EP0273359B1 - Uhrengehäuseteil - Google Patents
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- EP0273359B1 EP0273359B1 EP87119033A EP87119033A EP0273359B1 EP 0273359 B1 EP0273359 B1 EP 0273359B1 EP 87119033 A EP87119033 A EP 87119033A EP 87119033 A EP87119033 A EP 87119033A EP 0273359 B1 EP0273359 B1 EP 0273359B1
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- Prior art keywords
- watchcase
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- base part
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- cemented carbide
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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
- G04B37/22—Materials or processes of manufacturing pocket watch or wrist watch cases
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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
- G04B37/08—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits
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- the present invention relates to a workpiece for a watchcase as defined in the preample of claim 1.
- a hard alloy is generally employed for a case or a wrist watch, which is easily scratched.
- cemented carbide is employed as a material for the watchcase of a high-grade wrist watch.
- an extremely hard material such as cemented carbide causes a problem in working, in employment for a watchcase.
- an inner portion of the watchcase i.e., an inner shell portion which is adapted to store precisely designed watch parts.
- an inner shell portion which is adapted to store precisely designed watch parts.
- a tapped hole is formed in the watchcase by electric discharge machining, and thereafter a thread bush of a workable material is embedded in the tapped hole, to be subjected to brazing.
- the workpiece for the watchcase is prepared by cemented carbide, therefore, workability in electric discharge machining of the tapped hole is particularly inferior, to require a long time for such working.
- GB-A- 2 094 034 discloses a workpiece for a watchcase comprising a cemented carbide base part and a worked part to be machined, i.e. made of a material being superior in machinability to that of said base part, joined with said base part.
- an outer case band is joined to its inner counterpart or a supporting ring by brazing.
- GB-A- 2 000 812 refers to coated articles with a gold coloured outer surface, for example watch cases, where the coating is a material selected from TaC or a nitride of Ti, Ta, Zr or V.
- CH-B- 656 146 discloses sintered alloys for decorative articles, for example watches, with improved outer appearance and wear resistance.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a workpiece for a watchcase, which is excellent in machinability and manufactured at a low cost.
- the workpiece for a watchcase according to the invention is characterized in that the worked part and the base part are joined by sintering from diffused junction, said base part being prepared from WC-Co cemented carbide or TaC-Ni cemented carbide, and said worked part being prepared from Mo, W or Ta for a WC-Co cemented carbide base part and Mo or a W-Ni alloy for a TaC-Ni cemented carbide base part and in that said diffused junction is achieved by sequentially performing HIP after said sintering from diffusion junction.
- the worked part of the inventive workpiece for a watchcase can be easily machined in high accuracy, to require no electric discharge machining for a long time as in the conventional case.
- diffused junction is employed in order to join the worked part of the inventive workpiece for a watchcase to the base part. Therefore, the worked part can be joined to the base part simultaneously with sintering of the base part to require no brazing step of the conventional case, for example. Thus, steps for manufacturing the workpiece can be extremely simplified.
- the material of excellent machinability is joined by diffused junction to the worked part of the inventive workpiece for a watchcase, which can be easily machined in high accuracy.
- the workpiece according to the present invention can be worked in a short time with no electric discharge machining, which has been generally required in the prior art.
- the worked part can be joined to the base part in sintering or HIP forming of the base part.
- no conventional brazing step is required and the manufacturing steps can be extremely simplified, whereby the workpiece according to the present invention can be manufactured at a low cost.
- a sintered worked part 2 was embedded in a hole 1a of an unsintered base part 1, which was then sintered and subjected to HIP forming to provide a workpiece for a watchcase.
- Table 1 shows combinations of materials for such base parts and worked parts.
- the worked part 2 of each workpiece for a watchcase thus obtained was subjected to tapped hole working as shown in Fig. 2, and workability thereof was evaluated as an index. Evaluation was made on working steps and working ability thereof. The working steps were formed by a tapped hole working (drilling) step and a screw cutting step, and the average value in working ability of the two steps was expressed as an index.
- a worked part 4 was joined by diffused junction to a base part 3 forming an inner shell portion of a watchcase.
- Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV - IV of Fig. 3.
- Table 2 shows combinations of materials for such base parts and worked parts. Diffused junction of each Example was performed by bringing a sintered worked part into close contact with an unsintered base part, sintering the base part in this state and then performing HIP forming.
- each workpiece according to the embodiment of the present invention can be worked in a short time as compared with the case of working the workpiece formed by only a base part by electric discharge machining.
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- Powder Metallurgy (AREA)
- Pressure Welding/Diffusion-Bonding (AREA)
Claims (3)
- Werkstück für ein Uhrengehäuse umfassend einen Hartmetallgrundteil (1,3) und einen zu bearbeitenden Teil (2, 4), das heißt bestehend aus einem Material, welches eine bessere Bearbeitbarkeit aufweist als der Grundteil (1, 3), welcher mit dem Grundteil (1, 3) verbunden ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der zu bearbeitende Teil (2, 4) und der Grundteil (1, 3) mittels einer Diffusionsschicht durch Sintern verbunden sind, daß der Grundteil (1, 3) aus WC-Co Hartmetall oder TaC-Ni Hartmetall hergestellt ist, und der zu bearbeitende Teil (2, 4) aus Mo, W oder Ta für einen WC-Co Hartmetallgrundteil (1, 3) und aus Mo oder einer W-Ni Legierung für einen TaC-Ni Hartmetallgrundteil (1, 3) gebildet ist, und daß die Diffusionsschicht durch das anschließende Durchführen eines HIP-Prozesses nach besagter Sinterung der Diffusionsschicht gebildet wird.
- Werkstück für ein Uhrengehäuse nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der zu bearbeitende Teil (2, 4) ein Teil ist, welcher dem Gewindebohrvorgang ausgesetzt ist.
- Werkstück für ein Uhrengehäuse nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der zu bearbeitende Teil (2, 4) ein inneres Gehäuseanteil des besagten Uhrengehäuses bildet.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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JP314191/86 | 1986-12-29 | ||
JP61314191A JPS63168585A (ja) | 1986-12-29 | 1986-12-29 | 時計枠用加工素材およびその製造方法 |
Publications (3)
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EP0273359A2 EP0273359A2 (de) | 1988-07-06 |
EP0273359A3 EP0273359A3 (en) | 1989-05-10 |
EP0273359B1 true EP0273359B1 (de) | 1993-09-08 |
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EP87119033A Expired - Lifetime EP0273359B1 (de) | 1986-12-29 | 1987-12-22 | Uhrengehäuseteil |
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EP (1) | EP0273359B1 (de) |
JP (1) | JPS63168585A (de) |
KR (1) | KR940001046B1 (de) |
DE (1) | DE3787360T2 (de) |
Families Citing this family (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE60221874T2 (de) | 2001-09-21 | 2008-01-17 | Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd., Nishitokyo | Externes teil einer uhr und verfahren zu herstellung des teils |
Family Cites Families (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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JPS50126468A (de) * | 1974-03-26 | 1975-10-04 | ||
JPS53149149A (en) * | 1977-06-01 | 1978-12-26 | Hitachi Ltd | Diffusion welding method |
US4252862A (en) * | 1977-06-10 | 1981-02-24 | Nobuo Nishida | Externally ornamental golden colored part |
JPS5588991A (en) * | 1978-12-27 | 1980-07-05 | Seiko Epson Corp | Production of external decorative parts for portable watch |
GB2094034B (en) * | 1981-02-20 | 1985-01-30 | Citizen Watch Co Ltd | Structure of watch case |
JPS58128281A (ja) * | 1982-01-27 | 1983-07-30 | Hitachi Ltd | 超硬合金と鋼との拡散接合方法 |
US4702769A (en) * | 1982-05-21 | 1987-10-27 | Toshiba Tungaloy Co., Ltd. | Sintered alloy for decoration |
JPS6240357A (ja) * | 1985-08-14 | 1987-02-21 | Seiko Instr & Electronics Ltd | 溶射ケ−スの製造方法 |
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1986
- 1986-12-29 JP JP61314191A patent/JPS63168585A/ja active Granted
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1987
- 1987-12-22 EP EP87119033A patent/EP0273359B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-12-22 DE DE87119033T patent/DE3787360T2/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1987-12-29 KR KR1019870015209A patent/KR940001046B1/ko not_active IP Right Cessation
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Publication number | Publication date |
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EP0273359A2 (de) | 1988-07-06 |
JPH0575277B2 (de) | 1993-10-20 |
DE3787360T2 (de) | 1994-01-13 |
KR940001046B1 (ko) | 1994-02-08 |
KR880008097A (ko) | 1988-08-30 |
EP0273359A3 (en) | 1989-05-10 |
JPS63168585A (ja) | 1988-07-12 |
DE3787360D1 (de) | 1993-10-14 |
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