Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G04—HOROLOGY
  • G04F—TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING
  • G04F7/00—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by non-electric means
  • G04F7/04—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by non-electric means using a mechanical oscillator
  • G04F7/08—Watches or clocks with stop devices, e.g. chronograph
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G04—HOROLOGY
  • G04F—TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING
  • G04F7/00—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by non-electric means
  • G04F7/04—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by non-electric means using a mechanical oscillator
  • G04F7/08—Watches or clocks with stop devices, e.g. chronograph
  • G04F7/0866—Special arrangements
  • G04F7/0876—Split-time function, e.g. rattrappante

Definitions

• the invention relates to a chronograph with a chronograph drive, by means of which a chronograph pointer shaft of a chronograph pointer can be rotatably driven when a first actuating element is operated manually, with a rattrapante pointer shaft coaxial with the chronograph pointer shaft of a rattrapante pointer that can be driven to cover the chronograph pointer.
• a second heart for resetting the chronograph hand is arranged on the chronograph pointer shaft and the chronograph pointer shaft and rattrapante pointer shaft are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner by a rattrapante heart of a non-positive coupling, with a rattrapante wheel arranged on the rattrapante pointer shaft, which is connected to the tong arms of a rattrapante pliers
• Spring preload can be gripped and rotatably blocked by friction or positive locking, and can also be moved between a blocking position and an unblocking position by manual actuation of a second actuating element baren switching element by which the gun arms are movable from their rotational blocking position from the Rattrapanterad movable.
• Such a chronograph is known from DE 42 09 580 C2. With this- After a start, the known chronograph can be stopped together by actuating the first actuating element, the chronograph hand and the rattrapante hand. Only the rattrapant hand can be stopped with the second setting element while the chronograph hand continues to run. So intermediate times
• the object of the invention is to provide a chronograph of the type mentioned, in which with a simple actuation from the position of the chronograph hands and rattrapante hands standing one above the other, from their own standing position of these two hands and from the current state of these hands, an instantaneous zeroing and at Zeroing from the current state also an instantaneous restart (flyback) is possible.
• This object is achieved in that the chronograph pointer shaft and chronograph hands can be moved to their zero position with a third actuating element by its manual movement from its non-loading position into its loading position and the switching element located in its blocking position can be moved into its unlocking position or in its Switching element in the unlocking position remains in its unlocking position.
• the standing or running pointers can be set to their zero position without having to actuate the actuating element to stop, then to reset and, if necessary, a third time to restart. For this restart, only releasing the actuated third actuating element is required, so that this restart can take place without delay after the zeroing.
• an adjusting device can be actuated by the third adjusting element, by means of which the switching element can be moved between its blocking position and its unblocking position, the position of the switching element being scanned by a scanning element and when the unblocking position of the Switching element, the adjusting device can be deactivated and at blocking tion of the switching element, the adjusting device can be activated.
• the adjusting device can have a switching wheel which is connected coaxially in a rotationally fixed manner to the switching element or can be driven rotatably via an intermediate gear and which can be shifted by a switching step which corresponds to a switching step of the switching element from the blocking position to the unblocking position by means of a switching lug actuatable by the third adjusting element.
• the adjusting device can be disengaged from the switching wheel when the switching element is in the end blocking position.
• the switching element can be designed in different ways and, depending on the design, can be switched in one direction of rotation or in an alternating direction of rotation.
• a simple design of the switching wheel and the adjusting device consists in the fact that the switching wheel is a saw gear or a cam wheel, which can be advanced by a switching lug of the adjusting device designed as a pawl, which in when the switching element is in the blocking position Engagement and can be brought out of engagement of the saw gear or cam wheel when the switching element is in the unlocked position.
• the switching element is a column wheel with alternating radially protruding columns and valleys of less radial extent, with a sensing element being radially movable and depending on the position of the column wheel on the end face of a column to the plant or in a valley protrudes.
• the adjusting device has a lever which can be pivoted about a pivot axis parallel to the axes of rotation of the column wheel and the saw gear or cam wheel and can be moved by the third adjusting element in the direction of its longitudinal extent approximately tangentially to the saw gear or cam wheel and which is at its free end has the pawl, wherein the lever is pivotable by the column of the column wheel with its pawl out of engagement from the saw gear or cam wheel.
• the column can act on a scanning element of the lever designed as a scanning lug.
• the switching element and / or switching wheel can be locked in the blocking position or the end blocking position by means of a detent spring, for which purpose the detent spring can be easily locked into the tooth gaps of the switching wheel designed as a gear wheel.
• the gun arms have scanning cams directed radially to the axis of rotation of the column wheel, which, depending on the position of the column wheel, is in contact with the end face of a column or projects into a valley.
• the third actuating element can be spring-loaded in its non-loading position.
• the advice trap wheel is preferably the advice trap wheel of a seconds rate trap counter.
• a second pointer shaft of a second chronograph hand can be rotatably driven by a chronograph drive when the first adjusting element is operated manually.
• a minute counter heart for resetting the second chronograph hand being arranged on the second pointer shaft and the second pointer shaft and the second rattrapante pointer shaft through a second Rattrapante heart of a non-positive coupling can be connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner, with a second rattrapante wheel arranged on the second rattrapante pointer shaft, which can be gripped by pliers arms of a second rattrapante pliers under spring preload and can be rotatably blocked by friction or positive locking, the pliers arms of the second rattrapante pliers being removed from it by the switching element Rotational blocking position are movable from the second Rattrapanterad and by the manual movement of the third control element from its non-loading position in its loading position the z wide pointer shaft and the second chronograph hand and the second rattrapante hand
• the second Rattrapanterad can be the Rattrapanterad of a minute counter and the second Rattrapante Serviceer a minute-Rattrapantesacrificing lesserer. It is both space-saving and simplifying the chronograph if the first chronograph pointer shaft and the second pointer shaft can be rotatably driven by a common chronograph drive.
• an actuating device can be actuated by the switching element, by means of which the pliers arms of the second rattrapante pliers can be moved out of their rotational blocking position from the second rattrapante wheel.
• the actuating device can have a two-armed lever which can be pivoted about a pivot axis, at the end of which a scanning arm is arranged, through which the position of the switching element can be sensed, and from whose end of the second lever arm when the rotational blocking position of the switching element is detected, a second switching element to lift the pliers arms of the second Rattrapantezange from the second Rattrapterad is actuated.
• the second switching element is particularly simple if the second switching element is a ramp element which can be moved by the second lever arm approximately in the longitudinal direction of the pliers arms of the second rattrapante pliers and by means of which the pliers arms of the second rattrapante pliers can be spread apart. Training examples of the invention are shown in the drawing and are described in more detail below. Show it
• Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a rattrapante device of a chronograph for detecting seconds and minutes with open Rattrapantezangen
• FIG. 2 is a supplementary schematic representation of the third
• Figure 3 shows the rattrapante device of Figure 1 with closed
• Figure 4 shows the mechanics of Figure 2 and the switching position of the
• FIG. 5 shows a top view of a chronograph according to FIG. 1
• FIG. 6 is a schematic representation of a second embodiment of a rattrapante device
• FIG. 7 shows a side view of a chronograph engine of a rattrapante device according to FIG. 1
• Figure 8 is a plan view of seconds and rattrapante heart as well
• Figure 9 is a plan view of Rattrapanterad and clutch of
• Figure 10 is a plan view of Rattrapanterad and clutch of
• the chronograph shown in FIG. 5 has a watch case with a round dial 41.
• a first chronograph pointer shaft 28 and a first rattrapante pointer shaft 5 of a second counter are arranged centrally, the first chronograph pointer shaft 28 having a chronograph hand 47 and the first rattrapante pointer shaft 5 carries a first rat trapezoidal pointer 48 which can be driven to overlap one another.
• Arranged parallel to the first chronograph hand shaft 28 is a second hand shaft 51 of a minute counter with a second chronograph hand 49 and a second rattrapante hand shaft 27 of a second rattrapante hand 50 that can be driven to overlap the second chronograph hand 49.
• a crown 42 is located on the watch case 40 in the three o'clock position.
• a first actuating element 44 in the two o'clock position, a second actuating element 46 in the ten o'clock position and a third actuating element 45 in the four o'clock position are formed as pushers.
• a chronocenter wheel 34 which can be rotatably driven by a chronograph drive 33, is fixedly arranged on the tubular first chronograph pointer shaft 28 with the first chronograph pointer 47.
• a second heart 29 for resetting the first chronograph hand 47 to an initial or zero position and a rattrapante heart 30 of a non-positive coupling are furthermore arranged on the first chronograph pointer shaft 28 in a rotationally fixed manner.
• the first rattrapante pointer shaft 5 is rotatably supported in the axially continuous bore of the tubular first chronograph pointer shaft 28.
• This first rattrapante pointer shaft 5 rotatably carries a rattrapter wheel 6, the radially circumferential outer surface 32 of which is provided with fine toothing or roughening.
• one rattrapante heart lever 35 is pivotably articulated at one end about an axis 36 parallel to the first chronograph pointer shaft 28.
• This rattrapante heart lever 35 can be pivoted in the same plane in which the rattrapante heart 30 is located.
• a tension spring 37 acts on the free end of the rattrapante heart lever 35 with a coupling surface 38 in abutment against the circumferential surface 32 of the rattrapante heart 30.
• the rattrapante heart lever 35 slides along the lateral surface of the rattrapante heart 30 up to its position closest to the first chronograph pointer shaft 28 and in this position couples the rattrapante wheel 6 and the first chronograph pointer shaft 28 in a force-fitting manner.
• the rattrapante heart lever 35 slides with its coupling surface 38 along the outer surface of the rattrapante heart 30 while the tension spring 37 is being tensioned, so that the first rattrapante hand 48 stops while the first chronograph pointer is moving 47 continues to rotate. This can be seen in FIG. 10.
• the rattrapante heart lever 35 slides along the lateral surface of the rattrapante heart 30 up to the position of the first chronograph pointer shaft 28, in order to then continue to rotate synchronously with the first chronograph pointer shaft 28.
• the free ends of the tong arms 1, 1 'of an approximately U-shaped first rattrapantezange 31 surround it.
• the gun arms 1, 1 ' are provided with a fastening foot 4, 4' for stationary fastening.
• the tongs arms 1, 1' are designed as resilient parts 3 such that the first rattrapante pliers 31 are under spring tension of their tongs arms 1, 1 'against the rattrapon rear wheel 6.
• V-shaped, ramp-like scanning cams 2, 2' are formed on the mutually facing inner sides of the tong arms 1, 1 '.
• a column wheel 7 is arranged rotatably about an axis of rotation intersecting the line of symmetry of the first Rattrapantezange 31 parallel to the first chronograph pointer shaft 28, which uniformly distributes four alternating radially projecting columns a, b, c, d and four valleys e, f, g, h has a smaller radial extent, the scanning cams 2, 2 ' Depending on the position of the column wheel 7 on the front side of a column a, b, c, d come to the system and lift the gun arms 1, 1 'from the Rattrapanterad 6 or protrude into a valley e, f, g, h, so that the gun arms 1, 1 'bear against the Rattrapanterad 6 under spring preload and block it.
• a further rotation of a saw gear 18 by a 45 ° step clockwise for the detection of intermediate times is carried out in a manner not shown by actuating the second actuating element 46, so that such a switching step either to unblock the previously blocked rattrapter wheel 6 or to block the previously unblocked Rattrapanterads 6 leads.
• the saw gear 18 with eight teeth Z 1 to Z 8 is arranged, which is also by an adjusting device by means of the third Actuating element 45 can be rotated clockwise by a switching step of 45 °.
• the adjusting device has a pivot axis 22 which can be pivoted about a pivot axis 22 which is parallel to the axes of rotation of the column wheel 7 and the saw gear 18 and by the third adjusting element 45 in the direction thereof Longitudinal extension approximately tangentially to the toothing gear 18 movable lever 19, which has a pawl 24 at its free end.
• the lever 19 also has a scanning element 23, which rests radially on the column wheel 7 and can be moved radially by the latter. Depending on the position of the column wheel 7, the scanning element 23 comes to rest on the end face of a column a, b, c, d or projects into a valley e, f, g, h.
• the lever 19 is also pivoted about the pivot axis 22 at the end of the lever 19 opposite the pawl 24.
• a further lever 20 is articulated on the pivot axis 22 with its one end, which extends approximately at right angles to the lever 19 and can be pivoted about a stationary pivot axis 21 at its other end.
• the lever 20 can be acted upon by the third actuating element 45 against a spring force transversely to its longitudinal extent, so that it pivots about the pivot axis 21 and moves the lever 19 approximately in the direction of its longitudinal extent. If the scanning element 23 is located on the end face of a column a, b, c, d, the lever 19 is thereby pivoted in such a way that the pawl 24 is outside the engagement area of the saw gear 18 and cannot act on it further.
• the column wheel 7 thus also remains in its position in which the tong arms 1, 1 'are lifted off the rattrapon wheel 6 and with this rattrapon wheel 6 the first rattrapante hand 48 which can be driven thereby can move together with the first chronograph hand 47 after actuation of the third Control element 45 brought both pointers 47 and 48 into the zero position and the application of the third control element 45 has ended.
• a detent spring 25 is provided, which can be resiliently latched into the tooth spaces e, f, g, h of the saw gear 18.
• the second pointer shaft 51 of the second chronograph pointer 49 can also be rotated by the chronograph drive 33, to which the second rattrapante pointer shaft 27 of the second chronograph pointer 49 is arranged coaxially, which can be driven to overlap the second rattrapante pointer 50.
• a minute counter heart for resetting the second chronograph hand 49 and the second pointer shaft 51 and the second rattrapante are arranged on the second hand shaft 51
• the pointer shaft 27 can be connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner by means of a second Rattrapante heart of a non-positive coupling.
• a second rattrapante wheel 26 is arranged on the second rattrapante pointer shaft 27, which can be gripped by pliers arms 12, 12 'of a second rattrapante pliers 39 under spring tension and can be rotationally blocked by frictional engagement.
• the second rattrapante pliers 39 with the pliers arms 12 and 12 ', with scanning cams 13 and 13', resilient parts 14 and 14 'and fastening feet 15 and 15' have the same structure and the same mode of operation as the first rattrapante pliers 31.
• a ramp element 16 which can be moved approximately in the longitudinal direction of the pliers arms 12, 12' is arranged between them, by means of which the pliers arms 12, 12 'of the second rattrapante pliers 39 can be spread apart and thus be lifted off the rattrapter wheel 26.
• the ramp element 16 in each case has a ramp 52, 52 'assigned to a scanning cam 13, 13' with depressions 53, 53 'directed towards one another.
• An actuating device is used to move the ramp element 16, which has a two-armed lever 9 which can be pivoted about a pivot axis 11 having. At the end of the one lever arm of the lever 9, a scanning nose 17 is arranged, through which the position of the column wheel 7 can be scanned. The end of the second lever arm of the lever 9 is articulated on the ramp element 16.
• the lever 16 is pivoted into such a position that the scanning cams 13, 13 'are located in the tapered region of the ramp element 16 at the level of the depressions 53 , 53 'and are immersed in them.
• the tong arms 12, 12 ' can move relative to one another into the rotational blocking position of the second rat trap wheel 26 (FIG. 3).

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