Device for guiding a shaft of a sprung balance
AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorsThierry CONUS, Raphaël Courvoisier, Jean-Luc Helfer, Sylvain Huot-Marchand
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AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorsThierry CONUS, Raphaël Courvoisier, Jean-Luc Helfer, Sylvain Huot-Marchand
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A device (1) for guiding a rotary shaft (6) of a sprung balance. The device includes at least the rotary shaft and a guide bearing (2) for guiding an end of the rotary shaft of the sprung balance, the guide bearing including at least one blade (3) and a surface (5) for coming into contact with and holding the end of the rotary shaft of the sprung balance. At least one end part of the shaft and at least the blade and the contact surface of the guide bearing are made of a material with a Young's modulus of less than or equal to 100 GPa and to reduce the coefficient of friction of the contacting parts.
A device (1) for guiding a rotary shaft (6) of a sprung balance, comprising:
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