Annual calendar mechanism for watch movement
US7218576B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 9, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 9, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG04B19/2538
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention concerns an annual calendar mechanism for a timepiece including a date disc (16) to which are thirty one figures are affixed each corresponding to an indication of a day of the month provided with a first inner toothing (20) including thirty one teeth (20a), a date drive wheel set (32), said wheel set (32) including a finger (34) driving the date disc (16) through one step per day via one of the teeth (20a) of the first inner toothing (20) in order to control the date display, said date disc (16) including a second toothing (24), a correction drive wheel set (42) able to cooperate with the second toothing (24) to drive the date disc (16) through an additional step at the end of the months of less than thirty one days, and a month star wheel (54) arranged to be actuated at the end of each month and to complete one revolution per year, characterized in that in includes a month drive wheel set (52) provided for driving the month star wheel (54) at the end of each month, said drive wheel set (52) being connected, via a gear train (35, 56), to the date drive wheel set (32) and to the additional correction drive wheel set (42), said wheel set (52) occupying a first position…
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