Watch-winding apparatus

• US 20070159929A1
• Filed: 01/06/2006
• Published: 07/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HERO Team Corporation Limited
• Original Assignee: HERO Team Corporation Limited
• Inventors: Louie, Lip
• Application Number:
  US11/326,786
• Publication Number:
  US 20070159929A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/206
• CPC Class Codes: G04B 3/006 Mechanical winding up; winding up with special equipment removably-mounted keys G04B3/02; winding up equipment for clocks with automatic winding up equipment G04B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G04C 1/00 Winding mechanical clocks electrically winding mechanically G04B3/00 ; electrical winding of spring driven arrangements for grammophones G11B19/20
• CPC Class Codes: G04D 7/009 with regard to the functioning of the automatic winding-up device

Abstract

An improved watch-winding apparatus comprising: a bottom support; a body; a lid cover with a glass window; and a plurality of tabbed spring cushions. A solid direct drive system drives the rotating tray. An electronic system keeps the rotating tray swinging per the intended program. Where a drawer is employed, a catch lock mechanism is also provided to prevent the drawer from automatically sliding open.

Claims

1. An improved watch-winding apparatus comprising:

a bottom support;

a body mounted to said support;

a lid cover with a window disposed on said body;

a rotatable tray mounted to said body;

a plurality of tabbed spring cushions;

a solid direct drive system rotatably receivable by said tray drives the tray; and

an electronic system for defining swing motion of said rotating tray in accordance with a pre-established program.

2. An improved watch-winding apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said bottom support further has a plurality of rubber legs.

3. An improved watch-winding apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said bottom support further has a plurality of rubber bottomed metal legs.

4. An improved watch-winding apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said body can be swing open from said bottom support for forming an inclination.

5. An improved watch-winding apparatus as in claim 3, wherein said body has a brace on its under side, and said brace can selectively match the teeth of a ratch on said bottom support for forming a different inclination angle of said body.

6. An improved watch-winding apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said body is perpendicular to the ground and said inclination angle of said rotating tray is pre-fixed.

7. An improved watch-winding apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said spring cushion has a handle in the form of a tab attached on the end of said cushion away from an adjustable slider.

8. An improved watch-winding apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said direct driving system has a solid part for transferring torsion between a driving source and a driven load without slipping. While a timing belt can be added to separate the input and output shaft isolating the vibration from the input source enabling a smoother output rotation mode.

9. An improved watch-winding apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said electronic system comprises a plurality of PCBs.

10. An improved watch-winding apparatus as in claim 8, wherein said electronic system comprises an automatic lock mechanism which locks the tray on a horizontal position.

11. An improved watch-winding apparatus as in claim 9, wherein said electronic system comprises a magnetic sensor which detects the position of said tray and sends a signal to a computer (CPU) of a said PCB.

12. An improved watch-winding apparatus as in claim 1, wherein the watch can freely swing under gravitation along an axis formed by ball bearings.

13. An improved watch-winding apparatus as in claim 1, further comprising a drawer and a catch lock mechanism to prevent the drawer from automatically sliding open.

14. An improved watch-winding apparatus as in claim 8, further comprising an input shaft and an output shaft and a timing belt separating said shafts and isolating the vibration from the driving source to enable a smoother output rotation mode.