Flexible escapement mechanism with movable frame
AssigneeNivarox-FAR S.A.
InventorsMarc Stranczl, Thierry Hessler, Andres Cabezas Jurin, Davide Sarchi
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Abstract
An escapement mechanism for a timepiece movement or timepiece including at least one balance and at least one escape wheel. A transmission of impulses between the balance and the escape wheel is achieved by a single-piece flexible mechanism including at least one feeler spindle cooperating with the escape wheel or, respectively, with the balance, and the single-piece, flexible mechanism is connected by at least one flexible blade to a fixed structure of the timepiece, or respectively to the escape wheel.
Claims12
An escapement mechanism for a timepiece movement or timepiece including at least one balance and at least one escape wheel,
- wherein transmission of impulses between the at least one balance and the at least one escape wheel is performed by a single-piece, flexible mechanism, comprised in the escapement mechanism and including at least one feeler-spindle cooperating with the at least one escape wheel or respectively the at least one balance;
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- wherein the single-piece, flexible mechanism is connected by at least one flexible blade comprised therein to a fixed structure of the timepiece or respectively to the at least one escape wheel;
- wherein the single-piece, flexible mechanism is a locking lever that includes at least one movable frame carrying locking beaks configured to cooperate with teeth comprised in the escape wheel, a plurality of the flexible blades which are flexible, prestressed buckled blades, and a fork carrying horns for cooperating with an impulse pin of the balance, and wherein the movable frame completely surrounds the escape wheel;
- wherein the flexible blades are extended by springs that are integral with weights which are either rigidly fixed to the fixed structure, or which have a small degree of freedom with respect to the structure limited by oblong portions cooperating with pins comprised in the rigid structure, in an orthogonal direction to a direction of translation, as an abscissa direction, of the movable frame.
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