Safety mechanism for selection and/or actuation of a timepiece striking work

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10095185
APP PUB NO 20160342138A1
SERIAL NO

15142608

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Timepiece striking mechanism including control means, releasable by a timepiece movement or by a user, and arranged to start a melody or striking sound, and melody selection means including a lever for selecting a selector mechanism arranged to allow the movement of a specific control-piece in order to perform a specific melody or striking sound, this striking mechanism including a safety mechanism for preventing the selection or the actuation of a melody or striking sound when a melody or striking sound is already being performed, this safety mechanism includes, for each control piece, a cam arranged to prevent the operation of the melody selection means by immobilizing the lever, when its control piece has started to perform a melody or striking sound.

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BLANCPAIN SA1348 LE BRASSUS

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Behra, Julien Morez, FR 6 18

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