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EP3534224B1 - Armbanduhrgehäuse mit verdeckten zusammenbaumitteln, und dieses umfassende armbanduhr - Google Patents

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EP3534224B1
EP3534224B1 EP18159753.5A EP18159753A EP3534224B1 EP 3534224 B1 EP3534224 B1 EP 3534224B1 EP 18159753 A EP18159753 A EP 18159753A EP 3534224 B1 EP3534224 B1 EP 3534224B1
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Olivier Patrick VIETTE
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/14—Suspending devices, supports or stands for time-pieces insofar as they form part of the case
    • G04B37/1486—Arrangements for fixing to a bracelet
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    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/0008—Cases for pocket watches and wrist watches
    • G04B37/0058—Cases for pocket watches and wrist watches for shaped watches

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  • the present invention relates to a watch case the assembly means of which are discreet or even completely hidden, as well as a watch comprising it.
  • the present invention aims to remedy the aforementioned drawbacks, or at least to mitigate them, and to this end proposes a watch case according to claim 1 and a watch according to claim 11.
  • a watch 1 according to a particular embodiment of the invention comprises a watch case 2 containing a device for measuring and displaying the time 3, and a bracelet 4 attached to the watch case 2.
  • the time measuring and display device 3 is typically a mechanical or electronic movement (not visible in the drawings) surmounted by a dial 5 above which rotate time display hands 6.
  • the hands of time display 6 could nevertheless be replaced by other movable indicator members such as rotating discs bearing indications and cooperating with apertures on the dial 5.
  • the present invention also applies to devices for measuring and displaying the time. fully electronic time.
  • the watch case 2 comprises a back 7, a middle part 8, a bezel 9 and a crystal 10.
  • the middle part 8 surrounds and carries the device for measuring and displaying the time 3.
  • the bezel 9 carries the crystal 10.
  • the base 7 and the bezel-glass assembly 9, 10 respectively close the lower side and the upper side of the housing in which the device 3 is located.
  • a seal 11 seals between the base 7 and the middle part 8.
  • Other gaskets are provided or may be provided to ensure the seal between the middle part 8, the bezel 9 and the crystal 10.
  • the watch case 2 may have a shape which is not round, for example an oval shape as shown.
  • the dial 5 is a large enamel dial, therefore fragile, fixed to the upper edge of the middle part 8 by screws. It is therefore important that the method of assembly of the watch case 2 cannot cause damage to the dial 5 or to the other components mounted in the watch case 2.
  • the caseband 8 On each side of the watch case 2, at twelve o'clock and six o'clock, the caseband 8 has around its periphery a central horn 12 separating two symmetrical recesses 13.
  • the central horn 12 is pierced with a through hole 14 oriented parallel to the 'axis three o'clock - nine o'clock, that is to say parallel to the width of the bracelet 4.
  • the central horn 12 has the shape of a T when the watch case 2 is seen in profile along the twelve o'clock - six o'clock axis.
  • the hole 14 is in the form of an entire cylinder in the central part 15 of the central horn 12 and in the form of a half-cylinder open downwards in the two side parts 16 of the central horn 12.
  • Screws 17, two in number in the example illustrated, have their head which rests against the middle part 8, in the side parts 16 of the central horn 12, and extend vertically to be screwed into the threads of the bezel 9 , thus securing the middle part 8 and the bezel 9.
  • the back 7 has two side lugs 18 which are placed on either side of the central lug 12 of the middle 8, in the recesses 13.
  • These lateral horns 18 have the shape of an L when the watch case 2 is seen in profile along the twelve o'clock - six o'clock axis. They are each pierced with a through hole 19 of which a part 20, which extends the hole 14 of the central horn 12, is in the form of an entire cylinder and of which the other part 21 is in the form of a half. -cylinder which completes one of the half-cylinder parts of the hole 14 of the central horn 12.
  • the central horn 12 and the lateral horns 18 thus have complementary shapes giving the assembly 12, 18 a rectangular shape in the view profile above.
  • the central horn 12 and the lateral horns 18 are assembled by means of a tube 22 threaded into the holes 14, 19. This tube 22 therefore passes through the central horn 12 and its ends are located respectively in the lateral horns 18.
  • Central tube 22 has a deformation which defines a groove 23 in the outer surface of tube 22 and a bulge 24 in its inner surface.
  • An elastic element 25 inserted in a groove 26 of the central part 15 of the central horn 12 cooperates with the groove 23 and with the groove 26 to position and maintain the tube 22 in the horns 12, 18.
  • a narrowing of the hole 19 in the one of the two lateral horns 18 forms an axial stop 27 for the tube 22.
  • the elastic element 25 In the rest state, the elastic element 25 has the shape of a helix turn, as visible at figure 3 . Its internal diameter is less than the external diameter of the tube 22. When it is introduced into the groove 26, the small width of the latter forces the elastic element 25 to take a substantially planar annular shape, which keeps it in place. The tube 22 can then be threaded into the horns 12, 18 and through the elastic element 25 by radially constraining the elastic element 25, until the elastic element 25 meets the groove 23 and can relax there. while remaining blocked in the axial direction of the tube 22 by the groove 26.
  • the assembly formed by the central horn 12 and the lateral horns 18 is received in a notch 28 of corresponding shape made in one end 29 of the bracelet 4.
  • This end 29 has, on either side of the notch 28, transverse holes 30 aligned with the holes 14, 19 of the lugs 12, 18.
  • a pin 31 is threaded through these aligned holes 30, 14, 19 and through the tube 22 to attach the end 29 of the bracelet 4 to the watch case 2 This pin 31 therefore passes through the tube 22 and its ends are located respectively in the holes 30 of the strap 4.
  • the insertion of the pin 31 into the tube 22 is carried out by force, in the direction (from right to left to figure 5 ) where the tube 22 is blocked by the stop 27, until a groove 32 of the pin 31 arrives at the level of the bulge 24 and cooperates with it to position and hold the pin 31 in the tube 22.
  • the bracelet 4 is a flexible bracelet made of leather, rubber or the like, but it could be a bracelet articulated with links, metal or other. It could also be a flexible bracelet with an attachment link to the watch case 2, this attachment link constituting all or part of the end 29.
  • the assembly device of the watch case 2 has been described above for only one side of the watch case 2, at twelve o'clock or six o'clock. It is of course identical on the other side. The same applies to the device for attaching the bracelet 4 to the watch case 2.
  • the present invention has several advantages.
  • the assembly of the caseband 8 and the back 7 by the lugs 12, 18, the tube 22 and the elastic element 25 is simple to implement and does not require to strongly press the case 8 and the back 7 l ' one against the other.
  • the assembly of the middle part 8 and the bezel 9 by means of the screws 17 prevents the dial 5 from undergoing too much pressure, which makes it possible to use a large decorated dial.
  • the assembly means which are the horns 12, 18, the tube 22 and the elastic element 25 are also discreet since they merge with the means for attaching the bracelet 4 to the watch case 2.
  • the screws 17 which assemble the middle part 8 and the bezel 9 are hidden by the tube 22 which itself is hidden by the lugs 12, 18 and the bracelet 4. The assembly therefore meets strict aesthetic requirements.
  • it is robust in particular the watch case 2 is assembled regardless of the presence or absence of the bracelet 4 and of the pin 31.
  • the present invention has been described above by way of example only. It goes without saying that modifications could be made without departing from the scope of the claimed invention.
  • the tube 22 could be held in the horns 12, 18 otherwise, for example by a circlip or by driving.
  • the horns 12, 18 could have a different shape than that shown and be a different number.
  • the bezel 9 and the middle part 8 could be assembled by cooperation of a thread of the bezel 9 with a thread of the middle part 8.
  • the middle part 8 and the bezel 9 could be in one piece.
  • the back 7 and the middle 8 could be in one piece.

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Claims (14)

  1. Uhrgehäuse (2), das umfasst:
    - einen Boden (7),
    - einen Mittelteil (8),
    - eine Lünette (9), und
    - eine Zusammenbauvorrichtung (12, 18, 22, 25), die ein erstes Element (8) von dem Boden (7), dem Mittelteil (8) und der Lünette (9) und ein zweites Element (7) von dem Boden (7), dem Mittelteil (8) und der Lünette (9) zusammenbaut,
    wobei die Zusammenbauvorrichtung im Bereich von jeder von zwei entgegengesetzten Seiten des Uhrgehäuses (2) umfasst:
    - mindestens ein erstes Horn (12), das von dem ersten Element (8) getragen wird,
    - mindestens ein zweites Horn (18), das von dem zweiten Element (7) getragen wird, und
    - ein Rohr (22), das in mindestens einem Loch (14) von dem mindestens einen ersten Horn (12) und in mindestens einem Loch (19) von dem mindestens einen zweiten Horn (18) gehalten wird, wobei dieses Rohr (22) geeignet ist, einen Sperrstift (31) für die Befestigung eines Armbands (4) an dem Uhrgehäuse (2) aufzunehmen.
  2. Uhrgehäuse (2) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Rohr (22) in den Löchern (14, 19) der Hörner (12, 18) von einem elastischen Element (25) gehalten wird, das mit dem Rohr (22) und mit dem mindestens einen ersten Horn (12) und/oder dem mindestens einen zweiten Horn (18) zusammenwirkt.
  3. Uhrgehäuse (2) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das elastische Element (25) mit einer Kehle (23) zusammenwirkt, die die Außenfläche des Rohrs (22) aufweist.
  4. Uhrgehäuse (2) nach Anspruch 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das elastische Element (25) in einer Einkerbung (26) des mindestens einen ersten Horns (12) angeordnet ist.
  5. Uhrgehäuse (2) nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das elastische Element (25) ein Element ist, das im Ruhezustand in der Form einer Schraubenwindung vorliegt, das aber von der Einkerbung (26) abgeflacht ist.
  6. Uhrgehäuse (2) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das erste Element (8) der Mittelteil ist und das zweite Element (7) der Boden ist.
  7. Uhrgehäuse (2) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es ferner Schrauben (17) umfasst, die das erste Element (8) und ein drittes Element (9) von dem Boden (7), dem Mittelteil (8) und der Lünette (9) zusammenbauen.
  8. Uhrgehäuse (2) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es ferner im Bereich von jeder von den zwei entgegengesetzten Seiten des Uhrgehäuses (2) mindestens eine Schraube (17) umfasst, die das erste Element (8) und ein drittes Element (9) von dem Boden (7), dem Mittelteil (8) und der Lünette (9) zusammenbaut.
  9. Uhrgehäuse (2) nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die mindestens eine Schraube (17) von dem Rohr (22) verdeckt ist.
  10. Uhrgehäuse (2) nach einem der Ansprüche 7 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das dritte Element (9) die Lünette ist.
  11. Uhr (1), die umfasst:
    - ein Uhrgehäuse (2) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10, das eine Zeitmessungs- und Anzeigevorrichtung (3) einschließt,
    - ein Armband (4), und
    - eine Vorrichtung zur Befestigung des Armbands (4) an dem Uhrgehäuse (2), wobei diese Befestigungsvorrichtung im Bereich von jeder von den zwei entgegengesetzten Seiten des Uhrgehäuses (2) einen Sperrstift (31) umfasst, der sich im Wesentlichen in der Richtung der Breite des Armbands (4) erstreckt und in dem Rohr (22) und in mindestens einem Loch (30) eines Endes (29) des Armbands (4) gehalten wird.
  12. Uhr (1) nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Sperrstift (31) in dem Rohr (22) von einer Verdickung (24) der Innenfläche des Rohrs (22) gehalten wird, die mit einer Kehle (32) des Sperrstifts (31) zusammenwirkt.
  13. Uhr (1) nach Anspruch 11 oder 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Rohr (22) von dem mindestens einen ersten Horn (12), dem mindestens einen zweiten Horn (18) und dem Armband (4) verdeckt ist.
  14. Uhr (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 11 bis 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das mindestens eine erste Horn (12) ein mittleres Horn umfasst, das mindestens eine zweite Horn (18) zwei seitliche Hörner umfasst, die sich auf beiden Seiten des mittleren Horns befinden, das Ende (29) des Armbands (4) eine Schweifung (28) aufweist, die das mittlere und die seitlichen Hörner aufnimmt, wobei das Rohr (22) sich durch das mittlere Horn und in den seitlichen Hörnern erstreckt und der Sperrstift (31) sich durch das Rohr (22) und in das Ende (29) des Armbands (4) erstreckt.
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