EP3190467A1 - Armbanduhr mit analoger uhrzeitanzeige, die eine zusätzliche skala zur anzeige der wichtigen ereignisse im leben des uhrträgers umfasst - Google Patents

Armbanduhr mit analoger uhrzeitanzeige, die eine zusätzliche skala zur anzeige der wichtigen ereignisse im leben des uhrträgers umfasst Download PDF

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EP3190467A1
EP3190467A1 EP16002652.2A EP16002652A EP3190467A1 EP 3190467 A1 EP3190467 A1 EP 3190467A1 EP 16002652 A EP16002652 A EP 16002652A EP 3190467 A1 EP3190467 A1 EP 3190467A1
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    • G04C17/005—Indicating the time optically by electric means by discs
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    • 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
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    • 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
    • G04B19/28—Adjustable guide marks or pointers for indicating determined points of time
    • G04B19/283—Adjustable guide marks or pointers for indicating determined points of time on rotatable rings, i.e. bezel
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    • 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
    • G04B19/06—Dials
    • G04B19/16—Shiftable dials, e.g. indicating alternately from 1 to 12 and from 13 to 24
    • G04B19/166—Shiftable dials, e.g. indicating alternately from 1 to 12 and from 13 to 24 with rotating scales

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  • the invention belongs to the field of watches and other timepieces. More particularly, the invention relates to a watch or timepiece with analog time display, to strengthen the relationship between it and its carrier or its successive carriers by visualizing, on a scale complementary, the characteristic events of their lives. It comprises a housing (1), an analog dial (3) with a first scale associated with the two hands indicating the hours and minutes (7, 9) and driven by a time counting mechanism (5), a second scale called years and associated with a benchmark (15-18, 51, 61, 85-87, 166) indicating the evolution over the years or fractions of a year, the life of the wearer of the watch, this benchmark being able to be driven by a mechanism for multiplying hours called counting mechanism years, a winding (13) for the reassembly of the watch and the setting time or year of needles and landmark, a store of at least two additional physical markings materialized by disks (15-18) or indexes (61, 91, 85-87, 166), which can be moved on the second scale called years, by
  • a complication is a function other than the display of the hour, minutes and seconds, which is the case of the present invention.
  • Virtually all the complications known to date are oriented towards the display of predictable events relating to local or sidereal time, the phases of the moon, the duration of the day or the night, the evolution of the tides or the dates particular as Easter.
  • Two relevant documents reveal solutions that create a closer relationship between a watch and its wearer or that include markers.
  • the first is DE 20 2007 000 614 U.
  • the separate mark of the minute and hour hands is a 360-degree annular ring, radially split and the coupling means comprises a gear wheel engaged with the marker for moving it according to the counting mechanism of time or using a control member operated by hand.
  • the coupling means occupies only a coupling position for which the marker is coupled to the movement mechanism of the needles and moved relative to the dial.
  • the annular ring is used to display the age of a person on a scale of a century distributed over 360 degrees of the dial.
  • this arrangement allows the marker to display a duration, it does not display an event, except that it corresponds to a stop time counting mechanism, that is to say, it marks the end of a period of use of the timepiece.
  • the second document US 8,861,314 discloses an analog time clock watch in which two pins occupying a discrete position on the dial are coupled to the needle movement mechanism and moved according to the time count. These movable landmarks are shifted by one hour and are used to indicate on the dial, the last hour and the next hour coming. They pass periodically over landmarks occupying a discreet and fixed position on the dial. In other words, by coincidence with a fixed landmark, the mobile landmarks make it possible to display events which do not necessarily correspond to a stop of the time counting mechanism. But on the other hand, the events are necessarily marked by prefixed positions and correspond to instants prefixed within a duration of use of the watch.
  • the object of the invention is to allow the marks of a timepiece according to the recall made above, to display not only a duration of use but also several events occurred at any time during this duration of use and corresponding to particular events of the life of the wearer.
  • the subject of the invention is a watch or timepiece with an analogue time display comprising a complementary display scale known as the years in relation to the life of the wearer, characterized in that the housing of the watch contains a magazine of at least two additional physical markers materialized by disks or indexes that can be moved on the complementary scale by means of external organs such as the winder or a push button, to positions dependent on the events of the life of the wearer and unknown at the time of production of the watch.
  • the means of placing these physical markers, characteristics of the life of the wearer of the watch, into corresponding positions on a circumferential dial of the watch, at the moment when one of these characteristic events occurs consists in placing the device of placing markers on a reference frame in the form of a plane rotating relative to the watch case and evolving at the same speed as evolving the image of the wearer's life on the dial of the watch.
  • One of the means of realization of the watch according to the invention and particularly well suited when the marks take the form of diamonds or indexes to present above the dial is to place them on a support sliding in a gap between the dial and a crown concentric with the dial, then to drive them by means of a needle or a crown having a fork at its end until the point of immobilization, immobilization which is generated by the action of the operator on the pushbutton, an operation that is transformed into using the first motion transformer, in a vertical movement for separating the drive means from the marker of the marker itself.
  • one of the so-called "release door” embodiments consists in using the angular movement that can be generated by the second of the three motion transformers.
  • This angular movement can move a rod that has a door at its end. At rest, this door holds indexes placed in a magazine in the form of a groove and pushed from the back by a spring. When the push button is pressed, the door opens and the first index finger will go into the slot opposite.
  • FIG. 1 Another embodiment known as a "push lever” consists in using the third movement described above, the one that gives a translational movement, a movement that makes it possible to push an index located in an inner ring placed under the dial towards the outer ring visible in the window of the dial.
  • One of the means said "lever-hook” ensures this reversibility. It consists in using the third motion transformer which generates a translation movement by using it to obtain a translation that goes from the outside to the inside and then to combine this movement with a hook capable of grasping an index placed on the crown. outside and bring it back to the inner crown. Another solution is to combine the "crown-push” solution which passes an index from outside to inside with the so-called “push-lever” solution which does the opposite.
  • Another achievement is to use discs of different colors that appear in the circular window of the dial. Each of the discs marks a stage in the wearer's life.
  • the discs are friction controlled and provided with lugs for driving or blocking.
  • One of the solutions is to train them by means of a rod that pulls all the pins and abandons one at each pressure on the push button.
  • Another solution is to evolve all the discs simultaneously and to block one, by means of an index, every time the wearer of the watch presses a push button.
  • this watch can indicate, on the display, the main events or phases characteristic of the life of the wearer over time such as childhood, adolescence, studies, the opening of a practice or the creation of a company, then the phase of withdrawal or a fraction of life as the marking of sports results, one or more seasons.
  • Another option is to display family events such as weddings, births of children or grandchildren, or events of religious life such as baptism, confirmation, communion or any other characteristic element of the life of the wearer. and its culture.
  • the same watch can also be worn by a succession of people as part of a dynasty.
  • a watch with an analog time display comprises a housing 1 housing an analog dial 3 and a mechanism for moving the hands of minutes 7 and 9 hours around of an axis of rotation 11.
  • the displacement of the needles 7, 9 is in connection with a time counting mechanism or with a winding mechanism 13.
  • the time counting mechanism and the mechanism for moving the needles minutes and hours are known in themselves and will not be described further.
  • the watch also includes a timeshifter mechanism called the counting mechanism of the years.
  • the watch also comprises a control member 31 separate from the winder 13.
  • This control member 31 comprises a rod 33, movable relative to the housing 1 against an elastic return means.
  • a first embodiment of the invention is illustrated by the Figures 1 to 8 .
  • the watch includes, Figures 1 to 6 , chronological marks 15-19, distinct from the needles 7, 9 and having the form of coaxial disks dial 3. They are connected to the housing 1 by means of force-controlled clamping means 20, 22, 24.
  • the dial 3 is provided with a window 30 for displaying disks 15-19.
  • the force-controlled clamping means comprise a stirrup 24, a bottom plate 20 and spacer plates 22, made for example of ultrafine sheet of 0.05 mm thick.
  • the ring 24 is fixed to the casing 1 by means of a support 28, illustrated by the Figures 7 and 8 , in which are screwed clamping screws.
  • the disks 15-19 are provided with an arcuate window for the passage of the clamping screws.
  • the clamping screws make it possible to control the clamping force due to the spring 26 housed in the stirrup 24.
  • the watch also comprises a transmission means 23, movable around the axis of rotation 11 and a needle 25, separate from the minute hands 7 and hours 9 and linked to the transmission means 23.
  • the transmission means is a toothed wheel 23, on the one hand rotatably connected to a drive disc 21 and, on the other hand, rotatable by the control member 31.
  • the drive disk 21 is rotated by the counting mechanism of the years.
  • the toothed wheel 23 is rotated about the axis of rotation 11 by the drive disk 21 and by the control member 31, respectively via and against an elastic return means 37, 38, 41, cooperating with a notch 43 of the toothed wheel 23.
  • the elastic return means comprises an arm 37 engaged with the notch 43 of the toothed wheel 23 by means of a roller 41 and pivoting against a flexible blade 38. swivel arm 37 and flexible blade 38 are attached to drive disk 21.
  • the needle 25 is movable in translation in a slideway 27 fixed with respect to the drive disk 21 and in connection with pawl 29 with the toothed wheel 23.
  • the drive disk 21, the gearwheel 23, the needle 25, the slideway 27 and the pawl 29 contribute to a coupling and decoupling means 15-19 disks vis-à-vis the mechanism 5 of movement of the needles minutes 7 and 9 hours.
  • the controlled force clamping means 20, 22, 24, 26 allow both the disks 15-19 to be moved into the coupling position and to be immobilized in the decoupling position.
  • each tap 10-14 is reduced from disc 15 to disc 17, to allow the needle 25 to be successively disengaged from each disc at each implementation of the control member 31 controlling the disc. toothed wheel 23 and the needle 25 in the decoupling position D.
  • the translation of the rod 33 of the control member 31 is reported by the toothed wheel 23 and the pawl 29 to the necessary translation of the needle 25 to disengage the latter of the socket 10-14 of each of the disks 15-17.
  • a second embodiment of the invention is illustrated by the Figures 9 to 13 .
  • the watch comprises chronological landmarks, distinct from the index-shaped needles (7, 9) (51, 91), some of which (51) are already placed on the scale of years while others (91) ) are still in reserve in the store, store that can be hidden by a hood (92) or simply marked by a frame or area of less transparency of the watch glass.
  • the watch also comprises a transmission hub 53 and a needle 25 fixed to the hub 53.
  • the hub 53 is rotated by the counting mechanism of the years and movable in translation along the axis of rotation 11 by the control member 31 .
  • the transmission hub 53 and the needle 25 contribute to a means of coupling and decoupling the chronological indices 51 vis-à-vis the counting mechanism years.
  • the needle 25 is engaged with one of the indexes 51 by a basket-shaped end 32.
  • the index is moved by the needle 25 along a circular path defined by a gap 57 between the dial 3 and a ring 59 , concentric with the dial 3.
  • the displacement means either the displacement function of the time counting mechanism, or the displacement using the winding device 13.
  • the index 51 is inserted into the gap 57 between the ring gear 59 and the dial 3 by means of controlled force clamping means 50, 52.
  • These means comprise a wiper 52 and a curved plate 50 for elastic return effect .
  • the wiper 52 and the plate 50 are attached to a rod 58 of the mark 51 via a fastener 54.
  • the clamping force is controlled by means of the fastener 54.
  • a third embodiment of the invention is illustrated by the Figures 14 to 28 .
  • the watch also includes chronological landmarks, distinct from the needles 7, having the form of index 61.
  • the watch further includes figure 15 a drum 67 rotated by the counting mechanism of the years.
  • the displacement of the drum 67 is understood to be either of the function displacement of the time counting mechanism or of the movement with the aid of the winding mechanism 13.
  • the drum 67 is provided with a groove 63 receiving the indexes 61. It can comprise, figure 16 two grooves 63, 65 housing two series of indexes 61.
  • the two grooves 63, 65 are arranged along a diameter of the drum 67, on either side of the center through which the axis of rotation 11 passes.
  • the watch still includes Figures 17 and 18 , a ring 59, concentric with the dial 3.
  • the ring 59 has housings 71, 73 which form predetermined positions for the indexes 61.
  • the index finger 61 is provided with dovetails 62 for guiding it in the housings 71 of the ring gear 59.
  • the index 61 is provided with a rib 64 for its guidance in the housing 73 of the crown. It is also SN magnetized to stay in contact with the crown, itself made of a magnetic material.
  • the drum 67 may comprise a synchronization disc 72 to allow alignment of the index 61 with the housing 71, 73 of the ring 59.
  • This synchronizing disc 72 is controlled by the control member 31.
  • Another Synchronization form can be achieved by making use of the technology known as the annual calendar which involves advancing the counting out of years by steps from year to year rather than continuously.
  • Such devices have existed since the early 1900s, a particular example is the patent FR331429 named date-calendar of 1903 which proposes this device for the marking of days and months.
  • FIGS. 21 and 22 illustrate a variant of the third embodiment in which the coupling and decoupling means is that which has been described in the second embodiment.
  • the watch thus comprises a transmission hub 53 and a needle 25 fixed to the hub 53.
  • the hub 53 is rotated by the counting mechanism of the years and movable in translation along the axis of rotation 11 by the control member 31
  • the displacement of the hub 53 is either a function of the movement of the time counting mechanism or of the movement with the winding device 13.
  • the needle In the decoupling position D, figure 22 , the needle is disengaged from the index 61.
  • the translation of the rod 33 of the control member 31 is reported by the beveled plane 56 of the transmission hub 53 to the translation of the needle 25 along the axis of rotation 11, necessary to disengage the hook of the chronological index 61.
  • the latter is immobilized in the housing 71, 73 forming a predetermined position in the ring 59.
  • the Figures 23 to 28 illustrate another variant of the third embodiment in which the transmission means 23 comprises a toothed wheel 23 on the one hand, connected in rotation to the drum 67 by means of an elastic return means 37, 39, 41 cooperating with a notch 43 of the toothed wheel 23 and secondly, displaceable in rotation by the control member 31, about the axis of rotation 11 against the elastic return means 37, 39, 41.
  • the elastic return means comprises an arm 37 engaged with the notch 43 of the toothed wheel 23 via a roller 41 and pivoted against a spring 39.
  • the pivoting arm 37 and the flexible blade 39 are fixed to the drum 67.
  • the needle 25 is fixed to the toothed wheel 23.
  • the Figures 23 and 24 illustrate an arrangement of the toothed wheel 23 and the needle 25 with the control member 31 with single rod 33.
  • the Figures 27 and 28 illustrate an arrangement of the toothed wheel 23 and the needle 25 with the control member 31 with two rods 33. This arrangement goes in pair with the drum 67 with two grooves 63, 65 described above. While the single rod 33 controls the toothed wheel 23 in a single direction of rotation about the axis of rotation 11, the two rods 33 allow control in both directions of clockwise rotation and counterclockwise, a rod 33 controlling for the one of the two directions of rotation.
  • the drum 67 with two grooves 63, 65 and the control member 31 with two rods 33 thus makes it possible to deposit on the ring 59 two sets of indexes 61.
  • a fourth embodiment of the invention is illustrated by the Figures 29 to 38 .
  • the watch comprises two types of markers, distinct from the minute hands 7 and hours 9: on the one hand, disks 15-17 conform to those described with the first embodiment and on the other hand 85-87 indexes consistent with those described with the third embodiment.
  • the watch also comprises the drum 67 described with the third embodiment, controlled in rotation by the counting mechanism of the years.
  • the displacement of the drum 67 is understood to be either of the function displacement of the time counting mechanism or of the displacement using the winding device 13.
  • the indexes 85-87 are housed in the groove 63 of the drum 67.
  • the disks 15-19 are here connected to the drum 67 by the force-controlled clamping means 22, 24, 26.
  • the dial 3 is provided with the window 30 for displaying disks 15-19.
  • the watch further comprises a ring 59, concentric with the dial 3.
  • This ring 59 has housings 71, 73 which form predetermined positions for the indexes 85-87.
  • FIGS 35 and 36 illustrate a variant of the fourth embodiment in which the coupling and decoupling means is that which has been described with the variant of the third embodiment.
  • the watch thus comprises a transmission hub 53 and a needle 25 fixed to the hub 53.
  • the hub 53 is rotated by the counting mechanism of the years and movable in translation along the axis of rotation 11 by the control member 31
  • the displacement of the hub 53 is either a function of the movement of the time counting mechanism or of the movement with the winding device 13.
  • the transmission hub 53 and the needle 25 cooperate in means for coupling and decoupling the indexes 85-87 and disks 15-17 vis-à-vis the counting mechanism years.
  • the indexes 85-87 are housed in the groove 63 of the drum 67 and the needle 25 is engaged with one of the indexes 85 by a hook-shaped end, against the compression of an elastic return means 69 disposed in the groove 63.
  • the disks 15-19 are rotatably connected to the drum 67 by the force-controlled clamping means 22, 24, 26.
  • the needle In the decoupling position D, figure 36 , the needle is disengaged from the index 85.
  • the translation of the rod 33 of the control member 31 is reported by the beveled plane 56 of the transmission hub 53 to the translation of the needle 25 along the axis of rotation 11, necessary to disengage the hook from the index 85.
  • the latter is immobilized in the housing 71, 73 forming a predetermined position in the ring 59.
  • One of 15 disks is then locked in rotation by the index 85 immobilized in the crown 59.
  • the locking implements the sockets 10-14 formed at the periphery of the discs 15-17, abutting against the indexes 85-87.
  • the radial extent of each tap 10-14 will be reduced from disc 15 to disc 17.
  • the radial extent of each index 85-87 will increase from index 85 to index 87.
  • This arrangement allows each disc to be successively blocked by an index at each implementation of the control member 31 controlling the hub 53 and the needle 25 in the decoupling position D.
  • the translation of the rod 33 of the control member 31 is reported by a beveled plane 56 of the hub 53 to the translation of the needle 25 along the axis of rotation 11, necessary to disengage the hook from the index 85.
  • FIGS. 37 and 38 illustrate a variant of the fourth embodiment in which the coupling and decoupling means is that which has been described with the other variant of the third embodiment.
  • the watch thus comprises a toothed wheel 23 on the one hand, connected in rotation to the drum 67 by means of the elastic return means 37, 39, 41, cooperating with the notch 43 of the toothed wheel 23 and on the other hand , movable in rotation by the control member 31, about the axis of rotation 11 against the elastic return means 37, 39, 41.
  • the elastic return means comprises the arm 37 engaged with the notch 43 of the wheel toothed 23 by means of the roller 41 and pivoted against the spring 39.
  • the pivoting arm 37 and the flexible blade 39 are here fixed to the drum 67.
  • the needle 25 is fixed to the toothed wheel 23.
  • the indexes 85-87 are housed in the groove 63 of the drum 67 and the needle 25 is engaged with one of the indexes 85 by a hook-shaped end, against the compression of an elastic return means 69 disposed in the groove 63.
  • the disks 15-19 are rotatably connected to the drum 67 by the force-controlled clamping means 22, 24, 26.
  • the function of the coupling and decoupling means is the same: on the one hand, to couple the marker to the movement mechanism of the minute and hour hands and on the other hand on the other hand, to decouple it from this mechanism in order to deposit it in a position immobilized with respect to the dial.
  • the marker In the coupling position, the marker is moved via the transmission means.
  • the movement of the marker and the transmission means is the movement set by the time counting mechanism or obtained using the winder.
  • the winding device referred to includes a rest position, a position of advance or retreat of the minute and hour hands, when it is pulled one notch of the housing and a position of advance or retreat of the landmark, when drawn from two notches.
  • the displacement of the marker and the transmission means uses different reduction ratios, depending on whether it is set by the time counting mechanism, the crown being in the rest position, or resulting from the 'advance or recoil using the winder pulled two notches.
  • the marker In the decoupling position, the marker is immobilized relative to the dial.
  • the immobilized position of the marker in the crown is irreversible. It is the same for the first embodiment and the disc immobilized relative to the housing, as a result of a movement with a ratchet effect of the needle mounted in the slide of the drive disc.
  • the invention finds its greatest utility with a plurality of markers.
  • the marks are coupled in their entirety to the movement mechanism of the minute and hour hands. This required housing the indexes in the groove of the drum or stacking the discs through the controlled effort clamping means.
  • the decoupling applies to a single index or a single disk at a time and the elastic return of the coupling means prepares each index or each disk to be deposited under the same operating conditions of the coupling and decoupling means.
  • the invention opens the possibility of creating a strong relationship between the time indicator given by the watch and the evolution of its wearer, or even of its successive carriers.
  • the marker coupled to the movement mechanism of the minute and hour hands will for example be moved on a time scale in annual divisions.
  • the counting mechanism will be adjusted, in a manner known per se, according to the duration of use of the watch and the extent of the angular sector of the dial allowing the display of the marker, for example a Adjustment of 2.6 degrees of rotation per year for a life of 100 years and an angular sector of display of 260 degrees.
  • the marker coupled to the movement mechanism of the minute and hour hands will progress to the rhythm of the counting of time in annual divisions and can thus indicate the age of the wearer on the dial of the watch.
  • the decoupled landmarks of the mechanism and immobilized relative to the dial will indicate events occurring in the life of the wearer. The position of the landmarks will keep the memory of the year in which each event took place.
  • the mark housed in the groove of the drum with which the needle of the coupling and decoupling means is in contact with its hook will act as a marker of the age of the wearer provided that to be displayed on the dial. It is thus planned to form in the latter a crown of transparent material, covering the angular sector of desired display, to allow to see the mark by transparency.
  • Another arrangement is to provide the drum 67 with an additional disc 66 carrying a mark covering the mark 61 housed in the groove 63 of the drum 67.
  • the additional disc 66 is rotatably connected to the drum 67, so that the mark will progress to the rhythm of the marker 61 taken in the coupling position and of which it will form a visible double of the dial.
  • this mark carried by the additional disk 66 does not constitute a marker within the meaning of the invention.
  • the movement mechanism of the minute and hour hands as well as the time counting mechanism can be driven by a mechanical or electromechanical motor.
  • the Figures 9 to 13 present a watch model with diamond-shaped indexes.
  • the difficulties are the height of the watch due to the central cone, the rigidity of the device for moving the needle, which causes a rubbing index, when it is driven by the winder and the few possibilities to add complementary functions as the display of the days, the recharge rate of the watch or other information commonly performed, the latter functions involving free passage areas between movement and display.
  • the Figures 39 to 42 have an execution with diamond-shaped indexes, the indexes being driven by a crown-fork.
  • the needle (25) and the cone (53) Figures 9 to 13 are replaced by a base ring (101) and a crown (102) called crown-fork and having the fork (103).
  • the base ring can be driven, through a gear device (104, 105), by the winder (13) when engaged (107) on the indexing notch, the said crown (101) being coupled with the fork crown (102) by means of vertical drive splines (108).
  • the crown is pushed upwards by means of the spring (109).
  • the end of the arcuate rod (114) carrying the two rollers (110) is located in the upper part of the oblique slot (111) which has the effect of release the crown-fork upwards.
  • the end of the arcuate rod (114) carrying the two rollers (110) is located in the front and bottom of the oblique slot (111) which has the effect of pushing the crown-fork down and thus uncouple the fork (103) index.
  • the Figures 41 and 42 present the object in its 2 characteristic positions.
  • the push button (113) is at rest, thus, the arcuate rod (114) is in a position close to the periphery of the base support (112), the rollers (110) are at the top of the oblique slot which allows the crown-fork (102), pushed by the spring (109) to be located at the high point, which corresponds to a coupling position of an index.
  • the push button (113) is pressed, thus, the arcuate rod (114) is in an advanced position relative to the base housing, which forces the rollers towards the lower end of the oblique slot, which has the effect of effect of pushing the crown-fork down and thus uncouple the fork (103) index.
  • this arrangement frees the space between the movement and the dial, thus making it possible to introduce complementary functions such as the display of days. It also allows rotation of the base ring (101) and therefore the crown-fork (102) from the winding (106) when engaged (107) on the indexing notch. Thus, it is possible to practice year-setting manually or from the counter of years whose rotation can be generated by a reduction of the axis of hours that attacks the internal toothing (115) of the crown of base by means of a pinion integral with the movement (116).
  • the Figures 14 to 28 present watch models with index markers placed under the dial.
  • the main difficulty of these models lies in the number of indexes limited to the capacity of the linear magazine.
  • the Figures 44 to 52 show watch models with as many indexes in store as there are spaces available on the periphery.
  • the first Figures 43 to 48 having the index magazine at the outer periphery whereas in the case of Figures 49 to 52 , the store is located in the inner periphery.
  • the Figures 43 to 48 present an execution with indices under dial and crown-push.
  • a mechanism similar to that described in Figures 39 to 42 above It consists of a base ring (101) and a crown (117) called crown-push and comprising a pusher (118).
  • the base ring can be driven through a gear device (104, 105) or through the counting gear of the years (115, 116).
  • the crown is held down by means of the spring (119) which is fixed by rivets (120) to both crowns.
  • Two rollers (110) are accommodated on one side in the oblique slots (111) of the base support (112) and on the other side, rest on the periphery of the push ring.
  • the figure 48 presents the entire watch with the base ring (101), the push ring (117), the rollers (110), the base support (112) carrying the indexes initially positioned on the outside (128) then moved inward (129) as soon as there is a pressure on the push button (113). All indexes are pushed inward by springs (130), springs which are constructed from a laser-cut and then folded (132) spring steel strip (131) before being placed around the support of base of the indexes (112).
  • the indexes represented on the Figures 44 and 45 consist of a block of metal or composite material (121). They comprise lateral guide rails (122) and a lower slide for fixing the micro-spring (123).
  • the micro-spring figure 45 consists of a thin leaf spring whose wide portion (124) is held in the slide (122) of the index while the narrow portion (125) protrudes below the index. This micro spring is held by a pin (127) which passes through the holding hole (126).
  • FIGs 46 and 47 are enlargements of the ensemble presented in figure 48 and represent the 2 states of the mechanism with in figure 46 the high position of the thrust ring (117) which is in the situation of release of the index, situation caused by the pusher (118) which presses on the front part of the micro-spring (125) to remove it from the notch of the blocking. It also shows the indexing spring (130), the return spring of the pusher ring (119) and the fastening rivets of the spring (120) and the base ring (101). In figure 47 , the index has been moved following the action of the pusher (118). It is pushed by the spring (130) into its new location (129). The pusher crown (117) has also found its low rest position. Note that this same mechanism can be used inversely, namely that the indexes can pass from the inner ring to the outer ring by a type of spring (130) longitudinal rather than perpendicular.
  • the Figures 49 to 52 present an execution with indexes under dial and push lever.
  • the indexes (61) are placed on hold in an inner peripheral magazine and are then moved into their marking position by means of a device mounted on the drum operating at the rate of the years. It consists of a toothed wheel (133) integral with the drum through 2 pads (140) which allow it to take the lead but no delay relative to the drum.
  • a pressure on the push button (113) transmits the translational movement to the rod (131), a portion of which is toothed rod (132), the teeth being pushed against the toothed wheel (133) by means of the spring (134).
  • the translational movement of the rod has the effect of rotating the toothed wheel (133) a few degrees relative to the drum that means that the lever (136) will be pushed by the lug (135) secured to the wheel toothed, this movement of the lever having the effect of pushing the index finger opposite the lever, and thus move it from its inner position (137) to its new outer position (138).
  • the device returns to its initial position of support against the studs (140) thanks to the spring (139).
  • the figure 50 shows the 4 characteristic positions of the mechanism with the upper left, the rest position and then the upper right the position with a pressure P on the push button, which pressure has the effect of advancing the lever and consequently the index located in front of the lever.
  • the bottom left figure corresponds to the position of the mechanism in the year zero while the figure on the right shows the position to the year 100.
  • there is a blocking rod of the push button (150) which can only be released when the winder is pulled up a notch.
  • FIGS. 51 and 52 show the various components of the mechanism whose characteristic elements are, the index cover (141) with its retaining flange "non-return" of the outer indexes (142) and its spring flange (143) holding the index placed in the axis of the lever (136).
  • the rotating index (166) integral with the cover (141) serves, on its underside, to guide the index finger moving the inner ring towards the outer ring and on its upper face, index mobile follower of the years counter evolution (166 on the figure 56 ).
  • the drum of the years (143) is driven by the gears (104, 105) or by the movement comprising a gearing corresponding to the years.
  • the rod (146) is combined with a cover surface of the mechanism.
  • the Figures 53 and 54 present an execution with indexes under dial and lever hook.
  • the end (152) which is the extension of the lever (161) is integrated as a slide under the protective cover (163).
  • the front end has a hook (153).
  • pressing the push button (151) has the effect of pulling the rod (152) towards the center which includes the hook (153) which allows to resume the index to bring it to its original position.
  • the device returns to its rest position thanks to the effect of the spring (162) and the two stops (140).
  • the indexes are held by a spring support (155) having an extra thickness (156) to maintain them in two possible locations.
  • the figures 54 and 55 present montages allowing to place then to resume the indexes.
  • the figure 54 presents the first case consisting of the lever-push index device ( Figures 49 to 52 ) with a movement of the inside out by a lever when pressing the right button (152). This device is located in the layer lower (156) of the placement mechanism. Above this device (157) is a second lever-hook device ( Figures 53 and 54 ), independent of the first and to resume the index when pressing the left push button (151). Note also that if the teeth of the drive wheel do not allow to come back, when the teeth are asymmetrical, it is possible to turn the dial to find an earlier position.
  • the second case is represented in figure 55 where the crown-push device ( Figures 43 to 48 ) which makes it possible to make an index visible by pressing on the left push-button (151), index which can be resumed by means of push-lever-type device (153) ( Figures 49 to 52 ) with a lever that pushes the indexes outwardly and until they are again hooked by the spring 125.
  • the third case consists of the so-called inverted crown-push device with a displacement of the indexes of the inside to the outside on which is superimposed the lever-hook device ( Figures 53 and 54 ) to resume these indexes.
  • the figure 56 summarizes the exterior aspects of watches developed in Figures 39 to 55 with the indexes (61), the index of tracking the evolution of counting years (166), the winder, the push buttons for setting up and removing the indexes as well as the scale of the years (164) which ranges from 000 to 100 and marking decades (165).

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