EP0072345B1 - Uhrgehäuse - Google Patents

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EP0072345B1
EP0072345B1 EP82810301A EP82810301A EP0072345B1 EP 0072345 B1 EP0072345 B1 EP 0072345B1 EP 82810301 A EP82810301 A EP 82810301A EP 82810301 A EP82810301 A EP 82810301A EP 0072345 B1 EP0072345 B1 EP 0072345B1
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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
    • G04B37/04—Mounting the clockwork in the case; Shock absorbing mountings
    • G04B37/05—Fixed mountings for pocket or wrist watches
    • G04B37/057—Fixed mountings for pocket or wrist watches for shaped 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
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • 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
    • G04B37/0008—Cases for pocket watches and wrist watches
    • G04B37/0058—Cases for pocket watches and wrist watches for shaped 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
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/14—Suspending devices, supports or stands for time-pieces insofar as they form part of the case
    • 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
    • G04B39/00—Watch crystals; Fastening or sealing of crystals; Clock glasses
    • G04B39/02—Sealing crystals or glasses

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  • the present invention relates to watch cases, of the type comprising a middle-bezel, a crystal and a bottom mounted removably on the middle-bezel and a casing ring ensuring the positioning of a movement in the case.
  • the middle-bezel has an upper opening, intended to be closed by the glass and a lower opening intended to be closed by the bottom and in which the casing ring has an upper portion and a lower portion and external surfaces which cooperate with the openings to position it.
  • the base is held against the middle-bezel by means of fixing screws.
  • the object of the invention is to propose a construction of thin watch cases, provided with means for fixing the bottom and the glass of very small dimensions, and whose flat appearance is further reinforced by the possibility of using a bezel-shaped frame, receiving a dial and a large glass, while the base may be circular and of small dimensions so as not to extend to the edges of the lower part of the bezel.
  • the middle-bezel has a projection extending in its lower part, radially inward, and whose side defines the periphery of the lower opening.
  • the latter thus has radial dimensions smaller than the upper opening. Therefore, the movement must be introduced into the box through its upper opening.
  • the Japanese utility model JP-U-1154395 describes a waterproof watch case, the bottom of which is screwed using screws to the casing ring.
  • a watch case according to a first embodiment of the invention comprises a middle-bezel 1, for example of shape, which has an upper opening 2 and a lower opening 3 of smaller dimensions .
  • the upper opening 2 is preferably in shape, and it is intended to be closed by a glass (not shown), engaged laterally in abutment members 4 forming slides extending on two opposite edges of the middle part.
  • the lower opening 3, preferably circular and of reduced diameter, is closed by the bottom 5.
  • a casing ring 6 is placed in the case by the upper opening 2 of the middle part.
  • FIG. 2 shows that the lower opening 3 of the middle part 1 is defined by a projection 7 extending radially inwards, and against the lower surface 8 of which the base 5 is held by means of screws. fixing 9.
  • the circle 6 has an upper portion 10 and a lower portion 11, comprising outer surfaces 12 and 13 whose dimensions correspond respectively to those of the upper 2 and lower 3 openings of the middle part 1, its lower portion 11 engaging. in the lower opening 3.
  • the upper part 10 of the circle 6 has a first bearing surface 15 for urging the periphery of the glass 4 against the stop members 4, while its lower portion 11 comprises a second bearing surface 16 which comes into contact with the bottom 5.
  • the screws fixing 9 of the base 5, accessible from the outside of the case, are engaged in threads 17 of the middle part-bezel 1, so that their tightening, after fitting the base, causes, by means of the action of the bottom on the bearing surface 16 of the circle, a displacement of the latter in the direction of the glass, until the moment when its bearing surface 15 comes to bear, directly or preferably via a seal 18, against the lower periphery of the glass 14 in. ur press it against the stop members 4.
  • a flange 19 is placed on the dial 20 to hide the seal 18, whose invisibility by the above the box can be guaranteed in a manner known per se by a metallization layer deposited under the glass.
  • a second seal 21 may be disposed between the bottom 5 and the lower portion 11 of the circle 6, next to the second bearing surface 16 of the latter, for example.
  • the fitting of the movement 22 is easy and is carried out in the following manner: the circle 6 and the movement 22 are introduced into the middle part of the bezel 1 through its upper opening 2, then the seal 18 and the flange 19 are put in place , before the glass 14 is engaged laterally in its slides. It then suffices to fix the bottom 5, after fitting the seal 21, by means of the screws 9, the tightening of which simultaneously causes the application of the bottom 5 against the lower surface 8 of the projection 7, the blocking of the circle 6, that of the glass 14 and the compression of the seals 18 and 21.
  • the disassembly of the box takes place in reverse, and it suffices, to allow the removal of the glass, to ensure that a space of height h is available in the assembled state of the box between the upper portion 10 of the circle 6 and the projection 7 of the middle part, to allow during disassembly of the base, a displacement of the circle sufficient to release the pressure it exerts on ice.
  • FIG 3 there is shown a second embodiment of a watch case according to the invention, in which the screws 9 are engaged in threads 17 made this time in the circle 6 itself, so that their tightening causes the application of a lower surface 25 of its upper portion 10 against the opposite upper surface, 26, of the projection 7.
  • the lower surface 8 of the projection 7 and 27 of the circle 6 then come in the extension one from the other.
  • a wide annular seal 28, having passages 29 for the screws 9 is disposed between the surfaces 8 and 27 on the one hand, and the facing surface on the other hand.
  • the glass 14 is driven in a known manner into the upper opening 2 of the middle part-bezel 1, with the interposition of a seal 30 in the form of an I.
  • the flange 31 acts as a spacer between the glass 14 and the circle 6.
  • the casing is made by introducing the circle 6 and the movement 22 into the middle-bezel 1 through its upper opening 2, then the base is applied against the lower surface 8 of the projection 7 by tightening the screws 9, after positioning of the seal 28, so as to simultaneously block the bottom 5 and the casing ring 6.
  • the flange 31 is placed on the dial 20 and the crystal 14 is then driven into the opening 2.
  • To disassemble the watch it just remove the back 5 and the winding stem, then release the ice 14 by exerting a push on the lower part of the circle 6 via a conventional stem, this push being transmitted to the ice 14 by the intermediate ring 31.

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1. Uhrgehäuse mit insbesondere einer Ecklunette (1), einem Uhrglas (14) und einem Boden (5), die abnehmbar an der Ecklunette (1) montiert sind, und mit einem Einpaßring (6) zum Sicherstellen der Positionierung eines Werkes (22) in dem Gehäuse, bei welchem
- die Ecklunette (1) eine obere Öffnung (2) aufweist, vorgesehen zum Abgedecktwerden durch das Uhrglas (14) und eine untere Öffnung (3) aufweist, vorgesehen für das Verschlossenwerden durch den Boden (5),
- der Einpaßring (6) einen oberen Abschnitt (10) und einen unteren Abschnitt (11) aufweist mit Außenflächen (2, 13), die mit den genannten Öffnungen (2, 3) für seine Positionierung zusammenwirken, wobei der Ring (6) in die Ecklunette (1) einführbar ist und derart plaziert ist, daß sein unterer Abschnitt (11) in die untere Öffnung (3) der Ecklunette (1) eingreift und sein oberer Abschnitt (10) in die obere Öffnung (2) der Ecklunette (1) eingreift, und
- der Boden (5) gegen die Unterseite (7) der Ecklunette (1) mittels Befestigungsschrauben (9) gehalten ist,

dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Ecklunette (1) einen Fortsatz (7) aufweist mit einer Oberseite (26) bei der oberen Öffnung (2), eine Unterseite (8) bei dem Boden (5) und einer den Umfang der unteren Öffnung (3) begrenzenden Flanke, welche untere Öffnung derartige Radialabmessungen hat, daß sie kleiner sind als diejenigen der oberen Öffnung (2), und daß die genannten Schrauben (9) gleichzeitig die Blockierung des genannten Einpaßringes (6) in dem Gehäuse sicherstellen.
2. Uhrgehäuse nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die obere Öffnung (2) der Ecklunette (1) eine Formöffnung ist, während ihre untere Öffnung (3) kreisrund ist.
3. Uhrgehäuse nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Glas (14) an der oberen Partie der Ecklunette durch Anschlagorgane (4) gehalten ist, in die es seitlich einführbar ist, daß der obere Abschnitt (10) des Einpaßringes (6) eine erste Anschlagfläche (15) zum Andrücken der Glasperipherie (14) gegen die Anschlagorgane (4) aufweist, während der untere Abschnitt (11) dieses Einpaßringes (6) eine zweite Anschlagfläche (16) aufweist, die in Kontakt mit dem Boden (5) steht, und daß die Befestigungsschraube (9) des Bodens (5) in Gewindegänge (17) eingreifen, die in die Ecklunette (1) eingearbeitet sind, derart, daß ihr Festziehen eine Axialverlagerung des Einpaßringes (6) in Richtung auf das Glas (14) bewirkt.
4. Uhrgehäuse nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein Dichtring (18) zwischen dem Glas (14) und der ersten Anschlagfläche (15) des Einpaßringes (6) derart angeordnet ist, daß er beim Anziehen der Befestigungsschraube (9) des Bodens (5) komprimiert wird.
5. Uhrgehäuse nach einem der Ansprüche 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein Dichtring (21) zwischen dem Boden (5) und dem unteren Abschnitt (11) des Einpaßringes (6) angeordnet ist, seitlich von dessen Anschlagfläche (16).
6. Uhrgehäuse nach einem Ansprüche 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Befestigungsschrauben (9) des Bodens (5) in Gewindegänge (17) eingreifen, die in den Einpaßring (6) derart eingearbeitet sind, daß ihr Festziehen das Anlegen einer unteren Anschlagfläche (25) des oberen Abschnitts (10) des Einpaßringes (6) gegen die Oberseite (26) des Fortsatzes (7) der Ecklunette (1) bewirkt.
7. Uhrgehäuse nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Unterseite (8) des Fortsatzes (7) der Ecklunette (1) und die (27) des Einpaßringes (6) in gegenseitiger Ausfluchtung angeordnet sind, und daß eine breite Ringdichtung (28) mit Durchlässen (29) für die Schrauben (9) in dem Zwischenraum angeordnet ist, der zwischen den beiden Flächen (8, 27) einerseits und der gegenüberliegenden Fläche des Bodens (5) andererseits ausgebildet ist.
8. Uhrgehäuse nach Anspruch 6 oder 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Glas (14) in die obere Öffnung (2) der Ecklunette (1) unter Zwischenlage einer Dichtung (30) mit I-förmigem Querschnitt eingetrieben ist.
9. Uhrgehäuse nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es ferner eine Erhöhung (31) aufweist, die eine Abstützung zwischen dem Glas (14) und dem oberen Abschnitt (10) des Einpaßringes (6) bildet.
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