Brake spring for supporting arbor of a display, horological movement comprising said brake spring and method for installing said brake spring
AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorsJulien Christan, Fabrice Delevaux, Mark Postmus
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Abstract
A brake spring intended to apply a radial force against a supporting arbor of a display of a watch, including an elastic strip, an elastic casing organ adapted to be fastened to an attachment organ of a structure of a horological movement, and a retaining element of the elastic strip configured to cooperate with the elastic strip, so as to hold it in a first position, the elastic strip being capable of being released from the retaining element so as to occupy a second position under the effect of an elastic return force, wherein it is capable of applying a resulting radial force against the arbor.
Claims16
A brake spring intended to apply a radial force against a supporting arbor of a display of a watch, comprising:
- an elastic strip;
- an elastic casing organ adapted to be fastened to an attachment organ of a structure of a horological movement;
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- a retaining element configured to cooperate with said elastic strip, so as to hold the elastic strip in a first position,
- wherein said elastic strip is configured to be released from said retaining element so as to occupy a second position under the effect of an elastic return force, and
- wherein said elastic strip is configured to apply a resulting radial force against the supporting arbor of a display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.