Automatic Winding Up (normal Winding Up By Hand Or Mechanically Subclass 23; Automatic Winding In Combination With Hand Winding Subclass 68; Electrical Winding Of Mechanical Clockworks Subclass 443; Advertising By Making Use Of Vibrations Or Shocks Of Land Vehicles G09f 21/04) [g04b 5/00] Patents (Class 968/40)

  • Patent number: 11853012
    Abstract: A winding machine includes motorization means arranged to move a support, carrying at least one watch or one horological movement, along a path in a plane. The motorization means are arranged to move each support parallel to a starting position corresponding to the loading or unloading of a watch or of a movement on the support, the axes of a three-dimensional frame of reference specific to the support always remaining parallel to the oriented directions that the axes occupy in the starting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Helfer, Cédric Decosterd, Nicolas Loetscher, Philipp Schneider