Mechanism for displaying a time period or season

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10613482-B2
Application number	US-201715730888-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 12, 2017
Priority date	Oct 27, 2016
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

A watch includes a timepiece movement including a mechanism for displaying a time period or season which includes a first wheel which is provided in order to turn once in thirty-one days for displaying a day of the month, and a second wheel for displaying another time period or season. The second wheel turns more quickly than the first wheel for displaying this time period or season, and the second wheel is provided in order to be displaced from the first wheel, at the rate of one turn in a period of time between 340 days and 380 days.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mechanism for displaying a time period or season which is provided in order to cooperate with a timepiece movement, and comprising
a first wheel and
a second wheel for displaying a time period or season, said second wheel turning more quickly than said first wheel,
wherein said first wheel is provided in order to turn once in thirty-one days for displaying a day of the month, wherein said second wheel is provided in order to be displaced from said first wheel, at the rate of one turn more than said first wheel in a period of time between 340 days and 380 days,
wherein said mechanism comprises a driving wheel which is provided in order to be driven by said movement and in order to drive each day, directly or indirectly, a starwheel by one step, in opposition to a starwheel catch and/or a starwheel spring, and
wherein said mechanism comprises a first pinion which is driven directly by said starwheel and meshes with said first wheel, and a second pinion which is driven by said starwheel, directly or by means of friction, and meshes with said second wheel.

2. The mechanism for displaying a time period or season according to claim 1 , wherein said second wheel is displaced by one more turn per year or every 372 days.

3. The mechanism for displaying a time period or season according to claim 1 , wherein said second wheel is displaced by one more turn every twelve turns of said first wheel.

4. The mechanism for displaying a time period or season according to claim 1 , wherein said second wheel is coaxial with said first wheel.

5. The mechanism for displaying a time period or season according to claim 1 , wherein said mechanism comprises a dial with a display scale, and said first wheel bears a display or a hand which is provided in order to cooperate with said display scale.

6. The mechanism for displaying a time period or season according to claim 5 , wherein said display or said hand comprises an opening which provides an aperture for displaying a time period or season, symbolised on the surface of said second wheel, which comprises a representation of all successive time periods or respectively of all successive seasons.

7. The mechanism for displaying a time period or season according to claim 1 , wherein said driving wheel drives a cam which is provided in order to drive, in opposition to a first catch, a driving lever so as to induce pivoting of said starwheel by said step.

8. A timepiece movement comprising a mechanism for displaying a time period or season according to claim 7 , and comprising a push button, wherein said push button is provided in order to control correction of the position of said first wheel by pressing on said corrector lever.

9. The mechanism for displaying a time period or season according to claim 7 , wherein said mechanism comprises a corrector lever which is provided in order to be operated by a user, in opposition to a second catch, in order to induce pivoting of said driving lever so as to make said starwheel pivot by one said step.

10. The mechanism for displaying a time period or season according to claim 1 , wherein said second pinion is driven by said starwheel by means of friction, and said mechanism comprises a corrector intermediate wheel which is provided in order to be controlled by a push button or by a rod of said movement, and meshes with said second wheel and is provided in order to drive it in opposition to said friction.

11. A timepiece movement comprising a mechanism for displaying a time period or season according to claim 10 , and comprising a rod for winding-up and correction, wherein said rod is provided in order to control the correction of the time period or season by means of a train of intermediate wheels which act on said corrector intermediate wheel.

12. The mechanism for displaying a time period or season according to claim 1 , wherein said first pinion, said second pinion and said starwheel are coaxial.

13. The mechanism for displaying a time period or season according to claim 1 , wherein said starwheel comprises twelve teeth and said step corresponds to one tooth, said first pinion comprises twelve teeth, said second pinion comprises thirteen teeth, and said first wheel and said second wheel each comprise thirty-one teeth.

14. A timepiece movement comprising a mechanism for displaying a time period or season according to claim 1 , and comprising an hour wheel which is provided in order to drive or to constitute said driving wheel.

15. A watch comprising a timepiece movement according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Blancpain Sa

Inventors

• Feyer Julien

Classifications

• G04B19/24

  Clocks or watches with date {or week-day} indicators {, i.e. calendar clocks or watches}; Clockwork calendars · CPC title

• G04B19/25353 Primary

  driven or released stepwise by the clockwork movement · CPC title

• G04B19/26

  Clocks or watches with indicators for tides, for the phases of the moon, or the like {(planetaria G09B27/00 - G09B27/06; arrangements for table reference, e.g. menstrual tables G06C3/00)} · CPC title

• G04B19/25306 Primary

  Independent date indicating devices activated by hand or by clockwork, e.g. calendar watches · CPC title

• G04B19/262

  with indicators for astrological informations · CPC title