Driving device for mechanical timepiece movements
AssigneeA. Schild S.A.
InventorsBeat Gilomen, Kurt Schaller
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Abstract
This invention relates to a driving device for mechanical timepiece movements, the device comprising a barrel-drum, a barrel-bridge, an arbor coaxial with the drum and pivoting in the bridge, a toothed ratchet-wheel secured to the arbor and disposed adjacent to the bridge, and a one-piece click comprising a rigid portion rotatable about the arbor between a locking position and an unlocking position, a resilient arm, and a beak disposed at a free end of the arm, the beak being adapted for engagement in the toothing of the ratchet-wheel.
Claims6
A driving device for mechanical timepiece movements, said device comprising a barrel-drum, a barrel-bridge, an arbor coaxial with said drum and pivoting in said bridge, a toothed ratchet-wheel secured to said arbor and disposed adjacent to said bridge, and a one-piece click comprising a rigid portion rotatable about said arbor between a locking position and an unlocking position, a resilient arm, and a beak disposed at a free end of said arm, said beak being adapted for engagement in said toothing of said ratchet-wheel, wherein said bridge comprises a recess in which said click is disposed between said bridge and said ratchet-wheel, and said click further comprises a support element disposed at said free end of said resilient arm and situated within the peripheral limits of said ratchet-wheel, said recess having sides comprising, for determining said locking position, at least a first banking cooperating in said locking position with said support element and a second banking cooperating in said locking position with said beak.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.