Device for retaining a moving part
AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorsRaphaël BALMER, Raphaël COURVOISIER
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Abstract
A device is for axially retaining a moving part of a horological movement about a shaft, the moving part including a cylindrical part arranged to be mounted coaxially on the shaft, the device including a clip intended to be mounted on the cylindrical part of the moving part. The clip includes a resilient retaining structure arranged to cooperate with the cylindrical part and to grip the cylindrical part over part of its periphery, and includes a locking beak passing through an opening extending radially inwards relative to the cylindrical part, the locking beak being arranged to cooperate with a slot in the shaft to hold the moving part axially in place.
Claims10
A device for axially retaining a moving part of a horological movement about a shaft, the moving part comprising a cylindrical part arranged to be mounted coaxially on the shaft, the device comprising a clip intended to be mounted on the cylindrical part of the moving part,
- wherein the clip comprises resilient retaining means arranged to cooperate with the cylindrical part and to grip the cylindrical part over part of its periphery, and wherein the clip comprises a locking beak passing through an opening extending radially inwards relative to the cylindrical part, the locking beak being arranged to cooperate with a slot in the shaft to hold the moving part axially in place.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.