Coupling mechanism for date display discs

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9733619-B2
Application number	US-201514982379-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2015
Priority date	Dec 30, 2014
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

Grand date calendar display device for a watch movement comprising a first disc and a second disc, arranged to display, at least on certain dates, first date values through a combination of symbols borne by the first disc and symbols borne by the second disc, wherein the device includes a first coupling mechanism and a second coupling mechanism between the first disc and the second disc such that, at least on certain dates, the first disc drives the second disc, and on certain other dates, the second disc drives the first disc.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A grand date calendar display device for a watch movement comprising a first disc and a second disc, said first and second discs being arranged to display, at least on certain dates, first date values through a combination of symbols borne by said first disc and symbols borne by said second disc, wherein the device includes a first mechanism for coupling said first disc to said second disc, and a second mechanism for coupling said second disc to said first disc such that, at least on certain dates, said first disc drives said second disc, and on certain other dates, said second disc drives said first disc.

2. The grand date calendar display device according to claim 1 , wherein said first disc comprises a first main toothing arranged to mesh with a 24-hour drive wheel via a first main kinematic chain, and wherein said second disc comprises a second main toothing arranged to mesh with said 24-hour drive wheel via a second main kinematic chain.

3. The grand date calendar display device according to claim 1 , wherein said first disc further comprises a first additional toothing arranged to mesh with a sliding pinion via a first additional kinematic chain, and wherein said second disc comprises a second additional toothing arranged to mesh with a sliding pinion via a second additional kinematic chain.

4. The grand date calendar display device according to claim 1 , wherein said first disc is a units display disc bearing a first series of units symbols,
wherein said second disc is a tens display disc comprising a second series of symbols for the display of at least the tens numerals of said date, and wherein said first and second discs are formed by superposed and concentric annular elements.

5. The grand date calendar display device according to claim 1 , wherein said first coupling mechanism is formed by a first drive element integral with said first disc, cooperating with a fixed gear sector to determine a drive position, and at least a second drive element integral with said second disc, said first drive element being arranged to drive said second drive element integral with said second disc at said fixed gear sector.

6. The grand date calendar display device according to claim 5 , wherein said first drive element integral with said first disc is formed by a first flexible leaf, and wherein said second disc comprises a plurality of second drive elements formed by a first post, a second post and a third post.

7. The calendar display device according to claim 5 , wherein said first coupling mechanism is arranged to index at least the date values changing to a higher value tens numeral.

8. The grand date calendar display device according to claim 1 , wherein said second coupling mechanism is formed by a third drive element integral with said second disc cooperating with at least a fourth drive element integral with said first disc.

9. The grand date calendar display device according to claim 8 , wherein said third drive element is formed by a second flexible leaf integral with said second disc, and wherein said first disc comprises a plurality of fourth drive elements formed by a first notch, a second notch and a third notch.

10. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein said second coupling mechanism is arranged to index at least the date values where a units numeral changes from 1 to 2.

11. The grand date calendar display device according to claim 4 , wherein units numerals of said first series of symbols and second symbols of said second series of symbols are regularly distributed respectively on ten first display segments of said first disc and ten second display segments of said second disc.

Assignees

• Eta Sa Mft Horlogere Suisse
• Eta Sa Mft Horlogère Suisse

Inventors

• Rombach Stefan

Classifications

• G04B19/247 Primary

  disc-shaped {(G04B19/24306 takes precedence; for electrically driven timepieces G04C17/0058)} · CPC title

• G04B19/25366

  manually corrected at the end of months having less than 31 days · CPC title