Patent ID: 7813227

Claim:
Musical module for a watch movement, said module including a barrel ( 11 ), at least one element ( 5 ) with pins ( 12 ), a comb ( 13 ) with a number of tines, a regulating member ( 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ) and a control device ( 16 , 17 , 21 ), wherein the element ( 5 ) or each element ( 5 ) is a toothed disc driven by the barrel ( 11 ) via at least one pinion ( 6 ), the or each toothed disc ( 5 ) carrying said pins ( 12 ) on at least one face, being able to be positioned over or underneath the comb ( 13 ) such that the pins ( 12 ) cooperate with the tines of the comb ( 3 ) to play a tune, the control device ( 16 , 17 , 21 ) being arranged to trigger the rotation of the toothed disc(s) ( 5 ) in order to start the tune, the regulating member ( 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ) ensuring constant rotation of the toothed disc(s) ( 5 ), said musical module being characterized in that said control device includes at least one locking lever ( 17 ) that acts to release the rotation of said at least one pinion ( 6 ) arranged between a toothed disc or each toothed disc and said barrel ( 11 ), in that said pinion ( 6 ) cooperates with a gear train ( 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ), in that said pinion ( 6 ) and said gear train ( 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ) extend in a parallel plane to the plane of the movement and in that said locking lever is arranged so as to lock said gear train.