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Element for supporting striking gongs in a timepiece

A support and timekeeping sound technology, applied to time-indicating mechanical devices, clocks, mechanically driven clocks, etc., can solve problems such as difficulty in controlling the parallelism of multiple gongs

Active Publication Date: 2010-09-08
RICHEMONT INT
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To the applicant's knowledge, no more than two gongs have ever been secured to a single heel, as it would be difficult to control the parallelism of multiple gongs

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[0017] refer to figure 1 , according to the invention a clock, such as a watch (especially a watch), has a case (case) formed by a central part, a glass and a back, wherein figure 1 Only glass 1 is shown in . Inside the case is the movement, the plate 2 of which is shown schematically in dashed lines, and which has a dial mounted above it, visible through the glass 1, and features such as a minute repeater A minute repeater, a grand strike, a small strike, or a chime mechanism for an alarm mechanism. Only the gong 3 of the striking mechanism is shown in the figure. In the illustrated embodiment, the number of gongs 3 is four. They are intended to be struck by the individual hammers of the striking mechanism to vibrate them. The resulting vibrations travel to the case of the clock, allowing the sound to travel outward. The gongs 3 have different lengths so that when they are struck they produce different notes or musical notes. These gongs 3 are formed as wires 4 bent in ...

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The present invention discloses a supporting element (6) which is used for a fixed part (1) that connects a striking gong (3) to a clock, such as glass. The invention is characterized in that: the supporting element is provided with a stepped face (7); the defined steps (8) are respectively provided with the end parts (5) of the striking gong (3).

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a support for fixing a chime gong to a fixed part of a timepiece, and to a timepiece comprising said support. Background technique [0002] As is well known, striking clocks have vibrating elements called "gongs" and hammers that strike the gongs to cause them to resonate and thereby produce sound. [0003] Gongs are usually in the form of bent metal wires that extend in one or more planes parallel to the plane of the clock dial. The gong is fixed by one of its ends to a part called a "heel", which is itself fixed to a fixed part of the clock, such as the movement plate, middle or glass. The connecting end of the gong is usually driven or welded into the heel seat to facilitate fixing the gong to the heel seat. The heel itself is usually screwed to the fixed part of the clock. Examples of gong devices are described in documents CH 313 202 , WO 2006 / 095244 and EP 1 906 267 . [0004] It is known, especially from the above-me...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G04B21/08
CPCG04B21/08G04B23/028G04B23/026
Inventor D·康多E·V·朗克V·克里丁
Owner RICHEMONT INT