US 12,339,628 B2
Watch winder, and watch winder assembly
Nicolas Ganshof Van Der Meersch, Morges (CH)
Assigned to SWISS INDUSTRIAL CONSULTING & TECHNOLOGY SA, Morges (CH)
Appl. No. 17/771,567
Filed by SWISS INDUSTRIAL CONSULTING & TECHNOLOGY SA, Morges (CH)
PCT Filed Oct. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/080083
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/079005, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1915466 (GB), filed on Oct. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0382222 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G04D 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G04D 7/009 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watch winder (1) comprising:
a fixed assembly having a central shaft (2);
a rotatable assembly rotatably mounted to the central shaft and comprising a housing (3) having distal end configured to receive a watch; and
a drive assembly mounted on the fixed assembly and configured to rotate the rotatable assembly about the central shaft and comprising a motor (7), drive gear (8, 30, 32, 33), and a battery assembly (9, 10) operatively connected to the motor,
wherein the drive assembly and fixed assembly are mounted within the housing of the rotatable assembly, and the central shaft extends proximally of the housing to mount the watch winder to a support,
in which housing is axially mounted on the central shaft (2) by means of a distal bearing plate (18) and a spaced apart proximal bearing plate (19), wherein the drive assembly is fixed to the central shaft between the two spaced apart bearings plates.