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US 8,939,639 B2Granted
Tourbillon
AssigneeGlashuetter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH
InventorJoern Heise
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a tourbillon of a movement having: a rotatably mounted rotating carriage (6) connected to a second pinion (46), a balance (12) mounted on the rotating carriage (6) relative to a balance shaft (28) and also having an escape wheel (16) mounted on the rotating carriage (6) and operatively connected to the balance (12) via a lever, characterized by: a brake element (30) arranged on the rotating carriage (6), which can be brought into engagement with the balance (12) and is movable axially to the balance shaft (28).
Claims15
A tourbillon of a movement having:
- a rotatably mounted rotating carriage connected to a second pinion,
- a balance mounted on the rotating carriage relative to a balance shaft and also having an escape wheel mounted on the rotating carriage and operatively connected to the balance via a lever, characterized by:
- a brake element arranged on the rotating carriage, which can be brought into engagement with the balance and is movable axially to the balance shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.