EP3629100A1 - Vorrichtung zur symmetrischen führung von zwei elementen, insbesondere für uhrwerke - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur symmetrischen führung von zwei elementen, insbesondere für uhrwerke Download PDF

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EP3629100A1
EP3629100A1 EP18196767.0A EP18196767A EP3629100A1 EP 3629100 A1 EP3629100 A1 EP 3629100A1 EP 18196767 A EP18196767 A EP 18196767A EP 3629100 A1 EP3629100 A1 EP 3629100A1
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Marc Lemonnier
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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
    • G04B17/04—Oscillators acting by spring tension
    • G04B17/045—Oscillators acting by spring tension with oscillating blade springs
    • 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
    • G04B17/04—Oscillators acting by spring tension
    • G04B17/06—Oscillators with hairsprings, e.g. balance
    • G04B17/063—Balance construction
    • 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
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/26—Clocks or watches with indicators for tides, for the phases of the moon, or the like
    • G04B19/262—Clocks or watches with indicators for tides, for the phases of the moon, or the like with indicators for astrological informations

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  • the present invention relates to a device for symmetrical guidance of two elements, in particular for watchmaking.
  • the present invention aims to remedy, at least in part, these drawbacks and proposes for this purpose a mechanical device according to claim 1, particular embodiments being defined in the dependent claims.
  • the Figures 1 and 2 show a mechanical device 1 according to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • the mechanical device 1 comprises a fixed or mobile support 2, shown diagrammatically, and an elastic system 3 mounted on this support 2.
  • the elastic system 3 comprises first and second elements 4, 5 to be guided, a fixing part 6 fixed directly or indirectly to the support 2 by gluing, driving, screwing, welding, brazing or other, a control part 7, a first elastic member 8 connecting the fixing part 6 to the first element 4, a second elastic member 9 connecting the fixing part 6 to the second element 5, a third elastic member 10 connecting the first element 4 to the control part 7 and a fourth elastic member 11 connecting the second element 5 to the control part 7.
  • the fixing part 6, the control part 7 and the elastic members 8 to 11 constitute a guide device making it possible to guide the first and second elements 4, 5 symmetrically and simultaneously with respect to the support 2.
  • the elastic members 8 to 11 extend in the same plane P1, as visible on the figure 2 , and are elastically deformable substantially only in this plane, their stiffness perpendicular to the plane P1 being high enough to prevent them from deforming outside this plane.
  • the elastic members 8 to 11 are each constituted by an elastic blade of straight shape at rest and are, at rest, arranged in a square.
  • the fixing part 6, the control part 7 and the elements 4, 5 to be guided are rigid, that is to say that they do not deform, or almost do not, during the normal operation of the elastic system 3.
  • the elasticity of the elastic members 8 to 11 allows the control part 7 and the elements 4, 5 to move relative to the fixing part 6 and to the support 2 in the plane P1.
  • the assembly constituted by the first elastic member 8, the first element 4 and the third elastic member 10 and the assembly constituted by the second elastic member 9, the second element 5 and the fourth elastic member 11 are symmetrical one of the other with respect to a plane P2 which is perpendicular to the plane P1.
  • a translation of the control part 7 relative to the fixing part 6 and to the support 2 along a straight line D formed by the intersection of the planes P1 and P2 leads, by a guiding action exerted by the organs elastic 8 to 11, a displacement of the elements 4, 5 in the plane P1 along a circular trajectory whose center is located on the right D, the displacement of the second element 5 being symmetrical and simultaneous with that of the first element 4 with respect to the plane P2.
  • the figures 3 and 4 show by two dotted circles C the circular trajectory of elements 4, 5.
  • the elastic system 3 is shown in its rest state (dotted line) and in a deformed state (solid line) caused by a displacement of the control part 7 downwards.
  • the elastic system 3 is shown in its rest state (dotted line) and in a deformed state (solid line) caused by a displacement of the control part 7 upwards.
  • each elastic member 8 to 11 is a blade of curved shape in the rest state.
  • the elastic members 8 to 11 can thus, for example, be in the form of convex blades defining together a circle ( figure 9 ) or in the form of concave blades arranged in a star ( figure 10 ).
  • Hybrid geometries (not shown) can also be envisaged, with a straight blade and a curved blade on each side of the plane P2.
  • the center of rotation of the elements 4, 5 in the plane P1 is the point of intersection of the respective straight lines that these blades define at rest.
  • the center of rotation of the elements 4, 5 in the plane P1 is located on the line D at a position which depends on the geometry of these blades.
  • FIG 11 Another embodiment is illustrated in figure 11 .
  • the fixing part 6 is in two parts 6a, 6b (but could be in a single part) and the first and second elastic members 8, 9 are, at rest, straight and parallel.
  • a translation of the control part 7 along the straight line D causes, by a guiding action exerted by the elastic members 8 to 11, a translation of the elements 4, 5 perpendicular to the straight line D as indicated by the arrows.
  • the mechanical device according to the invention With the mechanical device according to the invention, the symmetry and the simultaneity of the movements of the elements 4, 5 to be guided are excellent and these movements are carried out without the friction experienced by devices with axes of physical rotation or with guide grooves.
  • the elastic members 8 to 11 in fact constitute flexible guidance for the elements 4, 5 which therefore do not need to be guided by axes rotating in bearings or slides sliding in grooves.
  • the manufacturing precision can be high, the elastic system 3 can consist of a monolithic part, or be part of such a monolithic part, made for example of silicon, metal, alloy, ceramic, diamond, glass or metallic glass by means of techniques such as, depending on the material, DRIE, LIGA, EDM, molding, etc.
  • the mechanical device according to the invention is simple, compact and robust.
  • the present invention is not limited to a coplanar arrangement of the elastic members 8 to 11.
  • the first and second elastic members 8, 9, for example, could be in two different parallel planes and intersect without contact in the manner of a flexible pivot with separate crossed blades, their intersection defining the axis of rotation about which the elements 4, 5 rotate when the control part 7 is actuated.
  • the assembly constituted by the first elastic member 8, the first element 4 and the third elastic member 10 is symmetrical of the assembly constituted by the second elastic member 9, the second element 5 and the fourth elastic member 11 relative to the straight line D of movement of the control part 7 in plan view from above of the mechanical device.
  • the elastic system 3 is monostable and the control part 7 which controls the movement of the elements 4, 5 is itself controlled by a member such as an eccentric or a micrometric screw which can bring and stopping the control portion 7 at any position from a continuum of positions.
  • the elastic system 3 bistable, as shown in figures 12 and 13 , by connecting the control part 7 at two points 12, 13 fixed relative to the support 2 by two flamed blades 14, 15 symmetrical to each other with respect to the plane P2, more generally with respect to the straight line D in plan view from above of the mechanical device 1.
  • the elastic system 3 can then occupy a first stable state ( figure 12 ) in which the control part 7 is in a low position and a second stable state ( figure 13 ) in which the control part 7 is in a high position.
  • the passage of the control part 7 from one of its low and high positions to the other causes the elements 4, 5 to pass from a well-defined position, for example a rest position, to another well-defined position, by example an active position.
  • These positions can be adjusted by varying the compression ratio of the flamed blades 14, 15.
  • the degree of freedom in rotation of the control part 7 must be eliminated. To do this, it is possible to double the flamed blades 14, 15, that is to say connect the control part 7 at point 12 by two parallel flamed blades and connect the control part 7 at point 13 by two parallel flamed blades .
  • the flamed blades 14, 15 can be replaced by preformed blades in the rest state in the form of a flamed blade.
  • each elastic member 8 to 11 can be in the form of a blade of variable section, for example a blade comprising one or more flexible portions, such as necks, and one or more rigid intermediate portions.
  • each elastic member 8 to 11 may be in the form of several blades of constant or variable section.
  • the mechanical device 1 finds applications in the field of mechanics, for example for the production of pincers or pliers, and more particularly in the field of micromechanics, in particular horology.
  • the figure 14 shows a first horological application of the invention.
  • the mechanical device 1 shown in the figure 14 is an oscillator mounted on a support 2, the support 2 being typically the stage of a mechanical watch movement such as the movement of a wristwatch or a pocket watch.
  • the oscillator is of the type described in the patent application WO 2017/055983 of the plaintiff. It comprises a pendulum 16 connected and suspended from a base 17 by separate crossed blades 18, 19.
  • the base 17 is an elastic system of the type of the elastic system 3 illustrated in Figures 1 to 11 .
  • It comprises a fixing part 6 fixed directly or indirectly to the support 2, a control part 7, first and second elements 4, 5 to be guided, a first elastic member 8 connecting the fixing part 6 to the first element 4, a second elastic member 9 connecting the fixing part 6 to the second element 5, a third elastic member 10 connecting the first element 4 to the control part 7 and a fourth elastic member 11 connecting the second element 5 to the control part 7.
  • the separated crossed blades 18, 19 form a flexible pivot guiding the balance 16 in rotation about a corresponding virtual axis, in plan view from above of the mechanical device 1, at their crossing point 20.
  • the separated crossed blades 18, 19 exert in addition an elastic return function of the balance 16 in an equilibrium position.
  • One, 18, of the blades 18, 19 is joined by one of its ends to the balance 16 and by its other end to the first element 4.
  • the other, 19, of the blades 18, 19 is joined by one of its ends to the pendulum 16 and by its other end to the second element 5.
  • the elements 4, 5 are stationary relative to the fixing part 6 and to the support 2.
  • the stiffness of the blades forming the elastic members 8 to 11 is in fact greater than that of the blades 18 , 19 of the flexible pivot.
  • An eccentric 21 in contact with the control part 7 can be manually actuated to move in translation the control part 7 along a straight line D which, in plan view from above of the mechanical device 1, is a line of symmetry for the base 17. This displacement in translation can be guided by means of a pin 22 fixed to the support 2 and engaged in an oblong hole 23 in the control part 7.
  • This displacement in translation causes symmetrical and simultaneous displacement of the elements 4, 5 in rotation about a corresponding axis, in plan view from above of the mechanical device 1, at the point of intersection of the lines along which the first and second elastic members 8, 9 extend at rest.
  • the elements 4, 5 can be moved towards or away from one another in order to adjust the position of the crossing point 20 of the separate crossed blades 18, 19 and thus improve, for example, the isochronism of the oscillator, as described in the patent application WO 2017/055983 .
  • the orientation of the first and second elastic members 8, 9 is chosen so that the point of intersection of the straight lines which they define when they are at rest coincides, in plan view from above, with the point of intersection 20 of the separate crossed blades 18, 19 at rest.
  • the rotation of the elements 4, 5 during the adjustment by means of the eccentric 21 is carried out without moving the balance 16 along the straight line D.
  • the pin (not shown) that carries the balance 16 and which cooperates with an anchor d 'escapement (not shown) is therefore also not moved along the straight line D. This avoids modifying the penetration depth of the anchor in the fork of the anchor, therefore the safety of the escapement.
  • the pendulum 16 and the pin which it carries do not move either perpendicular to the straight line D during the adjustment by means of the eccentric 21. This makes it possible to maintain and guarantee the symmetry of the ankle mark between the two half-waves of the balance 16 and therefore not to modify the lifting angle when adjusting the position of the crossing point 20.
  • the figures 15 to 18 show a second horological application of the invention.
  • the mechanical device 1 shown in figures 15 to 18 is a device for driving a display of the hours of sunrise and sunset mounted on a support 2, the support 2 being typically the stage of a mechanical watch movement such as the movement of a wristwatch or 'a pocket watch.
  • a probe for the sunrise hours 24 movable in translation is held in abutment against a sunrise hours cam 25 by an elastic member (not shown).
  • This probe 24 has a toothing 26 forming a rack which meshes with a wheel (not shown) carrying a hand indicating the hours of sunrise.
  • a probe for the hours of sunset 27 moving in translation is held in abutment against a sunset hour cam 28 by an elastic member (not shown).
  • This probe 27 carries a toothing 29 forming a rack which meshes with a wheel (not shown) carrying a hand indicating the hours of sunset.
  • the sunrise hours cam 25 is coaxial and integral with a wheel 30 which meshes with a drive wheel 31 itself driven, typically at the rate of one revolution per year, by the train of the mechanical watch movement.
  • the sunset hours cam 28 is coaxial and integral with another wheel 32 which meshes with the drive wheel 31. More details on this device can be found in the patent application. EP 18152022.2 of the plaintiff.
  • the sunrise hours cam 25 and the sunset hours cam 28 are in fact winter cams.
  • the mechanical device 1 also comprises a cam for the summer sunrise hours 33 and a cam for the sunset hours 34.
  • These summer cams 33, 34 have a larger profile than the winter cams 25, 28.
  • the summer sunrise hours cam 33 is coaxial and integral with a wheel 35 which meshes with a second drive wheel 36 coaxial and integral with the drive wheel 31, and the assemblies 25, 30 and 33, 35 are superimposed but mounted on different physical axes.
  • the summer sunset hours cam 34 is coaxial and integral with a wheel 37 which meshes with the second drive wheel 36, and the assemblies 28, 32 and 34, 37 are superimposed but mounted on physical axes. different.
  • Each probe 24, 27 has a sufficient height to be able to cooperate with one or the other of the corresponding winter and summer cams.
  • An elastic system 3 as described above in relation to the Figures 1 to 11 comprises a fixing part 6 which is coaxial with the mobile formed by the drive wheels 31, 36 and which is fixed directly or indirectly to the support 2, a control part 7, a first element 4 serving as a bearing for the common axis of rotation of the cam of the summer sunrise hours 33 and the wheel 35, a second element 5 serving as a bearing the common axis of rotation of the summer sunset hours cam 34 and the wheel 37, a first elastic member 8 which connects the fixing part 6 to the first element 4, a second elastic member 9 which connects the fixing part 6 to the second element 5, a third elastic member 10 which connects the first element 4 to the control part 7 and a fourth elastic member 11 which connects the second element 5 to the control part 7.
  • the elastic system 3 is additionally made bistable, in the same way as illustrated in figures 12 and 13 , by flamed or preformed flamed blades 14, 15 connecting the control part 7 respectively at two points 12, 13 fixed relative to the support 2.
  • the elastic system 3 is in a first stable state where the cam of the summer sunrise hours 33 is set back with respect to the cam of the winter sunrise hours 25, and where the cam of the sun hours summer sunset 34 is set back from the winter sunset hours cam 28, allowing the probes 24, 27 to cooperate respectively with the winter cams 25, 28.
  • the control part 7 When summer time changes, the control part 7 is actuated by the user, by means of an actuating device (not shown), along a line of symmetry D of the elastic system 3 for move the elements 4, 5 and therefore the axes of the summer cams 33, 34 in rotation about the imaginary axis of rotation of the drive wheels 31, 36, the axes of the winter cams 25, 28 retaining them , their position, being mounted on the support 2.
  • the elastic system 3 then passes into a second stable state where the cam of the summer sunrise hours 33 and the cam of the winter sunrise hours 25 are coaxial and where the summer sunset hours cam 34 and the winter sunset hours cam 28 are coaxial ( Figures 17 and 18 ).
  • each probe 24, 27 is offset in translation by a distance corresponding to a shift of one hour the sunrise / sunset time indicated by the corresponding indicator hand, allowing the angular position of the indicator hand to be adjusted to summer time.
  • the summer cams 33, 34 are brought back to their initial position by actuation of the control part 7 to shift the indication of the sunrise / sunset time d 'an hour the other way around.

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FR2195179A6 (de) * 1972-08-03 1974-03-01 Sofragraf
WO2016029296A1 (fr) * 2014-08-29 2016-03-03 Mouret Nicolas Mécanisme d'horlogerie pour afficher les heures de lever et/ou de coucher du soleil à différentes latitudes
WO2017055983A1 (fr) 2015-09-29 2017-04-06 Patek Philippe Sa Geneve Composant mécanique à pivot flexible et dispositif horloger le comprenant
EP3266737A1 (de) * 2016-07-05 2018-01-10 Patek Philippe SA Genève Multistabiles programmierbares system

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FR2195179A6 (de) * 1972-08-03 1974-03-01 Sofragraf
WO2016029296A1 (fr) * 2014-08-29 2016-03-03 Mouret Nicolas Mécanisme d'horlogerie pour afficher les heures de lever et/ou de coucher du soleil à différentes latitudes
WO2017055983A1 (fr) 2015-09-29 2017-04-06 Patek Philippe Sa Geneve Composant mécanique à pivot flexible et dispositif horloger le comprenant
EP3266737A1 (de) * 2016-07-05 2018-01-10 Patek Philippe SA Genève Multistabiles programmierbares system

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