EP0460525A1 - Housing for the battery of a wristwatch - Google Patents

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EP0460525A1
EP0460525A1 EP91108795A EP91108795A EP0460525A1 EP 0460525 A1 EP0460525 A1 EP 0460525A1 EP 91108795 A EP91108795 A EP 91108795A EP 91108795 A EP91108795 A EP 91108795A EP 0460525 A1 EP0460525 A1 EP 0460525A1
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Jean-Pascal Aeschbacher
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  • the present invention relates to a watch capable of being attached to a part of the body by at least one link, a watch comprising a case, time display means controlled by an electronic circuit, a power supply battery and a lateral opening made in this housing, said opening giving access to a housing in which the battery can be engaged.
  • the watch of the invention is characterized in that the battery is carried by a drawer of which one of the ends of the link is secured, locking means keeping the drawer attached to the housing when said drawer is introduced into said housing.
  • FIG. 1 is a top view of a wristwatch comprising on the one hand a housing 1 attached to a first strand 2 of the bracelet.
  • the wristwatch further comprises a power battery 5 housed, according to the invention, in a drawer 6, which drawer is attached to a second strand 7 of the bracelet.
  • the battery 5 and the drawer 6 which carries it can be inserted, according to the invention and in the direction of the arrow 8, into a housing 9 (see FIG. 2) through an opening 10 made in the housing.
  • Locking means summarily symbolized in FIG. 1 by elements 11, keep the drawer 6 attached to the housing 1, when the drawer is inserted into the housing 9.
  • the invention is not limited to a wristwatch as shown in FIG. 1. It can be extended to any watch capable of being attached to the body by at least one link, as would be the case for example of a watch pendant. In the latter case, only the strand 7 remains, attached by one of its ends to the drawer 6 and by the other of its ends to the neck of the wearer.
  • the drawer may be a ring which completely surrounds the stack 5. To save space, however, the construction shown in FIG. 1 will be preferred.
  • the drawer is constituted by a portion 12 comprising a projection 13 to which is attached so articulated, the strand 7 of the bracelet.
  • the drawer 6 has a bottom 14 and flanges 15, 16 and 17 on which the stack 5 rests.
  • the flanges 16 and 17 have ends 18 and 19 arranged beyond the diameter of the stack, so as to retain the latter in the drawer when you extract this drawer from its housing.
  • FIG. 2 is a section of the back part of the watch if it is assumed that the drawer 6 is placed in its housing 9.
  • the case here consists of a bottom 20 and an upper part or middle part 21.
  • the drawer 6 and its adjoining bottom 14 can be introduced through an opening 10 made in the bottom 20.
  • the strand 7 of the bracelet is attached to the drawer by the articulation 13.
  • FIG. 2 also shows, in its upper part 21, hands 3 and 4 for displaying the hour and the minute.
  • These needles are driven by a mechanism 22 comprising a gear train controlled by a stepping motor.
  • the system is generally supplemented by an electronic circuit 23 comprising a time base, a frequency divider and a driver.
  • the connections connecting this circuit to the battery 5 are shown by the references 24 and 25.
  • the locking system 11 keeps the drawer in the housing.
  • FIG. 3 is an enlargement of the region 11 shown in FIG. 2.
  • the lock comprises a pusher 26 sliding in a tube 27 anchored or forced into the drawer 6
  • the pusher 26 comprises a head 28 which emerges from the tube 27 under the action of a spring 29.
  • the head 28 of the pusher enters a hole 30 made in the bottom 20 and thus blocks the drawer in the housing.
  • a thrust is exerted according to arrow 31 on the head 28 while simultaneously pulling on the strand 7, itself attached to the articulation 13 of the drawer.
  • the pusher 26 retracts into the tube by the combined action of the head 28 and a ramp 32 with which the bottom 20 is fitted, until the head 28 is located to the right of the hole 30 into which it enters.
  • the locking of the drawer 6 comprises at least one pusher 26.
  • An advantageous system may consist in using the buckle attached to the end of the strand 2 of the bracelet and this in the manner shown in FIG. 4.
  • the articulated buckle 35 serving as an ordinary clasp carries two asperities 36 and 37 formed in extension of the branches of the loop. Yes the spacing of these roughnesses corresponds to the spacing existing between the heads 28 of the locking system, it is possible to use the loop as an unlocking key by pushing said roughnesses into the holes 30 to retract the heads 28 in the drawer and release thus said drawer of the housing.
  • the drawer system proposed because it can be removed from the case by simply pulling on the strand of the bracelet to which it is attached, greatly facilitates the change of the battery by the wearer of the watch in person. This is particularly advantageous in the case where this battery has to be exchanged frequently, for example in the case of a battery supplying the radiofrequency part of a watch intended to receive radio messages.
  • a watch intended to receive radio messages is described in document EP-A-0 339 482 (US-A-4 884 252). It has been indicated in this document that the receiving antenna is a coil surrounding the movement, the axis of this coil being preferably arranged parallel to the longitudinal direction of the bracelet.
  • the innovation provided by the present invention therefore provides a useful complement to the watch of the cited document since it allows the battery to be placed inside the coil while being able to extract this battery along the axis of the coil, this axis coinciding with the longitudinal direction of the bracelet.

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The wristwatch comprises a case 1, time-display means (3, 4) and a supply battery (5). The battery may be engaged in a lateral opening (10) giving access to a housing made in the case. The battery is carried by a slide (6) to which the end of one of the strands (7) of the bracelet is firmly attached. Locking means (11) hold the slide attached to the case when the slide is inserted into the housing of the case. <IMAGE>

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La présente invention est relative à une montre susceptible d'être attachée à une partie du corps par au moins un lien, montre comprenant un boîtier, des moyens d'affichage de l'heure commandés par un circuit électronique, une pile d'alimentation et une ouverture latérale pratiquée dans ce boîtier, ladite ouverture donnant accès à un logement dans lequel la pile est susceptible d'être engagée.The present invention relates to a watch capable of being attached to a part of the body by at least one link, a watch comprising a case, time display means controlled by an electronic circuit, a power supply battery and a lateral opening made in this housing, said opening giving access to a housing in which the battery can be engaged.

Un tel arrangement a déjà été décrit dans le document DE-U-1 803 093. Dans ce document, on trouve, située à l'opposé de la couronne de mise à l'heure, une ouverture donnant accès à une chambre apte à contenir une pile d'alimentation. Cette chambre, située dans la carrure de la montre, est soit faite d'une pièce avec cette carrure, soit rapportée après coup dans la même carrure. Un couvercle ferme l'ouverture de la chambre. Bien que ce couvercle soit pourvu d'un nez permettant son enlèvement, on comprendra que cette façon de faire est difficile de manipulation, compte tenu surtout des faibles dimensions dudit couvercle. D'autre part, une fois le couvercle ouvert, se pose le problème de l'extraction de la pile, coincée qu'elle est par un téton de contact qui appuie sur elle, ce qui va obliger d'exercer des chocs sur la montre pour procéder à cette extraction.Such an arrangement has already been described in document DE-U-1 803 093. In this document, there is, located opposite the time-setting crown, an opening giving access to a chamber capable of containing a power stack. This room, located in the middle of the watch, is either made in one piece with this middle, or brought back afterwards in the same middle. A lid closes the opening of the chamber. Although this cover is provided with a nose allowing its removal, it will be understood that this way of doing is difficult to handle, especially taking into account the small dimensions of said cover. On the other hand, once the cover is open, there is the problem of extracting the battery, stuck as it is by a contact pin which presses on it, which will force to exert shocks on the watch. to perform this extraction.

Pour éviter les inconvénients mentionnés ci-dessus, la montre de l'invention est caractérisée par le fait que la pile est portée par un tiroir duquel est solidaire une des extrémités du lien, des moyens de verrouillage maintenant le tiroir attaché au boîtier quand ledit tiroir est introduit dans ledit logement.To avoid the drawbacks mentioned above, the watch of the invention is characterized in that the battery is carried by a drawer of which one of the ends of the link is secured, locking means keeping the drawer attached to the housing when said drawer is introduced into said housing.

L'invention sera comprise maintenant à la lecture de la description qui suit, illustrée à titre d'exemple par le dessin dans lequel :

  • la figure 1 est une vue de dessus de la montre selon l'invention, avec le tiroir portant la pile représenté sorti de son logement,
  • la figure 2 est une coupe de la partie fond de la montre, la partie supérieure ou carrure n'étant pas coupée,
  • la figure 3 est un détail repris de la figure 2, à échelle agrandie, d'un exemple de verrouillage du tiroir, et
  • la figure 4 est une vue en perspective de la montre avec un exemple de dispositif de déverrouillage du tiroir.
The invention will now be understood on reading the description which follows, illustrated by way of example by the drawing in which:
  • FIG. 1 is a top view of the watch according to the invention, with the drawer carrying the battery shown removed from its housing,
  • FIG. 2 is a section of the back part of the watch, the upper part or middle part not being cut,
  • FIG. 3 is a detail taken from FIG. 2, on an enlarged scale, of an example of locking the drawer, and
  • Figure 4 is a perspective view of the watch with an example of the drawer unlocking device.

La figure 1 est une vue de dessus d'une montre-bracelet comportant d'une part un boîtier 1 attaché à un premier brin 2 du bracelet. Dans ce boîtier, on trouve des moyens d'affichage figurés ici par des aiguilles d'heures 3 et de minutes 4. La montre-bracelet comporte d'autre part une pile d'alimentation 5 logée, selon l'invention, dans un tiroir 6, lequel tiroir est attaché à un second brin 7 du bracelet. La pile 5 et le tiroir 6 qui la porte peuvent être introduits, selon l'invention et dans le sens de la flèche 8, dans un logement 9 (voir figure 2) par une ouverture 10 pratiquée dans le boîtier. Des moyens de verrouillage, symbolisés sommairement sur la figure 1 par des éléments 11, maintiennent le tiroir 6 attaché au boîtier 1, quand le tiroir est introduit dans le logement 9.Figure 1 is a top view of a wristwatch comprising on the one hand a housing 1 attached to a first strand 2 of the bracelet. In this case, there are display means shown here by hour hands 3 and minutes 4. The wristwatch further comprises a power battery 5 housed, according to the invention, in a drawer 6, which drawer is attached to a second strand 7 of the bracelet. The battery 5 and the drawer 6 which carries it can be inserted, according to the invention and in the direction of the arrow 8, into a housing 9 (see FIG. 2) through an opening 10 made in the housing. Locking means, summarily symbolized in FIG. 1 by elements 11, keep the drawer 6 attached to the housing 1, when the drawer is inserted into the housing 9.

L'invention n'est pas limitée à une montre-bracelet comme représentée en figure 1. Elle peut être étendue à toute montre susceptible d'être attachée au corps par au moins un lien, comme ce serait le cas par exemple d'une montre pendentif. Dans ce dernier cas, seul subsisterait le brin 7, attaché par une de ses extrémités au tiroir 6 et par l'autre de ses extrémités au cou du porteur.The invention is not limited to a wristwatch as shown in FIG. 1. It can be extended to any watch capable of being attached to the body by at least one link, as would be the case for example of a watch pendant. In the latter case, only the strand 7 remains, attached by one of its ends to the drawer 6 and by the other of its ends to the neck of the wearer.

Le tiroir peut être un anneau qui entoure entièrement la pile 5. Pour gagner de la place cependant, on préférera la construction montrée en figure 1. Ici, le tiroir est constitué par une portion 12 comportant une saillie 13 à laquelle est attaché, de manière articulée, le brin 7 du bracelet. Le tiroir 6 comporte un fond 14 et des rebords 15, 16 et 17 sur lesquels repose la pile 5. Les rebords 16 et 17 présentent des extrémités 18 et 19 disposées au-delà du diamètre de la pile, de façon à retenir cette dernière dans le tiroir quand on extrait ce tiroir de son logement.The drawer may be a ring which completely surrounds the stack 5. To save space, however, the construction shown in FIG. 1 will be preferred. Here, the drawer is constituted by a portion 12 comprising a projection 13 to which is attached so articulated, the strand 7 of the bracelet. The drawer 6 has a bottom 14 and flanges 15, 16 and 17 on which the stack 5 rests. The flanges 16 and 17 have ends 18 and 19 arranged beyond the diameter of the stack, so as to retain the latter in the drawer when you extract this drawer from its housing.

La figure 2 est une coupe de la partie fond de la montre si l'on suppose que le tiroir 6 est placé dans son logement 9. Le boîtier est composé ici d'un fond 20 et d'une partie supérieure ou carrure 21. Le tiroir 6 et son fond attenant 14 se laisse introduire par une ouverture 10 pratiquée dans le fond 20. Le brin 7 du bracelet est attaché au tiroir par l'articulation 13. La figure 2 montre encore dans sa partie supérieure 21, des aiguilles 3 et 4 d'affichage de l'heure et de la minute. Ces aiguilles sont entraînées par un mécanisme 22 comportant un rouage commandé par un moteur pas à pas. Le système est généralement complété par un circuit électronique 23 comportant une base de temps, un diviseur de fréquence et un driver. Les connexions reliant ce circuit à la pile 5 sont figurées par les références 24 et 25. Le système de verrouillage 11 maintient le tiroir dans le boîtier.FIG. 2 is a section of the back part of the watch if it is assumed that the drawer 6 is placed in its housing 9. The case here consists of a bottom 20 and an upper part or middle part 21. The drawer 6 and its adjoining bottom 14 can be introduced through an opening 10 made in the bottom 20. The strand 7 of the bracelet is attached to the drawer by the articulation 13. FIG. 2 also shows, in its upper part 21, hands 3 and 4 for displaying the hour and the minute. These needles are driven by a mechanism 22 comprising a gear train controlled by a stepping motor. The system is generally supplemented by an electronic circuit 23 comprising a time base, a frequency divider and a driver. The connections connecting this circuit to the battery 5 are shown by the references 24 and 25. The locking system 11 keeps the drawer in the housing.

Un exemple de verrouillage du tiroir dans le boîtier est montré en détail à la figure 3 qui est un agrandissement de la région 11 montrée en figure 2. Le verrou comporte un poussoir 26 coulissant dans un tube 27 ancré ou introduit à force dans le tiroir 6. Le poussoir 26 comprend une tête 28 qui émerge du tube 27 sous l'action d'un ressort 29. Quand le tiroir est introduit dans son logement, la tête 28 du poussoir pénètre dans un trou 30 pratiqué dans le fond 20 et bloque ainsi le tiroir dans le boîtier. Pour sortir le tiroir, on exerce une poussée selon la flèche 31 sur la tête 28 tout en tirant simultanément sur le brin 7, lui-même attaché à l'articulation 13 du tiroir. Inversément, en fin d'introduction du tiroir dans le boîtier, le poussoir 26 s'escamote dans le tube par l'action conjuguée de la tête 28 et d'une rampe 32 dont est équipé le fond 20, jusqu'à ce que la tête 28 se trouve au droit du trou 30 dans lequel elle pénètre.An example of locking the drawer in the housing is shown in detail in FIG. 3 which is an enlargement of the region 11 shown in FIG. 2. The lock comprises a pusher 26 sliding in a tube 27 anchored or forced into the drawer 6 The pusher 26 comprises a head 28 which emerges from the tube 27 under the action of a spring 29. When the drawer is inserted into its housing, the head 28 of the pusher enters a hole 30 made in the bottom 20 and thus blocks the drawer in the housing. To take out the drawer, a thrust is exerted according to arrow 31 on the head 28 while simultaneously pulling on the strand 7, itself attached to the articulation 13 of the drawer. Conversely, at the end of introduction of the drawer into the housing, the pusher 26 retracts into the tube by the combined action of the head 28 and a ramp 32 with which the bottom 20 is fitted, until the head 28 is located to the right of the hole 30 into which it enters.

Si l'on désire que la montre soit étanche, on disposera un joint d'étanchéité 33 entre le tiroir 6 et l'ouverture 10 pratiquée dans le fond 20. Ce joint est disposé dans un canal 34 entourant le tiroir (voir figures 1 et 3).If you want the watch to be waterproof, you will have a seal 33 between the drawer 6 and the opening 10 made in the bottom 20. This seal is placed in a channel 34 surrounding the drawer (see Figures 1 and 3).

Le verrouillage du tiroir 6 comporte au moins un poussoir 26. Préférablement, on disposera cependant deux poussoirs pour assurer une fermeture stable et sans jeu. Pour exercer la pression 31 dont il a été question à propos de la figure 3, on peut utiliser une pointe quelconque. Un système avantageux peut consister à se servir de la boucle attachée à l'extrémité du brin 2 du bracelet et ceci de la manière représentée en figure 4. Dans cette figure 4, la boucle articulée 35 servant de fermoir ordinaire, porte deux aspérités 36 et 37 formées en prolongement des branches de la boucle. Si l'écartement de ces aspérités correspond à l'écartement existant entre les têtes 28 du système de verrouillage, on peut se servir de la boucle comme clef de déverrouillage en enfonçant lesdites aspérités dans les trous 30 pour escamoter les têtes 28 dans le tiroir et libérer ainsi ledit tiroir du boîtier.The locking of the drawer 6 comprises at least one pusher 26. Preferably, however, there will be two plungers to ensure a stable closure and without play. To exert the pressure 31 which has been discussed in connection with FIG. 3, one can use a point any. An advantageous system may consist in using the buckle attached to the end of the strand 2 of the bracelet and this in the manner shown in FIG. 4. In this FIG. 4, the articulated buckle 35 serving as an ordinary clasp, carries two asperities 36 and 37 formed in extension of the branches of the loop. Yes the spacing of these roughnesses corresponds to the spacing existing between the heads 28 of the locking system, it is possible to use the loop as an unlocking key by pushing said roughnesses into the holes 30 to retract the heads 28 in the drawer and release thus said drawer of the housing.

Le système de tiroir proposé, du fait qu'il peut être extrait du boîtier par simple traction sur le brin du bracelet auquel il est attaché, facilite grandement le changement de la pile par le porteur de la montre en personne. Cela est particulièrement avantageux dans le cas où cette pile doit être échangée fréquemment, par exemple dans le cas d'une pile alimentant la partie radiofréquence d'une montre destinée à recevoir des messages radiodiffusés.The drawer system proposed, because it can be removed from the case by simply pulling on the strand of the bracelet to which it is attached, greatly facilitates the change of the battery by the wearer of the watch in person. This is particularly advantageous in the case where this battery has to be exchanged frequently, for example in the case of a battery supplying the radiofrequency part of a watch intended to receive radio messages.

Une montre destinée à recevoir des messages radiodiffusés est décrite dans le document EP-A-0 339 482 (US-A-4 884 252). On a indiqué dans ce document que l'antenne réceptrice est une bobine entourant le mouvement, l'axe de cette bobine étant disposé de préférence parallèlement à la direction longitudinale du bracelet. L'innovation apportée par la présente invention apporte donc un complément utile à la montre du document cité puisqu'il permet de disposer la pile à l'intérieur de la bobine tout en pouvant extraire cette pile selon l'axe de la bobine, cet axe coïncidant avec la direction longitudinale du bracelet.A watch intended to receive radio messages is described in document EP-A-0 339 482 (US-A-4 884 252). It has been indicated in this document that the receiving antenna is a coil surrounding the movement, the axis of this coil being preferably arranged parallel to the longitudinal direction of the bracelet. The innovation provided by the present invention therefore provides a useful complement to the watch of the cited document since it allows the battery to be placed inside the coil while being able to extract this battery along the axis of the coil, this axis coinciding with the longitudinal direction of the bracelet.

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Montre susceptible d'être attachée à une partie du corps par au moins un lien (7), montre comprenant un boîtier (1), des moyens d'affichage de l'heure (3, 4) commandés par un circuit électronique (23), une pile d'alimentation (5) et une ouverture latérale (10) pratiquée dans ce boîtier, ladite ouverture donnant accès à un logement (9) dans lequel la pile est susceptible d'être engagée, caractérisée par le fait que ladite pile est portée par un tiroir (6) duquel est solidaire une des extrémités du lien, des moyens de verrouillage (11) maintenant le tiroir attaché au boîtier quand ledit tiroir est introduit dans ledit logement.Watch capable of being attached to a part of the body by at least one link (7), watch comprising a case (1), time display means (3, 4) controlled by an electronic circuit (23) , a supply battery (5) and a lateral opening (10) made in this housing, said opening giving access to a housing (9) in which the battery can be engaged, characterized in that said battery is carried by a drawer (6) which is integral with one end of the link, locking means (11) holding the drawer attached to the housing when said drawer is inserted into said housing. Montre selon la revendication 1, caractérisée par le fait que le tiroir (6) est équipé d'une garniture d'étanchéité (33) logée dans une rainure (34) pratiquée dans le tiroir, la garniture coopérant avec le boîtier quand ledit tiroir est introduit dans ledit logement pour assurer une fermeture hermétique à l'endroit de ladite ouverture.Watch according to claim 1, characterized in that the drawer (6) is equipped with a sealing gasket (33) housed in a groove (34) formed in the drawer, the gasket cooperating with the housing when said drawer is introduced into said housing to ensure a hermetic closure at the location of said opening. Montre selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisée par le fait qu'elle est une montre-bracelet, qu'un premier brin (2) du bracelet est attaché au boîtier et qu'un second brin (7) du bracelet est attaché au tiroir (6).Watch according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that it is a wristwatch, that a first strand (2) of the bracelet is attached to the case and that a second strand (7) of the bracelet is attached to the drawer (6). Montre selon la revendication 3, caractérisée par le fait que les moyens de verrouillage (11) comportent au moins un poussoir (26) coulissant dans un tube (27) ancré dans le tiroir, la tête (28) du poussoir émergeant du tube sous l'action d'un ressort et pénétrant, quand le tiroir est introduit dans le logement, dans un trou (30) pratiqué dans le boîtier.Watch according to claim 3, characterized in that the locking means (11) comprise at least one pusher (26) sliding in a tube (27) anchored in the drawer, the head (28) of the pusher emerging from the tube under the 'action of a spring and penetrating, when the drawer is inserted into the housing, in a hole (30) formed in the housing. Montre selon la revendication 4, caractérisée par le fait que les moyens de verrouillage comportent deux poussoirs (26).Watch according to claim 4, characterized in that the locking means comprise two pushers (26). Montre selon la revendication 5, caractérisée par le fait qu'un des brins du bracelet comporte une boucle articulée (35) servant de fermoir et que les trous (30) pratiqués dans le boîtier sont conformés et positionnés pour recevoir chacun une aspérité (36, 37) portée par chaque branche de la boucle pour escamoter les têtes de poussoir dans le tiroir (6) quand on introduit lesdites aspérités dans lesdits trous, ladite boucle jouant le rôle de clef de déverrouillage.Watch according to claim 5, characterized in that one of the strands of the bracelet comprises an articulated loop (35) serving as a clasp and that the holes (30) formed in the case are shaped and positioned to each receive an asperity (36, 37) carried by each branch of the loop to retract the pusher heads in the drawer (6) when said roughness is introduced into said holes, said loop playing the role of unlocking key.
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