Timepiece comprising a device for switching a timekeeping mechanism

    公开(公告)号:US10037010B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-31

    申请号:US15614884

    申请日:2017-06-06

    IPC分类号: G04F7/08 G04B11/00

    摘要: The timepiece comprises a timekeeping mechanism and a switching device arranged to switch this timekeeping mechanism between two states. The switching device comprises a movable switching organ and a rotary control organ arranged to be stepwise driven in order to successively occupy a plurality of distinct angular positions about its axis of rotation. The movable switching organ and the rotary control organ respectively support a first magnetic structure and a second magnetic structure arranged so that, in a first angular position of the rotary control organ, a first magnetic force acts on the switching organ in a given direction, and so that, in a second angular position of the rotary control organ, a second magnetic force acts on the switching organ in the opposite direction.

    TIMEPIECE COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR SWITCHING A MECHANISM OF SAID TIMEPIECE

    公开(公告)号:US20180004165A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-04

    申请号:US15634319

    申请日:2017-06-27

    IPC分类号: G04C13/04

    摘要: The vertical coupling/uncoupling device includes a switching member and a control member, the latter being arranged to pivot about an axis of rotation to be able to be driven in rotation step-by-step successively into a plurality of distinct angular positions. The control member and the switching member respectively include a first magnetic structure and a second magnetic structure arranged to exhibit a magnet interaction therebetween. These first and second magnetic structures are arranged such that, depending on the angular position of the control member, a first magnetic force or a second magnetic force is produced, these first and second magnetic forces being oriented along said axis of rotation but in opposite directions. The switching member is subjected to an alternate movement between its first and second stable axial positions when the second magnetic structure is driven in rotation step-by-step in said given direction of rotation.

    Method of making low friction miniature gear drive
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    Method of making low friction miniature gear drive 失效
    制造低摩擦微型齿轮传动的方法

    公开(公告)号:US3835519A

    公开(公告)日:1974-09-17

    申请号:US41324173

    申请日:1973-11-06

    发明人: HETZEL M

    摘要: A miniature gear drive, such as that used in clockworks, is disposed in one chamber of a housing having two chambers interconnected by a capillary channel. The chamber containing the gears is sealed except for the channel, and the entire assembly immersed in a lubricant liquid within a vacuum chamber. The vacuum chamber is evacuated and then the vacuum removed so that the lubricant completely fills both chambers of the housing. The assembly is removed from the vacuum chamber and heated whereby the liquid expands and a portion of the liquid escapes through an opening in the second housing chamber. The assembly is then cooled so that an air bubble is formed in the second housing chamber, and the second chamber is then sealed. The input power to the gear drive, and the output power therefrom are obtained by magnetic coupling through the housing. The air bubble permits expansion of the liquid within the housing due to temperature changes, but the capillary channel prevents this bubble from reaching the chamber containing the gear drive hence the gears are always completely immersed in the liquid.

    摘要翻译: 诸如在钟表中使用的微型齿轮传动装置设置在具有通过毛细通道互连的两个室的外壳的一个室中。 包含齿轮的腔室除了通道之外是密封的,并且整个组件浸没在真空室内的润滑剂液体中。 将真空室抽真空,然后除去真空,使得润滑剂完全填充壳体的两个腔室。 将组件从真空室中取出并加热,从而液体膨胀,并且一部分液体通过第二容纳室中的开口逸出。 然后将组件冷却,使得在第二容纳室中形成气泡,然后密封第二室。 齿轮传动的输入功率及其输出功率通过壳体的磁耦合获得。 气泡允许由于温度变化而使壳体内的液体膨胀,但是毛细通道阻止该气泡到达包含齿轮传动装置的腔室,因此齿轮总是完全浸入液体中。

    TIMEPIECE COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR SWITCHING A TIMEPIECE MECHANISM

    公开(公告)号:US20180151317A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-31

    申请号:US15812264

    申请日:2017-11-14

    摘要: The timepiece includes a chronograph mechanism with a coupling device including an operating member and a switching member which can be switched alternately between two stable positions coupled state and uncoupled state. This timepiece includes a magnetic system formed of a first bipolar magnet fixed to the switching member, a second bipolar magnet fixed to the support of the switching device in order to continually offer a magnetic interaction with the first bipolar magnet, and at least one highly magnetically permeable element forming the operating member and able to undergo a reciprocating motion between two operating positions. The switching device is arranged so that, when the highly magnetically permeable element is in its first operating position, the two magnets generate between them a force of magnetic repulsion and so that, when the highly magnetically permeable element is in its second operating position, the two magnets generate between them a force of magnetic attraction.

    TIMEPIECE MECHANISM COMPRISING A PIVOTING MEMBER PROVIDED WITH MAGNETIC RETURN MEANS

    公开(公告)号:US20170176937A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-22

    申请号:US15289415

    申请日:2016-10-10

    IPC分类号: G04B13/02 G04B15/08 G04D3/00

    摘要: The timepiece mechanism comprises a rotating wheel set, a support element, a pivoting member mounted on the support element and magnetic return means for returning one portion of the pivoting member against a surface of the rotating wheel set. The return means comprise a first magnet carried by the pivoting member and a second magnet carried by the support element. The first and second magnets are arranged such that, in normal operation, the interaction of their respective magnetic fields generates a magnetic force oriented to return said pivoting member portion towards said rotating wheel surface. At least one of the first and second magnets is arranged to permit reversal of its polarity, preferably with the aid of a tool, and thereby of the direction of the magnetic force acting on the pivoting member, said magnetic force then tending to move said pivoting member portion away from said rotating wheel set surface, which makes it easy to handle the various elements of the timepiece mechanism.

    Timepiece mechanism comprising a pivoting member provided with magnetic return means

    公开(公告)号:US09921546B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-20

    申请号:US15289415

    申请日:2016-10-10

    摘要: The timepiece mechanism comprises a rotating wheel set, a support element, a pivoting member mounted on the support element and magnetic return means for returning one portion of the pivoting member against a surface of the rotating wheel set. The return means comprise a first magnet carried by the pivoting member and a second magnet carried by the support element. The first and second magnets are arranged such that, in normal operation, the interaction of their respective magnetic fields generates a magnetic force oriented to return said pivoting member portion towards said rotating wheel surface. At least one of the first and second magnets is arranged to permit reversal of its polarity, preferably with the aid of a tool, and thereby of the direction of the magnetic force acting on the pivoting member, said magnetic force then tending to move said pivoting member portion away from said rotating wheel set surface, which makes it easy to handle the various elements of the timepiece mechanism.

    TIMEPIECE COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR SWITCHING A TIMEKEEPING MECHANISM

    公开(公告)号:US20180004167A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-04

    申请号:US15614884

    申请日:2017-06-06

    IPC分类号: G04F7/08

    摘要: The timepiece comprises a timekeeping mechanism and a switching device arranged to switch this timekeeping mechanism between two states. The switching device comprises a movable switching organ and a rotary control organ arranged to be stepwise driven in order to successively occupy a plurality of distinct angular positions about its axis of rotation. The movable switching organ and the rotary control organ respectively support a first magnetic structure and a second magnetic structure arranged so that, in a first angular position of the rotary control organ, a first magnetic force acts on the switching organ in a given direction, and so that, in a second angular position of the rotary control organ, a second magnetic force acts on the switching organ in the opposite direction.