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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350966 | Watch including at least two regulating systems The invention concerns a watch with a mechanical movement of the type comprising at least two regulating systems (SR1, SR2) each including a mechanical oscillator and an escapement. The movement includes as many sub-assemblies (SE1, SE2) ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347618 | Automatic pawl winding mechanism An automatic pawl winding mechanism for a watch movement has a rotor solidly attached to a rotor wheel and oscillating about the axis of a rotor pivot, a pawl wheel to which an oscillating motion of rotor is transmitted by the rotor wheel being pivoted about the axi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7287901 | Reverser mechanism for uni-directional rotational driving of a wheel set The mechanism includes, mounted to rotate freely on an arbour 6, a driving wheel (5) driven by an oscillating drive pinion (3) and a driven wheel (7) meshed with the first wheel set (1) of a kinematic chain and comprising a dome ( | 10/30/2007 |
| 7217030 | Oscillating weight An oscillating weight for an automatic watch is arranged to carry a bearing defining an axis of rotation (A—A) and is intended to be mounted on the frame of the watch. The mass member of the weight has a center of gravity (G) shifted with respect to the axis of ro... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7011322 | Automatic transmission with stepless, continuously variable speed and torque ratio An automatically and smoothly continuously variable transmission, particularly for a bicycle, for transmitting input mechanical energy from a crank to the drive wheel. A ratchet, having an oscillatory, alternating motion member and a continuous rotary motion member,... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6939034 | Mechanism for the transmission of axial and rotative movements between two offset axles The mechanism for transmission of axial and rotative movements between two portions of a stem with offset axes, includes a movable assembly movable axially. The section portion of the stem carries a second pinion and is pivoted on said movable assembly but it is axi... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6485172 | Self-winding watch A movement 100 of a self-winding watch has a main plate 102, a train wheel bridge 104, a center wheel bridge 106, a third wheel bridge 107 and a transmission bridge 108. An oscillating weight 160 is rotatably attached to a third bridge 107. A first transm... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6441516 | Shockproof device for a power generator with an oscillating weight The device includes a barrel (2) inserted in the kinematic chain between the rotor (11) of the generator (1) and the oscillating weight (3). The barrel includes a spiral coiled spring (4) and a sliding strip (6), wound in the same direction as the spiral ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6023446 | Timepiece comprising a generator driven by the main spring of a barrel A timepiece comprising a generator (1) for generating a supply voltage of a first predetermined value U1, a barrel with a spring (5, 6), a winding mechanism (5') and a set of hands (7 to 9). The electronic circuit (11, 12) of the timepiece requ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6021098 | Device for limiting the acceleration of an oscillating weight driving a mechanism of small volume A device for limiting the acceleration which an oscillating weight (1) used to drive or wind a power generator powering an instrument of small volume, can undergo, includes a bearing raceway (2) against which such weight abuts when it undergoes an acceler... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5867454 | Automatic watch An automatic watch, a complete barrel 30 is disposed on the side opposite from the dial of a main plate 22, i.e. on the front side, and has the center of rotation thereof within a first domain 310 or a fourth domain 340 of the main plate 22. An escape whe... | 02/02/1999 |
| 4809250 | Reverser mechanism for an automatic winding arrangement In this reverser mechanism the winding wheel is assembled on a common axis with two ratchet wheels each assigned to one of the pivoting direction of the oscillating mass. The winding wheel is pierced by rivets which bear respectively a pawl and a spring. ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4500213 | Ultra-flat self-winding watch The watch has a winding weight comprising an arm 10a and an oscillating mass 10b. The arm is mounted for pivotal movement about the axis of a toothed ring 12 by way of which the spring barrel 20 is kept wound and which axis is offset with respect to the w... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4213293 | Receiving unit for timepieces A receiving unit for timepieces, especially an improved receiving unit for a self-winding mechanism of self-winding timepieces. The receiving unit comprises guide portions and springs which are formed together as a unitary structure using resin.... | 07/22/1980 |
| 3999371 | Automatic winding device for a watch movement An automatic winding device for a watch movement includes two frame elements secured to one another to form a unit. The elements support between them a gear train, a pinion, a winding weight integral with the pinion, a lever, a wheel borne by the lever an... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3952498 | Automatic barrel winding mechanism An automatic barrel winding mechanism of the unidirectional type in which the main feature resides in a substantially reduced torque ratio : 0.5 - 1.1 in combination with a substantially reduced reduction ratio : 1/60 - 1/126 of the barrel winding gear tr... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3942317 | Component parts for watch movements Component parts for watch movements which consist of a plastic body shaped by molding with heavy metal particles dispersed throughout to produce a component part having a specific gravity of more than 7.... | 03/09/1976 |
