EP3715960A1 - Fréquence d'horloge reglable - Google Patents

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EP3715960A1
EP3715960A1 EP19166419.2A EP19166419A EP3715960A1 EP 3715960 A1 EP3715960 A1 EP 3715960A1 EP 19166419 A EP19166419 A EP 19166419A EP 3715960 A1 EP3715960 A1 EP 3715960A1
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clock
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escapement
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Luciano SASSO
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La Vallee SRL
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Priority to PCT/IB2020/052792 priority patent/WO2020201918A1/fr
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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
    • G04B15/00—Escapements
    • G04B15/06—Free escapements
    • G04B15/08—Lever escapements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04F—TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING
    • G04F7/00—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by non-electric means
    • G04F7/04—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by non-electric means using a mechanical oscillator

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  • the present invention in a more general aspect thereof, concerns the advancing frequency of the mechanisms of clocks.
  • the invention preferably concerns mechanical clocks, in other words those in which the mobile indicator elements like the hands, the discs or the dials or other, are driven by mechanisms that comprise an escapement system.
  • the escapement mechanisms that are used to advance the hands and the other mobile parts comprise a series of gears and of mechanical members that transform the drive torque supplied usually by a spring, so as to obtain a desired advancing speed: for example, the seconds hand will typically perform one complete turn in a minute, whereas the minute hand will perform one turn in an hour and so on.
  • this advancing system is regulated by the oscillation frequency of a component called balance wheel, which under the elastic contrast action of a spring carries out alternate rotations with a predetermined frequency and/or amplitude.
  • the ticking produced by mechanical clocks is closely linked to the oscillation frequency of the balance wheel.
  • anchor another component that regulates the motion of another component called “anchor”, which, as a result of its geometry and the constraints placed on it, moves alternately into two extreme positions.
  • a technical problem forming the basis of the invention is to provide a clock with structural and operating characteristics such as to reduce or in any case limit the drawbacks due to the sound associated with the escapement operating mechanism.
  • a clock in which the oscillation frequency of its escapement mechanism can be set according to requirements.
  • such a frequency is different from the high frequencies of known clocks and in any case different from that necessary to advance the second or minute hands, nevertheless ensuring the advancing speed of the latter, in other words one turn per minute or one turn per hour.
  • the mechanism of figure 1 is of the type intended for wrist watches; however, those skilled in the art are able to make the necessary variations in the case of table or wall clocks, possibly even pendulum clocks.
  • the device 1 comprises an anchor mechanism 4 and balance wheel 5 that oscillates in contrast to the elastic action of a coil spring 6; the anchor 4 engages with a sawtooth wheel 7 of the escapement, which is set in motion by a gear train 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 13, 31, 29 in cascade that receive the drive torque from a spring 30.
  • the latter is loaded manually by a crown 25 and a drum gear 26, 27, 28.
  • the frequency at which the balance wheel 5 is made to oscillate by means of the coil spring 6 is a constructive choice that is made at the design stage according to the teaching of the invention: such a frequency is preferably selected as a function of the user and/or the environment in which the clock in which the device 1 is mounted is arranged.
  • Fig. 1 shows the escapement device of a mechanical clock (in the example a wrist watch), where the clicks of the anchor 4 release the teeth of the escapement wheel 7 one at a time, said wheel 7 being set in motion by the entire gear train 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 13, 14, 29, which moves the minute hand 3, hour hand 2 and, consequently, all of the other indications possibly present on the clock face 35, in this case the seconds hand 15.
  • the frequency of the sound produced by the contact between the anchor 4 and the teeth of the escapement wheel 7 is preset as a function of parameters outside of the clock, such as the heart rate of the user, the environment in which the clock is located or other.
  • teaching of the invention also extends to table and wall clocks, so that in such circumstances it will be possible to have variants with respect to what is shown in the figure, which concerns a wrist watch.
  • the load crown 25 could be absent or in any case different; the same applies to the gear train 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 13, 14, 29 that makes it possible to obtain the desired gear ratio for a given oscillation frequency of the balance wheel 5.

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EP19166419.2A 2019-03-29 2019-03-29 Fréquence d'horloge reglable Withdrawn EP3715960A1 (fr)

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EP19166419.2A EP3715960A1 (fr) 2019-03-29 2019-03-29 Fréquence d'horloge reglable
PCT/IB2020/052792 WO2020201918A1 (fr) 2019-03-29 2020-03-25 Horloge à fréquence réglable

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EP2570870A1 (fr) * 2011-09-15 2013-03-20 The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd. Pièce d'horlogerie à oscillateurs couplés de manière permanente

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EP2570870A1 (fr) * 2011-09-15 2013-03-20 The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd. Pièce d'horlogerie à oscillateurs couplés de manière permanente

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