G04B19/082

Retrograde tourbillon or karussel for timepieces
11360432 · 2022-06-14 · ·

A timepiece movement with a regulating member which is a tourbillon or carousel, also known as a karussel, and including a drive mechanism, with a pivoting arm subjected to the restoring torque of a first energy source and carrying a mechanism comprising a wheel, a second energy source that subjects to a restoring torque a third wheel set on which the wheel rolls, under the action of the first energy source, the structure carries stop means cooperating with complementary stop means of the third wheel set to hold the latter in position, which are uncouple-able under the action of uncoupling control means of the arm at the end of the forward angular travel of the arm to allow the third wheel set to pivot in a single direction under the action of the second energy source, causing a backward rotation of the arm to the start of its angular travel.

Retrograde display mechanism for horology
11320787 · 2022-05-03 · ·

A timepiece display mechanism including at least a first retrograde drive device for a first display member displaying a first magnitude, and a second retrograde drive device for a second display member displaying a second magnitude, the first retrograde drive device including a first drive rack to exert on a first wheel set driving the first display member, an opposite force to a resistance force exerted by a first return rack, the second retrograde drive device including a second drive rack to exert on a second wheel set driving the second display member, an opposite force to a resistance force exerted by a second return rack, wherein the pivot axes of the first drive rack and of the first return rack are remote, and/or the pivot axes of the second drive rack and of the second return rack are remote.

RETROGRADE TIMEPIECE DISPLAY MECHANISM PROVIDED WITH A SAFETY DEVICE
20210364989 · 2021-11-25 · ·

A retrograde timepiece display mechanism for a watch including a wheel for displaying information, this display wheel being driven by a drive finger carried by a wheel driven by a horological movement, in order to change the information displayed by the retrograde timepiece display mechanism from one value to the immediately following value, this retrograde timepiece display mechanism including also an intermediate correction device to manually correct the information provided by the retrograde timepiece display mechanism by acting on a correction finger which drives the display wheel, the retrograde timepiece display mechanism also including a safety device arranged to allow blocking the intermediate correction device by preventing the correction finger from driving the display wheel during a period of time when the change in the information displayed by the retrograde timepiece display mechanism occurs and when the drive finger is engaged with the display wheel.

Horological display mechanism with an elastic hand
11774909 · 2023-10-03 · ·

A horological display mechanism with an elastic hand (1) for driving, about a shaft (D), pipes mounted at the ends of a flexible blade (3), arranged to deform the flexible blade (3), including a mechanism acting on the drive train of the first pipe (2) and of the second pipe (4) and which includes two planetary wheels (82; 84) for driving the pipes (2; 4), and an input planet-carrier chassis (180) for driving the hand (1), and rotatable with a regulation cam (801), the track (802) of which includes a rising edge and falling edge. An elastic arm (803) has a distal end which cooperates with the track and a rising edge of which raises the elastic arm (803) away from the axis of the cam to consume torque, and a falling edge which makes the elastic arm move back towards the axis to restore torque to the system.

ANTEROGRADE DISPLAY MECHANISM FOR TIMEPIECE
20230367264 · 2023-11-16 · ·

An anterograde display mechanism including: a first wheel driven by a horological movement; a second wheel coaxial with the first wheel and linked to the first wheel by an elastic organ; a first intermediate wheel driven directly by the first wheel and which directly drives a third wheel bearing a display organ; the third wheel including a smooth angular sector where at least two teeth are truncated; a fourth wheel coaxial and rigidly connected in rotation with the third wheel, the fourth wheel meshing the second wheel via a second intermediate wheel; the anterograde display mechanism being configured so that the rotational speed of the second wheel is less than the rotational speed of the first wheel when the display organ is driven in the angular movements thereof by successive short jumps of an angle (α) between two guide-marks separated by the first angle (α).

CAM-TYPE TIMEPIECE COMPONENT
20220276609 · 2022-09-01 · ·

A cam-type timepiece component (1), which has at least one portion of substantially planar shape, having a material hardness greater than or equal to 600 hv, this portion having a thickness greater than or equal to 350 microns, or even greater than or equal to 400 microns, and comprising at least one functional flank (3) which is substantially perpendicular to a main surface (2) of this portion and has a roughness ra of less than or equal to 50 nm.

Device for adjusting a retrograde timepiece display
11442409 · 2022-09-13 · ·

A retrograde display mechanism including a main plate and a rack pivoting on a first arbor about a first axis centring its toothing, and including a sensing element following a cam pivoting on a second arbor about a second axis, the position of the first pivot axis and/or of the second pivot axis is adjustable with respect to the main plate with an adjustment plate carrying the first arbor and/or respectively the second arbor, and movable with at least one degree of freedom with respect to the main plate whose position with respect to the main plate is adjustable by an adjustment control device or an eccentric screw secured to the main plate and cooperating with a notch in the adjustment plate, or vice versa.

CAM-TYPE TIMEPIECE COMPONENT
20220221824 · 2022-07-14 · ·

The cam-type timepiece component (1) has at least one portion of substantially planar shape, having a material hardness greater than or equal to 600 HV, the portion having a thickness greater than or equal to 200 microns, or even greater than or equal to 350 microns, or even greater than or equal to 400 microns, and at least one functional flank (3) which is substantially perpendicular to a main surface (2) of the portion and has a roughness Ra of less than or equal to 50 nm.

Device for winding a timepiece movement
11144011 · 2021-10-12 · ·

A component of a winding device, in particular an automatic winding device, of a timepiece movement, wherein it is made of austenitic stainless steel and wherein it comprises at least one friction surface hardened by carbon or nitrogen type atoms introduced into the austenitic stainless steel over a predetermined depth.

HOROLOGICAL DISPLAY MECHANISM WITH ELASTIC HAND
20210373496 · 2021-12-02 · ·

A horological display mechanism (10) with elastic hand (1), including means for driving barrels (2; 4) coaxial at the ends of a flexible blade (3), including a differential mechanism with an input frame (180) including an input toothing (182), free to rotate and carrying an intermediate wheel (103) and a satellite (101) meshing with each other, this satellite (101) including an eccentric finger (1010) traveling the track (105) of a fixed cam (104), and returned against it by the elasticity of the elastic hand (1), the input frame (180) including a shaft (185) carrying, coaxially, a first cannon-pinion (1020) including the first barrel (2) and a second cannon-pinion (1040) including the second barrel (4), the toothing (1049) of one of which meshes with the toothing (1039) of the intermediate wheel (103), and the toothing (1029) of the other one of which meshes with the toothing (1019) of the satellite (101).