Push-button mechanism and timepiece fitted with such mechanisms
AssigneeETA SA Fabriques d'Ebauches
InventorAlphonse Bron
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AssigneeETA SA Fabriques d'Ebauches
InventorAlphonse Bron
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The push-button mechanism includes a lever (11) which pivots on a plane support (2), and includes two other pins (14, 16) arranged in a triangle with respect to the stud (12), and a second member (20) including a substantially U shaped cut-out portion (21) delimiting a base (22), and first and second arms (28, 32). The base (22) supports guide means (23) which slide along a guide ramp (3) and at least one control means (24) for a function to be activated (5, 6). The first rigid arm (28) is rotatably mounted on a first pin (14) of the lever (11) and the second flexible arm (32) has at its free end (33) a notch (34) acting as support for the second pin (16) in the inactive position, said notch (34) being extended by a beak shaped tip (36) having an external edge (38) oriented towards the exterior of the U shaped cut-out portion (21) against which the second pin (16) slides compressing the flexible arm (32) and producing a clicking by passing from one position to the other.
A push-button mechanism for activating a mechanical or electric function including first and second members which are mobile in relation to each other in planes parallel to a plane support to form return means and to produce a clicking under the action of a force F exerted by means of the push-button, wherein the first member is formed by a lever which pivots via one of its ends on a stud attached to the plane support, said lever including two other pins arranged in a triangle with respect to the stud, and the second member of generally elongated shape includes a substantially U shaped cut-out portion delimiting a base connecting first and second arms, said base including guide means intended to slide along a guide ramp attached to the plate and at least one control means for a function to be activated, the first arm of said second member being rigid and having its free end rotatably mounted on a first pin of the lever and the second arm being flexible while having at its free end a notch against which the second pin of the lever rests in the inactive position, said notch being extended by a beak shaped tip having an external edge oriented towards the exterior of the U shaped cut-out portion, against which the second pin of the lever slides when a force F is exerted on the rigid arm via the push-button by compressing the flexible arm and producing a clicking by passing from one position to the other.
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