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Counting mechanism for timepiece

US4004411A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 25, 1976
Grant dateJan 25, 1977
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Expiry dateMar 25, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/1502
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A counting mechanism for timepiece having a bidirectional step by step motor, in which the rotor of the said motor cooperates directly with a counting wheel in such a way as to drive it only in one direction, this counting wheel being submitted to the action of a magnet which determines, at each step, its position while cooperating successively with each tooth of its toothing.

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