EP1564608A2 - Uhr mit Tourbillon - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP1564608A2
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: wheel; cage; pinion; axis; movement according
Prior art date: 2004-02-13
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EP05405060A

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Robert Greubel

Stephen Edward Methuen Forsey

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GFPI SA

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GFPI SA

Complitime SA

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2004-02-13

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2005-08-17

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2007-10-10 Publication of EP1564608A3 publication Critical patent/EP1564608A3/de

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2009-04-15 Publication of EP1564608B1 publication Critical patent/EP1564608B1/de

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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
- G04B17/00—Mechanisms for stabilising frequency
- G04B17/20—Compensation of mechanisms for stabilising frequency
- G04B17/28—Compensation of mechanisms for stabilising frequency for the effect of imbalance of the weights, e.g. tourbillon
- G04B17/285—Tourbillons or carrousels

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the present invention relates to a movement for a timepiece of the a type having a finishing gear, a vortex and a frame defining a reference plane, the wheels of the finishing train and the swirling tourbillon on the frame around axes perpendicular to the reference plane.
the whirlpool is a device designed to average walking in positions vertical. It includes a cage on which are pivoted a sprung balance wheel and an escape wheel comprising a wheel and a pinion.
a fixed wheel is disposed on the frame so as to cooperate with the pinion to drive the mobile escape, when turns the cage.
This last comprises a pinion or a wheel, hereinafter referred to as a cage gear, kinematically connected to the finishing gear of the timepiece, in general to the average wheel.
the pendulum Whenever the pendulum is in position to receive a driving impulse of the exhaust, the torque applied by the wheel of average on the cage gear slightly rotates the cage, the impulse to pendulum being given by the escapement whose mobile turns by meshing of its pinion with the fixed wheel.
the motions of the movement are, in general, arranged and numbered the vortex performs one revolution per minute. So when the room timepiece is arranged vertically, the position of the point of attachment of the pendulum makes one revolution per minute, which averages the walking differences in vertical positions.
the German watchmaker Walter Prendel (Groitzsch, Germany) has made a pocket watch in which the axis of the pendulum makes an angle of 30 ° with that of the tourbillon cage and those of other mobiles of the watch arranged on the frame. In this way, the position of the pendulum varies from 30 to 60 ° maximum when the watch is in the vertical position or horizontal position.
the exhaust components are also inclined, the inclination angle from the escape wheel to the balance wheel.
Such a solution is difficult to master from a technical point of view and the working conditions of the exhaust are unfavorable.
the timepiece movement according to the invention comprises a frame defining a reference plane, a gear train of finishing, a fixed wheel and a tourbillon comprising a rotating cage around an axis AA and on which are mounted pivoting a balance-spiral and an escape wheel comprising a wheel and a pinion.
This movement is characterized in that the pendulum and the mobile exhaust respectively pivot about parallel axes BB and CC between them and which are at an angle to the axis of pivoting of the cage.
the cage is advantageously pivotally mounted on the frame, while the wheel fixed, provided with teeth having flanks, mounted rigidly on the frame, is arranged to cooperate with the pinion of the escapement mobile to drive it when the cage rotates.
the fixed wheel and the pinion of the escapement mobile are arranged to form a gear in which the flanks of their teeth, in their contact zone, are tangent to each other. So, in the case where the axis of the mobile exhaust system cuts the axis of rotation of the vortex, it is then advantageous that the fixed wheel and the exhaust pinion together form a gear conical.
the axis of the escapement does not cut the axis of the cage and is tangent to a cylinder whose radius is substantially equal to the distance separating the balance and the escapement mobile, it is possible to obtain good meshing conditions with an exhaust pinion and a fixed wheel together forming a helical gear.
the cage comprises two boards defining planes parallel to each other and oblique with reference to its pivot axis, the pivoting axes of the balance wheel and the escape wheel being perpendicular to the planes of the two planks.
the escapement comprises, in addition, an anchor. Its axis of pivoting is parallel to that of the balance and the mobile escape.
the vortex 16 comprises a cage 20 comprising two boards 22 and 24 interconnected by pillars not visible in the drawing, two shafts 26 and 28, respectively mounted on the boards 22 and 24 and each provided with a pivot, identified by the letter a , at their free end, engaged in one of the bearings 14.
the shafts are fixed on the boards by screws schematically represented by center lines. It is clear that the boards 22 and 24 are very strongly cut, so that the cage 20 is as light as possible.
the contact surfaces of the trees against the planks are angled by relative to the axis AA, so that the boards 22 and 24 are oblique by report to this axis.
the shaft 26 is furthermore provided with a pinion 26b meshing with the wheel of average 18.
the boards 22 and 24 are each provided, in their central part, with a housing in which a kitten is hunted 27.
a balance-spring 29 is pivoted in these kittens 27, about an axis BB perpendicular to boards and inclined at an angle ⁇ with respect to the axis AA, typically included between 20 and 45 °.
Axes AA and BB intersect in the space between the two boards. In this way, the balance can have a diameter important, despite being inclined relative to the reference plane.
the board 22 carries, in addition, a bridge 30. Stones 32 are fixed one in the deck 30, the other in the board 22.
An escape wheel 34 comprising a pinion 34a and a wheel 34b, is pivotally mounted thereon. Pinion 34a is arranged to mesh with the fixed wheel 19.
the mobile exhaust rotates around a DC axis parallel to the BB axis.
the escape wheel is arranged so that it cuts the axis AA, thus describing a cone whose summit is on the AA axis and which form an angle equal to 2 ⁇ .
the escapement with which the tourbillon is equipped is frequently of anchor type Swiss.
the rocker 29 is kinematically connected to the mobile exhaust 34 by an anchor which transforms the rotary movement of the wheel in reciprocating motion.
the anchor was not represented on the drawing to avoid overloading it. It pivots between two stones worn one by the board 24, the other by an additional bridge not visible in the drawing, around an axis parallel to the BB and CC axes.
the structure of the fixed wheel 19 depends on the position and the orientation of the mobile 34 on the cage. If its DC axis intersects the AA axis, as shown on the 1, it is advantageous that the fixed wheel 19 and the pinion 34a form together a bevel gear.
the taper can be fully set on the pinion, on the wheel or distributed between the two.
this gear is advantageously helical type.
the gear that forms the pinion 34a and the fixed wheel 19 then has a complex structure included between these two cases.
the gear that form the fixed wheel 19 and the pinion 34a of the mobile exhaust system is arranged in such a way that the flanks of their teeth, in their contact area, be tangent to each other.
the average wheel 18 and the pinion 26b are advantageously numbered so that the vortex makes one revolution per minute.
the pendulum 29 will describe a cone and will permanently angle ⁇ with respect to the vertical. If it is in a vertical position, the angle of the BB axis relative to the vertical is between 90 ° + ⁇ and 90 ° - ⁇ . More generally, whatever the position of the timepiece, never the axis of the pendulum remains in a fixed position. In this way, walking is better averaged.
the structure of the constituent parts remains relatively simple, only trees 24 and 26 having left faces.
the conditions meshing pinion 34a and working the anchor with the wheel Exhaust remain completely normal and quality.
the whirlpool could without any other flying type, ie with only one pivot point, or of a type comprising several cages, for example as described in WO03017009.
the taper of the gear form the wheel 19 and the pinion 34a is entirely made on the wheel 19. would also be possible to have a tapered pinion 34a or to distribute the taper between the two components of the gear.
Both embodiments described comprise a cage arranged perpendicular to the reference plane of the movement. he is also possible to tilt the AA axis so that it is not perpendicular to the reference plane. In this case, the teeth of the wheel of average 18 and 26b of the pinion are cut to form together a gear conical.
the movement according to the invention has remarkable advantages, without industrially insurmountable technical problems.

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EP20050405060 2004-02-13 2005-02-08 Uhr mit Tourbillon Active EP1564608B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
CH2202004		2004-02-13
CH2202004A CH697781B1 (fr)	2004-02-13	2004-02-13	Pièce d'horlogerie munie d'un tourbillon.

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EP1564608A2 true EP1564608A2 (de)	2005-08-17
EP1564608A3 EP1564608A3 (de)	2007-10-10
EP1564608B1 EP1564608B1 (de)	2009-04-15

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