EP1804142A1 - Mechanische Uhr mit Vorrichtung zur Einstellung des Spieles eines Drehteiles - Google Patents

Mechanische Uhr mit Vorrichtung zur Einstellung des Spieles eines Drehteiles Download PDF

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EP1804142A1
EP1804142A1 EP05028552A EP05028552A EP1804142A1 EP 1804142 A1 EP1804142 A1 EP 1804142A1 EP 05028552 A EP05028552 A EP 05028552A EP 05028552 A EP05028552 A EP 05028552A EP 1804142 A1 EP1804142 A1 EP 1804142A1
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    • G04BMECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B29/00Frameworks
    • G04B29/02Plates; Bridges; Cocks
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    • G04HOROLOGY
    • G04BMECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B17/00Mechanisms for stabilising frequency
    • G04B17/20Compensation of mechanisms for stabilising frequency
    • G04B17/28Compensation of mechanisms for stabilising frequency for the effect of imbalance of the weights, e.g. tourbillon
    • G04B17/285Tourbillons or carrousels
    • GPHYSICS
    • G04HOROLOGY
    • G04BMECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B31/00Bearings; Point suspensions or counter-point suspensions; Pivot bearings; Single parts therefor
    • GPHYSICS
    • G04HOROLOGY
    • G04BMECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B35/00Adjusting the gear train, e.g. the backlash of the arbors, depth of meshing of the gears

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  • the present invention relates to a mechanical timepiece equipped with a device for adjusting the play of a rotating wheel, in particular of the play of a balance wheel.
  • the watchmaker who adjusts the balance of the balance must act on the three adjustment screws by turning them successively and repeatedly until the board reaches a height defining a correct frog for the pendulum.
  • three adjustment screws increase the cost of this timepiece and their arrangement at the periphery of the clamping screw requires relatively large dimensions for the base of the bridge. This poses a problem for the design of the watch movement and in particular for the arrangement of the balance bridge.
  • a friction spring formed by an elastically deformable washer is provided under the nut so as to maintain the position thereof when not actuated by a watchmaker.
  • the two clamping screws are respectively provided at the periphery of the two respective bases so as to allow the adjusting nuts which have splines to rotate on the outer lateral surface to facilitate their actuation with the aid of a suitable tool and thus the adjusting the balance of the balance.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a device for adjusting the play of a mobile rotating in a timepiece, in particular a balance, which is relatively inexpensive and to adjust the frolicking of the mobile rotating efficiently, without increasing the size of the bridge considered or limit the layout of its peripheral region.
  • the adjustment means comprise at least one element for adjusting the distance between a base of the considered bridge and the plate, this adjustment element being pierced at its center for the passage of a clamping screw and operable through a hole passing through said base, said clamping screw being introduced into this through hole for fixing this base with said plate.
  • the adjusting member is constituted by a set screw arranged to allow the variation of the distance between the base and the plate by screwing or unscrewing the adjusting screw.
  • the adjusting screw is screwed into the bridge and the clamping screw is screwed into the plate.
  • the adjusting screw has a first end bearing against the plate and its second end has a shape adapted to a tool for rotating from said upper face of the bridge in question.
  • Figure 1 a mechanical timepiece 2 equipped with a rotating mobile and comprising a device for adjusting the frost of this rotating mobile according to the present invention.
  • the bridge in this embodiment is a pendulum bridge 4 and the rotating mobile is a pendulum 6.
  • the balance 6 comprises an axis of which a first end pivots in a first bearing carried by the board 10 of the balance bridge.
  • the first bearing is arranged in an opening of a bolt carrier 8 with a bumper device known to those skilled in the art.
  • the bolt carrier 8 rests on the central seat 12 of the bridge 4.
  • the second end of the axis of the balance pivots in a second bearing arranged in a plate 14 of the timepiece 2.
  • the balance bridge 4 is a double bridge formed of two bases 16 and 18 respectively arranged on one side and the other of the board 10 and therefore the first bearing arranged in the central portion 20 of this bridge.
  • the bridge 4 comprises two areas of least mechanical strength respectively arranged at the two end regions of the board 10, that is to say between the two bases 16 and 18 respectively and the central portion 20 carrying the first bearing for the axis of the balance.
  • balance of the equilibrium control means which are formed on the one hand by a screw 30 which fixed the base 16 to the plate 14 rigidly leaving the base in a relatively fixed position to this plate, in support against this last one.
  • the second base 18 of the bridge 4 is associated with a means of deformation of the bridge 4 which is constituted by a screw 34 of relatively large diameter and pierced at its center.
  • This adjusting screw 34 defines an element for adjusting the distance between the base 18 of the bridge 4 and the plate 14. It comprises a flat head 36 provided with a slot for screwing this screw from the lower part of the bridge.
  • the adjusting screw 34 further comprises a cylinder 38 having a fine pitch external thread so as to be able to finely vary the distance between the external surface 37 of the head 36 bearing against the plate 14 and the lower surface 5 of the bridge 4.
  • the hole 40 which passes through the screw 34 has a diameter greater than that of the clamping screw 32 so that it can be introduced freely into this through hole 40.
  • the screw 34 is screwed into a hole 42 passing through the base 18 of the bridge 4.
  • the hole 42 has an enlargement in the upper part of the base 18 with a substantially flat annular surface and serving as a stop at the head of the clamping screw 32
  • This screw 32 is screwed at its lower end into the plate 14 to secure the base 18 to the plate 14.
  • the adjustment screw 34 By turning the adjustment screw 34, the relative position between the base 18 and the plate 14 is varied since the lower surface 37 of the head 36 rests on this plate. To adjust the height of the base 18, the clamping screw 32 will be removed so that adjustment can be made from the upper surface 46. of bridge 4 through the through opening 42. To do this, the watchmaker will maintain for example with the aid of a suitable tool the screw 34 bearing against the plate 14 if necessary. Since the base 16 is fixed to the plate in an invariable position, an actuation of the adjusting screw 34 causes a deformation of the bridge 4 in the embodiment of FIG. 1.
  • the distance between the base 18 and the plate 14 is varied and the plate 10 is deformed so that its central zone 20, where the upper bearing is located for the axis of the balance, is also displaced so as to allow the adjustment of the frolicking of this pendulum.
  • the board 10 comprises at its two end portions two zones of lesser mechanical resistance which each define a zone of localized deformation or flexible articulation between the two bases 16 and 18. These zones make it possible to reduce overall the tensions generated. in the balance bridge 4 when the base 18 is displaced in height relative to the base 16. Thus, the adjustment of the balance of the balance can generate here a certain inclination of the central portion 20 of the board 10, but this inclination remains weak.
  • the mounting of the lightening adjustment device is easily performed by simply screwing the adjusting screw 34 from the lower face 5 of the bridge 4 until its head is about a certain height. Then, the bridge can be assembled to the plate with the rocker mounted in the two bearings associated with it. Then, the equilibrium of the balance (or of another mobile rotating) can be adjusted simply by turning the screw 34 with the slot 44 provided at its upper end opposite the head 36, this upper end being accessible by a tool from the upper face 46 of the bridge through the opening 42 through the base 18. Once the adjustment is made, the screw 32 is inserted into the through hole 40 of the adjusting screw 34 and tightened so as to rigidly fix the base 18 to the plate 14. The spring washer 48 maintains a set screw 34 in the intended position. Once the adjustment of the distance between the two levels finely done by means of the adjustment screw 34, the height adjustment system of the bridge 4 is masked and the bridge is firmly fixed to the plate.
  • the present invention can also be applied to a watch movement equipped with a vortex and in which the vortex of the tourbillon cage is adjusted by means of the device of the present invention associated with the tourbillon bridge carrying a two bearings in which rotates the vortex cage.
  • FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a second embodiment of a timepiece equipped with means for adjusting the balance of the balance.
  • This embodiment differs from the first embodiment of FIG. 1. in that it comprises two adjustment devices 34 according to the present invention respectively associated with the two bases 16 and 18 of the bridge 54. Thus, the relative distance between each of the bases 16 and 18 and the plate 14 can be finely adjusted to using the device 34 associated with each base.
  • This second embodiment makes it possible to adjust the play of the balance 6 while keeping the board 10 horizontal, that is to say parallel to the general plane of the watch movement.
  • the rocker 6 has an axis 56 whose two ends pivot respectively in the bearings 58 and 60.
  • FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a third embodiment of a timepiece according to the invention in which the rocker bridge 64 comprises a single base 18.
  • the base 18 is associated with a device for adjusting the distance between this base and the plate 14 of the type described above.
  • the adjusting screw 34 has a head 36 of relatively large diameter to ensure proper seating of the bridge 64 on the plate 14. Because the clamping screw 32 is coaxial with the adjusting screw 34, it is it is it is possible to fix the bridge 64 rigidly to the plate 14 and to keep the board 70 of this bridge 64 substantially horizontal. By screwing or unscrewing the screw 34 while the screw 32 is not in place, it is possible to precisely adjust the distance between the two bearings 58 and 60 and thus obtain an optimal clearance for the balance 6.

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DE602005015878T DE602005015878D1 (de) 2005-12-28 2005-12-28 Mechanische Uhr mit Vorrichtung zur Einstellung des Spieles eines Drehteiles
EP05028552A EP1804142B1 (de) 2005-12-28 2005-12-28 Mechanische Uhr mit Vorrichtung zur Einstellung des Spieles eines Drehteiles
AT05028552T ATE438889T1 (de) 2005-12-28 2005-12-28 Mechanische uhr mit vorrichtung zur einstellung des spieles eines drehteiles
JP2006347341A JP4987457B2 (ja) 2005-12-28 2006-12-25 回転部品又は輪列の振動を調整する装置を有する機械式時計
CN2006101714964A CN1991635B (zh) 2005-12-28 2006-12-28 配备有用于调节旋转部件或轮副的摆动的装置的机械钟表
US11/616,982 US7287900B2 (en) 2005-12-28 2006-12-28 Mechanical timepiece fitted with a device for adjusting the shake of a rotating part or wheel set
HK07110028.8A HK1104940A1 (en) 2005-12-28 2007-09-14 Mechanical timepiece fitted with a device for adjusting the shake of a rotating part or wheel set

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