Safety mechanism for selection and/or actuation of a timepiece striking work
AssigneeBlancpain SA
InventorJulien BEHRA
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Abstract
Timepiece striking mechanism including control means, releasable by a timepiece movement or by a user, and arranged to start a melody or striking sound, and melody selection means including a lever for selecting a selector mechanism arranged to allow the movement of a specific control-piece in order to perform a specific melody or striking sound, this striking mechanism including a safety mechanism for preventing the selection or the actuation of a melody or striking sound when a melody or striking sound is already being performed, this safety mechanism includes, for each control piece, a cam arranged to prevent the operation of the melody selection means by immobilising the lever, when its control piece has started to perform a melody or striking sound.
Claims10
A timepiece striking mechanism including control means arranged to be actuated by a timepiece movement or by a user in order to start a melody or striking sound, and melody selection means arranged to be actuated by a timepiece movement or by a user and including a main lever for selecting a selector mechanism arranged to allow the movement of a specific control-piece in order to perform a specific melody or striking sound, wherein said striking mechanism includes a safety mechanism arranged to prevent the selection or the actuation of a melody or striking sound when a melody or striking sound is already being performed, said safety mechanism includes, for each said control piece, a cam associated with said control piece and arranged, when said control piece thereof has started the performance of a melody or striking sound, to prevent the actuation of said melody selection means, by immobilising said main lever.
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