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EP1181874A1
EP1181874A1 EP00202828A EP00202828A EP1181874A1 EP 1181874 A1 EP1181874 A1 EP 1181874A1 EP 00202828 A EP00202828 A EP 00202828A EP 00202828 A EP00202828 A EP 00202828A EP 1181874 A1 EP1181874 A1 EP 1181874A1
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Armin Günster
Michael Bach
Sébastien Bolzt
Christophe Guerry
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C5/00—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps
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  • the present invention relates to a link bracelet comprising a plurality of bars serving as means of connection and articulation between the links and means for holding said bars in said links.
  • bracelets have been proposed (see par example, the document CH 600 815) comprising an inner chain made of steel and supporting all mechanical constraints, this interior chain being dressed by decorative links slipped or threaded on the inner chain.
  • This solution has the drawback of being complex and of having a high cost price.
  • the document EP 0 950 364 proposes a bar of which at least one end is split, this end being arranged to cooperate with a blocking piece penetrating into the slot of said end and thus fixing the bar to the link.
  • This last solution has the disadvantage of requiring a welded blocking piece, glued or chased in the link to prevent any dislocation untimely bracelet.
  • each bar is held axially by at least one of its ends to a link by means a flanged sleeve designed and arranged to rest on means of retainers carried both by the bar and by the link.
  • the present invention is also original by the method of assembling the various elements constituting the bracelet, a process which will be described in detail below.
  • FIG. 1 A first embodiment of the invention is shown in Figure 1.
  • the bracelet has only one row of links 50, of which it has been shown that three links referenced 2, 3 and 4.
  • two links successive, for example links 2 and 3 are linked and articulated one following the other by means of a bar 5.
  • This bar 5 is housed in three aligned holes, either the holes 17 of the link 2 aligned with the hole 25 of the link 3.
  • Figure 1 shows appear the axial holding means of the bar 5 in the link 2 consisting, according to a characteristic of the present invention, in a socket with flange 6 (shown in section in Figure 1 and in perspective in Figure 2) disposed at each end 13 and 24 of the bar, this collar sleeve 6 being designed and arranged to rest on retaining means 7 and 8 carried at the same time by the bar 5 and by the link 2, retaining means, one embodiment of which goes be explained now.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show that the bar 5 comprises at each of its ends 13 and 24 a cylindrical groove 9 which precedes a head 10.
  • the head 10 has a lower shoulder 7 and a frustoconical vertex 12.
  • Each end 13 and 24 of the bar 5 is engaged in a housing 14 drilled in the link 2.
  • This housing 14 has a first hole 15 which opens onto a wall 16 of the link 2, this first hole 15 being followed by a second hole 17 of smaller diameter than the first.
  • the first and second holes 15 and 17 form a shoulder 8.
  • a socket with flange 6 is housed between the cylindrical groove 9 of the bar 5 and the inner wall the second hole 17, this socket 16 being made in one piece with a cylindrical body 18 and a flange 19.
  • Figures 1 and 4 finally show that the flange 19 is taken sandwiched between the shoulder 8 formed by the first and second holes 15 and 17 and the lower shoulder 7 of the head 10 for axially holding the bar 5 either in the link 2 in Figure 1, or in the link 31 in Figure 4.
  • the collar socket 6 has over its entire length a slot 20 whose function will be explained later when we talk about the bracelet assembly process.
  • a collar sleeve 6 is arranged at each ends 13 and 24 of the bar 5 to immobilize the latter.
  • the ends 13 and 24 of the bar 5 are each capped with a collar sleeve 6.
  • the ends are housed respectively in first and second lateral links 31 and 35 of a bracelet which further comprises, by assembly step, three central links 32, 33 and 34, the central links 32 and 34 in contact with the lateral links 31 and 35 being offset by half a step to thereby form a bracelet comprising five rows of links, i.e. two rows 26 and 30 of side links and three rows 27, 28 and 29 of central links.
  • the end of the bracelet can include a link 36 in one piece, for example serving as a junction for a clasp.
  • Figure 3 shows that the flanged sleeve 6 may only be arranged at one first end of the bar. This is the case of the bar 40 of Figure 3 where the first end 13 is capped with a collar sleeve according to the invention, the second end 21 of the bar 40 having a head 22 resting on a shoulder 23 presented by the link 42. This way of doing for the second end 21 has already been described in document EP 0 950 364 cited above.
  • the links do not do not require special machining, such as threading and can advantageously be made of pressed ceramic using ceramic powder at the start compressed in a mold to form a blank which is then sintered to ensuring the cohesion of the powder.
  • the bar 5 is then introduced by its free end 24 into the holes 17 and 25 arranged in a row of the two links 2 and 3 together.
  • a second collar socket 6 is mounted on the second end 24 of bar 5 and this in the same way as that described in connection with the first collar sleeve mounted on the first end 13 of the bar.
  • This montage being finished each of the flanges 19 of the first and second sockets to flange 6 is then sandwiched between the shoulder 8 formed by the first and second holes 15 and 17 drilled in the link 2 and the lower shoulder 7 of the head 10, which axially holds the bar 5 in the link 2
  • first end 13 of the bar 5 is retained by a first collar sleeve in a first lateral link 31 and the second end 24 of the bar 5 is retained by a second flanged sleeve in a second link lateral 35, while the same bar 5 passes through the central links 32, 33 and 34.
  • the bracelet using the collar socket of the invention is very advantageous as regards its cost price, that it comprises a single row of links or more of these rows.

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The expanding bracelet has bars (5) which connect the links (2 - 4). Each bar has a groove near each end separating the main bar from a frusto-conical head. The heads are positioned in stepped recesses (16, 17) in the top and bottom of each link and are held in place by tubular sleeves (6) with an annular head. An Independent claim is included for a method for assembling the bracelet.

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La présente invention est relative à un bracelet à maillons comportant une pluralité de barrettes servant de moyens de liaison et d'articulation entre les maillons et des moyens de maintien desdites barrettes dans lesdits maillons.The present invention relates to a link bracelet comprising a plurality of bars serving as means of connection and articulation between the links and means for holding said bars in said links.

On connaít une multitude de versions de bracelet à maillons utilisant des barrettes servant de moyens de liaison et d'articulation entre les maillons ainsi qu'une multitude de réalisation montrant comment sont maintenues ces barrettes dans les maillons.We know a multitude of versions of link bracelet using bars serving as means of connection and articulation between the links as well as a multitude of embodiments showing how these bars are maintained in the links.

Quand des maillons métalliques sont utilisés, on emploie très souvent des barrettes chassées dans des trous percés dans les maillons. Cette façon de faire n'est pas possible si les maillons sont réalisés en matière friable et cassante, par exemple en céramique. On comprendra en effet qu'un chassage peut faire éclater un matériau cassant.When metal links are used, we very often use bars driven into holes drilled in the links. This is not not possible if the links are made of brittle and brittle material, for example ceramic. It will be understood that hunting can burst a material brittle.

Pour contourner cette difficulté il a été proposé des bracelets (voir par exemple, le document CH 600 815) comprenant une chaíne intérieure faite en acier et supportant toutes les contraintes mécaniques, cette chaíne intérieure étant habillée par des maillons décoratifs glissés ou enfilés sur la chaíne intérieure. Cette solution présente l'inconvénient d'être complexe et d'avoir un prix de revient élevé.To overcome this difficulty, bracelets have been proposed (see par example, the document CH 600 815) comprising an inner chain made of steel and supporting all mechanical constraints, this interior chain being dressed by decorative links slipped or threaded on the inner chain. This solution has the drawback of being complex and of having a high cost price.

Pour remédier aux inconvénients des solutions proposées ci-dessus, le document EP 0 950 364 propose une barrette dont au moins une extrémité est fendue, cette extrémité étant arrangée pour coopérer avec une pièce de blocage pénétrant dans la fente de ladite extrémité et fixant ainsi la barrette au maillon. Cette dernière solution présente l'inconvénient de nécessiter une pièce de blocage soudée, collée ou encore chassée dans le maillon pour empêcher toute dislocation intempestive du bracelet.To remedy the drawbacks of the solutions proposed above, the document EP 0 950 364 proposes a bar of which at least one end is split, this end being arranged to cooperate with a blocking piece penetrating into the slot of said end and thus fixing the bar to the link. This last solution has the disadvantage of requiring a welded blocking piece, glued or chased in the link to prevent any dislocation untimely bracelet.

Les inconvénients cités plus haut sont évités si l'on met en oeuvre l'enseignement apporté par la présente invention selon laquelle chaque barrette est maintenue axialement par au moins une de ses extrémités à un maillon au moyen d'une douille à collerette conçue et disposée pour s'appuyer sur des moyens de retenue portés à la fois par la barrette et par le maillon.The disadvantages mentioned above are avoided if one implements the teaching provided by the present invention according to which each bar is held axially by at least one of its ends to a link by means a flanged sleeve designed and arranged to rest on means of retainers carried both by the bar and by the link.

La présente invention est aussi originale par le procédé d'assemblage des différents éléments constituant le bracelet, procédé qui sera décrit en détail plus loin.The present invention is also original by the method of assembling the various elements constituting the bracelet, a process which will be described in detail below.

Les caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortiront maintenant de la description qui va suivre, faite en regard des dessins annexés et donnant, à titre explicatif, mais nullement limitatif, plusieurs formes avantageuses de réalisation de l'invention, dessins dans lesquels :

  • la figure 1 est une coupe vue en plan d'une première forme d'exécution de l'invention;
  • la figure 2 est une vue en perspective de la barrette utilisée en figure 1, vue sur laquelle sont également représentées en perspective des douilles à collerette faisant l'objet principal de l'invention;
  • la figure 3 est une coupe vue en plan d'une seconde forme d'exécution de l'invention, et
  • la figure 4 est une coupe vue en plan d'une troisième forme d'exécution de l'invention.
The characteristics and advantages of the invention will now emerge from the description which follows, made with reference to the appended drawings and giving, by way of explanation, but in no way limiting, several advantageous embodiments of the invention, drawings in which:
  • Figure 1 is a sectional plan view of a first embodiment of the invention;
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of the bar used in Figure 1, view on which are also shown in perspective of the collar sockets which are the main object of the invention;
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional plan view of a second embodiment of the invention, and
  • Figure 4 is a sectional plan view of a third embodiment of the invention.

Un premier mode d'exécution de l'invention est montré en figure 1. Ici le bracelet ne comporte qu'une seule rangée de maillons 50, dont on a représenté que trois maillons référencés 2, 3 et 4. Comme le montre la figure 1, deux maillons successifs, par exemple les maillons 2 et 3, sont liés et articulés l'un à la suite de l'autre au moyen d'une barrette 5. Cette barrette 5 est logée dans trois trous alignés, soit les trous 17 du maillon 2 alignés avec le trou 25 du maillon 3. La figure 1 fait apparaítre les moyens de maintien axiaux de la barrette 5 dans le maillon 2 consistant, selon une caractéristique de la présente invention, en une douille à collerette 6 (représentée en coupe à la figure 1 et en perspective à la figure 2) disposée à chaque extrémité 13 et 24 de la barrette, cette douille à collerette 6 étant conçue et disposée pour s'appuyer sur des moyens de retenue 7 et 8 portés à la fois par la barrette 5 et par le maillon 2, moyens de retenue dont une forme d'exécution va être expliquée maintenant.A first embodiment of the invention is shown in Figure 1. Here the bracelet has only one row of links 50, of which it has been shown that three links referenced 2, 3 and 4. As shown in Figure 1, two links successive, for example links 2 and 3, are linked and articulated one following the other by means of a bar 5. This bar 5 is housed in three aligned holes, either the holes 17 of the link 2 aligned with the hole 25 of the link 3. Figure 1 shows appear the axial holding means of the bar 5 in the link 2 consisting, according to a characteristic of the present invention, in a socket with flange 6 (shown in section in Figure 1 and in perspective in Figure 2) disposed at each end 13 and 24 of the bar, this collar sleeve 6 being designed and arranged to rest on retaining means 7 and 8 carried at the same time by the bar 5 and by the link 2, retaining means, one embodiment of which goes be explained now.

Les figures 1 et 2 montrent que la barrette 5 comprend à chacune de ses extrémités 13 et 24 une gorge cylindrique 9 qui précède une tête 10. La tête 10 présente un épaulement inférieur 7 et un sommet tronconique 12. Chaque extrémité 13 et 24 de la barrette 5 est engagée dans un logement 14 percé dans le maillon 2. Ce logement 14 présente un premier trou 15 qui débouche sur une paroi 16 du maillon 2, ce premier trou 15 étant suivi par un second trou 17 de plus petit diamètre que le premier. Comme on le voit sur la figure 1 et peut-être mieux encore sur la figure 4 qui est dessinée à plus grande échelle, les premier et second trous 15 et 17 forment un épaulement 8. Des mêmes figures il ressort aussi qu'une douille à collerette 6 est logée entre la gorge cylindrique 9 de la barrette 5 et la paroi intérieure du second trou 17, cette douille 16 étant faite d'une pièce avec un corps cylindrique 18 et une collerette 19. Les figures 1 et 4 montrent enfin que la collerette 19 est prise en sandwich entre l'épaulement 8 formé par les premier et second trous 15 et 17 et l'épaulement inférieur 7 de la tête 10 pour maintenir axialement la barrette 5 soit dans le maillon 2 de la figure 1, soit dans le maillon 31 de la figure 4. La douille à collerette 6 présente sur toute sa longueur une fente 20 dont la fonction sera expliquée plus loin quand on parlera du procédé d'assemblage du bracelet.Figures 1 and 2 show that the bar 5 comprises at each of its ends 13 and 24 a cylindrical groove 9 which precedes a head 10. The head 10 has a lower shoulder 7 and a frustoconical vertex 12. Each end 13 and 24 of the bar 5 is engaged in a housing 14 drilled in the link 2. This housing 14 has a first hole 15 which opens onto a wall 16 of the link 2, this first hole 15 being followed by a second hole 17 of smaller diameter than the first. As seen in Figure 1 and perhaps even better on the Figure 4 which is drawn on a larger scale, the first and second holes 15 and 17 form a shoulder 8. From the same figures it also appears that a socket with flange 6 is housed between the cylindrical groove 9 of the bar 5 and the inner wall the second hole 17, this socket 16 being made in one piece with a cylindrical body 18 and a flange 19. Figures 1 and 4 finally show that the flange 19 is taken sandwiched between the shoulder 8 formed by the first and second holes 15 and 17 and the lower shoulder 7 of the head 10 for axially holding the bar 5 either in the link 2 in Figure 1, or in the link 31 in Figure 4. The collar socket 6 has over its entire length a slot 20 whose function will be explained later when we talk about the bracelet assembly process.

Comme on l'a vu ci-dessus une douille à collerette 6 est disposée à chacune des extrémités 13 et 24 de la barrette 5 pour immobiliser cette dernière.As seen above, a collar sleeve 6 is arranged at each ends 13 and 24 of the bar 5 to immobilize the latter.

S'agissant de la figure 1, ces extrémités 13 et 24 sont logées aux deux extrémités d'un même maillon 2 et la même barrette 5 traverse le trou 25 du maillon 3 pour lier et articuler le maillon 2 sur le maillon 3. Il en va de même pour les maillons 3 et 4.With regard to FIG. 1, these ends 13 and 24 are housed at both ends of the same link 2 and the same bar 5 crosses the hole 25 of the link 3 to link and articulate link 2 on link 3. The same goes for links 3 and 4.

S'agissant maintenant de la figure 4, on voit que les extrémités 13 et 24 de la barrette 5 sont coiffées chacune d'une douille à collerette 6. Les extrémités sont logées respectivement dans des premier et second maillons latéraux 31 et 35 d'un bracelet qui comporte en outre, par pas d'assemblage, trois maillons centraux 32, 33 et 34, les maillons centraux 32 et 34 en contact avec les maillons latéraux 31 et 35 étant décalés d'un demi-pas pour former ainsi un bracelet comportant cinq rangées de maillons, soit deux rangées 26 et 30 de maillons latéraux et trois rangées 27, 28 et 29 de maillons centraux. Comme on le voit sur la figure 4, l'extrémité du bracelet peut comporter un maillon 36 en une seule pièce, servant par exemple d'élément de jonction pour un fermoir.Turning now to FIG. 4, it can be seen that the ends 13 and 24 of the bar 5 are each capped with a collar sleeve 6. The ends are housed respectively in first and second lateral links 31 and 35 of a bracelet which further comprises, by assembly step, three central links 32, 33 and 34, the central links 32 and 34 in contact with the lateral links 31 and 35 being offset by half a step to thereby form a bracelet comprising five rows of links, i.e. two rows 26 and 30 of side links and three rows 27, 28 and 29 of central links. As seen in Figure 4, the end of the bracelet can include a link 36 in one piece, for example serving as a junction for a clasp.

La figure 3 montre que la douille à collerette 6 peut n'être disposée qu'à une première extrémité de la barrette. C'est le cas de la barrette 40 de la figure 3 où la première extrémité 13 est coiffée d'une douille à collerette selon l'invention, la seconde extrémité 21 de la barrette 40 présentant une tête 22 s'appuyant sur un épaulement 23 que présente le maillon 42. Cette façon de faire pour la seconde extrémité 21 a déjà été exposée dans le document EP 0 950 364 cité plus haut.Figure 3 shows that the flanged sleeve 6 may only be arranged at one first end of the bar. This is the case of the bar 40 of Figure 3 where the first end 13 is capped with a collar sleeve according to the invention, the second end 21 of the bar 40 having a head 22 resting on a shoulder 23 presented by the link 42. This way of doing for the second end 21 has already been described in document EP 0 950 364 cited above.

On notera encore, pour ce qui concerne la figure 3, qu'on a placé en alternance des barrettes 5 pourvues à chacune de leurs extrémités d'une douille à collerette, et des barrettes 40 pourvues à une seule de leurs extrémités d'une douille à collerette, une variante de cet arrangement pouvant consister à disposer les barrettes 40 en tête-bêche. On observera encore que le bracelet de la figure 3 est de même facture que celle de la figure 4 puisque équipé de cinq rangées de maillons. Cependant l'alternance de des barrettes 5 et 40 pourrait bien entendu être reportée sur le bracelet de la figure 1 ne comportant qu'une seule rangée 50 de maillons, cette alternance de barrettes étant dictée essentiellement par un meilleur aspect esthétique des côtés latéraux du bracelet.It will also be noted, with regard to FIG. 3, that we have placed in alternating bars 5 provided at each of their ends with a bushing flange, and bars 40 provided at only one of their ends with a bushing flange, a variant of this arrangement which may consist in placing the bars 40 head to tail. We will also observe that the bracelet of Figure 3 is the same invoice as that of Figure 4 since equipped with five rows of links. However, the alternation of bars 5 and 40 could of course be postponed on the bracelet of FIG. 1 comprising only a single row 50 of links, this alternation of bars being dictated essentially by a better aesthetic appearance side sides of the bracelet.

L'idée de maintenir axialement la barrette au moyen d'au moins une douille à collerette est née avant tout du souci de ne pas faire subir au maillon des contraintes mécaniques exagérées qui pourraient le détériorer et même le faire éclater si ce maintien était réalisé par chassage dans un matériau cassant et/ou dur tel que la céramique, un métal dur, le diamant PCD (Polykristallin Diamond), ou le CVD diamant. Comme cela ressort de la description précédente, les maillons ne nécessitent pas un usinage particulier, tel qu'un filetage et peuvent avantageusement être réalisés en céramique pressée utilisant au départ de la poudre de céramique comprimée dans un moule pour former une ébauche qui est ensuite frittée pour assurer la cohésion de la poudre.The idea of holding the bar axially by means of at least one socket flange was born above all from the concern of not subjecting the link to constraints exaggerated mechanics that could damage it and even burst it if it holding was achieved by hunting in a brittle and / or hard material such as ceramic, hard metal, PCD diamond (Polykristalline Diamond), or CVD diamond. As is apparent from the preceding description, the links do not do not require special machining, such as threading and can advantageously be made of pressed ceramic using ceramic powder at the start compressed in a mold to form a blank which is then sintered to ensuring the cohesion of the powder.

On terminera cette description en exposant un procédé d'assemblage du bracelet, par exemple le bracelet dessiné en figure 1.We will end this description by exposing a method of assembling the bracelet, for example the bracelet drawn in Figure 1.

On commence par fournir une barrette 5 (voir figure 2) prévue pour recevoir à chacune de ses extrémités 13 et 24 une douille à collerette 6. Sur la première extrémité 13 de cette barrette, on monte une première douille à collerette en obligeant cette douille à collerette à passer sur la tête 10. Comme le diamètre de la tête 10 est plus grand que l'alésage intérieur de la douille à collerette, il a été pratiqué dans cette dernière une fente 20 sur toute sa longueur ce qui permet l'écartement de la douille à collerette lors de son passage sur la tête. On notera que l'introduction de la douille à collerette 6 sur la tête 10 est facilitée par un sommet 12 de tête 10 rendue tronconique. Enfin la douille à collerette prend place dans la gorge cylindrique 9 de la barrette 5 après son passage sur la tête 10. Comme la gorge cylindrique 9 présente un diamètre légèrement supérieur à l'alésage intérieur de la douille à collerette 6, un bon serrage est ainsi assuré d'une pièce sur l'autre.We start by providing a bar 5 (see Figure 2) intended to receive each of its ends 13 and 24 a collar sleeve 6. On the first end 13 of this bar, a first collar socket is mounted, forcing this collar sleeve to pass over the head 10. As the diameter of the head 10 is larger than the inner bore of the flanged sleeve, it was used in this last a slot 20 over its entire length which allows the spacing of the sleeve to collar when it passes over the head. Note that the introduction of the socket to flange 6 on the head 10 is facilitated by a top 12 of the head 10 rendered truncated. Finally the collar sleeve takes place in the cylindrical groove 9 of the bar 5 after passing over the head 10. As the cylindrical groove 9 has a diameter slightly greater than the internal bore of the collar sleeve 6, a good tightening is thus ensured from one part to another.

On introduit ensuite la barrette 5 par son extrémité libre 24 dans les trous 17 et 25 disposés en enfilade des deux maillons rassemblés 2 et 3.The bar 5 is then introduced by its free end 24 into the holes 17 and 25 arranged in a row of the two links 2 and 3 together.

On monte enfin une seconde douille à collerette 6 sur la seconde extrémité 24 de la barrette 5 et ceci de la même manière que celle décrite à propos de la première douille à collerette montée sur la première extrémité 13 de la barrette. Ce montage étant terminé, chacune des collerettes 19 des première et seconde douilles à collerette 6 est alors prise en sandwich entre l'épaulement 8 formé par les premier et second trous 15 et 17 percés dans le maillon 2 et l'épaulement inférieur 7 de la tête 10, ce qui maintient axialement la barrette 5 dans le maillon 2Finally, a second collar socket 6 is mounted on the second end 24 of bar 5 and this in the same way as that described in connection with the first collar sleeve mounted on the first end 13 of the bar. This montage being finished, each of the flanges 19 of the first and second sockets to flange 6 is then sandwiched between the shoulder 8 formed by the first and second holes 15 and 17 drilled in the link 2 and the lower shoulder 7 of the head 10, which axially holds the bar 5 in the link 2

Un même procédé d'assemblage est mis en oeuvre pour assembler un bracelet à plusieurs rangées de maillons, par exemple le bracelet montré en figure 4. Dans ce cas la première extrémité 13 de la barrette 5 est retenu par une première douille à collerette dans un premier maillon latéral 31 et la seconde extrémité 24 de la barrette 5 est retenue par une seconde douille à collerette dans un second maillon latéral 35, pendant que la même barrette 5 traverse les maillons centraux 32, 33 et 34. The same assembly process is used to assemble a bracelet with several rows of links, for example the bracelet shown in Figure 4. In this case the first end 13 of the bar 5 is retained by a first collar sleeve in a first lateral link 31 and the second end 24 of the bar 5 is retained by a second flanged sleeve in a second link lateral 35, while the same bar 5 passes through the central links 32, 33 and 34.

Tant par le nombre de pièces entrant dans sa composition que par son procédé d'assemblage, le bracelet utilisant la douille à collerette de l'invention est très avantageux quant à son prix de revient, qu'il comporte une seule rangée de maillons ou plusieurs de ces rangées.Both by the number of pieces used in its composition and by its assembly process, the bracelet using the collar socket of the invention is very advantageous as regards its cost price, that it comprises a single row of links or more of these rows.

On pourrait cependant se demander si la douille à collerette 6 de l'invention ne pourrait pas être réduite à une seule collerette 19 dépourvue de douille 18. Des essais effectués par le déposant ont montré qu'une seule rondelle n'assure pas une assise suffisante et un bon centrage de la barrette dans le maillon, à la suite de quoi la rondelle restante se détériore rapidement pour conduire finalement à une dislocation du bracelet.One might however wonder whether the flanged sleeve 6 of the invention does not could not be reduced to a single flange 19 without a socket 18. Tests performed by the depositor have shown that a single washer does not provide a seat sufficient and good centering of the bar in the link, after which the remaining washer quickly deteriorates to eventually lead to dislocation of the bracelet.

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Bracelet à maillons (2, 3, 4; 31, 32, 33, 34, 35) comportant une pluralité de barrettes (5, 40) servant de moyens de liaison et d'articulation entre les maillons et des moyens de maintien desdites barrettes dans lesdits maillons, caractérisé par le fait que chaque barrette est maintenue axialement par au moins une de ses extrémités (13) à un maillon (2, 31) au moyen d'une douille à collerette (6) conçue et disposée pour s'appuyer sur des moyens de retenue (7, 8) portés à la fois par la barrette et le maillon.Link bracelet (2, 3, 4; 31, 32, 33, 34, 35) comprising a plurality of bars (5, 40) serving as means of connection and articulation between the links and means for holding said bars in said links, characterized in that each bar is held axially by at least one of its ends (13) to a link (2, 31) by means of a collar sleeve (6) designed and arranged to rest on retaining means (7, 8) carried by both the bar and the link. Bracelet selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que la barrette (5) comprend au moins à une de ses extrémité (13), une gorge cylindrique (9) précédant une tête (10) présentant un épaulement inférieur (7) et un sommet tronconique (12), cette extrémité (13) étant engagée dans un logement (14) percé dans le maillon (2, 31), ce logement présentant un premier trou (15) débouchant sur une paroi extérieure (16) du maillon, ce premier trou (15) étant suivi par un second trou (17) de plus petit diamètre que le premier pour former un épaulement (8), et qu'une douille (18) est logée entre la gorge cylindrique (9) et la paroi intérieure du second trou (17), cette douille (18) étant faite d'une pièce avec une collerette (19) pour former ladite douille à collerette (6), la collerette (19) étant prise en sandwich entre l'épaulement (8) formé par les premier (15) et second (17) trous et l'épaulement inférieur (7) de la tête (10) pour maintenir axialement la barrette (5) dans le maillon (2, 31) la douille à collerette (6) présentant une fente (20) sur toute sa longueur.Bracelet according to claim 1, characterized in that the bar (5) comprises at least at one of its ends (13), a cylindrical groove (9) preceding a head (10) having a lower shoulder (7) and a top frustoconical (12), this end (13) being engaged in a housing (14) drilled in the link (2, 31), this housing having a first hole (15) opening onto an outer wall (16) of the link, this first hole (15) being followed by a second hole (17) of smaller diameter than the first to form a shoulder (8), and that a sleeve (18) is housed between the cylindrical groove (9) and the inner wall of the second hole (17), this sleeve (18) being made in one piece with a collar (19) to form said collar sleeve (6), the collar (19) being sandwiched between the shoulder (8) formed by the first (15) and second (17) holes and the lower shoulder (7) of the head (10) to maintain the axially bar (5) in the link (2, 31) the collar sleeve (6) having a slot (20) over its entire length. Bracelet selon la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait qu'une douille à collerette (6) est disposée aux deux extrémités (13, 24) de la barrette (5).Bracelet according to claim 2, characterized in that a collar sleeve (6) is arranged at the two ends (13, 24) of the bar (5). Bracelet selon la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait qu'une douille à collerette (6) est disposée à une première extrémité (13) de la barrette (40), la seconde extrémité (21) de ladite barrette présentant une tête (22) s'appuyant sur un épaulement (23) que présente le maillon (42).Bracelet according to claim 2, characterized in that a collar sleeve (6) is disposed at a first end (13) of the bar (40), the second end (21) of said bar having a head (22) resting on a shoulder (23) that has the link (42). Bracelet selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que les maillons sont réalisés en un matériau dur choisi parmi la céramique, un métal dur, le diamant PCD (Polykristallin Diamond) et le CVD diamant.Bracelet according to claim 1, characterized in that the links are made of a hard material chosen from ceramic, hard metal, PCD diamond (Polykristalline Diamond) and CVD diamond. Procédé d'assemblage du bracelet comme défini en revendication 3, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comporte la succession des étapes suivantes : on fournit une barrette (5) sur la première extrémité (13) de laquelle on montre une première douille à collerette (6) en obligeant cette dernière à passer sur la tête de la barrette jusqu'à ce qu'elle prenne place dans la gorge cylindrique (9) de la dite barrette, la fente (20) de la douille à collerette permettant l'écartement de ladite douille à collerette lors de son passage sur la tête puis son serrage autour de ladite gorge cylindrique; on introduit la barrette (5) par son extrémité libre (24) dans les trous (17, 25) disposés en enfilade d'au moins deux maillons rassemblés (2, 3), et on montre une second douille à collerette (6) sur la seconde extrémité (24) de la barrette (5) de la même manière que celle décrite à propos de la première douille à collerette, chacune des collerettes (19) des première et seconde douilles à collerette (6) étant alors prise en sandwich entre l'épaulement (8) formé par les premier (15) et second (17) trous percés dans le maillon (2) et l'épaulement inférieur (7) de la tête (10) pour maintenir axialement la barrette (5) dans le maillon (2). Method of assembling the bracelet as defined in claim 3, characterized in that it comprises the succession of the following steps: a bar (5) is provided on the first end (13) from which a first flange socket (6) is shown, forcing the latter to pass over the head of the bar until it takes place in the groove cylindrical (9) of said strip, the slot (20) of the collar sleeve allowing the spacing of said collar sleeve during its passage over the head and then its tightening around said cylindrical groove; the bar (5) is introduced by its free end (24) into the holes (17, 25) arranged in a row of at least two assembled links (2, 3), and a second flanged sleeve (6) is shown on the second end (24) of the bar (5) in the same manner as that described in connection with the first flanged sleeve, each of the flanges (19) of the first and second sockets with collar (6) then being sandwiched between the shoulder (8) formed by the first (15) and second (17) holes drilled in the link (2) and the lower shoulder (7) of the head (10 ) to hold the bar (5) axially in the link (2).
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