EP3602202A1 - Device for adjusting functions of a timepiece - Google Patents

Device for adjusting functions of a timepiece

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EP3602202A1
EP3602202A1 EP18710826.1A EP18710826A EP3602202A1 EP 3602202 A1 EP3602202 A1 EP 3602202A1 EP 18710826 A EP18710826 A EP 18710826A EP 3602202 A1 EP3602202 A1 EP 3602202A1
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Natacha WAGNIÈRE
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B27/00—Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means
    • G04B27/02—Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means by making use of the winding means
    • G04B27/026—Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means by making use of the winding means for several clockworks or pairs of hands and/or supplementary functions
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B27/00—Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means
    • G04B27/02—Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means by making use of the winding means
    • 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
    • G04B13/00—Gearwork
    • G04B13/002—Gearwork where rotation in one direction is changed into a stepping 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
    • G04B19/25—Devices for setting the date indicators manually
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B3/00—Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically; Winding up several mainsprings or driving weights simultaneously
    • G04B3/04—Rigidly-mounted keys, knobs or crowns

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  • the present invention relates to a device for adjusting the functions of a timepiece.
  • the subject of the invention is a device for adjusting watchmaking functions of a timepiece, the device being equipped with a selection and actuation mechanism comprising a drive member and a driving gear, said a drive member being configured to drive said drive gear clockwise and counter-clockwise, and at least one driven gear arranged to mesh with said drive gear as the drive gear rotates clockwise and when said drive gear rotates in a direction counterclockwise.
  • a selection and actuation mechanism comprising a drive member and a driving gear, said a drive member being configured to drive said drive gear clockwise and counter-clockwise, and at least one driven gear arranged to mesh with said drive gear as the drive gear rotates clockwise and when said drive gear rotates in a direction counterclockwise.
  • This kind of adjustment device is used in mechanical timepieces comprising an indicator of a clock function derived from the hour, such as the calendar of the month, the days of the week, the phases of the moon, the different time zones, as well as other functions.
  • a clock function derived from the hour, such as the calendar of the month, the days of the week, the phases of the moon, the different time zones, as well as other functions.
  • the Swiss patent application CH 707 870 discloses a mechanism for selecting and actuating n functions of a watch movement comprising a winding stem adapted to mesh with a device for actuating a function, the latter being arranged so that able to move and occupy n selection positions and n actuating positions in which the actuating device is kinematically connected to an actuating member in order to enable the operation of the function in question.
  • the mechanism also includes a selector device for moving the actuating device into a selection position.
  • the mechanism further comprises a base on which the actuating device is movably mounted to position, under the action of said selector device, in a selection position and, under the action of an axial displacement of the winding stem, in an actuating position.
  • European Patent Application EP 2 701 014 discloses a clutch rocker, or even a clutch device, for a clock mechanism comprising at least one element for guiding a rotation of a correction mobile, at least one friction element for to cooperate with a portion of said mobile, and at least one elastic member for resiliently returning said friction element.
  • the European patent application EP 1 152 303 discloses a mechanism for reassembly and correction of at least two indicator members, the mechanism being arranged so that the sliding pinion is disengaged from the winding pinion only in the position of setting time, by providing two first - and two second superimposed references and two winding gears winding, correction respectively pivotally housed with scales corresponding mechanisms, so that this mechanism has the advantages of a conventional winding mechanism controlling two functions while being able to serve a third function such as the correction of an indication derived from the time.
  • European Patent Application EP 2 444 861 discloses a function selection device, in particular for a clockwork movement, making it possible to connect, optionally and by means of a differential, respectively of an epicyclic gear train, a wheel driving to one of at least two driven wheels to select a corresponding function.
  • the European patent application EP 2,012,199 discloses a timepiece provided with a device for adjusting functions and time indications comprising a selection member of each time indication to be adjusted and a setting member of the selected time indications. At least the selection member of the indication to be adjusted is kinematically connected to a selection cam having a profile corresponding to two state levels, respectively corresponding to a state of non-selection is a state of selection, the device adjusting device comprising means for connecting the adjustment member to each of the selected time indications.
  • European Patent Application EP 2 701 015 discloses a device for correcting functions displayed by a timepiece, which makes it possible to modify the data of a plurality of temporal functions displayed by this timepiece. It comprises a function change button whose actuation moves a control wheel to bring it into engagement with a correction gear of the selected function and a rod whose rotation in one direction or the other rotates the wheel of command, which leads to his turn one of the corrective gears to correct more or less the data of the chosen function, so that this device performs a bidirectional correction.
  • the patent application WO 2016/155814 discloses a mechanism for reassembly and / or correction of at least two watch functions and a device for selecting a watch function from among a winding function and a plurality of correction functions, comprising a control member, for example a rod, adapted to select the winding function by moving the control member in a first direction and to select sequentially one of the plurality of correction functions by displacement of the control member in a second meaning.
  • Swiss patent CH 592 325 discloses a device for rapidly correcting the date indications of a calendar watch by the rotation of a winding stem which is kinematically connected to the winding train when it is rotated in a given direction and which is kinematically connected to a date ring when it rotates in the opposite direction.
  • the device comprises a movable ring gear rotatably mounted on an eccentric axis comprising two opposite segments in the shape of an arc of a circle, so that said movable crown wheel meshes with the rock h and barrel when the winding stem is rotated in one direction and with a mobile for correcting the date indications when the winding stem is turned in the opposite direction.
  • French patent application FR 2 169 861 describes a device for setting the time and correcting a watch using a winding stem with a delay mechanism.
  • the device comprises a sliding pinion capable of meshing, in the intermediate position of the winding stem, with a deflection wheel which meshes with an intermediate wheel driving a correction wheel of the day and date whose axis is housed in a displaceable manner in an elongated opening of a lever.
  • the intermediate wheel and the correction wheel are connected by a pivoting lever against which the axes of these wheels bear with a frictional contact, so that the correction wheel pivots in said elongate opening when the pivoting lever pivots around the intermediate wheel , thus allowing the correction wheel of the day and the date to be engaged either with a date ring or with a drive wheel of a star of the days.
  • the correction wheel of the day and the date meshes with the date ring and makes it possible to change the display of the date and, when the winding stem is rotated in its intermediate position in the opposite direction, the day and date correction wheel meshes with the drive wheel and makes it possible to change the display of the day.
  • the Swiss patent CH 548 632 relates to a timepiece equipped with a device for setting the time and correction, the latter comprising a rocker carrying a correction wheel that can be alternately engaged with winding mobiles, time setting, correction, or the like.
  • said rocker can be brought to the desired position by turning an operating rod, in its pushed position, a pinion flowing from said operating rod thus causing the rocker via a pinion mounted crazy on the rod of maneuver.
  • the sliding pinion of said operating rod drives, depending on the angular position of the rocker, one of the mobiles, so as to allow reassembly, setting the time, the correction of the date or day display, or any other similar horological function.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages of known devices and in particular to allow the adjustment of a large number of watch functions of a mechanical watch by means of a small number of moving parts. Another object is to provide an adjustment device having a small overall thickness. Another object of the present invention is to provide an adjustment device whose handling is very simple for the user. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a robust and reliable construction adjustment device.
  • the present invention proposes a device for adjusting watchmaking functions of a timepiece as defined by claim 1.
  • Such a device is equipped with a selection and actuation mechanism comprising
  • said driving member being configured to drive said driving gear clockwise and counter-clockwise,
  • At least one driven gear arranged to be driven by said drive gear when the drive gear rotates clockwise and when said drive gear rotates counterclockwise, said driven gear being configured to occupy a first position under the effect of the drive gear when it rotates clockwise, first position in which said driven gear actuates an actuating member of a first watch function, and to come occupying a second position under the effect of the driving gear when it rotates counterclockwise, second position in which said driven gear actuates an actuating member of a second watch function, said driven gear not actuating actuating member of the first watch function when it is in its said second position and vice versa said driven gear not actuating the actuating member of the second watch function when it is in its said first position, said selection and actuation mechanism comprising at least two driven gears, and the adjusting device further comprising a control mechanism adapted to selectively driving the driving gear meshing with each of said driven gears.
  • the device defined above therefore implements a single driven gear to act independently on two functions, for example the display of a calendar and a day of the week.
  • these actions under the effect of the drive member, whether they are generated from a pusher or a crown rod, are "unidirectional", in that the modification of a displayed indication can only be made in one direction, for example by increasing calendar, because a reversal of the direction of rotation of the drive member causes the decoupling between the actuating member of the first function and the driven gear as well as the coupling of this driven gear with the actuator of the second function.
  • said driven pinion is a sliding pinion whose axis is constituted by a pin housed in a housing oblong formed in a plate, so as to slide perpendicularly to said axis, said housing being arranged so that the pin of the driven pinion comes to a first end of the oblong housing under the effect of the clockwise rotation of the driving pinion, the pinion led thus being in said first position, and that the pin comes to the other end of the oblong housing under the effect of the counterclockwise rotation of the drive gear, the driven gear being thus in said second position.
  • the driven gear on the one hand, has teeth adapted to mesh with the toothing of the drive gear and, on the other hand, carries a coaxial mobile gear with a toothing, respectively an arm, is adapted to cooperate with a toothing, respectively an actuating member of a watch function.
  • the driving gear is kinematically connected, in particular via referrals, with a winding crown and / or adjustment of the timepiece.
  • said selection and actuation mechanism comprises two driven gears and said control mechanism is configured to drive, by translation, the drive pinion alternately in contact with each of the two gears conducted.
  • the drive pinion is a sliding pinion whose axis is constituted by a pin housed in an oblong housing formed in said plate, so as to slide perpendicular to said axis, said control mechanism controlling the sliding of the pinion. pin in said housing.
  • the respective ends of the elongated housing of the axis of the driving gear are arranged to allow an effective drive respectively with each of the pinions conducted in each of said first and second positions of said driven gears.
  • the control device comprises an assembly consisting of a rocker controlled by a shuttle and a control lever, said assembly being mounted on said plate.
  • said selection and actuation mechanism comprises a number of driven gears greater than or equal to two
  • the control mechanism comprises a rotary arm on which the drive gear is arranged
  • said control mechanism is configured to bring, by successive rotation, the driving pinion in meshing position with each of the driven pinions.
  • control mechanism comprises an assembly formed of a star coaxial with the axis of articulation of said rotary arm, a jumper, and a spring latch cooperating with said star, a rotation the star of an angular value corresponding to a branch of the star bringing the pinion driving a meshing position with a driven pinion has a meshing position with the adjacent driven pinion.
  • the driven pinions are sliding gears whose axes consist of pins housed in slots oblong platinum, said slots being arranged tangential to a circle coaxial with the axis of articulation of the arm rotary bearing drive gear.
  • the driving gear is in kinematic connection with its drive member via a return coaxial with the axis of articulation of the rotary arm.
  • Figure la shows a plan view from above of a first embodiment of an adjusting device according to the present invention for adjusting four watch functions;
  • Fig. 1b shows a bottom plan view of the adjusting device of Fig. 1a.
  • Figure 2a shows a perspective view from above of the device of Figure la
  • Figure 2b is a bottom perspective view of the device shown in Figure 2a
  • Figure 3a is a plan view from above of an adjusting device according to Figure la after actuation of the control device
  • Figure 3b is a plan view from above of an adjusting device according to Figure 3a after reversing the direction of rotation of the drive member.
  • FIG. 4a shows a plan view from above of an alternative arrangement of the pinions carried by an adjusting device according to the present invention
  • Figure 4b shows a perspective view from above of the driven gear of Figure 4a.
  • FIG. 5a shows a plan view from above of a second embodiment of an adjustment device according to the present invention for adjusting twelve watch functions;
  • Figure 5b shows a plan view from below of the adjusting device of Figure 5a.
  • Figure 6a is a perspective view from above of the device of Figure 5a;
  • Figure 6b is a bottom perspective view of the device shown in Figure 5b.
  • Figure 7a is a plan view from above of an adjusting device according to Figure 5a under drive
  • Figure 7b is a plan view from above of an adjusting device according to Figure 7a after reversing the direction of the drive.
  • Figures 1a to 3b illustrate a first adjustment device comprising a mechanism for selecting and operating one of four available functions, for example in the context of a display correction device.
  • This mechanism comprises a drive return 9 adapted to transmit a rotational movement, optionally, clockwise and counterclockwise, to a driving pinion 1.
  • the axis of the driving gear 1 which can be achieved simply in the form of 'a pin, can be housed in an oblong slot of a deck or deck not shown in the figures whose ends define first and second extreme positions of the axis of the driving pinion 1, so that the driving pinion 1 is a sliding pinion which remains able to be rotated in these two positions by the reference 9, both clockwise 'in the anti-clockwise direction.
  • the slot oblong in said platen is indicated symbolically in Figures la and lb as well as in Figures 3a and 3b in dashed lines.
  • the axis of the driving pinion 1 can simply be arranged on a control device described below, the latter for positioning the axis of the driving pinion 1 in its first and second extreme positions.
  • each of the two side gears 2, 3, which may consist of a pin, may also be housed in two respective oblong slots formed in the plate, arranged so that the pin of the side pinion 2, respectively of the side pinion. 3, in kinematic connection with the driving pinion 1 comes to a first end of its oblong slot under the effect of the tangential force resulting from the clockwise rotation of the driving pinion 1, the driven pinion 2, respectively the driven pinion 3, thus being in a first driving position, and that the pin of this driven lateral pinion 2, respectively of the lateral pinion 3, comes to the other end of its oblong slot under the effect of the tangential force resulting from the rotation in the counterclockwise direction of the driving gear 1, the driven gear 2, respectively the driven gear 3, thus being in a second drive position.
  • FIGS. 3a and 3b illustrate this mechanism by showing the lateral pinion 2, led by the central gear 1, respectively in the first and in the second drive position of said side gear 2, depending on whether the central gear 1 brought into kinematic connection with the side gear 2 by the control device described below, rotates clockwise or in counter-clockwise direction.
  • the slots oblongs in said plate housing the axes of the two side gears 2, 3 are indicated symbolically in Figures la and lb as well as in Figures 3a and 3b in dashed lines and are oriented substantially perpendicular to the slot oblong in said plate housing the 1.
  • the driven gears 2, 3 may each consist of a ring having an external toothing and an inner circular periphery 2d, 3d
  • the axes of these driven gears 2, 3 can in this case each be consisting of an eccentric 2a, 3a fixed to said plate and having two opposite arcs 2b, 2c, 3b, 3c, so that each of these arcs 2b, 2c, 3b, 3c can come into contact with said periphery inner circular 2d, 3d of the driven ring 2, 3 corresponding depending on whether the central pinion 1 brought into kinematic connection with the ring 2, 3 rotates clockwise or counterclockwise.
  • FIGS. 3a and 3b are schematically indicated an actuating member A of a first watchmaking function and an actuating member B of a second watchmaking function, these members A, B being arranged on each side and else the driven gear 2 so as to be able to mesh alternately with the latter depending on the position of the driven pinion 2.
  • the driven pinion 2 is configured to come occupy a first position under the effect of the driving gear 1 when it rotates clockwise, first position in which said driven pinion 2 actuates the actuating member A of the first watch function, and to come to occupy a second position under the effect of the drive gear 1 when it rotates counterclockwise, second position in which said driven pinion 2 actuates the actuator B of the second watch function.
  • Said driven pinion 2 does not actuate the actuating member A of the first watchmaking function when it is in its second position and vice versa said driven pinion 2 does not actuate the actuator B of the second watchmaking function when it is in its said first position.
  • actuators for a third watch function and an actuator for a fourth watch function are arranged on either side of the driven pinion 3, these members being able to mesh alternately with this driven pinion 3 as a function of its position, when the driving pinion 1 is in the meshing position with this driven pinion 3 and as a function of the clockwise or counterclockwise direction of the driving pinion 1.
  • the structure of the actuating members A and B is determined by the constitution of the parts performing the corresponding clock functions.
  • the driven pinion 2, respectively 3, on the one hand, carries a toothing adapted to mesh with the toothing of the driving pinion 1 and, on the other hand, carries a coaxial mobile, a toothing, respectively a finger, is adapted to cooperate with a toothing, respectively the actuating member A, B, of the corresponding horological function.
  • Figure 2b shows a driven pinion 2 carrying a coaxial mobile consisting of four fingers 11 which can interact with an internal toothing of a disc of the corresponding clock function, for example with the internal toothing of a date disc.
  • the mechanism described above comprises three pivoting sliding gears, two of which are preferably housed in a corresponding oblong slot or formed of rings mounted around an eccentric axis, one of the three pinions, the central pinion 1, being housed so as to be able to approach selectively, by translation, by means of a control device described below, one of the two other side gears 2, 3.
  • a reference 9 serves to drive the central gear 1, this reference being itself driven for example by means of a winding crown and correction (not shown in the figures).
  • the central pinion 1 thus the driving pinion, can therefore transmit a rotational movement to the selected lateral pinion and, moreover, causes a translation of the selected lateral pinion towards one or other of the ends of its oblong slot, respectively by generalizing towards its first - or second driving position, and this depending on the direction of rotation of the central gear, so that, in the direction of rotation, the selected side gear selectively actuates one or other of the watch functions adjustable by side gear.
  • the control device is an assembly consisting of a rocker 4 controlled by a shuttle 6 and a control lever 7, said assembly being mounted on the plate.
  • the shuttle 6 is preloaded by a shuttle spring 8.
  • the latch 4 is locked by means of a flip-flop 5 and a lug of the control lever 7. If the axis of the driving gear 1 is in the form of a lodged pin in an oblong slot of the plate, a recess in the U-shaped rocker accommodates one end of the axis of the driving pinion 1, so that the tilting of the rocker 4, following an actuation of the control lever 7, passes the axis of the pinion 1 from one to the other of its two extreme positions in said slot oblong.
  • the displacement thereof directly defines the extreme positions of the axis of the driving pinion 1.
  • the user can control the position of the rocker 4 with a pusher indicated symbolically by an arrow in Figures 3a and 3b and for operating the control lever 7 and can change the direction of rotation of the sliding pinion 1 thanks to a crown actuating a rod, for example the winding stem, which acts on the return 9.
  • the user obtains the state of this device shown in Figure 3a by an action on the control lever 7, that is to say by an actuation of said pusher, and then the change of the clock function actuated as shown in Figure 3b by reversing the direction rotation of the re nvoi 9, that is to say by turning the winding stem in the other direction.
  • Figures 5a to 7b illustrate a second adjustment device comprising a mechanism for selecting and operating one of twelve available functions.
  • This device is mounted on a plate 110 which may have, but not necessarily, the shape of a disk.
  • Its mechanism includes a drive return 109 capable of transmitting a rotational movement, optionally, clockwise and counterclockwise, to a driving gear 101.
  • the transmission 109 is rotatably mounted on one side of the plate 110, while the other parts, in particular an intermediate transmission 109a integral with the transmission 109 and coaxial therewith, are arranged on the other side of the plate 110.
  • axis of the driving pinion 101 (not visible in the figures), is housed in a rotary arm 112 whose axis articulation is preferably coaxial with the referral 109a.
  • a rotary arm 112 On the periphery of the plate 110 are arranged six angularly equidistant side gears. In the remainder of this description, only two of them, 102 and 103, will be described in detail, since this description applies mutatis mutandis to the other four gears, the number of which may, moreover, be different.
  • the driving gear 101 can be brought sufficiently close to one or the other of the lateral gears 102, 103 to form a kinematic connection between the central gear 101 and either of the lateral gears 102, 103 which become each alternately a driven gear.
  • each of the side gears 102, 103 which may consist of a pin, can be housed in an oblong housing, consisting of a slot formed in the plate 110, the six oblong housings being arranged tangent to a circle coaxial with the axis of articulation of said rotary arm 112 carrying the driving pinion 101, and, as shown in particular in Figures 7a and 7b, arranged so that the pin of the lateral pinion 102 kinematically connected with the driving pinion 101 comes at a first end of its elongate housing under the effect of the clockwise rotation of the driving pinion 101, the driven pinion 102 thus being in a first position, and that the pin of the driven side pinion 102 comes to the other end of its slot oblong under the effect of the counterclockwise rotation of the driving pinion 101, the driven pinion 102 is thus in said second position.
  • FIGS. 7a and 7b illustrate this mechanism by showing the lateral pinion 102, driven by the central pinion 101, respectively in the first and in the second position of said lateral pinion 102, depending on whether the central pinion 101, brought into cinematic connection with the pinion lateral 102 by the control device described below, rotates clockwise or counterclockwise.
  • 5a to 7b may each consist of a ring having an external toothing and an inner circular periphery, the axes of these driven gears 102, 103 in this case each may consist of an eccentric attached to said plate 110 and having two opposite arcs of circle as shown in Figures 4a and 4b, so that each of these arcs can come into contact with said inner circular periphery of the driven ring 102, 103 corresponding as the central pinion 101 brought into kinematic connection with the ring 102, 103 rotates clockwise or counterclockwise.
  • a friction spring 116 having side arms pressing on the surface of the driven gears 102, 103 is arranged on said plate 110 to secure the driven gears 102, 103 in their respective axial position, so as to ensure the operation of the adjusting device regardless of the position in the space of the corresponding timepiece.
  • FIGS. 7a and 7b are schematically indicated an actuator A 'of a first watchmaking function and an actuator B' of a second watchmaking function, these members A ', B' being arranged on the one hand and other driven pinion 102 so as to be able to mesh alternately with the latter depending on the position of the driven pinion 102.
  • the driven pinion 102 is configured to occupy the first position under the effect of the driving gear 101 when it rotates clockwise, first position in which said driven pinion 102 actuates the actuating member A of the first watch function, and to occupy the second position under the effect the driving gear 101 when it rotates counterclockwise, second position in which said driven pinion 102 actuates the actuator B 'of the second watch function.
  • Said driven gear 102 does not actuate the actuating member A 'of the first watch function when it is in its said second position and vice versa said driven pinion 102 does not actuate the actuator B' of the second watchmaking function when it is in its said first position.
  • actuators for two additional horological functions are arranged on either side of the other driven gears mounted around the driving pinion 101, these members being able to mesh alternately with these driven pinions according to their position, when the driving pinion 101 is in the meshing position with one of these driven pinions and depending on the direction of rotation of the driving pinion 101.
  • the device according to the The invention then makes it possible, by choosing the direction of rotation of the driving gear 101 as well as its position, to control a number of additional functions corresponding to twice the number of driven gears present in the device.
  • the structure of the actuating members A 'and B' is determined by the constitution of the parts performing the corresponding clock functions.
  • the driven gears 102, 103 on the one hand, have a toothing adapted to mesh with the toothing of the driving pinion 101 and, on the other hand, carry a coaxial mobile of which a toothing, respectively a finger, is adapted to cooperate with a toothing, respectively an actuating member A, B ', a watch function.
  • FIG. 6b shows one of the driven pinions bearing a coaxial mobile having a finger 111 that can interact with a toothing of a disc of the corresponding watchmaking function.
  • Another pinion, the central pinion 101 is housed on a rotary arm so as to approach selectively, by rotation of the arm, by means of a control device described below, one of the six side gears.
  • a reference 109 serves to drive the central gear 101, this reference being itself driven for example by means of a winding crown and correction (not shown in the figures).
  • the central pinion 101 thus the driving pinion, can therefore transmit a rotational movement to the selected lateral pinion and, moreover, causes a translation of the selected lateral pinion towards one or other of the ends of its oblong slot, respectively by generalizing towards its first - or second driving position, and this depending on the direction of rotation of the central gear, so that, in the direction of rotation, the selected side gear selectively actuates one or other of the two watch functions adjustable by side gear.
  • the control device of the rotary arm 112 is an assembly consisting of a star 106 integral in rotation with the rotary arm 112, a rocker 104, a jumper 105 capable of penetrating between the branches of the star 106 and prestressed towards the star 106 by a prestressing spring 107 itself fixed by a screw 115 which makes it possible to adjust the prestressing force of said prestress spring 107.
  • Said assembly is mounted on the plate 110.
  • the flip-flop 104 is provided with a flip-flop spring 108 pressing on a first free end of the flip-flop 104 and pre-stroking it so that a second free end of the flip-flop 104 bears on the jumper 105 and the block is locked between the branches of the star 106. Thus, the star is locked by the jumper 105.
  • the first free end of the rocker 104 carries a stop 114 kinematically connected to an external thrust member, such as n push, indicated symbolically by an arrow in Figures 7a and 7b.
  • a thrust on the abutment 114 following an actuation of the external thrust member has the effect of pivoting of the rocker 104, the release of the jumper 105 by the second free end of the rocker 104 and thus the release of the star 106, and a thrust of one of the branches of the star 106 by a lug 113 of the rocker 104, which causes a rotation of the star and therefore of the rotary arm 112.
  • the control device is calibrated so that this rotation corresponds to the angular interval between two side gears 102, 103, the number of branches of the star being equal to the number of driven gears.
  • the driving pinion 101 thus passes from the driven pinion 102 to the driven pinion 103.
  • the user can control the position of the rocker 104 by means of said pushbutton for actuating said first free end of the rocker 104 and can modify the direction of rotation of the sliding pinion 101 through a crown actuating a rod, for example the winding stem, which makes it possible to act on the return 109.
  • the skilled person can vary the number of pinions conducted according to the number of functions of the timepiece.
  • the rocker control devices described above can be replaced by other sprocket drive systems.
  • the functions adjustable in a given position of the scale can be displayed on the dial of the timepiece by measures adequate and known to those skilled in the art, especially when a large number of horological functions should be controlled by the adjusting device according to the present invention.

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The present invention relates to a device for adjusting functions of a timepiece, the device being equipped with a selection and actuation mechanism comprising - a drive member (9, 109) driving a driving pinion (1, 101) in a clockwise and in a counterclockwise direction, - at least one driven pinion (2, 3, 102, 103) that is driven when the driving pinion (1, 101) rotates clockwise and counterclockwise, said driven pinion (2, 3, 102, 103) taking up a first position under the effect of the driving pinion (1, 101) rotating clockwise, said driven pinion (2, 3, 102, 103) actuating an actuation member (A, A') of a first timepiece function in said first position, and taking up a second position under the effect of the driving pinion (1, 101) rotating counterclockwise, said driven pinion (2, 3, 102, 103) actuating an actuation member (1, 101) of a second timepiece function in said second position, said driven pinion (2, 3, 102, 103) not actuating the actuation member (A, A') of the first timepiece function when it is located in said second position and vice versa. The device for adjusting functions of a timepiece is distinguished by the fact that second selection and actuation mechanism comprises at least two driven pinions (2, 3, 102, 103), and that the adjusting device also comprises a control mechanism that causes the driving pinion (1, 101) to mesh selectively with each of the driven pinions (2, 3, 102, 103).

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Dispositif de réglage de fonctions d'une pièce d'horlogerie  Device for adjusting the functions of a timepiece
Champs de l'invention Fields of the invention
La présente invention a pour objet un dispositif de réglage de fonctions d'une pièce d'horlogerie.  The present invention relates to a device for adjusting the functions of a timepiece.
Plus particulièrement, l'invention a pour objet un dispositif de réglage de fonctions horlogères d'une pièce d'horlogerie, le dispositif étant équipé d'un mécanisme de sélection et d'actionnement comprenant un organe d'entraînement et un pignon menant, ledit organe d'entraînement étant configuré pour entraîner ledit pignon menant en sens horaire et en sens anti-horaire, et au moins un pignon mené agencé pour engrener avec ledit pignon menant lorsque le pignon menant tourne en sens horaire et lorsque ledit pignon menant tourne en sens anti-horaire. More particularly, the subject of the invention is a device for adjusting watchmaking functions of a timepiece, the device being equipped with a selection and actuation mechanism comprising a drive member and a driving gear, said a drive member being configured to drive said drive gear clockwise and counter-clockwise, and at least one driven gear arranged to mesh with said drive gear as the drive gear rotates clockwise and when said drive gear rotates in a direction counterclockwise.
État de l'art antérieur State of the prior art
Ce genre de dispositif de réglage est utilisé dans les pièces d'horlogerie mécaniques comportant un indicateur d'une fonction horlogère dérivée de l'heure, telles que les quantièmes du mois, les jours de la semaine, les phases de la lune, les différents fuseaux horaires, ainsi que d'autres fonctions. De nombreux documents de l'état de la technique en décrivent des modes d'exécution.  This kind of adjustment device is used in mechanical timepieces comprising an indicator of a clock function derived from the hour, such as the calendar of the month, the days of the week, the phases of the moon, the different time zones, as well as other functions. Many documents of the state of the art describe modes of execution.
La demande de brevet suisse CH 707 870 divulgue un mécanisme de sélection et d'actionnement de n fonctions d'un mouvement horloger comprenant une tige de remontoir apte à engrener avec un dispositif d'actionnement d'une fonction, ce dernier étant agencé de sorte à pouvoir se déplacer et occuper n positions de sélection et n positions d'actionnement dans lesquelles le dispositif d'actionnement est lié cinématiquement à un organe d'actionnement afin de permettre l'actionnement de la fonction en question. Le mécanisme comprend aussi un dispositif sélecteur permettant de déplacer le dispositif d'actionnement dans une position de sélection. Le mécanisme comprend encore un socle sur lequel le dispositif d'actionnement est monté de manière mobile afin de se positionner, sous l'action dudit dispositif sélecteur, dans une position de sélection ainsi que, sous l'action d'un déplacement axial de la tige de remontoir, dans une position d'actionnement. Le document précise que le mécanisme de sélection et d'actionnement proposé fonctionne de manière bidirectionnelle. The Swiss patent application CH 707 870 discloses a mechanism for selecting and actuating n functions of a watch movement comprising a winding stem adapted to mesh with a device for actuating a function, the latter being arranged so that able to move and occupy n selection positions and n actuating positions in which the actuating device is kinematically connected to an actuating member in order to enable the operation of the function in question. The mechanism also includes a selector device for moving the actuating device into a selection position. The mechanism further comprises a base on which the actuating device is movably mounted to position, under the action of said selector device, in a selection position and, under the action of an axial displacement of the winding stem, in an actuating position. The document states that the proposed selection and actuation mechanism operates bidirectionally.
La demande de brevet européen EP 2 701 014 divulgue une bascule d'embrayage, voire un dispositif d'embrayage, pour un mécanisme horloger comprenant au moins un élément de guidage en rotation d'un mobile de correction, au moins un élément de friction destiné à coopérer avec une portion dudit mobile, et au moins un élément élastique destiné à rappeler élastiquement ledit élément de friction. Ces éléments permettent d'établir une telle répartition du couple résistif à la rotation entre l'arbre de la bascule et l'arbre dudit mobile monté de manière rotatif sur la bascule qu'un changement du sens de rotation du mobile fait d'abord pivoter la bascule jusqu'à ce qu'elle arrive dans une position stable avant que le mobile commence lui-même à tourner dans cette position, cela afin d'éviter que la bascule reste bloquée dans une position et ne permettrait donc pas d'effectuer une deuxième fonction attribuée et/ou immobiliserait le mécanisme. European Patent Application EP 2 701 014 discloses a clutch rocker, or even a clutch device, for a clock mechanism comprising at least one element for guiding a rotation of a correction mobile, at least one friction element for to cooperate with a portion of said mobile, and at least one elastic member for resiliently returning said friction element. These elements make it possible to establish such a distribution of the resistive torque to the rotation between the rocker shaft and the shaft of said mobile rotatably mounted on the rocker that a change in the direction of rotation of the mobile is rotated first. the rocker until it arrives in a stable position before the mobile itself begins to rotate in this position, in order to prevent the rocker remains locked in a position and therefore would not allow to perform a second function assigned and / or immobilize the mechanism.
La demande de brevet européen EP 1 152 303 divulgue un mécanisme de remontage et de correction d'au moins deux organes indicateurs, le mécanisme étant agencé de sorte à ce que le pignon coulant n'est débrayé du pignon de remontoir qu'en position de mise à l'heure, en prévoyant deux premiers - et deux seconds renvois superposés ainsi que deux pignons baladeurs de remontage, respectivement de correction logés de manière pivotante à l'aide de bascules correspondantes, de sorte que ce mécanisme présente les avantages d'un mécanisme de remontage classique commandant deux fonctions tout en pouvant servir à une troisième fonction comme la correction d'une indication dérivée de l'heure. The European patent application EP 1 152 303 discloses a mechanism for reassembly and correction of at least two indicator members, the mechanism being arranged so that the sliding pinion is disengaged from the winding pinion only in the position of setting time, by providing two first - and two second superimposed references and two winding gears winding, correction respectively pivotally housed with scales corresponding mechanisms, so that this mechanism has the advantages of a conventional winding mechanism controlling two functions while being able to serve a third function such as the correction of an indication derived from the time.
La demande de brevet européen EP 2 444 861 divulgue un dispositif de sélection de fonctions, notamment pour un mouvement d'horlogerie, permettant de relier, au choix et par l'intermédiaire d'un différentiel, respectivement d'un train épicycloïdal, une roue menante à une d'au moins deux roues menées afin de sélectionner une fonction correspondante. European Patent Application EP 2 444 861 discloses a function selection device, in particular for a clockwork movement, making it possible to connect, optionally and by means of a differential, respectively of an epicyclic gear train, a wheel driving to one of at least two driven wheels to select a corresponding function.
La demande de brevet européen EP 2 012 199 divulgue une pièce d'horlogerie munie d'un dispositif de réglage de fonctions et d'indications horaires comprenant un organe de sélection de chaque indication horaire à régler et un organe de réglage des indications horaires sélectionnées. Au moins l'organe de sélection de l'indication à régler est en liaison cinématique avec une came de sélection comportant un profil correspondant à deux niveaux d'états, correspondant respectivement à un état de non-sélection est un état de sélection, le dispositif de réglage comportant des moyens pour relier l'organe de réglage à chacune des indications horaires sélectionnées. The European patent application EP 2,012,199 discloses a timepiece provided with a device for adjusting functions and time indications comprising a selection member of each time indication to be adjusted and a setting member of the selected time indications. At least the selection member of the indication to be adjusted is kinematically connected to a selection cam having a profile corresponding to two state levels, respectively corresponding to a state of non-selection is a state of selection, the device adjusting device comprising means for connecting the adjustment member to each of the selected time indications.
La demande de brevet européen EP 2 701 015 divulgue un dispositif de correction de fonctions affichées par une pièce d'horlogerie, qui permet de modifier les données d'une pluralité de fonctions temporelles affichées par cette pièce d'horlogerie. Il comporte un poussoir de changement de fonction dont l'actionnement déplace une roue de commande pour amener cette dernière en prise avec un pignon correcteur de la fonction choisie et une tige dont la rotation dans un sens ou dans l'autre fait pivoter la roue de commande, qui entraîne à son tour l'un des pignons correcteurs pour corriger en plus ou en moins les données de la fonction choisie, de sorte que ce dispositif réalise une correction bidirectionnelle. La demande de brevet WO 2016/155814 divulgue un mécanisme de remontage et/ou de correction d'au moins deux fonctions horlogères et un dispositif de sélection d'une fonction horlogère parmi une fonction de remontage et une pluralité de fonctions de correction, comprenant un organe de commande, par exemple une tige, apte à sélectionner la fonction de remontage par déplacement de l'organe de commande dans un premier sens et à sélectionner séquentiellement une fonction parmi la pluralité de fonctions de correction par déplacement de l'organe de commande dans un deuxième sens. European Patent Application EP 2 701 015 discloses a device for correcting functions displayed by a timepiece, which makes it possible to modify the data of a plurality of temporal functions displayed by this timepiece. It comprises a function change button whose actuation moves a control wheel to bring it into engagement with a correction gear of the selected function and a rod whose rotation in one direction or the other rotates the wheel of command, which leads to his turn one of the corrective gears to correct more or less the data of the chosen function, so that this device performs a bidirectional correction. The patent application WO 2016/155814 discloses a mechanism for reassembly and / or correction of at least two watch functions and a device for selecting a watch function from among a winding function and a plurality of correction functions, comprising a control member, for example a rod, adapted to select the winding function by moving the control member in a first direction and to select sequentially one of the plurality of correction functions by displacement of the control member in a second meaning.
Le brevet suisse CH 592 325 divulgue un dispositif de correction rapide des indications de date d'une montre-calendrier par la rotation d'une tige de remontoir qui est reliée cinématiquement au rouage de remontage lorsqu'on la tourne dans un sens donné et qui est reliée cinématiquement à un anneau de quantième lorsqu'on la tourne dans le sens opposé. Pour cela, le dispositif comporte une roue de couronne mobile logée de manière rotative sur un axe excentrique comportant deux segments opposés en form d'arc de cercle, de sorte à ce que ladite roue de couronne mobile engrène avec le roc h et de barillet lorsque l'on tourne la tige de remontoir dans un sens et avec un mobile de correction des indications de quantième lorsque l'on tourne la tige de remontoir dans le sens inverse. La demande de brevet française FR 2 169 861 décrit un dispositif de mise à l'heure et de correction d'une montre à l'aide d'une tige de remontoir disposant d'un mécanisme de retardateur. En outre, le dispositif comprend un pignon coulant apte à engrener, dans la position intermédiaire de la tige de remontoir, avec une roue de renvoi qui engrène avec une roue intermédiaire entraînant une roue de correction du jour et de la date dont l'axe est logé de manière déplaçable dans une ouverture allongée d'un levier. La roue intermédiaire et la roue de correction sont reliées par un levier pivotant contre lequel les axes de ces roues portent avec un contact de friction, de sorte que la roue de correction pivote dans ladite ouverture allongée lorsque le levier pivotant pivote autour de la roue intermédiaire, permettant alors à la roue de correction du jour et de la date d'être en prise soit avec un anneau de quantième soit avec une roue d'entraînement d'une étoile des jours. Ainsi, lorsqu'on fait tourner la tige de remontoir, dans sa position intermédiaire, dans un sens, la roue de correction du jour et de la date engrène avec l'anneau de quantième et permet de changer l'affichage de la date et, lorsqu'on fait tourner la tige de remontoir, dans sa position intermédiaire, dans le sens inverse, la roue de correction du jour et de la date engrène avec la roue d'entraînement et permet de changer l'affichage du jour. Swiss patent CH 592 325 discloses a device for rapidly correcting the date indications of a calendar watch by the rotation of a winding stem which is kinematically connected to the winding train when it is rotated in a given direction and which is kinematically connected to a date ring when it rotates in the opposite direction. For this, the device comprises a movable ring gear rotatably mounted on an eccentric axis comprising two opposite segments in the shape of an arc of a circle, so that said movable crown wheel meshes with the rock h and barrel when the winding stem is rotated in one direction and with a mobile for correcting the date indications when the winding stem is turned in the opposite direction. French patent application FR 2 169 861 describes a device for setting the time and correcting a watch using a winding stem with a delay mechanism. In addition, the device comprises a sliding pinion capable of meshing, in the intermediate position of the winding stem, with a deflection wheel which meshes with an intermediate wheel driving a correction wheel of the day and date whose axis is housed in a displaceable manner in an elongated opening of a lever. The intermediate wheel and the correction wheel are connected by a pivoting lever against which the axes of these wheels bear with a frictional contact, so that the correction wheel pivots in said elongate opening when the pivoting lever pivots around the intermediate wheel , thus allowing the correction wheel of the day and the date to be engaged either with a date ring or with a drive wheel of a star of the days. Thus, when the winding stem is rotated in its intermediate position in one direction, the correction wheel of the day and the date meshes with the date ring and makes it possible to change the display of the date and, when the winding stem is rotated in its intermediate position in the opposite direction, the day and date correction wheel meshes with the drive wheel and makes it possible to change the display of the day.
Le brevet suisse CH 548 632 concerne une pièce d'horlogerie équipée d'un dispositif de mise à l'heure et de correction, ce dernier comportant une bascule portant une roue de correction pouvant être mise alternativement en prise avec des mobiles de remontage, de mise à l'heure, de correction, ou similaire. Pour cela, ladite bascule peut être amenée à la position souhaitée en tournant une tige de manœuvre, dans sa position poussée, un pignon coulant de ladite tige de manœuvre entraînant ainsi la bascule par l'intermédiaire d'un pignon monté fou sur la tige de manœuvre. Dans la position tirée de la tige de manœuvre, le pignon coulant de ladite tige de manœuvre entraîne ensuite, en fonction de la position angulaire de la bascule, un des mobiles, de sorte à permettre le remontage, la mise à l'heure, la correction de l'affichage de quantième ou du jour, ou toute autre fonction horlogère similaire. En somme, les solutions de l'art antérieur actuellement connues dans ce domaine sont de construction complexe en faisant intervenir un grand nombre de pièces mobiles et présentent un encombrement important en épaisseur. Par ailleurs, le nombre de fonctions qu'elles permettent de régler est limité, généralement à trois ou quatre fonctions, cela notamment à cause de l'utilisation soit que d'un seul pignon mené soit de pignons menés non-déplaçables. The Swiss patent CH 548 632 relates to a timepiece equipped with a device for setting the time and correction, the latter comprising a rocker carrying a correction wheel that can be alternately engaged with winding mobiles, time setting, correction, or the like. For this, said rocker can be brought to the desired position by turning an operating rod, in its pushed position, a pinion flowing from said operating rod thus causing the rocker via a pinion mounted crazy on the rod of maneuver. In the position drawn from the operating rod, the sliding pinion of said operating rod then drives, depending on the angular position of the rocker, one of the mobiles, so as to allow reassembly, setting the time, the correction of the date or day display, or any other similar horological function. In sum, the solutions of the prior art currently known in this field are complex in construction involving a large number of moving parts and have a large size in thickness. Moreover, the number of functions that they can adjust is limited, usually three or four functions, this mainly because of the use of either a single driven pinion or non-movable driven pinions.
Objectifs de l'invention Objectives of the invention
Le but de la présente invention est de remédier aux inconvénients des dispositifs connus et notamment de permettre les réglages d'un grand nombre de fonctions horlogères d'une montre mécanique au moyen d'un petit nombre de pièces mobiles. Un autre but est la réalisation d'un dispositif de réglage présentant un faible encombrement en épaisseur. Un autre objectif de la présente invention est de fournir un dispositif de réglage dont le maniement soit très simple pour l'utilisateur. Il est aussi un but de la présente invention de réaliser un dispositif de réglage de construction robuste ainsi que fiable.  The object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages of known devices and in particular to allow the adjustment of a large number of watch functions of a mechanical watch by means of a small number of moving parts. Another object is to provide an adjustment device having a small overall thickness. Another object of the present invention is to provide an adjustment device whose handling is very simple for the user. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a robust and reliable construction adjustment device.
Solution selon l'invention Solution according to the invention
A cet effet, la présente invention propose un dispositif de réglage de fonctions horlogères d'une pièce d'horlogerie tel que défini par la revendication 1.  For this purpose, the present invention proposes a device for adjusting watchmaking functions of a timepiece as defined by claim 1.
Un tel dispositif est équipé d'un mécanisme de sélection et d'actionnement comprenant  Such a device is equipped with a selection and actuation mechanism comprising
- un organe d'entraînement,  a drive member,
- un pignon menant, ledit organe d'entraînement étant configuré pour entraîner ledit pignon menant en sens horaire et en sens anti-horaire,  a driving gear, said driving member being configured to drive said driving gear clockwise and counter-clockwise,
- au moins un pignon mené, agencé de sorte à être entraîné par ledit pignon menant lorsque le pignon menant tourne en sens horaire et lorsque ledit pignon menant tourne en sens anti-horaire, ledit pignon mené étant configuré pour venir occuper une première position sous l'effet du pignon menant lorsque celui-ci tourne en sens horaire, première position dans laquelle ledit pignon mené actionne un organe d'actionnement d'une première fonction horlogère, et pour venir occuper une deuxième position sous l'effet du pignon menant lorsque celui-ci tourne en sens anti-horaire, deuxième position dans laquelle ledit pignon mené actionne un organe d'actionnement d'une deuxième fonction horlogère, ledit pignon mené n'actionnant pas l'organe d'actionnement de la première fonction horlogère lorsqu'il se trouve dans sa dite deuxième position et vice versa ledit pignon mené n'actionnant pas l'organe d'actionnement de la deuxième fonction horlogère lorsqu'il se trouve dans sa dite première position, ledit mécanisme de sélection et d'actionnement comprenant au moins deux pignons menés, et le dispositif de réglage comprenant encore un mécanisme de commande apte à amener sélectivement le pignon menant engrener avec chacun desdits pignons menés. at least one driven gear, arranged to be driven by said drive gear when the drive gear rotates clockwise and when said drive gear rotates counterclockwise, said driven gear being configured to occupy a first position under the effect of the drive gear when it rotates clockwise, first position in which said driven gear actuates an actuating member of a first watch function, and to come occupying a second position under the effect of the driving gear when it rotates counterclockwise, second position in which said driven gear actuates an actuating member of a second watch function, said driven gear not actuating actuating member of the first watch function when it is in its said second position and vice versa said driven gear not actuating the actuating member of the second watch function when it is in its said first position, said selection and actuation mechanism comprising at least two driven gears, and the adjusting device further comprising a control mechanism adapted to selectively driving the driving gear meshing with each of said driven gears.
D'une part, le dispositif défini ci-dessus met donc en œuvre un seul pignon mené pour agir indépendamment sur deux fonctions, par exemple l'affichage d'un quantième et d'un jour de la semaine. D'autre part, ces actions sous l'effet de l'organe d'entraînement, qu'elles soient générées à partir d'un poussoir ou d'une tige de couronne, sont « unidirectionnelles », en ce sens que la modification d'une indication affichée ne peut se faire que dans un seul sens, par exemple par quantièmes croissants, parce qu'une inversion du sens de la rotation de l'organe d'entraînement entraîne le découplement entre l'organe d'actionnement de la première fonction et le pignon mené ainsi que l'accouplement de ce pignon mené avec l'organe d'actionnement de la deuxième fonction. On the one hand, the device defined above therefore implements a single driven gear to act independently on two functions, for example the display of a calendar and a day of the week. On the other hand, these actions under the effect of the drive member, whether they are generated from a pusher or a crown rod, are "unidirectional", in that the modification of a displayed indication can only be made in one direction, for example by increasing calendar, because a reversal of the direction of rotation of the drive member causes the decoupling between the actuating member of the first function and the driven gear as well as the coupling of this driven gear with the actuator of the second function.
Selon un mode d'exécution du dispositif ci-dessus, ledit pignon mené est un pignon baladeur dont l'axe est constitué par une goupille logée dans un logement oblong formé dans une platine, de façon à coulisser perpendiculairement audit axe, ledit logement étant agencé de sorte que la goupille du pignon mené vienne à une première extrémité du logement oblong sous l'effet de la rotation en sens horaire du pignon menant, le pignon mené se trouvant ainsi dans ladite première position, et que la goupille vienne à l'autre extrémité du logement oblong sous l'effet de la rotation en sens anti-horaire du pignon menant, le pignon mené se trouvant ainsi dans ladite deuxième position. According to an embodiment of the device above, said driven pinion is a sliding pinion whose axis is constituted by a pin housed in a housing oblong formed in a plate, so as to slide perpendicularly to said axis, said housing being arranged so that the pin of the driven pinion comes to a first end of the oblong housing under the effect of the clockwise rotation of the driving pinion, the pinion led thus being in said first position, and that the pin comes to the other end of the oblong housing under the effect of the counterclockwise rotation of the drive gear, the driven gear being thus in said second position.
Selon un mode d'exécution, le pignon mené, d'une part, porte une denture adaptée à engrener avec la denture du pignon menant et, d'autre part, porte un mobile coaxial dont une denture, respectivement un bras, est adapté à coopérer avec une denture, respectivement un organe d'actionnement d'une fonction horlogère. Selon un mode d'exécution, le pignon menant est en liaison cinématique, en particulier par l'intermédiaire de renvois, avec une couronne de remontage et/ou de réglage de la pièce d'horlogerie. According to one embodiment, the driven gear, on the one hand, has teeth adapted to mesh with the toothing of the drive gear and, on the other hand, carries a coaxial mobile gear with a toothing, respectively an arm, is adapted to cooperate with a toothing, respectively an actuating member of a watch function. According to one embodiment, the driving gear is kinematically connected, in particular via referrals, with a winding crown and / or adjustment of the timepiece.
Selon un mode d'exécution du dispositif de réglage ci-dessus, ledit mécanisme de sélection et d'actionnement comprend deux pignons menés et ledit mécanisme de commande est configuré pour amener, par translation, le pignon menant alternativement au contact de chacun des deux pignons menés. According to an embodiment of the above adjustment device, said selection and actuation mechanism comprises two driven gears and said control mechanism is configured to drive, by translation, the drive pinion alternately in contact with each of the two gears conducted.
Selon un mode d'exécution, le pignon menant est un pignon baladeur dont l'axe est constitué par une goupille logée dans un logement oblong formé dans ladite platine, de façon à coulisser perpendiculairement audit axe, ledit mécanisme de commande commandant le coulissement de la goupille dans ledit logement. Selon un mode d'exécution, les extrémités respectives du logement oblong de l'axe du pignon menant sont agencées de façon à permettre un entraînement efficace respectivement avec chacun des pignons menés dans chacune desdites premières et deuxièmes positions desdits pignons menés. According to one embodiment, the drive pinion is a sliding pinion whose axis is constituted by a pin housed in an oblong housing formed in said plate, so as to slide perpendicular to said axis, said control mechanism controlling the sliding of the pinion. pin in said housing. According to one embodiment, the respective ends of the elongated housing of the axis of the driving gear are arranged to allow an effective drive respectively with each of the pinions conducted in each of said first and second positions of said driven gears.
Selon un mode d'exécution, le dispositif de commande comprend un ensemble constitué d'une bascule commandée par une navette et un levier de commande, ledit ensemble étant monté sur ladite platine. Selon un mode d'exécution, ledit mécanisme de sélection et d'actionnement comprend un nombre de pignons menés supérieur ou égal à deux, le mécanisme de commande comprend un bras rotatif sur lequel est agencé le pignon menant, et ledit mécanisme de commande est configuré pour amener, par rotation successive, le pignon menant en position d'engrènement avec chacun des pignons menés. According to one embodiment, the control device comprises an assembly consisting of a rocker controlled by a shuttle and a control lever, said assembly being mounted on said plate. According to one embodiment, said selection and actuation mechanism comprises a number of driven gears greater than or equal to two, the control mechanism comprises a rotary arm on which the drive gear is arranged, and said control mechanism is configured to bring, by successive rotation, the driving pinion in meshing position with each of the driven pinions.
Selon un mode d'exécution, le mécanisme de commande comprend un ensemble formé d'une étoile coaxiale avec l'axe d'articulation dudit bras rotatif, d'un sautoir, et d'une bascule à ressort coopérant avec ladite étoile, une rotation de l'étoile d'une valeur angulaire correspondant à une branche de l'étoile amenant le pignon menant d'une position d'engrènement avec un pignon mené a une position d'engrènement avec le pignon mené voisin. According to one embodiment, the control mechanism comprises an assembly formed of a star coaxial with the axis of articulation of said rotary arm, a jumper, and a spring latch cooperating with said star, a rotation the star of an angular value corresponding to a branch of the star bringing the pinion driving a meshing position with a driven pinion has a meshing position with the adjacent driven pinion.
Selon un mode d'exécution, les pignons menés sont des pignons baladeurs dont les axes sont constitués de goupilles logées dans des logements oblongs d'une platine, lesdits logements oblongs étant agencés tangents à un cercle coaxial avec l'axe d'articulation du bras rotatif portant le pignon menant. Selon un mode d'exécution, le pignon menant est en liaison cinématique avec son organe d'entraînement par l'intermédiaire d'un renvoi coaxial avec l'axe d'articulation du bras rotatif. L'invention propose enfin une pièce d'horlogerie comprenant un dispositif de réglage de fonctions horlogères tel que défini ci-dessus. According to one embodiment, the driven pinions are sliding gears whose axes consist of pins housed in slots oblong platinum, said slots being arranged tangential to a circle coaxial with the axis of articulation of the arm rotary bearing drive gear. According to one embodiment, the driving gear is in kinematic connection with its drive member via a return coaxial with the axis of articulation of the rotary arm. The invention finally proposes a timepiece comprising a device for adjusting watch functions as defined above.
D'autres caractéristiques, ainsi que les avantages correspondants, ressortiront de la description exposant ci-après deux modes d'exécution de l'invention plus en détail. Other features, as well as the corresponding advantages, will emerge from the following description of two embodiments of the invention in more detail.
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Les dessins annexés représentent schématiquement et à titre d'exemple deux formes d'exécution de l'invention.  The accompanying drawings show schematically and by way of example two embodiments of the invention.
La figure la montre une vue plane de dessus d'un premier mode d'exécution d'un dispositif de réglage selon la présente invention permettant le réglage de quatre fonctions horlogères; la figure lb montre une vue plane de dessous du dispositif de réglage de la figure la. Figure la shows a plan view from above of a first embodiment of an adjusting device according to the present invention for adjusting four watch functions; Fig. 1b shows a bottom plan view of the adjusting device of Fig. 1a.
La figure 2a représente une vue en perspective de dessus du dispositif de la figure la; la figure 2b est une vue en perspective de dessous du dispositif illustré à la figure 2a. La figure 3a est une vue plane de dessus d'un dispositif de réglage selon la figure la après actionnement du dispositif de commande; la figure 3b est une vue plane de dessus d'un dispositif de réglage selon la figure 3a après inversion du sens de rotation de l'organe d'entraînement. La figure 4a montre une vue plane de dessus d'un agencement alternatif des pignons menés d'un dispositif de réglage selon la présente invention; la figure 4b montre une vue en perspective de dessus du pignon mené de la figure 4a. Figure 2a shows a perspective view from above of the device of Figure la; Figure 2b is a bottom perspective view of the device shown in Figure 2a. Figure 3a is a plan view from above of an adjusting device according to Figure la after actuation of the control device; Figure 3b is a plan view from above of an adjusting device according to Figure 3a after reversing the direction of rotation of the drive member. FIG. 4a shows a plan view from above of an alternative arrangement of the pinions carried by an adjusting device according to the present invention; Figure 4b shows a perspective view from above of the driven gear of Figure 4a.
La figure 5a montre une vue plane de dessus d'un deuxième mode d'exécution d'un dispositif de réglage selon la présente invention permettant le réglage de douze fonctions horlogères; la figure 5b montre une vue plane de dessous du dispositif de réglage de la figure 5a. FIG. 5a shows a plan view from above of a second embodiment of an adjustment device according to the present invention for adjusting twelve watch functions; Figure 5b shows a plan view from below of the adjusting device of Figure 5a.
La figure 6a représente une vue en perspective de dessus du dispositif de la figure 5a; la figure 6b est une vue en perspective de dessous du dispositif illustré à la figure 5b. Figure 6a is a perspective view from above of the device of Figure 5a; Figure 6b is a bottom perspective view of the device shown in Figure 5b.
La figure 7a est une vue plane de dessus d'un dispositif de réglage selon la figure 5a sous entraînement; la figure 7b est une vue plane de dessus d'un dispositif de réglage selon la figure 7a après inversion du sens de l'entraînement. Figure 7a is a plan view from above of an adjusting device according to Figure 5a under drive; Figure 7b is a plan view from above of an adjusting device according to Figure 7a after reversing the direction of the drive.
Description détaillée de l'invention Detailed description of the invention
Les figures la à 3b illustrent un premier dispositif de réglage comprenant un mécanisme permettant de sélectionner et d'actionner une fonction parmi quatre fonctions disponibles, par exemple dans le cadre d'un dispositif de correction d'affichage. Ce mécanisme comprend un renvoi d'entraînement 9 apte à transmettre un mouvement de rotation, au choix, en sens horaire et en sens antihoraire, à un pignon menant 1. L'axe du pignon menant 1, qui peut être réalisé simplement sous forme d'une goupille, peut être logé dans une fente oblongue d'une platine ou d'un pont non-illustré aux figures dont les extrémités définissent une première et une deuxième positions extrêmes de l'axe du pignon menant 1, de sorte que le pignon menant 1 est un pignon baladeur qui demeure apte à être entraîné en rotation dans ces deux positions par le renvoi 9, aussi bien au sens horaire qu'en sens anti-horaire. La fente oblongue dans ladite platine est indiquée symboliquement aux figures la et lb ainsi qu'aux figures 3a et 3b en lignes pointillées. Alternativement, l'axe du pignon menant 1 peut simplement être agencé sur un dispositif de commande décrit ci-dessous, ce dernier permettant de positionner l'axe du pignon menant 1 dans ses première et deuxième positions extrêmes. De part et d'autre du pignon menant 1, qui se trouve de ce fait en position centrale, sont agencés deux pignons latéraux 2 et 3, de telle sorte que le pignon central peut être approché suffisamment dans sa première ou dans sa deuxième position extrême de l'un ou de l'autre des pignons latéraux 2, 3 pour former une liaison cinématique entre le pignon central 1 et l'un ou l'autre des pignons latéraux 2, 3 qui deviennent alternativement un pignon mené. Figures 1a to 3b illustrate a first adjustment device comprising a mechanism for selecting and operating one of four available functions, for example in the context of a display correction device. This mechanism comprises a drive return 9 adapted to transmit a rotational movement, optionally, clockwise and counterclockwise, to a driving pinion 1. The axis of the driving gear 1, which can be achieved simply in the form of 'a pin, can be housed in an oblong slot of a deck or deck not shown in the figures whose ends define first and second extreme positions of the axis of the driving pinion 1, so that the driving pinion 1 is a sliding pinion which remains able to be rotated in these two positions by the reference 9, both clockwise 'in the anti-clockwise direction. The slot oblong in said platen is indicated symbolically in Figures la and lb as well as in Figures 3a and 3b in dashed lines. Alternatively, the axis of the driving pinion 1 can simply be arranged on a control device described below, the latter for positioning the axis of the driving pinion 1 in its first and second extreme positions. On either side of the drive gear 1, which is thereby in the central position, are arranged two side gears 2 and 3, so that the central pinion can be approached sufficiently in its first or second extreme position one or the other of the side gears 2, 3 to form a kinematic connection between the central pinion 1 and one or the other of the side gears 2, 3 which become alternately a driven pinion.
Les axes de chacun des deux pignons latéraux 2, 3, qui peuvent être constitué d'une goupille, peuvent également être logés dans deux logements oblongs respectifs formés dans la platine, agencés de sorte que la goupille du pignon latéral 2, respectivement du pignon latéral 3, en liaison cinématique avec le pignon menant 1 vienne à une première extrémité de son logement oblong sous l'effet de la force tangentielle résultant de la rotation en sens horaire du pignon menant 1, le pignon mené 2, respectivement le pignon mené 3, se trouvant ainsi dans une première position d'entraînement, et que la goupille de ce pignon latéral mené 2, respectivement du pignon latéral 3, vienne à l'autre extrémité de son logement oblong sous l'effet de la force tangentielle résultant de la rotation en sens anti-horaire du pignon menant 1, le pignon mené 2, respectivement le pignon mené 3, se trouvant ainsi dans une deuxième position d'entraînement. Les figures 3a et 3b illustrent ce mécanisme en montrant le pignon latéral 2, mené par le pignon central 1, respectivement dans la première et dans la deuxième position d'entraînement dudit pignon latéral 2, selon que le pignon central 1 amené en liaison cinématique avec le pignon latéral 2 par le dispositif de commande décrit ci-dessous, tourne en sens horaire ou en sens anti-horaire. Les logements oblongs dans ladite platine logeant les axes des deux pignons latéraux 2, 3 sont indiqués symboliquement aux figures la et lb ainsi qu'aux figures 3a et 3b en lignes pointillées et sont orientés sensiblement perpendiculaire à la fente oblongue dans ladite platine logeant l'axe du pignon menant 1. Alternativement, les pignons menés 2, 3 peuvent chacun être constitué d'un anneau ayant une denture extérieure et une périphérie circulaire intérieure 2d, 3d, les axes de ces pignons menés 2, 3 pouvant dans ce cas chacun être constitué d'un excentrique 2a, 3a fixé à ladite platine et comportant deux arcs de cercle opposés 2b, 2c, 3b, 3c, de sorte à ce que chacun de ces arcs 2b, 2c, 3b, 3c peut entrer en contact avec ladite périphérie circulaire intérieure 2d, 3d de l'anneau mené 2, 3 correspondant selon que le pignon central 1 amené en liaison cinématique avec l'anneau 2, 3 tourne en sens horaire ou en sens anti-horaire. Cette configuration alternative, dans laquelle les axes des pignons menés 2, 3 ne sont pas fixés aux pignons mais à la platine, est illustrée schématiquement aux figures 4a et 4b. Indépendemment de la réalisation spécifique des pignons menés 2, 3, un ressort de friction 10 comportant des bras latéraux appuyant sur la surface des pignons menés 2, 3 est agencé sur ladite platine afin de sécuriser les pignons menés 2, 3 dans leur position axiale respective, de sorte à garantir le fonctionnement du dispositif de réglage indépendamment de la position dans l'espace de la pièce d'horlogerie correspondante. The axes of each of the two side gears 2, 3, which may consist of a pin, may also be housed in two respective oblong slots formed in the plate, arranged so that the pin of the side pinion 2, respectively of the side pinion. 3, in kinematic connection with the driving pinion 1 comes to a first end of its oblong slot under the effect of the tangential force resulting from the clockwise rotation of the driving pinion 1, the driven pinion 2, respectively the driven pinion 3, thus being in a first driving position, and that the pin of this driven lateral pinion 2, respectively of the lateral pinion 3, comes to the other end of its oblong slot under the effect of the tangential force resulting from the rotation in the counterclockwise direction of the driving gear 1, the driven gear 2, respectively the driven gear 3, thus being in a second drive position. FIGS. 3a and 3b illustrate this mechanism by showing the lateral pinion 2, led by the central gear 1, respectively in the first and in the second drive position of said side gear 2, depending on whether the central gear 1 brought into kinematic connection with the side gear 2 by the control device described below, rotates clockwise or in counter-clockwise direction. The slots oblongs in said plate housing the axes of the two side gears 2, 3 are indicated symbolically in Figures la and lb as well as in Figures 3a and 3b in dashed lines and are oriented substantially perpendicular to the slot oblong in said plate housing the 1. Alternatively, the driven gears 2, 3 may each consist of a ring having an external toothing and an inner circular periphery 2d, 3d, the axes of these driven gears 2, 3 can in this case each be consisting of an eccentric 2a, 3a fixed to said plate and having two opposite arcs 2b, 2c, 3b, 3c, so that each of these arcs 2b, 2c, 3b, 3c can come into contact with said periphery inner circular 2d, 3d of the driven ring 2, 3 corresponding depending on whether the central pinion 1 brought into kinematic connection with the ring 2, 3 rotates clockwise or counterclockwise. This alternative configuration, in which the axes of the driven gears 2, 3 are not fixed to the gears but to the plate, is illustrated schematically in Figures 4a and 4b. Independently of the specific embodiment of the driven gears 2, 3, a friction spring 10 having lateral arms pressing on the surface of the driven gears 2, 3 is arranged on said plate in order to secure the driven gears 2, 3 in their respective axial position. so as to guarantee the operation of the adjustment device independently of the position in the space of the corresponding timepiece.
Sur les figures 3a et 3b sont indiqués de manière schématique un organe d'actionnement A d'une première fonction horlogère et un organe d'actionnement B d'une deuxième fonction horlogère, ces organes A, B étant disposés de part et d'autre du pignon mené 2 de sorte à pouvoir engrener alternativement avec ce dernier en fonction de la position de ce pignon mené 2. En effet, comme le montrent ces deux figures 3a et 3b, le pignon mené 2 est configuré pour venir occuper une première position sous l'effet du pignon menant 1 lorsque celui-ci tourne en sens horaire, première position dans laquelle ledit pignon mené 2 actionne l'organe d'actionnement A de la première fonction horlogère, et pour venir occuper une deuxième position sous l'effet du pignon menant 1 lorsque celui-ci tourne en sens anti-horaire, deuxième position dans laquelle ledit pignon mené 2 actionne l'organe d'actionnement B de la deuxième fonction horlogère. Ledit pignon mené 2 n'actionne pas l'organe d'actionnement A de la première fonction horlogère lorsqu'il se trouve dans sa deuxième position et vice versa ledit pignon mené 2 n'actionne pas l'organe d'actionnement B de la deuxième fonction horlogère lorsqu'il se trouve dans sa dite première position. De manière analogique, des organes d'actionnement d'une troisième fonction horlogère et un organe d'actionnement d'une quatrième fonction horlogère, non-illustrés aux figures 3a et 3b, sont disposés de part et d'autre du pignon mené 3, ces organes pouvant engrener alternativement avec ce pignon mené 3 en fonction de sa position, lorsque le pignon menant 1 se trouve en position d'engrènement avec ce pignon mené 3 et en fonction du sens de rotation horaire ou anti-horaire du pignon menant 1. FIGS. 3a and 3b are schematically indicated an actuating member A of a first watchmaking function and an actuating member B of a second watchmaking function, these members A, B being arranged on each side and else the driven gear 2 so as to be able to mesh alternately with the latter depending on the position of the driven pinion 2. Indeed, as shown in these two figures 3a and 3b, the driven pinion 2 is configured to come occupy a first position under the effect of the driving gear 1 when it rotates clockwise, first position in which said driven pinion 2 actuates the actuating member A of the first watch function, and to come to occupy a second position under the effect of the drive gear 1 when it rotates counterclockwise, second position in which said driven pinion 2 actuates the actuator B of the second watch function. Said driven pinion 2 does not actuate the actuating member A of the first watchmaking function when it is in its second position and vice versa said driven pinion 2 does not actuate the actuator B of the second watchmaking function when it is in its said first position. In an analog manner, actuators for a third watch function and an actuator for a fourth watch function, not shown in FIGS. 3a and 3b, are arranged on either side of the driven pinion 3, these members being able to mesh alternately with this driven pinion 3 as a function of its position, when the driving pinion 1 is in the meshing position with this driven pinion 3 and as a function of the clockwise or counterclockwise direction of the driving pinion 1.
La structure des organes d'actionnement A et B est déterminée par la constitution des pièces réalisant les fonctions horlogères correspondantes. Le pignon mené 2, respectivement 3, d'une part, porte une denture adaptée à engrener avec la denture du pignon menant 1 et, d'autre part, porte un mobile coaxial dont une denture, respectivement un doigt, est adapté à coopérer avec une denture, respectivement l'organe d'actionnement A, B, de la fonction horlogère correspondante. Simplement à titre d'exemple illustratif, la figure 2b montre un pignon mené 2 portant un mobile coaxial constitué de quatre doigts 11 pouvant interagir avec une denture intérieure d'un disque de la fonction horlogère correspondante, par exemple avec la denture intérieure d'un disque de quantième. En résumé, le mécanisme décrit ci-dessus comprend trois pignons baladeurs pivotants dont deux sont logés, de préférence, dans un logement oblong correspondant ou formés d'anneaux montés autour d'un axe excentrique, un des trois pignons, le pignon central 1, étant logé de sorte à pouvoir approcher sélectivement, par translation, au moyen d'un dispositif de commande décrit ci- dessous, l'un des deux autres pignons latéraux 2, 3. Un renvoi 9 sert à entraîner le pignon central 1, ce renvoi étant lui-même entraîné par exemple à l'aide d'une couronne de remontage et de correction (non montrée sur les figures). Le pignon central 1, de ce fait le pignon menant, peut donc transmettre un mouvement de rotation au pignon latéral sélectionné et, de surcroît, provoque une translation du pignon latéral sélectionné vers l'une ou l'autre des extrémités de son logement oblong, respectivement en généralisant vers sa première - ou deuxième position d'entraînement, et ce en fonction du sens de rotation du pignon central, de sorte que, selon le sens de rotation, le pignon latéral sélectionné actionne sélectivement l'une ou l'autre des fonctions horlogères réglables par pignon latéral. The structure of the actuating members A and B is determined by the constitution of the parts performing the corresponding clock functions. The driven pinion 2, respectively 3, on the one hand, carries a toothing adapted to mesh with the toothing of the driving pinion 1 and, on the other hand, carries a coaxial mobile, a toothing, respectively a finger, is adapted to cooperate with a toothing, respectively the actuating member A, B, of the corresponding horological function. Simply as an illustrative example, Figure 2b shows a driven pinion 2 carrying a coaxial mobile consisting of four fingers 11 which can interact with an internal toothing of a disc of the corresponding clock function, for example with the internal toothing of a date disc. In summary, the mechanism described above comprises three pivoting sliding gears, two of which are preferably housed in a corresponding oblong slot or formed of rings mounted around an eccentric axis, one of the three pinions, the central pinion 1, being housed so as to be able to approach selectively, by translation, by means of a control device described below, one of the two other side gears 2, 3. A reference 9 serves to drive the central gear 1, this reference being itself driven for example by means of a winding crown and correction (not shown in the figures). The central pinion 1, thus the driving pinion, can therefore transmit a rotational movement to the selected lateral pinion and, moreover, causes a translation of the selected lateral pinion towards one or other of the ends of its oblong slot, respectively by generalizing towards its first - or second driving position, and this depending on the direction of rotation of the central gear, so that, in the direction of rotation, the selected side gear selectively actuates one or other of the watch functions adjustable by side gear.
Selon le mode d'exécution montré par les figures la à 3b, le dispositif de commande est un ensemble constitué d'une bascule 4 commandée par une navette 6 et un levier de commande 7, ledit ensemble étant monté sur la platine. La navette 6 est précontrainte par un ressort de navette 8. La bascule 4 est verrouillée grâce à un sautoir de bascule 5 et un ergot du levier de commande 7. Si l'axe du pignon menant 1 est réalisé sous forme d'une goupille logée dans une fente oblongue de la platine, une creusure dans la bascule en forme de U accueille une extrémité de l'axe du pignon menant 1, de sorte que le basculement de la bascule 4, suite à un actionnement du levier de commande 7, fait passer l'axe du pignon 1 de l'une à l'autre de ses deux positions extrêmes dans ladite fente oblongue. Si l'axe du pignon menant 1 est monté sur la bascule 4, le déplacement de celle-ci définit directement les positions extrêmes de l'axe du pignon menant 1. Lorsque le dispositif de sélection selon l'invention est intégré dans une pièce d'horlogerie, l'utilisateur peut commander la position de la bascule 4 grâce à un poussoir indiqué symboliquement par une flèche sur les figures 3a et 3b et permettant d'actionner le levier de commande 7 et peut modifier le sens de rotation du pignon baladeur 1 grâce à une couronne actionnant une tige, par exemple la tige de remontoir, qui permet d'agir sur le renvoi 9. En partant de l'état du dispositif de réglage montré par exemple dans la figure la, l'utilisateur obtient l'état de ce dispositif montré à la figure 3a par une action sur le levier de commande 7, c'est-à-dire par un actionnement dudit poussoir, puis le changement de la fonction horlogère actionnée tel que montré à la figure 3b en inversant le sens de rotation du renvoi 9, c'est-à-dire en tournant la tige de remontoir dans l'autre sens. According to the embodiment shown in Figures 1a to 3b, the control device is an assembly consisting of a rocker 4 controlled by a shuttle 6 and a control lever 7, said assembly being mounted on the plate. The shuttle 6 is preloaded by a shuttle spring 8. The latch 4 is locked by means of a flip-flop 5 and a lug of the control lever 7. If the axis of the driving gear 1 is in the form of a lodged pin in an oblong slot of the plate, a recess in the U-shaped rocker accommodates one end of the axis of the driving pinion 1, so that the tilting of the rocker 4, following an actuation of the control lever 7, passes the axis of the pinion 1 from one to the other of its two extreme positions in said slot oblong. If the axis of the driving pinion 1 is mounted on the rocker 4, the displacement thereof directly defines the extreme positions of the axis of the driving pinion 1. When the selection device according to the invention is integrated in a piece d time, the user can control the position of the rocker 4 with a pusher indicated symbolically by an arrow in Figures 3a and 3b and for operating the control lever 7 and can change the direction of rotation of the sliding pinion 1 thanks to a crown actuating a rod, for example the winding stem, which acts on the return 9. Starting from the state of the adjustment device shown for example in Figure la, the user obtains the state of this device shown in Figure 3a by an action on the control lever 7, that is to say by an actuation of said pusher, and then the change of the clock function actuated as shown in Figure 3b by reversing the direction rotation of the re nvoi 9, that is to say by turning the winding stem in the other direction.
Les figures 5a à 7b illustrent un deuxième dispositif de réglage comprenant un mécanisme permettant de sélectionner et d'actionner une fonction parmi douze fonctions disponibles. Ce dispositif est monté sur une platine 110 qui peut présenter, mais non nécessairement, la forme d'un disque. Son mécanisme comprend un renvoi d'entraînement 109 apte à transmettre un mouvement de rotation, au choix, en sens horaire et en sens anti-horaire, à un pignon menant 101. Dans le mode d'exécution montré dans les figures, le renvoi 109 est monté libre en rotation sur un côté de la platine 110, alors que les autres pièces, en particulier un renvoi intermédiaire 109a solidaire du renvoi 109 et coaxial avec celui-ci, sont agencées de l'autre côté de la platine 110. L'axe du pignon menant 101 (non visible sur les figures), est logé dans un bras rotatif 112 dont l'axe d'articulation est, de préférence, coaxial avec le renvoi 109a. Sur la périphérie de la platine 110 sont agencés six pignons latéraux angulairement équidistants. Dans la suite de cette description, seuls deux d'entre eux, 102 et 103, seront décrits en détail, car cette description s'applique mutatis mutandis aux quatre autres pignons, dont le nombre peut, par ailleurs, être différent. Le pignon menant 101 peut être approché suffisamment de l'un ou de l'autre des pignons latéraux 102, 103 pour former une liaison cinématique entre le pignon central 101 et soit l'un soit l'autre des pignons latéraux 102, 103 qui deviennent chacun alternativement un pignon mené. Figures 5a to 7b illustrate a second adjustment device comprising a mechanism for selecting and operating one of twelve available functions. This device is mounted on a plate 110 which may have, but not necessarily, the shape of a disk. Its mechanism includes a drive return 109 capable of transmitting a rotational movement, optionally, clockwise and counterclockwise, to a driving gear 101. In the embodiment shown in the figures, the transmission 109 is rotatably mounted on one side of the plate 110, while the other parts, in particular an intermediate transmission 109a integral with the transmission 109 and coaxial therewith, are arranged on the other side of the plate 110. axis of the driving pinion 101 (not visible in the figures), is housed in a rotary arm 112 whose axis articulation is preferably coaxial with the referral 109a. On the periphery of the plate 110 are arranged six angularly equidistant side gears. In the remainder of this description, only two of them, 102 and 103, will be described in detail, since this description applies mutatis mutandis to the other four gears, the number of which may, moreover, be different. The driving gear 101 can be brought sufficiently close to one or the other of the lateral gears 102, 103 to form a kinematic connection between the central gear 101 and either of the lateral gears 102, 103 which become each alternately a driven gear.
L'axe de chacun des pignons latéraux 102, 103, qui peut être constitué d'une goupille, peut être logé dans un logement oblong, constitué d'une fente formée dans la platine 110, les six logements oblongs étant agencés tangents à un cercle coaxial avec l'axe d'articulation dudit bras rotatif 112 portant le pignon menant 101, et, comme le montrent en particulier les figures 7a et 7b, agencés de sorte que la goupille du pignon latéral 102 en liaison cinématique avec le pignon menant 101 vienne à une première extrémité de son logement oblong sous l'effet de la rotation en sens horaire du pignon menant 101, le pignon mené 102 se trouvant ainsi dans une première position, et que la goupille de ce pignon latéral mené 102 vienne à l'autre extrémité de son logement oblong sous l'effet de la rotation en sens anti-horaire du pignon menant 101, le pignon mené 102 se trouvant ainsi dans ladite deuxième position. Les figures 7a et 7b illustrent ce mécanisme en montrant le pignon latéral 102, mené par le pignon central 101, respectivement dans la première et dans la deuxième position dudit pignon latéral 102, selon que le pignon central 101, amené en liaison cinématique avec le pignon latéral 102 par le dispositif de commande décrit ci-dessous, tourne en sens horaire ou en sens anti-horaire. Alternativement et de façon analogique aux explications correspondantes concernant le premier dispositif de réglage illustré aux figures la à 3b, les pignons menés 102, 103 du deuxième dispositif de réglage illustré aux figures 5a à 7b peuvent chacun être constitué d'un anneau ayant une denture extérieure et une périphérie circulaire intérieure, les axes de ces pignons menés 102, 103 pouvant dans ce cas chacun être constitué d'un excentrique fixé à ladite platine 110 et comportant deux arcs de cercle opposés tel qu'illustré aux figures 4a et 4b, de sorte à ce que chacun de ces arcs de cercle peut entrer en contact avec ladite périphérie circulaire intérieure de l'anneau mené 102, 103 correspondant selon que le pignon central 101 amené en liaison cinématique avec l'anneau 102, 103 tourne en sens horaire ou en sens anti- horaire. De même, un ressort de friction 116 comportant des bras latéraux appuyant sur la surface des pignons menés 102, 103 est agencé sur ladite platine 110 afin de sécuriser les pignons menés 102, 103 dans leur position axiale respective, de sorte à garantir le fonctionnement du dispositif de réglage indépendamment de la position dans l'espace de la pièce d'horlogerie correspondante. The axis of each of the side gears 102, 103, which may consist of a pin, can be housed in an oblong housing, consisting of a slot formed in the plate 110, the six oblong housings being arranged tangent to a circle coaxial with the axis of articulation of said rotary arm 112 carrying the driving pinion 101, and, as shown in particular in Figures 7a and 7b, arranged so that the pin of the lateral pinion 102 kinematically connected with the driving pinion 101 comes at a first end of its elongate housing under the effect of the clockwise rotation of the driving pinion 101, the driven pinion 102 thus being in a first position, and that the pin of the driven side pinion 102 comes to the other end of its slot oblong under the effect of the counterclockwise rotation of the driving pinion 101, the driven pinion 102 is thus in said second position. FIGS. 7a and 7b illustrate this mechanism by showing the lateral pinion 102, driven by the central pinion 101, respectively in the first and in the second position of said lateral pinion 102, depending on whether the central pinion 101, brought into cinematic connection with the pinion lateral 102 by the control device described below, rotates clockwise or counterclockwise. Alternatively and analogically to the corresponding explanations concerning the first illustrated adjustment device In FIGS. 1a to 3b, the driven gears 102, 103 of the second adjustment device illustrated in FIGS. 5a to 7b may each consist of a ring having an external toothing and an inner circular periphery, the axes of these driven gears 102, 103 in this case each may consist of an eccentric attached to said plate 110 and having two opposite arcs of circle as shown in Figures 4a and 4b, so that each of these arcs can come into contact with said inner circular periphery of the driven ring 102, 103 corresponding as the central pinion 101 brought into kinematic connection with the ring 102, 103 rotates clockwise or counterclockwise. Similarly, a friction spring 116 having side arms pressing on the surface of the driven gears 102, 103 is arranged on said plate 110 to secure the driven gears 102, 103 in their respective axial position, so as to ensure the operation of the adjusting device regardless of the position in the space of the corresponding timepiece.
Sur les figures 7a et 7b sont indiqués de manière schématique un organe d'actionnement A' d'une première fonction horlogère et un organe d'actionnement B' d'une deuxième fonction horlogère, ces organes A', B' étant disposés de part et d'autre du pignon mené 102 de sorte à pouvoir engrener alternativement avec ce dernier en fonction de la position de ce pignon mené 102. Comme le montrent ces deux figures 7a et 7b, le pignon mené 102 est configuré pour venir occuper la première position sous l'effet du pignon menant 101 lorsque celui-ci tourne en sens horaire, première position dans laquelle ledit pignon mené 102 actionne l'organe d'actionnement A de la première fonction horlogère, et pour venir occuper la deuxième position sous l'effet du pignon menant 101 lorsque celui-ci tourne en sens anti-horaire, deuxième position dans laquelle ledit pignon mené 102 actionne l'organe d'actionnement B' de la deuxième fonction horlogère. Ledit pignon mené 102 n'actionne pas l'organe d'actionnement A' de la première fonction horlogère lorsqu'il se trouve dans sa dite deuxième position et vice versa ledit pignon mené 102 n'actionne pas l'organe d'actionnement B' de la deuxième fonction horlogère lorsqu'il se trouve dans sa dite première position. De manière analogique, des organes d'actionnement de deux fonctions horlogères supplémentaires, non- illustrés aux figures 7a et 7b, sont disposés de part et d'autre des autres pignons menés montés autour du pignon menant 101, ces organes pouvant engrener alternativement avec ces pignons menés en fonction de leur position, lorsque le pignon menant 101 se trouve en position d'engrènement avec un de ces pignons menés et en fonction du sens de rotation horaire ou anti-horaire du pignon menant 101. En généralisant, le dispositif selon l'invention permet alors, en choisissant le sens de rotation du pignon menant 101 ainsi que sa position, de commander un nombre de fonctions supplémentaires correspondants au double du nombre de pignons menés présents dans le dispositif. FIGS. 7a and 7b are schematically indicated an actuator A 'of a first watchmaking function and an actuator B' of a second watchmaking function, these members A ', B' being arranged on the one hand and other driven pinion 102 so as to be able to mesh alternately with the latter depending on the position of the driven pinion 102. As shown in these two figures 7a and 7b, the driven pinion 102 is configured to occupy the first position under the effect of the driving gear 101 when it rotates clockwise, first position in which said driven pinion 102 actuates the actuating member A of the first watch function, and to occupy the second position under the effect the driving gear 101 when it rotates counterclockwise, second position in which said driven pinion 102 actuates the actuator B 'of the second watch function. Said driven gear 102 does not actuate the actuating member A 'of the first watch function when it is in its said second position and vice versa said driven pinion 102 does not actuate the actuator B' of the second watchmaking function when it is in its said first position. In an analog manner, actuators for two additional horological functions, not illustrated in FIGS. 7a and 7b, are arranged on either side of the other driven gears mounted around the driving pinion 101, these members being able to mesh alternately with these driven pinions according to their position, when the driving pinion 101 is in the meshing position with one of these driven pinions and depending on the direction of rotation of the driving pinion 101. In generalizing, the device according to the The invention then makes it possible, by choosing the direction of rotation of the driving gear 101 as well as its position, to control a number of additional functions corresponding to twice the number of driven gears present in the device.
La structure des organes d'actionnement A' et B' est déterminée par la constitution des pièces réalisant les fonctions horlogères correspondantes. Les pignons menés 102, 103, d'une part, portent une denture adaptée à engrener avec la denture du pignon menant 101 et, d'autre part, portent un mobile coaxial dont une denture, respectivement un doigt, est adapté à coopérer avec une denture, respectivement un organe d'actionnement A, B', d'une fonction horlogère. Simplement à titre d'exemple illustratif, la figure 6b montre l'un des pignons menés portant un mobile coaxial présentant un doigt 111 pouvant interagir avec une denture d'un disque de la fonction horlogère correspondante. The structure of the actuating members A 'and B' is determined by the constitution of the parts performing the corresponding clock functions. The driven gears 102, 103, on the one hand, have a toothing adapted to mesh with the toothing of the driving pinion 101 and, on the other hand, carry a coaxial mobile of which a toothing, respectively a finger, is adapted to cooperate with a toothing, respectively an actuating member A, B ', a watch function. Simply by way of illustrative example, FIG. 6b shows one of the driven pinions bearing a coaxial mobile having a finger 111 that can interact with a toothing of a disc of the corresponding watchmaking function.
En résumé, le mécanisme décrit ci-dessus comprend six pignons baladeurs pivotants chacun logé, de préférence, dans un logement oblong correspondant ou formé d'un anneau monté autour d'un axe excentrique, permettant de sélectionner et d'actionner 2 x 6 = 12 fonctions. Un autre pignon, le pignon central 101 est logé sur un bras rotatif de sorte à pouvoir approcher sélectivement, par rotation du bras, au moyen d'un dispositif de commande décrit ci-dessous, l'un des six pignons latéraux. Un renvoi 109 sert à entraîner le pignon central 101, ce renvoi étant lui-même entraîné par exemple à l'aide d'une couronne de remontage et de correction (non montrée sur les figures). Le pignon central 101, de ce fait le pignon menant, peut donc transmettre un mouvement de rotation au pignon latéral sélectionné et, de surcroît, provoque une translation du pignon latéral sélectionné vers l'une ou l'autre des extrémités de son logement oblong, respectivement en généralisant vers sa première - ou deuxième position d'entraînement, et ce en fonction du sens de rotation du pignon central, de sorte que, selon le sens de rotation, le pignon latéral sélectionné actionne sélectivement l'une ou l'autre des deux fonctions horlogères réglables par pignon latéral. Dans le mode d'exécution montré par les figures 5a à 7b, le dispositif de commande du bras rotatif 112 est un ensemble constitué d'une étoile 106 solidaire en rotation du bras rotatif 112, d'une bascule 104, d'un sautoir 105 apte à pénétrer entre les branches de l'étoile 106 et précontraint vers l'étoile 106 par un ressort de précontrainte 107 fixé lui-même par une vis 115 qui permet de régler la force de précontrainte dudit ressort de précontrainte 107. Ledit ensemble est monté sur la platine 110. La bascule 104 est munie d'un ressort de bascule 108 appuyant sur une première extrémité libre de la bascule 104 et la précontraignant de sorte à ce qu'une deuxième extrémité libre de la bascule 104 appuie sur le sautoir 105 et le bloque entre les branches de l'étoile 106. Ainsi, l'étoile est verrouillée grâce au sautoir 105. La première extrémité libre de la bascule 104 porte une butée 114 liée cinématiquement à un organe de poussée extérieur, tel qu'un poussoir, indiqué symboliquement par une flèche sur les figures 7a et 7b. Une poussée sur la butée 114 suite à un actionnement de l'organe de poussée extérieur a pour effet un pivotement de la bascule 104, la libération du sautoir 105 par la deuxième extrémité libre de la bascule 104 et donc la libération de l'étoile 106, ainsi qu'une poussée d'une des branches de l'étoile 106 par un ergot 113 de la bascule 104, ce qui provoque une rotation de l'étoile et donc du bras rotatif 112. Le dispositif de commande est calibré de sorte que cette rotation corresponde à l'intervalle angulaire entre deux pignons latéraux 102, 103, le nombre de branches de l'étoile étant égal au nombre de pignons menés. Le pignon menant 101 passe ainsi du pignon mené 102 au pignon mené 103. Le relâchement de l'organe de poussée extérieur, respectivement de la première extrémité libre de la bascule 104, fait revenir le sautoir 105 entre deux branches de l'étoile 106 et bloque le pignon 101 dans sa nouvelle position. Lorsque le dispositif de sélection selon l'invention est intégré dans une pièce d'horlogerie, l'utilisateur peut commander la position de la bascule 104 grâce audit poussoir permettant d'actionner ladite première extrémité libre de la bascule 104 et peut modifier le sens de rotation du pignon baladeur 101 grâce à une couronne actionnant une tige, par exemple la tige de remontoir, qui permet d'agir sur le renvoi 109. En partant de l'état du dispositif de réglage montré par exemple dans la figure 5a, l'utilisateur obtient l'état de ce dispositif montré à la figure 7a par une rotation de la tige de remontoir dans un sens, puis le changement de la fonction horlogère actionnée tel que montré à la figure 7b en inversant le sens de rotation de la tige, c'est-à-dire en tournant la tige de remontoir dans l'autre sens. In summary, the mechanism described above comprises six pivoting sliding gears, each preferably housed in an oblong slot corresponding or formed of a ring mounted around an eccentric axis, to select and operate 2 x 6 = 12 functions. Another pinion, the central pinion 101 is housed on a rotary arm so as to approach selectively, by rotation of the arm, by means of a control device described below, one of the six side gears. A reference 109 serves to drive the central gear 101, this reference being itself driven for example by means of a winding crown and correction (not shown in the figures). The central pinion 101, thus the driving pinion, can therefore transmit a rotational movement to the selected lateral pinion and, moreover, causes a translation of the selected lateral pinion towards one or other of the ends of its oblong slot, respectively by generalizing towards its first - or second driving position, and this depending on the direction of rotation of the central gear, so that, in the direction of rotation, the selected side gear selectively actuates one or other of the two watch functions adjustable by side gear. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5a to 7b, the control device of the rotary arm 112 is an assembly consisting of a star 106 integral in rotation with the rotary arm 112, a rocker 104, a jumper 105 capable of penetrating between the branches of the star 106 and prestressed towards the star 106 by a prestressing spring 107 itself fixed by a screw 115 which makes it possible to adjust the prestressing force of said prestress spring 107. Said assembly is mounted on the plate 110. The flip-flop 104 is provided with a flip-flop spring 108 pressing on a first free end of the flip-flop 104 and pre-stroking it so that a second free end of the flip-flop 104 bears on the jumper 105 and the block is locked between the branches of the star 106. Thus, the star is locked by the jumper 105. The first free end of the rocker 104 carries a stop 114 kinematically connected to an external thrust member, such as n push, indicated symbolically by an arrow in Figures 7a and 7b. A thrust on the abutment 114 following an actuation of the external thrust member has the effect of pivoting of the rocker 104, the release of the jumper 105 by the second free end of the rocker 104 and thus the release of the star 106, and a thrust of one of the branches of the star 106 by a lug 113 of the rocker 104, which causes a rotation of the star and therefore of the rotary arm 112. The control device is calibrated so that this rotation corresponds to the angular interval between two side gears 102, 103, the number of branches of the star being equal to the number of driven gears. The driving pinion 101 thus passes from the driven pinion 102 to the driven pinion 103. The release of the external push member, respectively of the first free end of the rocker 104, returns the jumper 105 between two branches of the star 106 and locks pinion 101 in its new position. When the selection device according to the invention is integrated in a timepiece, the user can control the position of the rocker 104 by means of said pushbutton for actuating said first free end of the rocker 104 and can modify the direction of rotation of the sliding pinion 101 through a crown actuating a rod, for example the winding stem, which makes it possible to act on the return 109. Starting from the state of the adjustment device shown for example in FIG. 5a, the user obtains the state of this device shown in Figure 7a by a rotation of the winding stem in one direction, then the change of the clock function actuated as shown in Figure 7b by reversing the direction of rotation of the rod, that is to say by turning the winding stem in the other direction.
L'homme du métier peut faire varier le nombre de pignons menés selon le nombre de fonctions de la pièce d'horlogerie. De plus, sans sortir du cadre de la présente invention, les dispositifs de commande à bascule décrits ci-dessus peuvent être remplacés par d'autres systèmes de déplacement du pignon menant. Par ailleurs, les fonctions réglables dans une position donnée de la bascule peuvent être affichées sur le cadran de la pièce d'horlogerie par des mesures adéquats et connus à l'homme du métier, notamment lorsqu'un nombre important de fonctions horlogères devrait être commandé par le dispositif de réglage selon la présente invention. Au vu des explications susmentionnées ayant trait à la structure et au fonctionnement du dispositif selon la présente invention, il est évident qu'un tel dispositif procure de nombreux avantages et permet d'atteindre les buts énoncés dans l'introduction, notamment la réalisation d'un dispositif de correction unidirectionnelle d'un grand nombre de fonctions horlogères par l'intermédiaire du choix de la position ainsi que du sens de rotation d'un pignon menant. Par ailleurs, ces éléments de construction sont robustes ainsi que simples et fiables lors de leur utilisation. Du fait de la structure relativement simple d'un tel dispositif, ces avantages sont obtenus sans pour autant augmenter les coûts de production. Liste des numéros de référence The skilled person can vary the number of pinions conducted according to the number of functions of the timepiece. In addition, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the rocker control devices described above can be replaced by other sprocket drive systems. Furthermore, the functions adjustable in a given position of the scale can be displayed on the dial of the timepiece by measures adequate and known to those skilled in the art, especially when a large number of horological functions should be controlled by the adjusting device according to the present invention. In view of the aforementioned explanations relating to the structure and operation of the device according to the present invention, it is obvious that such a device provides many advantages and makes it possible to achieve the goals stated in the introduction, including the realization of a device for unidirectional correction of a large number of horological functions by the choice of the position as well as the direction of rotation of a driving gear. Moreover, these building elements are robust as well as simple and reliable during their use. Due to the relatively simple structure of such a device, these advantages are obtained without increasing the production costs. List of reference numbers
1 pignon menant  1 driving gear
2 pignon mené  2 driven pinion
3 pignon mené  3 driven gear
4 bascule  4 rocker
5 sautoir de bascule  5 flip flop
6 navette  6 shuttle
7 levier de commande  7 control lever
8 ressort de navette  8 shuttle spring
9 renvoi d'entraînement  9 practice referral
10 ressort de friction  10 friction spring
11 doigts de mobile coaxial  11 fingers of coaxial mobile
101 pignon menant pignon mené pignon mené bascule 101 driving gear driven pinion driven pinion rocks
sautoir  necklace
étoile  star
ressort de précontrainte ressort de bascule renvoi d'entraînementa renvoi d'entraînement platine  pre-tensioning spring tappet spring drive return
doigt  finger
bras rotatif  rotating arm
ergot  lug
butée stop
vis screw
ressort de friction friction spring

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1. Dispositif de réglage de fonctions horlogères d'une pièce d'horlogerie, le dispositif étant équipé d'un mécanisme de sélection et d'actionnement comprenant1. Device for adjusting the horological functions of a timepiece, the device being equipped with a selection and actuation mechanism comprising
- un organe d'entraînement (9, 109), a drive member (9, 109),
- un pignon menant (1, 101), ledit organe d'entraînement étant configuré pour entraîner ledit pignon menant en sens horaire et en sens anti-horaire,  a drive gear (1, 101), said drive member being configured to drive said drive gear clockwise and counter-clockwise,
- au moins un pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103), agencé de sorte à être entraîné par ledit pignon menant (1, 101) lorsque le pignon menant (1, 101) tourne en sens horaire et lorsque ledit pignon menant (1, 101) tourne en sens anti-horaire, ledit pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) est configuré pour venir occuper une première position sous l'effet du pignon menant (1, 101) lorsque celui-ci tourne en sens horaire, première position dans laquelle ledit pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) actionne un organe d'actionnement (A, A) d'une première fonction horlogère, et pour venir occuper une deuxième position sous l'effet du pignon menant (1, 101) lorsque celui-ci tourne en sens anti-horaire, deuxième position dans laquelle ledit pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) actionne un organe d'actionnement (B, B') d'une deuxième fonction horlogère, ledit pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) n'actionnant pas l'organe d'actionnement (A, A) de la première fonction horlogère lorsqu'il se trouve dans sa dite deuxième position et vice versa ledit pignon (2, 3, 102, 103) mené n'actionnant pas l'organe d'actionnement (B, B') de la deuxième fonction horlogère lorsqu'il se trouve dans sa dite première position, caractérisé par le fait que ledit mécanisme de sélection et d'actionnement comprend au moins deux pignons menés (2, 3, 102, 103), et par le fait que le dispositif de réglage comprend encore un mécanisme de commande apte à amener sélectivement le pignon menant (1, 101) engrener avec chacun desdits pignons menés (2, 3, 102, 103). - at least one driven gear (2, 3, 102, 103), arranged to be driven by said drive gear (1, 101) when the drive gear (1, 101) rotates clockwise and when said drive gear ( 1, 101) rotates counter-clockwise, said driven gear (2, 3, 102, 103) is configured to assume a first position under the effect of the driving gear (1, 101) when it rotates in direction time, first position in which said driven gear (2, 3, 102, 103) actuates an actuating member (A, A) of a first watch function, and to occupy a second position under the effect of the driving pinion (1, 101) when it rotates counterclockwise, second position in which said driven gear (2, 3, 102, 103) actuates an actuating member (B, B ') of a second watch function , said driven gear (2, 3, 102, 103) not actuating the actuating member (A, A) of the first watch function when it is in its said second e position and vice versa said pinion (2, 3, 102, 103) led not actuating the actuating member (B, B ') of the second watch function when it is in said first position, characterized in that said selection and actuation mechanism comprises at least two driven gears (2, 3, 102, 103), and in that the adjusting device further comprises a control mechanism adapted to selectively bring the drive gear (1, 101) meshing with each of said driven gears (2, 3, 102, 103).
2. Dispositif de réglage selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé par le fait que ledit mécanisme de sélection et d'actionnement comprend deux pignons menés (2, 3), et par le fait que ledit mécanisme de commande est configuré pour amener, par translation, le pignon menant (1) alternativement au contact de chacun des deux pignons menés (2, 3). 2. Adjusting device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said selection and actuation mechanism comprises two driven gears (2, 3), and in that said control mechanism is configured to bring, by translation, the drive gear (1) alternately in contact with each of the two driven gears (2, 3).
3. Dispositif de réglage selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé par le fait que le pignon menant (1) est un pignon baladeur dont l'axe est constitué par une goupille logée dans un logement oblong formé dans ladite platine, de façon à pouvoir coulisser perpendiculairement audit axe, ledit mécanisme de commande commandant le coulissement de la goupille dans ledit logement. 3. Adjustment device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the driving pinion (1) is a sliding pinion whose axis is constituted by a pin housed in an elongated housing formed in said plate, so as to slide perpendicularly. said axis, said control mechanism controlling the sliding of the pin in said housing.
4. Dispositif de réglage selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé par le fait que les extrémités respectives du logement oblong de l'axe du pignon menant (1) sont agencées de façon à permettre un entraînement efficace respectivement avec chacun des pignons menés (2, 3) dans chacune desdites premières et deuxièmes positions desdits pignons menés (2, 3). 4. Adjustment device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the respective ends of the elongate housing of the axis of the driving gear (1) are arranged to allow effective driving respectively with each driven pinion (2, 3 ) in each of said first and second positions of said driven gears (2, 3).
5. Dispositif de réglage selon l'une des revendications précédentes 2 à 4, caractérisé par le fait que le dispositif de commande comprend un ensemble constitué d'une bascule (4) commandée par une navette (6) et un levier de commande (7), ledit ensemble étant monté sur ladite platine. 5. Adjustment device according to one of the preceding claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the control device comprises an assembly consisting of a rocker (4) controlled by a shuttle (6) and a control lever (7). ), said assembly being mounted on said platen.
6. Dispositif de réglage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que ledit mécanisme de sélection et d'actionnement comprend un nombre de pignons menés (102, 103) supérieur ou égal à deux, par le fait que le mécanisme de commande comprend un bras rotatif (112) sur lequel est agencé le pignon menant (101), et par le fait que ledit mécanisme de commande est configuré pour amener, par rotation successive, ledit pignon menant (101) en position d'engrènement avec chacun des pignons menés (102, 103). 6. An adjusting device according to claim 1, characterized in that said selection and actuation mechanism comprises a number of driven gears (102, 103) greater than or equal to two, in that the control mechanism comprises a rotary arm (112) on which the driving gear (101) is arranged, and in that said control mechanism is configured to causing, by successive rotation, said driving gear (101) meshing with each of the driven gears (102, 103).
7. Dispositif de réglage selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé par le fait que le mécanisme de commande comprend un ensemble formé d'une étoile7. Adjusting device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the control mechanism comprises a set formed of a star
(106) coaxiale avec l'axe d'articulation dudit bras rotatif (112), d'un sautoir (105), et d'une bascule (104) à ressort coopérant avec ladite étoile (106), une rotation de l'étoile (106) d'une valeur angulaire correspondant à une branche de l'étoile (106) amenant le pignon menant (101) d'une position d'engrènement avec un pignon mené (102) à une position d'engrènement avec le pignon mené voisin (103). (106) coaxial with the axis of articulation of said rotary arm (112), a jumper (105), and a spring rocker (104) cooperating with said star (106), a rotation of the star (106) an angular value corresponding to a branch of the star (106) causing the driving gear (101) to engage with a driven gear (102) at a meshing position with the driven gear neighbor (103).
8. Dispositif de réglage selon l'une des revendications 6 à 7, caractérisé par le fait que le pignon menant (101) est en liaison cinématique avec son organe d'entraînement (109) par l'intermédiaire d'un renvoi (109a) coaxial avec l'axe d'articulation dudit bras rotatif (112). 8. Adjustment device according to one of claims 6 to 7, characterized in that the driving gear (101) is kinematically connected to its drive member (109) via a reference (109a). coaxial with the axis of articulation of said rotary arm (112).
9. Dispositif de réglage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que ledit pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) est constitué par un pignon baladeur apte à coulisser perpendiculairement à son axe de rotation, de sorte que le pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) vienne occuper ladite première position sous l'effet de la rotation en sens horaire du pignon menant (1, 101) et que le pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) vienne occuper ladite deuxième position sous l'effet de la rotation en sens anti-horaire du pignon menant (1, 101). 10. Dispositif de réglage selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé par le fait que ledit pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) est un pignon baladeur dont l'axe est constitué par une goupille fixée au pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) et logée dans un logement oblong formé dans une platine (110), de façon à ce que ladite goupille peut coulisser perpendiculairement audit axe, ledit logement étant agencé de sorte que la goupille du pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) vienne à une première extrémité du logement oblong sous l'effet de la rotation en sens horaire du pignon menant (1, 101), le pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) se trouvant ainsi dans ladite première position, et que la goupille vienne à l'autre extrémité du logement oblong sous l'effet de la rotation en sens anti-horaire du pignon menant (1, 101), le pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) se trouvant ainsi dans ladite deuxième position. 9. Adjusting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said driven gear (2, 3, 102, 103) is constituted by a sliding pinion capable of sliding perpendicularly to its axis of rotation, so that the driven pinion (2, 3, 102, 103) comes to occupy said first position under the effect of the clockwise rotation of the driving pinion (1, 101) and that the driven pinion (2, 3, 102, 103) comes to occupy said second position under the effect of the counterclockwise rotation of the driving gear (1, 101). 10. Adjusting device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said driven pinion (2, 3, 102, 103) is a sliding pinion whose axis is constituted by a pin fixed to the driven pinion (2, 3, 102 103) and housed in an oblong housing formed in a platen (110) so that said pin can slide perpendicularly to said axis, said housing being arranged so that the pin of the driven pinion (2, 3, 102, 103) comes to a first end of the oblong housing under the effect of the clockwise rotation of the driving pinion (1 101), the driven gear (2, 3, 102, 103) thus being in said first position, and that the pin comes to the other end of the elongate housing under the effect of the anti-clockwise rotation of the driving gear (1, 101), the driven gear (2, 3, 102, 103) thus being in said second position.
11. Dispositif de réglage selon la revendication 9, caractérisé par le fait que ledit pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) est un pignon baladeur dont l'axe est constitué par un excentrique (2a, 3a) fixé à une platine (110) et comportant deux arcs de cercle opposés (2b, 2c, 3b, 3c), le pignon étant constitué d'un anneau ayant une denture extérieure et une périphérie circulaire intérieure (2d, 3d) apte à entrer alternativement en contact avec une des deux arcs de cercle opposés (2b, 2c, 3b, 3c) dudit excentrique (2a, 3a), de façon à ce que ledit anneau peut coulisser perpendiculairement audit axe, de sorte que la périphérie circulaire intérieure (2d, 3d) de l'anneau constituant le pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) vienne en contact avec le premier arc de cercle de l'excentrique sous l'effet de la rotation en sens horaire du pignon menant (1, 101), le pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) se trouvant ainsi dans ladite première position, et que la périphérie circulaire intérieure (2d, 3d) de l'anneau constituant le pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) vienne en contact avec le deuxième arc de cercle de l'excentrique sous l'effet de la rotation en sens anti-horaire du pignon menant (1, 101), le pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103) se trouvant ainsi dans ladite deuxième position. 11. Adjusting device according to claim 9, characterized in that said driven pinion (2, 3, 102, 103) is a sliding pinion whose axis is constituted by an eccentric (2a, 3a) fixed to a plate ( 110) and having two opposite circular arcs (2b, 2c, 3b, 3c), the pinion being constituted by a ring having an external toothing and an inner circular periphery (2d, 3d) capable of alternately coming into contact with one of the two opposite arcs (2b, 2c, 3b, 3c) of said eccentric (2a, 3a), so that said ring can slide perpendicular to said axis, so that the inner circular periphery (2d, 3d) of the ring constituting the driven pinion (2, 3, 102, 103) comes into contact with the first arc of the eccentric under the effect of the clockwise rotation of the driving pinion (1, 101), the driven pinion ( 2, 3, 102, 103) thus being in said first position, and that the inner circular periphery (2d , 3d) of the ring constituting the driven gear (2, 3, 102, 103) comes into contact with the second circular arc of the eccentric under the effect of the counterclockwise rotation of the driving pinion (1 101), the driven gear (2, 3, 102, 103) thus being in said second position.
12. Dispositif de réglage selon l'une des revendications 9 à 11, caractérisé par le fait que le pignon mené (2, 3, 102, 103), d'une part, porte une denture adaptée à engrener avec la denture du pignon menant (1, 101) et, d'autre part, porte un mobile coaxial dont une denture (11, 111), respectivement un doigt, est adapté à coopérer avec une denture, respectivement un organe d'actionnement (A, A, B, B') d'une fonction horlogère. 13. Dispositif de réglage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que le pignon menant (1, 101) est en liaison cinématique, en particulier par l'intermédiaire de renvois (9, 109, 109a), avec une couronne de remontage et/ou de réglage de la pièce d'horlogerie. 14. Pièce d'horlogerie, caractérisé par le fait qu'elle comprend un dispositif de réglage de fonctions horlogères selon l'une des revendications 1 à 13. 12. Adjusting device according to one of claims 9 to 11, characterized in that the driven pinion (2, 3, 102, 103), on the one hand, has a toothing adapted to mesh with the toothing of the driving pinion. (1, 101) and, on the other hand, wears a coaxial mobile with a toothing (11, 111), respectively a finger, is adapted to cooperate with a toothing, respectively an actuating member (A, A, B, B ') of a watch function. 13. Adjusting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the driving pinion (1, 101) is kinematically connected, in particular by means of referrals (9, 109, 109a), with a crown of winding and / or adjustment of the timepiece. 14. Timepiece, characterized in that it comprises a device for adjusting watch functions according to one of claims 1 to 13.
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