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EP1705535A1
EP1705535A1 EP05405264A EP05405264A EP1705535A1 EP 1705535 A1 EP1705535 A1 EP 1705535A1 EP 05405264 A EP05405264 A EP 05405264A EP 05405264 A EP05405264 A EP 05405264A EP 1705535 A1 EP1705535 A1 EP 1705535A1
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Félix Baumgartner
Martin Frei
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    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
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    • G04B45/0061—Moving parts of the clockwork, e.g. pendulum, hands in special form, mostly constructed as a figure
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    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
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    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/20—Indicating by numbered bands, drums, discs, or sheets
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  • the present invention relates to a timepiece with a mechanism for indicating a period of time comprising a solar mobile driven at the rate of one turn per multiple of this period of time, planetary mobiles whose respective axes of rotation are equidistant around the axis of rotation of the solar mobile, an integral and coaxial Maltese cross of each planetary mobile and whose outer surfaces of the triangular arms are shaped to engage a locking surface and a drive finger disposed in a disengagement of said locking surface, on the path described by a radial division of each Maltese cross when it is in engagement with said locking surface, for driving it stepwise about its axis of rotation opposite said clearance , a plurality of digits distributed on said planetary mobiles at equal angular distances corresponding to their training pitch nt and distributed to indicate a determined succession of said periods of time, each turn of the solar mobile and an angular distance of its trajectory corresponding to that separating said planetary mobiles.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy, at least in part, this disadvantage.
  • this invention relates to a timepiece having a mechanism indicating a period of time according to claim 1.
  • the planetary mobiles rotating around the solar mobile are polyhedrons rotating about axes more or less perpendicular to that of the solar mobile, or even perpendicular, whose faces surrounding the axis of rotation bear the figures indicating the different periods of time measured. by the timepiece.
  • the faces of the polyhedra are of dimensions substantially corresponding to those of the numerals to be displayed and as the figure to be displayed is necessarily on the face of the polyhedron facing the observer, the area occupied by each planet mobile on the dial of the piece of watchmaking is limited to the visible surface turned on the side of the observer, contrary to what happens when the satellite mobile is constituted by a disk, as in the solutions of the state of the art, where all the space occupied on the surface of the dial of the watch corresponds to the entire surface of the disc.
  • the saving of space at the surface obtained thanks to the present invention, is therefore considerable.
  • the indicator mechanism described here is a mechanism indicating the time of a timepiece, which comprises for this purpose, a toothed wheel 1 which is engaged with the roadway 2 of the timewheel of the timepiece by via a gear reducer 3 which drives, in this example, the toothed wheel 1 at a rate of one turn every three hours.
  • This report is chosen in a function of the number of planetary mobiles carried by the solar mobile, as will be seen below.
  • the display device that will be described is not limited to the display of the time, but that it could notably be used to display the months of the year by connecting the time. gear 1 to a calendar mechanism instead of the timer train according to the example described. In this case, one could substitute the short name of the months for the numbers from 1 to 12, but one could also keep the numbers, since the months are also indicated by their serial number in the year.
  • the toothed wheel 1 is fixed to the rotatable inner part of a ball bearing 4, by a fixing screw 5, screwed into a solar mobile 6, integral with the toothed wheel 1 and the central part of the ball bearing 4.
  • the outer portion of this ball bearing 4 is driven into an opening of the plate 7 of the timepiece.
  • the solar mobile 6 carries three pivot shafts 6a which form angles ⁇ with the pivot axis of the solar mobile 6 and which are spaced 120 ° from each other around the pivot axis of the solar mobile 6.
  • a planetary mobile 8 is pivotally mounted and is retained by a screw 9 screwed into a thread of the pivot shaft 6a.
  • These planetary mobiles 8 have forms of square-based polyhedra, in the example shown, these polyhedra are truncated pyramids.
  • the angles ⁇ that their pivot axes form with the pivot axis of the solar mobile 6 are, in this example, 90 °, but they could vary typically in a range of ⁇ 20 ° from 90 °.
  • each of these planetary mobiles 8 in the form of polyhedra bear numbers from 1 to 12, distributed in the following order: 1, 4, 7, 10 on the faces of a polyhedron, 2, 5, 8, 11 on the faces of the second polyhedron and 3, 6, 9, 12 on the faces of the third polyhedron.
  • 3 is the constant difference between the successive figures on the adjacent faces of the polyhedra of the planetary mobiles 8 and which comes from the fact that each polyhedron participates one hour out of three in the time display as will be seen later .
  • one of the quadrangular faces of each polyhedron, perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the sun wheel 8, has the shape of a Maltese cross 8a whose branches are separated by four radial divisions 8b in the form of notches oriented along the diagonals of the quadrangular surface, starting respectively from the four corners of this surface and stopping all at the same distance from the geometric center of this quadrangular face traversed by an opening 8c intended to receive the pivot shaft 6a on which the 8 planetary mobile can rotate freely.
  • a stationary driving pin 10 is fixed in a clearance 7a (FIG. 5) of the plate 7.
  • This driving peg 10 is parallel to the axis of pivoting of the solar mobile 6 and is located on the trajectory of the Maltese cross 8a of the planetary mobiles 8, in the center of the clearance 7a for unlocking the planetary mobiles 8 and dimensioned to allow the rotation of the Maltese cross 8a around their respective axes when they pass vis-à-vis -vis this release.
  • the surface of the plate 7 is adjacent to the part of the faces 8d of each of the polyhedron-shaped planetary mobiles 8 which also constitutes the edge surface situated between two radial divisions 8b of the Maltese cross 8a or, if preferred, the surface formed by the outer side of the triangular arms of the Maltese cross.
  • the surface of the plate 7, adjacent to this outer side of an arm of each Maltese cross, serves to lock each Maltese cross about the pivot axis 6a of its sun gear 8, when it is outside from clearance 7a.
  • the classic Maltese cross is driven by a circular mobile and its vocal surfaces, located between two radial divisions of the Maltese cross, are curved to fit the shape of the circular driving wheel and thus lock the Maltese Cross between two workouts.
  • the driving of the Maltese cross 8a results from the rotation of the solar mobile 6 and it is the fixed surface of the plate 7, adjacent to the singing surface 8d of the Maltese cross 8a , which thus serves to lock the Maltese cross 8a around the pivot shaft 6a, between two drives due to the relative displacement between the Maltese cross 8a, driven by the solar mobile 6 and the fixed drive pin 10, to each passage of this Maltese cross opposite this fixed peg 10.
  • each planetary mobile 8 moves towards a sector 11 of 120 ° graduated in 60 minutes. and in front of which a minute hand 12 moves at the same speed.
  • a needle of a retrograde display system is not part of the present invention and therefore will not be described here, not being necessary for the understanding of the present invention.
  • retrograde display systems are well known to those skilled in the art. Recall that they consist in making the display needle suddenly return from 60 to 0, at the end of each hour under the force of a spring armed return during the movement of the minute hand 12 from 0 to 60.
  • the solar mobile 6 makes a turn in three hours.
  • Each planetary mobile 8 is driven around its pivot shaft 6a by a quarter turn at each turn of the solar mobile 6, so that in four revolutions of the solar mobile 6, the twelve digits of the four faces 8d of the three planetary mobiles 8 have moved in front of the minute sector 11, indicating the time with which the minute hand 12 which accompanies it indicates the minutes.
  • the needle 12 returns to 0 where is the next planetary mobile 8 indicating the next hour.
  • each planetary mobile 8 is integral with a minute hand that may or may not be hidden outside the minute display sector 11.
  • Figures 7 to 10 show different phases of driving a planetary mobile 8 by the pin 10.
  • the number of digits could be different from 12, for example 24, to indicate the hours from 1 to 24.
  • the number of satellite mobiles could be different from three and the number of faces of the polyhedrons that form the planetary mobiles could be different from four. In this case, the number of arms of the Maltese crosses will be equal to the number of faces of the polyhedron surrounding the axis of rotation of the planetary mobile 8.

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The timepiece has side gear mobiles (8) whose axes of rotation form respective angles relative to an axis of rotation of a main mobile (6). Cross-wheels of the mobile (8) are integrated with polyhedran whose sides distributed around the respective axes of rotation of the mobiles (8) carry respective digits of a set of digits distributed on the mobiles (8). The number of the sides corresponds to the number of branches of the cross-wheels. The distributed digits indicate a determined succession of a period of time.

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La présente invention se rapporte à une pièce d'horlogerie à mécanisme indicateur d'une période de temps comportant un mobile solaire entraîné à raison d'un tour par multiple de cette période de temps, des mobiles planétaires dont les axes de rotation respectifs sont équidistants autour de l'axe de rotation du mobile solaire, une croix de Malte solidaire et coaxiale de chaque mobile planétaire et dont les surfaces externes des bras triangulaires sont conformées pour venir en prise avec une surface de verrouillage et un doigt d'entraînement disposé dans un dégagement de ladite surface de verrouillage, sur la trajectoire décrite par une division radiale de chaque croix de Maltes lorsque celle-ci est en prise avec ladite surface de verrouillage, pour l'entraîner pas à pas autour de son axe de rotation en regard dudit dégagement, une pluralité de chiffres répartis sur lesdits mobiles planétaires à égales distances angulaires correspondant à leur pas d'entraînement et répartis pour indiquer une succession déterminée desdites périodes de temps, à chaque tour du mobile solaire et sur une distance angulaire de sa trajectoire correspondant à celle séparant lesdits mobiles planétaires.The present invention relates to a timepiece with a mechanism for indicating a period of time comprising a solar mobile driven at the rate of one turn per multiple of this period of time, planetary mobiles whose respective axes of rotation are equidistant around the axis of rotation of the solar mobile, an integral and coaxial Maltese cross of each planetary mobile and whose outer surfaces of the triangular arms are shaped to engage a locking surface and a drive finger disposed in a disengagement of said locking surface, on the path described by a radial division of each Maltese cross when it is in engagement with said locking surface, for driving it stepwise about its axis of rotation opposite said clearance , a plurality of digits distributed on said planetary mobiles at equal angular distances corresponding to their training pitch nt and distributed to indicate a determined succession of said periods of time, each turn of the solar mobile and an angular distance of its trajectory corresponding to that separating said planetary mobiles.

Des mécanismes d'affichage de ce type sont connus depuis longtemps comme le montre par exemple le CH 49 456 ou le FR 647 409 . Plus récemment on a proposé dans le EP 0 425 430 un mécanisme de ce type dans lequel des disques d'affichage de mobiles planétaires sont solidaire d'étoiles positionnées par des sautoirs. On sait que le fonctionnement d'un sautoir prélève de l'énergie du ressort moteur et que l'énergie prélevée réduit celle transmise au système régulateur, dans le cas d'une montre mécanique.Display mechanisms of this type have been known for a long time, as shown, for example, by the CH 49 456 where the FR 647 409 . More recently it has been proposed in the EP 0 425 430 a mechanism of this type in which planetary mobile display disks are secured to stars positioned by jumpers. It is known that the operation of a jumper draws energy from the mainspring and that the energy taken off reduces that transmitted to the regulating system, in the case of a mechanical watch.

On a déjà pu voir sur le marché des pièces d'horlogerie dans lesquelles le mécanisme de positionnement des mobiles planétaires à sautoir a été remplacé par un système à croix de Malte dans lequel, entre deux entraînements, une surface de chant externe située entre deux divisions radiales de la croix de Malte est verrouillée par une surface qui s'étend parallèlement à la trajectoire de cette surface de chant. Un tel système d'entraînement bien connu est auto-verrouillant et permet d'éviter la présence d'un ressort sautoir dont l'armage périodique par le rouage de la pièce d'horlogerie entraîne toujours une perte d'énergie motrice.We have already seen on the market timepieces in which the positioning mechanism of the jumpered planetary mobiles has been replaced by a Maltese cross system in which, between two drives, an external edge surface located between two divisions The radial cross of the Maltese cross is locked by a surface that extends parallel to the path of this singing surface. Such a well known drive system is self-locking and avoids the presence of a jumper spring whose periodic arming by the wheel of the timepiece always causes a loss of motive power.

L'inconvénient d'un tel dispositif d'affichage réside essentiellement dans le fait que les mobiles planétaires doivent être constitués par des disques, en sorte qu'un tel dispositif prend l'essentiel de la place disponible à la surface du cadran.The disadvantage of such a display device lies essentially in the fact that the planetary mobiles must be constituted by disks, so that such a device takes most of the space available on the surface of the dial.

Le but de la présente invention est de remédier, au moins en partie, à cet inconvénient.The object of the present invention is to remedy, at least in part, this disadvantage.

A cet effet, cette invention a pour objet une pièce d'horlogerie présentant un mécanisme indicateur d'une période de temps selon la revendication 1.For this purpose, this invention relates to a timepiece having a mechanism indicating a period of time according to claim 1.

Avantageusement, les mobiles planétaires tournant autour du mobile solaire sont des polyèdres tournant autour d'axes plus ou moins perpendiculaires à celui du mobile solaire, voire perpendiculaire, dont les faces entourant l'axe de rotation portent les chiffres indiquant les différentes périodes de temps mesurées par la pièce d'horlogerie. Les faces des polyèdres sont de dimensions correspondant sensiblement à celles des chiffres à afficher et comme le chiffre à afficher se trouve nécessairement sur la face du polyèdre tournée vers l'observateur, la surface occupée par chaque mobile planétaire sur le cadran de la pièce d'horlogerie est limitée à la surface visible tournée du côté de l'observateur, contrairement à ce qui se passe lorsque le mobile satellite est constitué par un disque, comme dans les solutions de l'état de la technique, où toute la place occupée à la surface du cadran de la montre correspond à toute la surface du disque. Le gain de place en surface, obtenu grâce à la présente invention, est donc considérable.Advantageously, the planetary mobiles rotating around the solar mobile are polyhedrons rotating about axes more or less perpendicular to that of the solar mobile, or even perpendicular, whose faces surrounding the axis of rotation bear the figures indicating the different periods of time measured. by the timepiece. The faces of the polyhedra are of dimensions substantially corresponding to those of the numerals to be displayed and as the figure to be displayed is necessarily on the face of the polyhedron facing the observer, the area occupied by each planet mobile on the dial of the piece of watchmaking is limited to the visible surface turned on the side of the observer, contrary to what happens when the satellite mobile is constituted by a disk, as in the solutions of the state of the art, where all the space occupied on the surface of the dial of the watch corresponds to the entire surface of the disc. The saving of space at the surface, obtained thanks to the present invention, is therefore considerable.

Les dessins annexés illustrent, schématiquement et à titre d'exemple, une forme d'exécution de la pièce d'horlogerie objet de la présente invention.

  • La figure 1 est une vue en plan de cette pièce d'horlogerie;
  • la figure 2 est une vue en coupe selon la ligne A-A de la figure 1, ne montrant que le mécanisme indicateur de la pièce d'horlogerie;
  • la figure 3 est une vue en plan de dessous, montrant l'entraînement du mécanisme indicateur par le rouage de minuterie de la pièce d'horlogerie;
  • la figure 4 est une vue en coupe selon la ligne B-B de la figure 3
  • la figure 5 est une vue en perspective de la figure 1 sur laquelle un mobile planétaire a été enlevé;
  • la figure 6 est une vue en perspective d'un mobile planétaire seul;
  • les figures 7 à 10 sont des vues en élévation de la figure 1, montrant un mobile planétaire au cours de sa rotation.
The accompanying drawings illustrate, schematically and by way of example, an embodiment of the timepiece object of the present invention.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of this timepiece;
  • Figure 2 is a sectional view along the line AA of Figure 1, showing only the indicator mechanism of the timepiece;
  • Figure 3 is a bottom plan view, showing the driving of the indicator mechanism by the time wheel of the timepiece;
  • Figure 4 is a sectional view along the line BB of Figure 3
  • Figure 5 is a perspective view of Figure 1 on which a planetary mobile has been removed;
  • Figure 6 is a perspective view of a single planetary mobile;
  • Figures 7 to 10 are elevational views of Figure 1, showing a planetary mobile during its rotation.

Le mécanisme indicateur décrit ici est un mécanisme indicateur de l'heure d'une pièce d'horlogerie, qui comporte à cet effet, une roue dentée 1 qui est en prise avec la chaussée 2 du rouage de minuterie de la pièce d'horlogerie par l'intermédiaire d'un renvoi démultiplicateur 3 qui permet d'entraîner, dans cet exemple, la roue dentée 1 à raison de un tour toutes les trois heures. Ce rapport est choisi en fonction du nombre de mobile planétaires que porte le mobile solaire, comme on le verra ci-après.The indicator mechanism described here is a mechanism indicating the time of a timepiece, which comprises for this purpose, a toothed wheel 1 which is engaged with the roadway 2 of the timewheel of the timepiece by via a gear reducer 3 which drives, in this example, the toothed wheel 1 at a rate of one turn every three hours. This report is chosen in a function of the number of planetary mobiles carried by the solar mobile, as will be seen below.

L'homme du métier comprendra sans peine que le dispositif d'affichage qui sera décrit n'est nullement limité à l'affichage de l'heure, mais qu'il pourrait notamment être utilisé pour afficher les mois de l'année en reliant la roue dentée 1 à un mécanisme de calendrier au lieu du rouage de minuterie selon l'exemple décrit. Dans ce cas, on pourrait substituer le nom abrégé des mois aux chiffres de 1 à 12, mais on pourrait aussi garder les chiffres, puisque les mois sont aussi indiqués par leur numéro d'ordre dans l'année.Those skilled in the art will readily understand that the display device that will be described is not limited to the display of the time, but that it could notably be used to display the months of the year by connecting the time. gear 1 to a calendar mechanism instead of the timer train according to the example described. In this case, one could substitute the short name of the months for the numbers from 1 to 12, but one could also keep the numbers, since the months are also indicated by their serial number in the year.

La roue dentée 1 est fixée à la partie interne rotative d'un roulement à billes 4, par une vis de fixation 5, vissée dans un mobile solaire 6, solidaire de la roue dentée 1 et de la partie centrale du roulement à billes 4. La partie externe de ce roulement à billes 4 est chassée dans une ouverture de la platine 7 de la pièce d'horlogerie.The toothed wheel 1 is fixed to the rotatable inner part of a ball bearing 4, by a fixing screw 5, screwed into a solar mobile 6, integral with the toothed wheel 1 and the central part of the ball bearing 4. The outer portion of this ball bearing 4 is driven into an opening of the plate 7 of the timepiece.

Le mobile solaire 6 porte trois arbres de pivotement 6a qui forment des angles α avec l'axe de pivotement du mobile solaire 6 et qui sont espacés de 120° les uns des autres autour de l'axe de pivotement du mobile solaire 6. Sur chacun des trois arbres de pivotement 6a un mobile planétaire 8 est monté pivotant et est retenu par une vis 9 vissée dans un filetage de l'arbre de pivotement 6a. Ces mobiles planétaires 8 ont des formes de polyèdres à base carrée, dans l'exemple illustrés, ces polyèdres sont des pyramides tronquées. Les angles α que leurs axes de pivotement forment avec l'axe de pivotement du mobile solaire 6 sont, dans cet exemple, de 90°, mais ils pourraient varier typiquement dans une plage de ± 20° par rapport à 90°. Les quatre faces 8d de chacun de ces mobiles planétaires 8 en formes de polyèdres portent des chiffres de 1 à 12, répartis dans l'ordre suivant: 1, 4, 7, 10 sur les faces d'un polyèdre, 2, 5, 8, 11 sur les faces du deuxième polyèdre et 3, 6, 9, 12 sur les faces du troisième polyèdre. 3 constitue l'écart constant entre les chiffres qui se succèdent sur les faces adjacentes des polyèdres des mobiles planétaires 8 et qui vient du fait que chaque polyèdre participe une heure sur trois à l'affichage de l'heure comme on le verra par la suite.The solar mobile 6 carries three pivot shafts 6a which form angles α with the pivot axis of the solar mobile 6 and which are spaced 120 ° from each other around the pivot axis of the solar mobile 6. On each of the three pivot shafts 6a a planetary mobile 8 is pivotally mounted and is retained by a screw 9 screwed into a thread of the pivot shaft 6a. These planetary mobiles 8 have forms of square-based polyhedra, in the example shown, these polyhedra are truncated pyramids. The angles α that their pivot axes form with the pivot axis of the solar mobile 6 are, in this example, 90 °, but they could vary typically in a range of ± 20 ° from 90 °. The four faces 8d of each of these planetary mobiles 8 in the form of polyhedra bear numbers from 1 to 12, distributed in the following order: 1, 4, 7, 10 on the faces of a polyhedron, 2, 5, 8, 11 on the faces of the second polyhedron and 3, 6, 9, 12 on the faces of the third polyhedron. 3 is the constant difference between the successive figures on the adjacent faces of the polyhedra of the planetary mobiles 8 and which comes from the fact that each polyhedron participates one hour out of three in the time display as will be seen later .

Comme illustré par la figure 5, une des faces quadrangulaires de chaque polyèdre, perpendiculaire à l'axe de rotation du mobile planétaire 8, présente une forme de croix de Malte 8a dont les branches sont séparées par quatre divisions radiales 8b en forme d'encoches orientées selon les diagonales de la surface quadrangulaire, partant respectivement des quatre angles de cette surface et s'arrêtant toutes à la même distance du centre géométrique de cette face quadrangulaire traversé par une ouverture 8c destinée à recevoir l'arbre de pivotement 6a sur lequel le mobile planétaire 8 peut tourner librement.As illustrated in FIG. 5, one of the quadrangular faces of each polyhedron, perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the sun wheel 8, has the shape of a Maltese cross 8a whose branches are separated by four radial divisions 8b in the form of notches oriented along the diagonals of the quadrangular surface, starting respectively from the four corners of this surface and stopping all at the same distance from the geometric center of this quadrangular face traversed by an opening 8c intended to receive the pivot shaft 6a on which the 8 planetary mobile can rotate freely.

Comme illustré par les figures 2 et 5, une cheville d'entraînement fixe 10 est fixée dans un dégagement 7a (figure 5) de la platine 7. Cette cheville d'entraînement 10 est parallèle à l'axe de pivotement du mobile solaire 6 et se situe sur la trajectoire des croix de Malte 8a des mobiles planétaires 8, au centre du dégagement 7a destiné à déverrouiller les mobiles planétaires 8 et dimensionné pour permettre la rotation des croix de Malte 8a autour de leurs axes respectifs lorsqu'elles passent vis-à-vis de ce dégagement. De part et d'autre de ce dégagement 7a, la surface de la platine 7 est adjacente à la partie des faces 8d de chacun des mobiles planétaires 8 en forme de polyèdre qui constitue aussi la surface de chant située entre deux divisions radiales 8b de la croix de Malte 8a ou, si on préfère, la surface formée par le côté externe des bras triangulaires de la croix de Malte. La surface de la platine 7, adjacente à ce côté externe d'un bras de chaque croix de Malte, sert à verrouiller chaque croix de Malte autour de l'axe de pivotement 6a de son mobile planétaire 8, lorsqu'elle se situe en dehors du dégagement 7a.As illustrated by FIGS. 2 and 5, a stationary driving pin 10 is fixed in a clearance 7a (FIG. 5) of the plate 7. This driving peg 10 is parallel to the axis of pivoting of the solar mobile 6 and is located on the trajectory of the Maltese cross 8a of the planetary mobiles 8, in the center of the clearance 7a for unlocking the planetary mobiles 8 and dimensioned to allow the rotation of the Maltese cross 8a around their respective axes when they pass vis-à-vis -vis this release. On either side of this clearance 7a, the surface of the plate 7 is adjacent to the part of the faces 8d of each of the polyhedron-shaped planetary mobiles 8 which also constitutes the edge surface situated between two radial divisions 8b of the Maltese cross 8a or, if preferred, the surface formed by the outer side of the triangular arms of the Maltese cross. The surface of the plate 7, adjacent to this outer side of an arm of each Maltese cross, serves to lock each Maltese cross about the pivot axis 6a of its sun gear 8, when it is outside from clearance 7a.

La croix de Malte classique est entraînée par un mobile circulaire et ses surfaces de chant, situées entre deux divisions radiales de la croix de Malte, sont incurvées pour épouser la forme du mobile circulaire d'entraînement et ainsi verrouiller la croix de Malte entre deux entraînements. Dans le cas de la présente invention, l'entraînement de la croix de Malte 8a résulte de la rotation du mobile solaire 6 et c'est la surface fixe de la platine 7, adjacente à la surface de chant 8d de la croix de Malte 8a, qui sert donc à verrouiller la croix de Malte 8a autour de l'arbre de pivotement 6a, entre deux entraînements dus au déplacement relatif entre cette croix de Malte 8a, entraînée par le mobile solaire 6 et la cheville d'entraînement fixe 10, à chaque passage de cette croix de Malte vis-à-vis de cette cheville fixe 10.The classic Maltese cross is driven by a circular mobile and its vocal surfaces, located between two radial divisions of the Maltese cross, are curved to fit the shape of the circular driving wheel and thus lock the Maltese Cross between two workouts. . In the case of the present invention, the driving of the Maltese cross 8a results from the rotation of the solar mobile 6 and it is the fixed surface of the plate 7, adjacent to the singing surface 8d of the Maltese cross 8a , which thus serves to lock the Maltese cross 8a around the pivot shaft 6a, between two drives due to the relative displacement between the Maltese cross 8a, driven by the solar mobile 6 and the fixed drive pin 10, to each passage of this Maltese cross opposite this fixed peg 10.

Comme illustré sur la figure 1, au cours de leur rotation de 360° autour de l'axe de rotation du mobile solaire 6, chaque mobile planétaire 8 se déplace vis-à-vis d'un secteur 11 de 120° gradué en 60 minutes et devant lequel se déplace à la même vitesse une aiguille des minutes 12. De préférence, il s'agit d'une aiguille d'un système d'affichage rétrograde. Toutefois, un tel système ne fait pas partie de la présente invention et ne sera donc pas décrit ici, n'étant pas nécessaire à la compréhension de la présente invention. Par ailleurs, des systèmes d'affichage rétrograde sont bien connus de l'homme du métier. Rappelons qu'ils consistent à faire revenir brusquement l'aiguille d'affichage de 60 à 0, à la fin de chaque heure sous la force d'un ressort de rappel armé pendant le déplacement de l'aiguille des minutes 12 de 0 à 60 .As illustrated in FIG. 1, during their 360 ° rotation around the axis of rotation of the solar mobile 6, each planetary mobile 8 moves towards a sector 11 of 120 ° graduated in 60 minutes. and in front of which a minute hand 12 moves at the same speed. Preferably, it is a needle of a retrograde display system. However, such a system is not part of the present invention and therefore will not be described here, not being necessary for the understanding of the present invention. In addition, retrograde display systems are well known to those skilled in the art. Recall that they consist in making the display needle suddenly return from 60 to 0, at the end of each hour under the force of a spring armed return during the movement of the minute hand 12 from 0 to 60.

Le mobile solaire 6 fait un tour en trois heures. Chaque mobile planétaire 8 est entraîné, autour de son arbre de pivotement 6a, d'un quart de tour à chaque tour du mobile solaire 6, de telle sorte qu'en quatre révolutions du mobile solaire 6, les douze chiffres des quatre faces 8d des trois mobiles planétaires 8 se sont déplacés devant le secteur des minutes 11, indiquant l'heure dont l'aiguille des minutes 12 qui l'accompagne indique les minutes. A chaque fin d'heure, l'aiguille 12 revient à 0 où se trouve le mobile planétaire 8 suivant indiquant l'heure suivante. On pourrait aussi imaginer, à titre de variante, que chaque mobile planétaire 8 soit solidaire d'une aiguille des minutes qui pourrait être dissimulée ou non en dehors du secteur d'affichage des minutes 11.The solar mobile 6 makes a turn in three hours. Each planetary mobile 8 is driven around its pivot shaft 6a by a quarter turn at each turn of the solar mobile 6, so that in four revolutions of the solar mobile 6, the twelve digits of the four faces 8d of the three planetary mobiles 8 have moved in front of the minute sector 11, indicating the time with which the minute hand 12 which accompanies it indicates the minutes. At the end of each hour, the needle 12 returns to 0 where is the next planetary mobile 8 indicating the next hour. One could also imagine, as an alternative, that each planetary mobile 8 is integral with a minute hand that may or may not be hidden outside the minute display sector 11.

Les figures 7 à 10 montrent différentes phases de l'entraînement d'un mobile planétaire 8 par la cheville 10.Figures 7 to 10 show different phases of driving a planetary mobile 8 by the pin 10.

Bien entendu, le nombre de chiffres pourrait être différent de 12, par exemple 24, pour indiquer les heures de 1 à 24. Le nombre de mobiles satellites pourrait être différent de trois et le nombre de faces des polyèdres que forment les mobiles planétaires pourrait être différent de quatre. Dans ce cas, le nombre de bras des croix de Malte sera égal au nombre de faces du polyèdre entourant l'axe de rotation du mobile planétaire 8.Of course, the number of digits could be different from 12, for example 24, to indicate the hours from 1 to 24. The number of satellite mobiles could be different from three and the number of faces of the polyhedrons that form the planetary mobiles could be different from four. In this case, the number of arms of the Maltese crosses will be equal to the number of faces of the polyhedron surrounding the axis of rotation of the planetary mobile 8.

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Pièce d'horlogerie à mécanisme indicateur d'une période de temps comportant un mobile solaire (6) entraîné à raison d'un tour par multiple de cette période de temps, des mobiles planétaires (8) dont les axes de rotation respectifs sont équidistants autour de l'axe de rotation du mobile solaire (6), une croix de Malte (8a) solidaire et coaxiale de chaque mobile planétaire (8) et dont les surfaces externes des bras triangulaires sont conformées pour venir en prise avec une surface de verrouillage (7) et un doigt d'entraînement (10) disposé dans un dégagement (7a) de ladite surface de verrouillage (7), sur la trajectoire décrite par une division radiale de chaque croix de Maltes (8a) lorsque celle-ci est en prise avec ladite surface de verrouillage (7), pour l'entraîner pas à pas autour de son axe de rotation en regard dudit dégagement, une pluralité de chiffres répartis sur lesdits mobiles planétaires (8) à égales distances angulaires correspondant à leurs pas d'entraînement et répartis pour indiquer une succession déterminée desdites périodes de temps, à chaque tour du mobile solaire (6) et sur une distance angulaire (11) de sa trajectoire correspondant à celle séparant lesdits mobiles planétaires (8), caractérisée en ce que les axes de rotation respectifs desdits mobiles planétaires (8) forment des angles respectifs ≠ 180° par rapport à l'axe de rotation dudit mobile solaire (6), les croix de Malte (8a) desdits mobiles planétaires (8) sont solidaires et coaxiales de polyèdres dont les faces entourant les axes de rotation respectifs desdits mobiles planétaires (8) portent les chiffres respectifs de ladite pluralité de chiffres, le nombre desdites faces correspondant au nombre de branches de la croix de Malte (8a).Timepiece with a time period indicator mechanism comprising a solar mobile (6) driven at the rate of one turn per multiple of this period of time, planetary mobiles (8) whose respective axes of rotation are equidistant around of the axis of rotation of the sun wheel (6), a Maltese cross (8a) integral and coaxial with each sun wheel (8) and whose outer surfaces of the triangular arms are shaped to engage a locking surface ( 7) and a drive finger (10) arranged in a clearance (7a) of said locking surface (7), on the path described by a radial division of each Maltese cross (8a) when the latter is engaged with said locking surface (7), to drive it stepwise about its axis of rotation opposite said clearance, a plurality of digits distributed on said planetary mobiles (8) at equal angular distances corresponding to their pitch driving and distributed to indicate a determined succession of said periods of time, each turn of the solar mobile (6) and an angular distance (11) of its trajectory corresponding to that separating said planetary mobiles (8), characterized in that the axes of respective rotation of said planetary mobiles (8) form respective angles ≠ 180 ° with respect to the axis of rotation of said solar mobile (6), the Maltese crosses (8a) of said planetary mobiles (8) are integral and coaxial polyhedra whose faces surrounding the respective axes of rotation of said planetary mobiles (8) bear the respective digits of said plurality of digits, the number of said faces corresponding to the number of branches of the Maltese cross (8a). Pièce d'horlogerie selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle les angles respectifs que forment les axes de rotation desdits mobiles planétaires (8) par rapport à l'axe de rotation dudit mobile solaire (6) sont de 90°± 20°.Timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the respective angles that form the axes of rotation of said planetary mobiles (8) relative to the axis of rotation of said solar mobile (6) are 90 ° ± 20 °. Pièce d'horlogerie selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle un secteur gradué d'affichage des minutes est disposé concentriquement à une portion (11) de la trajectoire de ladite roue solaire (6) et est associée à une aiguille des minutes (12).Timepiece according to one of the preceding claims, wherein a graduated minute display sector is concentrically arranged at a portion (11) of the path of said sun gear (6) and is associated with a minute hand ( 12). Pièce d'horlogerie selon la revendication 3, dans laquelle ladite aiguille des minutes (12) est commandée par un mécanisme rétrograde.Timepiece according to claim 3, wherein said minute hand (12) is controlled by a retrograde mechanism. Pièce d'horlogerie selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle le nombre total de faces desdits polyèdres est de 12 ou de 24 correspondant au nombre d'heures à afficher et le nombre de mobiles planétaire (8) est un sous-multiple du nombre total de faces.Timepiece according to claim 1, wherein the total number of faces of said polyhedra is 12 or 24 corresponding to the number of hours to be displayed and the number of planetary mobiles (8) is a submultiple of the total number of faces. Pièce d'horlogerie selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, dans laquelle un secteur gradué d'affichage des quantièmes est disposé concentriquement à une portion de la trajectoire de ladite roue solaire (6) et est associée à une aiguille des quantièmes (12) associée à un mécanisme d'affichage rétrograde.Timepiece according to one of claims 1 and 2, wherein a graduated date display sector is arranged concentrically at a portion of the path of said sun gear (6) and is associated with a date hand (12 ) associated with a retrograde display mechanism.
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