Watch winder assembly with moveable attention-attracting mechanism

• US 20120269045A1
• Filed: 04/20/2011
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Valentin Balter
• Original Assignee: Valentin Balter
• Inventors: Balter, Valentin
• Granted Patent: US 8,408,784 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/206
• CPC Class Codes: G04B 5/00 Automatic winding up normal winding up by hand or mechanically G04B3/00; automatic winding in combination with hand winding G04B7/00; electrical winding of mechanical clockworks G04C1/00; advertising by making use of vibrations or shocks of land vehicles G09F21/045
• CPC Class Codes: G04D 7/009 with regard to the functioning of the automatic winding-up device

Abstract

Provided is the assembly of a watch winder with a moveable attention-attracting mechanism driven from the motor of the watch winder through a transmission mechanism. According to one modification, the attention-attracting mechanism comprises a multilink mechanism composed of a crank driven into rotation from the watch winder through pulleys and driving belt and pivotally connected to a first link, the other end of which is connected to one end of the second link. The other end of the second link is pivotally connected to the base of the assembly. The multilink mechanism of the device of this modification is made in the form of a human being, wherein the first link is formed as hands, the second link as a body, and the base support as legs. Rotation of the crank may be further transmitted to another attention-attracting mechanism that is formed as a Ferris wheel. According to the second modification, the multilink mechanism is formed as an oil-extracting pump.

Claims

1. A watch winder assembly comprising a watch winder and a moveable attention-attracting mechanism driven from the watch winder through a transmission mechanism.

2. The watch winder assembly of claim 1, wherein the moveable attention-attracting mechanism comprises a multilink mechanism composed of pivotally connected links that move when the watch winder rotates.

3. The watch winder assembly of claim 2, further comprising a base that supports the watch winder and the multilink mechanism, wherein the multilink mechanism comprises a crank driven from rotation from the watch winder;

a first link having one end pivotally connected to the crank; and

a second link, one end of which is pivotally connected to the other end of the first link and the other end of which is pivotally connected to the base.

4. The watch winder assembly of claim 3, wherein the multilink mechanism is made in the form of a human being and wherein the first link is made in the form of hands, the second link is made in the form of a body, and the base is provided with a support component that is rigidly connected to the base and is made in the form of legs to which said other end of the second link is pivotally connected so that movement of the multilink mechanism imitates a human being driving the mechanism by rotating the crank.

5. The watch winder assembly of claim 4, further comprising a rotating attention-attracting component that is cinematically connected to the crank and has means for receiving rotation from the crank.

6. The watch winder assembly of claim 5, wherein the rotating attention-attracting component is made in the form of a Ferris wheel and said means for receiving rotation from the crank comprise the belt transmission.

7. The watch winder assembly of claim 3, wherein the watch winder has a drive motor and the base is made hollow and has an interior that contains the drive motor of the watch winder and further comprises retractable drawers located in said interior and retractable outwards from the interior of the base.

8. The watch winder assembly of claim 5, wherein the watch winder has a drive motor and the base is made hollow and has an interior that contains the drive motor of the watch winder and further comprises retractable drawers located in said interior and retractable outward from the interior of the base.

9. The watch winder assembly of claim 6, wherein the watch winder has a drive motor and the base is made hollow and has an interior that contains the drive motor of the watch winder and further comprises retractable drawers located in said interior and retractable outward from the interior of the base.

10. The watch winder assembly of claim 1 further comprising a transparent cover installed on the base and covering the watch winder and moveable attention-attracting mechanism.

11. The watch winder assembly of claim 5 further comprising a transparent cover installed on the base and covering the watch winder and moveable attention-attracting mechanism.

12. The watch winder assembly of claim 7 further comprising a transparent cover installed on the base and covering the watch winder and moveable attention-attracting mechanism.

13. The watch winder assembly of claim 2, further comprising a base that supports the watch winder and the multilink mechanism, wherein the multilink mechanism comprises a crank driven from rotation from the watch winder;

a first link having one end pivotally connected to the crank;

a second link, one end of which is pivotally connected to the other end of the first link;

a third link, one end of which is connected to the other end of the second link; and

a reciprocating component, one end of which is connected to the other end of the third link and the other end of which is resiliently connected to the base

14. The watch winder assembly of claim 13, wherein the multilink mechanism is shaped as an oil-extraction pump, wherein the end of the crank is formed as counterweights, the first link imitates the Pitman arm, the second link imitates a walking beam, and the end of the walking beam is shaped as a horse head connected to said third link.

15. The watch winder assembly of claim 13, wherein the watch winder has a drive motor, and the base is made hollow and has an interior that contains the drive motor of the watch winder and further comprises retractable drawers located in said interior and retractable outward from the interior of the base.

16. The watch winder assembly of claim 14, wherein the watch winder has a drive motor and the base is made hollow and has an interior that contains the drive motor of the watch winder and further comprises retractable drawers located in said interior and retractable outward from the interior of the base.

17. The watch winder assembly of claim 13, further comprising a transparent cover installed on the base and covering the watch winder and moveable attention-attracting mechanism.

18. The watch winder assembly of claim 14, further comprising a transparent cover installed on the base and covering the watch winder and moveable attention-attracting mechanism.