EP1982234B1 - Pushbutton device for controlling the start/stop and resetting functions of a chronograph mechanism - Google Patents

Pushbutton device for controlling the start/stop and resetting functions of a chronograph mechanism Download PDF

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EP1982234B1
EP1982234B1 EP07700132A EP07700132A EP1982234B1 EP 1982234 B1 EP1982234 B1 EP 1982234B1 EP 07700132 A EP07700132 A EP 07700132A EP 07700132 A EP07700132 A EP 07700132A EP 1982234 B1 EP1982234 B1 EP 1982234B1
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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
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    • G04B37/10—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits of winding stems
    • G04B37/106—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits of winding stems of push buttons
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    • 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
    • G04B3/00—Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically; Winding up several mainsprings or driving weights simultaneously
    • G04B3/04—Rigidly-mounted keys, knobs or crowns
    • G04B3/048—Operation exclusively by axial movement of a push-button, e.g. for chronographs
    • 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
    • G04F7/0842—Watches or clocks with stop devices, e.g. chronograph with start-stop control mechanisms
    • G04F7/0861—Watches or clocks with stop devices, e.g. chronograph with start-stop control mechanisms actuated by other than push-buttons, e.g. bezel or lever

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  • the present invention relates to a pusher device for controlling the on / off and reset functions of a chronograph mechanism from the outside of a watch case, comprising a case whose main face is traversed by a central opening for receiving a watch movement and having two lateral guide openings whose axes are parallel to the plane of the central opening and through which two control pushers are slidably mounted between two limit positions, elastic return means constantly tending to maintain these pushers in their outer limit positions relative to said central opening, corresponding to their rest positions, a control lever mounted on the lateral face of the middle part and articulated about an axis perpendicular to the plane of said opening central (1a) and remote from a pusher which is in kinematic connection with this rocker between said limit positions.
  • the object of the present invention is to simplify both this push-button device and the actuation of the chronograph mechanism by the user.
  • this invention relates to a pusher device for controlling the on / off and reset functions. zero of a chronograph mechanism from the outside of a watch case according to claim 1.
  • the force exerted is multiplied by the leverage effect of the control lever.
  • the surface of the rocker on which the pressure is exerted can be substantially greater than that exerted directly on the same pusher, so that the pressure per unit area on the finger is also lower. So the lever effect and the increased surface both contribute to a better comfort, as well as a greater reactivity of the control, which contributes to improve the accuracy of the measurement carried out.
  • the transition from one function to another of the chronograph is obtained simply by reversing the rocking direction of the rocker from its rest position.
  • the single figure is a partial plan view of a chronograph mechanism as well as the middle of the protective box without the bottom.
  • This figure shows a portion of a box middle 1 crossed by a central opening la to receive the movement of the timepiece, in this example a chronograph movement.
  • This middle is further traversed by two lateral openings 2, 3 each serving as a guide opening for a control push-button 4, respectively 5.
  • each control push-button 4, 5 is housed in a bushing 6, respectively 7 driven. in the respective lateral opening 2, 3.
  • Two o-rings O-rings 8 are housed around each control pusher portion 4, 5 located in the sockets 6, respectively 7, to seal the control pushers 4 , Crossing the middle part 1.
  • control pusher 4 located inside the box 1 is in contact with an anchor or pin 9 projecting from a control lever 10 pivoted at one end 10a and provided at its opposite end with a finger 10b engaged with ratchet teeth 11a of a conventional column wheel 11 for on / off control of the chronograph mechanism (not shown).
  • This column wheel 11 is positioned by a ratchet not shown.
  • the end of the control pusher 5 located inside the box is in contact with a pin 12 of a reset control lever 13 pivotally mounted about an axis 13a.
  • This reset control lever 13 comprises a locking arm 13b.
  • a locking lever 14 engaged against the columns 11b of the column wheel 11 by a not shown spring is pivotally mounted about an axis 14a. It comprises a finger 14c likely to engage between the columns 11b of the column wheel 11, or to come to rest on the columns 11b, as shown in the position drawn in broken lines.
  • the position shown in solid lines corresponds to the stop position of the chronograph. In this position, the reset lever 13 can be moved by the pusher 5 while coming into a clearance 14b of the locking lever 14.
  • a return spring 15 of the pushers 4 and 5 is held in its middle 15a and the two ends of its two symmetrical arms 15b, 15c respectively support against the pins 9 and 12, thus each tending to return the levers 10 and 13 in the rest position and simultaneously maintain the pushers 4, 5 in their respective rest positions in which they project outwardly lateral guide openings 2 and 3.
  • a control rocker 16 is pivotally mounted about an axis 16a perpendicular to a plane containing the sliding axes of the two pushers 4 and 5 and located substantially equidistant from these pushers, preferably on a center line with respect to these pushers 4 5, on which is also the median attachment of the return spring, ensuring a perfect symmetry of the respective forces applied to the pushers 4 and 5 by the control lever 16 as well as the arms 15b, 15c of the return spring 15 on the control rocker 16 in the rest position.
  • This pivot axis 16a is advantageously formed in a clearance 17 located in the thickness of the box middle 1.
  • This control lever 16 is thus simultaneously in contact with the two pushers 4 and 5 in their rest positions defined by the means resilient return, constituted in this example by the two-arm return spring 15, so that it is in kinematic connection alternately with each of the pushers.
  • the means resilient return constituted in this example by the two-arm return spring 15
  • the chronograph mechanism When the chronograph mechanism is in the off position, as shown in solid lines in the figure, the user has the choice between two possibilities, he can either operate the control lever 16 to tilt it in the opposite direction to that clockwise and to restart the chronograph, in the case where he wants to add several time intervals, either to turn it clockwise and to reset the chronograph mechanism to zero.
  • the chronograph when the chronograph is in the position shown in phantom, the user can not operate the reset pusher 5, blocked by the locking surface 14d, but only the pusher 4, on / off, to stop the counting.
  • the operating surface of the control lever 16 preferably has a concave shape. This shape allows on the one hand to better marry the end of the finger used to maneuver and on the other hand to increase the length of the lever arm on which the finger exerts its force.

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La présente invention se rapporte à un dispositif à poussoir pour commander les fonctions marche/arrêt et remise à zéro d'un mécanisme de chronographe de l'extérieur d'une boîte de montre, comprenant une carrure dont la face principale est traversée d'une ouverture centrale pour recevoir un mouvement d'horlogerie et présentant deux ouvertures latérales de guidage, dont les axes sont parallèles au plan de l'ouverture centrale et à travers lesquelles deux poussoirs de commande sont montés coulissants entre deux positions limites, des moyens de rappel élastique tendant constamment à maintenir ces poussoirs dans leurs positions limites externes par rapport à ladite ouverture centrale, correspondant à leurs positions de repos, une bascule de commande montée sur la face latérale de la carrure et articulée autour d'un axe perpendiculaire au plan de ladite ouverture centrale (1a) et distant d'un poussoir qui est en liaison cinématique avec cette bascule entre lesdites deux positions limites.The present invention relates to a pusher device for controlling the on / off and reset functions of a chronograph mechanism from the outside of a watch case, comprising a case whose main face is traversed by a central opening for receiving a watch movement and having two lateral guide openings whose axes are parallel to the plane of the central opening and through which two control pushers are slidably mounted between two limit positions, elastic return means constantly tending to maintain these pushers in their outer limit positions relative to said central opening, corresponding to their rest positions, a control lever mounted on the lateral face of the middle part and articulated about an axis perpendicular to the plane of said opening central (1a) and remote from a pusher which is in kinematic connection with this rocker between said limit positions.

On a déjà proposé un dispositif à bascule pour actionner un poussoir de chronographe dans le CH 30216 et dans le EP 0 443 087 . Dans ces documents, entre ses deux positions limites, une bascule ne permet d'actionner qu'un poussoir, en sorte que dans un chronographe qui comporte deux poussoirs, chaque bascule actionne un des deux poussoirs, ce qui nécessite deux bascules.It has already been proposed a rocker device for actuating a chronograph pusher in the CH 30216 and in the EP 0 443 087 . In these documents, between its two limit positions, a rocker can operate only one pusher, so that in a chronograph that has two pushers, each rocker actuates one of the two pushers, which requires two flip-flops.

Le but de la présente invention est de simplifier à la fois ce dispositif à poussoirs et l'actionnement du mécanisme de chronographe par l'utilisateur.The object of the present invention is to simplify both this push-button device and the actuation of the chronograph mechanism by the user.

A cet effet, cette invention a pour objet un dispositif à poussoir pour commander les fonctions marche/arrêt et remise à zéro d'un mécanisme de chronographe de l'extérieur d'une boîte de montre selon la revendication 1.For this purpose, this invention relates to a pusher device for controlling the on / off and reset functions. zero of a chronograph mechanism from the outside of a watch case according to claim 1.

Grâce à ce dispositif, la force exercée est démultipliée par l'effet de levier de la bascule de commande. En outre la surface de la bascule sur laquelle s'exerce la pression peut être sensiblement plus grande que celle exercée directement sur le même poussoir, en sorte que la pression par unité de surface sur le doigt est aussi plus faible. Donc l'effet levier et la surface accrue concourent tous deux à un meilleur confort, ainsi qu'à une plus grande réactivité de la commande, ce qui contribue à améliorer la précision de la mesure effectuée. Le passage d'une fonction à l'autre du chronographe est obtenu simplement en inversant le sens de basculement de la bascule à partir de sa position de repos.With this device, the force exerted is multiplied by the leverage effect of the control lever. In addition the surface of the rocker on which the pressure is exerted can be substantially greater than that exerted directly on the same pusher, so that the pressure per unit area on the finger is also lower. So the lever effect and the increased surface both contribute to a better comfort, as well as a greater reactivity of the control, which contributes to improve the accuracy of the measurement carried out. The transition from one function to another of the chronograph is obtained simply by reversing the rocking direction of the rocker from its rest position.

Le dessin annexé illustre, schématiquement et à titre d'exemple, une forme d'exécution du dispositif à poussoir objet de la présente invention.The accompanying drawing illustrates, schematically and by way of example, an embodiment of the pusher device object of the present invention.

La figure unique est une vue partielle en plan d'un mécanisme de chronographe ainsi que de la carrure de la boîte de protection sans le fond.The single figure is a partial plan view of a chronograph mechanism as well as the middle of the protective box without the bottom.

Cette figure montre une portion d'une carrure de boîte 1 traversée par une ouverture centrale la pour recevoir le mouvement de la pièce d'horlogerie, dans cet exemple un mouvement de chronographe. Cette carrure est encore traversée par deux ouvertures latérales 2, 3 servant chacune d'ouverture de guidage pour un poussoir de commande 4, respectivement 5. Dans cet exemple, chaque poussoir de commande 4, 5 est logé dans une douille 6, respectivement 7 chassée dans l'ouverture latérale respective 2, 3. Deux joints toriques appelés O-rings 8 sont logés autour de chaque partie de poussoir de commande 4, 5 située dans les douilles 6, respectivement 7, pour assurer l'étanchéité des poussoirs de commande 4, 5 traversant la carrure 1.This figure shows a portion of a box middle 1 crossed by a central opening la to receive the movement of the timepiece, in this example a chronograph movement. This middle is further traversed by two lateral openings 2, 3 each serving as a guide opening for a control push-button 4, respectively 5. In this example, each control push-button 4, 5 is housed in a bushing 6, respectively 7 driven. in the respective lateral opening 2, 3. Two o-rings O-rings 8 are housed around each control pusher portion 4, 5 located in the sockets 6, respectively 7, to seal the control pushers 4 , Crossing the middle part 1.

L'extrémité du poussoir de commande 4 située à l'intérieur de la boîte 1 est en contact avec une cheville ou une tige 9 faisant saillie d'un levier de commande 10 pivoté à une extrémité 10a et munie à son extrémité opposée d'un doigt 10b en prise avec une denture à rochet 11a d'une roue à colonnes classique 11 de commande marche/arrêt du mécanisme de chronographe (non représenté). Cette roue à colonnes 11 est positionnée par un cliquet non représenté.The end of the control pusher 4 located inside the box 1 is in contact with an anchor or pin 9 projecting from a control lever 10 pivoted at one end 10a and provided at its opposite end with a finger 10b engaged with ratchet teeth 11a of a conventional column wheel 11 for on / off control of the chronograph mechanism (not shown). This column wheel 11 is positioned by a ratchet not shown.

L'extrémité du poussoir de commande 5 située à l'intérieur de la boîte est en contact avec une cheville 12 d'un levier de commande de remise à zéro 13 monté pivotant autour d'un axe 13a. Ce levier de commande de remise à zéro 13 comporte un bras de verrouillage 13b. Un levier de verrouillage 14 engagé contre les colonnes 11b de la roue à colonnes 11 par un ressort non représenté est monté pivotant autour d'un axe 14a. Il comporte un doigt 14c susceptible soit de s'engager entre les colonnes 11b de la roue à colonnes 11, soit de venir s'appuyer sur les colonnes 11b, comme illustré en position dessinée en traits interrompus. La position illustrée en trait continu correspond à la position d'arrêt du chronographe. Dans cette position, le levier de remise à zéro 13 peut être déplacé par le poussoir 5 en venant dans un dégagement 14b du levier de verrouillage 14.The end of the control pusher 5 located inside the box is in contact with a pin 12 of a reset control lever 13 pivotally mounted about an axis 13a. This reset control lever 13 comprises a locking arm 13b. A locking lever 14 engaged against the columns 11b of the column wheel 11 by a not shown spring is pivotally mounted about an axis 14a. It comprises a finger 14c likely to engage between the columns 11b of the column wheel 11, or to come to rest on the columns 11b, as shown in the position drawn in broken lines. The position shown in solid lines corresponds to the stop position of the chronograph. In this position, the reset lever 13 can be moved by the pusher 5 while coming into a clearance 14b of the locking lever 14.

Lorsque la roue à colonnes 11 est déplacée d'un pas dans le sens contraire à celui des aiguilles d'une montre par l'extrémité 10b du levier de commande 10, le doigt 14c du levier de verrouillage 14 est soulevé dans la position illustrée en traits interrompus. Dans cette position, le levier de verrouillage 14, en tournant, a amené une surface de verrouillage 14d vis-vis de l'extrémité du bras 13b, empêchant l'actionnement du levier de remise à zéro par le poussoir 5.When the column wheel 11 is moved one step counterclockwise by the end 10b of the control lever 10, the finger 14c of the locking lever 14 is lifted in the position illustrated in FIG. broken lines. In this position, the locking lever 14, by turning, has brought a locking surface 14d towards the end of the arm 13b, preventing the actuation of the reset lever by the pusher 5.

Un ressort de rappel 15 des poussoirs 4 et 5 est tenu en son milieu 15a et les deux extrémités de ses deux bras symétriques 15b, 15c appuient respectivement contre les chevilles 9 et 12, tendant ainsi chacune à ramener les leviers 10 et 13 en position de repos et simultanément à maintenir les poussoirs 4, 5 dans leurs positions de repos respectives dans lesquelles ils font saillie à l'extérieur des ouvertures latérales de guidage 2 et 3.A return spring 15 of the pushers 4 and 5 is held in its middle 15a and the two ends of its two symmetrical arms 15b, 15c respectively support against the pins 9 and 12, thus each tending to return the levers 10 and 13 in the rest position and simultaneously maintain the pushers 4, 5 in their respective rest positions in which they project outwardly lateral guide openings 2 and 3.

Une bascule de commande 16 est montée pivotante autour d'un axe 16a perpendiculaire à un plan contenant les axes de coulissement des deux poussoirs 4 et 5 et situé sensiblement à égale distance de ces poussoirs, avantageusement sur une ligne médiane par rapport à ces poussoirs 4, 5 sur laquelle se trouve aussi l'attache médiane du ressort de rappel, assurant une parfaite symétrie des forces respectives appliquées aux poussoirs 4 et 5 par la bascule de commande 16 ainsi que par les bras 15b, 15c du ressort de rappel 15 sur la bascule de commande 16 en position de repos. Cet axe de pivotement 16a est avantageusement ménagé dans un dégagement 17 situé dans l'épaisseur de la carrure de boîte 1. Cette bascule de commande 16 est ainsi simultanément en contact avec les deux poussoirs 4 et 5 dans leurs positions de repos définies par les moyens de rappel élastique, constitués dans cet exemple, par le ressort de rappel à deux bras 15, en sorte qu'elle est en liaison cinématique alternativement avec chacun des poussoirs. Lorsqu'elle bascule dans un sens ou dans l'autre, dans ses deux positions limites à partir de sa position médiane définie par les positions de repos des poussoirs 4, 5, elle déplace alternativement ces poussoirs 4, 5 dans leurs positions limites de coulissement respectives.A control rocker 16 is pivotally mounted about an axis 16a perpendicular to a plane containing the sliding axes of the two pushers 4 and 5 and located substantially equidistant from these pushers, preferably on a center line with respect to these pushers 4 5, on which is also the median attachment of the return spring, ensuring a perfect symmetry of the respective forces applied to the pushers 4 and 5 by the control lever 16 as well as the arms 15b, 15c of the return spring 15 on the control rocker 16 in the rest position. This pivot axis 16a is advantageously formed in a clearance 17 located in the thickness of the box middle 1. This control lever 16 is thus simultaneously in contact with the two pushers 4 and 5 in their rest positions defined by the means resilient return, constituted in this example by the two-arm return spring 15, so that it is in kinematic connection alternately with each of the pushers. When it tilts in one direction or the other, in its two limit positions from its median position defined by the rest positions of the pushers 4, 5, it alternately moves these pushers 4, 5 in their sliding limit positions. respectively.

Lorsque le mécanisme de chronographe est en position d'arrêt, comme illustré en traits continus par la figure, l'utilisateur a le choix entre deux possibilités, il peut soit actionner la bascule de commande 16 pour la faire basculer dans le sens contraire à celui des aiguilles d'une montre et faire ainsi repartir le chronographe, dans le cas où il désire additionner plusieurs intervalles de temps, soit l'actionner dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre et remettre le mécanisme de chronographe à zéro. Par contre, quand le chronographe est dans la position illustrée en traits interrompus, l'utilisateur ne peut pas actionner le poussoir 5 de remise à zéro, bloqué par la surface de verrouillage 14d, mais uniquement le poussoir 4, marche/arrêt, pour arrêter le comptage.When the chronograph mechanism is in the off position, as shown in solid lines in the figure, the user has the choice between two possibilities, he can either operate the control lever 16 to tilt it in the opposite direction to that clockwise and to restart the chronograph, in the case where he wants to add several time intervals, either to turn it clockwise and to reset the chronograph mechanism to zero. On the other hand, when the chronograph is in the position shown in phantom, the user can not operate the reset pusher 5, blocked by the locking surface 14d, but only the pusher 4, on / off, to stop the counting.

Comme illustré, la surface de manoeuvre de la bascule de commande 16 a de préférence une forme concave. Cette forme permet d'une part de mieux épouser l'extrémité du doigt servant à la manoeuvrer et d'autre part d'augmenter la longueur du bras de levier sur lequel le doigt exerce sa force.As illustrated, the operating surface of the control lever 16 preferably has a concave shape. This shape allows on the one hand to better marry the end of the finger used to maneuver and on the other hand to increase the length of the lever arm on which the finger exerts its force.

On peut constater la très grande simplicité de ce dispositif de commande entraînant une amélioration substantielle du confort d'utilisation de la commande du mécanisme de chronographe.It can be seen the very great simplicity of this control device resulting in a substantial improvement in the comfort of use of the control of the chronograph mechanism.

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  1. A pusher device for controlling the start/stop and zero-reset functions of a chronograph mechanism from outside a watch case, comprising a case middle (1) whose main face is traversed by a central opening (1a) for receiving a timepiece movement and which has two lateral guide openings (2, 3), the axes of which are parallel to the plane of the central opening and through which two control pushers (4, 5) are mounted so that they can slide between two limit positions, elastic return means (15) tending constantly to maintain these pushers (4, 5) in their outer limit positions with respect to said central opening, corresponding to their rest positions, and a control rocker (16) mounted on the lateral face of the case middle and hinged about a pin (16a) perpendicular to the plane of said central opening (1a) and remote from a pusher (4, 5) which is kinematically linked to this rocker (16) between said two limit positions, characterized in that the control rocker (16) is situated between the pushers (4, 5), the latter, when in the outer limit position, being simultaneously in contact with the control rocker (16) while maintaining it in a mid-position between its rocking limit positions which respectively correspond to the movement of the pushers (4, 5) into their inner limit positions.
  2. The device as claimed in claim 1, in which the hinge pin (16a) of the rocker (16) is situated on a mid-line with respect to the two pushers (4, 5), and said elastic return means (15) comprise two elastic arms (15b, 15c) symmetrical with respect to this same mid-line and respectively acting on said pushers (4, 5).
  3. The device as claimed in either of the preceding claims, in which the operating surface of said rocker (16) has a concave shape.
  4. The device as claimed in one of the preceding claims, in which said rocker and its pivoting means are entirely situated outside the case middle.
  5. The device as claimed in one of the preceding claims, in which sealing means are arranged between said pusher and said lateral guide opening.
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