US3649858A - Transmission, particularly for use in a timepiece, for converting the oscillating movement of a tuning fork into a rotating movement - Google Patents
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- ABSTRACT A transmission, particularly for use in a timepiece, for converting the oscillating movement of a tuning fork into a rotating movement, wherein a driving element in diving engagement with an indexing wheel is mounted on a driving rod rigidly fixed to one branch of the tuning fork for obtaining a substantially rectilinear movement of said driving element in spite of nonrectilinear oscillation of said tuning fork.
- This invention relates to a transmission for converting an oscillating movement of a tuning fork into a rotating movement, comprising at least one driving element in driving engagement with an indexing wheel and to which the oscillating movement of said tuning fork is transmitted.
- Said driving element may be a stepping pawl acting onto a ratchet wheel or a ferromagnetic element acting onto a track of ferromagnetic material of the indexing wheel by magnetic forces without touching it.
- the driving element In transmissions of this kind it is desirable to attach the driving element to a portion of the tuning fork as distant as possible from the nodal point of the tuning fork in order to impart to this driving element an amplitude as high as possible.
- the portions of the tuning fork having the greatest distance from the nodal point that is, the free ends of the branches of the tuning fork, not only oscillate with the greatest amplitude during normal operation, but also have the highest amplitude of disturbing oscillations occurring due to shocks acting onto the timepiece. Therefore, driving elements fixed to the free ends of the branches of the tuning fork are liable to produce faulty advance of the indexing wheel due to disturbing amplitudes of substantial magnitude of the branch ends of the tuning fork.
- a magnetized oscillating driving element faces a profiled track of ferromagnetic material of the indexing wheel.
- the airgap between the driving element and the indexing wheel should be very small, but in this case the driving element might easily bump against the indexing wheel when the free end of the tuning fork is deviated by shocks acting onto the timepiece.
- the magnetized driving element should execute an oscillating movement as rectilinear as possible.
- This invention aims in mounting said driving element in such a manner that its oscillating movement is practically rectilinear and has an amplitude nearly as important as the free ends of the branches of the tuning fork, but that the disturbing amplitudes of the driving element are much smaller that those of the free ends of the branches of the tuning fork when shocks act onto the timepiece.
- This aim of the invention is achieved broadly by fixing said driving element on a driving rod rigidly mounted on one branch of the tuning fork between the nodal point and the free end of said branch.
- FIG. I shows a preferred embodiment of the transmission according to the invention.
- FIG. 2 shows a modification of the transmission including a curved driving rod.
- FIG. 1 has a mounted base I connected to the nodal point 2 of the tuning fork by a bridge 3 of reduced cross section.
- the branches 4 of the tuning fork are of substantially circular form. Their annular length is in the order of 90 and their free ends 5 are directed inwardly.
- a pot 6 of soft iron with a permanent magnet 7 is fixed to each end portion 5 of the tuning fork (one only being shown).
- a coil disposed in the airgap between magnet 7 and pot 6 serves as a driving coil or control coil connected to an amplifier sustaining the oscillation of the tuning fork 4.
- a straight driving rod is rigidly fixed to the one branch 4 of the tuning fork between its free end and its nodal point.
- this rod 8 is fixed to the branch at a distance of about 40 from the nodal point 2, and the rod 8 has an inclination of about 9 to 10 towards the center or symmetry axis of the tuning fork.
- the free end of the driving rod 8 carries a support 9 whereon is fixed a permanent magnet 10 having two poles 10a, 10b. These poles 10a and 10b face the circumference of an indexing wheel 11 mounted on a shaft 12. As indicated, the rotating movement is transmitted by a worm 13 on shaft 12 and a wheel 14 meshing therewith to the hands of the timepiece.
- Support 9 is disposed near pot 6, that is, near the free end of the left branch 4 of the tuning fork, but there is no direct connection between these parts. Therefore, support 9 and magnet 10 may oscillate at an amplitude and in a direction entirely independent of the amplitude and direction of the oscillation of parts 5 and 6. It was found that for the design as illustrated in the drawing, parts 9 and 10 will execute a practically rectilinear oscillating movement in a direction parallel to the axis 12, while parts 5, 6 and 7 oscillate along practically circular curves of small radius with their center approximately in the center of gravity of parts 4 to 7. Of course the rectilinear oscillation of support 9 is more suitable for driving the magnet 10 than the substantially circular oscillation of portions 5 and 6.
- the deviations of the branches of the tuning fork under shocks acting onto the timepiece are of much greater amplitude than the deviations of support 9 under the same conditions.
- the oscillating amplitude of support 9 of which the distance from the nodal point 2 is nearly equal to the distance of portions 5 and 6 from the nodal point is practically in the same order as the amplitude of the free ends of the branches of the tuning fork. In this way an efficient and reliable transmission is obtained for converting the oscillating movement of the tuning fork into a rotating movement.
- Other forms of the tuning fork, of the driving rod and of the driving element are feasible.
- the track may be magnetized instead, or the driving element and the track may be magnetized.
- another type of driving element for instance, a stepping pawl may be used.
- a straight driving rod 8 a curved driving rod 8 bypassing obstacles may be provided as shown in FIG. 2.
- a transmission for converting an oscillating movement of a tuning fork into a rotating movement comprising:
- a rigid driving rod rigidly mounted at one end thereof to one branch of said tuning fork at a point of said fork between the nodal point and the free end of said branch;
- a driving element magnetically engaged with said wheel for effecting driving thereof, said element being rigidly mounted upon the opposite end of said rod, the oscillations of said rod end oscillating said driving element to effect said magnetic drive of said wheel.
- indexing wheel has a profiled track of ferromagnetic material, said driving element acting onto said track and indexing wheel respectively by magnetic forces.
- tuning fork has curved branches for instance circular branches, carrying driving magnets for sustaining the oscillation of the tuning fork.
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Abstract
A transmission, particularly for use in a timepiece, for converting the oscillating movement of a tuning fork into a rotating movement, wherein a driving element in diving engagement with an indexing wheel is mounted on a driving rod rigidly fixed to one branch of the tuning fork for obtaining a substantially rectilinear movement of said driving element in spite of nonrectilinear oscillation of said tuning fork.
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United States Patent Raval [54] TRANSMISSION, PARTICULARLY FOR USE IN A TIMEPIECE, FOR CONVERTING THE OSCILLATING MOVEMENT OF A TUNING FORK INTO A ROTATING MOVEMENT Gaston Raval, La Neuveville, Switzerland Omega Louis Brandt & Frere S.A. Biel, Beme, Switzerland Feb. 6, 1970 Inventor:
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[30] Foreign Application Priority Data Feb. 19, 1969 Switzerland ..2477/69 US. Cl. ..3l0/2l, 58/23 TF, 58/116 M, 3l0/25 Int. Cl. ..H02k 7/06 FieldofSearch ..3l0/25, 37, 20,2l,22;58/23, 58/116, 121, 122, 27; 74/15, 88
[ 5] Mar. 14, 1972 [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,403,767 1/1922 Goff. ..310/21 3,283,495 11/1966 Hetzeletal ..58/23 3,410,081 ll/l968 Kuefier ..sa/23 3,486,049 12/1969 Hetzel ..31o/2s 2,690,646 10/1954 Clifford ..58/ll6 FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 470,017 4/1969 Switzerland ..58/23 Pn'mary Examiner-J. D. Miller Assistant Examiner-B. A. Reynolds Attorney-Imirie and Smiley [57] ABSTRACT A transmission, particularly for use in a timepiece, for converting the oscillating movement of a tuning fork into a rotating movement, wherein a driving element in diving engagement with an indexing wheel is mounted on a driving rod rigidly fixed to one branch of the tuning fork for obtaining a substantially rectilinear movement of said driving element in spite of nonrectilinear oscillation of said tuning fork.
10 Claims, 2 Drawing figures PATENTEDMAR 14 I972 3,649,858
I U101 O TRANSMISSION, PARTICULARLY FOR USE IN A TIMEPIECE, FOR CONVERTING-THE OSCILLATING MOVEMENT OF A TUNING FORK INTO A ROTATING MOVEMENT BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a transmission for converting an oscillating movement of a tuning fork into a rotating movement, comprising at least one driving element in driving engagement with an indexing wheel and to which the oscillating movement of said tuning fork is transmitted. Said driving element may be a stepping pawl acting onto a ratchet wheel or a ferromagnetic element acting onto a track of ferromagnetic material of the indexing wheel by magnetic forces without touching it. In transmissions of this kind it is desirable to attach the driving element to a portion of the tuning fork as distant as possible from the nodal point of the tuning fork in order to impart to this driving element an amplitude as high as possible. However, it is generally known that the portions of the tuning fork having the greatest distance from the nodal point, that is, the free ends of the branches of the tuning fork, not only oscillate with the greatest amplitude during normal operation, but also have the highest amplitude of disturbing oscillations occurring due to shocks acting onto the timepiece. Therefore, driving elements fixed to the free ends of the branches of the tuning fork are liable to produce faulty advance of the indexing wheel due to disturbing amplitudes of substantial magnitude of the branch ends of the tuning fork.
Particular problems are encountered with a magnetic transmission wherein a magnetized oscillating driving element faces a profiled track of ferromagnetic material of the indexing wheel. In order to obtain a high efficiency of such a system the airgap between the driving element and the indexing wheel should be very small, but in this case the driving element might easily bump against the indexing wheel when the free end of the tuning fork is deviated by shocks acting onto the timepiece. Further, the magnetized driving element should execute an oscillating movement as rectilinear as possible. However, it was found that the oscillating movement of the free ends of the branches of a tuning fork is not sufficiently rectilinear, particularly when the branches of the tuning fork are of circular form or another curved form which is advantageous for tuning forks to be used in timepieces. It is thus difficult or practically impossible to make use of a transmission of good efficiency and reliability with a magnetized driving element, if this element is directly fixed to the free end of one of the branches of the tuning fork.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention aims in mounting said driving element in such a manner that its oscillating movement is practically rectilinear and has an amplitude nearly as important as the free ends of the branches of the tuning fork, but that the disturbing amplitudes of the driving element are much smaller that those of the free ends of the branches of the tuning fork when shocks act onto the timepiece. This aim of the invention is achieved broadly by fixing said driving element on a driving rod rigidly mounted on one branch of the tuning fork between the nodal point and the free end of said branch.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. I, shows a preferred embodiment of the transmission according to the invention, and
FIG. 2, shows a modification of the transmission including a curved driving rod.
The tuning fork whereof a portion is illustrated, FIG. 1 has a mounted base I connected to the nodal point 2 of the tuning fork by a bridge 3 of reduced cross section. The branches 4 of the tuning fork are of substantially circular form. Their annular length is in the order of 90 and their free ends 5 are directed inwardly. A pot 6 of soft iron with a permanent magnet 7 is fixed to each end portion 5 of the tuning fork (one only being shown). A coil disposed in the airgap between magnet 7 and pot 6 serves as a driving coil or control coil connected to an amplifier sustaining the oscillation of the tuning fork 4.
A straight driving rod is rigidly fixed to the one branch 4 of the tuning fork between its free end and its nodal point. In the illustrated example this rod 8 is fixed to the branch at a distance of about 40 from the nodal point 2, and the rod 8 has an inclination of about 9 to 10 towards the center or symmetry axis of the tuning fork. The free end of the driving rod 8 carries a support 9 whereon is fixed a permanent magnet 10 having two poles 10a, 10b. These poles 10a and 10b face the circumference of an indexing wheel 11 mounted on a shaft 12. As indicated, the rotating movement is transmitted by a worm 13 on shaft 12 and a wheel 14 meshing therewith to the hands of the timepiece. Support 9 is disposed near pot 6, that is, near the free end of the left branch 4 of the tuning fork, but there is no direct connection between these parts. Therefore, support 9 and magnet 10 may oscillate at an amplitude and in a direction entirely independent of the amplitude and direction of the oscillation of parts 5 and 6. It was found that for the design as illustrated in the drawing, parts 9 and 10 will execute a practically rectilinear oscillating movement in a direction parallel to the axis 12, while parts 5, 6 and 7 oscillate along practically circular curves of small radius with their center approximately in the center of gravity of parts 4 to 7. Of course the rectilinear oscillation of support 9 is more suitable for driving the magnet 10 than the substantially circular oscillation of portions 5 and 6. In addition it was found that the deviations of the branches of the tuning fork under shocks acting onto the timepiece are of much greater amplitude than the deviations of support 9 under the same conditions. On the other hand, the oscillating amplitude of support 9 of which the distance from the nodal point 2 is nearly equal to the distance of portions 5 and 6 from the nodal point, is practically in the same order as the amplitude of the free ends of the branches of the tuning fork. In this way an efficient and reliable transmission is obtained for converting the oscillating movement of the tuning fork into a rotating movement. Other forms of the tuning fork, of the driving rod and of the driving element are feasible. Instead of using a magnetized driving element together with a nonmagnetized profiled track of ferromagnetic material on the driving wheel, the track may be magnetized instead, or the driving element and the track may be magnetized. Further, another type of driving element, for instance, a stepping pawl may be used. Instead of using a straight driving rod 8, a curved driving rod 8 bypassing obstacles may be provided as shown in FIG. 2.
What I claim is:
l. A transmission for converting an oscillating movement of a tuning fork into a rotating movement comprising:
a magnetically driven indexing wheel;
a rigid driving rod, rigidly mounted at one end thereof to one branch of said tuning fork at a point of said fork between the nodal point and the free end of said branch; and
a driving element magnetically engaged with said wheel for effecting driving thereof, said element being rigidly mounted upon the opposite end of said rod, the oscillations of said rod end oscillating said driving element to effect said magnetic drive of said wheel.
2. A transmission according to claim 1, wherein said driving rod is fixed nearer to said nodal point than to said free end.
3. A transmission according to claim 1, comprising a straight driving rod.
4. A transmission according to claim 1, comprising a curved driving rod for bypassing obstacles.
5. A transmission according to claim 1, wherein said indexing wheel has a profiled track of ferromagnetic material, said driving element acting onto said track and indexing wheel respectively by magnetic forces.
6. A transmission according to claim I, wherein said tuning fork has curved branches for instance circular branches, carrying driving magnets for sustaining the oscillation of the tuning fork.
of said driving element from the nodal point of the tuning fork being substantially the same as the distance between the nodal point and the free end of said branch.
10. A transmission according to claim I, wherein said rod extends toward said free end of the branch with the free end of the rod and said driving element, respectively, in proximity of said free end of the branch.
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1. A transmission for converting an oscillating movement of a tuning fork into A rotating movement comprising: a magnetically driven indexing wheel; a rigid driving rod, rigidly mounted at one end thereof to one branch of said tuning fork at a point of said fork between the nodal point and the free end of said branch; and a driving element magnetically engaged with said wheel for effecting driving thereof, said element being rigidly mounted upon the opposite end of said rod, the oscillations of said rod end oscillating said driving element to effect said magnetic drive of said wheel.
2. A transmission according to claim 1, wherein said driving rod is fixed nearer to said nodal point than to said free end.
3. A transmission according to claim 1, comprising a straight driving rod.
4. A transmission according to claim 1, comprising a curved driving rod for bypassing obstacles.
5. A transmission according to claim 1, wherein said indexing wheel has a profiled track of ferromagnetic material, said driving element acting onto said track and indexing wheel respectively by magnetic forces.
6. A transmission according to claim 1, wherein said tuning fork has curved branches for instance circular branches, carrying driving magnets for sustaining the oscillation of the tuning fork.
7. A transmission according to claim 6, wherein said branches have an angular length in the order of 90*, said driving rod being fixed to the one branch at a distance in the order of 40* from said nodal point.
8. A transmission according to claim 7, wherein said driving rod is inclined by an angle in the order of 10* towards the axis of symmetry of said tuning fork.
9. A transmission according to claim 1 wherein the distance of said driving element from the nodal point of the tuning fork being substantially the same as the distance between the nodal point and the free end of said branch.
10. A transmission according to claim 1, wherein said rod extends toward said free end of the branch with the free end of the rod and said driving element, respectively, in proximity of said free end of the branch.
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