US3892067A - Day-date watch correction means - Google Patents

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US3892067A
US3892067A US494883A US49488374A US3892067A US 3892067 A US3892067 A US 3892067A US 494883 A US494883 A US 494883A US 49488374 A US49488374 A US 49488374A US 3892067 A US3892067 A US 3892067A
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  • ABSTRACT [30] Foreign Application Priority Data A day-date watch wherein the setting stem can be axi- Aug. 17, 1973 Switzerland 11903/73 y POSi'dOIfled to adjust a wrreclio" wheel-andminion meshing with a setting wheel, wherein in one position 52 [1.5. CI. 58/58 the y r te can e corrected and in another posi- [5 1] Int. Cl. G04b 19/24 n h m n be set. [58] Field of Search 58/4, 5, 58
  • This invention relates to a calendar watch movement comprising two coaxial indicator members indicating the day and the date, respectively, a control stem capable of occuping several positions determined by axial displacement, a setting-lever cooperating with the control stern, a clutch-wheel mounted on a square of the stem, a yoke controlled by the setting-lever and controlling the clutch-wheel. and a setting-wheel which is engaged with the clutch-wheel is at least one of the positions of the stem.
  • calendar timepieces especially those having a day-indicating member and a dateindicating member, are generally equipped with a correction mechanism making it possible to set these two indicating members to the correct day and date quickly and by means of a simple operation.
  • certain day/- date watches are equipped with correction mechanisms which enable the day and date to be set by manipulating only the control stem which, in mechanical timepieces, also serves for winding the mainspring.
  • the known mechanisms for carrying out these operations are complicated and bulky. They generally comprise a large number of different parts between the control element and the correction wheel-and-pinion, which increases the cost price and the size of the watch.
  • the complicated mechanisms are often less reliable that simple mechanisms.
  • the setting-wheel is integral with an arbor which projects from each of its faces, a correction lever pivots by friction fitting on an arbor and carries a correction wheel-and-pinion provided with a toothing engaged with the setting-wheel, the arbor is movable in translation, at least one of its ends being engaged in an elongated slot in a fixed frame element, and cooperates with the clutch-wheel in two positions of the stem, and the yoke has an auxiliary arm which extends at the level of one of the projecting portions of the arbor and which displaces the arbor in the elongated slot when the stem is moved between one of the positions, being the correction position, and the other position, being the setting position.
  • FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 are plan views of the mechanism in winding position, correction position, and setting position, respectively, certain parts being broken away, and
  • FIG. 4 is section taken on the line lVlV of FIG. 2,
  • the timepiece illustrated in the drawing is a mechanical calendar wrist-watch comprising a date-indicating member 1, consisting of a ring with an inner toothing 2, and a day-indicating indicating member 3, comprising a l4-tooth star integral with a disc 4 (FIG. 4).
  • the disc 4 bears the indications of the days of the week on its upper face.
  • the members 1 and 3 move beneath a circular dial 5 having apertures (not shown), and above the dial 5 move hands driven by the movement.
  • the wheel-trains of the movement will not be described here.
  • Its frame comprises a base plate 7 and various bridges, among which is a barrel bridge 8.
  • the base plate 7 has radial openings in it so as to ensure the guiding and pivoting of a winding and setting stem 9 of conventional form which exhibits in particular a groove 10 in which is engaged a stud ll of a setting-lever 12 mounted on a screw 13.
  • a clutch-wheel 1? controlled by a yoke 18 cooperating with the setting-lever l2, slides on a square of the stem 9.
  • the mechanism shown in the drawing is a three-position mechanism, so that a setting-lever spring 19, which holds the setting-lever 12 and the yoke 18 in place in the direction of the axis of the watch, hasthree notches 20, 20a, and 20b, into each of which a beak 12a of the setting-lever l2 enters in succession when the stem 9 is pulled.
  • the beak 12a is bend upwards slightly so as to reach the lever of the setting-lever spring 19.
  • a beak 12b of the setting-lever 12 controls the yoke 18, against which a yoke spring 21 presses, and which can assume three different positions according to the position of the stem 9.
  • the yoke 18 is blanked with lateral arm 22, bent slightly downwards, and passes in front of the clutchwheel 17 and above the stem 9.
  • the arm 22 has a hollow 23 adapted to engage on the lower end of an arbor 24, consisting of a simple cylindrical pin, onto which a setting-wheel 25 is driven.
  • This latter part may be mounted in a recess in the base plate 7 in such a way that the lower end of the arbor 24 could enter an undercut in the bottom of that recess, in which undercut the arm 22 of the yoke 18 would likewise extend.
  • the arbor 24 is guided by a mechanism bridge 26 fixed on the base plate 7 and extending under the dial 5. This bridge 26 serves for the mounting of the mechanism assembly described.
  • FIG. 4 it carries the date-ring l and the day-star 3.
  • the arbor 24 of the settingwheel 25 it has an elongated slot 27, the width of which is adapted to that of the arbor 24 and which extends in a direction which is slightly oblique as compared with that of the axis of the stem 9. As will be seen further on, this direction is perpendicular to that of the line joining the center of the slot 27 and the pivoting axis of the yoke 18.
  • the mechanism bridge 26 also carries a hairpin spring 28 which presses against the arbor 24 and tends to push it towards the end of the slot 27 nearest the periphery of the movement.
  • a correction wheel-and-pinion 29 is mounted on the mechanism bridge 26. It is composed of a fourarmed 30, of an arbor 31, on the upper end of which the star 30 is clinched and the middle part of which passes through a rectangular opening 32 in the bridge 26, and of a correction pinion 33 driven onto a smalldiameter cylindrical bearing surface at the lower end of the arbor 31 at the level of the setting-wheel 25.
  • the lower bearing surface of the arbor 31 is prolonged under the pinion 33 in an undercut which serves to accomodate the lower end of the arbor 24 and the arm 22 of the yoke 18.
  • This unndercut is made in a retaining plate 37 fixed to the base plate 7.
  • the plate 37 might also be made in one piece with the base plate 7.
  • the end of the arm 22 may also come in contact with the lower end of the arbor 31.
  • the setting-wheel 25 and the pinion 33 are not situated immediately below the bridge 26, for a correction lever 34, the plan shape of which is shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, is mounted between those elements.
  • the lever 34 has two circular openings; one is friction fitted on the arbor 24, and through the other the arbor 31 passes freely. These openings are so spaced from one another that the setting-whee] 25 and the pinion 33 are kept constantly engaged with one an other.
  • a banking 35 consisting of a cylindrical stud projecting downwards from the bridge 26, and a hollow 36 in the edges of the lever 34.
  • FIG. 1 shows the mechanism in the winding position.
  • the stem 9 is pushed in all the way, so that the beak 12a of the setting-lever 12 is engaged in the notch of the setting-lever spring 19.
  • the yoke presses the Brequet toothing of the clutch-wheel 17 into the correspondong Brequet toothing of the winding-pinion 14 owing to the action of the yoke spring 21.
  • These elements of the mechanism are completely conventional parts, and they perform their normal winding function here.
  • the hairpin spring 28 causes the arbor 24 of the setting-wheel to press against the outer end of the slot 27; but in this position, the setting-wheel 25 is disengaged from the winding-pinion 14.
  • the lever 34 may oscillate freely between two positions without its position having an influence of any kind. In FIG.
  • a cylindrical bearing surface 310 of the arbor 31 presses against the inner flank of the opening 32, and it will be seen that the toothing of the star meshes with the toothing of the day-star 3.
  • the setting-wheel 25 is free to rotate about its axis, if the calendar mechanism is called upon to switch the daystar 3 to a new position, the star 30 will not constitute any hindrance.
  • the lever 34 could likewise rotate about the axis of the arbor 24 until the bearing surface 310 of the arbor 31 strikes against the outer flank of the opening 32, which would bring the toothing of the star 30 into engagement with the toothing 2 of the datering', but in this position, too, the engagement of the toothings of the star 30 and the date-ring 1 has no influence.
  • FIG. 2 shows the positions occupied by the various members of the mechanism when the stem 9 has been pulled out into its middle or correction position.
  • the setting-lever 12 is so positioned that its beak 120 has passed into the notch 20a of the setting-lever spring 19', and its beak 12a, sliding along the edge of the yoke 18, has moved the latter so that the axial toothing of the clutch-wheel 17 has come to mesh with the settingwheel 25.
  • the latter has not undergone any translatory motion.
  • the hairpin spring 28 is therefore still pressing the arbor 24 against the outer end of the slot 27.
  • the hollow 23 is now engaged on the lower end of the arbor 24, so that the arbor 24 is guided at least partially by its upper end engaged in the slot 27 and by its lower end engaged in the hollow 23.
  • the setting-wheel 25 is driven clockwise by the clutch-wheel 17, and the correction wheel-and-pinion 29 is driven counterclockwise.
  • the lever 34 tends to pivot clockwise and, consequently, to press the bearing surface 31a of the arbor 31 against the flank of the opening 32. All these conditions favor the guiding of the setting-wheel 25, which will drive the correction wheel-and-pinion 29 while its toothing remains engaged with that of the day-star 3.
  • the day-star 3 is rotated step by step clockwise, as viewed in FIG. 2, which produces the correction of the day-indicating member.
  • the normal direction of rotation of the day-star 3 is counterclockwise, i.e, the reverse of the correction direction.
  • a tooth of the corrector 29 is blocked by a tooth of the day-star 3.
  • the star 30 of the corrector 29 is friction-mounted on the arbor 31 connecting it to the pinion 33, which thus enables the wheel 25 and the pinion 33 to rotate without causing any damage.
  • the stem 9 is turned clockwise, as viewed in the direction of the arrow A in FIG. 2, the setting-wheel 25 is driven counterclockwise; and as a result of the friction existing between the arbor 24 and the corresponding opening in the lever 34, the latter will likewise be rotatingly driven in the same direction.
  • This rotation is limited by the bearing surface 310 of the arbor 31 striking against the outer flank of the opening 32.
  • the correction wheel-and-pinion 29 will be disengaged from the toothing of the day-star 3 and will enter the toothing 2 of the date-ring 1.
  • it is rotatingly driven clockwise and will thus cause the date-ring 1 to turn in the same direction, thus effecting the step-by-step correction of the dateindicating member.
  • FIG. 3 shows the winding-stem 9 in its outermost position, i.e., in the setting position.
  • the beak 12a of the setting-lever 12 has passed into the notch 20b of the setting-lever spring 19, and the beak 12a, continuing to act upon the edge of the yoke 18, has caused a new rotation of the latter, consequently moving the clutchwheel 17 closer to the center of the movement than in the position of FIG. 2.
  • the arm of the yoke 18 has caused a displacement of the setting-wheel 25, for the hollow 23 in contact with the arbor 24 has moved this arbor so that its upper end travels the whole length of the slot 27, and this against the counteraction of the spring 28.
  • the alignment of the slot 27 is perpendicular to the line joining the center of this slot to the pivoting point of the yoke 18.
  • the movement of the setting-wheel 25 obviously results in a displacement of the lever 34.
  • the translation of its pivoting point brings the deepest part of the hollow 36 along its inner edge up against the banking 35, so that at the same time, the
  • lever 34 makes a rotating movement.
  • the banking 35 is in contact with the deepest part of the hollow 36, so that any clockwise rotation of the lever 34 is prevented.
  • the end of 5 the arm 22 of the yoke 18 is likewise in contact with the lower end of the arbor 31, which prevents any counterclockwise rotation of the lever 34.
  • the arm 22, the hollow 36, and the banking 35 thus constitute means for blocking the lever 34, and in the setting position, they keep the lever 34 in a position such that the setting correction star 30 meshes neither with the day-star 3 nor with the date-ring 1. Thus the lever 34 is blocked in an inoperative position.
  • a minute-wheel 38 is disposed on the base plate 7 in such a way that the setting-wheel 25 meshes with its wheel-toothing when the wheel 25 is brought into the position shown in FIG. 3.
  • a rotation of the stem 9 is transmitted to the clutch-wheel 17 via the square 9a, from the wheel 17 to the wheel 25, and from the wheel 25 to the minute-wheel 38.
  • the stem 9 may be turned in one direction or the other.
  • the lever 34 remains continuously in the position shown in FIG. 3, and the correction wheel-and-pinion 29 idles with the setting-wheel 25.
  • the mechanism described comprises just three parts more than a conventional two-position winding and setting mechanism: the correction lever 34, the spring 28, and the correction wheel-and-pinion 29.
  • the mechanism as a whole is so arranged as to operate reliably with no risk of jamming.
  • the mechanism may be mounted very simply.
  • the fitting of the mechanism is considerably simplified.
  • a calendar watch movement comprising two coaxial indicator members indicating the day and the date, respectively, a control stem capable of occupying several positions determined by axial displacement, a setting-lever cooperating with said control stem, a clutchwheel mounted on a square of said stem, a yoke controlled by said setting-lever and controlling said clutchwheel, and a setting-wheel which is engaged with said clutch-wheel in at least one of the positions of said stem, wherein said setting-wheel is integral with an arbor which projects from each of its faces, a correction lever pivots by friction fitting on said arbor and carries a correction wheel-and-pinion provided with a toothing engaged with said setting-wheel, said arbor is movable in translation, at least one of its ends being engaged in an elongated slot in a fixed frame element, and cooperates with said clutch-wheel in two positions of said stem, and said yoke has an auxiliary arm which extends at the level of one of the projecting portions of said arbor and displaces said arbor in said elongated slot when said stem
  • said correction wheel-and-pinion comprises a further arbor, engaged in an opening in said correction lever so as to pivot in said opening, and a star integral with said further arbor and situated at the level of said indicator members, and wherein said further arbor passes through an elongated opening in said frame element.
  • auxiliary arm faces a part of said correction wheeland-pinion and constitutes a banking element which, in the correction position, allows said correction wheeland-pinion to become engaged with the other said indicator member, and in the setting position, prevents said correction wheel-and-pinion from meshing with said other indicator member.

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