Automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch

• US 9,223,294 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2014
• Issued: 12/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ming Sang Ng
• Original Assignee: Ming Sang Ng
• Inventors: Ng, Ming Sang, Soo, Kam Wah
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Amy Cohen
• Assistant Examiner(s): POWELL, MATTHEW T
• Application Number:
  US14/517,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20150117164A1
• Time in Patent Office: 435 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: 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

The patent application relates to an automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch, which includes a box body, a rotating seat arranged on the box body and relatively rotatable to the box body, a holding seat fixed on the rotating seat and used for placing the automatic winding watch, a driving mechanism driving the rotating seat to rotate, and a control device controlling the rotating mode of the driving mechanism. The driving mechanism is arranged in the box body. The automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch can be rotatably arranged on the box body through the rotating seat. The watch is sheathed on the holding seat and then placed on the rotating seat. Compared with the existing rotation in a rotating cavity, the patent application reduces the noise, and is beneficial for displaying the watch.

Claims

1. An automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch, comprising a box body, a rotating seat arranged on the box body and relatively rotatable to the box body, a holding seat fixed on the rotating seat and used for placing the automatic winding watch, a driving mechanism driving the rotating seat to rotate, and a control device controlling a rotating mode of the driving mechanism, wherein the driving mechanism is arranged in the box body;

the control device comprises a random number generation module for generating random parameters, a pulse duration modulation module matched with the random number generation module so as to generate the rotating mode, and a driving circuitry;

wherein the rotating mode is a random rotating mode corresponding to one of the random parameters, and the driving circuitry controls the driving mechanism to rotate according to the random rotating mode;

wherein the holding seat comprises a U-shaped framework and a flexible mandrel arranged in the framework for sheathing the automatic winding watch; and

two relative side plates of the framework are respectively formed with an elastic locking arm used for fixing the holding seat on the rotating seat;

wherein the tail end of the elastic locking arm towards the rotating seat is provided with a clamping bolt; and

the rotating seat is provided with a clamping groove matched with the clamping bolt.

2. The automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch according to claim 1, wherein the rotating seat is circular, and the clamping groove is arranged on the internal side surface of the rotating seat;

or, the rotating seat is tabular, and the clamping groove is arranged on the surface of the rotating seat facing to the holding seat.

3. The automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch according to claim 1, wherein the control device also comprises a control unit, and an optical sensor used for inducing a rotational velocity and a rotation angle of the driving mechanism, wherein the optical sensor, the random number generation module, the pulse duration modulation module and the driving circuitry are all electrically connected with the control unit.

4. The automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch according to claim 3, wherein the driving mechanism comprises a motor and a transmission case connected between the motor and the rotating seat, and the motor is electrically connected with the control unit through the driving circuitry.

5. The automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch according to claim 4, wherein the transmission case comprises an input gear connected with the motor, a first gear engaged with the input gear, an output gear, and a plurality of second gears engaged between the first gear and the output gear in sequence;

the transmission case is fixedly connected with the rotating seat through the output gear;

the bottom of the rotating seat is provided with a joint pin stretching into the box body and connected with the output gear, and a bearing support corresponding to the joint pin is arranged in the box body.

6. The automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch according to claim 5, wherein the transmission case also comprises a detection gear engaged with the first gear, and the optical sensor is matched with the detection gear.

7. The automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of uniformly-spaced through holes are arranged on the detection gear, encircling the central axis of the detection gear;

infrared light beams of the optical sensor are alternatively irradiated on the detection gear or to the through holes during the rotating process of the detection gear.

8. The automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch according to claim 7, wherein the rotational velocity of the motor is under closed-loop control through detecting a voltage level provided to the motor and a signal feedback time of the optical sensor to sense a position between the detection gear and the through holes.

9. The automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch according to claim 3, wherein the box body is further provided with a power indicator light, and the power indicator light is electrically connected with the control device.

10. The automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch according to claim 9, wherein the automatic winding device further comprises a box cover;

the box cover is covered on the box body to shield the rotating seat and the holding seat between the box body and the box cover; and

the box body is a sealed box body.

11. An automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch, comprising a box body, a rotating seat arranged on the box body and relatively rotatable to the box body, a holding seat fixed on the rotating seat and used for placing the automatic winding watch, a driving mechanism driving the rotating seat to rotate, and a control device controlling a rotating mode of the driving mechanism, wherein the driving mechanism is arranged in the box body;

wherein the holding seat comprises a U-shaped framework and a flexible mandrel arranged in the framework for sheathing the automatic winding watch; and

two relative side plates of the framework are respectively formed with an elastic locking arm used for fixing the holding seat on the rotating seat;

wherein the tail end of the elastic locking arm towards the rotating seat is provided with a clamping bolt; and

the rotating seat is provided with a clamping groove matched with the clamping bolt.

12. The automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch according to claim 11, wherein the rotating seat is circular, and the clamping groove is arranged on the internal side surface of the rotating seat;

or, the rotating seat is tabular, and the clamping groove is arranged on the surface of the rotating seat facing to the holding seat.

13. The automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch according to claim 11, wherein the control device comprises a random number generation module for generating random parameters, a pulse duration modulation module matched with the random number generation module so as to generate the rotating mode, and a driving circuitry, wherein the rotating mode is a random rotating mode and the driving circuitry controls the driving mechanism to rotate according to the random rotating mode generated by the pulse duration modulation module.

14. The automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch according to claim 13, wherein the control device also comprises a control unit, and an optical sensor used for inducing a rotational velocity and a rotation angle of the driving mechanism, wherein the optical sensor, the random number generation module, the pulse duration modulation module and the driving circuitry are all electrically connected with the control unit.

15. The automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch according to claim 11, wherein the control device comprises a control unit, an optical sensor used for inducing the rotational velocity and rotation angle of the driving mechanism, a random number generation module for generating random parameters, a pulse duration modulation module matched with the random parameter generation module so as to generate a corresponding random rotating mode, and an H bridge driving circuitry, wherein the optical sensor, the random parameter generation module, the pulse duration modulation module and the driving circuitry are all electrically connected with the control unit.