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Wheel with a flexible toothing

US9234572B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

7References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Omega SA · CH

Inventors

Laurent Klinger · Bienne, CH
David Benjamin Kraehenbuehl · Bettlach, CH
Thomas Stoeckli · Solothurn, CH

Key dates

Filing date	May 31, 2013
Grant date	Jan 12, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 9, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/19623
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Timepiece wheel (10) comprising teeth (2) with play compensation each including a catch (3) projecting from a catch foot (31), and an elastic strip (4) projecting from a strip foot (41) opposite said catch (3) from which said strip (4) is separated by a ventral notch (5) and an intrados profile (43) of which, on the side opposite said catch (3), delimits a dorsal notch (6), said strip foot (41) being delimited, towards the pivot axis (D) of said wheel (10), by an inner end (51) of said ventral notch (5) and by an inner end (61) of said dorsal notch (6).Said inner end (61) is located closer to said axis (D) than said inner end (51) and extends, on the side of said axis (D) underneath said catch foot (31) or underneath the inner extension (52) of said ventral notch (5) towards said pivot axis (D).

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