Display mechanism with rollers for watches
AssigneeMontres Breguet S.A.
InventorsAlain ZAUGG, Eric GOELLER
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Abstract
Timepiece display mechanism, for a watch, comprising a roller pivoting about a main axis and comprising flaps, each pivoting about a secondary axis parallel to the main axis and having two faces, first drive means for pivoting the roller about the main axis, and second drive means for pivoting a flap about its secondary axis, in a determined position of this secondary axis relative to the main axis, and which include, at each flap, a drive pinion cooperating with a control means to modify, in sequence or continuously, the position of the successive flaps of the same roller or to modify, on demand, the position of a specific flap.
Claims14
A timepiece display mechanism comprising at least one roller pivoting about a roller axis, said roller comprising at least one flap pivoting about a flap axis parallel to said roller axis and distinct from said roller axis, said at least one flap comprising at least one first face and at least one second face, said display mechanism comprising first drive means for pivoting said roller about said roller axis, wherein said display mechanism includes second drive means distinct from said first drive means for pivoting at least one said flap about its said flap axis, in at least one determined position of said flap axis relative to said roller axis, wherein said second drive means comprise, at each said flap, at least one flap drive pinion centred on said flap axis and arranged to cooperate with a control means, comprised in said display mechanism, to modify, in sequence or continuously, the position of said successive flaps of the same said roller, or to modify, on demand, the position of a said specific flap.
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