Mechanical timepiece movement with power reserve detection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10162309-B2
Application number	US-201715724833-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 4, 2017
Priority date	Oct 4, 2016
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

The mechanical timepiece movement with power reserve indication comprises at least one barrel system connected to a winding wheel of a differential gear and an unwinding wheel of the differential gear. An intermediate wheel of the differential gear is connected to a cam wheel set to drive it in rotation via a reducing stage. A rack, which acts on a power reserve indicator, is in contact with the cam wheel set. When the power reserve is at zero, a locking part of the rack comes into contact with a locking member to lock the movement at an unwinding output of the barrel system or in contact with the unwinding wheel of the differential gear.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mechanical timepiece movement with power reserve indication, comprising at least one barrel system connected to a winding wheel of a differential gear and an unwinding wheel of the differential gear, an intermediate wheel of the differential gear being connected to at least one cam wheel set for the driving thereof in rotation, a movable element in contact with the cam wheel set acting on an indicator of the power reserve to be displayed,
wherein the movable element is arranged to move and actuate a locking member to lock the movement at an unwinding output of the barrel system or in contact with the unwinding wheel of the differential gear, when the power reserve indicator indicates zero, and
in that the cam wheel set includes a wheel for connection to the intermediate wheel of the differential gear and a cam above the wheel for contact with a corner of the movable element.

2. The mechanical timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein the cam wheel set is driven in rotation via a rotational speed reducing stage disposed between the intermediate wheel and a wheel of the cam wheel set.

3. The mechanical timepiece movement according to claim 2 , wherein the reducing stage includes a drive wheel in contact with the intermediate wheel of the differential gear, and in that a central pinion of the drive wheel is in contact with the wheel of the cam wheel set.

4. The mechanical timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein the cam of the cam wheel set is a disc or an angular sector, disposed on the axis of rotation of the wheel of the cam wheel set, the distance from the axis of rotation to the periphery of the disc or of the angular sector in contact with the corner of the movable element decreasing between a first end and a second end of the disc or of the angular sector so as to move the movable element between a position of complete winding and a position locking the movement.

5. The mechanical timepiece movement according to claim 4 , wherein the cam includes a stop at the first end, where the distance to the axis of rotation is greatest and against which the corner of the movable element presses in the completely wound position of the barrel system.

6. The mechanical timepiece movement according to claim 4 , wherein the periphery of the disc-shaped cam defines a curve with a distance to the axis of rotation that is variable from the first end of the disc to the second end of the disc.

7. The mechanical timepiece movement according to claim 4 , wherein the movable element is a rack mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation.

8. The mechanical timepiece movement according to claim 7 , wherein the rack is pushed against the cam wheel set via a spring.

9. The mechanical timepiece movement according to claim 7 , wherein the rack includes an aperture of oblong shape inside which is placed a wheel of the power reserve indicator, the indicator wheel being in contact with an inner surface of the aperture so as to be driven in rotation by the motion of the rack pushed by the cam wheel set.

10. The mechanical timepiece movement according to claim 7 , wherein the rack is of flat shape with a catch on a locking part that comes into contact with the locking member in a locking position, when the corner of the rack is at the second end of the disc or of the angular sector of the cam.

11. The mechanical timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein the locking member includes an arbor mounted for rotation and with a wheel-shaped portion in contact with an unwinding output wheel of the barrel system or with the unwinding wheel of the differential gear, and in that the locking member includes a star wheel with at least one locking tooth fixed on the arbor to be hooked in the movement locking position by a catch of the movable element, when the power reserve is at zero.

Assignees

• Eta Sa Mft Horlogere Suisse

Inventors

• Saglini Julien

Classifications

• G04B1/22

  Compensation of changes in the motive power of the mainspring (by mechanical shaping of the mainspring G04B1/14 {; automatic regulation of the pendulum G04B18/003; of the regulator G04B19/28}) · CPC title

• G04B1/16

  Barrels; Arbors; Barrel axles (arrangements facilitating the removal of the mainspring G04B33/14) · CPC title

• G04B9/00 Primary

  Supervision of the state of winding, e.g. indicating the amount of winding · CPC title

• G04B11/022 Primary

  with a ratchet which makes contact with the rotating member by means of teeth · CPC title

• G04B9/005 Primary

  by optical indication of the amount of winding · CPC title