EP3266333B1 - Watch and piece of jewellery with interchangeable band - Google Patents

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EP3266333B1
EP3266333B1 EP16178320.4A EP16178320A EP3266333B1 EP 3266333 B1 EP3266333 B1 EP 3266333B1 EP 16178320 A EP16178320 A EP 16178320A EP 3266333 B1 EP3266333 B1 EP 3266333B1
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Jean-Marc Von Allmen
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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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C17/00—Gems or the like
    • A44C17/02—Settings for holding gems or the like, e.g. for ornaments or decorations
    • 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
    • A44C5/14—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps characterised by the way of fastening to a wrist-watch or the like
    • 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
    • A44C5/14—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps characterised by the way of fastening to a wrist-watch or the like
    • A44C5/147—Watchcase itself used as fastener
    • 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
    • G04B37/12—Cases for special purposes, e.g. watch combined with ring, watch combined with button
    • 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
    • G04B37/1493—Arrangements for fixing to a bracelet by means of a feather spring (Barette á ressort)
    • 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
    • G04B37/16—Fastening the case to the bracelet
    • 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
    • G04B37/18—Cases for pocket or wrist watches
    • 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
    • G04B47/00—Time-pieces combined with other articles which do not interfere with the running or the time-keeping of the time-piece
    • G04B47/04—Time-pieces combined with other articles which do not interfere with the running or the time-keeping of the time-piece with attached ornaments or amusement apparatus
    • G04B47/046—Changeable decorations and parts thereof, decorations for the case which change the external appearance of the clockwork
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G17/00—Structural details; Housings
    • G04G17/08—Housings
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/02—Details
    • H01H13/12—Movable parts; Contacts mounted thereon
    • H01H13/14—Operating parts, e.g. push-button

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  • the invention relates to an end link of a watch or jewel bracelet, for the removable equipment of a watch case which comprises, for the reception of a said link, at least one transverse secondary notch, said box comprising at least one main longitudinal notch delimited by two main bearing surfaces parallel to a main plane, said link comprising a tip which itself comprises, for its attachment to said box, at least one complementary pin arranged to cooperate in a complementary manner and minimum clearance with a said secondary notch, and said link comprising at least one lock, wherein said lock comprises a stop slide arranged to cooperate in a complementary manner and minimal clearance with said main notch in a locking position to which said drawer stop is brought back by means of elastic return that includes said latch, which comprises intrinsic means d lock arranged to be directly operated by a finger of a user, to move said blocking slide said main recess of said box.
  • the invention also relates to a bracelet comprising at least one such end link.
  • the invention also relates to a watch comprising a watch case which comprises, for the reception of at least one such link, at least one transverse secondary notch, said box comprising at least one longitudinal principal notch delimited by two main bearing surfaces. parallel to a main plane, and having at least one such end link.
  • the invention also relates to a jewel comprising a jewel box which comprises, for the reception of at least one such link, at least one transverse secondary notch, said box comprising at least one longitudinal main notch defined by two main bearing surfaces parallel to a main plane, and having at least one such end link.
  • the invention relates to the fields of watchmaking and jewelery, and more particularly bracelets for watches and jewelery.
  • Watches and jewelry are objects of elegance, fashion, prestige or luxury, personalized for their users at the level of their bracelets. This personalization concerns both the length and the comfort of the bracelets, their opening-closing mechanism, their constitution, their material, their appearance, their color, their brightness, their covering.
  • the exchange of bracelets is generally entrusted to professionals, which requires to pair often almost definitively a watch or a jewel with his bracelet.
  • the safest including a mechanical lock, require the use of a tool to perform a manipulation on the watch or the jewel and / or the bracelet: this manipulation is not always easy to perform for a single user, who does not does not always have the right tool at the right time.
  • Many other systems have clipped components, the bracelet is simply plugged into the watch case or jewel, and the risk of accidental disconnection, and therefore loss of the object, is high.
  • the document US 2005/207284 A1 in the name of Hiranuma Haruki, SEIKO discloses a wristwatch comprising a strand connection member, which has a connecting groove which opens to a rear face, and an end face. The inside of the groove is wider than the free end of the end face.
  • the connection member has an engagement groove that opens into the connection groove.
  • One end of the bracelet has a shape adapter complementary to that of the connection groove, and removable relative thereto.
  • the adapter includes a latching member, which can be inserted or removed from a latching groove, to hold the adapter with or separate from the connection groove.
  • a maneuvering element comprising a workpiece at the rear face of the connection element.
  • the attachment element is connected to the operating element, to perform the attachment or separation.
  • the invention proposes to develop a simple and secure system of interchangeable bracelet for watch or jewel, requiring no tools or special know-how, and accessible to any user, with a moderate cost of processing watch boxes or jewelry , and also a moderate cost of assembly and locking mechanisms.
  • the invention relates to a bracelet end link according to claim 1.
  • the invention also relates to a bracelet comprising at least one such link.
  • the invention also relates to a watch comprising a watch case which comprises, for the reception of at least one such link, at least one transverse secondary notch, said box comprising at least one longitudinal principal notch delimited by two main bearing surfaces. parallel to a main plane, and having at least one such end link.
  • the invention also relates to a jewel comprising a jewel box which comprises, for the reception of at least one such link, at least one transverse secondary notch, said box comprising at least one longitudinal main notch defined by two main bearing surfaces parallel to a main plane, and having at least one such end link.
  • the invention proposes to offer the user the possibility of easily and securely making the change of the bracelet equipping his watch, and this with the least possible alteration of the watch case of a collection. considered, in order to preserve the aesthetics of the front and the song of the watch, and also to offer an interchangeable wristwatch for a lowest possible cost of production.
  • the change of the bracelet must be able to be carried out without tools, and without delicate handling, while allowing a transformation as radical as fast between a leather bracelet and an articulated metal bracelet, for example, or an adaptation of the bracelet to the clothes and / or jewelry worn by the user, or the carnation of the user, depending on the circumstances of use of the watch.
  • the interchangeable strap allows you to instantly exchange bracelets of different lengths, which allows retailers and retailers to immediately offer their customers perfectly adapted watches.
  • the invention consists in implementing an interface link between, on the one hand, the watch case, in particular but not exclusively the middle part, and on the other hand bracelet ends.
  • the invention is here more specifically described in the preferred case of bracelet end links, achievable in series at a controllable cost, that it is sufficient to integrate a bracelet body, but it is also possible to choose a realization of a one-piece wristband without an attached tip, and including the interchangeability and locking features necessary for proper operation, but of course at a higher cost price high.
  • the skilled person will transpose without any problem the arrangement, described below for an end link, to a whole bracelet.
  • the invention thus preferably relates to a watchband end link, for a bracelet 90, for the removable equipment of a box 1 of a watch 100.
  • This box 1 comprises, for the reception of such a link 10, at least one secondary notch 3 said transverse, each arranged for the introduction of a pin 30, or a pin, or the like, that includes the link 10
  • This secondary notch 3 is preferably blind, so as to limit the stroke of the post 30 in this groove, in an abutment position.
  • this secondary notch 3 is straight: this is particularly the case when the link 10 bears one or more parallelepiped pins 30, as visible on the Figures 2, 3 , and 13 .
  • the secondary notch 3 may, in another variant not shown, be curved if the tenon 30 or equivalent is of cylindrical shape or the like.
  • secondary notch 3 it is more particularly delimited by two secondary bearing surfaces 31, 32, which are parallel to a secondary plane PS defining a direction of insertion of the link 10.
  • Each secondary notch 3 is preferably carried by a reinforced zone of the box 1, in particular a horn 110. Indeed, it is the pair formed by the secondary notch 3 and the corresponding pin 30 which must be large enough to accommodate the stresses, in particular traction, torsion, and accelerations, experienced by the bracelet and the box 1.
  • the easy insertion of the link 10 into this secondary notch 3, or preferably in these secondary notches 3, preferably symmetrical with respect to a plane of symmetry ensures the interchangeability of the bracelets 90 relative to the box 1. In the same way, the extraction must be designed to meet no obstacle.
  • the mechanism comprises a locking system -convergeverrouillage.
  • the box 1 or includes a particular machining as visible for the particular and non-limiting variant illustrated by the figures, or carries an insert element comprising such a particular machining.
  • this particular machining comprises at least one main longitudinal notch 2, which is delimited by two main bearing surfaces 21, 22 parallel to a main plane PP. More particularly, when each secondary notch 3 is straight along a secondary plane PS, the main plane PP is secant or orthogonal with this secondary plane PS.
  • Such a main notch 2 having two parallel faces is very easy to achieve, by turning or milling. It is preferably located between the horns 110 of the box 1, as shown in the figures, and is almost invisible when the link 10 or the bracelet 90 is in place. For the implementation of the invention, it is sufficient for the box 1 to have the main notch 2 and the secondary slot (s) 3. No other component is necessary at the level of the box 1, which can thus to preserve all its purity of forms, and its usual uses.
  • the link 10 comprises a tip 56, which constitutes the most massive part, and which comprises itself, for its insertion and attachment to the box 1, at least one such complementary pin 30 arranged to cooperate in a complementary manner and to minimum clearance with secondary notch 3.
  • the link 10 comprises at least one lock 50.
  • This latch 50 comprises a stop spool 51, which is arranged to cooperate in a complementary manner and with minimal clearance with the main notch 2, in a locking position towards which the stopper 51 is returned by means of return elastic 52 that includes the latch 50.
  • this lock 50 also comprises intrinsic unlocking means, which are arranged to be directly operated by a finger of a user, to move the stopper 51 away from the main notch 2 of the box 1. Thus, no tool is necessary to unlock or lock, or to insert or extract the link 10 with respect to the box 1.
  • the stopper slide 51 comprises two parallel flat surfaces, which are arranged to cooperate in bearing with the main bearing surfaces 21, 22, of a notch 2 of a box 1, in which notch 2 the stopper 51 preferably circulates at minimum clearance.
  • the tip 56 is symmetrical with respect to a plane of symmetry orthogonal to a plane along which the stopper 51 extends.
  • the latch 50 comprises a cover 53 for an earlier guide of the stopper 51, close to a main notch 2 forming a keeper, which comprises a box 1 receiving the link 10.
  • the drawer of stop 51 is guided in a first guide 530 that includes the cover 53.
  • This cover 53 protects the tip 56; very little visible from the outside, it can be made of a less noble material and more resistant to wear, like a steel or the like, the material constituting the tip 56, which is a piece of appearance, design harmonized with that of the box 1, and often in the same material and the same finish, this tip 56 may for example be made of gold alloy or the like.
  • the endpiece 56 or the latch 50, comprises a rear guide chamber 11 of the stopper 51, this chamber 11 still preferably providing the reception of the elastic return means 52, illustrated in a nonlimiting manner by a blade spring.
  • the cover 53 is fixed on the endpiece 56 by at least one screw 58.
  • the lock 50 comprises, according to the invention, a push button 54, which is arranged to be operated by a finger of a user, to control an unlocking of the latch 50 by moving the stopper 51 back under a latch.
  • a push button 54 which is arranged to be operated by a finger of a user, to control an unlocking of the latch 50 by moving the stopper 51 back under a latch.
  • the push button 54 comprises at least one cam or oblique bevel 542, which is arranged to cooperate with a complementary cam or a complementary oblique bevel 512, which comprises the stopper 51, as visible on the figures 6 and 11 .
  • the stroke of the push button 54 is orthogonal to that of the stop slide 51.
  • the push button 54 is guided in a second guide 55, in particular a light 531, that includes the cover 53, and / or this push button 54 is guided in a third guide 57 that includes the tip 56.
  • the invention also relates to a watch 100, comprising a watch or jewelry box 1 which comprises, for the reception of at least one such link 10, at least one transverse secondary notch 3, this box 1 comprising at least one main notch 2 longitudinal delimited by two main bearing surfaces 21, 22, parallel to a main plane PP. And this watch 100 comprises at least one such bracelet end link 10, arranged for insertion and locking cooperation with its box 1.
  • the box 1 comprises, for the reception of at least one link 10, at least one transverse secondary notch 3 delimited by two secondary bearing surfaces 31, 32, parallel to a secondary plane PS defining a direction of insertion of the link 10, this secondary plane PS being secant or orthogonal with respect to the main plane PP.
  • the secondary bearing surfaces 31, 32 are spaced apart from the main bearing surfaces 21, 22.
  • the secondary bearing surfaces 31, 32 are not aligned with the main bearing surfaces 21, 22.
  • the main plane PP is orthogonal to the secondary plane PS.
  • the box 1 has a bottom 6 parallel to the main plane PP.
  • the box 1 comprises a shoulder surface 9 parallel to the main plane PP, and a link 10, and preferably each link 10 arranged to cooperate with this box 1, comprises a mouthpiece 56 which comprises an anblocking surface 59 arranged to cooperate as a locking support with this shoulder surface 9.
  • the watch 100 comprises at least one removable bracelet 90, having at each of its two ends such a removable end link 10, the links 10 being arranged on either side of the watch box 1 or jewel .
  • the watch 100 comprises a plurality of such removable bracelets 90 interchangeable between them.
  • the invention also relates to a jewel 200 comprising a jewelry box 1 which comprises, for the reception of at least one such link 10, at least one transverse secondary notch 3, this box 1 comprising at least one main longitudinal notch 2 delimited by two main bearing surfaces 21, 22, parallel to a main plane PP, where this jewel 200 comprises at least one such end link bracelet 10, arranged for the insertion and locking cooperation with the box 1.
  • a jewel 200 comprising a jewelry box 1 which comprises, for the reception of at least one such link 10, at least one transverse secondary notch 3, this box 1 comprising at least one main longitudinal notch 2 delimited by two main bearing surfaces 21, 22, parallel to a main plane PP, where this jewel 200 comprises at least one such end link bracelet 10, arranged for the insertion and locking cooperation with the box 1.

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Domaine de l'inventionField of the invention

L'invention concerne un maillon d'extrémité de bracelet de montre ou de bijou, pour l'équipement amovible d'une boîte de montre laquelle comporte, pour la réception d'un dit maillon, au moins une encoche secondaire transversale, ladite boîte comportant au moins une encoche principale longitudinale délimitée par deux surfaces d'appui principales parallèles à un plan principal, ledit maillon comportant un embout qui comporte lui-même, pour sa fixation à ladite boîte, au moins un tenon complémentaire agencé pour coopérer de façon complémentaire et à jeu minimal avec une dite encoche secondaire, et ledit maillon comportant au moins un verrou, où ledit verrou comporte un tiroir d'arrêt agencé pour coopérer de façon complémentaire et à jeu minimal avec ladite encoche principale dans une position de verrouillage vers laquelle ledit tiroir d'arrêt est ramené par des moyens de rappel élastique que comporte ledit verrou, lequel comporte des moyens intrinsèques de déverrouillage agencés pour être directement manoeuvrés par un doigt d'un utilisateur, pour éloigner ledit tiroir d'arrêt de ladite encoche principale de ladite boîte.The invention relates to an end link of a watch or jewel bracelet, for the removable equipment of a watch case which comprises, for the reception of a said link, at least one transverse secondary notch, said box comprising at least one main longitudinal notch delimited by two main bearing surfaces parallel to a main plane, said link comprising a tip which itself comprises, for its attachment to said box, at least one complementary pin arranged to cooperate in a complementary manner and minimum clearance with a said secondary notch, and said link comprising at least one lock, wherein said lock comprises a stop slide arranged to cooperate in a complementary manner and minimal clearance with said main notch in a locking position to which said drawer stop is brought back by means of elastic return that includes said latch, which comprises intrinsic means d lock arranged to be directly operated by a finger of a user, to move said blocking slide said main recess of said box.

L'invention concerne encore un bracelet comportant au moins un tel maillon d'extrémité.The invention also relates to a bracelet comprising at least one such end link.

L'invention concerne encore une montre comportant une boîte de montre laquelle comporte, pour la réception d'au moins un tel maillon, au moins une encoche secondaire transversale, ladite boîte comportant au moins une encoche principale longitudinale délimitée par deux surfaces d'appui principales parallèles à un plan principal, et comportant au moins un tel maillon d'extrémité.The invention also relates to a watch comprising a watch case which comprises, for the reception of at least one such link, at least one transverse secondary notch, said box comprising at least one longitudinal principal notch delimited by two main bearing surfaces. parallel to a main plane, and having at least one such end link.

L'invention concerne encore un bijou comportant une boîte de bijou laquelle comporte, pour la réception d'au moins un tel maillon, au moins une encoche secondaire transversale, ladite boîte comportant au moins une encoche principale longitudinale délimitée par deux surfaces d'appui principales parallèles à un plan principal, et comportant au moins un tel maillon d'extrémité.The invention also relates to a jewel comprising a jewel box which comprises, for the reception of at least one such link, at least one transverse secondary notch, said box comprising at least one longitudinal main notch defined by two main bearing surfaces parallel to a main plane, and having at least one such end link.

L'invention concerne les domaines de l'horlogerie et de la bijouterie, et plus particulièrement des bracelets pour montres et bijoux.The invention relates to the fields of watchmaking and jewelery, and more particularly bracelets for watches and jewelery.

Arrière-plan de l'inventionBackground of the invention

Les montres et les bijoux sont des objets d'élégance, de mode, de prestige ou de luxe, personnalisés pour leurs utilisateurs au niveau des leurs bracelets. Cette personnalisation concerne à la fois la longueur et le confort des bracelets, leur mécanisme d'ouverture-fermeture, leur constitution, leur matériau, leur aspect, leur coloris, leur éclat, leur habillage. L'échange de bracelets est généralement confié à des professionnels, ce qui oblige à appairer souvent de façon quasi-définitive une montre ou un bijou avec son bracelet.Watches and jewelry are objects of elegance, fashion, prestige or luxury, personalized for their users at the level of their bracelets. This personalization concerns both the length and the comfort of the bracelets, their opening-closing mechanism, their constitution, their material, their appearance, their color, their brightness, their covering. The exchange of bracelets is generally entrusted to professionals, which requires to pair often almost definitively a watch or a jewel with his bracelet.

Il existe toutefois des systèmes de bracelets interchangeables. Les plus sûrs, comportant un verrouillage mécanique, nécessitent l'emploi d'un outil pour effectuer une manipulation sur la montre ou le bijou et/ou le bracelet : cette manipulation n'est pas toujours facile à effectuer pour un simple utilisateur, qui ne dispose pas toujours de l'outil requis au moment opportun. De nombreux autres systèmes comportent des composants clipés, le bracelet est simplement enfiché dans la boîte de montre ou de bijou, et le risque de désolidarisation accidentelle, et donc de perte de l'objet, est élevé.However, there are interchangeable bracelet systems. The safest, including a mechanical lock, require the use of a tool to perform a manipulation on the watch or the jewel and / or the bracelet: this manipulation is not always easy to perform for a single user, who does not does not always have the right tool at the right time. Many other systems have clipped components, the bracelet is simply plugged into the watch case or jewel, and the risk of accidental disconnection, and therefore loss of the object, is high.

Le document US 2005/207284 A1 au nom de Hiranuma Haruki, SEIKO, décrit une montre-bracelet comprenant un élément de connexion de brin, qui comporte une rainure de connexion qui s'ouvre vers une face arrière, et une face d'extrémité. L'intérieur de la rainure est plus large que l'extrémité libre de la face d'extrémité. L'élément de connexion comporte une rainure d'engagement qui s'ouvrant dans la rainure de connexion. Une extrémité du bracelet comporte un adapteur de forme complémentaire à celle de la rainure de connexion, et amovible par rapport à celle-ci. L'adapteur comporte un élément d'accrochage, qui peut être inséré ou retiré d'une rainure d'accrochage, pour maintenir l'adapteur avec la rainure de connexion, ou l'en séparer. A cet adapteur est fixé un élément de manoeuvre, comportant une pièce de manoeuvre au niveau de la face arrière de l'élément de connexion. L'élément d'accrochage est lié à l'élément de manoeuvre, pour effectuer l'accrochage ou la séparation.The document US 2005/207284 A1 in the name of Hiranuma Haruki, SEIKO, discloses a wristwatch comprising a strand connection member, which has a connecting groove which opens to a rear face, and an end face. The inside of the groove is wider than the free end of the end face. The connection member has an engagement groove that opens into the connection groove. One end of the bracelet has a shape adapter complementary to that of the connection groove, and removable relative thereto. The adapter includes a latching member, which can be inserted or removed from a latching groove, to hold the adapter with or separate from the connection groove. To this adapter is fixed a maneuvering element, comprising a workpiece at the rear face of the connection element. The attachment element is connected to the operating element, to perform the attachment or separation.

Résumé de l'inventionSummary of the invention

L'invention se propose de développer un système simple et sécurisé de bracelet interchangeable pour montre ou bijou, ne nécessitant ni outil, ni savoir-faire particulier, et accessible à tout utilisateur, avec un coût modéré de transformation des boîtes de montres ou de bijoux, et un coût également modéré des mécanismes d'assemblage et de verrouillage.The invention proposes to develop a simple and secure system of interchangeable bracelet for watch or jewel, requiring no tools or special know-how, and accessible to any user, with a moderate cost of processing watch boxes or jewelry , and also a moderate cost of assembly and locking mechanisms.

A cet effet, l'invention concerne un maillon d'extrémité de bracelet selon la revendication 1.For this purpose, the invention relates to a bracelet end link according to claim 1.

L'invention concerne encore un bracelet comportant au moins un tel maillon.The invention also relates to a bracelet comprising at least one such link.

L'invention concerne encore une montre comportant une boîte de montre laquelle comporte, pour la réception d'au moins un tel maillon, au moins une encoche secondaire transversale, ladite boîte comportant au moins une encoche principale longitudinale délimitée par deux surfaces d'appui principales parallèles à un plan principal, et comportant au moins un tel maillon d'extrémité.The invention also relates to a watch comprising a watch case which comprises, for the reception of at least one such link, at least one transverse secondary notch, said box comprising at least one longitudinal principal notch delimited by two main bearing surfaces. parallel to a main plane, and having at least one such end link.

L'invention concerne encore un bijou comportant une boîte de bijou laquelle comporte, pour la réception d'au moins un tel maillon, au moins une encoche secondaire transversale, ladite boîte comportant au moins une encoche principale longitudinale délimitée par deux surfaces d'appui principales parallèles à un plan principal, et comportant au moins un tel maillon d'extrémité.The invention also relates to a jewel comprising a jewel box which comprises, for the reception of at least one such link, at least one transverse secondary notch, said box comprising at least one longitudinal main notch defined by two main bearing surfaces parallel to a main plane, and having at least one such end link.

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D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront à la lecture de la description détaillée qui va suivre, en référence aux dessins annexés, où :

  • la figure 1 représente, de façon schématisée, et en perspective vue de dessous, une boîte d'une montre selon l'invention, agencée pour recevoir, sur deux côtés opposés et ici entre des cornes que comporte cette boîte, des maillons d'extrémité selon l'invention, un tel maillon étant représentée en position insérée et verrouillée dans la boîte de montre;
  • la figure 2 représente, de façon schématisée, et en éclaté vu de dessus, la boîte et le maillon de la figure 1, sans le fond de boîte;
  • la figure 3 est une vue analogue à la figure 2 du même ensemble, vue du côté du maillon d'extrémité ;
  • la figure 4 représente, de façon schématisée, et en plan en vue de dessous, le même ensemble, équipé d'un fond de boîte, dans une position d'arrêt verrouillé, avec indication des zones de coupe des figures suivantes ;
  • la figure 5 est une coupe partielle du même ensemble, selon un plan perpendiculaire au fond de la boîte, et selon la coupe A-A de la figure 4 ;
  • la figure 6 est similaire à la figure 5, selon la coupe B-B de la figure 4 ;
  • la figure 7 est similaire à la figure 5, selon la coupe C-C de la figure 4 ;
  • la figure 8 est similaire à la figure 5, selon la coupe D-D de la figure 4 ;
  • la figure 9 est une vue analogue à la figure 4 du même ensemble, dans une position d'arrêt déverrouillé, avec indication des zones de coupe des figures suivantes ;
  • la figure 10 est une coupe partielle du même ensemble, selon un plan perpendiculaire au fond de la boîte, et selon la coupe E-E de la figure 9 ;
  • la figure 11 est similaire à la figure 10, selon la coupe F-F de la figure 9 ;
  • la figure 12 est similaire à la figure 10, selon la coupe G-G de la figure 9 ;
  • la figure 13 est similaire à la figure 10, selon la coupe H-H de la figure 9 ;
  • la figure 14 représente, de façon schématisée, et en perspective, une montre selon l'invention, comportant un bracelet selon l'invention équipé de deux maillons d'extrémité selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 14 représente, de façon schématisée, et en perspective, un bijou selon l'invention, comportant un bracelet selon l'invention équipé de deux maillons d'extrémité selon l'invention.
Other features and advantages of the invention will appear on reading the detailed description which follows, with reference to the appended drawings, in which:
  • the figure 1 represents, schematically, and in perspective seen from below, a box of a watch according to the invention, arranged to receive, on two opposite sides and here between the horns that includes this box, end links according to the invention, such a link being shown in inserted position and locked in the watch case;
  • the figure 2 represents, schematically, and exploded seen from above, the box and the link of the figure 1 , without the bottom of box;
  • the figure 3 is a view similar to the figure 2 from the same set, seen from the side of the end link;
  • the figure 4 shows schematically and in plan view from below, the same set, equipped with a box bottom, in a locked off position, with indication of the cutting areas of the following figures;
  • the figure 5 is a partial section of the same set, in a plane perpendicular to the bottom of the box, and according to section AA of the figure 4 ;
  • the figure 6 is similar to the figure 5 , according to section BB of the figure 4 ;
  • the figure 7 is similar to the figure 5 , according to the CC section of the figure 4 ;
  • the figure 8 is similar to the figure 5 , according to the DD section of the figure 4 ;
  • the figure 9 is a view similar to the figure 4 of the same set, in an unlocked stop position, with indication of the cutting areas of the following figures;
  • the figure 10 is a partial section of the same set, in a plane perpendicular to the bottom of the box, and according to section EE of the figure 9 ;
  • the figure 11 is similar to the figure 10 , according to the FF section of the figure 9 ;
  • the figure 12 is similar to the figure 10 , according to the GG section of the figure 9 ;
  • the figure 13 is similar to the figure 10 , according to the HH section of the figure 9 ;
  • the figure 14 represents, schematically, and in perspective, a watch according to the invention, comprising a bracelet according to the invention equipped with two end links according to the invention;
  • the figure 14 represents, schematically, and in perspective, a jewel according to the invention, comprising a bracelet according to the invention equipped with two end links according to the invention.

Description détaillée des modes de réalisation préférésDetailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments

L'invention se propose d'offrir à l'utilisateur la possibilité d'effectuer facilement, et de façon sécurisée, le changement du bracelet équipant sa montre, et ceci avec le moins possible d'altération de la boîte de montre d'une collection considérée, afin de conserver l'esthétique de la face avant et du chant de la montre, et aussi de proposer une montre à bracelet interchangeable pour un coût différentiel de production le plus bas possible.The invention proposes to offer the user the possibility of easily and securely making the change of the bracelet equipping his watch, and this with the least possible alteration of the watch case of a collection. considered, in order to preserve the aesthetics of the front and the song of the watch, and also to offer an interchangeable wristwatch for a lowest possible cost of production.

Le changement de bracelet doit pouvoir s'effectuer sans outil, et sans manipulation délicate, tout en permettant une transformation aussi radicale que rapide entre un bracelet cuir et un bracelet métallique articulé, par exemple, ou encore une adaptation du bracelet aux vêtements et/ou bijoux portés par l'utilisateur, ou à la carnation de l'utilisateur, selon les circonstances d'emploi de la montre. Le bracelet interchangeable permet, encore, d'échanger instantanément des bracelets de longueur différente, ce qui permet aux détaillants et revendeurs d'offrir immédiatement à leur clientèle des montres parfaitement adaptées.The change of the bracelet must be able to be carried out without tools, and without delicate handling, while allowing a transformation as radical as fast between a leather bracelet and an articulated metal bracelet, for example, or an adaptation of the bracelet to the clothes and / or jewelry worn by the user, or the carnation of the user, depending on the circumstances of use of the watch. The interchangeable strap allows you to instantly exchange bracelets of different lengths, which allows retailers and retailers to immediately offer their customers perfectly adapted watches.

Aussi l'invention consiste à mettre en oeuvre une liaison d'interface entre, d'une part la boîte de montre, notamment mais non limitativement la carrure, et d'autre part des extrémités de bracelet. L'invention est ici plus précisément décrite au cas préféré de maillons d'extrémité de bracelet, réalisables en série à un coût maîtrisable, qu'il suffit d'intégrer à un corps de bracelet, mais il est également possible de choisir une réalisation d'un bracelet d'un seul tenant sans embout rapporté, et incluant les fonctionnalités d'interchangeabilité et de verrouillage nécessaires au bon fonctionnement, mais naturellement à un coût de revient plus élevé. L'homme du métier saura transposer sans le moindre problème l'agencement, décrit ci-après pour un maillon d'extrémité, à un bracelet entier.Also the invention consists in implementing an interface link between, on the one hand, the watch case, in particular but not exclusively the middle part, and on the other hand bracelet ends. The invention is here more specifically described in the preferred case of bracelet end links, achievable in series at a controllable cost, that it is sufficient to integrate a bracelet body, but it is also possible to choose a realization of a one-piece wristband without an attached tip, and including the interchangeability and locking features necessary for proper operation, but of course at a higher cost price high. The skilled person will transpose without any problem the arrangement, described below for an end link, to a whole bracelet.

L'invention concerne ainsi préférentiellement un maillon 10 d'extrémité de bracelet de montre, pour un bracelet 90, pour l'équipement amovible d'une boîte 1 d'une montre 100.The invention thus preferably relates to a watchband end link, for a bracelet 90, for the removable equipment of a box 1 of a watch 100.

Cette boîte 1 comporte, pour la réception d'un tel maillon 10, au moins une encoche secondaire 3 dite transversale, chacune agencée pour l'introduction d'un tenon 30, ou d'un tourillon, ou similaire, que comporte le maillon 10. Cette encoche secondaire 3 est de préférence borgne, de façon à limiter la course du tenon 30 dans cette rainure, dans une position de butée.This box 1 comprises, for the reception of such a link 10, at least one secondary notch 3 said transverse, each arranged for the introduction of a pin 30, or a pin, or the like, that includes the link 10 This secondary notch 3 is preferably blind, so as to limit the stroke of the post 30 in this groove, in an abutment position.

Dans un cas particulier, non limitatif et tel qu'illustré par les figures, cette encoche secondaire 3 est droite: c'est en particulier le cas lorsque le maillon 10 porte un ou plusieurs tenons 30 parallélépipédiques, tel que visible sur les figures 2, 3, et 13. L'encoche secondaire 3 peut, dans une autre variante non illustrée, être courbe si le tenon 30 ou équivalent est de forme cylindrique ou similaire.In a particular, non-limiting case and as illustrated by the figures, this secondary notch 3 is straight: this is particularly the case when the link 10 bears one or more parallelepiped pins 30, as visible on the Figures 2, 3 , and 13 . The secondary notch 3 may, in another variant not shown, be curved if the tenon 30 or equivalent is of cylindrical shape or the like.

Dans ce cas particulier d'encoche secondaire 3 droite, elle est plus particulièrement délimité par deux surfaces d'appui secondaires 31, 32, qui sont parallèles à un plan secondaire PS définissant une direction d'insertion du maillon 10.In this particular case of secondary notch 3 right, it is more particularly delimited by two secondary bearing surfaces 31, 32, which are parallel to a secondary plane PS defining a direction of insertion of the link 10.

Chaque encoche secondaire 3 est de préférence portée par une zone renforcée de la boîte 1, notamment une corne 110. En effet, c'est le couple formé par l'encoche secondaire 3 et le tenon 30 correspondant qui doit être assez largement dimensionné pour encaisser les efforts, notamment de traction, de torsion, et les accélérations, subis par le bracelet et la boîte 1. L'insertion facile du maillon 10 dans cette encoche secondaire 3, ou de préférence dans ces encoches secondaires 3, préférablement symétriques par rapport à un plan de symétrie, assure l'interchangeabilité des bracelets 90 par rapport à la boîte 1. De la même façon, l'extraction doit être conçue pour ne rencontrer aucun obstacle.Each secondary notch 3 is preferably carried by a reinforced zone of the box 1, in particular a horn 110. Indeed, it is the pair formed by the secondary notch 3 and the corresponding pin 30 which must be large enough to accommodate the stresses, in particular traction, torsion, and accelerations, experienced by the bracelet and the box 1. The easy insertion of the link 10 into this secondary notch 3, or preferably in these secondary notches 3, preferably symmetrical with respect to a plane of symmetry ensures the interchangeability of the bracelets 90 relative to the box 1. In the same way, the extraction must be designed to meet no obstacle.

Pour assurer la fonction de sécurité, et l'implantation d'un mécanisme de verrouillage du maillon 10 quand son tenon 30 ou ses tenons 30 est ou sont en position de butée en fond d'encoche secondaire 3, le mécanisme comporte un système de verrouillage-déverrouillage.To ensure the safety function, and the implementation of a locking mechanism of the link 10 when its tenon 30 or tenons 30 is or are in abutment position at the bottom of the secondary notch 3, the mechanism comprises a locking system -déverrouillage.

A cet effet, la boîte 1, ou bien comporte un usinage particulier tel que visible pour la variante particulière et non limitative illustrée par les figures, ou bien porte un élément rapporté comportant un tel usinage particulier.For this purpose, the box 1, or includes a particular machining as visible for the particular and non-limiting variant illustrated by the figures, or carries an insert element comprising such a particular machining.

De façon préférée, cet usinage particulier comporte au moins une encoche principale 2 longitudinale, qui est délimitée par deux surfaces d'appui principales 21, 22 parallèles à un plan principal PP. Plus particulièrement, quand chaque encoche secondaire 3 est droite selon un plan secondaire PS, le plan principal PP est sécant ou orthogonal avec ce plan secondaire PS.Preferably, this particular machining comprises at least one main longitudinal notch 2, which is delimited by two main bearing surfaces 21, 22 parallel to a main plane PP. More particularly, when each secondary notch 3 is straight along a secondary plane PS, the main plane PP is secant or orthogonal with this secondary plane PS.

Une telle encoche principale 2 comportant deux faces parallèles est très facile à réaliser, par tournage ou par fraisage. Elle est de préférence située entre les cornes 110 de la boîte 1, tel que visible sur les figures, et est presque invisible lorsque le maillon 10 ou le bracelet 90 est en place. Pour la mise en l'oeuvre de l'invention, il suffit donc que la boîte 1 comporte l'encoche principale 2, et la ou les encoches secondaires 3. Aucun autre composant n'est nécessaire au niveau de la boîte 1, qui peut ainsi conserver toute sa pureté de formes, et ses emplois usuels.Such a main notch 2 having two parallel faces is very easy to achieve, by turning or milling. It is preferably located between the horns 110 of the box 1, as shown in the figures, and is almost invisible when the link 10 or the bracelet 90 is in place. For the implementation of the invention, it is sufficient for the box 1 to have the main notch 2 and the secondary slot (s) 3. No other component is necessary at the level of the box 1, which can thus to preserve all its purity of forms, and its usual uses.

Le maillon 10 comporte un embout 56, qui en constitue la partie la plus massive, et qui comporte lui-même, pour son insertion et sa fixation à la boîte 1, au moins un tel tenon complémentaire 30 agencé pour coopérer de façon complémentaire et à jeu minimal avec une encoche secondaire 3.The link 10 comprises a tip 56, which constitutes the most massive part, and which comprises itself, for its insertion and attachment to the box 1, at least one such complementary pin 30 arranged to cooperate in a complementary manner and to minimum clearance with secondary notch 3.

Pour assurer la fonction de verrouillage, le maillon 10 comporte au moins un verrou 50.To ensure the locking function, the link 10 comprises at least one lock 50.

Ce verrou 50 comporte un tiroir d'arrêt 51, qui est agencé pour coopérer de façon complémentaire et à jeu minimal avec l'encoche principale 2, dans une position de verrouillage vers laquelle le tiroir d'arrêt 51 est ramené par des moyens de rappel élastique 52 que comporte le verrou 50.This latch 50 comprises a stop spool 51, which is arranged to cooperate in a complementary manner and with minimal clearance with the main notch 2, in a locking position towards which the stopper 51 is returned by means of return elastic 52 that includes the latch 50.

Selon l'invention, ce verrou 50 comporte encore des moyens intrinsèques de déverrouillage, qui sont agencés pour être directement manoeuvrés par un doigt d'un utilisateur, pour éloigner le tiroir d'arrêt 51 de l'encoche principale 2 de la boîte 1. Ainsi aucun outil n'est nécessaire, ni pour effectuer le déverrouillage ou le verrouillage, ni pour effectuer l'insertion ou l'extraction du maillon 10 par rapport à la boîte 1.According to the invention, this lock 50 also comprises intrinsic unlocking means, which are arranged to be directly operated by a finger of a user, to move the stopper 51 away from the main notch 2 of the box 1. Thus, no tool is necessary to unlock or lock, or to insert or extract the link 10 with respect to the box 1.

A ce propos, si l'invention est décrite sous sa forme préférée où le maillon 10 comporte une partie mâle coopérant avec une partie femelle de la boîte 1, la configuration inverse est possible, sans s'éloigner de l'invention.In this regard, if the invention is described in its preferred form where the link 10 comprises a male part cooperating with a female part of the box 1, the reverse configuration is possible without departing from the invention.

Plus particulièrement, tel qu'illustré, le tiroir d'arrêt 51 comporte deux surfaces planes parallèles, qui sont agencées pour coopérer en appui avec les surfaces d'appui principales 21, 22, d'une encoche 2 d'une boîte 1, dans laquelle encoche 2 le tiroir d'arrêt 51 circule de préférence à jeu minimal.More particularly, as illustrated, the stopper slide 51 comprises two parallel flat surfaces, which are arranged to cooperate in bearing with the main bearing surfaces 21, 22, of a notch 2 of a box 1, in which notch 2 the stopper 51 preferably circulates at minimum clearance.

Plus particulièrement, et tel qu'illustré par les figures, l'embout 56 est symétrique par rapport à un plan de symétrie orthogonal à un plan selon lequel s'étend le tiroir d'arrêt 51.More particularly, and as illustrated by the figures, the tip 56 is symmetrical with respect to a plane of symmetry orthogonal to a plane along which the stopper 51 extends.

Plus particulièrement, le verrou 50 comporte un capot 53 pour un guidage antérieur du tiroir d'arrêt 51, à proximité d'une encoche principale 2 formant gâche, que comporte une boîte 1 recevant le maillon 10. Sur les figures, le tiroir d'arrêt 51 est guidé dans un premier guidage 530 que comporte le capot 53. Ce capot 53 protège l'embout 56 ; très peu visible de l'extérieur, il peut être réalisé dans un matériau moins noble et plus résistant à l'usure, comme un acier ou similaire, que le matériau constituant l'embout 56, qui est une pièce d'aspect, de design harmonisé avec celui de la boîte 1, et souvent dans le même matériau et la même finition, cet embout 56 pouvant par exemple être en alliage d'or ou similaire.More particularly, the latch 50 comprises a cover 53 for an earlier guide of the stopper 51, close to a main notch 2 forming a keeper, which comprises a box 1 receiving the link 10. In the figures, the drawer of stop 51 is guided in a first guide 530 that includes the cover 53. This cover 53 protects the tip 56; very little visible from the outside, it can be made of a less noble material and more resistant to wear, like a steel or the like, the material constituting the tip 56, which is a piece of appearance, design harmonized with that of the box 1, and often in the same material and the same finish, this tip 56 may for example be made of gold alloy or the like.

Et l'embout 56, ou bien le verrou 50, comporte une chambre 11 de guidage postérieur du tiroir d'arrêt 51, cette chambre 11 assurant encore de préférence la réception des moyens de rappel élastique 52, illustrés de façon non limitative par une lame ressort.And the endpiece 56, or the latch 50, comprises a rear guide chamber 11 of the stopper 51, this chamber 11 still preferably providing the reception of the elastic return means 52, illustrated in a nonlimiting manner by a blade spring.

Plus particulièrement, le capot 53 est fixé sur l'embout 56 par au moins une vis 58.More particularly, the cover 53 is fixed on the endpiece 56 by at least one screw 58.

Pour sa manoeuvre, le verrou 50 comporte, selon l'invention, un bouton poussoir 54, qui est agencé pour être manoeuvré par un doigt d'un utilisateur, pour commander un déverrouillage du verrou 50 par recul du tiroir d'arrêt 51 sous une poussée imprimée à ce bouton poussoir 54.For its operation, the lock 50 comprises, according to the invention, a push button 54, which is arranged to be operated by a finger of a user, to control an unlocking of the latch 50 by moving the stopper 51 back under a latch. Printed push on this push button 54.

Dans une exécution avantageuse, le bouton poussoir 54 comporte au moins une came ou un biseau oblique 542, qui est agencé pour coopérer avec une came complémentaire ou un biseau oblique complémentaire 512, que comporte le tiroir d'arrêt 51, tel que visible sur les figures 6 et 11.In an advantageous embodiment, the push button 54 comprises at least one cam or oblique bevel 542, which is arranged to cooperate with a complementary cam or a complementary oblique bevel 512, which comprises the stopper 51, as visible on the figures 6 and 11 .

Plus particulièrement, la course du bouton poussoir 54 est orthogonale à celle du tiroir d'arrêt 51.More particularly, the stroke of the push button 54 is orthogonal to that of the stop slide 51.

De préférence, le bouton poussoir 54 est guidé dans un deuxième guidage 55, notamment une lumière 531, que comporte le capot 53, et/ou ce bouton poussoir 54 est guidé dans un troisième guidage 57 que comporte l'embout 56.Preferably, the push button 54 is guided in a second guide 55, in particular a light 531, that includes the cover 53, and / or this push button 54 is guided in a third guide 57 that includes the tip 56.

L'invention concerne aussi une montre 100, comportant une boîte 1 de montre ou de bijou laquelle comporte, pour la réception d'au moins un tel maillon 10, au moins une encoche secondaire 3 transversale, cette boîte 1 comportant au moins une encoche principale 2 longitudinale délimitée par deux surfaces d'appui principales 21, 22, parallèles à un plan principal PP. Et cette montre 100 comporte au moins un tel maillon d'extrémité 10 de bracelet, agencé pour la coopération d'insertion et de verrouillage avec sa boîte 1.The invention also relates to a watch 100, comprising a watch or jewelry box 1 which comprises, for the reception of at least one such link 10, at least one transverse secondary notch 3, this box 1 comprising at least one main notch 2 longitudinal delimited by two main bearing surfaces 21, 22, parallel to a main plane PP. And this watch 100 comprises at least one such bracelet end link 10, arranged for insertion and locking cooperation with its box 1.

Plus particulièrement, la boîte 1 comporte, pour la réception d'au moins un maillon 10, au moins une encoche secondaire 3 transversale, que délimitent deux surfaces d'appui secondaires 31, 32, parallèles à un plan secondaire PS définissant une direction d'insertion du maillon 10, ce plan secondaire PS étant sécant ou orthogonal par rapport au plan principal PP.More particularly, the box 1 comprises, for the reception of at least one link 10, at least one transverse secondary notch 3 delimited by two secondary bearing surfaces 31, 32, parallel to a secondary plane PS defining a direction of insertion of the link 10, this secondary plane PS being secant or orthogonal with respect to the main plane PP.

Plus particulièrement, dans une réalisation préférée et en projection sur le plan principal PP, les surfaces d'appui secondaires 31, 32 sont distantes des surfaces d'appui principales 21, 22.More particularly, in a preferred embodiment and in projection on the main plane PP, the secondary bearing surfaces 31, 32 are spaced apart from the main bearing surfaces 21, 22.

Plus particulièrement, dans une réalisation préférée et en projection sur le plan principal PP, les surfaces d'appui secondaires 31, 32 ne sont pas alignées avec les surfaces d'appui principales 21, 22.More particularly, in a preferred embodiment and in projection on the main plane PP, the secondary bearing surfaces 31, 32 are not aligned with the main bearing surfaces 21, 22.

Dans une réalisation particulière, non limitative, illustrée par les figures, le plan principal PP est orthogonal au plan secondaire PS.In a particular nonlimiting embodiment, illustrated by the figures, the main plane PP is orthogonal to the secondary plane PS.

Plus particulièrement, la boîte 1 comporte un fond 6 parallèle au plan principal PP.More particularly, the box 1 has a bottom 6 parallel to the main plane PP.

Dans une réalisation particulière et tel que visible sur les figures, la boîte 1 comporte une surface d'épaulement 9 parallèle au plan principal PP, et un maillon 10, et de préférence chaque maillon 10 agencé pour coopérer avec cette boîte 1, comporte un embout 56 qui comporte une surface d'ablocage 59 agencée pour coopérer en appui de blocage avec cette surface d'épaulement 9.In a particular embodiment and as visible in the figures, the box 1 comprises a shoulder surface 9 parallel to the main plane PP, and a link 10, and preferably each link 10 arranged to cooperate with this box 1, comprises a mouthpiece 56 which comprises an anblocking surface 59 arranged to cooperate as a locking support with this shoulder surface 9.

Plus particulièrement, la montre 100 comporte au moins un bracelet amovible 90, comportant à chacune de ses deux extrémités un tel maillon 10 d'extrémité amovible, les maillons 10 étant agencés de part et d'autre de la boîte 1 de montre ou de bijou.More particularly, the watch 100 comprises at least one removable bracelet 90, having at each of its two ends such a removable end link 10, the links 10 being arranged on either side of the watch box 1 or jewel .

Plus particulièrement, la montre 100 comporte une pluralité de tels bracelets amovibles 90 interchangeables entre eux.More particularly, the watch 100 comprises a plurality of such removable bracelets 90 interchangeable between them.

L'invention concerne encore un bijou 200 comportant une boîte 1 de bijou laquelle comporte, pour la réception d'au moins un tel maillon 10, au moins une encoche secondaire 3 transversale, cette boîte 1 comportant au moins une encoche principale 2 longitudinale délimitée par deux surfaces d'appui principales 21, 22, parallèles à un plan principal PP, où ce bijou 200 comporte au moins un tel maillon d'extrémité 10 de bracelet, agencé pour la coopération d'insertion et de verrouillage avec la boîte 1. Toutes les caractéristiques décrites ci-dessus pour une boîte de montre, et pour un bracelet de montre, sont bien sûr applicables à un tel bijou 200 et à un bracelet de bijou.The invention also relates to a jewel 200 comprising a jewelry box 1 which comprises, for the reception of at least one such link 10, at least one transverse secondary notch 3, this box 1 comprising at least one main longitudinal notch 2 delimited by two main bearing surfaces 21, 22, parallel to a main plane PP, where this jewel 200 comprises at least one such end link bracelet 10, arranged for the insertion and locking cooperation with the box 1. All the features described above for a watch case, and for a watch band, are of course applicable to such a jewel 200 and a jewel bracelet.

Claims (21)

  1. End link (10) of a wristband for a watch or item of jewellery for removable fitting of a watch case or jewel setting (1), which to receive such a link (10) comprises at least one secondary transverse slot (3), wherein said case (1) comprises at least one main longitudinal slot (2) delimited by two main support surfaces (21, 22) parallel to a main plane (PP) and said link (10) comprises an end piece (56), which itself comprises for its fixture to said case (1) at least one complementary stud (30) arranged to cooperate in a complementary manner and with minimal play with one said secondary slot (3), and said link (10) comprises at least one lock (50), wherein said lock (50) comprises a slide catch (51) arranged to cooperate in a complementary manner and with minimal play with said main slot (2) in a locking position, towards which said slide catch (51) is moved by elastic restoring means (52) belonging to said lock (50), this comprising intrinsic unlocking means arranged to be operated directly by a finger of a user to move said slide catch (51) away from said main slot (2) of said case (1), characterised in that said lock (50) comprises a pushbutton (54), which is arranged to be operated by a finger of a user to control an unlocking of said lock (50) by retraction of the slide catch (51) by an application of pressure to said pushbutton (54).
  2. End link (10) according to claim 1, characterised in that said slide catch (51) comprises two parallel plane surfaces that are arranged to cooperate in abutment with said main support surfaces (21, 22) of a said slot (2) of a said case (1).
  3. End link (10) according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterised in that said end piece (56) is symmetrical in relation to a plane of symmetry orthogonal to a plane along which said slide catch (51) extends.
  4. End link (10) according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that said lock (50) comprises a cover (53) for a front guide of said slide catch (51) close to a said main slot (2) forming a latch belonging to said case (1) receiving said link (10), and in that said end piece (56) or said lock (50) has a back guide chamber (11) of said slide catch (51) and for receiving said elastic restoring means (52).
  5. End link (10) according to claim 4, characterised in that said cover (53) is fixed to said end piece (56) by at least one screw (58).
  6. End link (10) according to claim 4 or claim 5, characterised in that said slide catch (51) is guided in a first guide (530) belonging to said cover (53).
  7. End link (10) according to any of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that said pushbutton (54) comprises at least one cam or an oblique bevel (542), which is arranged to cooperate with a complementary cam or a complementary oblique bevel (512) belonging to said slide catch (51).
  8. End link (10) according to any of claims 1 to 7, characterised in that the path of said pushbutton (54) is orthogonal to that of said slide catch (51).
  9. End link (10) according to claim 4 and any of claims 1 to 8, characterised in that said pushbutton (54) is guided in a second guide (55, 531) belonging to said cover (53).
  10. End link (10) according to any of claims 1 to 9, characterised in that said pushbutton (54) is guided in a third guide (57) belonging to said end piece (56).
  11. Wristband (90) comprising at least one end link (10) according to any of claims 1 to 10.
  12. Watch (100) comprising a watch case (1), which to receive at least one said link (10) comprises at least one secondary transverse slot (3), wherein said case (1) comprises at least one main longitudinal slot (2) delimited by two main support surfaces (21, 22) parallel to a main plane (PP), characterised in that said watch (100) comprises at least one wristband end link (10) according to any of claims 1 to 10 arranged to cooperate for insertion and locking to said case (1).
  13. Watch (100) according to claim 12, characterised in that to receive at least one said link (10) said case (1) comprises at least one secondary transverse slot (3) delimited by two secondary support surfaces (31, 32) parallel to a secondary plane (PS) defining a direction of insertion of said link (10), wherein said secondary plane (PS) intersects with or is orthogonal to said main plane (PP).
  14. Watch (100) according to claim 13, characterised in that in projection on said main plane (PP) said secondary support surfaces (31, 32) are remote from said main support surfaces (21, 22).
  15. Watch (100) according to claim 13, characterised in that in projection on said main plane (PP) said secondary support surfaces (31, 32) are not aligned with said main support surfaces (21, 22).
  16. Watch (100) according to any of claims 13 to 15, characterised in that said main plane (PP) is orthogonal to said secondary plane (PS).
  17. Watch (100) according to any of claims 12 to 16, characterised in that said case (1) has a base (6) parallel to said main plane (PP).
  18. Watch (100) according to any of claims 12 to 17, characterised in that said case (1) has a shoulder surface (9) parallel to said main plane (PP), and in that a said link (10) comprises a said end piece (56), which has a clamping surface (59) arranged to cooperate by clamping against this shoulder surface (9).
  19. Watch (100) according to any of claims 12 to 18 comprising least one removable wristband (90), which at each of its two ends has a said removable end link (10), wherein said links (10) are arranged on both sides of said watch case (1).
  20. Watch (100) according to claim 19, characterised in that it comprises a plurality of said interchangeable removable wristbands (90).
  21. Item of jewellery (200) comprising a jewel setting (1), which to receive at least one said link (10) comprises at least one secondary transverse slot (3), wherein said setting (1) comprises at least one main longitudinal slot (2) delimited by two main support surfaces (21, 22) parallel to a main plane (PP), characterised in that said item of jewellery (200) comprises at least one said wristband end link (10) according to any of claims 1 to 10, arranged to cooperate for insertion and locking to said setting (1).
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