Timepiece balance spring stud-holder with screws

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9298164-B2
Application number	US-201414519782-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2014
Priority date	Nov 20, 2013
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

An assembly for holding a balance spring includes a stud including a surface for orienting a balance spring, and a stud-holder. The stud-holder includes a first housing for receiving the balance spring stud, a mechanism to secure the stud including a screw orthogonal to the stud, and a mechanism to secure the stud-holder to an escapement mechanism. The screw partially passes through the stud to hold the stud in an indexed position. The stud includes a second housing for the contact-free passage of the screw. The stud-holder includes on either side of the first housing an internal thread cooperating with the screw and a third bore for the passage of a head of the screw cooperating in abutment with the orientation surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An assembly to hold or support a timepiece balance spring including a balance spring stud and a stud-holder, the stud-holder comprising:
a first housing to receive said balance spring stud;
a mechanism to secure said balance spring stud including at least one screw whose axis is orthogonal to an axis of said stud; and
a mechanism to secure said stud-holder to an escapement mechanism,
said balance spring stud including at least one orientation surface defining a direction to hold or support said balance spring,
wherein said balance spring stud includes at least a second housing which is a through hole for contact-free passage of said at least one screw, and said at least one screw passes through said balance spring stud completely to hold said balance spring stud in an indexed locking position,
wherein said stud-holder includes:
on a first side of said first housing for said stud, an internal thread cooperating with said at least one screw; and
on a second side of said first housing for said stud, a third bore for passage of a screw head comprised in said at least one screw, said screw head cooperating with said orientation surface of said stud formed by a flat portion, and
wherein said at least one second housing is oblong in a direction perpendicular to a direction of said at least one screw, for height adjustment of said stud.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one second housing is of larger size than an outer diameter of an external thread of said at least one screw, with an adjustment play for the height adjustment of said stud, the diameter of said screw head being sized to remain in abutment on periphery of said second housing in every adjustment position of said stud.

3. A timepiece escapement mechanism including at least one said assembly according to claim 1 .

4. A timepiece movement including at least one said escapement mechanism according to claim 3 .

5. A timepiece including at least one said movement according to claim 4 , wherein the timepiece is a watch.

Assignees

• Eta Sa Mft Horlogere Suisse

Inventors

• Courvoisier Raphael
• Ruefenacht Christian

Classifications

• G04B17/325 Primary

  for fastening the hairspring in a fixed position, e.g. using a block · CPC title

• G04B15/14

  Component parts or constructional details, e.g. construction of the lever or the escape wheel {(assembly and manufacture of the spring G04B1/145; assembly and manufacture of components, e.g. pinions, spindles G04B13/02; lubrication of clockwork bearings G04B31/008; oils for clockwork bearings in general G04B31/08)} · CPC title

• G04B17/32

  Component parts or constructional details, e.g. collet, stud {, virole or piton} · CPC title

• G04B17/34 Primary

  for fastening the hairspring onto the balance · CPC title