EP4375764A1 - Vorrichtung zur steuerung eines uhrwerks - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a timepiece control device, comprising at least one box arranged for receiving caps and/or watch heads, each said cap enclosing a timepiece movement of which a control member protrudes by relative to said cap, each said watch head enclosing such a clock movement, each said box comprising at least, removable and stackable one on the other, a base, a frame comprising at least one measuring support arranged for constitute a lower support of a said cap or a said watch head, and an upper part comprising at least one cover provided with at least one locking element arranged to cooperate in a complementary manner with a locking structure that said said bottom in a closing and locking position of said box in which closing and locking position at least one upper resilient element interposed between said frame and said cover is compressed to maintain each said cap and/or each said watch head that contains said box.
- the invention relates to the field of controls or adjustments of watch movements, watch heads and timepieces.
- EP3410234B1 in the name of OMEGA SA describes a box receiving a plurality of well-protected watch heads, in contact with which a probe or a microphone can access.
- the watch movements are arranged in boxes or racks, arranged in turn in compartments giving access to a microphone, or else in the bottom of which is arranged a microphone mounted on a suspended structure.
- the movement includes its winding stem topped with a crown and the movements are each placed in their own compartment so that the crown comes into contact with the microphone. The ticking of the watch can thus be captured, and the signal thus captured is transmitted to a processing circuit.
- the invention aims to improve the conditions for performance checks at the end of the manufacturing cycle, both for movements not yet fitted, packaged in ad hoc caps, and for watch heads ready for use.
- the invention relates to a device based on the use of boxes suitable for enclosing these movements in caps or watch heads, protecting them, orienting them in a measurement position, and acoustically isolating each of these movements from the other movements contained in the same box.
- the invention relates to a timepiece control device according to claim 1.
- Another aspect of the invention relates to a method for controlling and/or adjusting a timepiece.
- the invention relates to a device 100 for controlling a timepiece, comprising at least one box 1 arranged for receiving caps 200 and/or watch heads 300.
- the figures 1 to 58 illustrate different variants of such boxes 1 specific to the invention, and some of their particular constituents.
- Each cap 200 contains a watch movement 400, of which a control member 410, such as a winding and/or time setting rod, projects relative to the cap 200, in a radial direction DR.
- a control member 410 such as a winding and/or time setting rod
- Each watch head 300 contains such a clock movement 400.
- Each box 1 comprises at least, removable and stackable one on the other, a bottom 20, a frame 90 comprising at least one measuring support 500 arranged to constitute a lower support of a cap 200 or a head of shows 300, and a higher part.
- the frame 90 comprises at least one innovative measuring support 500, which will be detailed later, and which is arranged to constitute a lower support of such a cap 200 or such a watch head 300, in a measuring position.
- This upper part comprises at least one cover 10, which is provided with at least one locking element 16, in particular a drawer, which is arranged to cooperate in a complementary manner with a locking structure 23 which the bottom 20 comprises in a position of closing and locking the box 1.
- at least one upper resilient element 80, 83 which is interposed between the frame 90 and the cover 10, or which is carried by the cover 10, is compressed by the locking of a locking element 16, to hold each cap 200 and/or each watch head 300 contained in the box 1.
- the locking element 16 is a sliding drawer in the grooves of the cover 10, and which has eye grooves, which cooperate with the end grooves of two columns 23 fixed to the bottom 20, in particular by means of a nut 230 or similar.
- a clipping stop maintains the locking end position of these drawers.
- each measuring support 500 is supported by a sole made of flexible resilient material allowing clearance 921 to be taken up, and is without direct contact with the frame 90 nor with the bottom 10.
- This measuring support 500 is arranged to carry at least one internal sensor 510 arranged to listen to the operation of a clock movement 400 enclosed in a cap 200 or a watch head 300, in this closing and locking position, where the distal end 411 of the control member 410 in the case of a cap 200, or respectively a support zone 301, for example between the horns 300, of a watch head 300, is supported on the measuring support 500, on an edge of this control member 410 or respectively of the watch head 300.
- each watch movement 400 contained in the box 1 is sonically isolated from the other watch movements 400 in box 1 by other resilient elements 60, 70, 80, 922, 931, 932, 933 in box 1.
- certain resilient elements 60, 70, 80, 922, 932, 933 constitute or comprise receptacles arranged to surround a cap 200 or a watch head 300 by separating it from neighboring caps 200 or watch heads 300, at less at the level of the back side and the dial side of the watch movement 400 which encloses the cap 200 or the watch head 300.
- certain resilient elements 922, 931, 933 are arranged to angularly position a cap 200 or a watch head 300 relative to a measuring support 500, in a plane perpendicular to a main plane defined by the frame 90.
- the radial direction DR of a cap 200 is positioned perpendicular to this main plane.
- the support zone 301 chosen to measure the watch head 300 in the correct orientation as visible on the figure 49 , which illustrates the two cases: watch head 300 on the left, and cap 200 on the right.
- certain resilient elements 932, 933, 80, 83 are arranged to cover other resilient elements 922, 931, 933, 932, to grip each cap 200 or each watch head 300 as closely as possible in the closing and locking position.
- At least one resilient element or more particularly still each resilient element 60, 70, 80, 921, 922, 931, 932, 933, 80, 83, which the box 1 comprises is made of flexible resilient material allowing the recovery of game, or comprises such a resilient material on each side intended to be in contact with a cap 200 or a watch head 300.
- the flexibility of such a resilient element is essentially linked to its shape, these elements provide two major functions: insulation and recovery of clearances (of the order of a millimeter).
- Certain resilient elements acting as clamps such as nests 922 intended to receive caps, have a plastic structure, comprising resilient elements acting as clamps, injected to facilitate the manufacture of clamp arms 601 which they comprise, this structure is advantageously lined internally with flexible resilient material allowing play to be taken up.
- the same type of manufacturing can concern other resilient elements of the box, such as for example a first lateral resilient element 933 or a second lateral resilient element 932 exposed later.
- the upper part comprises at least one removable belt 30, which is arranged to be stacked between the bottom 20 and the cover 10.
- This belt 30 comprises at least one through chamber 33, which is arranged to directly or indirectly surround a plurality of caps 200 or watch heads 300 isolated from the walls of the chamber 33 by at least one resilient element 922, 931, 932, 933.
- the locking structure that the bottom 20 comprises comprises columns 23, which pass through at least one electronic module 51 arranged to be placed on the bottom 20.
- the electronic module 51 is hidden by the frame 90 to avoid any contact between its components and energy storage means 52, in particular batteries or similar, arranged on the opposite side.
- this bottom 20 comprises at least one window 24, which is arranged for the connection of external data exchange circuits with at least one such electronic module 51, and for the connection of external power supply circuits of these data storage means.
- energy 52 which are protected by the frame 90.
- the battery holder 53 may include a rigid structure, clipped to the frame 90.
- the electronic module 51 includes markers identifying the back side and the dial side of the movements 400.
- the belt 30 comprises at least one cover 34 for the insulation and protection of these energy storage means 52, fixed in a compartment 53, in particular a battery holder, carried by the frame 90 or by at least an electronic module 51.
- This cover 34 advantageously comprises an interior stop 341, in particular resilient, facing the energy storage means 52.
- the sole made of resilient material 921 comprises, around a central orifice 47, a network of first holes 45, which are arranged to receive fixing means, in particular and not limited to elastic clips 91 arranged to cooperate with a network of fixing holes 9210 that the frame 90 includes, these elastic clips 91 are preferably made of plastic material.
- the sole made of resilient material 921 also comprises a network of second holes 46, which face passages 9220 which the frame 90 comprises, these second holes 46 are arranged to receive feet 9221 which include some of the resilient elements 60, 70, 80 , 922, 931, 932, 933.
- a bead 478 surrounds the central orifice 47, and has an interior groove 48 for housing a base 503 of a measuring support 500.
- each measuring support 500 is suspended and electrically isolated from the frame 90 and the structure of the box 1; and it is the same for movements 400, caps 200, and watch heads 300.
- the device 100 comprises universal caps 200 adapted to all the boxes 1 that the device 100 includes: the caps 200 are externally all identical for a given device 100; the boxes 1 for their part can receive, depending on the need, equipment, in particular resilient elements adapted to the objects to be tested: caps 200 or watch heads 300.
- figure 49 shows a theoretical textbook case where one chamber 33 receives watch heads, and where the other receives caps 200, which the configuration of the boxes 1 according to the invention allows, even if this does not constitute the best solution in terms of logistics terms, because it is easier to manage boxes 1, each with uniform contents.
- caps 200 are externally all identical for a given device 100, they differ internally depending on the nature of the movement 400 intended to be inserted therein, and each model is adapted to project the distal part 411 of the control member 410 relative to a reference axis common to all the caps 200: relative to the external profile and a single reference, the resting dimension on a support 500 is identical for all the caps 200 even containing movements 400 different from each other.
- the cap 200 comprises flat outer plates 218, 238, respectively forming a bottom 210 and a cover 230, which delimit it, and which frame the surfaces 219, respectively 239, of the bottom 210 and the cover 230; these bearings 219 and 239 are in recessed support on a transport ring 220 which carries the movement 400 and determines its orientation, the radial direction DR, and the eccentricity of the distal part 411 of the control member 410 relative to a reference axis common to all the caps 200, the eccentricity being identical for all the caps 200 and all the movements 400.
- the edges of these planar exterior plates 218, 238 preferably include planar reference surfaces 240P, which define the reference axis DC relative to which the eccentricity of the crown is determined.
- the bottom 210, the cover 230, and the ring transport 220 include an indexing relief 217, 237, 227, such as a notch or the like.
- indexing relief 217, 237, 227 such as a notch or the like.
- orientation relief 216, 236, 226, making it possible to determine, in relation to the indexing relief, the location of the dial side and the back side of the movement 400.
- the box 1 for receiving each cap 200, the box 1 comprises a lower receptacle 60, which is more particularly a resilient nest 922 pluggable by feet 9220 on a sole made of resilient material 921, and which internally comprises female imprints corresponding to part of the outer contour of flat outer plates 218, 238, of the cap 200, with supports arranged to cooperate with plane reference surfaces 240P of the cap 200.
- a lower receptacle 60 which is more particularly a resilient nest 922 pluggable by feet 9220 on a sole made of resilient material 921, and which internally comprises female imprints corresponding to part of the outer contour of flat outer plates 218, 238, of the cap 200, with supports arranged to cooperate with plane reference surfaces 240P of the cap 200.
- the nests 922 advantageously comprise elastic blades 601, with a bead or an end nozzle 602, which are arranged to keep a cap 200 imprisoned resting on a measuring support 500 at the distal end 411 of a control member 410 of a movement 400 enclosed in the cap 200, in a measurement position in which the radial direction DR of the control member 410 is aligned with the measurement support 500.
- the nests 922 can be unitary, as shown in the figures, or multiple; the unitary configuration facilitates plugging into the resilient 921 material sole.
- the box 1 is arranged for receiving watch heads 300, and comprises, for receiving each watch head 300, at least one lower resilient element 70 which includes a wedging plate 931 arranged for maintaining, lower wedging , and the orientation of the watch head 300 and which is pluggable by feet on a sole made of resilient material 921, a first lateral resilient element 933 arranged to maintain and cushion the crystal and the bottom of the watch head 300, and a second resilient element lateral 932 arranged to be housed in a chamber 33 and compress the first lateral resilient element 933 around each watch head 300.
- at least one lower resilient element 70 which includes a wedging plate 931 arranged for maintaining, lower wedging , and the orientation of the watch head 300 and which is pluggable by feet on a sole made of resilient material 921, a first lateral resilient element 933 arranged to maintain and cushion the crystal and the bottom of the watch head 300, and a second resilient element lateral 932 arranged to be housed in a chamber 33 and compress the first lateral resilient element 933 around each watch head
- the box 1 comprises, for its accommodation in each chamber 33, such a second lateral resilient element 932 which comprises several hollow profiles, a first lateral resilient element 933 comprising the same number of receptacles, and a wedging plate 931 with the same number of wedging cells, and also includes an upper resilient element 80, 83, with the same number of supports.
- a second lateral resilient element 932 which comprises several hollow profiles
- a first lateral resilient element 933 comprising the same number of receptacles
- a wedging plate 931 with the same number of wedging cells
- the figures illustrate an example with rows arranged to receive five watch heads 300.
- each wedging plate 931 and at least each first lateral resilient element 933 are arranged to orient a support surface 301 of a watch head 300, in particular located between two horns of the watch head 300 in the example non-limiting to the figure 49 , to cooperate in support with a measuring support 500.
- At least the frame 90 includes identification markings on the dial side 95 (marker C) or on the back side 96 (marker F) of the caps 200 or watch heads 300.
- the box 1 includes mechanical keying devices to ensure uniform positioning of the dial side and the back side of the caps 200 or the watch heads 300.
- the box 1 includes, on some of its constituent elements, pictograms or moldings in bas-reliefs 94, 97, 98, allowing the user to easily distinguish: the use for caps 200 or for watch heads 300, the dial side and the back side, the position of the crown or other elements of the 400 movements.
- the device 100 advantageously comprises measuring supports 500 which are arranged to channel the vibration signal emitted by a movement 400 towards an acoustic sensor 510. More particularly, as visible on the figures 49 , 50 , 51 , 57, 58 , each support 500 comprises a horn 501, preferably rotationally symmetrical, and similar to a bell with a conical or evolving interior profile, narrowing towards a massive zone 502 constituting a concentrator arranged above a base 503 receiving the sensor 510 This pavilion has, at its most open side, an exterior diameter DE, less than the lugs of the watch cases 300 to be treated in box 1, and an interior diameter DI greater than the diameter of the crowns of the movements 400 enclosed in the.
- a groove 504 allows the passage of a cable 520 or the like connected to at least one electronic module 51.
- the base 503 is advantageously housed in a groove 48 which comprises a sole made of resilient material 921, and trapped by a bead 478 which ensures its maintenance.
- This same sole 921 also includes a groove 49 for the passage of the cable 920, and advantageously a narrowing 490 acting as a clamp to immobilize this cable 520.
- each internal sensor 510 is a piezo sensor
- each electronic module 51 is arranged to emit and/or receive infrared signals and/or other signals for triggering manipulation means 101 for the stirring of at least one box and the automatic winding mechanism included in the watch movements 400 contained in the box 1.
- control means 110 external to the box 1 thus activate the electronic module 51 of the box, which sends its information back.
- these manipulation means 101 comprise at least one manipulator, which is arranged to manipulate, in particular via at least one gripper 105, at least one such box 1, which this device 100 comprises.
- a manipulator 101 or gripper 105 is arranged to cooperate with gripping means 12, 22, 32, which each box 1 comprises.
- the device 100 advantageously comprises detection means 109, which are arranged to collect information from the internal sensor 510 and/or from at least one electronic module 51, and control each manipulator 101 accordingly.
- the manipulator 101 comprises at least one external sensor 102 and/or a tool 103, which is arranged to be inserted through openings of a box 1, and which is arranged to carry out a measurement and/or an adjustment on a timepiece 400 housed in a compartment of box 1.
- an external sensor 102 is a microphone, or a camera, or a contact vibration sensor.
- a tool 103 is a mechanical, or magnetic, or other tool.
- the manipulator 101 includes as many external sensors 102 and/or tools 103 as a box 1 has compartments.
- the manipulator 101 is a multi-axis robot, capable of simulating all bearing positions in space, and not only the usual chronometric control positions, but also any realistic position in space.
- the same manipulator 101, or advantageously another related manipulator 104 comprises an end arm which comprises a head provided with these different external sensors 102 or tools 103, to allow simultaneous intervention on all the parts of watchmaking 1000 that includes a particular box 1.
- Such a manipulator 101 or 104 can thus, depending on the control to be carried out, use a head equipped with external sensors 102, or a head equipped with tools 103, or a mixed head equipped with both external sensors 102 and tools 103, or other.
- the manipulator 101 is arranged to manipulate each box 1 at least in different control and/or chronometric adjustment positions, under different physical conditions: different temperatures, at different humidity levels, under different pressures or depressions, or even subjected to vibrations, or to gaseous or liquid flows, or others.
- these operations can be performed not only in particular positions, but also during programmed movements between different positions in space.
- the device 100 or the manipulator 101 that it comprises, comprises control means 110, which are arranged to manage its movements in space, as well as the duration of the controls and/or adjustments in the different positions occupied by each box 1, and/or during the different movements imparted to this box 1.
- control means 110 which are arranged to manage its movements in space, as well as the duration of the controls and/or adjustments in the different positions occupied by each box 1, and/or during the different movements imparted to this box 1.
- the manipulator 101 can also be arranged to handle several boxes 1 at the same time.
- the device 100 comprises operating means, which are arranged to carry out the opening and closing of the covers 10 relative to the funds 20, to carry out control operations under a magnetic field, and/or pressurization/ depression, and/or tightness control operations, and/or etching operations, and/or washing, or other.
- These operating means may be manipulators 101 or 104, or other automated handling means. They cooperate with notches or lugs 12, 22, 32, which respectively comprise the cover 20, the bottom 10, the belt 30.
- the device 100 advantageously comprises means for reading identification elements which the boxes 1 contain, and means for detecting the position in space of indexing elements which the boxes 1 also contain.
- the manipulator 101 has of all the information relating to the boxes 1, their position, their contents, and the control means 110 are preferably intended to be interfaced with production management means to ensure the traceability of the boxes 1 and their contents.
- the clock movement 400 is equipped with internal adjustment means adapted to cooperate with non-intrusive external adjustment means, in particular using a laser to modify the mechanical parameters of an oscillator included in this clock movement 400.
- the invention makes it possible to have universal boxes for processing watch caps or heads.
- boxes can include standardized elements: bottom, frame, lid.
- the belts can be differentiated according to the operations to be carried out on the crowns or watch heads; depending on the case, they can have side openings 390, easily closable, or even be completely closed on the sides.
- the side shutter is useful for isolating a box from neighboring boxes, because the activation of a given box by an infrared signal must not also trigger the activation of neighboring boxes, which is not desired.
- a variant with side opening allows the introduction of a tool such as pliers or the like.
- These structural elements can be made of injected plastic material, or even of hard plastic foam such as expanded polypropylene, or similar.
- the structural elements include notches or lugs 12, 22, 32, for gripping them, they also include feet 17, 271, 37, and housings 170, 270, 370, 371, both for internal stacking on the within a box, as well as for stacking between boxes. Some of these feet are keyed tenons 39, cooperating with keyed housings 190, guaranteeing the correct orientation of the components.
- the number of notches, lugs, feet on each side can also be different, which ensures effective coding. These feet still make it possible to protect the resilient elements from dust, in particular the upper resilient elements often fixed under the covers, when the elements of structure concerned are placed on a work surface.
- the watch positions are marked on the cases and their structural elements.
- the resilient elements are standardized for the treatment of the caps, which are all externally identical, and make it possible to present the end of the crown at a perfectly known fixed dimension.
- Resilient elements for watch heads can be adapted in different sizes, but with a small number of different models, which facilitates storage and distribution logistics.
- the boxes offer a unique internal geometric reference, the positions of the measuring supports are fixed, and the internal arrangement of the boxes makes it possible to guarantee perfect orientation and position of the caps and watch heads.
- this internal geometric reference depends on the shape of the frames, which are easy to modify, these frames being able to be made very economically in stamped sheet metal.
- the particular measuring support implemented by the invention offers, in addition to the advantage of a quality measurement, much more reliable than probing on a crystal or the back of a watch case, appreciable versatility since it is suitable both to the caps and to the watch heads; in this last case, the support between horns is advantageous, and makes it possible not to touch the appearance surfaces of the watch head.
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US18/240,944 US20240176305A1 (en) | 2022-11-24 | 2023-08-31 | Timepiece testing device |
JP2023148038A JP2024076338A (ja) | 2022-11-24 | 2023-09-13 | 計時器用制御デバイス |
CN202311588666.9A CN118068673A (zh) | 2022-11-24 | 2023-11-24 | 时计测试装置 |
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EP3410234B1 (de) | 2017-06-02 | 2020-03-11 | Omega SA | Verpackungsschachtel für uhren und kontroll- und/oder regulierungsvorrichtung von uhren |
EP3812847A1 (de) * | 2019-10-21 | 2021-04-28 | The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd | Messsystem für mehrere mechanische uhrwerke |
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