EP2776894B1 - Mechanismus zur ansteuerung eines indikators - Google Patents

Mechanismus zur ansteuerung eines indikators Download PDF

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EP2776894B1
EP2776894B1 EP12781355.8A EP12781355A EP2776894B1 EP 2776894 B1 EP2776894 B1 EP 2776894B1 EP 12781355 A EP12781355 A EP 12781355A EP 2776894 B1 EP2776894 B1 EP 2776894B1
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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
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    • G04B19/24—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars
    • G04B19/243—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator
    • G04B19/247—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator disc-shaped
    • G04B19/253—Driving or releasing mechanisms
    • G04B19/25333—Driving or releasing mechanisms wherein the date indicators are driven or released mechanically by a clockwork movement
    • G04B19/2534—Driving or releasing mechanisms wherein the date indicators are driven or released mechanically by a clockwork movement driven or released continuously by the clockwork movement
    • 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
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/02—Back-gearing arrangements between gear train and 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
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/24—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars
    • 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
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/24—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars
    • G04B19/243—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator
    • G04B19/24306—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator combination of different shapes, e.g. bands and discs, discs and drums
    • G04B19/2432—Driving or releasing mechanisms wherein the date indicators are driven or released mechanically by a clockwork movement
    • 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
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/24—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars
    • G04B19/243—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator
    • G04B19/247—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator disc-shaped
    • G04B19/253—Driving or releasing mechanisms
    • G04B19/25333—Driving or releasing mechanisms wherein the date indicators are driven or released mechanically by a clockwork movement
    • G04B19/25353—Driving or releasing mechanisms wherein the date indicators are driven or released mechanically by a clockwork movement driven or released stepwise by the clockwork movement
    • G04B19/2536—Driving or releasing mechanisms wherein the date indicators are driven or released mechanically by a clockwork movement driven or released stepwise by the clockwork movement automatically corrected at the end of months having less than 31 days

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  • This training mechanism can be used in a wristwatch, but also a pocket watch, a clock, or a clock.
  • An object of the present invention is therefore to overcome these disadvantages, by providing a springless drive mechanism for managing the entry and exit of retractable teeth, simple to implement, and generating little friction so as to use less of energy than traditional systems.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a drive mechanism for bidirectional rotation of the indicator.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a compact drive mechanism comprising a reduced number of components and impact resistant.
  • each retractable tooth comprises a stud and the corresponding coding cam associated with a maximum value nx of the information may comprise a track in which the stud may circulate, the track having a configuration suitable for the retractable tooth to remain in its inactive position at each period for which the associated maximum value of the information is a value between n-x + 1 and n, and for the retractable tooth to move from its inactive position to its active position at each period for which the associated maximum value of the information is a value between nm and nx and then returns to its inactive position after cooperating with the second driving gear.
  • each retractable tooth moves radially relative to the drive wheel.
  • the drive means may comprise a drive member comprising a driving toothing arranged to cooperate with the drive wheel and a number of drive teeth equal to the number of coding wheels, said drive teeth. being arranged to cooperate with the coding wheels, the driving toothing and the driving teeth being chosen from in order to obtain an adequate speed ratio between the driving wheel and each of the coding cams.
  • the driving toothing and the drive teeth can be mounted on the same shaft.
  • the driving wheel may comprise a second toothing to cooperate with the drive means.
  • the coding wheels, coding cams and the driving wheel may be coaxial.
  • the first and second sets of driving gears may comprise a first and a second driving pinion respectively, said first and second driving gears being integral with one another.
  • the drive mechanism is a drive mechanism of a perpetual calendar indicator
  • said mechanism comprises a first retractable tooth and a first coding cam associated with the 30-day month, a second retractable tooth and a second coding cam associated with the 29-day February month and a third retractable tooth and a third coding cam associated with the 28-day February month, the driving wheel being a 31-tooth date wheel arranged to move forward one step per day.
  • the coding cam associated with the 30-day month may be integral with a coding wheel of the months of 30 and 31 days, and the coding cam associated with the month of February of 29 days and the cam of coding associated with the month of February of 28 days are in solidarity with the same coding wheel of the months of February of 28 and 29 days.
  • the drive means may comprise a drive member comprising a driving toothing arranged to cooperate with the date wheel, a first drive gear arranged to cooperate with the coding wheel of the months of 30 and 31 days, and a second drive gear arranged to cooperate with the coding wheel of the months of February of 28 and 29 days.
  • the toothings of the date wheel and the drive member are such that, with the date wheel turning 12 times a year, the coding wheel of the months of 30 and 31 days is 11 turns per year, shifting by 30 ° by month of the date wheel, and the coding wheel of the months of February of 28 and 29 days makes 47 laps in 4 years, shifting 7.5 ° per month of the date wheel.
  • the drive mechanism comprises a drive mechanism of a day of the week indicator, said drive mechanism of a weekday indicator comprising a wheel of the days arranged to cooperate with the first toothing of the driving wheel when the retractable teeth are in the inactive position, and to be disengaged from the first toothing of the driving wheel when at least one of the retractable teeth is in the active position.
  • the drive mechanism of a day of the week indicator may further comprise a rocker on which is mounted the day wheel and a lever cooperating with said rocker, said lever having an arranged projecting zone. to cooperate with at least one of the retractable teeth when the latter are in the active position, so as to lift said lever and the rocker and clear the wheel of the days of the first toothing of the driving wheel.
  • a period during which the information changes from step to step may be a non-cyclical period, such as the months of a Chinese calendar, or a period forming a cycle, such as the months of a month.
  • Gregorian calendar said information given by the indicator being for example the day of the month.
  • the information given by the indicator is the date or the day of the month, the cycle being four years, and the cycle periods being the different months of the year.
  • the drive mechanism according to the invention is a drive mechanism for a perpetual calendar indicator for a Gregorian calendar, the driving wheel being a 31-tooth date wheel arranged to advance a not a day, this advancement being called a regular advancement.
  • an additional step means that the driving wheel moves one step further, independently of any chronological order with respect to the steady advance of one step per day.
  • a drive mechanism comprising a single first toothed gear 1 to a tooth and a single second toothed gear 2 with three teeth, coaxial and integral with each other. They can be formed in one piece as represented on the figure 4
  • the first and second driving gears 1 and 2 are energized by the movement to which they are kinematically connected by a pinion 6 also integral with the shaft 4.
  • the first and second driving gears 1 and 2 cooperate with the movement in order to perform a complete revolution per day.
  • Sets of first and second driving gears comprising one or more teeth may also be used, their rotation speed being adapted for the driving wheel to advance the required number of steps.
  • the set of second drive gears may comprise a plurality of second drive gears distributed at different locations around the drive wheel.
  • the mechanism also comprises a driving wheel, and more specifically here, a date wheel 8, comprising a first set of 31 teeth arranged to mesh with the first driving gear 1.
  • a date wheel 8 is driven one step per day by the tooth of the first drive gear 1 and performs step by step a complete revolution in one month.
  • the date wheel 8 also comprises a second toothing 11 arranged to cooperate with the drive means described below.
  • the axis 12 of the date wheel 8 carries an indicator, such as a needle or a disc, (not shown) cooperating with a thirty-one scale on the dial of a timepiece, said indicator indicating the date.
  • an indicator such as a needle or a disc, (not shown) cooperating with a thirty-one scale on the dial of a timepiece, said indicator indicating the date.
  • date wheel it is also possible to connect the date wheel to an indicator disposed at any point in the movement by means of a gear train or a suitable mechanism.
  • the teeth of the first and second driving gears 1 and 2 are arranged relative to one another so that they do not cooperate at the same time with the date wheel 8.
  • the date wheel 8 comprises a solid surface 14 in which are provided three countersinks, opposite the coding wheel 16 months 30 and 31 days and the encoding wheel 18 February 28 and 29 days described below.
  • a retractable tooth dimensioned so that each retractable tooth can slide radially in the countersink associated to evolve between its active and inactive positions as defined above. It is obvious that the retractable teeth could also evolve between more than these two positions. More particularly, the retractable teeth could have several positions that would make it possible to act on other wheels having different pitch diameters.
  • the thickness of the solid surface 14 is sufficient so that the retractable teeth disposed in the countersink are positioned under the first toothing 10 and can mesh with the second drive gear 2 when they are in the active position.
  • the mechanism comprises three retractable teeth 20, 21, 22, the retractable tooth 20 being associated with the months of 30 days, the retractable tooth 21 being associated with the month of February of 29 days and the retractable tooth 22 being associated with the month of February of 28 days.
  • Oblong holes 24 and 25 are provided at the end of the countersinks to provide areas in which the retractable teeth can retract into the inactive position.
  • the drive mechanism comprises the coding wheel 16 of months 30 and 31 days and a coding cam 26, integral with the coding wheel 16 and associated with the retractable tooth 20.
  • the coding cam 26 comprises a track 28 in which a stud 30 protruding from the retractable tooth 20 can travel in the direction of the coding cam 26.
  • the track 28 has a configuration made of a set of recesses and points, said configuration being appropriate in order that the retractable tooth associated with the 30-day months remains in its inactive position within the countersink in the 31-day months, and thus leaves its countersink and goes into active position in the months of 28, 29 and 30 days, and then returns to the inactive position after meshing with the second drive gear 2.
  • the drive mechanism also includes the February 28 and 29 day coding wheel 18, a 29 day February coding cam associated with the retractable tooth 21, and a coding cam 34 associated with the February 28 day, and associated with the retractable tooth 22.
  • a single coding wheel 18 for carrying the encoding cams 32 and 34 of February, said coding cams 32 and 34 being integral with said coding wheel 18 of the months of February of 28 and 29 days.
  • the coding cam 32 comprises a track 36 in which a stud 38 projecting from the retractable tooth 21 can flow in the direction of the coding cam 32.
  • the track 36 has a configuration made up of four circular sectors and four pointed sectors. separating the circular sectors, distributed regularly. This configuration is appropriate for the retractable 21 tooth associated with the 29-day-old February to remain in its inactive position within the 31-day and 30-day months of the countersink and thus move into position activates the months of February 28 and 29 days, and then returns to the inactive position after gearing with the second drive gear 2.
  • the coding cam 34 comprises a track 40 in which a stud 42 projecting from the retractable tooth 22 can flow in the direction of the coding cam 34.
  • the track 40 has a configuration made up of three circular sectors and three pointed sectors. separating the circular sectors, two circular sectors extending regularly over 180 ° and the third circular sector extending over 180 °. This configuration is appropriate for the retractable tooth associated with the 28-day February months to remain in its inactive position within the 31-day, 30-day, and 29-day months of the countersink. and sort of its countersink and goes into the active position in February of 28 days, and then returns to the inactive position after gearing with the second drive gear 2.
  • the encoding wheel 18 of February 28 and 29 days includes a central opening 44, sized to receive the coding cam 26 associated with the 30-day month.
  • the three tracks 28, 36 and 40 are on the same plane.
  • the coding wheel 16 of the months of 30 and 31 days, the coding wheel 18 of the months of February of 28 and 29 days, the coding cam 26 associated with the months of 30 days, the coding cams 32 and 34 associated with the months February 29 and 28 days, and the date wheel 8 are coaxial with the axis 46, the coding wheels 16 and 18 and the date wheel 8 being rotatably mounted about this axis 46.
  • the drive mechanism according to the invention is very compact.
  • the coding cam and the associated coding wheel form a coding mobile that can be made in one piece or in the form of two integral parts.
  • the drive means comprise a drive member 50 comprising a driving toothing 52 arranged to cooperate with the second toothing 11 of the date wheel 8, a first drive gear 54 arranged to cooperate with the coding wheel 16 of the month 30 and 31 days and a second drive gear 56 arranged to cooperate with the encoding wheel 18 February of 28 and 29 days.
  • the driving toothing 52 and the first and second drive teeth 54 and 56 are advantageously mounted integral on the same shaft 58.
  • the dimensions and number of teeth of the various gears used in the invention are chosen to give the coding wheels 16 and 18, and thus the coding cams 26, 32, 34, an adequate rotational speed with respect to the date wheel. , so that the retractable teeth move into the active position at the desired times.
  • the dimensions and number of teeth of the various gears are chosen so that, the wheel of the dates 8 making 12 turns per year, the coding wheel 16 of the months of 30 and 31 days is 11 turns per year, shifting from 30 ° per month of the date wheel 8, and the coding wheel 18 February months of 28 and 29 days makes 47 laps in 4 years, shifting 7.5 ° per month from the wheel of dates 8.
  • the coding cams can be arranged to give the driving wheel the shape of a circular or non-circular gear.
  • the drive mechanism of a perpetual calendar indicator can be associated with a drive mechanism of a weekday indicator, as shown in FIG. Figures 10 to 12 .
  • This day of the week indicator driving mechanism includes a 60-day, seven-toothed wheel arranged to cooperate with the first tooth 31 to 31 teeth of the date wheel 8.
  • the wheel 60 days is integral in rotation with a pinion 62, the first element of a gear train 64 for kinematically connecting the wheel 60 days to a weekday indicator (not shown).
  • the 60-day wheel and the pinion 62 are pivotally mounted on a rocker 66 itself pivotally mounted on the frame about an axis AA. There is provided a return spring 68 pressing the latch 66 and a jumper 70 for holding in position the wheel 60 days.
  • the latch 66 comprises a spout 72 whose function will be described below.
  • the drive mechanism of a day of the week indicator also includes a lever 74 pivotally mounted on the frame about an axis BB.
  • the lever 74 comprises a spout 76 arranged to cooperate with the spout 72 of the rocker 66 and lift the rocker 66 when the lever 74 is lifted.
  • the lever 74 comprises a projecting zone 78 arranged to cooperate with the retractable teeth 20, 21 and 22 when the latter are in the active position.
  • the drive mechanism of a day of the week indicator is positioned so that the retractable teeth 20, 21 and 22 can cooperate on the one hand with the second drive gear 2 and on the other hand with said protruding area 78 To this end, said retractable teeth 20, 21 and 22 have a thickness sufficient to operate both the second drive gear 2 and the protruding area 78 when in the active position.
  • lever 74 and the latch 66 are arranged to move between two positions, namely an inactive position and an active position.
  • the inactive position is the position in which none of the retractable teeth 20, 21 and 22, in the inactive position, cooperates with the lever 74, so that the wheel of the days 60 meshes with the first toothing 10 of the date wheel 8.
  • the active position is the position in which at least one of the retractable teeth 20, 21 and 22, in the active position, cooperates with the projecting zone 78 of the lever 74, so as to raise the latch 66 so that the wheel of the days 66 is released from the first toothing 10 of the date wheel 8.
  • the lever 74 remains in the inactive position and is maintained under the effect of a return spring (not shown), so that the wheel of the days 60 meshes with the wheel of the dates 8 and is trained one step per day to display the day.
  • the lever 74 rises, once, twice or thrice depending on the number of days in the month, under the action of one, two or three retractable teeth 20, 21 , 22 in the active position, which has the effect of clearing the wheel 60 days of the wheel of the dates 8.
  • the day displayed remains fixed while the wheel of the dates 8 advance number of additional steps relative to its progress regular.
  • the day-of-week indicator training mechanism is used to increment the day of the week indication by one day only, including months of less than 31 days.
  • the drive mechanism of a day of the week indicator operates in both directions. Indeed, in case of correction in the opposite direction by a user, the days will be correctly decremented, taking into account the length of the month.
  • the first drive gear 1 meshes with the first toothing 10 of the date wheel 8 so that it advances one step per day so that the date advances by one step per day.
  • the retractable teeth 20, 21 and 22 are in the inactive position so that the second drive gear 2 has no action on the wheel of the dates 8.
  • the date wheel 8 advancing step by step, its second gear 11 meshes with the toothing 52, driving in turn the first and second drive teeth 54 and 56, which in turn rotate the coding wheels 16 and 18 respectively.
  • the retractable teeth 20, 21 and 22 being carried by the date wheel 8, their respective pads 30, 38 and 42 move in their respective tracks 28, 36 and 40 of the associated coding cams 26, 32 and 34.
  • the retractable tooth 20 slides radially in its countersink and goes into active position to mesh with the second drive gear 2, the two retractable teeth 21 and 22 remaining in the inactive position inside the 8.
  • a tooth of the second drive gear 2 meshes with the retractable tooth 20 advancing the wheel of the dates 8 an additional step in relation to the regular advancement of the wheel of the dates 8
  • the tooth of the first drive gear 1 meshes with the first toothing 10 of the wheel of the dates 8, which advances by one step according to its regular progress , so to display the 1st day of the following month.
  • the configuration of the coding cam 26 is such that the retractable tooth 20 resumes its inactive position rapidly by moving its stud 30 in the associated track 28, so that the next day, no retractable tooth is in the active position.
  • each retractable tooth 20, 21 and 22 slides radially in its countersink and goes into active position to mesh with the second drive gear 2 Therefore, when changing the date of the last day of the month, February 28, four jumps to be performed, the three teeth of the second drive gear 2 mesh with the three retractable teeth 20, 21 and 22 advancing the wheel of the dates 8 by three additional steps relative to the regular advancement of the date wheel 8, and the tooth of the first pinion meshes with the coach one first toothing 10 of the date wheel 8, which advances by one step at the regular advancement, so as to display the 1st day of the next month.
  • the configuration of the coding cams 26, 32 and 34 is such that the retractable teeth 20, 21 and 22 resume their inactive position quickly by moving their stud in the associated track, so that the next day, no retractable tooth is in active position.
  • the retractable teeth 20, 21 and 22, by pressing in turn on the protruding area 78 of the lever 74, lift said lever 74 three times to pivot the latch 66 and release the wheel 60 days of the date wheel 8, so that the day displayed remains fixed while the date wheel 8 advances three additional steps with respect to its steady advance.
  • the leap years, for which the month of February comprises 29 days the displacement of the studs 30, 38 and 42 of the retractable teeth in the tracks 28, 36 and 40 during the rotation of the wheel of the dates 8, combined with the rotation coding wheels 16 and 18 that, thanks to the appropriate configuration of the coding cams 26, 32 and 34, the last day of the month, the 29, the pad 30 of the retractable tooth 20 associated with the months of 30 days arrives in a tip of its track 28 of the coding cam 26 associated with the month of 30 days, the pad 38 of the retractable tooth 21 associated with the month of 29 days arrives in a tip of its track 36 of the coding cam 32 associated with the 29 days and the pad 42 of the retractable tooth 22 remains in a hollow of the track 40 of the coding cam 34 associated with the month of February 28 days.
  • the retractable teeth 20 and 21 slide radially in their respective countersink and move into active position to mesh with the second drive gear 2, the retractable tooth 22 remaining in an inactive position within the wheel of the dates 8.
  • two teeth of the second drive gear 2 mesh with the retractable teeth 20 and 21 advancing the date wheel 8 by two additional steps with respect to the steady advance of the date wheel
  • the tooth of the first drive gear 1 meshes with the first toothing 10 of the wheel of the dates 8, which advances by one step according to its regular progress, so as to display the 1 st day of the following month.
  • the configuration of the coding cams 26 and 32 is such that the retractable teeth 20 and 21 resume their inactive position quickly by moving their stud in the associated track, so that the next day, no retractable tooth is in the active position.
  • the drive mechanism according to the invention requires no return spring for moving the retractable teeth. It uses less energy and is more robust than mechanisms using return springs.
  • the drive mechanism according to the invention uses a reduced number of components, said components being of simple construction.
  • the mechanism for driving a perpetual calendar indicator is therefore of particularly simple construction compared to the traditional perpetual calendar indicator drive mechanisms.
  • the main elements of the mechanism according to the invention are superimposed so that a very compact mechanism is obtained.
  • the cams, the coding wheels and the drive means having teeth permanently kinematically connected to the date wheel, the drive mechanism according to the invention can be used for the bidirectional correction of the indicator of calendar.
  • the mechanism could include only a first retractable tooth and a first coding cam associated with the months of 30 days to obtain an annual calendar indicator.
  • the number of retractable teeth can be modified to make other types of date indicator, such as a leap date indicator: there is in this case a second retractable tooth and a second coding cam associated with the month of February of 29 days, the third retractable tooth and the third coding cam associated with the 28-day month of February being suppressed.
  • a manual correction is scheduled to correct the date at the end of a 28-day month of February.
  • the coding wheel of February 28 and 29 days is separated into two independent wheels respectively carrying the corresponding coding cam, the drive member then comprising an additional drive toothing.
  • the teeth of the drive member may be separated by providing a plurality of drive members or arranged differently but always so as to kinematically connect the date wheel to the coding wheels in appropriate gear ratios.
  • the retractable teeth are arranged so that they move in translation in their milling in a horizontal plane xy.
  • the retractable teeth may be arranged so that they move in translation along a vertical axis z or by rotation in a horizontal plane xy.
  • the retractable teeth may be positioned so that their longitudinal axis is not perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the driving wheel. These teeth cooperate with a toothing positioned in a plane, parallel or not, located at a different level of the plane defined by the driving wheel.
  • additional retractable teeth may be provided to circulate in the coding cams already occupied by a retractable tooth used for the date indicator, said additional retractable teeth being used to actuate another mechanism.
  • the drive pinions may be constituted by a wheel similar to the driving wheel described above.
  • the mechanism according to the invention allows to drive a perpetual calendar indicator but it is obvious that it can be used to cause an indicator of any other cyclic or non-cyclic information.
  • the cyclic information may be moon phases or other cyclic information from any type of calendar including cycles, for example the Gregorian calendar.
  • Non-cyclical information may come from, for example, a Chinese calendar, and may be months.

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  1. Mechanismus zur Ansteuerung eines Indikators einer mit einem Uhrwerk verbundenen Information, die gemäß mehreren Perioden variiert, wobei sich die Information im Verlauf jeder schrittweise bis zu einem maximalen Wert verändert, der zwischen n und n-m variiert, wobei der Mechanismus umfasst:
    - eine erste Gesamtheit erster Antriebstriebe (1), die vom Uhrwerk mit Energie versorgt wird,
    - ein Antriebsrad (8), das eine erste Zahnung (10) umfasst, die ausgebildet ist, um in die erste Gesamtheit erster Antriebstriebe (1) einzugreifen, um n Schritte je Periode voranzukommen,
    - eine zweite Gesamtheit zweiter Antriebstriebe (2), die vom Uhrwerk mit Energie versorgt wird, wobei die erste und zweite Antriebstriebeinheit zueinander derart angeordnet sind, dass sie nicht gleichzeitig mit dem Antriebsrad (8) zusammenarbeiten,
    - m einziehbare, vom Antriebsrad (8) getragene Zähne (20, 21, 22), wobei jeder derart ausgebildet ist, um sich zwischen mindestens zwei Positionen zu bewegen, nämlich einer aktiven Position, um in einen der zweiten Antriebstriebe (2) der zweiten Einheit zweiter Antriebstriebe einzugreifen und um das Antriebsrad (8) einen zusätzlichen Schritt voranzutreiben, und einer inaktiven Position, um mit dem zweiten Antriebstrieb (2) nicht zusammenzuarbeiten,
    - Codiernocken (26, 32, 34), die jeweils mindestens einem einziehbaren Zahn (20, 21, 22) zugeordnet sind, und Codierräder (16, 18), die mit den Codiernocken (26, 32, 34) fest verbunden sind, wobei die Codiernockenanzahl zwischen 1 und m inklusive ist und die Codierräderanzahl kleiner oder gleich der Codiernockenanzahl ist, wobei jeder Codiernocken (26, 32, 34) mindestens einem maximalen Wert n-x der Information zugeordnet ist, wobei x zwischen 1 und m inklusive ist, für eine Periode, und ausgebildet, um gleichzeitig den zugeordneten einziehbaren Zahn (20, 21, 22) aus der aktiven Position in die inaktive Position und aus der inaktiven Position in die aktive Position in jeder Periode zu wechseln, für die der zugeordnete maximale Wert der Information ein Wert zwischen n-m und n-x inklusive ist, und
    - Antriebsmittel, die ausgebildet sind, um das Antriebsrad (8) mit jedem der Codierräder (16, 18) kinematisch zu verbinden und ausgebildet, um den Codiernocken (26, 32, 34) im Verhältnis zum Antriebsrad (8) eine adäquate Rotationsgeschwindigkeit zu verleihen, so dass, wenn die Information einen maximalen Wert n-x für eine Periode erreicht, x einziehbare Zähne (20, 21, 22) in aktive Position wechseln und dann in inaktive Position zurückkehren, wobei das Antriebsrad (8) x zusätzliche Schritte für diese Periode vorankommt, wobei n, m und x natürliche Ganzzahlen sind, wobei m ≥ 1 ist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder einziehbare Zahn (20, 21, 22) ein Klötzchen (30, 38, 42) umfasst und der entsprechende Codiernocken (26, 32, 34), der einem maximalen Wert n-x der Information zugeordnet ist, eine Bahn (28, 36, 40) umfasst, in der das Klötzchen (30, 38, 42) zirkulieren kann, wobei die Bahn (28, 36, 40) eine Konfiguration aufweist, die geeignet ist, damit der einziehbare Zahn (20, 21, 22) in jeder Periode, für die der zugeordnete maximale Wert der Information ein Wert zwischen n-x+1 und n inklusive ist, in seiner inaktiven Position bleibt und damit sich der einziehbaren Zahn (20, 21, 22) aus seiner inaktiven Position in seine aktive Position in jeder Periode bewegt, für die der zugeordnete maximale Wert der Information ein Wert zwischen n-m und n-x inklusive ist und danach nach Zusammenarbeit mit dem zweiten Antriebstrieb (2) in seine inaktive Position zurückkehrt.
  2. Mechanismus nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Antriebsmittel ein Antriebsorgan (50) umfassen, das eine Antriebszahnung (52) umfasst, die ausgebildet ist, um mit dem Antriebsrad (8) zusammenzuarbeiten, und eine Anzahl Antriebszahnungen (54, 56), die der Codierräderanzahl (16, 18) entspricht, wobei die Antriebszahnungen (54, 56) ausgebildet sind, um mit den Codierrädern (16, 18) zusammenzuarbeiten, wobei die Antriebszahnung (52) und die Antriebszahnungen (54, 56) derart ausgewählt sind, dass man ein adäquates Geschwindigkeitsverhältnis zwischen dem Antriebsrad (8) und jedem der Codiernocken (26, 32, 34) erhält.
  3. Mechanismus nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Antriebszahnung (52) und die Antriebszahnungen (54, 56) auf einer selben Welle (58) montiert sind.
  4. Mechanismus nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Antriebsrad (8) eine zweite Zahnung (11) umfasst, um mit den Antriebsmitteln zusammenzuarbeiten.
  5. Mechanismus nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Codierräder (16, 18), die Codiernocken (26, 32, 34) und das Antriebsrad (8) koaxial sind.
  6. Mechanismus nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die erste und zweite Antriebstriebgesamtheit einen ersten beziehungsweise einen zweiten Antriebstrieb umfassen, wobei der erste und zweite Antriebstrieb (1, 2) fest miteinander verbunden sind.
  7. Mechanismus nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er einen ersten einziehbaren Zahn (20) und einen ersten Codiernocken (26) umfasst, die Monaten mit 30 Tagen zugeordnet sind, einen zweiten einziehbaren Zahn (21) und einen zweiten Codiernocken (32), die dem Monat Februar mit 29 Tagen zugeordnet sind und einen dritten einziehbaren Zahn (22) und einen dritten Codiernocken (34), die dem Monat Februar mit 28 Tagen zugeordnet sind, und dass das Antriebsrad (8) ein Datumsrad mit 31 Zähnen ist, die ausgebildet sind, um pro Tag einen Schritt voranzukommen.
  8. Mechanismus nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Codiernocken (26), der den Monaten mit 30 Tagen zugeordnet ist, mit einem Codierrad (16) der Monate mit 30 und 31 Tagen fest verbunden ist, und dass der Codiernocken (32), der dem Monat Februar mit 29 Tagen zugeordnet ist und der Codiernocken (34), der dem Monat Februar mit 28 Tagen zugeordnet ist, mit einem selben Codierrad (18) der Februarmonate mit 28 und 29 Tagen fest verbunden sind.
  9. Mechanismus nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Antriebsmittel ein Antriebsorgan (50), das eine Antriebszahnung (52) umfasst, die ausgebildet ist, um mit dem Datumsrad (8) zusammenzuarbeiten, eine erste Antriebszahnung (54), die ausgebildet ist, um mit dem Codierrad (16) der Monate mit 30 und 31 Tagen zusammenzuarbeiten, und eine zweite Antriebszahnung (56), die ausgebildet ist, um mit dem Codierrad (18) der Februarmonate mit 28 und 29 Tagen zusammenzuarbeiten, umfassen.
  10. Mechanismus nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Zahnungen des Datumsrads (8) und des Antriebsorgans (50) derart sind, dass, wobei das Datumsrads (8) 12 Umdrehungen pro Jahr absolviert, das Codierrad (16) der Monate mit 30 und 31 Tagen 11 Umdrehungen pro Jahr absolviert, wobei es sich je Monat um 30° vom Datumsrads (8) versetzt, und das Codierrad (18) der Februarmonate mit 28 und 29 Tagen 47 Umdrehungen in 4 Jahren absolviert, wobei es sich je Monat um 7,5° vom Datumsrads (8) versetzt.
  11. Mechanismus nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er einen Mechanismus zur Ansteuerung eines Indikators des Wochentags umfasst, wobei der Mechanismus zur Ansteuerung eines Indikators des Wochentags ein Tagesrad (60) umfasst, das ausgebildet ist, um mit der ersten Zahnung (10) des Antriebsrads (8) zusammenzuarbeiten, wenn die einziehbaren Zähne (20, 21, 22) in inaktiver Position sind, und um von der ersten Zahnung (10) des Antriebsrads (8) freigegeben zu werden, wenn mindestens einer der einziehbaren Zähne (20, 21, 22) in aktiver Position ist.
  12. Mechanismus nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Mechanismus zur Ansteuerung eines Indikators des Wochentags ferner eine Wippe (66) umfasst, auf der das Tagesrad (60) und ein Hebel (74) montiert sind, die mit der Wippe zusammenarbeiten, wobei der Hebel eine hervorstehende Zone (78) aufweist, die ausgebildet ist, um mit mindestens einem der einziehbaren Zähne (20, 21, 22) zusammenzuarbeiten, wenn sich diese in aktiver Position befinden, so dass der Hebel (74) und die Wippe (66) angehoben werden und das Tagesrad (60) aus der ersten Zahnung (10) des Antriebsrads (8) freigegeben wird.
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