Heart cam for a timepiece or chronograph
AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorsMatthaus Friedli, Roman Egli
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Abstract
Timepiece wheel set (1) including an arbor (3) carrying a wheel (4), and a heart cam (2) in an angularly indexed position with respect to the wheel (4), the heart cam (2) is freely mounted in a radial direction (R) with respect to the axis (D) of the arbor (3), and is returned in a neutral position towards the axis (D) by at least one flexible element (6), which is either a strip (25; 26) incorporated in the heart cam (2), or a spring (60) inserted between the wheel (4) and the heart cam (2), and the flexible element (6) is dimensioned to damp impacts applied to a peripheral cam track (23) comprised in the heart cam (2).
Claims12
A timepiece wheel set including an arbor carrying a wheel, and a heart cam in an angularly indexed position with respect to said wheel, wherein said heart cam is mounted with a clearance in a radial direction with respect to the axis of said arbor of said wheel set, and returned in a neutral position towards said axis by at least one flexible element, said flexible element being either a strip incorporated in said heart cam, or a spring inserted between said wheel and said heart cam, and said at least one flexible element being dimensioned to damp impacts applied to a peripheral cam track of said heart cam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.