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US 12,591,204 B2Granted
Horological movement comprising a striking mechanism provided with a flexible guide
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorsBaptiste Hinaux, Jérôme Favre, Jonathan Meyer
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Abstract
A horological movement includes a striking mechanism of a watch including a vibrating element and a device for striking the vibrating element including a hammer fastened cantilevered to a structure of the horological movement through blades of a flexible guide. The blades are arranged so as to extend according to directions parallel to an axis T tangent to the vibrating element.
Claims9
A horological movement comprising:
- a striking mechanism of a watch comprising a vibrating element and a device to strike said vibrating element comprising a hammer fastened cantilevered to a structure of the horological movement through elastic blades forming a flexible guide, wherein said blades are arranged so as to extend according to directions parallel to an axis T tangent to a surface of the vibrating element at a striking point of the hammer such that the hammer is driven in translation in a direction perpendicular to the axis T.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.