US3797226A - Timepiece fitted with a regulator controllable from outside - Google Patents

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US3797226A
US3797226A US00360552A US3797226DA US3797226A US 3797226 A US3797226 A US 3797226A US 00360552 A US00360552 A US 00360552A US 3797226D A US3797226D A US 3797226DA US 3797226 A US3797226 A US 3797226A
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K Inoki
T Mastumura
K Komiyama
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Priority claimed from JP3714873A external-priority patent/JPS5410263B2/ja
Priority claimed from JP1973039164U external-priority patent/JPS5336139Y2/ja
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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
    • G04B18/00—Mechanisms for setting frequency
    • G04B18/02—Regulator or adjustment devices; Indexing devices, e.g. raquettes
    • G04B18/021—Regulator or adjustment devices; Indexing devices, e.g. raquettes adjusting the indexing device from the outside
    • 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
    • G04B27/004—Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means having several simultaneous functions, e.g. stopping or starting the clockwork or the hands

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  • PATENTEDHAR 19 m4 37971 226 SHEET t (if 5 TIMEPIECE FITTED WITH A REGULATOR CONTROLLABLE FROM OUTSIDE
  • This invention relates generally to improvements in and relating to operation control mechanism in a watch, by use of a winding stem thereof; it relates more specifically to the mechanism of the above kind and capable of manipulation of the regulator of the watch from outside thereof.
  • Such watches are known as being fitted with a regulator control mechanism operable from outside thereof.
  • a conventional drawback of these known watches is generally such that a knob or the like outside manipulating member serving for the necessary service is exposed to outside, thus representing an unfavorable design feature and providing mostly an insufficient water-proofness.
  • Correction of the stepping speed of a watch can easily be carried out in a simple manner by manipulation of the regulator provided in the watch, upon opening the back cover thereof.
  • the watch is designed into a waterproof one having a specially designed watch case adapted for this purpose wherein it is rather difficult for every user of the watch to open the back cover for execution of the regulator manipulation.
  • the one piece watch case comprising the middle or case band and the back cover united rigidly together, it is still further difficult to manipulate the regulator.
  • the winding stem can serve as the regulator manipulating member and in such a way that the stem is pulled out to its certain predetermined axial position and turned in one or other direction for the mainpulation of the regulator, it is highly desirable to impose a rather heavier resistance to the pulling action under consideration other than similar manipulation of the stem for time-setting, winding or calendar-correcting service, and indeed, for the purpose of avoiding maladjustment of the regulator.
  • a main object of the present invention to provide a regulator control mechanism under utilization of the time-setting stem to which, however, a heavier resistance is imposed in case of pull-out thereof to its regulator-adjusting position.
  • FIGS. 1 6 show a first embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGS. 1 4 are schematic plan view of part of the mechanism according to this invention, showing the relative position of main working parts of the mechanism, when the winding stern are positioned at its four different axial positions.
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view of the mechanism including the regulator, when seen from the rear side of the drawing paper of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 6 is a sectional drawing taken substantially along the section line A A shownin FIG. 5.
  • FIGS. 7 10 are illustrative of a preferred second embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 7 is an explanatory and schematic plan view of several preferred members of the mechanism for the illustration of the operation thereof.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 are schematic plan views of the mechanism according to this invention illustrative of two different stages of the operation thereof.
  • FIG. 10 is a section taken substantially along the section line B B shown in FIG. 9.
  • numeral 1 represents a conventional winding stem which is turnably and axially slidably mounted on a pillar plate 100, only partially shown, of a watch movement, not specifically shown.
  • Numeral 2 represents a conventional setting lever which has a tip end 2a kept in cooperative engagement with a ring groove 1a.
  • Numeral 3 represents a conventional winding pinion which is slidably mounted on the stem 1 for unitary rotation therewith and is kept in meshing with a first setting wheel 4 rotatably mounted on a shaft 5 studded on the plate 100.
  • a change-over lever 6 is rotatably and coaxially mounted on the same shaft 5.
  • Changeover gears 7 and 8 are rotatably mounted on the lever 6 and adapted for engagement with the setting wheel 4.
  • Setting lever 2 is formed with a cam'groove 11 which is adapted for engagement with a pin 10 studded on the lever 6.
  • the lever 2 is further providedwith a pin 14 which is adapted for engagement with any one of at least four separations 13 formed on a conventional setting' lever spring 12.
  • the stem 1 can be set selectively at any one of four axial positions, as will become more apparent as the description proceeds. With successive axial drawing-out of the stem 1 from the position shown in FIG. 1, the pin 10 will invade into and successively advance along the cam groove 11, thereby the lever 6 being rotated correspondingly and partially.
  • change-over gear 7 is kept in engagement with a conventional winding wheel 15 only partially and schematically shown.
  • motion will be transmitted therefrom through pinion 4 and gear 7 to the wheel 15, so as to wind the power spring, not shown.
  • a projection 33 formed on setting lever 2 is kept in pressure contact with the tip end of an elongated arm spring 34, the root end thereof being fixedly mounted at 34a on the pillar plate 100.
  • the side edge of setting lever 2 is kept in contact with a pin 35 on a lever 38.
  • pin 35 is fixedly mounted on the lever 38 which is rotatably mounted by means of a pin 37 on a mounting plate 36.
  • the lever 38 has a set 40 by which the lever is loosely mounted on a projection 41 of the plate 36 and the relative position is fixed by means of a fixing screw 42, as may be clearly seen from FIG. 5.
  • a gear 43 is rotatably mounted on the pin 35, and gear teeth formed on alever 44 rotatably mounted on the said seat 40 are kept in meshing with those on gear 43.
  • Lever 38 is formed with a tail spring arm 38a which abuts against a stationary pin 101 mounted on the pillar plate 100, although not shown.
  • Numeral 47 represents a conventional regulator having a tip end which is kept in cooperative engagement with the forked end at 44a of the lever 44.
  • the regulator 47 is adjusted correspondingly. In this way, the regulator can be adjusted by turning the stem 1 positioned axially at its fourth operating position shown in FIG. 4.
  • 101 represents a conventional winding stem; 102 a setting lever; 103 a setting lever spring and 104 a winding pinion. These parts are arranged mutually substantially in the similar manner as before.
  • the pillar plate has been omitted from the drawing for simplicity thereof.
  • a barrel bridge 105 is fixedly mounted on the front or opposite surface of the pillar plate, while the setting lever 102 is mounted on the rear surface of the pillar plate.
  • a gear 106 is rotatably mounted, said gear being kept in cooperative engagement with winding pinion 104.
  • a further gear 107 is concentrically and unitarily mounted with said gear 106.
  • a change'over lever 108 and a regulator-adjusting member 109 are concentrically and rotatably mounted.
  • Change-over lever 108 is fixedly attached with a pin 108a passing through a slot 105a of the bridge 105 and a further slot, not shown, formed through the pillar plate, and projecting above the opposite surface thereof where the setting lever 102 is mounted.
  • the lever 108 is formed with a tail spring l08b which abuts resiliently against a stop pin 105b fixedly mounted on the bridge 105. In this way, the lever 108 is subjected to a counter clockwise turning moment.
  • the lever 108 is provided with concentrically arranged unitary gears 110 and 111, as shown.
  • the member 109 is formed with segmental gear teeth 109akept in meshing with the gear 111.
  • the member 109 is further formed with recesses 109b and 1090.
  • First recess 109b is kept in cooperativeengagement with the tip end of a resilient and elongated springarm 112 the root portion is fixedly attached to the bridge 105.
  • second recess 1090 is kept in cooperative engagement with the resilient tip end 113a of the conventional regulator 113.
  • change-over lever 108 is subjected to a counter clockwise turning moment under the action of tail spring l08b and the pin 108a is kept in pressure engagement with the left end extremity of slot 105a.
  • the stem 101 and the related parts of the mechanism is positioned adapted for adjustment of the regulator.
  • An automatic winding weight mass is shown additionally in FIG. 9 schematically and only partially with chain-dotted lines at 114. In FIG. 10, the weight mass is shown in its section.
  • a start-stop lever 52 is pivotably mounted at 53 on the pillar plate or barrel bridge, said lever 52 having a tail spring 51 which is adapted for pressure contact with the outer periphery of a conventional balance wheel 50 only schematically and partially shown on account of its very popularity.
  • the lever 52 is formed with a spring arm 54 which is kept in pressure contact with a stop pin 55 rigidly mounted on the pillar plate or barrel bridge, although not shown.
  • the lever 52 is further formed with a slot 56 which receives a pin 57 studded on the setting lever 102.
  • the stem 101' can be positioned successively at four different axial positions, as in the similar way in the first embodiment.
  • the setting lever 102 can occupy four successive positions as shown at a, b, c and d in FIG. 7, respectively.
  • the pin 57 can take its four different positions shown at a, b, c and d, respectively.
  • the lever 52 is not operated by the ineffective engagement between groove 56 and pin 57.
  • the tail spring 51 is kept in its separated position from the balance wheel 50.
  • the regulator can be provided on the front side gear-train bridge, the regulator-adjusting can be avoided from interference with the complexed mechanical parts of the calendar and its control or correction mechanisms.
  • the watch movement can be designed into a thin modernized type, on account of the convenient and optimum arrangement of the regulator-adjusting mechanism relative to the automatic winding weight mass, balance wheel and barrel spring.
  • a watch characterized by the provision of a regulator-adjusting mechanism which comprises means for selectively positioning a winding stem at four different axial positions; a gear train operatively connected to said stem; a setting lever for positioning said gear train at four different positions in correspondence with said four different axial positions of said stern and means for operatively connecting directly a part of said gear train with a regulator of said watch at a predetermined axial position of said stem.

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JP4769172A JPS5229947B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1972-05-16 1972-05-16
JP4769272A JPS4914164A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1972-05-16 1972-05-16
JP3714773A JPS49123656A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-03-31 1973-03-31
JP3714873A JPS5410263B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-03-31 1973-03-31
JP1973039164U JPS5336139Y2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-03-31 1973-03-31
JP4447073A JPS49131162A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-04-19 1973-04-19

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US4469448A (en) * 1980-10-23 1984-09-04 E.T.A., S.A., Fabriques D'ebauches Setting mechanism for a watch
US6295249B1 (en) * 1997-12-25 2001-09-25 Seiko Instruments Inc. Display correction device and timepiece equipped with display correction device
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US3983691A (en) * 1974-11-01 1976-10-05 A. Schild S.A. Winding and setting mechanism for watch movements
US4469448A (en) * 1980-10-23 1984-09-04 E.T.A., S.A., Fabriques D'ebauches Setting mechanism for a watch
US6295249B1 (en) * 1997-12-25 2001-09-25 Seiko Instruments Inc. Display correction device and timepiece equipped with display correction device
US20080106979A1 (en) * 2006-11-06 2008-05-08 Eta Sa Manufacture Horlogere Suisse Timepiece including a mechanism for correcting a device displaying a time related quantity
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