Escapement fork and escapement assembly of mechanical watch
By designing the clamping and buffering structures in the escapement fork and escapement assembly, the compatibility problem of the escapement fork and escapement assembly during installation was solved, thereby improving the stability and service life of mechanical watches.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202520316970.6
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-25
- Publication Date
- 2025-12-12
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-02-25
AI Technical Summary
The existing escapement fork and escapement components of mechanical watches are not easy to adapt to different sizes of feed and release springs during installation, which increases maintenance costs and difficulty, and limits the watch's versatility and market adaptability.
An escapement fork and escapement assembly comprising an escapement fork body, a clamping assembly, and a buffer assembly are designed. The clamping assembly adapts to different sizes of feed and ejector pads, while the buffer assembly reduces vibration, thereby improving stability and convenience.
It enables convenient installation and applicability of the escapement fork and escapement components, increases the stability and service life of mechanical watches, and reduces maintenance difficulty.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to mechanical watch technical field especially, relates to a mechanical watch's pallet fork and escapement assembly. BACKGROUND
[0002] The pallet fork and escapement assembly in mechanical watch are very important components in timing mechanism, responsible for controlling the movement precision of gear, thereby ensuring the stable running time of mechanical watch, the pallet fork is a part of the escapement mechanism of mechanical watch, mainly made of metal, usually has a "fork" shape. Its role is to control the contact and release of the escapement wheel and the escapement wheel teeth, thereby ensuring that the energy released by the mainspring can be transmitted to the main barrel or other power transmission parts of the clock at certain intervals. When the escapement wheel rotates, the two claws of the pallet fork will contact the teeth of the escapement wheel in turn, pushing the escapement wheel to rotate tooth by tooth.
[0003] The escapement speed regulating assembly and watch disclosed in the publication No. CN215181428U, although, including the pallet fork assembly, the escapement wheel assembly, the balance spring assembly, the positioning tube and the speed regulating main clamping plate, the pallet fork clamping plate and the swing clamping plate are sequentially and spacedly arranged from bottom to top. The positioning tube is sequentially arranged in the speed regulating main clamping plate, the pallet fork clamping plate and the swing clamping plate, the pallet fork assembly and the escapement wheel assembly are arranged between the speed regulating main clamping plate and the pallet fork clamping plate, and the balance spring assembly is arranged between the speed regulating main clamping plate and the swing clamping plate. The speed regulating main clamping plate, the pallet fork clamping plate and the swing clamping plate are positioned and connected by the positioning tube, so that the clamping plates form a whole in structure, reducing the assembly and manufacturing difficulty. At the same time, according to the installation needs, the installation positions of the pallet fork assembly, the escapement wheel assembly and the balance spring assembly are adjusted, for example, the pallet fork assembly and the escapement wheel assembly are arranged between the speed regulating main clamping plate and the pallet fork clamping plate, and the balance spring assembly is arranged between the speed regulating main clamping plate and the swing clamping plate.
[0004] However, the escapement speed regulating assembly and watch have the following disadvantages: during installation, it is inconvenient to adapt to different sizes of the input and output, increasing the maintenance cost and difficulty of the watch, and limiting the universality and market adaptability of the watch. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS
[0005] (I) Technical problem solved
[0006] The utility model aims at providing a mechanical watch's pallet fork and escapement assembly, to solve the problem of inconvenient adaptation to different sizes of the input and output during installation, increasing the maintenance cost and difficulty of the watch, and limiting the universality and market adaptability of the watch in the above background technology.
[0007] (II) Technical scheme
[0008] In order to achieve the above object, the utility model discloses the following technical scheme to realize: a pallet fork and pallet assembly of mechanical watch, including pallet fork main part, pallet wheel and disc, both ends of pallet fork main part are all connected with clamping assembly in screw thread, one side of pallet fork main part is fixedly connected with fork body, both sides of fork body are all fixedly connected with locating peg, the surface of locating peg is rotatably connected with support sleeve, the inside of support sleeve is slidably connected with sliding rod, one end of sliding rod is fixedly connected with two sets of buffer assembly, one end of sliding rod is rotatably connected with connecting peg, the clamping assembly includes the threaded bolt of screw thread connection in both ends of pallet fork main part, one end of threaded bolt is rotatably connected with pressurizing block, the buffer assembly includes the rubber column of fixed connection in one end of sliding rod, and the surface of rubber column is sleeved with buffer spring.
[0009] As a further scheme of the utility model, the one side of the pallet fork main part is clamped with the inlay, and the other side of the pallet fork main part is clamped with the outlay, and the outlay is arranged, which plays the role of clamping and energy transmission with the pallet wheel.
[0010] As a further scheme of the utility model, the top of one end of the fork body is provided with a prong, and the surface of the disc is provided with a disc spike, and the disc spike is arranged, which plays the role of obtaining energy from the fork body and maintaining the stable oscillation of the balance wheel.
[0011] As a further scheme of the utility model, the center of the pallet wheel is sleeved with a rotating shaft, and the surface of the rotating shaft is sleeved with a rotating gear, and the rotating gear is arranged, which plays the role of transmission.
[0012] As a further scheme of the utility model, the middle part of the pallet fork main body is sleeved with a pallet fork shaft, and both ends of the pallet fork main body are provided with screw holes matched with the threaded bolts, and the screw holes are arranged, which play the role of facilitating the rotation of the threaded bolts.
[0013] As a further scheme of the utility model, the inside of the disc is sleeved with a rotating shaft, and the surface of the rotating shaft is sleeved with a connecting frame, and the surface of the connecting frame is fixedly connected with a balance wheel, and the balance wheel is arranged, which plays the role of controlling the running time of the watch.
[0014] As a further scheme of the utility model, the bottom of the disc is fixedly connected with a hairspring, and one end of the fork body is provided with a groove matched with the disc spike, and the groove is arranged, which plays the role of connecting and transmitting with the disc spike.
[0015] (Three) beneficial effects
[0016] The utility model provides a kind of pallet fork and pallet assembly of mechanical watch, with following beneficial effects:
[0017] 1. The pallet fork and escapement assembly of the mechanical watch, through the setting of the clamping assembly and the pallet fork body, when installing, according to the size of the inlay and the outlay, the inlay or the outlay is inserted into the corresponding groove on the pallet fork body, then the threaded bolt is rotated in the threaded hole on one side of the pallet fork body, and then the threaded bolt pushes the pressure block to extrude the inlay or the outlay, so that the effect of adapting to different sizes of the inlay and the outlay is achieved, the running stability is increased, and the convenience and applicability of the pallet fork and escapement assembly of the mechanical watch are improved.
[0018] 2. The pallet fork and escapement assembly of the mechanical watch, through the setting of the buffer assembly, when using, due to the rotation of the pallet fork body caused by the rotation of the pallet wheel, the pallet fork body swings on the pallet fork shaft, at the same time of swinging, the corner of the pallet fork body is vibrated, the vibration makes the sliding rod and the support sleeve rotate slightly on the connecting bolt and the positioning bolt respectively, the sliding rod slides in the support sleeve, then extrudes the rubber column and the buffer spring, the buffer spring is deformed under stress to generate elastic force, and the rubber column is deformed under stress to absorb vibration, so that the effect of buffering and damping is achieved, the metal fatigue of the corner of the pallet fork body caused by long-time running is avoided, the supporting stress is increased, and the service life of the pallet fork and escapement assembly of the mechanical watch is improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0019] Fig. 1 It is the overall structure schematic view of the utility model;
[0020] Fig. 2 It is the split structure schematic view of the utility model;
[0021] Fig. 3 It is the clamping assembly and pallet fork body structure schematic view of the utility model;
[0022] Fig. 4 It is the buffer assembly structure schematic view of the utility model.
[0023] In the drawing: 1, pallet fork body; 2, pallet wheel; 3, disc; 4, clamping assembly; 401, threaded bolt; 402, pressure block; 5, fork body; 6, positioning bolt; 7, support sleeve; 8, sliding rod; 9, buffer assembly; 901, rubber column; 902, buffer spring; 10, inlay; 11, outlay; 12, fork head nail; 13, disc nail; 14, rotating shaft; 15, rotating gear; 16, pallet fork shaft; 17, rotating shaft; 18, connecting frame; 19, balance wheel; 20, hairspring; 21, connecting bolt. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0024] The technical scheme in the embodiments of the utility model will be described clearly and completely in conjunction with the drawings of the embodiments of the utility model. Based on the embodiments of the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by the ordinary skilled in the art without creative labor belong to the scope of protection of the utility model.
[0025] Please refer to Figs. 1 to 4 The utility model provides a kind of technical scheme: a mechanical watch's pallet fork and escapement assembly, including pallet fork main body 1, escapement wheel 2 and disc 3, both ends of pallet fork main body 1 are threadedly connected with clamping assembly 4, by the setting of clamping assembly 4 and pallet fork main body 1, reach the effect of adapting to the different size of in tile 10 and out tile 11, increase the stability of operation, and it is convenient to replace disassembly, the convenience and applicability of the pallet fork and escapement assembly of mechanical watch have been improved, one side of pallet fork main body 1 is fixedly connected with fork body 5, both sides of fork body 5 are fixedly connected with locating bolt 6, the surface of locating bolt 6 is rotatably connected with support sleeve 7, the inside of support sleeve 7 is slidably connected with sliding rod 8, one end of sliding rod 8 is fixedly connected with two groups of buffer assembly 9, by the setting of buffer assembly 9, reach the effect of buffering and damping, avoid long time operation to cause the corner of pallet fork main body 1 metal fatigue, increase support stress, improve the service life of the pallet fork and escapement assembly of mechanical watch, one end of sliding rod 8 is rotatably connected with connecting bolt 21, clamping assembly 4 includes the threaded bolt 401 of being threadedly connected in the both ends of pallet fork main body 1, one end of threaded bolt 401 is rotatably connected with pressure block 402;Buffer assembly 9 includes the rubber column 901 of being fixedly connected in one end of sliding rod 8, the surface of rubber column 901 is sleeved with buffer spring 902.
[0026] One side of pallet fork main body 1 is clamped with in tile 10, the other side of pallet fork main body 1 is clamped with out tile 11, by the setting of out tile 11, play the role of being engaged with escapement wheel 2 and transmitting energy.
[0027] The top of one end of fork body 5 is provided with prong nail 12, the surface of disc 3 is provided with disc nail 13, by the setting of disc nail 13, play the role of obtaining energy from fork body 5, maintain balance wheel 19 stable oscillation.
[0028] The center of escapement wheel 2 is sleeved with rotating shaft 14, the surface of rotating shaft 14 is sleeved with rotating gear 15, by the setting of rotating gear 15, play the role of transmission.
[0029] The middle part of pallet fork main body 1 is sleeved with pallet fork shaft 16, both ends of pallet fork main body 1 are provided with the screw hole that is adapted to threaded bolt 401, by the setting of screw hole, play the role of facilitating the rotation of threaded bolt 401.
[0030] The inner sleeve of the disc 3 is sleeved with a rotating shaft 17, the surface of the rotating shaft 17 is sleeved with a connecting frame 18, the surface of the connecting frame 18 is fixedly connected with a balance wheel 19, through the arrangement of the balance wheel 19, the function of controlling the running time of the watch is played.
[0031] The bottom of the disc 3 is fixedly connected with a hairspring 20, one end of the fork body 5 is provided with a groove matched with the disc spike 13, through the arrangement of the groove, the function of connecting and driving the disc spike 13 is played.
[0032] In the utility model, the working steps of the device are as follows:
[0033] The first step is that, during installation, according to the size of the incoming tile 10 and the outgoing tile 11, the incoming tile 10 or the outgoing tile 11 is inserted into the corresponding groove on the pallet fork main body 1, then the threaded bolt 401 is rotated to make the threaded bolt 401 rotate in the threaded hole on one side of the pallet fork main body 1, and then the threaded bolt 401 pushes the pressing block 402 to press the incoming tile 10 or the outgoing tile 11;
[0034] The second step is that, during use, the pallet fork main body 1 is driven to rotate by the escapement wheel 2, so that the pallet fork main body 1 swings on the pallet fork shaft 16, and at the same time, the corner of the pallet fork main body 1 is vibrated, and the vibration makes the sliding rod 8 and the supporting sleeve 7 slightly rotate on the connecting bolt 21 and the positioning bolt 6 respectively;
[0035] The third step is that the sliding rod 8 slides in the supporting sleeve 7, and then the rubber column 901 and the buffer spring 902 are pressed, so that the buffer spring 902 is deformed under stress to generate elastic force, and the rubber column 901 is deformed under stress to absorb vibration.
[0036] It should be noted that the device structure and the drawings of the utility model mainly describe the principle of the utility model, and the setting of the power mechanism, the power supply system and the control system of the device is not completely described in the design principle technology, and under the premise that the above-mentioned principle of the utility model is understood by the person skilled in the art, the specific of the power mechanism, the power supply system and the control system can be clearly known, and the control mode of the application file is automatically controlled by the controller, and the control circuit of the controller can be realized by simple programming of the person skilled in the art;
[0037] The standard parts used can be purchased from the market, and can be ordered according to the description and drawings, the specific connection mode of each part adopts the conventional bolt, rivet, welding and other conventional means in the prior art, the mechanical parts and equipment adopt the conventional type in the prior art, and the components known by the person skilled in the art are known by the person skilled in the art.
[0038] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it is to be understood that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present application, the scope of which is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. An escapement lever and an escapement assembly of a mechanical watch, comprising an escapement lever body (1), an escapement wheel (2) and a pallet (3), characterized in that: Both ends of the pallet fork body (1) are threadedly connected with clamping assemblies (4), one side of the pallet fork body (1) is fixedly connected with a fork body (5), both sides of the fork body (5) are fixedly connected with positioning pins (6), the surface of the positioning pin (6) is rotatably connected with a support sleeve (7), the inside of the support sleeve (7) is slidably connected with a sliding rod (8), one end of the sliding rod (8) is fixedly connected with two groups of buffer assemblies (9), one end of the sliding rod (8) is rotatably connected with a connecting pin (21), The clamping assembly (4) comprises a threaded pin (401) threadedly connected with both ends of the pallet fork body (1), and the threaded pin (401) is rotatably connected with a pressing block (402) at one end. The buffer assembly (9) comprises a rubber column (901) fixedly connected with one end of the sliding rod (8), and the surface of the rubber column (901) is sleeved with a buffer spring (902).
2. The pallet and escapement assembly of a mechanical watch according to claim 1, characterized in that: One side of the pallet fork body (1) is clamped with an inlet tile (10), and the other side of the pallet fork body (1) is clamped with an outlet tile (11).
3. The pallet and escapement assembly of claim 1, wherein: The top of one end of the fork body (5) is provided with a prong nail (12), and the surface of the disc (3) is provided with a disc nail (13).
4. The pallet and escapement assembly of claim 1, wherein: The center of the pallet fork body (1) is sleeved with a rotating shaft (14), and the surface of the rotating shaft (14) is sleeved with a rotating gear (15).
5. The pallet and escapement assembly of claim 1, wherein: The center of the pallet fork body (1) is sleeved with a pallet fork shaft (16), and both ends of the pallet fork body (1) are provided with threaded holes matched with the threaded pins (401).
6. The pallet and escapement assembly of claim 1, wherein: The inside of the disc (3) is sleeved with a rotating shaft (17), the surface of the rotating shaft (17) is sleeved with a connecting frame (18), and the surface of the connecting frame (18) is fixedly connected with a balance wheel (19).
7. The pallet and escapement assembly of claim 1, wherein: The bottom of the disc (3) is fixedly connected with a hairspring (20), and one end of the fork body (5) is provided with a groove matched with the disc nail (13).
Citation Information
Patent Citations
Escapement speed regulation assembly and watch
CN215181428U