EP0272515A1 - Battery cover for a watch case - Google Patents

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EP0272515A1
EP0272515A1 EP87117927A EP87117927A EP0272515A1 EP 0272515 A1 EP0272515 A1 EP 0272515A1 EP 87117927 A EP87117927 A EP 87117927A EP 87117927 A EP87117927 A EP 87117927A EP 0272515 A1 EP0272515 A1 EP 0272515A1
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  • the present invention relates to a wristwatch box comprising a backband made in one piece with an enlarging circle equipped with supports for supporting a movement mounted by the top of the middle and provided with needles for displaying the time, said movement being powered by a battery, a circular opening made in the bottom of said case-back by which the battery can be inserted or removed and a removable cover mounted leaktight by means of a gasket on said bottom for close said opening.
  • the second mode of execution is exposed for example in the utility models JP-1 131 545 and JP-1 231 593.
  • the watch case is equipped with a case back which is sometimes called a monocoque case, where the movement is mounted from the top of the middle.
  • the documents cited show that the middle is equipped with an enlargement circle and supports to support the movement.
  • an opening is made which is just sufficient to change the battery. This opening is closed by a cover screwed into the bottom.
  • This second embodiment also has the advantage of offering a bottom which takes up little space in thickness.
  • the battery cover can be removed by any user and without the need for special tools.
  • the cover has a slot into which a coin can be inserted.
  • the detail of such a construction is shown in patent GB-A-1 408 610. It is immediately seen however that this cover takes up a large space in height first because of the space which must be provided for the receiving slot the coin, then because of the thickness that must be made for the thread and the gasket. Finally this way of doing things is unsightly due to the wart that the cover presents.
  • the document GB-A-1,568,475 proposes a large diameter cover provided with a notch by which the cover can be removed, for example by means of a coin. .
  • the notch is no longer located under the stack but next to it so that the thickness on stack of the movement is not increased by the presence of this notch.
  • the position of said notch is such that it requires a free space between the movement and the inner side of the cover, a space which ultimately results in an increase in the thickness of the watch in all cases where the thickness of the stack is substantially within the thickness of the movement.
  • no space is provided between the cover and the movement by the fact that the means for unlocking the cover are located outside the periphery of this movement, which has the effect of minimizing the thickness of the watch.
  • the watch case has a case-back 1 made in one piece with an enlarging circle 2 equipped with supports 3 to support a movement 4.
  • the movement causes the hands to 5 hours and 6 minutes sketched here in dashed lines.
  • These needles surmount a dial not shown and which is housed in the opening delimited by the wall 7.
  • a bezel provided with a crystal according to methods known from the prior art. Dial, flange, bezel and crystal have not been shown here as they are not affected by the present invention.
  • Movement 4, which generally includes a stepping motor controlled by a quartz, is powered by a battery 8 which is outlined by the dashed lines in FIG. 1.
  • a box of the type which has just been described, with mounting of the movement from above may have a bottom made in one piece with the middle part. In this bottom is then formed an opening to allow the change of the battery, opening which is closed by a cover.
  • This is what is actually found in the construction presented in FIG. 1 where the removal of the cover referenced 9 gives direct access to the battery 8.
  • the cover 9 of the present invention covers the entire movement 4 instead of covering only the single battery contained in this movement.
  • the removable cover 9 is mounted leaktight on the backband 1 by means of a sealing gasket 10, the latter being pinched between the cover 9 and a groove 16 formed in the bottom 11 of the backband 1 when the cover is in place.
  • FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the case back 1 drawn on a scale reduced by half compared to the scale used for FIG. 1, we see that the opening 12 made in the backband 1 is circular, that this opening is coaxial with the axis of the hands 5, 6 and has a diameter substantially larger than the diameter of the circle 13 circumscribing the movement 8, the circle 13 being shown in phantom in Figure 2.
  • Figure 2 also shows the enlargement circle 2 equipped with supports 3 against which the movement which is not represented here but which is imaginable by the contour 14 of the opening in which it enters and by the stack 8 sketched in phantom. This is a barrel movement, which explains the oblong shape of the opening 14. We could thus have a round movement, in which case the opening 14 would merge with the circumscribed circle 13.
  • the cover 9 is made integral with the backband by fixing means situated outside the circumscribed circle 13 and at a level situated above the lower face 15 of the movement 4. These fixing means, so to speak enveloping the movement in its periphery, bring the fixing of the cover in the thickness of the middle and no longer in the thickness of the bottom as was provided in the prior art discussed above, hence the obvious gain in space in the thickness watch overall.
  • the cover 9 carries a stiffening circle 17 made in one piece with it, this circle comprising at least two bent wings 18 cooperating with as many notched flanges 19 formed in the backband 1.
  • Figure 2 shows up a case back 1 provided with three arched inlets 20, 21 and 22 and three notched edges 19, 23 and 24. Each of the notched edges has a gently sloping entrance followed by a flat, the passage of a plane to the other being represented by the dotted line 25.
  • the respective wings 18 of the cover 9 are introduced into the arched inlets 20, 21 and 22 turns the cover clockwise by compressing the lining 10 in its housing 16.
  • the wings 18 then engage on the notched edges referenced 19, 23 and 24 respectively until they abut against the edges referenced respectively 26, 27 and 28.
  • the wing 18 cooperates with the flange 19 at a level located within the thickness of the movement 4.
  • the cover further carries means capable of being actuated by the wearer of the watch to open and close said cover.
  • these means consist of two notches 29 and 30 formed on the outer side of the cover 9. These notches can be cylindrical or of any shape and are arranged on the same diameter.
  • FIG. 1 also shows that the notches 29 and 30 are located opposite the fixing means carried on the inner side of the cover or, if preferred, opposite the stiffening circle 17 and this for obvious reasons of solidity and of the cover. In the notches can engage the ends of the branches of a U-shaped key not shown in the drawing and delivered to the purchase of the watch.
  • FIG. 3 shows such a solution.
  • the watch case the bottom 11 of which can be seen and the cover 9 secured to this bottom, is equipped with a bracelet represented by its strands 40 and 41.
  • the strand 40 has a loop 42 provided with a pin 44 which cooperates with one of the holes 43 of the strand 41.
  • each branch of the loop 42 has an asperity 45, 48 intended to cooperate with a notch 29, 30 formed in the cover 9.
  • the asperities 45, 48 are located in the extension of the branches of the loop 42.
  • Figure 4 shows another embodiment of the key forming an integral part of the strap buckle.
  • the roughness is no longer located in the extension of the branches of the loop but perpendicular to said branches in the form of pins referenced 46 and 47.
  • Figures 5, 6a and 6b show a second embodiment of the invention.
  • the cover 9 secured in the bottom 11 is devoid of the notches 29, 30 which characterized the first embodiment of the invention.
  • the cover 9 carries grooves 50 arranged radially on the outside of said cover and in the periphery of the latter. These grooves or grooves, arranged in bumps ( Figures 6a) or hollow ( Figure 6b) on the cover allow you to set up or remove this cover simply with your fingers. In this embodiment, a key is no longer necessary.

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The wrist watch case of this invention includes a caseband-back provided with supports for retaining a movement assembled from above the caseband. The caseband-back is provided with a circular opening having a diameter substantially greater than the diameter of a circle circumscribing the movement. The opening is blocked by a cap which is fixed to the caseband-back by fastening means arranged at the exterior of said circumscribing circle and at a level located above the lower face of the movement. The cap is provided with notches arranged and adapted to cooperate with a wrench supplied to the watch user thereby to open or close the cap and thus permit changing the battery. The wrench may form an integral part of the bracelet buckle.

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La présente invention est relative à une boîte de montre-­bracelet comportant un fond-carrure fait d'une pièce avec un cercle d'agrandissement équipé d'appuis pour supporter un mouvement monté par le haut de la carrure et muni d'aiguilles pour afficher l'heure, ledit mouvement étant alimenté par une pile, une ouverture circulai­re pratiquée dans le fond dudit fond-carrure par laquelle la pile peut être mise en place ou enlevée et un couvercle amovible monté étanche au moyen d'une garniture sur ledit fond pour obturer ladite ouverture.The present invention relates to a wristwatch box comprising a backband made in one piece with an enlarging circle equipped with supports for supporting a movement mounted by the top of the middle and provided with needles for displaying the time, said movement being powered by a battery, a circular opening made in the bottom of said case-back by which the battery can be inserted or removed and a removable cover mounted leaktight by means of a gasket on said bottom for close said opening.

Il y a lieu de faire ici une nette distinction entre une boîte de montre comportant une carrure obturée par un fond de grand diamètre où ce fond doit être enlevé pour accéder à la pile, et une boîte de montre comportant un fond-carrure muni d'un simple couver­cle donnant accès à la pile.A clear distinction should be made here between a watch case comprising a middle part closed off by a large diameter bottom where this bottom must be removed in order to access the battery, and a watch case comprising a back case middle fitted with a simple cover giving access to the battery.

Le premier mode d'exécution est décrit par exemple dans le brevet EP-B-0 024 364 (US 4 362 396). Dans cette construction le mouvement est monté par le bas de la carrure, elle-même obturée par un fond vissé ou assujetti à pression. Le fond doit être enlevé pour procéder au changement de la pile et cette opération ne peut être faite que par un homme du métier équipé d'outils spéciaux et qui, en même temps, prendra soin de retenir le mouvement pour éviter que celui-ci ne s'échappe de la carrure. Cette exécution présente l'avantage de prendre peu de place en épaisseur puisque le fond est accroché à la carrure en un endroit situé au-dessus de la face inférieure du mouvement. Mais la pile n'est pas accessible à n'im­porte qui, comme on vient de la voir, ce qui peut être ressenti comme un désavantage surtout aujourd'hui où certaines montres bon marché offrent couramment cette possibilité.The first embodiment is described for example in patent EP-B-0 024 364 (US 4 362 396). In this construction, the movement is mounted from the bottom of the middle part, which is itself closed off by a screwed or pressurized bottom. The bottom must be removed to change the battery and this operation can only be done by a skilled person equipped with special tools and who, at the same time, will take care to retain the movement to prevent it from escapes from the middle. This execution has the advantage of taking up little space in thickness since the back is hung on the middle in a place located above the underside of the movement. But the battery is not accessible to everyone, as we have just seen, which can be felt as a disadvantage especially today where certain cheap watches commonly offer this possibility.

Le second mode d'exécution est exposé par exemple dans les modèles d'utilité JP-1 131 545 et JP-1 231 593. Dans ces cas la boîte de montre est équipée d'un fond-carrure qu'on appelle quelque­fois boîte monocoque, où le mouvement est monté par le haut de la carrure. Les documents cités montrent que la carrure est équipée d'un cercle d'agrandissement et d'appuis pour supporter le mouve­ment. On pratique dans le fond dudit fond-carrure une ouverture juste suffisante pour procéder au changement de la pile. Cette ouverture est obturée par un couvercle vissé dans le fond. Cette manière de faire présente l'avantage de simplifier le montage de la montre sur machines automatiques de transfert. En effet toutes les opérations de chargement ont lieu d'un même côté, le haut de la montre, et il n'est pas nécessaire de retourner la pièce pour l'équiper de ses composants constitutifs. Ce second mode d'exécution présente aussi l'avantage de proposer un fond qui prend peu de place en épaisseur. De plus, le couvercle de pile peut être enlevé par n'importe quel usager et sans faire appel à des outils particuliers. Généralement le couvercle présente une fente dans laquelle peut être introduite une pièce de monnaie. Le détail d'une telle construction est montrée dans le brevet GB-A-1 408 610. On voit immédiatement cependant que ce couvercle prend une grande place en hauteur d'abord à cause de la place qu'il faut prévoir pour la fente recevant la pièce de monnaie, ensuite à cause de l'épaisseur qu'il faut ménager pour le pas de vis et la garniture d'étanchéité. Enfin cette façon de faire est inesthétique par la verrue que présente le couvercle.The second mode of execution is exposed for example in the utility models JP-1 131 545 and JP-1 231 593. In these cases the watch case is equipped with a case back which is sometimes called a monocoque case, where the movement is mounted from the top of the middle. The documents cited show that the middle is equipped with an enlargement circle and supports to support the movement. In the bottom of said case-back, an opening is made which is just sufficient to change the battery. This opening is closed by a cover screwed into the bottom. This way of doing things has the advantage of simplifying the mounting of the watch on automatic transfer machines. In fact, all the loading operations take place on the same side, the top of the watch, and there is no need to turn the part over to equip it with its constituent components. This second embodiment also has the advantage of offering a bottom which takes up little space in thickness. In addition, the battery cover can be removed by any user and without the need for special tools. Generally the cover has a slot into which a coin can be inserted. The detail of such a construction is shown in patent GB-A-1 408 610. It is immediately seen however that this cover takes up a large space in height first because of the space which must be provided for the receiving slot the coin, then because of the thickness that must be made for the thread and the gasket. Finally this way of doing things is unsightly due to the wart that the cover presents.

Pour remédier aux inconvénients qui viennent d'être cités, le document GB-A-1 568 475 propose un couvercle de grand diamètre muni d'une encoche grâce à laquelle le couvercle peut être déposé, par exemple au moyen d'une pièce de monnaie. Dans ce document l'encoche n'est plus située sous la pile mais à côté de celle-ci de sorte que l'épaisseur sur pile du mouvement n'est pas augmentée par la pré­sence de cette encoche. Cependant la position de ladite encoche est telle qu'elle nécessite un espace libre entre le mouvement et le côté intérieur du couvercle, espace qui se traduit en fin de compte par une augmentation de l'épaisseur de la montre dans tous les cas où l'épaisseur de la pile est comprise sensiblement dans l'épaisseur du mouvement. On le verra à la description de la présente invention, aucun espace n'est ménagé entre le couvercle et le mouvement par le fait que les moyens de déverrouillage du couvercle se trouvent situés en dehors de la périphérie de ce mouvement, ce qui a pour effet de réduire au minimum l'épaisseur de la montre.To remedy the drawbacks which have just been mentioned, the document GB-A-1,568,475 proposes a large diameter cover provided with a notch by which the cover can be removed, for example by means of a coin. . In this document, the notch is no longer located under the stack but next to it so that the thickness on stack of the movement is not increased by the presence of this notch. However, the position of said notch is such that it requires a free space between the movement and the inner side of the cover, a space which ultimately results in an increase in the thickness of the watch in all cases where the thickness of the stack is substantially within the thickness of the movement. As will be seen in the description of the present invention, no space is provided between the cover and the movement by the fact that the means for unlocking the cover are located outside the periphery of this movement, which has the effect of minimizing the thickness of the watch.

Pour permettre la construction proposée dans la description qui va suivre on aura recours à une fermeture à baïonnette de préférence, fermeture d'un type semblable à celle décrite dans le brevet CH-A-374 937 où les moyens de fixation du couvercle à la carrure sont situés à un niveau se trouvant au-dessus de la face inférieure du mouvement. Il s'agit là cependant d'une boîte de montre à mouvement mécanique où le fond doit être enlevé non pour le changement d'une pile mais pour le montage ou la réparation du mouvement et où l'accès à l'intérieur n'est possible qu'à un homme du métier équipé d'outils spéciaux comme cela a été dit à propos du premier mode d'exécution cité dans le préambule de la présente demande et comme cela est écrit dans le brevet cité où l'utilisation d'une potence est mentionnée. D'ailleurs, dans ce brevet, le souci de proposer une montre de faible épaisseur n'est pas apparent puisqu' un jour important persiste entre le fond et le mouvement.To allow the construction proposed in the description which follows, use will be made of a bayonet closure preferably, closure of a type similar to that described in patent CH-A-374 937 where the means for fixing the cover to the middle part are located at a level above the underside of the movement. However, this is a mechanical movement watch case where the back must be removed not for changing a battery but for mounting or repairing the movement and where access to the interior is not possible that a skilled person equipped with special tools as was said about the first embodiment cited in the preamble of this application and as written in the cited patent where the use of a gallows is mentioned. Moreover, in this patent, the concern to offer a thin watch is not apparent since an important day persists between the back and the movement.

Ainsi la présente invention se propose-t-elle d'éliminer les inconvénients énumérés ci-dessus par les moyens qui apparaissent dans les revendications.Thus the present invention proposes to eliminate the drawbacks listed above by the means which appear in the claims.

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

  • - la figure 1 est une coupe pratiquée à 6h - 12h dans le fond-­carrure réalisé selon un premier mode d'exécution de l'invention, ledit fond-carrure étant équipé de son couvercle et de son mouvement,
  • - la figure 2 est une vue de dessous du fond-carrure représenté sans couvercle ni mouvement,
  • - la figure 3 est un dessin en perspective du premier mode d'exécution de l'invention, où la montre est équipée de son bracelet dont la boucle présente une clef permettant l'ouverture du couver­cle,
  • - la figure 4 est une autre exécution de la clef faisant partie intégrante de la boucle du bracelet.
  • - la figure 5 est un dessin en plan d'un second mode d'exécution de l'invention, la montre étant vue de dessous,
  • - la figure 6a est une coupe selon la ligne VI-VI de la figure 5 et montre une première variante du second mode d'exécution et
  • - la figure 6b est une coupe selon la ligne VI-VI de la figure 5 et montre une seconde variante du second mode d'exécution.
The invention will now be understood on reading the following description, description illustrated by way of example by the drawing in which:
  • FIG. 1 is a section made at 6 o'clock - 12 o'clock in the back case made according to a first embodiment of the invention, said back case being equipped with its cover and its movement,
  • FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the backband shown without cover or movement,
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective drawing of the first embodiment of the invention, where the watch is equipped with its strap, the buckle of which has a key allowing the lid to be opened,
  • - Figure 4 is another embodiment of the key forming an integral part of the strap buckle.
  • FIG. 5 is a plan drawing of a second embodiment of the invention, the watch being viewed from below,
  • FIG. 6a is a section along line VI-VI of FIG. 5 and shows a first variant of the second embodiment and
  • - Figure 6b is a section along line VI-VI of Figure 5 and shows a second variant of the second embodiment.

Comme on peut le voir sur la figure 1, la boîte de montre comporte un fond-carrure 1 fait d'une pièce avec un cercle d'agran­dissement 2 équipé d'appuis 3 pour supporter un mouvement 4. Le mouvement entraîne des aiguilles d'heures 5 et de minutes 6 esquis­sées ici en traits mixtes. Ces aiguilles surmontent un cadran non représenté et qui vient se loger dans l'ouverture délimitée par la paroi 7. Sur le fond-carrure 1 est monté une lunette munie d'une glace selon des procédés connus de l'état de la technique. Cadran, réhaut, lunette et glace n'ont pas été représentés ici car ils ne sont pas concernés par la présente invention. Le mouvement 4 qui comporte généralement un moteur pas à pas piloté par un quartz est alimenté par une pile 8 qui est esquissée par les traits mixtes de la figure 1.As can be seen in Figure 1, the watch case has a case-back 1 made in one piece with an enlarging circle 2 equipped with supports 3 to support a movement 4. The movement causes the hands to 5 hours and 6 minutes sketched here in dashed lines. These needles surmount a dial not shown and which is housed in the opening delimited by the wall 7. On the case-back 1 is mounted a bezel provided with a crystal according to methods known from the prior art. Dial, flange, bezel and crystal have not been shown here as they are not affected by the present invention. Movement 4, which generally includes a stepping motor controlled by a quartz, is powered by a battery 8 which is outlined by the dashed lines in FIG. 1.

Comme on l'a déjà rappelé plus haut, une boîte du type qui vient d'être décrit, à montage du mouvement par le haut, peut comporter un fond fait d'une pièce avec la carrure. Dans ce fond est alors ménagé une ouverture pour permettre le changement de la pile, ouverture qui est obturée par un couvercle. C'est ce qu'on trouve en fait dans la construction présentée à la figure 1 où l'enlèvement du couvercle référencé 9 donne directement accès à la pile 8. A l'exception toutefois de ce qu'on trouve dans l'art antérieur, le couvercle 9 de la présente invention recouvre le mouvement 4 en entier au lieu de ne recouvrir que la seule pile contenue dans ce mouvement.As already mentioned above, a box of the type which has just been described, with mounting of the movement from above, may have a bottom made in one piece with the middle part. In this bottom is then formed an opening to allow the change of the battery, opening which is closed by a cover. This is what is actually found in the construction presented in FIG. 1 where the removal of the cover referenced 9 gives direct access to the battery 8. With the exception, however, of what is found in the prior art , the cover 9 of the present invention covers the entire movement 4 instead of covering only the single battery contained in this movement.

Comme on le voit sur la figure 1, le couvercle amovible 9 est monté étanche sur le fond-carrure 1 au moyen d'une garniture d'étan­chéité 10, cette dernière étant pincée entre le couvercle 9 et une gorge 16 pratiquée dans le fond 11 du fond-carrure 1 quand le couvercle est en place.As can be seen in FIG. 1, the removable cover 9 is mounted leaktight on the backband 1 by means of a sealing gasket 10, the latter being pinched between the cover 9 and a groove 16 formed in the bottom 11 of the backband 1 when the cover is in place.

Si l'on se réfère maintenant aussi à la figure 2 qui est une vue de dessous du fond-carrure 1 dessiné à une échelle réduite de moitié par rapport à l'échelle utilisée pour la figure 1, on voit que l'ouverture 12 pratiquée dans le fond-carrure 1 est circulaire, que cette ouverture est coaxiale à l'axe des aiguilles 5, 6 et présente un diamètre sensiblement plus grand que le diamètre du cercle 13 circonscrivant le mouvement 8, le cercle 13 étant représenté en traits mixtes sur la figure 2. La figure 2 fait apparaître également le cercle d'agrandissement 2 équipé des appuis 3 contre lesquels vient appuyer le mouvement qui n'est pas représenté ici mais qui est imaginable par le contour 14 de l'ouverture dans laquelle il pénètre et par la pile 8 esquissée en traits mixtes. Il s'agit ici d'un mouvement tonneau ce qui explique la forme oblongue de l'ouverture 14. On pourrait ainsi avoir un mouvement rond, auquel cas l'ouvertu­re 14 se confondrait avec le cercle circonscrit 13.If we now also refer to FIG. 2 which is a bottom view of the case back 1 drawn on a scale reduced by half compared to the scale used for FIG. 1, we see that the opening 12 made in the backband 1 is circular, that this opening is coaxial with the axis of the hands 5, 6 and has a diameter substantially larger than the diameter of the circle 13 circumscribing the movement 8, the circle 13 being shown in phantom in Figure 2. Figure 2 also shows the enlargement circle 2 equipped with supports 3 against which the movement which is not represented here but which is imaginable by the contour 14 of the opening in which it enters and by the stack 8 sketched in phantom. This is a barrel movement, which explains the oblong shape of the opening 14. We could thus have a round movement, in which case the opening 14 would merge with the circumscribed circle 13.

Le couvercle 9 est rendu solidaire du fond-carrure par des moyens de fixation situés en dehors du cercle circonscrit 13 et à un niveau situé au-dessus de la face inférieure 15 du mouvement 4. Ces moyens de fixation, enveloppant pour ainsi dire le mouvement dans sa périphérie, amènent la fixation du couvercle dans l'épaisseur de la carrure et non plus dans l'épaisseur du fond comme cela était prévu dans l'art antérieur discuté plus haut, d'où le gain de place manifeste dans l'épaisseur hors-tout de la montre.The cover 9 is made integral with the backband by fixing means situated outside the circumscribed circle 13 and at a level situated above the lower face 15 of the movement 4. These fixing means, so to speak enveloping the movement in its periphery, bring the fixing of the cover in the thickness of the middle and no longer in the thickness of the bottom as was provided in the prior art discussed above, hence the obvious gain in space in the thickness watch overall.

Ces moyens de fixation pourraient consister en un filetage faisant partie du couvercle et relevé par rapport à sa face inté­rieure, filetage qui pourrait coopérer avec un taraudage pratiqué dans les parois de l'ouverture 12. On a cependant préféré ici des moyens de fixation à baïonnette plus faciles à mettre en oeuvre. A cet effet le couvercle 9 porte un cercle de raidissement 17 fait d'une pièce avec lui, ce cercle comportant au moins deux ailes coudées 18 coopérant avec autant de rebords de crantage 19 pratiqués dans le fond-carrure 1. La figure 2 fait apparaïtre un fond-carrure 1 pourvu de trois entrées arquées 20, 21 et 22 et de trois rebords de crantage 19, 23 et 24. Chacun des rebords de crantage présente une entrée en pente douce suivi d'un plat, le passage d'un plan à l'autre étant représenté par le trait pointillé 25. Ainsi quand il s'agit de verrouiller le couvercle 9 sur le fond-carrure 1, on introduit dans les entrées arquées 20, 21 et 22 les ailes respecti­ves 18 du couvercle 9, on tourne le couvercle dans le sens horaire en comprimant la garniture 10 dans son logement 16. Les ailes 18 s'engagent alors sur les rebords de crantage référencés respectivement 19, 23 et 24 jusqu'à ce qu'elles butent contre les bords référencés respectivement 26, 27 et 28.These fixing means could consist of a thread forming part of the cover and raised with respect to its inner face, a thread which could cooperate with a tapping made in the walls of the opening 12. However, bayonet fixing means have been preferred here. easier to implement. To this end, the cover 9 carries a stiffening circle 17 made in one piece with it, this circle comprising at least two bent wings 18 cooperating with as many notched flanges 19 formed in the backband 1. Figure 2 shows up a case back 1 provided with three arched inlets 20, 21 and 22 and three notched edges 19, 23 and 24. Each of the notched edges has a gently sloping entrance followed by a flat, the passage of a plane to the other being represented by the dotted line 25. Thus when it is a question of locking the cover 9 on the backband 1, the respective wings 18 of the cover 9 are introduced into the arched inlets 20, 21 and 22 turns the cover clockwise by compressing the lining 10 in its housing 16. The wings 18 then engage on the notched edges referenced 19, 23 and 24 respectively until they abut against the edges referenced respectively 26, 27 and 28.

En se reportant encore à la figure 1, on voit bien que l'aile 18 coopère avec le rebord 19 à un niveau situé dans l'épaisseur du mouvement 4. Il en va de même de la garniture d'étanchéité 10 située elle aussi en dessus de la face inférieure 15 du mouvement. Ces manières de faire constituent donc fortement à minimiser l'épaisseur de la boîte. Quand le couvercle est enlevé, on observera que le mouvement reste en place et qu'on a tout loisir de changer la pile 8 contenue dans le mouvement. Cette pile est munie de ses brides de contact usuelles et est retenue ou non dans son logement. Si elle n'est pas retenue, elle le sera par le couvercle une fois celui-ci mis en place. Le fait que l'enlèvement du couvercle découvre tout le mouvement peut être mis à profit par l'horloger qui a accès alors à la vis de tirette, ce qui permet de démonter aisément la tige de commande. Enfin il est à noter que dans une solution préférée le fond-carrure et le couvercle sont réalisés en matière plastique, mais rien n'empêcherait de réaliser le couvercle en métal par exemple.Referring again to FIG. 1, it can be seen that the wing 18 cooperates with the flange 19 at a level located within the thickness of the movement 4. The same applies to the seal 10 also located at above the lower face 15 of the movement. These methods therefore strongly constitute to minimize the thickness of the box. When the cover is removed, we will observe that the movement remains in place and that we have every opportunity to change the battery 8 contained in the movement. This battery is fitted with its usual contact flanges and may or may not be retained in its housing. If it is not retained, it will be retained by the cover once it is in place. The fact that the removal of the cover uncovers the entire movement can be taken advantage of by the watchmaker who then has access to the zipper screw, which makes it possible to easily disassemble the control rod. Finally it should be noted that in a preferred solution the caseband and the cover are made of plastic, but nothing would prevent the metal cover for example.

Selon l'invention, le couvercle porte en outre des moyens susceptibles d'étre actionnés par le porteur de la montre pour ouvrir et fermer ledit couvercle. Selon un premier mode d'exécution montré en figure 1, ces moyens consistent en deux encoches 29 et 30 pratiquées sur le côté extérieur du couvercle 9. Ces encoches peuvent être cylindriques ou de forme quelconque et sont disposées sur un même diamètre. La figure 1 montre également que les encoches 29 et 30 sont situées en regard des moyens de fixation portés sur le côté intérieur du couvercle ou, si l'on préfére, en face du cercle de raidissement 17 et ceci pour des raisons évidentes de solidité et de bienfacture du couvercle. Dans les encoches peuvent s'engager les extrémités des branches d'une clef en forme de U non représentée au dessin et livrée à l'achat de la montre.According to the invention, the cover further carries means capable of being actuated by the wearer of the watch to open and close said cover. According to a first embodiment shown in Figure 1, these means consist of two notches 29 and 30 formed on the outer side of the cover 9. These notches can be cylindrical or of any shape and are arranged on the same diameter. FIG. 1 also shows that the notches 29 and 30 are located opposite the fixing means carried on the inner side of the cover or, if preferred, opposite the stiffening circle 17 and this for obvious reasons of solidity and of the cover. In the notches can engage the ends of the branches of a U-shaped key not shown in the drawing and delivered to the purchase of the watch.

La clef en forme de U dont il vient d'être question peut être égarée par le porteur de la montre. C'est la raison pour laquelle, selon une proposition de l'invention, on préférera intégrer cette clef à la boucle du bracelet. La figure 3 montre une telle solution. Dans cette figure la boîte de montre, dont on aperçoit le fond 11 et le couvercle 9 assujetti à ce fond, est équipé d'un bracelet repré­senté par ses brins 40 et 41. Le brin 40 comporte une boucle 42 munie d'un ardillon 44 qui coopère avec l'un des trous 43 du brin 41. On voit que chaque branche de la boucle 42 possède une aspérité 45,48 destinée à coopérer avec une encoche 29, 30 pratiquée dans le couvercle 9. Dans le cas particulier de la figure 3 les aspérités 45,48 sont situées dans le prolongement des branches de la boucle 42.The U-shaped key just mentioned can be lost by the wearer of the watch. This is the reason why, according to a proposal of the invention, it will be preferable to integrate this key into the loop of the bracelet. Figure 3 shows such a solution. In this figure the watch case, the bottom 11 of which can be seen and the cover 9 secured to this bottom, is equipped with a bracelet represented by its strands 40 and 41. The strand 40 has a loop 42 provided with a pin 44 which cooperates with one of the holes 43 of the strand 41. We see that each branch of the loop 42 has an asperity 45, 48 intended to cooperate with a notch 29, 30 formed in the cover 9. In the particular case of FIG. 3 the asperities 45, 48 are located in the extension of the branches of the loop 42.

La figure 4 présente une autre exécution de la clef faisant partie intégrante de la boucle du bracelet. Dans ce cas les aspéri­tés ne sont plus situées dans le prolongement des branches de la boucle mais perpendiculairement auxdites branches sous forme de tétons référencés 46 et 47.Figure 4 shows another embodiment of the key forming an integral part of the strap buckle. In this case, the roughness is no longer located in the extension of the branches of the loop but perpendicular to said branches in the form of pins referenced 46 and 47.

On observera que les solutions préconisées par les figures 3 et 4 obligent en quelque sorte à disposer d'un couvercle 9 de grand diamètre. En effet, les couvercles de l'art antérieur présentent un diamètre trop petit, de sorte que les encoches 29, 30 ne pourraient pas être assez éloignées pour recevoir les aspérités d'une boucle de dimension normale.It will be observed that the solutions recommended by FIGS. 3 and 4 somehow require a cover 9 of large diameter. Indeed, the covers of the prior art have a too small diameter, so that the notches 29, 30 could not be far enough apart to receive the roughness of a loop of normal size.

Les figures 5, 6a et 6b présentent un second mode d'exécution de l'invention. Ici le couvercle 9 assujetti dans le fond 11 est dépourvu des encoches 29, 30 qui caractérisaient le premier mode d'exécution de l'invention. Le couvercle 9 porte des stries 50 disposées radialement sur le côté extérieur dudit couvercle et dans la périphérie de ce dernier. Ces stries ou cannelures, disposées en bosses (figures 6a) ou en creux (figure 6b) sur le couvercle permet­tent de mettre en place ou d'enlever ce couvercle simplement avec les doigts. Dans ce mode d'exécution une clef n'est donc plus nécessaire.Figures 5, 6a and 6b show a second embodiment of the invention. Here the cover 9 secured in the bottom 11 is devoid of the notches 29, 30 which characterized the first embodiment of the invention. The cover 9 carries grooves 50 arranged radially on the outside of said cover and in the periphery of the latter. These grooves or grooves, arranged in bumps (Figures 6a) or hollow (Figure 6b) on the cover allow you to set up or remove this cover simply with your fingers. In this embodiment, a key is no longer necessary.

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Boîte de montre-bracelet comportant un fond-carrure (1) fait d'une pièce avec un cercle d'agrandissement (2) équipé d'appuis (3) pour supporter un mouvement (4) monté par le haut de la carrure et muni d'aiguilles (5, 6) pour afficher l'heure, ledit mouvement étant alimenté par une pile (8), une ouverture circulaire (12) pratiquée dans le fond (11) dudit fond-carrure par laquelle la pile peut être mise en place ou enlevée et un couvercle (9) amovible monté étanche au moyen d'une garniture (10) sur ledit fond pour obturer ladite ouverture, caractérisé par le fait que l'ouverture (12) est coaxiale à l'axe des aiguilles et présente un diamètre qui est sensiblement plus grand que le diamètre d'un cercle (13) circonscrivant le mouve­ment et que le couvercle est rendu solidaire du fond-carrure par des moyens de fixation (18, 19) disposés en dehors dudit cercle circon­scrit et à un niveau situé au-dessus de la face inférieure (15) du mouvement, ledit couvercle portant en outre sur son côté extérieur des moyens (29, 30, 50) susceptibles d'être actionnés par le porteur de la montre pour ouvrir ou fermer ledit couvercle, lesdits moyens susceptibles d'être actionnés par le porteur de la montre étant disposés en dehors dudit cercle circonscrit.1. Wristwatch case comprising a backband (1) made in one piece with an enlargement circle (2) equipped with supports (3) to support a movement (4) mounted by the top of the middle and provided with hands (5, 6) for displaying the time, said movement being powered by a battery (8), a circular opening (12) made in the bottom (11) of said back-middle through which the battery can be placement or removal and a removable cover (9) mounted leaktight by means of a gasket (10) on said bottom for closing said opening, characterized in that the opening (12) is coaxial with the axis of the needles and has a diameter which is appreciably larger than the diameter of a circle (13) circumscribing the movement and that the cover is made integral with the backband by fixing means (18, 19) arranged outside said circumscribed circle and at a level located above the lower face (15) of the movement, said cover further bearing on its side outside means (29, 30, 50) capable of being actuated by the wearer of the watch for opening or closing said cover, said means capable of being actuated by the wearer of the watch being arranged outside said circumscribed circle. 2. Boîte de montre selon la revendication 1, caractérisée par le fait que lesdits moyens de fixation consistent en une fermeture à baïonnette, le couvercle comprenant au moins deux ailes coudées (18) portées par un cercle de raidissement (17), lesdites ailes coopérant avec autant de rebords de crantage (19) pratiqués dans le fond-­carrure.2. Watch case according to claim 1, characterized in that said fixing means consist of a bayonet closure, the cover comprising at least two bent wings (18) carried by a stiffening circle (17), said wings cooperating with as many notched edges (19) made in the backband. 3. Boîte de montre selon la revendication 1, caractérisée par le fait que le couvercle et le fond-carrure sont réalisés en matière plastique.3. Watch case according to claim 1, characterized in that the cover and the backband are made of plastic. 4. Boîte de montre selon la revendication 1, caractérisée par le fait que les moyens susceptibles d'être actionnés par le porteur de la montre sont des stries (50) disposées radialement sur le côté extérieur du couvercle, stries grâce auxquelles le couvercle peut être mis en place ou enlevé avec les doigts.4. Watch case according to claim 1, characterized in that the means capable of being actuated by the wearer of the watch are ridges (50) arranged radially on the outside of the cover, ridges by which the cover can be placed or removed with fingers. 5. Boîte de montre selon la revendication 2, caractérisée par le fait que les moyens susceptibles d'être actionnés par le porteur de la montre sont deux encoches (29, 30) cylindriques ou de forme, diamétralement opposées et disposées sur le côté extérieur du couvercle, encoches dans lesquelles peuvent s'engager les extrémités des branches d'une clef en forme de U.5. Watch case according to claim 2, characterized in that the means capable of being actuated by the wearer of the watch are two notches (29, 30) cylindrical or shaped, diametrically opposite and arranged on the outside of the cover, notches in which the ends of the branches of a U-shaped key can engage. 6. Boîte de montre selon la revendication 5, caractérisée par le fait que les encoches disposées sur le côté extérieur du couver­cle sont situées en regard dudit cercle de raidissement (17) porté sur le côté intérieur dudit couvercle.6. Watch case according to claim 5, characterized in that the notches arranged on the outside of the cover are located opposite said stiffening circle (17) carried on the inside of said cover. 7. Boîte de montre selon la revendication 5, caractérisée par le fait qu'elle comporte un bracelet en matière souple et une boucle articulée (42) à l'extrémité d'un des brins (40) du bracelet et que les encoches pratiquées dans le couvercle sont conformées et posi­tionnées pour recevoir chacune une aspérité portée par chaque branche de la boucle, ladite boucle jouant le rôle de clef.7. Watch case according to claim 5, characterized in that it comprises a flexible material strap and an articulated loop (42) at the end of one of the strands (40) of the strap and that the notches made in the cover are shaped and positioned to each receive an asperity carried by each branch of the loop, said loop playing the role of key. 8. Boîte de montre selon la revendication 7, caractérisée par le fait que les aspérités (45, 48) sont situées en prolongement des branches de la boucle.8. Watch case according to claim 7, characterized in that the roughness (45, 48) are located in extension of the branches of the loop. 9. Boîte de montre selon la revendication 7, caractérisée par le fait que les aspérités sont des tétons (46, 47) disposés perpen­diculairement aux branches de la boucle.9. Watch case according to claim 7, characterized in that the asperities are pins (46, 47) arranged perpendicular to the branches of the loop.
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