STOPPING MECHANISM FOR TIMEPIECE STRIKING MECHANISM

    公开(公告)号:US20190033790A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-31

    申请号:US16020288

    申请日:2018-06-27

    Applicant: Blancpain SA

    Abstract: Stopping mechanism for a striking mechanism comprising energy storage means including a power reserve transmission wheel set, a strike wheel set comprising a detent ratchet, a main click for the passing strike function and/or a repeater release click, the stopping mechanism includes an uncoupling lever for moving the clicks away from the strike wheel set, by an instantaneous jump of a lever changing the position of the uncoupling lever, when the level of energy of the storage means crosses a predefined threshold, through the cooperation between a finger, driven by the power reserve transmission wheel set, and a jumper returned by a first spring, to bring the finger to bear on a fork of the lever to cause it to pivot abruptly by instantaneously changing the position of a lug with respect to a second spring.

    TORQUE SMOOTHING FOR A TIMEPIECE, PARTICULARLY WITH A STRIKING MECHANISM

    公开(公告)号:US20190187617A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-20

    申请号:US16205279

    申请日:2018-11-30

    Applicant: Blancpain SA

    CPC classification number: G04B21/10 G04B9/02 G04B21/14 G04B23/12

    Abstract: Timepiece with a movement driving an output wheel set, a passing strike or minute repeater mechanism, including a strike drive wheel set including a release ratchet with which cooperates a click for execution of a strike function, a strike uncoupling lever for moving any click away from the strike wheel set, including a first lever carrying the click and its spring, the output wheel set activating a second lever, the pivoting of which causes the first lever to pivot, the striking mechanism includes a torque smoothing jumper, which is returned by a first spring into abutment on the output wheel set, in order to use, when the second lever is not in mesh with the output wheel set, an equivalent torque to that which it uses when meshed with this output wheel set.

    STRIKE MODE AND TUNE SELECTOR FOR A WATCH OR TIMEPIECE

    公开(公告)号:US20190033789A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-31

    申请号:US16035900

    申请日:2018-07-16

    Applicant: Blancpain SA

    Abstract: Striking mechanism for a watch including: an hour snail driven by a movement, a strike wheel set including a detent ratchet and a repeating rack pinion, a pivoting hour-rack for reading the snail and driving the pinion, a click set in motion at each passing strike to drive the detent ratchet, with a mode selector mechanism for selection by the user of a particular strike mode, among distinct modes including a silent mode, defining the angular position of a cam having an external profiled surface, wherein, in silent mode, the largest radius pushes back a beak of a silencing lever, to orient it into a position where its main arm moves the click away from the ratchet in order to disable every passing strike function.

    RESONANT MEMBER FOR A STRIKING MECHANISM OF A WATCH OR OF A MUSIC BOX

    公开(公告)号:US20200166893A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-28

    申请号:US16672623

    申请日:2019-11-04

    Applicant: Blancpain SA

    Abstract: A resonant member for a striking mechanism of a watch or of a music box includes at least one resonant part, such as one or more gongs, arranged to vibrate and resonate once activated, and an attachment part. The resonant part and/or the attachment part is made from an alloy of tungsten or tantalum or rhodium or hafnium with more than 51% of tungsten or tantalum or rhodium or hafnium in the alloy.

    TIMEPIECE WHEEL SET WITH A UNIDIRECTIONAL WHEEL

    公开(公告)号:US20190163134A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-30

    申请号:US16163020

    申请日:2018-10-17

    Applicant: Blancpain SA

    Inventor: Julien PETER

    Abstract: Timepiece wheel set with a unidirectional wheel rotating in only one direction in cooperation with a ratchet wheel, which is movable inside a ratchet wheel chamber, comprising a click that rotates integrally with this wheel, which forms a one-piece component comprising at least one spring-arm, at the end of which, on a first side, a beak cooperates directly with the toothing of a ratchet wheel in an operating position in which this spring-arm is free, and on a second side, a first hook can cooperate with a second hook of complementary shape, comprised in this one-piece click, in a rest position in which this spring-arm is in an extended position, the elasticity thereof allowing this first hook to be hooked or unhooked with respect to this second hook by the action of an operator, by maximum elongation of this spring-arm and/or by the tilting of this end.

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