Sound production device for timepiece movement comprising a chiming or alarm mechanism
AssigneeBall Watch Company SA
InventorsHuy Van TRAN, Ludovic PEREZ
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Abstract
A sound production device is designed to be arranged in a case of a timepiece, in association with a timepiece movement comprising a chiming or alarm mechanism, and comprises: at least one external connecting member for assembling the sound production device to the timepiece case, a sound producing member comprising a heel carrying at least one vibrating member made in one piece with said heel, a damping member, assembled to the sound producing member and designed to form an assembly interface between the latter and the timepiece movement, and one or more internal connecting members arranged solely on the damping member and designed to assemble the sound production device to the timepiece movement.
Claims20
A sound production device, designed to be arranged in a case of a timepiece in association with a timepiece movement comprising a chiming or alarm mechanism, the sound production device comprising:
- at least one external connecting member for assembling the sound production device to the case of the timepiece,
- a sound producing member comprising a heel carrying at least one vibrating member made in one piece with said heel,
- a damping member, assembled to said sound producing member and designed to form a mechanical assembly interface between said sound producing member and the timepiece movement, and
- one or more internal connecting members arranged solely on said damping member and designed to assemble the sound production device to the timepiece movement.
A timepiece comprising a case housing a timepiece movement with a chiming or alarm mechanism, said timepiece movement being assembled to said case through a sound production device,
- wherein said sound production device comprises:
- at least one external connecting member for assembling said sound production device to said case of the timepiece,
- a sound producing member comprising a heel carrying at least one vibrating member made in one piece with said heel,
- a damping member, assembled to said sound producing member and designed to form a mechanical assembly interface between said sound producing member and said timepiece movement, and
- one or more internal connecting members arranged solely on said damping member and designed to assemble said sound production device to said timepiece movement, and
- wherein said sound production device is arranged to be able to interact with at least one chiming or alarm hammer of said timepiece movement to produce a sound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.