Pointer device and timepiece

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12085896-B2
Application number	US-202117476253-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2021
Priority date	Sep 17, 2020
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

Abstract

A pointer device including a rotation body, a pointer shaft provided on the rotation body, a base member which rotatably supports the pointer shaft, and a spiral spring which has a substantially truncated conical shape and is arranged between the rotation body and the base member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pointer device comprising:
a rotation body;
a pointer shaft provided on the rotation body;
a base member which rotatably supports the pointer shaft, and
a spiral spring which has a truncated conical shape and is arranged between the rotation body and the base member,
wherein a large diameter portion of the spiral spring is positioned on a surface of either of the rotation body and the base member, and a small diameter portion of the spiral spring is arranged on a surface of the other of the rotation body and the base member,
wherein the spiral spring is formed in the truncated conical shape by a wire being wound in a spiral shape and the small diameter portion being raised higher than the large diameter portion in an expansion/contraction direction, and
wherein a portion of the wire corresponding to an outer circumferential portion of the large diameter portion of the spiral spring is bent toward the base member, and an end of the bent portion of the wire is positioned on the base member together with an end of the wire corresponding to an inner circumferential portion of the small diameter portion.

2. The pointer device according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the spiral spring in a expansion/contraction direction when the spiral spring is in a free state is greater than an interval between the rotation body and the base member.

3. The pointer device according to claim 1 , wherein the spiral spring is arranged such that the large diameter portion is positioned on the rotation body and the small diameter portion is positioned on the base member.

4. The pointer device according to claim 1 , wherein the spiral spring is formed by a wire being wound in a same direction as a normal rotation direction of the rotation body.

5. A timepiece comprising the pointer device according to claim 1 .

6. A pointer device, comprising:
a rotation body;
a pointer shaft provided on the rotation body;
a base member which rotatably supports the pointer shaft, and
a spiral spring which has a truncated conical shape and is arranged between the rotation body and the base member,
wherein a large diameter portion of the spiral spring is positioned on a surface of either of the rotation body and the base member, and a small diameter portion of the spiral spring is arranged on a surface of the other of the rotation body and the base member,
wherein the spiral spring is formed in the truncated conical shape by a wire being wound in a spiral shape and the small diameter portion being raised higher than the large diameter portion in an expansion/contraction direction,
wherein an end of the large diameter portion and an end of the small diameter portion of the spiral spring are obliquely cut with respect to a central axis of the wire so as to form acute angles, and
wherein chamfered portions are formed on the obliquely cut ends.

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hasebe Kyohei
• Suizu Takashi
• Namiki Koji
• Sawada Makoto

Classifications

• G04B13/02

  Wheels; Pinions; Spindles; Pivots (bearings G04B31/00 {; chain wheels, spindles for chain wheels, also chains and driving weights G04B1/08}) · CPC title

• G04B1/10

  with mainspring {(synchronous motors with power reserve G04C15/0054; springs in general F16F)} · CPC title

• G04B35/00

  Adjusting the gear train, e.g. the backlash of the arbors, depth of meshing of the gears {(adjusting the escapement G04B15/12)} · CPC title

• G04B13/021

  elastic fitting with a spindle, axis or shaft · CPC title

• G04B19/02

  Back-gearing arrangements between gear train and hands {(transmissions in general G04B13/00)} · CPC title