Timepiece movement of reduced height with a large power reserve
AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorsLaurent KAELIN, Julien MOULIN
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AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorsLaurent KAELIN, Julien MOULIN
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Timepiece gear train device (1) of reduced height with a large power reserve, driving display means (4) including a cannon-pinion (5) and an hour wheel (6), which are driven about a main pivot axis (AP), secant to a barrel (3), by a motion work (7) and including a driving wheel (8), which pivots about a secondary pivot axis (AS) external to said barrel (3) and is friction coupled to said motion work (7) on a friction surface (9) coaxial to said secondary pivot axis (AS). Said driving wheel (8) includes a driving cannon pinion (83) pivoting about a wheel body (80) along said secondary pivot axis (AS) and coupled by a friction spring (84) to a shoulder (85) of said wheel body (80) forming said friction surface (9), said driving cannon-pinion (83) cooperating with a minute wheel (14) pivoting about a minute axis (AM).
A timepiece gear train device of reduced height with a large power reserve, comprising at least one means of energy storage arranged to be powered by a motion imparted to a winding stem and/or to an oscillating weight, said energy storage means comprising at least one barrel, and said gear train device driving display means which include at least one cannon-pinion and an hour wheel driven directly about a main pivot axis by a motion work, said gear train device comprising, driven directly or indirectly by said at least one barrel, at least one driving wheel pivoting about a secondary pivot axis external to said at least one barrel, and said driving wheel being friction coupled to said motion work on a friction surface coaxial to said secondary pivot axis of said driving wheel, and said main pivot axis being secant to said at least one barrel, wherein said driving wheel includes a driving cannon-pinion pivoting about a wheel body along said secondary pivot axis and connected to a shoulder of said wheel body which forms said friction surface by friction means formed by a friction spring, and wherein said driving cannon-pinion cooperates with a minute wheel belonging to said motion work and pivoting about a minute axis.
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