EP0224030A1 - Elektronische Uhr mit Kontrollvorrichtung im Boden des Gehäuses - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to electronic watches which have a control system placed in the bottom of their case.
- control system here designates all or part of the devices or organs which are made available to the wearer to enable him to set his watch on time and, possibly, to exercise control over additional functions that it is able to perform, such as that of calendar or alarm clock.
- this definition does not exclude the case where the system is limited to a single device. This can happen when the watch is very simple and intended to indicate only the hours and minutes or because it is able to respond differently depending on whether the device is operated for a very short or relatively long time or more or less than times for a specified time.
- control devices that are currently known and which can be placed at the bottom of a watch case are numerous. They may, for example, be mobile or non-mobile organs which react to a pressure (push-buttons, membranes associated with an internal electrical contact, piezoelectric keys). They can also be devices which operate on a purely electrical principle (capacitive keys, simple and isolated contacts which can be grounded by touching them with your finger or by connecting them to the watch case by means of 'a metal object, pairs of contacts that are connected together). Finally, mention may also be made of electromagnetic devices which include a relay housed entirely in the watch which can be actuated from the outside using a small magnet.
- the object of the invention is to seek to make a control system placed at the bottom of the case of a watch as practical to use as those which are on the side or at the front and which , they are not always perfect from this point of view either.
- this object is achieved thanks to the fact that when at least one control device is secured to the bottom of the case of a watch according to the invention, this bottom is provided with positioning means which determine at least approximately where means external to the box must be placed to be able to activate the device in question.
- the bottom of the box is also provided with means for guiding the external actuation means towards the positioning means.
- the watch also includes a strap with a closing element
- a part of this element as means for actuating the control device because it is always and immediately on hand. Consequently, in this case the positioning and possibly guiding means are preferably adapted to the shape and dimensions of this part of the closure element and the control device is chosen so as to be able to be actuated by it. .
- the watches of FIGS. 1 to 3 all include a box 1 which contains the various elements necessary for the production of a watch with analog, digital or mixed display and to which is attached a flexible strap 2 quite classic, with a strand 2 has pierced with a series of holes not visible in the drawing and another 2 b at the end of which is a metal loop 3 with a barb 3 a.
- the loop 3 is rectangular or at least that the transverse part 3b against which the free end of the pin normally abuts either substantially straight and extends roughly over the entire width of the bracelet.
- box 1 it has been shown as being round in the three figures but it could just as well be rectangular, oval or of another shape.
- its structure can be arbitrary provided that it has a metallic bottom 4.
- this bottom 4 has in its central part an elongated and roughly rectilinear boss 5 disposed substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the strands 2 a and 2 b of the bracelet.
- the shape of this boss can be for example that of a rectangular parallelepiped, that of a prism with a trapezoidal section or that of a half-cylinder.
- this shape of the boss 5 as well as its dimensions are chosen so that, on the one hand, it cannot hinder and is preferably invisible when the watch is worn on the wrist and that, on the other First, it is an obstacle that we can not avoid nor overcome easily when, as will be seen further, it is necessary to drag the cross section 3b of the loop on the bottom of the box, direction from him.
- This watch also comprises two control devices constituted by two fixed contacts 6 and 7 which are incorporated in the bottom of the box so as to be electrically isolated and which are placed on either side of the boss 5, at a certain distance from it and roughly on the midline of the bottom perpendicular to it.
- the contacts can be used for example one to advance and the other to delay it or else one to perform time zone changes, that is to change the display of one or more whole hours, and the other to set the time, that is to correct the indication of the minutes together or not with that of the hours. If the watch is more complicated, one of them can be provided to select an item of information (hours, minutes, day of the week, date, wake-up time, wake-up minute, etc.) and the other to correct it.
- the transverse portion may firstly apply 3 b of the buckle 3 against the bottom of the box in the region which lies between this contact and the strand to the nearest band, as as shown in the figure, then move it towards the boss 5.
- the contact is actuated when the loop passes over it. To make it a second time just bring the loop back and if it is not enough we can then make it move back and forth on the bottom until the contact has been actuated the desired number of times.
- part 3b of the loop is straight and long enough. It would not be the same if it were for example very rounded.
- the boss 5 constitutes positioning means in particular for the part 3b of the loop in that it does not limit the displacements of the latter on the bottom of the box to areas in which are the contacts and that it can help to keep it parallel to him, including reducing the still very low probability that it will miss these contacts when it is subjected to the back-and-forth movement which we have speak.
- the metal bottom 4 of the watch in FIG. 2 also has a boss 8 but this has substantially the shape of an H.
- the transverse bar 8a of H is arranged in the same way as the boss 5 of the watch of Figure 1 and has a length equal or slightly greater than that of the cross portion 3b of the bracelet buckle 3.
- the two side bars 8 b and 8 c of the H are shaped so as to have facing flanks 8 d and B e roughly perpendicular to the bottom 4 bu, at least quite strongly inclined relative to the latter and which move away from each other when moving away from the crossbar 8 a .
- the watch again has two fixed electrical contacts which are designated by the same references 6 and 7 as those in FIG. 1 because they are identical and must be actuated in the same way. The only difference is that they are not at a certain distance from the boss but in the immediate vicinity of the crossbar 8a so that, to activate them, the part 3b of the loop must be brought into abutment against this bar .
- the crossbar 8 has bosses and a small part of each sidebar located near it therefore in this case form precise positioning means for the part 3b of the loop.
- the rest of the side bars 8 b and 8 c serve to guide the part 3 b towards these positioning means when it is brought into contact with the bottom 4 and when it is slid onto it.
- this embodiment may suggest another wherein the H-shaped embossment would be replaced by a boss-shaped and wherein X either by the transverse portion operable contacts 3b of the loop but by the barb 3a would be placed near the crossing point of the X bars.
- the watch of FIG. 3 has only one contact 9 placed in the middle of the back and identical to the contacts 6 and 7 of the watches of FIGS. 1 and 2.
- the back 4 no longer has only a boss, designated here by the reference 10, but also a groove 11 which are both approximately rectilinear and perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the bracelet and which are located on either side of the contact 9, substantially equal distance from him.
- the groove 11 which is on the side of the strand 2 b of the bracelet which carries the buckle 3 has a length slightly greater than that of the transverse part 3 b of the latter and, preferably, a semi-cylindrical shape or about so that this transverse part can engage and come out quite easily when it is dragged on the bottom.
- the boss 10, for its part has a shape and dimensions which allow it to meet the same requirements and play the same role, in particular with respect to the buckle as that of the watch in FIG. 1.
- the watch of Figure 4 comprises a box 12, for example rectangular, to which is fixed in a way one metal strap 13 provided with a folding clasp 14 consists of three articulated pads 14a, 14 b and 14 c.
- the way in which the box 12 is made is even more indifferent than in the case of the preceding watches because it is not even necessary for its base 15 to be metallic.
- the bottom 15 has two grooves 16 and 17 substantially parallel to each other which extend in the direction of the width of the box and at the bottom of each of which emerge two fixed electrical contacts 18, 19, respectively 20, 21, which, to be actuated, must be connected together by a metallic object. Naturally, if the bottom of the box is itself metallic, the contacts must be isolated.
- grooves 16 and 17 it should also be specified that their length and width are chosen so that it is easy to engage the parts of the clasp in which the hinges 14 d and 14 e are located which join the plate medium 14 b to the other two 14a and 14c or at least Tune of these parts. In addition there is interest that they are quite far from each other but not too close to the edges of the box. A good compromise is to make them divide the length of the latter roughly into three equal parts.
- the manner of actuating one or the other of the pairs of contacts by means of the clasp 14 is obvious. Just bring the hinge 14 d or 14 e in the right groove, as shown in the figure. If you want to actuate the same pair of contacts several times, you can either take the hinge out of the groove each time and bring it back then, or keep it pressed on one of the contacts and move it aside only the other.
- the first solution is perhaps more convenient from a handling point of view, but if it is used it may take longer to activate the contacts the same number of times as using the second.
- the watch of Figure 4 has certain advantages over those of Figures 1 to 3.
- the contacts are better protected against involuntary actuation and, unlike what can happen with bosses, the grooves 16 and 17 are not likely to affect the aesthetics of the watch and there are no precautions to be taken so that the wearer is not bothered by their presence.
- it is still easy to operate the contacts, it is a little less than in the case of previous watches.
- a variant of this watch of FIG. 4 could be obtained by replacing the grooves 16 and 17 by two cylindrical or, preferably, conical holes situated on the longitudinal center line of the bottom, the opening of which would be sufficiently large so that one can find them easily and at the bottom of each of which would be placed a contact that could be actuated by connecting it to the bottom 15 which, in this case, would necessarily be metal or a push button,
- the clasp of the bracelet it would be sufficient if one of the plates 14, 14 b or 14 extends beyond the hinge which connects it to another by a point adapted to the shape and dimensions of the holes, such as that which can be seen in FIG. 4 a and which is designated by the reference 14 f .
- this point should also be shaped and placed so as not to hinder or risk injuring the wearer.
- the watch in Figure 5 has the same case 12, the same strap 13 and the same pairs of contacts 18, 19 and 20, 21 as that of Figure 4.
- the only difference is that the grooves 16 and 17 are replaced by two recesses 22 and 23 of more complicated shape.
- Each recess has on the side of the middle of the bottom 15 an abrupt longitudinal flank 22a, respectively 23a, at the foot of which is the pair of contacts, another longitudinal flank 22b , respectively 23b , slightly inclined, opposite the previous one, and two lateral flanks which on either side of the bottom where the pair of contacts is located are parallel to each other and which then move away from one another when they border the inclined plane.
- each recess would have only one inclined plane and two flanks forming a V at the bottom of which would be placed a push button or a contact actuable by a point which would have the clasp.
- the bottom 25 of the box 24 has a single recess 26 with an abrupt flank 27 somewhat in the form of a sinusoid whose general direction is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the bracelet 29 and a plane 26 inclined towards this side.
- buttons 30, 31, 32 or, possibly, three fixed electrical contacts if the bottom of the box is metallic which, if the watch is simple , can be used for example the first 30 to correct the indication of the hours, the second 31 to correct the indication of the minutes and the third 32 to reset that of the seconds to zero.
- the invention is not limited to this kind of positioning and guiding means and, to show that it is possible to remain within the framework thereof even while moving far away from the forms of '' execution which have been described we can cite the example of a watch in the bottom of which would be incorporated at least one pellet of magnetic material, with just behind, a electro-magnetic relay, and the closure of the bracelet could be provided with a small permanent magnet to activate the relay.
- a watch in the bottom of which would be incorporated at least one pellet of magnetic material, with just behind, a electro-magnetic relay, and the closure of the bracelet could be provided with a small permanent magnet to activate the relay.
- One could even provide in addition, as guide means in the bottom, one or more tracks also made of magnetic material which would lead to the pellet.
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CH4692/85 | 1985-10-31 | ||
CH469285A CH665746GA3 (de) | 1985-10-31 | 1985-10-31 |
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EP0224030A1 true EP0224030A1 (de) | 1987-06-03 |
EP0224030B1 EP0224030B1 (de) | 1989-12-20 |
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EP86114631A Expired EP0224030B1 (de) | 1985-10-31 | 1986-10-22 | Elektronische Uhr mit Kontrollvorrichtung im Boden des Gehäuses |
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US (1) | US4681461A (de) |
EP (1) | EP0224030B1 (de) |
JP (1) | JPS62142293A (de) |
KR (1) | KR900007222B1 (de) |
CH (1) | CH665746GA3 (de) |
DE (1) | DE3667736D1 (de) |
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EP0452254A1 (de) * | 1990-04-11 | 1991-10-16 | Fabrique D'ebauches De Sonceboz S.A. | Funktionssteuerungsvorrichtung im Boden eines Uhrengehäuses |
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EP3483661A1 (de) * | 2017-11-09 | 2019-05-15 | Montres Breguet S.A. | Betätigungswerkzeug eines korrektors, der zur ausstattung eines kleinen tragbaren objekts wie einer uhr gehört |
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FR2212574A1 (de) * | 1972-12-29 | 1974-07-26 | Rca Corp | |
FR2312058A1 (fr) * | 1975-05-19 | 1976-12-17 | Mac Sohmer Corp | Dispositif chronometrique a affichage numerique |
DE2940246A1 (de) * | 1979-10-04 | 1981-04-16 | Gebrüder Junghans GmbH, 7230 Schramberg | Elektronische armbanduhr mit elektrischen anschluss-kontakten |
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FR2530045A1 (fr) * | 1982-07-06 | 1984-01-13 | Pasquier Rene | Montre a quartz perfectionnee |
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FR2212574A1 (de) * | 1972-12-29 | 1974-07-26 | Rca Corp | |
FR2312058A1 (fr) * | 1975-05-19 | 1976-12-17 | Mac Sohmer Corp | Dispositif chronometrique a affichage numerique |
DE2940246A1 (de) * | 1979-10-04 | 1981-04-16 | Gebrüder Junghans GmbH, 7230 Schramberg | Elektronische armbanduhr mit elektrischen anschluss-kontakten |
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EP0452254A1 (de) * | 1990-04-11 | 1991-10-16 | Fabrique D'ebauches De Sonceboz S.A. | Funktionssteuerungsvorrichtung im Boden eines Uhrengehäuses |
CN103892525A (zh) * | 2014-03-24 | 2014-07-02 | 深圳市好年华模具有限公司 | 手环式穿戴设备及成形模具、制造系统和加工方法 |
CN103892525B (zh) * | 2014-03-24 | 2015-08-19 | 深圳市好年华模具有限公司 | 手环式穿戴设备及成形模具、制造系统和加工方法 |
EP3483661A1 (de) * | 2017-11-09 | 2019-05-15 | Montres Breguet S.A. | Betätigungswerkzeug eines korrektors, der zur ausstattung eines kleinen tragbaren objekts wie einer uhr gehört |
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KR870004344A (ko) | 1987-05-09 |
EP0224030B1 (de) | 1989-12-20 |
KR900007222B1 (ko) | 1990-10-05 |
DE3667736D1 (de) | 1990-01-25 |
CH665746GA3 (de) | 1988-06-15 |
JPS62142293A (ja) | 1987-06-25 |
US4681461A (en) | 1987-07-21 |
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