document FR2076082 describes an elapsed time indicator, with electromagnetic device.
  • the document CH703475A2 discloses a transmission without contact in a clockwork movement, magnetic or electrostatic type.
  • the document CH320822A describes an electrostatic motor for winding a barrel.
  • JP2010286428 discloses a power generation apparatus for an electrostatic induction watch.
  • the document FR2076493A6 describes a DC motor without collector including micro-magnets.
  • the document FR555777 describes an eddy current auto switch driver.
  • the document FR759771 describes an eddy current motor for winding a pendulum.
  • the document FR1546744 describes an automatic watch with winding and time setting by magnetic influence.
  • the invention proposes to provide the user with simple, inexpensive and space-saving means to remount a self-winding watch and keep it permanently in maximum power reserve potential even if it is not scope.
  • the invention relates to a winding device for an automatic winding watch, according to claim 1.
  • the invention further relates to an automatic watch winder according to claim 8 or 9.
  • the invention also relates to a watch movement comprising at least one barrel or a mechanical energy accumulator, and at least one such automatic winding.
  • the invention also relates to a self-winding watch, comprising at least one such movement, and / or at least one mechanical energy cylinder or accumulator and at least one such automatic winding.
  • These means comprise means for generating a so-called rotating field, that is to say a magnetic field and / or electrostatic and / or intensity and / or variable direction as a function of time.
  • this field said rotating, can be deployed along any profile, linear, circular, or other.
  • the principle is to drive a charging mobile of a mechanical energy accumulator such as a barrel, by an electromagnetic force or by eddy currents, depending on the material of this mobile.
  • a mobile driven by electromagnetic forces is called here "oscillating mass”, and generally adopts the form of a conventional mechanical oscillating mass disk sector.
  • a mobile driven by eddy currents preferably has a closed surface around its pivot axis, and is comparable to a disk, and is referred to as such in the following description.
  • An oscillating mass can be extended without limitation to a mechanical mass in motion, for example translation.
  • these winding means go hand in hand with watches adapted for optimal operation.
  • winding means are, in principle, capable of driving a conventional oscillating weight steel, they are not directly adapted to the best for driving a gold oscillating mass in the form of a sector that allows no not the optimal flow of eddy currents.
  • the invention is developed so as to allow easy adaptation of existing oscillating masses to such a winding mechanism, without significant modification of the movement. It is adapted to a simple replacement of a standard oscillating mass by a mass with a particular composition of materials.
  • the addition of a disk is feasible, preferably coaxially with the mechanical oscillating weight of the watch.
  • This original mechanical oscillating mass must then stay in place to reassemble when the watch is worn.
  • the modification of the movement is then limited, especially as the disc can be mounted, either independent of the mechanical oscillating mass, or integral with it, to attack, or the same drive ratchet of the cylinder, or a separate ratchet.
  • the problem of training the barrel for reassembly is well known to those skilled in the art, and is not discussed here.
  • the choice of materials for the winding watch is guided by the optimal behavior of the mobile depending on the type of field to which it is subject.
  • magnetically permeable materials are defined as materials having a relative permeability of between 10 and 10,000, such as steels, which have a relative permeability close to 100 for balance shafts for example. or around 4000 for steels commonly used in electrical circuits, or other alloys whose relative permeability reaches values of 8000 to 10000.
  • Magnetic materials for example in the case of polar masses, will be called materials capable of being magnetized so as to have a residual field of between 0.1 and 1.5 Tesla, such as for example the "Neodymium Iron Boron". a magnetic energy density Em close to 512 kJ / m 3 and giving a residual field of 0.5 to 1.3 Tesla. A lower residual field level, towards the lower part of the range can be used when combining, in a magnetization couple, such a magnetic material with a magnetically permeable antagonist component of high permeability, closer to 10000, in the range of 100 to 10,000.
  • Magnetic materials will be referred to as materials having a relative magnetic permeability of between 1.0001 and 100, for example for spacers interposed between a magnetic material and a magnetically permeable antagonist component, or alternatively between two magnetic materials, for example a spacer between a component and a polar mass.
  • weakly paramagnetic materials are: aluminum, gold, brass or the like (magnetic permeability less than 2).
  • a winding device 300 or a watch assembly 400 comprising a winding device 300 and at least one watch 200.
  • the winding mobile 50 automatic winding watch comprises a guide 2 at its pivot axis D.
  • This mobile 50 is registered in a cylinder of maximum radius RMAX centered on this axis D, and comprises drive means of a mechanism for recharging energy, such as ratchet for driving a barrel, or the like.
  • this mobile 50 comprises, or at least one ferromagnetic or magnetized portion for driving the mobile 50 by a variable magnetic field, or an electrified portion for driving the mobile 50 by a variable electrostatic field, or a paramagnetic conductive ring surrounding the pivot axis D on a sufficiently large diameter for driving the mobile 50 by eddy currents.
  • this conductive ring is preferably at the periphery of the mobile 50, which is then called “disk" 20.
  • the winding mobile 50 comprises at least one magnetic oscillating mass 1, which comprises a first ferromagnetic inner portion 8 extending on radii below the minimum radius RMIN of a second peripheral portion 9 of heavy metal.
  • heavy metal is meant a material of atomic number between 73 and 79, or an alloy comprising at least 80% of heavy metal of atomic number between 73 and 79.
  • the RMIN / RMAX ratio is preferably greater than 0.5.
  • the second peripheral portion 9 comprises at least 50% of tungsten.
  • the second peripheral portion 9 comprises at least 50% of tungsten and at least 20% of gold.
  • the second peripheral portion 9 comprises at least 20% iron.
  • the first inner portion 8 is made of magnetically soft material.
  • the figure 3 illustrates a variant of the figure 2 wherein the magnetic oscillating mass 1 has openings 40 at the first inner portion 8.
  • the figure 4 illustrates a winding mobile 50 which comprises at least one oscillating mass 5 called magnet, comprising at least one component of magnetically hard material 6 eccentric with respect to said guide 2.
  • the winding mobile 50 comprises at least one electrified portion for driving the mobile 50 by a variable electrostatic field, which advantageously comprises electrets.
  • the figure 5 represents a winding mobile 50 which comprises at least one disk 20 comprising at least one paramagnetic conductive ring surrounding said pivot axis D for driving said mobile 50 by eddy currents.
  • the invention also relates, inside the watch, an automatic winding watch 10 comprising at least one mechanical oscillating mass 3 for recharging mechanical energy of at least one barrel or accumulator.
  • this winding device 10 comprises, in addition to or instead of this at least one mechanical oscillating weight 3, at least one such winding device 50 presented above.
  • At least one winding mobile 50 comprises at least one cutout 40.
  • the invention also relates to a watch movement 100 comprising at least one barrel or a mechanical energy accumulator, and at least one such automatic winding device 10.
  • the invention also relates to a watch 200 with automatic winding, comprising at least one such movement 100, and / or at least one cylinder or a mechanical energy accumulator and at least one such automatic winding 10.
  • the watch 200 comprises, for the mechanical energy recharging of at least one cylinder or accumulator, a paramagnetic conductive disk 20 arranged for recharging mechanical energy of at least one barrel or accumulator, or more than one such disc 20.
  • a device 300 for automatic watch winding comprises at least one power supply means or an electric accumulator, and at least one receptacle support 301 for a watch.
  • the power supply means or the electric accumulator is advantageously housed in a base dressed with photovoltaic cells 309, as visible on the figure 1 , so as to supply electric means for generating fields.
  • This receptacle support 301 comprises a bearing surface 302 intended to support the bottom of a watch.
  • This device 300 comprises generating means 310 of a magnetic and / or electrostatic field arranged in a fixed position at a transmission zone 303 under this bearing surface 302, and generating, at least a track or field sector 340, at least one magnetic field and / or electrostatic so-called "turning" direction and / or intensity and / or direction as a function of time.
  • the track or the field sector 340 comprises at least one linear segment 307 of a substantially linear emission zone 303.
  • the generation means 310 generate, at this at least one linear segment 307, at least one magnetic or electrostatic field of substantially orthogonal or orthogonal direction at the bearing surface 302 and intensity and / or sense varies with time.
  • the figure 9 illustrates a variant where the track or the field sector 340 comprises several such disjoint linear segments 307A, 307B: at each of them is exerted successively such a rotating field.
  • the track or the field sector 340 comprises at least one angular sector 304 of a substantially annular emission zone 303.
  • the generating means 310 generate, at this at least one angular sector 304, at least one magnetic or / and electrostatic field of substantially orthogonal or orthogonal direction, at the bearing surface 302 and intensity or / and sense varies with time.
  • the generating means 310 generate, on the transmission zone 303, a plurality of such magnetic and / or electrostatic fields, parallel to each other orthogonal to the bearing surface 302 and each of intensity or and of direction that varies with time.
  • the generation means 310 comprise a network of coils 305 at all or part of the transmission zone 303.
  • the generation means 310 generate the magnetic field and / or electrostatic on an angular sector 304 centered on a median axis of the bearing surface 302 and less than 240 ° reciprocating from one end to the other. Another of this angular sector 304.
  • the axis D of the winding of the watch to go up is substantially coincident with this median axis when the watch is placed by its bottom 201 on the bearing surface 302.
  • the trajectory 308 of the receiving track of the driving wheel 50 is illustrated on the Figures 8 and 9 .
  • the figure 7 shows the limits 306 of the transmission zone 303 actually active in such a case.
  • the generation means 310 may be, if necessary, controlled to reverse the fields and brake the mobile 50 if its rotational speed is too high.
  • the generating means 310 generate the magnetic field and / or electrostatic in a uniform direction of rotation over all 360 ° of the bearing surface 302.
  • the physical means for producing the rotating fields may be identical, for example a complete annular network of coils 305, some or all of which, depending on the management mode chosen, are activated.
  • the device 300 advantageously comprises regulation and control means 320 for controlling the generation means 310.
  • the regulation and control means 320 comprise time management means and control the generation of the magnetic and / or electrostatic field at predefined times or resulting from the reception of a signal.
  • control and control means 320 control the generation of the magnetic and / or electrostatic field in the form of a so-called "rotating" field with a speed ⁇ of rotation along the angular sector 304 or the transmission zone 303.
  • the regulation and control means 320 accelerate the rotational speed ⁇ of said rotating field, from the start time of the generation of the field to an acceleration stop time after a period of time. predefined.
  • the regulation and control means 320 comprise receiving means 330 arranged for measuring position and / or speed of a winding mobile 50 driven under the effect of the variation of the magnetic and / or electrostatic field, and are capable of exerting reversing fields in the event of excessive rotational speed of a mobile 50.
  • the regulation and control means 320 make it possible to define particular cycles of field variation. For example, it is possible to first move a mass in motion in a reciprocating motion of a certain amplitude, then to modify this amplitude, or even to transform the reciprocating motion in continuous motion. This tool is extremely flexible, and is limited only by the capabilities of the control means 320.
  • a watch assembly 400 includes such a device 300, and at least one such watch 200.
  • the paralleling (or series) of mechanical winding functions can be provided by subjecting the watch to acceleration of magnetic / electrostatic / eddy current origin.
  • Each of these mobiles can attack the energy accumulator, either unitarily or by the same mechanism as the already existing mechanical oscillating mass.
  • the back and forth can be limited either by the regulation and control means 320, or by a mechanical limitation, or the combination of these two solutions.
  • the complete, continuous, and accelerated rotation of the winding mobile 50 is a special case that strongly personalizes this watch ensemble.
  • Another solution consists in setting up a magnet that moves on an axis in the winding device, and in translation drives the magnetic oscillating mass 1 or the magnet oscillating mass 5, as the case may be, on the side of the magnet. watch 200.
  • the unbalance of the mass generally varies from 70 to 300 ⁇ Nm.
  • the inertia is of the order of 200 g.mm2.
  • the sintered tungsten has a density of about 18 g / cm3.
  • the heart of the oscillating mass is generally brass, with a thickness of the order of 0.3 to 0.4 mm.
  • This winding device 300 allows, with a speed of rotation ⁇ of 5 revolutions per second, to carry out a complete reassembly of any watch in less than 5 minutes.
  • the gap between the coils 305 and the mobile winding 50 is chosen in the range of 2 to 3 mm.

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Description

Domaine de l'inventionField of the invention

L'invention concerne un mobile de remontage pour remontoir automatique de montre, comportant un guidage au niveau de son axe de pivotement et inscrit dans un cylindre de rayon maximum, et comportant des moyens d'entraînement d'un mécanisme de rechargement en énergie.The invention relates to a winding device for an automatic winding watch, comprising a guide at its pivot axis and inscribed in a cylinder of maximum radius, and comprising drive means of a mechanism for recharging energy.

L'invention concerne encore un remontoir automatique de montre comportant au moins une masse mécanique en mouvement pour le rechargement en énergie mécanique d'au moins un barillet ou accumulateur.The invention also relates to an automatic winding watch comprising at least one moving mechanical mass for recharging mechanical energy of at least one cylinder or accumulator.

L'invention concerne encore un mouvement d'horlogerie comportant au moins un barillet ou un accumulateur d'énergie mécanique, et au moins un tel remontoir automatique.The invention also relates to a watch movement comprising at least one barrel or a mechanical energy accumulator, and at least one such automatic winding.

L'invention concerne encore une montre à remontage automatique, comportant au moins un tel mouvement, ou/et au moins un barillet ou un accumulateur d'énergie mécanique et au moins un tel remontoir automatique.The invention also relates to a self-winding watch, comprising at least one such movement, and / or at least one mechanical energy cylinder or accumulator and at least one such automatic winding.

L'invention concerne le domaine de l'horlogerie, et plus particulièrement le remontage des montres automatiques.The invention relates to the field of watchmaking, and more particularly the reassembly of automatic watches.

Arrière-plan de l'inventionBackground of the invention

L'utilisateur d'une montre à remontage automatique qui n'est pas portée en permanence est astreint, lorsqu'il désire l'utiliser, à effectuer les tâches de mise à jour des affichages, qui peuvent être fastidieuses pour les quantièmes, ou difficiles voire impossibles pour des complications telles que phases de lune ou autres années bissextiles dans un calendrier perpétuel.The user of a self-winding watch that is not worn permanently is compelled, when he wishes to use it, to perform the tasks of updating the displays, which can be tedious for the dates, or difficult even impossible for complications such as moon phases or other leap years in a perpetual calendar.

On connaît des armoires de remontage, ou encore des appareils individuels, qui simulent les mouvements d'un utilisateur par rotation de la montre, en général autour de plusieurs axes, pour donner à la masse oscillante les impulsions nécessaires pour effectuer le remontage. Ces armoires ou appareils sont souvent volumineux, coûteux, et le mouvement peut déranger l'utilisateur. En particulier, de tels appareils ne conviennent pas bien en environnement commercial, où une montre doit être exposée de façon statique au Client, avec un affichage correct des informations liées au temps, tout en étant prête pour une démonstration.There are known winding cabinets, or individual devices, which simulate the movements of a user by rotating the watch, generally around several axes, to give the oscillating weight pulses needed to perform the reassembly. These cabinets or devices are often bulky, expensive, and the movement can disturb the user. In particular, such devices are not well suited in a commercial environment, where a watch must be statically exposed to the customer, with correct display of time-related information, while being ready for a demonstration.

Le document US3058294 décrit une montre à remontage à inertie comportant des moyens de couplage magnétique.The document US3058294 describes an inertia-winding watch having magnetic coupling means.

Le document EP2650735A2 décrit un dispositif de remontage de montre à remontage automatique, par entraînement magnétique ou électrostatique d'une masse oscillante.The document EP2650735A2 describes a self-winding watch winding device, by magnetic or electrostatic drive of an oscillating mass.

Le document CH706352A2 décrit un transfert de couple sans contact par entraînement magnétique ou électrostatique.The document CH706352A2 discloses non-contact torque transfer by magnetic or electrostatic drive.

Le document FR1242820 décrit une montre à remontage automatique sans axe pivoté.The document FR1242820 describes a self-winding watch without a pivoted axle.

Le document FR2076082 décrit un indicateur de temps écoulé, avec dispositif électromagnétique.The document FR2076082 describes an elapsed time indicator, with electromagnetic device.

Le document CH703475A2 décrit une transmission sans contact dans un mouvement d'horlogerie, de type magnétique ou électrostatique.The document CH703475A2 discloses a transmission without contact in a clockwork movement, magnetic or electrostatic type.

Le document CH320822A décrit un moteur électrostatique pour le remontage d'un barillet.The document CH320822A describes an electrostatic motor for winding a barrel.

Le document US3696258A décrit des moteurs à électrets capables de rotation continue.The document US3696258A describes electret motors capable of continuous rotation.

Le document JP2010286428 décrit un appareil de génération d'énergie pour montre par induction électrostatique.The document JP2010286428 discloses a power generation apparatus for an electrostatic induction watch.

Le document FR2076493A6 décrit un moteur à courant continu sans collecteur comportant des micro-aimants.The document FR2076493A6 describes a DC motor without collector including micro-magnets.

Le document FR555777 décrit un entraîneur d'interrupteur automatique à courants de Foucault.The document FR555777 describes an eddy current auto switch driver.

Le document FR759771 décrit un moteur à courants de Foucault pour le remontage d'une pendule.The document FR759771 describes an eddy current motor for winding a pendulum.

Le document FR1546744 décrit une montre automatique avec remontage et mise à l'heure par influence magnétique.The document FR1546744 describes an automatic watch with winding and time setting by magnetic influence.

Résumé de l'inventionSummary of the invention

L'invention se propose de mettre à la disposition de l'utilisateur des moyens simples, peu coûteux et peu encombrants, pour remonter une montre à remontage automatique et la maintenir en permanence en potentiel de réserve de marche maximale même si elle n'est pas portée.The invention proposes to provide the user with simple, inexpensive and space-saving means to remount a self-winding watch and keep it permanently in maximum power reserve potential even if it is not scope.

A cet effet, l'invention concerne un mobile de remontage pour remontoir automatique de montre, selon la revendication 1.For this purpose, the invention relates to a winding device for an automatic winding watch, according to claim 1.

L'invention concerne encore un remontoir automatique de montre selon la revendication 8 ou 9.The invention further relates to an automatic watch winder according to claim 8 or 9.

L'invention concerne encore un mouvement d'horlogerie comportant au moins un barillet ou un accumulateur d'énergie mécanique, et au moins un tel remontoir automatique.The invention also relates to a watch movement comprising at least one barrel or a mechanical energy accumulator, and at least one such automatic winding.

L'invention concerne encore une montre à remontage automatique, comportant au moins un tel mouvement, ou/et au moins un barillet ou un accumulateur d'énergie mécanique et au moins un tel remontoir automatique.The invention also relates to a self-winding watch, comprising at least one such movement, and / or at least one mechanical energy cylinder or accumulator and at least one such automatic winding.

Description sommaire des dessinsBrief description of the drawings

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront à la lecture de la description détaillée qui va suivre, en référence aux dessins annexés, où :

  • la figure 1 représente, de façon schématisée et en perspective, un ensemble horloger, comportant un dispositif de remontage automatique et une montre à remontage automatique ;
  • la figure 2 représente, de façon schématisée et en vue de face, une masse en mouvement dite magnétique selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 3 représente la masse en mouvement magnétique de la figure 2, modifiée par l'adjonction de découpes ;
  • la figure 4 représente, de façon schématisée et en vue de face, une masse en mouvement dite à aimant selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 5 représente, de façon schématisée et en vue de face, un disque conducteur paramagnétique dans une variante particulière comportant des ouvertures ;
  • la figure 6 est un schéma montrant les interactions entre les circuits constitutifs d'un dispositif de remontage d'une part, et entre les composants du remontoir d'une montre d'autre part;
  • la figure 7 représente, de façon schématisée et en vue de face, une surface d'appui, que comporte un dispositif de remontage automatique, pour la réception du fond d'une montre, dans une variante où ce dispositif comporte une zone d'émission d'un champ variable, dit tournant, selon un secteur circulaire ;
  • la figure 8 représente, de façon similaire à la figure 7, une autre variante où la zone d'émission du champ tournant est selon un segment linéaire;
  • la figure 9 représente, de façon similaire à la figure 8, une variante dérivée où la zone d'émission du champ tournant est selon deux segments linéaires disjoints.
Other features and advantages of the invention will appear on reading the detailed description which follows, with reference to the appended drawings, in which:
  • the figure 1 represents schematically and in perspective, a watch assembly, comprising an automatic winding device and a self-winding watch;
  • the figure 2 represents, schematically and in front view, a so-called magnetic mass movement according to the invention;
  • the figure 3 represents the mass in magnetic motion of the figure 2 modified by the addition of blanks;
  • the figure 4 represents, schematically and in front view, a moving mass called magnet according to the invention;
  • the figure 5 represents schematically and in front view, a paramagnetic conductive disk in a particular variant having openings;
  • the figure 6 is a diagram showing the interactions between the constituent circuits of a winding device on the one hand, and between the components of the winding of a watch on the other hand;
  • the figure 7 represents, schematically and in front view, a bearing surface, which comprises an automatic winding device, for receiving the bottom of a watch, in a variant where this device comprises a transmission zone of a variable field, said turning, according to a circular sector;
  • the figure 8 represents, similarly to the figure 7 another variant in which the emission zone of the rotating field is in a linear segment;
  • the figure 9 represents, similarly to the figure 8 , a derived variant where the emission zone of the rotating field is in two disjoint linear segments.

Description détaillée des modes de réalisation préférésDetailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments

Des moyens simples, peu coûteux et peu encombrants, permettent de remonter une montre à remontage automatique.Simple means, inexpensive and space-saving, allow to remount a self-winding watch.

Ces moyens comportent des moyens de génération d'un champ dit tournant, c'est-à-dire un champ magnétique ou/et électrostatique ou/et d'intensité ou/et de sens variable en fonction du temps. Comme on le verra plus loin, ce champ, dit tournant, peut être déployé le long d'un profil quelconque, linéaire, circulaire, ou autre.These means comprise means for generating a so-called rotating field, that is to say a magnetic field and / or electrostatic and / or intensity and / or variable direction as a function of time. As will be seen below, this field, said rotating, can be deployed along any profile, linear, circular, or other.

Le principe est d'entraîner un mobile de rechargement d'un accumulateur d'énergie mécanique tel qu'un barillet, par une force électromagnétique ou par des courants de Foucault, selon le matériau constitutif de ce mobile. Un tel mobile entraîné par des forces électromagnétiques est appelé ici « masse oscillante », et adopte en général la forme d'une masse oscillante mécanique classique en secteur de disque. Un mobile entraîné par des courants de Foucault comporte préférablement une surface fermée autour de son axe de pivotement, et est assimilable à un disque, et est dénommé comme tel dans la suite de la présente description. Une masse oscillante peut être étendue sans limitation à une masse mécanique en mouvement, par exemple de translation.The principle is to drive a charging mobile of a mechanical energy accumulator such as a barrel, by an electromagnetic force or by eddy currents, depending on the material of this mobile. Such a mobile driven by electromagnetic forces is called here "oscillating mass", and generally adopts the form of a conventional mechanical oscillating mass disk sector. A mobile driven by eddy currents preferably has a closed surface around its pivot axis, and is comparable to a disk, and is referred to as such in the following description. An oscillating mass can be extended without limitation to a mechanical mass in motion, for example translation.

Dans une mise en oeuvre particulière, ces moyens de remontage vont de pair avec des montres adaptées pour un fonctionnement optimal.In a particular implementation, these winding means go hand in hand with watches adapted for optimal operation.

Si les moyens de remontage sont, dans leur principe, capables d'entraîner une masse oscillante classique en acier, ils ne sont pas directement adaptés au mieux pour l'entraînement d'une masse oscillante en or sous forme d'un secteur qui ne permet pas la circulation optimale des courants de Foucault.If the winding means are, in principle, capable of driving a conventional oscillating weight steel, they are not directly adapted to the best for driving a gold oscillating mass in the form of a sector that allows no not the optimal flow of eddy currents.

L'invention est développée de façon à permettre une adaptation facile de masses oscillantes existantes à un tel mécanisme de remontage, sans modification importante du mouvement. Elle est adaptée à un simple remplacement d'une masse oscillante standard par une masse avec une composition particulière de matériaux.The invention is developed so as to allow easy adaptation of existing oscillating masses to such a winding mechanism, without significant modification of the movement. It is adapted to a simple replacement of a standard oscillating mass by a mass with a particular composition of materials.

Dans la variante d'un entraînement par courants de Foucault, l'adjonction d'un disque est réalisable, de préférence coaxialement à la masse oscillante mécanique de la montre. Cette masse oscillante mécanique d'origine doit alors rester en place pour assurer le remontage quand la montre est portée. La modification du mouvement est alors limitée, d'autant plus que le disque peut être monté, soit indépendant de la masse oscillante mécanique, soit solidaire de celle-ci, pour attaquer, ou bien le même rochet d'entraînement du barillet, ou encore un rochet séparé. La problématique d'entraînement du barillet pour son remontage est bien connue de l'homme du métier, et n'est pas traitée ici.In the variant of an eddy current drive, the addition of a disk is feasible, preferably coaxially with the mechanical oscillating weight of the watch. This original mechanical oscillating mass must then stay in place to reassemble when the watch is worn. The modification of the movement is then limited, especially as the disc can be mounted, either independent of the mechanical oscillating mass, or integral with it, to attack, or the same drive ratchet of the cylinder, or a separate ratchet. The problem of training the barrel for reassembly is well known to those skilled in the art, and is not discussed here.

Le choix des matériaux du mobile de remontage de la montre est guidé par le comportement optimal du mobile en fonction du type de champ auquel il est soumis.The choice of materials for the winding watch is guided by the optimal behavior of the mobile depending on the type of field to which it is subject.

Dans la suite de l'exposé, on définit par matériaux « perméables magnétiquement », des matériaux qui ont une perméabilité relative comprise entre 10 et 10000, comme des aciers, qui ont une perméabilité relative voisine de 100 pour des arbres de balanciers par exemple, ou voisine de 4000 pour les aciers utilisés couramment dans les circuits électriques, ou encore d'autres alliages dont la perméabilité relative atteint des valeurs de 8000 à 10000.In the remainder of the description, "magnetically permeable" materials are defined as materials having a relative permeability of between 10 and 10,000, such as steels, which have a relative permeability close to 100 for balance shafts for example. or around 4000 for steels commonly used in electrical circuits, or other alloys whose relative permeability reaches values of 8000 to 10000.

On appellera matériaux « magnétiques », par exemple dans le cas de masses polaires, des matériaux aptes à être aimantés de façon à présenter un champ rémanent compris entre 0,1 et 1,5 Tesla, comme par exemple le « Neodymium Iron Boron » d'une densité d'énergie magnétique Em voisine de 512 kJ/m3 et donnant un champ rémanent de 0,5 à 1,3 Tesla. Un niveau de champ rémanent inférieur, vers la partie inférieure de la fourchette peut être utilisé en cas de combinaison, dans un couple d'aimantation, d'un tel matériau magnétique avec un composant antagoniste perméable magnétiquement de perméabilité élevée, plus proche de 10000, dans la fourchette de 100 à 10000."Magnetic" materials, for example in the case of polar masses, will be called materials capable of being magnetized so as to have a residual field of between 0.1 and 1.5 Tesla, such as for example the "Neodymium Iron Boron". a magnetic energy density Em close to 512 kJ / m 3 and giving a residual field of 0.5 to 1.3 Tesla. A lower residual field level, towards the lower part of the range can be used when combining, in a magnetization couple, such a magnetic material with a magnetically permeable antagonist component of high permeability, closer to 10000, in the range of 100 to 10,000.

On appellera matériaux « ferromagnétiques » des matériaux dont les caractéristiques sont : champ de saturation Bs > 0 à la température T = 23°C, champ coercitif Hc > 0 à la température T = 23°C, perméabilité magnétique maximale µR > 2 à la température T = 23°C, température de Curie Tc > 60°C.Ferromagnetic materials are materials whose characteristics are: saturation field Bs> 0 at temperature T = 23 ° C, coercive field Hc> 0 at temperature T = 23 ° C, maximum magnetic permeability μ R > 2 at the temperature T = 23 ° C, Curie temperature Tc> 60 ° C.

Plus particulièrement, on qualifiera de « matériaux magnétiquement doux » ceux dont le champ coercitif est petit (Hc < 1000 A/m) et avec un cycle d'hystérésis faible.More particularly, those whose coercive field is small (Hc <1000 A / m) and with a low hysteresis cycle will be termed "magnetically soft materials".

Plus particulièrement, on qualifiera de « matériaux magnétiquement durs » ceux dont le champ coercitif est grand (Hc > 3000 A/m) et avec un cycle d'hystérésis important, par exemple des aimants permanents.More particularly, those whose coercive field is large (Hc> 3000 A / m) and with a large hysteresis cycle, for example permanent magnets, will be described as "magnetically hard materials".

On appellera matériaux « paramagnétiques » des matériaux de perméabilité magnétique relative comprise entre 1,0001 et 100, par exemple pour des entretoises interposées entre un matériau magnétique et un composant antagoniste perméable magnétiquement, ou encore entre deux matériaux magnétiques, par exemple une entretoise entre un composant et une masse polaire. Par exemple, des matériaux faiblement paramagnétiques sont : aluminium, or, laiton ou similaire (perméabilité magnétique inférieure à 2)."Paramagnetic" materials will be referred to as materials having a relative magnetic permeability of between 1.0001 and 100, for example for spacers interposed between a magnetic material and a magnetically permeable antagonist component, or alternatively between two magnetic materials, for example a spacer between a component and a polar mass. For example, weakly paramagnetic materials are: aluminum, gold, brass or the like (magnetic permeability less than 2).

L'invention concerne différents dispositifs :

  • un mobile de remontage 50 inclus dans le mouvement de la montre, et constitué d'une ou plusieurs masses dites « oscillantes » 1, 3, 5, ou/et d'un ou plusieurs disques 20. Ce mobile de remontage 50 peut être entraîné :
    • ∘ ou par attraction ou/et répulsion magnétique ou électrostatique ;
    • ∘ou par courants de Foucault dans une réalisation voisine de l'invention;
  • un remontoir 10 ;
  • un mouvement 100 ;
  • une montre 200.
The invention relates to different devices:
  • a mobile winding 50 included in the movement of the watch, and consisting of one or more so-called "oscillating" masses 1, 3, 5, or / and one or more disks 20. This mobile winding 50 can be driven :
    • ∘ or magnetic and electrostatic attraction and / or repulsion;
    • Or by eddy currents in a neighboring embodiment of the invention;
  • a winder 10;
  • a movement 100;
  • a watch 200.

Ils sont décrits avec un dispositif de remontage 300, ou encore un ensemble horloger 400 comportant un dispositif de remontage 300 et au moins une montre 200.They are described with a winding device 300, or a watch assembly 400 comprising a winding device 300 and at least one watch 200.

Le mobile de remontage 50 de remontoir automatique de montre comporte un guidage 2 au niveau de son axe de pivotement D. Ce mobile 50 est inscrit dans un cylindre de rayon maximum RMAX axé sur cet axe D, et comporte des moyens d'entraînement d'un mécanisme de rechargement en énergie, tels que rochet pour l'entraînement d'un barillet, ou similaire.The winding mobile 50 automatic winding watch comprises a guide 2 at its pivot axis D. This mobile 50 is registered in a cylinder of maximum radius RMAX centered on this axis D, and comprises drive means of a mechanism for recharging energy, such as ratchet for driving a barrel, or the like.

Selon l'invention, ce mobile 50 comporte, ou bien au moins une partie ferromagnétique ou aimantée pour l'entraînement du mobile 50 par un champ magnétique variable, ou bien une partie électrisée pour l'entraînement du mobile 50 par un champ électrostatique variable, ou bien un anneau conducteur paramagnétique entourant l'axe de pivotement D sur un diamètre suffisamment important pour l'entraînement du mobile 50 par des courants de Foucault. On comprend, dans ce dernier cas, que cet anneau conducteur est de préférence en périphérie du mobile 50, qu'on appelle alors « disque » 20.According to the invention, this mobile 50 comprises, or at least one ferromagnetic or magnetized portion for driving the mobile 50 by a variable magnetic field, or an electrified portion for driving the mobile 50 by a variable electrostatic field, or a paramagnetic conductive ring surrounding the pivot axis D on a sufficiently large diameter for driving the mobile 50 by eddy currents. In the latter case, it is understood that this conductive ring is preferably at the periphery of the mobile 50, which is then called "disk" 20.

Selon l'invention, tel que visible sur la figure 2, le mobile de remontage 50 comporte au moins une masse oscillante magnétique 1, laquelle comporte une première partie interne ferromagnétique 8 s'étendant sur des rayons inférieurs au rayon minimal RMIN d'une deuxième partie périphérique 9 en métal lourd. Par métal lourd on entend un matériau de numéro atomique compris entre 73 et 79, ou un alliage comportant au moins 80% de métal lourd de numéro atomique compris entre 73 et 79.According to the invention, as visible on the figure 2 , the winding mobile 50 comprises at least one magnetic oscillating mass 1, which comprises a first ferromagnetic inner portion 8 extending on radii below the minimum radius RMIN of a second peripheral portion 9 of heavy metal. By heavy metal is meant a material of atomic number between 73 and 79, or an alloy comprising at least 80% of heavy metal of atomic number between 73 and 79.

Le ratio RMIN/RMAX est de préférence supérieur à 0,5.The RMIN / RMAX ratio is preferably greater than 0.5.

Dans une réalisation particulière, autorisant une grande inertie de la masse oscillante magnétique 1, la deuxième partie périphérique 9 comporte au moins 50% de tungstène.In a particular embodiment, allowing a large inertia of the magnetic oscillating mass 1, the second peripheral portion 9 comprises at least 50% of tungsten.

Dans une autre réalisation particulière voisine, la deuxième partie périphérique 9 comporte au moins 50% de tungstène et au moins 20% d'or.In another particular particular embodiment, the second peripheral portion 9 comprises at least 50% of tungsten and at least 20% of gold.

En conjugaison avec une de ces deux réalisations à base de tungstène, dans une autre réalisation particulière encore, la deuxième partie périphérique 9 comporte au moins 20% de fer.In combination with one of these two embodiments based on tungsten, in yet another particular embodiment, the second peripheral portion 9 comprises at least 20% iron.

Dans une réalisation particulière, la première partie interne 8 est en matériau magnétiquement doux.In a particular embodiment, the first inner portion 8 is made of magnetically soft material.

La figure 3 illustre une variante de la figure 2 où la masse oscillante magnétique 1 comporte des ouvertures 40 au niveau de la première partie interne 8.The figure 3 illustrates a variant of the figure 2 wherein the magnetic oscillating mass 1 has openings 40 at the first inner portion 8.

La figure 4 illustre un mobile de remontage 50 qui comporte au moins une masse oscillante 5 dite à aimant, comportant au moins un composant en matériau magnétiquement dur 6 excentré par rapport audit guidage 2.The figure 4 illustrates a winding mobile 50 which comprises at least one oscillating mass 5 called magnet, comprising at least one component of magnetically hard material 6 eccentric with respect to said guide 2.

Dans une autre variante non illustrée, le mobile de remontage 50 comporte au moins une partie électrisée pour l'entraînement du mobile 50 par un champ électrostatique variable, laquelle comporte avantageusement des électrets.In another variant not illustrated, the winding mobile 50 comprises at least one electrified portion for driving the mobile 50 by a variable electrostatic field, which advantageously comprises electrets.

On comprend qu'il est possible de cumuler, sur un même mobile, et notamment au niveau de pistes différentes, sur des diamètres différents, ou/et sur des faces différentes, ou/et sur des étages différents, des zones susceptibles d'être entraînées, ou par force magnétique, ou par force électrostatique, ou par courants de Foucault: les possibilités de panachage sont nombreuses, et ne sont pas exposées ici pour ne pas surcharger la présente description.It is understood that it is possible to accumulate, on the same mobile, and especially at different tracks, on different diameters, or / and on different faces, or / and on different floors, areas likely to be driven, or by magnetic force, or by electrostatic force, or by eddy currents: the possibilities of mixing are numerous, and are not exposed here so as not to overload the present description.

Pour une variante proche de l'invention, avec entraînement par courants de Foucault, la figure 5 représente un mobile de remontage 50 qui comporte au moins un disque 20 comportant au moins un anneau conducteur paramagnétique entourant ledit axe de pivotement D pour l'entraînement dudit mobile 50 par des courants de Foucault.For a variant close to the invention, with eddy current drive, the figure 5 represents a winding mobile 50 which comprises at least one disk 20 comprising at least one paramagnetic conductive ring surrounding said pivot axis D for driving said mobile 50 by eddy currents.

L'invention concerne aussi, à l'intérieur de la montre, un remontoir automatique 10 de montre comportant au moins une masse oscillante mécanique 3 pour le rechargement en énergie mécanique d'au moins un barillet ou accumulateur.The invention also relates, inside the watch, an automatic winding watch 10 comprising at least one mechanical oscillating mass 3 for recharging mechanical energy of at least one barrel or accumulator.

Selon l'invention ce remontoir 10 comporte, en complément ou en lieu et place de cette au moins une masse oscillante mécanique 3, au moins un tel mobile de remontage 50 présenté ci-dessus.According to the invention, this winding device 10 comprises, in addition to or instead of this at least one mechanical oscillating weight 3, at least one such winding device 50 presented above.

De façon particulière, au moins un mobile de remontage 50 comporte au moins une découpe 40.In particular, at least one winding mobile 50 comprises at least one cutout 40.

L'invention concerne encore un mouvement d'horlogerie 100 comportant au moins un barillet ou un accumulateur d'énergie mécanique, et au moins un tel remontoir automatique 10.The invention also relates to a watch movement 100 comprising at least one barrel or a mechanical energy accumulator, and at least one such automatic winding device 10.

L'invention concerne encore une montre 200 à remontage automatique, comportant au moins un tel mouvement 100, ou/et au moins un barillet ou un accumulateur d'énergie mécanique et au moins un tel remontoir automatique 10.The invention also relates to a watch 200 with automatic winding, comprising at least one such movement 100, and / or at least one cylinder or a mechanical energy accumulator and at least one such automatic winding 10.

Dans une réalisation voisine de l'invention, la montre 200 ne comporte, pour le rechargement en énergie mécanique d'au moins un barillet ou accumulateur, qu'un disque 20 conducteur paramagnétique agencé pour le rechargement en énergie mécanique d'au moins un barillet ou accumulateur, ou plusieurs tels disques 20.In a neighboring embodiment of the invention, the watch 200 comprises, for the mechanical energy recharging of at least one cylinder or accumulator, a paramagnetic conductive disk 20 arranged for recharging mechanical energy of at least one barrel or accumulator, or more than one such disc 20.

Dans un contexte voisin de l'invention, un dispositif 300 de remontage de montres automatiques comporte au moins un moyen d'alimentation électrique ou un accumulateur électrique, et au moins un support réceptacle 301 pour une montre.In a context similar to the invention, a device 300 for automatic watch winding comprises at least one power supply means or an electric accumulator, and at least one receptacle support 301 for a watch.

Le moyen d'alimentation électrique ou l'accumulateur électrique est avantageusement logé dans un socle habillé de cellules photovoltaïques 309, tel que visible sur la figure 1, de façon à alimenter des moyens électriques de génération de champs.The power supply means or the electric accumulator is advantageously housed in a base dressed with photovoltaic cells 309, as visible on the figure 1 , so as to supply electric means for generating fields.

Ce support réceptacle 301 comporte une surface d'appui 302 destinée à recevoir en appui le fond d'une montre.This receptacle support 301 comprises a bearing surface 302 intended to support the bottom of a watch.

Ce dispositif 300 comporte des moyens de génération 310 d'un champ magnétique ou/et électrostatique disposés en position fixe au niveau d'une zone d'émission 303 sous cette surface d'appui 302, et qui génèrent, au niveau d'au moins une piste ou un secteur de champ 340, au moins un champ magnétique ou/et électrostatique dit « tournant » de direction ou/et d'intensité ou/et de sens variable en fonction du temps.This device 300 comprises generating means 310 of a magnetic and / or electrostatic field arranged in a fixed position at a transmission zone 303 under this bearing surface 302, and generating, at least a track or field sector 340, at least one magnetic field and / or electrostatic so-called "turning" direction and / or intensity and / or direction as a function of time.

Dans une réalisation particulière selon la figure 8, la piste ou le secteur de champ 340 comporte au moins un segment linéaire 307 d'une zone d'émission 303 sensiblement linéaire. Les moyens de génération 310 génèrent, au niveau de ce au moins un segment linéaire 307, au moins un champ magnétique ou/et électrostatique de direction sensiblement orthogonale, ou orthogonale, à la surface d'appui 302 et d'intensité ou/et de sens variable en fonction du temps.In a particular embodiment according to the figure 8 , the track or the field sector 340 comprises at least one linear segment 307 of a substantially linear emission zone 303. The generation means 310 generate, at this at least one linear segment 307, at least one magnetic or electrostatic field of substantially orthogonal or orthogonal direction at the bearing surface 302 and intensity and / or sense varies with time.

La figure 9 illustre une variante où la piste ou le secteur de champ 340 comporte plusieurs tels segments linéaires disjoints 307A, 307B : au niveau de chacun d'eux est exercé successivement un tel champ tournant.The figure 9 illustrates a variant where the track or the field sector 340 comprises several such disjoint linear segments 307A, 307B: at each of them is exerted successively such a rotating field.

Dans une réalisation préférée illustrée par la figure 7, la piste ou le secteur de champ 340 comporte au moins un secteur angulaire 304 d'une zone d'émission 303 sensiblement annulaire. Les moyens de génération 310 génèrent, au niveau de ce au moins un secteur angulaire 304, au moins un champ magnétique ou/et électrostatique de direction sensiblement orthogonale, ou orthogonale, à la surface d'appui 302 et d'intensité ou/et de sens variable en fonction du temps.In a preferred embodiment illustrated by the figure 7 , the track or the field sector 340 comprises at least one angular sector 304 of a substantially annular emission zone 303. The generating means 310 generate, at this at least one angular sector 304, at least one magnetic or / and electrostatic field of substantially orthogonal or orthogonal direction, at the bearing surface 302 and intensity or / and sense varies with time.

Dans une réalisation particulière, les moyens de génération 310 génèrent, sur la zone d'émission 303, une pluralité de tels champs magnétiques ou/et électrostatiques, parallèles entre eux de direction orthogonale à la surface d'appui 302 et chacun d'intensité ou/et de sens variable en fonction du temps.In a particular embodiment, the generating means 310 generate, on the transmission zone 303, a plurality of such magnetic and / or electrostatic fields, parallel to each other orthogonal to the bearing surface 302 and each of intensity or and of direction that varies with time.

Dans une réalisation avantageuse tel que visible sur la figure 1, les moyens de génération 310 comportent un réseau de bobines 305 au niveau de tout ou partie de la zone d'émission 303.In an advantageous embodiment as visible on the figure 1 the generation means 310 comprise a network of coils 305 at all or part of the transmission zone 303.

Dans une réalisation particulière illustrée par les figures 1, 7, 8, et 9, les moyens de génération 310 génèrent le champ magnétique ou/et électrostatique sur un secteur angulaire 304 centré sur un axe médian de la surface d'appui 302 et inférieur à 240° en va-et-vient alternatif d'une extrémité à l'autre de ce secteur angulaire 304. L'axe D du remontoir de la montre à remonter est sensiblement confondu avec cet axe médian quand la montre est posée par son fond 201 sur la surface d'appui 302.In a particular embodiment illustrated by the figures 1 , 7, 8, and 9 , the generation means 310 generate the magnetic field and / or electrostatic on an angular sector 304 centered on a median axis of the bearing surface 302 and less than 240 ° reciprocating from one end to the other. Another of this angular sector 304. The axis D of the winding of the watch to go up is substantially coincident with this median axis when the watch is placed by its bottom 201 on the bearing surface 302.

La trajectoire 308 de la piste réceptrice du mobile d'entraînement 50 est illustrée sur les figures 8 et 9. La figure 7 montre les limites 306 de la zone d'émission 303 réellement active en pareil cas. On notera que les moyens de génération 310 peuvent être, si nécessaire, commandés pour inverser les champs et freiner le mobile 50 si sa vitesse de rotation est trop élevée.The trajectory 308 of the receiving track of the driving wheel 50 is illustrated on the Figures 8 and 9 . The figure 7 shows the limits 306 of the transmission zone 303 actually active in such a case. It will be noted that the generation means 310 may be, if necessary, controlled to reverse the fields and brake the mobile 50 if its rotational speed is too high.

Dans une autre réalisation, les moyens de génération 310 génèrent le champ magnétique ou/et électrostatique dans un sens de rotation uniforme sur la totalité des 360° de la surface d'appui 302.In another embodiment, the generating means 310 generate the magnetic field and / or electrostatic in a uniform direction of rotation over all 360 ° of the bearing surface 302.

Naturellement, les moyens physiques de production des champs tournants peuvent être identiques, par exemple un réseau annulaire complet de bobines 305, dont, selon le mode de gestion choisi, certaines ou toutes sont activées. A cet effet, le dispositif 300 comporte avantageusement des moyens de régulation et de pilotage 320 pour la commande des moyens de génération 310.Naturally, the physical means for producing the rotating fields may be identical, for example a complete annular network of coils 305, some or all of which, depending on the management mode chosen, are activated. For this purpose, the device 300 advantageously comprises regulation and control means 320 for controlling the generation means 310.

Dans ce cas particulier, les moyens de régulation et de pilotage 320 comportent des moyens de gestion du temps et commandent la génération du champ magnétique ou/et électrostatique à des instants prédéfinis ou résultant de la réception d'un signal.In this particular case, the regulation and control means 320 comprise time management means and control the generation of the magnetic and / or electrostatic field at predefined times or resulting from the reception of a signal.

Ces moyens de régulation et de pilotage 320 commandent la génération du champ magnétique ou/et électrostatique sous forme d'un champ dit « tournant » avec une vitesse Ω de rotation le long du secteur angulaire 304 ou de la zone d'émission 303.These control and control means 320 control the generation of the magnetic and / or electrostatic field in the form of a so-called "rotating" field with a speed Ω of rotation along the angular sector 304 or the transmission zone 303.

Dans un mode de gestion particulier, les moyens de régulation et de pilotage 320 accélèrent la vitesse Ω de rotation dudit champ tournant, depuis l'instant de départ de la génération du champ jusqu'à un instant d'arrêt d'accélération après une durée prédéfinie.In a particular management mode, the regulation and control means 320 accelerate the rotational speed Ω of said rotating field, from the start time of the generation of the field to an acceleration stop time after a period of time. predefined.

Avantageusement, les moyens de régulation et de pilotage 320 comportent des moyens de réception 330 agencés pour la mesure de position ou/et de vitesse d'un mobile de remontage 50 entraîné sous l'effet de la variation du champ magnétique ou/et électrostatique, et sont aptes à exercer des champs réverses en cas de vitesse de rotation excessive d'un mobile 50.Advantageously, the regulation and control means 320 comprise receiving means 330 arranged for measuring position and / or speed of a winding mobile 50 driven under the effect of the variation of the magnetic and / or electrostatic field, and are capable of exerting reversing fields in the event of excessive rotational speed of a mobile 50.

On comprend que, si la zone d'émission 303 comporte, de façon préférée, des bobines - ou, de façon plus générale, des moyens de génération de champ - sur toute sa périphérie, les moyens de régulation et de pilotage 320 permettent de définir des cycles particuliers de variation des champs. Par exemple, il est possible de mettre d'abord une masse en mouvement dans un mouvement alternatif d'une certaine amplitude, puis de modifier cette amplitude, voire de transformer le mouvement alternatif en mouvement continu. Cet outil est extrêmement souple, et n'est limité que par les capacités des moyens de pilotage 320.It is understood that, if the transmission zone 303 preferably comprises coils - or, more generally, field generation means - over its entire periphery, the regulation and control means 320 make it possible to define particular cycles of field variation. For example, it is possible to first move a mass in motion in a reciprocating motion of a certain amplitude, then to modify this amplitude, or even to transform the reciprocating motion in continuous motion. This tool is extremely flexible, and is limited only by the capabilities of the control means 320.

Dans ce contexte voisin de l'invention, un ensemble horloger 400 comporte un tel dispositif 300, et au moins une telle montre 200.In this context of the invention, a watch assembly 400 includes such a device 300, and at least one such watch 200.

Plus particulièrement, le dispositif 300 de cet ensemble 400 comporte de tels moyens de régulation et de pilotage 320 pour la commande des moyens de génération 310, et ces moyens de régulation et de pilotage 320 et ces moyens de génération 310 sont adaptée et formatés pour l'entraînement d'au moins un mobile de remontage 50 lequel comporte :

  • ou bien au moins une masse « oscillante » magnétique 1, ou une masse « oscillante » 5 dite à aimant, que comporte cette au moins une montre 200, pour le rechargement en énergie mécanique d'au moins un barillet ou accumulateur,
  • ou bien d'au moins un disque 20 conducteur paramagnétique coaxial à cette masse « oscillante » mécanique 3, que comporte cette au moins une montre 200, et agencé comme cette masse « oscillante » mécanique 3 pour le rechargement en énergie mécanique d'au moins un barillet ou accumulateur,
  • ou bien d'au moins une masse « oscillante » magnétique 1 que comporte cette au moins une montre 200, et d'au moins un disque conducteur 20 conducteur paramagnétique coaxial à la masse « oscillante » mécanique 3, que comporte à la fois la au moins une montre 200 pour le rechargement en énergie mécanique d'au moins un barillet ou accumulateur,
pour l'entraînement, selon le cas, de la au moins une masse « oscillante » magnétique 1 ou masse « oscillante » 5 dite à aimant par couplage magnétique, ou/et de cet au moins un disque 20 par courants de Foucault.More particularly, the device 300 of this assembly 400 includes such control and control means 320 for the control of the generation means 310, and these control and control means 320 and these generation means 310 are adapted and formatted for the first time. driving at least one winding mobile 50 which comprises:
  • or at least one "oscillating" magnetic mass 1, or an "oscillating" mass 5 called magnet, that includes this at least one watch 200, for recharging mechanical energy of at least one cylinder or accumulator,
  • or at least one paramagnetic conductive disk 20 coaxial with this "oscillating" mechanical mass 3, which this at least one watch 200 comprises, and arranged like this "oscillating" mechanical mass 3 for the mechanical energy recharging of at least a cylinder or accumulator,
  • or at least one "oscillating" magnetic mass 1 that includes this at least one watch 200, and at least one conductive conductor disc 20 coaxial conductive to the "oscillating" mechanical mass 3, which includes both the at least one watch 200 for recharging mechanical energy of at least one cylinder or accumulator,
for the drive, as the case may be, of the at least one "oscillating" magnetic mass 1 or "oscillating" mass 5 called magnet by magnetic coupling, and / or of this at least one disk 20 by eddy currents.

Différentes architectures de remontoirs peuvent être utilisées au sein de la montre.Different winding architectures can be used within the watch.

On peut ainsi dissocier les fonctions de remontage mécanique et de remontage magnétique/électrostatique/courants de Foucault, par exemple avec des éléments chacun dédié à une de ces fonctions, oscillant l'un sur l'autre, solidaires ou non, couplés ou non, et de préférence coaxiaux. Ceci permet l'optimisation de chacun de ces éléments pour sa fonction propre, et, globalement, permet la limitation de l'encombrement et de la masse du mécanisme remontoir.It is thus possible to separate the functions of mechanical winding and magnetic / electrostatic winding / eddy currents, for example with elements each dedicated to one of these functions, oscillating on one another, integral or otherwise, coupled or not, and preferably coaxial. This allows the optimization of each of these elements for its own function, and, overall, allows the limitation of the bulk and weight of the winding mechanism.

On peut prévoir la mise en parallèle (ou en série) des fonctions de remontage mécanique par soumission de la montre à des accélérations d'origine magnétique/électrostatique/courants de Foucault.The paralleling (or series) of mechanical winding functions can be provided by subjecting the watch to acceleration of magnetic / electrostatic / eddy current origin.

Il est aisé, grâce à l'invention, de transformer une montre comportant déjà une masse oscillante mécanique classique, par rajout d'un autre mobile de rechargement, masse oscillante magnétique, masse oscillante à aimant, ou, dans une réalisation voisine de l'invention, d'un disque conducteur paramagnétique.It is easy, thanks to the invention, to transform a watch already having a conventional mechanical oscillating weight, by adding another mobile recharging, magnetic oscillating mass, magnet oscillating weight, or, in an embodiment close to the invention, a paramagnetic conductive disk.

Chacun de ces mobiles peut attaquer l'accumulateur d'énergie, soit de façon unitaire, soit par le même mécanisme que la masse oscillante mécanique déjà existante.Each of these mobiles can attack the energy accumulator, either unitarily or by the same mechanism as the already existing mechanical oscillating mass.

Le fait de dissocier les fonctions permet, encore, d'avoir un mouvement rotatif pour le remontage mécanique, et un autre mouvement, par exemple en translation pour la partie magnétique, ou inversement. Dans ce cas, il faut un couplage entre les deux axes spécifiques vers le barillet. L'avantage est d'ouvrir d'autres options mécaniques pour déplacer ce mouvement en translation sur une zone plus restreinte du mouvement. Dans ce cas, il y a mouvement de va-et-vient selon un axe, et plus uniquement selon un secteur angulaire.The fact of dissociating the functions allows, again, to have a rotary movement for the mechanical winding, and another movement, for example in translation for the magnetic part, or vice versa. In this case, it is necessary to couple the two specific axes towards the barrel. The advantage is to open other mechanical options to move this movement in translation on a more restricted area of the movement. In this case, there is movement back and forth along an axis, and more only according to an angular sector.

En cas de marche alternative, le va-et-vient peut être limité, soit par les moyens de régulation et de pilotage 320, soit par une limitation mécanique, soit le cumul de ces deux solutions.In case of alternative operation, the back and forth can be limited either by the regulation and control means 320, or by a mechanical limitation, or the combination of these two solutions.

La rotation complète, continue, et accélérée, du mobile de remontage 50 est un cas particulier qui personnalise fortement cet ensemble horloger.The complete, continuous, and accelerated rotation of the winding mobile 50 is a special case that strongly personalizes this watch ensemble.

Quand le champ dit « tournant » est en fait alternatif, il peut, dans une réalisation simplifiée, être alterné selon deux positions sur un même axe, ce qui est très simple à faire dans un remontoir.When the so-called "turning" field is in fact alternative, it can, in a simplified embodiment, be alternated in two positions on the same axis, which is very simple to do in a winder.

Une autre solution consiste dans la mise en place d'un aimant qui se déplace sur un axe dans le dispositif de remontage, et entraîne en translation la masse oscillante magnétique 1 ou la masse oscillante à aimant 5, selon le cas, du côté de la montre 200.Another solution consists in setting up a magnet that moves on an axis in the winding device, and in translation drives the magnetic oscillating mass 1 or the magnet oscillating mass 5, as the case may be, on the side of the magnet. watch 200.

La plupart des mouvements usuels sont à remontage bidirectionnel, pour lesquels le couple est à peu près le même dans les deux sens.Most of the usual movements are two-way winding, for which the torque is about the same in both directions.

En ce qui concerne les mouvements à remontage unidirectionnel, la masse est quasi libre dans un sens.Regarding unidirectional winding movements, the mass is almost free in one direction.

Le balourd de la masse varie en général de 70 à 300 µN.m.The unbalance of the mass generally varies from 70 to 300 μNm.

L'inertie est de l'ordre de 200 g.mm2.The inertia is of the order of 200 g.mm2.

Un exemple de dimensionnement est basé sur le mouvement « ETA A16 »: un barillet 100% armé retient la masse oscillante dans un angle de 25° à 45°, ce qui correspond au maximum à un couple de 210 µNm (= balourd x sin 45°)An example of dimensioning is based on the "ETA A16" movement: a 100% reinforced barrel retains the oscillating mass in an angle of 25 ° to 45 °, which corresponds to a maximum torque of 210 μNm (= unbalance x 45) °)

Pour atteindre une rotation de la masse de 90°, il faut additionner les couples balourd et ressort barillet, soit environ 500 µN.mTo achieve a rotation of the mass of 90 °, it is necessary to add the unbalanced couples and spring barrel, about 500 μN.m

Pour assurer la recharge, il faut dépasser les angles morts des roues à cliquet et du cliquet de barillet, c'est-à-dire qu'il faut un déplacement angulaire utile d'au moins 30° pour franchir le cran de cliquet du mécanisme inverseur et le cran de cliquet du rochet de barillet.To ensure the recharge, it is necessary to exceed the dead angles of the ratchet wheels and the barrel pawl, that is to say that a useful angular displacement of at least 30 ° is necessary to cross the ratchet catch of the mechanism. reverser and the ratchet catch of the barrel ratchet.

Pour le remontage par la couronne, il ne faut pas dépasser, au niveau de la tige, une vitesse de 100 tours/min, ce qui équivaut à une vitesse de 4000 tours/min de la masse oscillante.For winding by the crown, do not exceed, at the rod, a speed of 100 revolutions / min, which equates to a speed of 4000 revolutions / min of the oscillating mass.

Il faut typiquement 2000 tours de masse oscillante pour remonter complètement la montre, pour au moins 72 heures de réserve de marche.It typically takes 2000 turns of oscillating weight to completely wind the watch, for at least 72 hours of power reserve.

Le tungstène fritté a une masse volumique d'environ 18 g/cm3.The sintered tungsten has a density of about 18 g / cm3.

Le coeur de la masse oscillante est généralement en laiton, avec une épaisseur de l'ordre de 0.3 à 0.4 mm.The heart of the oscillating mass is generally brass, with a thickness of the order of 0.3 to 0.4 mm.

Il est possible de mélanger des billes de tungstène avec des billes de fer.It is possible to mix tungsten beads with iron balls.

Ce dispositif de remontage 300 permet, avec une vitesse de rotation Ω de 5 tours par seconde, d'effectuer un remontage complet de n'importe quelle montre en moins de 5 minutes.This winding device 300 allows, with a speed of rotation Ω of 5 revolutions per second, to carry out a complete reassembly of any watch in less than 5 minutes.

L'entrefer entre les bobines 305 et le mobile de remontage 50 est choisi dans la fourchette de 2 à 3 mm.The gap between the coils 305 and the mobile winding 50 is chosen in the range of 2 to 3 mm.

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  1. Winding mobile member (50) for an automatic watch winding mechanism including a guide member (2) on the pivot axis (D) thereof and inscribed in a cylinder of maximum radius (RMAX), and including means for driving an energy charging mechanism, said mobile member (50) including at least one ferromagnetic or magnetized part for driving said mobile member (50) by means of a variable magnetic field, said winding mobile member (50) being arranged to be driven by magnetic attraction and/or magnetic repulsion, characterized in that said mobile member is formed by one or more oscillating magnetic weights (1) or oscillating weights with a magnet (5), arranged to be set in mechanical motion, at least one said oscillating magnetic weight (1) comprising a first inner ferromagnetic part (8) extending over radii smaller than the minimum radius (RMIN) of a second peripheral part (9) made of heavy metal having an atomic number comprised between 73 and 79, or made of an alloy including at least 80% of a heavy metal whose atomic number is between 73 and 79.
  2. Winding mobile member (50) according to claim 1, characterized in that said second peripheral part (9) includes at least 50% by mass of tungsten.
  3. Winding mobile member (50) according to claim 1, characterized in that said second peripheral part (9) includes at least 50% by mass of tungsten and at least 20% by mass of gold.
  4. Winding mobile member (50) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said second peripheral part (9) includes at least 20% by mass of iron.
  5. Winding mobile member (50) according to any of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said first inner part (8) is made of soft magnetic material.
  6. Winding mobile member (50) according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that said at least one oscillating magnetic weight (1) includes at least one cut-out (40).
  7. Winding mobile member (5) according to claim 6, characterized in that said oscillating magnetic weight (1) comprising at least one cut-out (40) comprises apertures forming said cut-outs (40) in said first inner ferromagnetic part (8).
  8. Automatic watch winding mechanism (10) including at least one oscillating mechanical weight (3) in mechanical motion for recharging at least one barrel or accumulator with mechanical energy, characterized in that said automatic winding mechanism (10) includes, in addition to said at least one oscillating mechanical weight (3), at least one winding mobile member (50) according to any of claims 1 to 7.
  9. Automatic watch winding mechanism (10) including at least one oscillating mechanical weight (3) in mechanical motion for charging at least one barrel or accumulator with mechanical energy, characterized in that said at least one oscillating mechanical weight (3) is a winding mobile member (50) according to any of claims 1 to 7.
  10. Timepiece movement (100) including at least one barrel or one mechanical energy accumulator, and at least one automatic winding mechanism (10) according to claim 8 or 9.
  11. Self-winding automatic watch (200), including at least one movement (10) according to claim 10, and/or at least one barrel or mechanical energy accumulator and at least one automatic winding mechanism (10) according to claim 8 or 9.
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