Stopping mechanism for timepiece striking mechanism
AssigneeBlancpain SA
InventorsJulien Peter, Edmond Capt
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AssigneeBlancpain SA
InventorsJulien Peter, Edmond Capt
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Stopping mechanism for a striking mechanism comprising energy storage means including a power reserve transmission wheel set, a strike wheel set comprising a detent ratchet, a main click for the passing strike function and/or a repeater release click, the stopping mechanism includes an uncoupling lever for moving the clicks away from the strike wheel set, by an instantaneous jump of a lever changing the position of the uncoupling lever, when the level of energy of the storage means crosses a predefined threshold, through the cooperation between a finger, driven by the power reserve transmission wheel set, and a jumper returned by a first spring, to bring the finger to bear on a fork of the lever to cause it to pivot abruptly by instantaneously changing the position of a lug with respect to a second spring.
A stopping mechanism for a striking mechanism for a watch or timepiece comprising a movement, said striking mechanism and/or said movement comprising energy storage means arranged to power said striking mechanism to perform the striking functions, at an output of said energy storage means which comprise a power reserve transmission wheel set, said striking mechanism comprising at least one strike drive wheel set comprising a detent ratchet and a repeating rack pinion, a main click for the passing strike function and/or a click for releasing a minute repeater when said striking mechanism includes a minute repeater, wherein said stopping mechanism includes a strike uncoupling lever arranged to move away from said strike wheel set said main click and said minute repeater click when said striking mechanism includes a minute repeater, by an instantaneous jump of a repeating-slide control lever arranged to cause a change of position of said strike uncoupling lever, as soon as the level of available energy in said storage means crosses a predefined threshold, by the cooperation between, on the one hand, a stop finger indirectly driven by said power reserve transmission wheel set and, on the other hand, a stop jumper returned by a first spring, to bring a stop pin integral with said stop finger to bear on a fork comprised in said repeating-slide control lever, to cause an abrupt pivoting of said repeating-slide control lever by the instantaneous change of position of a lug comprised in said repeating-slide control lever with respect to a second spring.
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