Timepiece comprising a vibration-amplifying device
AssigneePatek Philippe SA Geneve
InventorsQuentin Benoist, Sylvain Geiser, Eric Le Gall, Alessandro Vandini
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AssigneePatek Philippe SA Geneve
InventorsQuentin Benoist, Sylvain Geiser, Eric Le Gall, Alessandro Vandini
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Disclosed is a timepiece including a case, a movement and a vibration-generating device intended to produce a sound, the latter two accommodated in the case, a device for amplifying the vibrations from the vibration-generating device, and a membrane receiving the amplified vibrations and generating a sound to outside the timepiece. The vibration-amplifying device includes a lever pivotally mounted on a support in a pivoting plane non-parallel to the plane of the membrane and actuated by a transmission member cooperating with the vibration-generating device to transmit the vibrations to the lever, the lever being integral with the membrane at least translationally in the pivoting plane so a movement of the transmission member, generated by vibration of the transmission member linked to the vibration-generating device and transmitted to the membrane by way of the lever actuated by the transmission member, generates an amplified movement of the membrane for an amplified sound.
A timepiece comprising a case having a middle, a back cover and a bezel, a movement and a vibration-generating device intended to produce at least one sound, the movement and the vibration-generating device accommodated in said case, a vibration-amplifying device for amplifying vibrations generated by said vibration-generating device, and a membrane arranged to receive said vibrations and generate a sound from the inside to the outside of the timepiece, wherein said vibration-amplifying device comprises a lever pivotally mounted on a support in a pivoting plane non-parallel to a plane of the membrane and arranged to be actuated by a transmission member cooperating with the vibration-generating device to transmit the vibrations to the lever, said lever likewise being integral with the membrane at least translationally in the pivoting plane such that a movement of the transmission member, generated by a vibration of said transmission member linked to the vibration-generating device and transmitted to the membrane by way of the lever actuated by said transmission member, generates an amplified movement of said membrane, so as to generate an amplified sound, wherein the lever is pivotally mounted on the support by way of a pin or a flexible ball joint.
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