Striking clock with device for disconnecting the striking mechanism

In a striking clock having at least one striking mechanism, at least one release lever for releasing the striking mechanism to cause striking of the clock and for retaining the striking mechanism to prevent striking of the clock, a barrel cam associated with the release lever for moving the release lever to release and retain the striking mechanism, a clockwork for rotating the barrel cam and a lock disk (23) driven one revolution in 24 hours by the clockwork, the lock disk having a sector type lock cam (24), a device for disconnecting the striking mechanism at any time, comprising:

• a feeler lever (67) engaged with the lock disk and movable between a first released position and a second stop position when said feeler lever contacts the sector type lock cam;
• a lock lever (62) couplable with said feeler lever and engagable with the release lever for moving the release lever to retain the striking mechanism when said feeler lever is in its stop position;
• a coupling lever (71) associated with said lock and feeler levers and moveable from a coupling position to couple said feeler lever to said lock lever and an uncoupling position for uncoupling said feeler lever from said lock lever;
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• a manually movable switch lever (83) engageable with said coupling lever at any time for moving said coupling lever to its uncoupling position to uncouple said feeler lever from said lock lever to permit release of the striking mechanism.