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EP0092510B1
EP0092510B1 EP19830810120 EP83810120A EP0092510B1 EP 0092510 B1 EP0092510 B1 EP 0092510B1 EP 19830810120 EP19830810120 EP 19830810120 EP 83810120 A EP83810120 A EP 83810120A EP 0092510 B1 EP0092510 B1 EP 0092510B1
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    • 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
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    • G04B37/0033—Cases for pocket watches and wrist watches with cover or bottom which can slide or turn (without a spring action)

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  • the present invention relates to a watch case, in particular a wrist watch, comprising a flexible curtain formed of assembled elements, the curtain being capable of sliding in grooves of support plates forming the lateral faces of the case to cover and protect the crystal. and stop means for limiting the movement of the curtain.
  • a watch case in particular a wrist watch
  • the watch case according to this patent comprises, in addition to the flexible curtain, a spring placed under the movement, connected on the one hand to a fixed part and d on the other hand at one end of the curtain and constantly seeking to pull it under the movement to release the dial. This spring makes the manufacturing more complicated and consequently more expensive and it increases the volume of the housing.
  • Document DE-U-1 646 175 relates to a portable watch with a flexible curtain entirely housed in the form wound up in the housing and leaving it by a slot for sliding in semi-circular grooves. Such a construction leads to a relatively large thickness of the watch and it is not suitable for the construction of a wristwatch in flat execution.
  • Document DE-U-1 658 738 relates to a style watch in which the groove in which the flexible curtain slides is not in a closed circuit, since a fixed part of the curtain serving as a stop is not in a closed circuit, because a fixed part of the curtain serving as a stop is not mounted or fixed in the groove, which is an additional complication.
  • the cover protecting the control elements of the watch does not have the accessory function of protecting the wrist but of serving as a support for placing the watch on a table.
  • the watch is not a wristwatch and it is not of flat execution.
  • the object of the present invention is to produce a watch case, in particular a wristwatch, with a curtain of simple construction and requiring only a small additional volume to allow the construction of a watch in flat execution.
  • This object is achieved by a watch case such as that described in claim 1.
  • FIG. 1 we recognize the case 1, part of a bracelet 2 and the flexible curtain 3.
  • the case 1, of rectangular shape includes a rectangular middle 4, receiving the watch movement with the dial 5, covered by a crystal 6, for example made of sapphire crystal, and a back 7.
  • Support plates 8 and 9 are fixed respectively to the two longitudinal sides of the middle part.
  • the two ends of the support plates constitute handles comprising openings 10 for receiving the bars. strap attachment.
  • One of the support plates, 8, has an opening 11 for the winding stem.
  • the inner faces 12 and 13 of each of the support plates 8 and 9 are provided with a circular groove 14, that is to say a continuous groove, parallel to the periphery of the support plate.
  • FIG. 2 it is recognized, fixed to the two support plates, a protection 15 outside the bottom 7 of the housing so that the flexible curtain 3 slides between the bottom of the housing 7 and the protection 15.
  • This protection 15 can be, for example, set up as a grid.
  • the flexible curtain consists of tubular elements 16, each tubular element receiving a wire 17, protruding on both sides of the element.
  • the tubular elements are assembled by connecting links 18, each link consisting of two sectioned parts 19 of tubular elements, welded or brazed together.
  • a row of connecting links 18 is freely threaded on the wires, on both sides, to form pairs of tubular elements.
  • a connecting link is threaded on one wire of one pair and on another wire of the next pair. Only one wire is linked to a connecting link and this diagonally, that is to say that in FIG.
  • the second wire on the right is fixed to the first connecting link 18 and on the left, the third wire is linked to the first link, and immediately.
  • the result is a flexible curtain whose two long sides, that is to say the wires projecting from the tubular elements and the connecting links slide in the grooves 14.
  • a plate 20 is fixed to one end of the curtain. flexible.
  • stop means 21 are constituted by the same tubular elements 16 and the wires 17 as the flexible curtain, only these tubular elements and the wires are fixed in the groove 14.
  • One end of these means, positioned on the dial side forms the stop 22 for the closed position and the other end of these means, positioned on the bottom side, forms the stop 23 for the open position of the flexible curtain.
  • the construction of the flexible curtain is particularly suitable for the use of gold, but it is obvious that the construction of this case is not linked to this metal and that other materials can be used. Because of the sliding of the flexible curtain by thin wires and the fact that there is no need for a spring, it is possible to produce a very flat construction. It is not necessary to provide tubular elements in one piece, but it is possible to make them in several pieces and to provide different materials for different parts of the tubular elements and therefore to introduce decorative elements using for example gold of different shades or other noble metals. It is obvious that in particular the support plates and the plate 20 can be set with precious stones.
  • the construction is particularly advantageous for a wristwatch, but it is not limited to such a watch. It is also possible to use this same principle for a table watch or for an alarm clock.

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La présente invention concerne un boîtier de montre, en particulier de montre bracelet, comprenant un rideau souple formé d'éléments assemblés, le rideau étant susceptible de coulisser dans des rainures de plaques de support formant les faces latérales du boîtier pour recouvrir et protéger la glace et des moyens de butée pour limiter le déplacement du rideau. Un tel boîtier avec un rideau souple est connu du brevet suisse CH-A-144 054. Le boîtier de montre selon ce brevet comprend en plus du rideau souple un ressort placé sous le mouvement, relié d'une part à une partie fixe et d'autre part à une extrémité du rideau et cherchant constamment à tirer celui-ci sous le mouvement pour dégager le cadran. Ce ressort rend la fabrication plus compliquée et en conséquence plus onéreuse et il augmente le volume du boîtier.The present invention relates to a watch case, in particular a wrist watch, comprising a flexible curtain formed of assembled elements, the curtain being capable of sliding in grooves of support plates forming the lateral faces of the case to cover and protect the crystal. and stop means for limiting the movement of the curtain. Such a case with a flexible curtain is known from Swiss patent CH-A-144,054. The watch case according to this patent comprises, in addition to the flexible curtain, a spring placed under the movement, connected on the one hand to a fixed part and d on the other hand at one end of the curtain and constantly seeking to pull it under the movement to release the dial. This spring makes the manufacturing more complicated and consequently more expensive and it increases the volume of the housing.

Le document DE-U-1 646175 concerne une montre portable avec un rideau souple entièrement logé sous forme enroulée dans le boîtier et sortant de celui-ci par une fente pour coulisser dans des rainures semi-circulaires. Une telle construction conduit à une épaisseur relativement grande de la montre et elle n'est pas adaptée à la construction d'une montre bracelet en exécution plate.Document DE-U-1 646 175 relates to a portable watch with a flexible curtain entirely housed in the form wound up in the housing and leaving it by a slot for sliding in semi-circular grooves. Such a construction leads to a relatively large thickness of the watch and it is not suitable for the construction of a wristwatch in flat execution.

Le document DE-U-1 658 738 concerne une montre de style dont la rainure dans laquelle coulisse le rideau souple n'est pas en circuit fermé, car une partie fixe du rideau servant de butée n'est pas en circuit fermé, car une partie fixe du rideau servant de butée n'est pas montée ni fixée dans la rainure, ce qui est une complication supplémentaire. En outre, le couvercle protégeant les organes de commande de la montre n'a pas pour fonction accessoire de protéger le poignet mais de servir d'appui pour la pose de la montre sur une table. Enfin, la montre n'est pas une montre bracelet et elle n'est pas d'exécution plate.Document DE-U-1 658 738 relates to a style watch in which the groove in which the flexible curtain slides is not in a closed circuit, since a fixed part of the curtain serving as a stop is not in a closed circuit, because a fixed part of the curtain serving as a stop is not mounted or fixed in the groove, which is an additional complication. In addition, the cover protecting the control elements of the watch does not have the accessory function of protecting the wrist but of serving as a support for placing the watch on a table. Finally, the watch is not a wristwatch and it is not of flat execution.

En conséquence, le but de la présente invention est de réaliser un boîtier de montre, en particulier de montre bracelet, avec un rideau de construction simple et ne nécessitant qu'un faible volume additionnel pour permettre la construction d'une montre en exécution plate. Ce but est atteint par un boîtier de montre tel que celui décrit dans la revendication 1.Consequently, the object of the present invention is to produce a watch case, in particular a wristwatch, with a curtain of simple construction and requiring only a small additional volume to allow the construction of a watch in flat execution. This object is achieved by a watch case such as that described in claim 1.

Le dessin annexé représente, schématiquement et à titre d'exemple une forme d'exécution de l'objet de l'invention.

  • La figure 1 est une vue en perspective de l'objet de l'invention,
  • la figure 2 est une coupe longitudinale de la figure 1,
  • la figure 3 montre un détail de la figure 1, et
  • la figure 4 est un détail agrandi de la figure 3.
The accompanying drawing shows schematically and by way of example an embodiment of the subject of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the subject of the invention,
  • FIG. 2 is a longitudinal section of FIG. 1,
  • Figure 3 shows a detail of Figure 1, and
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged detail of FIG. 3.

Dans la figure 1 on reconnaît le boîtier 1, une partie d'un bracelet 2 et le rideau souple 3. Le boîtier 1, de forme rectangulaire, comprend une carrure 4 rectangulaire, recevant le mouvement de montre avec le cadran 5, recouvert par une glace 6, par exemple en saphir, et un fond 7. Aux deux côtés longitudinaux de la carrure 4 sont fixées respectivement des plaques de support 8 et 9. Les deux extrémités des plaques de support constituent des anses comportant des ouvertures 10 pour recevoir les barrettes de fixation du bracelet. Une des plaques de support, 8, comporte une ouverture 11 pour la tige de remontoir. Les faces intérieures 12 et 13 de chacune des plaques de support 8 et 9 sont pourvues d'une rainure circulaire 14, c'est-à-dire une rainure continue, parallèle au pourtour de la plaque de support. Dans la figure 2 on reconnaît, fixée aux deux plaques de support une protection 15 à l'extérieur du fond 7 du boîtier de sorte que le rideau souple 3 glisse entre le fond du boîtier 7 et la protection 15. Cette protection 15 peut être, par exemple, constituée comme grille.In Figure 1 we recognize the case 1, part of a bracelet 2 and the flexible curtain 3. The case 1, of rectangular shape, includes a rectangular middle 4, receiving the watch movement with the dial 5, covered by a crystal 6, for example made of sapphire crystal, and a back 7. Support plates 8 and 9 are fixed respectively to the two longitudinal sides of the middle part. The two ends of the support plates constitute handles comprising openings 10 for receiving the bars. strap attachment. One of the support plates, 8, has an opening 11 for the winding stem. The inner faces 12 and 13 of each of the support plates 8 and 9 are provided with a circular groove 14, that is to say a continuous groove, parallel to the periphery of the support plate. In FIG. 2, it is recognized, fixed to the two support plates, a protection 15 outside the bottom 7 of the housing so that the flexible curtain 3 slides between the bottom of the housing 7 and the protection 15. This protection 15 can be, for example, set up as a grid.

Comme il ressort de la figure 3, le rideau souple est constitué d'éléments tubulaires 16, chaque élément tubulaire recevant un fil 17, dépassant des deux côtés de l'élément. Les éléments tubulaires sont assemblés par des maillons de liaison 18, chaque maillon étant constitué par deux parties sectionnées 19 d'éléments tubulaires, soudées ou brasées ensemble. Pour assembler les éléments tubulaires, une rangée de maillons de liaison 18 est enfilée librement sur les fils, des deux côtés, pour former des paires d'éléments tubulaires. Pour lier les paires entre elles, un maillon de liaison est enfilé sur un fil d'une paire et sur un autre fil de la paire suivante. Un fil seulement est lié à un maillon de liaison et ceci en diagonale, c'est-à-dire que dans la figure 3, le deuxième fil à droite est fixé au premier maillon de liaison 18 et à gauche, le troisième fil est lié au premier maillon de liaison, et de suite. Il en résulte un rideau souple dont les deux grands côtés, c'est-à-dire les fils dépassant les éléments tubulaires et les maillons de liaison coulissent dans les rainures 14. Pour mouvoir le rideau une plaquette 20 est fixée sur une extrémité du rideau souple.As can be seen from FIG. 3, the flexible curtain consists of tubular elements 16, each tubular element receiving a wire 17, protruding on both sides of the element. The tubular elements are assembled by connecting links 18, each link consisting of two sectioned parts 19 of tubular elements, welded or brazed together. To assemble the tubular elements, a row of connecting links 18 is freely threaded on the wires, on both sides, to form pairs of tubular elements. To link the pairs together, a connecting link is threaded on one wire of one pair and on another wire of the next pair. Only one wire is linked to a connecting link and this diagonally, that is to say that in FIG. 3, the second wire on the right is fixed to the first connecting link 18 and on the left, the third wire is linked to the first link, and immediately. The result is a flexible curtain whose two long sides, that is to say the wires projecting from the tubular elements and the connecting links slide in the grooves 14. To move the curtain, a plate 20 is fixed to one end of the curtain. flexible.

Puisque la rainure 14 est circulaire, c'est-à-dire continue, il est nécessaire de prévoir des moyens de butée pour la position ouverte et la position fermée du rideau souple. Ces moyens de butée 21 sont constitués par les mêmes éléments tubulaires 16 et les fils 17 que le rideau souple, seulement ces éléments tubulaires et les fils sont fixés dans la rainure 14. Une extrémité de ces moyens, positionnée du côté cadran forme la butée 22 pour la position fermée et l'autre extrémité de ces moyens, positionnée du côté fond, forme la butée 23 pour la position ouverte du rideau souple.Since the groove 14 is circular, that is to say continuous, it is necessary to provide stop means for the open position and the closed position of the flexible curtain. These stop means 21 are constituted by the same tubular elements 16 and the wires 17 as the flexible curtain, only these tubular elements and the wires are fixed in the groove 14. One end of these means, positioned on the dial side forms the stop 22 for the closed position and the other end of these means, positioned on the bottom side, forms the stop 23 for the open position of the flexible curtain.

Dans une forme d'exécution il est prévu de fabriquer le boîtier dans sa totalité y compris le rideau souple, entièrement en or ou dans un autre métal noble. La construction du rideau souple se prête en particulier à l'utilisation de l'or, mais il est évident que la construction de ce boîtier n'est pas liée à ce métal et que d'autres matériaux peuvent être utilisés. Du fait de faire coulisser le rideau souple par des fils minces et du fait qu'il n'y a pas besoin d'un ressort, il est possible de réaliser une construction très plate. Il n'est pas nécessaire de prévoir des éléments tubulaires d'une seule pièce, mais il est possible de les réaliser en plusieurs pièces et de prévoir des matériaux différents pour différentes pièces des éléments tubulaires et de ce fait d'introduire des éléments de décoration en utilisant par exemple de l'or de différentes teintes ou d'autres métaux nobles. Il est évident qu'en particulier les plaques de support et la plaquette 20 peuvent être serties de pierres précieuses.In one embodiment, provision is made to manufacture the entire housing including the flexible curtain, entirely of gold or another noble metal. The construction of the flexible curtain is particularly suitable for the use of gold, but it is obvious that the construction of this case is not linked to this metal and that other materials can be used. Because of the sliding of the flexible curtain by thin wires and the fact that there is no need for a spring, it is possible to produce a very flat construction. It is not necessary to provide tubular elements in one piece, but it is possible to make them in several pieces and to provide different materials for different parts of the tubular elements and therefore to introduce decorative elements using for example gold of different shades or other noble metals. It is obvious that in particular the support plates and the plate 20 can be set with precious stones.

La construction est particulièrement avantageuse pour une montre bracelet, mais elle n'est pas limitée à une telle montre. Il est aussi possible d'utiliser ce même principe pour une montre de table ou pour un réveil.The construction is particularly advantageous for a wristwatch, but it is not limited to such a watch. It is also possible to use this same principle for a table watch or for an alarm clock.

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1. A watch case, more particularly for a wrist- watch, comprising a rollshutter (3) formed by assembled elements (16), the shutter being capable to slide in grooves (14) of the internal faces of supporting plates (8, 9) forming the lateral faces of the case for covering and protecting the glass (6), and abutment means (22, 23) formed by the same elements than those of the shutter (3) for limiting the displacement of the latter, characterized in that the grooves (14) are made according to a closed loop-shaped tracing appreciably parallel to the periphery of the supporting plates (8, 9), in that the abutment means (22, 23) are fastened in the same grooves (14) and in that there is provided a protecting plate (15) secured to the supporting plates (8, 9) under the bottom (7) of the case, the curtain (3) sliding between the bottom (7) and the protecting plate (15).
2. A case according to claim 1, characterized in that the roller shutter (3) is composed of tubular elements (16), each of said elements receiving a wire (17) projecting from both sides of said elements and sliding in said grooves (14), the tubular elements being assembled by two rows of connecting links (18), one row being freely strung on the wires for forming pairs of tubular elements and the other row connecting one wire of a pair with one wire of the next pair, only one of both wires being fastened to said connecting link.
3. A case according to claim 2, characterized in that the connecting links (18) are composed of two severed parts (19) of a tubular element (16) brazed or welded together.
4. A case according to one of the claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it is of rectangular shape and that the supporting plates (8, 9) are provided with openings (10) for receiving the lugs for a wristlet (2).
5. A case according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the roll shutter is provided with a plate (20) for permitting its manipulation.
6. A case according to one of the claims 1 to 5, characterized in that all pieces are manufactured of precious metal, more particularly gold.
7. A case according to claim 2 and 6, characterized in that the tubular elements are manufactured in several pieces.
8. A case according to claim 7, characterized in that different materials are used for the different pieces of the tubular elements.
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