Repeater with disengageable transmission mobile

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11275342-B2
Application number	US-201816223168-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2018
Priority date	Jan 4, 2018
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

A repeater including an hours piece mounted to rotate between a rest position and a reading position; a device for regulating the angular speed of the hours piece, which includes a rotor and a system for braking the rotor; and a transmission gear train between the hours piece and the rotor, this gear train including a disengageable primary mobile able to adopt two configurations: a) an engaged configuration in which the primary mobile couples the hours piece to the rotor while the hours piece is moved from its reading position to its rest position; b) a disengaged configuration in which the primary mobile decouples the rotor from the hours piece as soon as the latter is stopped in the rest position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A repeater mechanism for a timepiece with a striking mechanism, which comprises:
an hours snail;
an hours piece provided with a toothed sector and carrying an hours follower, the hours piece being mounted to rotate between a fixed rest position, wherein the hours follower is angularly spaced from the hours snail, and a reading position wherein the hours follower comes into contact with the hours snail;
a device for regulating the angular speed of the hours piece, which comprises a rotor and a system for braking the rotor;
a transmission gear train between the hours piece and the rotor;
wherein the transmission gear train comprises a disengageable primary mobile able to adopt two configurations:
a) an engaged configuration wherein the primary mobile couples the hours piece and the rotor while the hours piece is moved from its reading position to its rest position;
b) a disengaged configuration wherein the primary mobile decouples the rotor and the hours piece as soon as the latter is stopped in the rest position, and

wherein the primary mobile comprises:
a primary input wheel, mounted to rotate about a primary axis and connected to the hours piece;
a primary output wheel rotatable relative to the primary input wheel and connected to the rotor; and
a unidirectional primary epicyclic gear train between the primary input wheel and the primary output wheel.

2. The mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the primary epicyclic gear train comprises a primary sun gear constrained to rotate with the primary output wheel, and one or more primary planet gears mounted on the primary input wheel and meshing with the primary sun wheel.

3. The mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein the primary sun wheel has symmetrical teeth, and each primary planet gear has asymmetrical teeth.

4. The mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein the primary epicyclic gear train comprises three primary planet gears.

5. The mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission gear chain comprises a secondary mobile between the primary mobile and the hours piece, said secondary mobile comprising a secondary input gear mounted to rotate about a secondary axis and that meshes with the toothed sector of the hours piece, and a secondary output wheel connected to the primary mobile.

6. The mechanism according to claim 5 , wherein the secondary mobile is disengageable.

7. The mechanism according to claim 6 , wherein the secondary output wheel is rotatable relative to the secondary input gear, and the secondary mobile comprises a unidirectional secondary epicyclic gear train between the secondary input gear and the secondary output wheel.

8. The mechanism according to claim 7 , wherein the secondary epicyclic gear train comprises a secondary sun gear constrained to rotate with the secondary input gear, and one or more secondary planet gears mounted to rotate on the secondary output wheel and meshing with the secondary sun wheel.

9. The mechanism according to claim 8 , wherein the secondary sun wheel has symmetrical teeth, and each secondary planet gear has asymmetrical teeth.

10. The mechanism according to claim 9 , wherein the secondary epicyclic gear train comprises three secondary planet gears.

11. The mechanism according to claim 5 , wherein the transmission gear train comprises a middle mobile between the primary mobile and the secondary mobile.

12. The mechanism according to claim 11 , wherein the middle mobile comprises a middle gear mounted to rotate about a middle axis, and a middle wheel constrained to rotate with the middle gear and meshing with the primary mobile.

13. The mechanism according to claim 12 , wherein the primary mobile comprises a primary gear, fastened to the primary input wheel and meshing with the middle wheel.

14. A timepiece comprising the mechanism as claimed in claim 5 .

15. The timepiece as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the timepiece is a watch.

16. A timepiece comprising the mechanism as claimed in claim 1 .

17. The timepiece as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the timepiece is a watch.

18. A repeater mechanism for a timepiece with a striking mechanism, which comprises:
an hours snail;
an hours piece provided with a toothed sector and carrying an hours follower, the hours piece being mounted to rotate between a fixed rest position, wherein the hours follower is angularly spaced from the hours snail, and a reading position wherein the hours follower comes into contact with the hours snail;
a device for regulating the angular speed of the hours piece, which comprises a rotor and a system for braking the rotor;
a transmission gear train between the hours piece and the rotor;
wherein the transmission gear train comprises a disengageable primary mobile able to adopt two configurations:
a) an engaged configuration wherein the primary mobile couples the hours piece and the rotor while the hours piece is moved from its reading position to its rest position;
b) a disengaged configuration wherein the primary mobile decouples the rotor and the hours piece as soon as the latter is stopped in the rest position, and

wherein the transmission gear chain comprises a secondary mobile between the primary mobile and the hours piece, said secondary mobile comprising a secondary input gear mounted to rotate about a secondary axis and that meshes with the toothed sector of the hours piece, and a secondary output wheel connected to the primary mobile.

19. The mechanism according to claim 18 , wherein the secondary mobile is disengageable.

20. The mechanism according to claim 19 , wherein the secondary output wheel is rotatable relative to the secondary input gear, and the secondary mobile comprises a unidirectional secondary epicyclic gear train between the secondary input gear and the secondary output wheel.

Assignees

• Montres Breguet Sa

Inventors

• Bifrare Christophe

Classifications

• G04B21/04

  Hour wheels; Racks or rakes; Snails or similar control mechanisms · CPC title

• G04B21/12 Primary

  Reiterating watches or clocks · CPC title

• G04B11/02

  Devices allowing the motion of a rotatable part in only one direction · CPC title

• G04B11/006

  Clutch mechanism between two rotating members with transfer of movement in only one direction (free running devices) · CPC title

• G04B21/00

  Indicating the time by acoustic means (at preselected times G04B23/00; by electro-acoustic means G04C21/04; {indicating the time by means other than acoustically, or by combined means G04B25/00; indicating the time by visual means G04B19/00, G04C17/00; acoustic signalling arrangements G08B3/00}) · CPC title