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EP0638255A1
EP0638255A1 EP94112288A EP94112288A EP0638255A1 EP 0638255 A1 EP0638255 A1 EP 0638255A1 EP 94112288 A EP94112288 A EP 94112288A EP 94112288 A EP94112288 A EP 94112288A EP 0638255 A1 EP0638255 A1 EP 0638255A1
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Gabriele Huber
Jürgen Müller
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C5/00—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps

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  • the invention relates to a decorative element for strip-shaped bands, such as bracelets, collars, watch straps made of leather, synthetic leather, noble or base metals or the like, with a hollow profile which is essentially rectangular in cross section and which has two legs and two webs, preferably at right angles to one another are arranged, and which can be attached to the strip-shaped band.
  • the invention further relates to a decorative element for straps in the form of strips, such as bracelets, collars, watch straps made of leather, synthetic leather, noble or non-precious metals or the like, consisting of a cross-section essentially corresponding to the band, which has at least one longitudinally arranged to the band and on the visible surface of the band lying longitudinal bar and two substantially perpendicular to it Has transverse webs and a web running essentially parallel to the longitudinal web.
  • a decorative element for straps in the form of strips such as bracelets, collars, watch straps made of leather, synthetic leather, noble or non-precious metals or the like, consisting of a cross-section essentially corresponding to the band, which has at least one longitudinally arranged to the band and on the visible surface of the band lying longitudinal bar and two substantially perpendicular to it Has transverse webs and a web running essentially parallel to the longitudinal web.
  • Such decorative elements are known from the prior art. They generally consist of a hollow profile with a rectangular cross section, which is made of a noble or non-noble metal. Such a decorative element has a certain size and is preferably pushed onto a watch band of a wristwatch. The attachment of the jewelry element to this watch band is done by frictional connection, after which such a jewelry element is connected by a frictional connection between the inner surfaces of the hollow profile and the watch band. It follows from this that such jewelry elements, as are known in the prior art, only have a firm and secure fit on a watch band if the size of the hollow profile is matched to the width of the watch band or the like.
  • the jewelry element As soon as the jewelry element has a hollow profile that is slightly larger than the width and the height of the watch band, the jewelry element can no longer be held securely in the predetermined place on the watch band. It follows that the jewelry element can slip along the watch band.
  • Such a jewelry element previously known in the prior art can moreover only be used in the case of strips which are in the form of strips and which can be opened at least at one point. therefore it cannot be used on endless tapes.
  • the disadvantages known from the prior art in particular have the disadvantages that such a decorative element can only be fastened to the band to a sufficient extent if the shape and size of the decorative element is matched to the band.
  • a previously known jewelry element can only be used on tapes that can be opened in at least one place.
  • the object of the invention is to create a generic decorative element for strips in the form of strips, which can be fastened in a simple and inexpensive manner, both to endless strips and to strips which can be opened at least in one place, offers a secure hold on the strip-shaped band, without slipping along the band and can be attached and locked in a simple manner, the decorative element also being able to be fastened on bands which have a clasp at their free end or have a curved surface .
  • the hollow profile of the jewelry element can be opened on one side in order to place the jewelry element on a watch band, for example.
  • the pivotable leg is moved in such a way that it rests on the web opposite the axis of rotation and the watch band between the parallel leg located opposite one another or between the parallel web located opposite one another is clamped.
  • a jewelry element designed according to this teaching can thus be used both with endless belts and with belts that can be opened at at least one point.
  • the strip-shaped band is clamped in by closing the leg arranged pivotably on the first web, so that slipping of the jewelry element along the strip-shaped band is prevented in a simple manner.
  • the pivoting movement of the pivotable leg must take place against a frictional force in the swivel joint, so that the jewelry element can only be opened by a force which is greater than the previously described frictional force.
  • An improvement in the secure hold of the jewelry element according to the invention on the strip-shaped band is advantageously achieved in that the pivotable leg can be locked with the second web. It has proven to be advantageous here that the second web has a recess into which the leg can be snapped with a corresponding hook element.
  • a particularly simple latching between the second web and the leg arranged pivotably on the first web is achieved in that the second web has a latching lug in the region of the recess and in that the hook element has a corresponding opening into which the latching lug can be latched.
  • this constructive configuration of the jewelry element enables a firm connection between the second web and the leg arranged pivotably on the first web, so that the jewelry element is captively attached to the strip-shaped band.
  • this structural configuration of the decorative element can be produced in a simple and cost-effective manner, and the decorative element can be opened in a simple manner. For this purpose, it is only necessary to move the hook element slightly outwards, so that the catch does not engage the corresponding opening. The leg can then be pivoted about the axis of rotation, so that the decorative element can be easily removed from the strip-shaped band.
  • a further improvement in the hold of the jewelry element on the strip-shaped band is achieved in that at least the leg arranged pivotably on the first web has projections which can be hooked onto the strip-shaped band.
  • This can preferably be pins which are pressed into the strip-shaped band when the decorative element is closed.
  • These projections have a height that is smaller than the thickness of the strip-shaped band.
  • these pins are preferably conical, so that the tips of the pins can be pressed into the watch strap in a simple manner.
  • the pivotable leg is divided in two in its plane running parallel to the plane of the hollow profile and that a first half of the leg is pivotable on the first web about a first axis of rotation and a second half of the leg is attached to the second web so as to be pivotable about a second axis of rotation, the two halves of the leg being arranged in the closed state lying on top of one another at least in a partial area.
  • a jewelry element designed in this way has the particular advantage that a secure attachment of the jewelry element to a strip-shaped band is achieved in a simple manner, wherein for example locking elements or the like can be dispensed with. Accordingly, a decorative element designed in this way is structurally simplified.
  • the first half of the leg has at least one pin projecting into the cavity in the closed state and that the second half of the leg has at least one hole that corresponds to the pin.
  • This design of the decorative element has the particular advantage that a positive connection between the two halves of the leg is achieved by the engagement of the pin in the corresponding bore. It is particularly advantageous here if the pin has a greater length than the thickness of the second half of the leg, so that it protrudes slightly beyond the bore and can be hooked into the strip-shaped band.
  • the jewelry element can be fastened, for example, in a simple manner to leather bracelets of wristwatches, the leather bracelet, which can be deformed to a limited extent, being inserted through the opening in the web running parallel to the longitudinal web and then the inner contour of the profile piece adapts and has a secure hold in the decorative element.
  • the leather bracelet which can be deformed to a limited extent, being inserted through the opening in the web running parallel to the longitudinal web and then the inner contour of the profile piece adapts and has a secure hold in the decorative element.
  • the opening in the web saves material without having to accept significant stability problems of the jewelry element.
  • such jewelry elements can be produced more cost-effectively than the jewelry elements previously known in the prior art, particularly when they are manufactured from noble metals such as gold, silver or platinum. It is also advantageous with such a decorative element that the weight of such a decorative element is reduced by the opening in the central region of the web. This advantage is particularly evident when several such jewelry elements are attached to a watch band, for example.
  • the web is designed in the form of two holding elements which hold, preferably clamp, the band between the web and the longitudinal web.
  • These holding elements are designed such that a sufficiently large contact surface of the web is formed on the underside of the band, for example the watch strap, so that a sufficient surface pressure between the holding elements and the band can be achieved, which holds the jewelry element essentially immovably on the band.
  • the longitudinal web has a course adapted to the surface contour of the band.
  • a jewelry element according to the invention that an ornament and / or at least one gemstone setting is arranged on the longitudinal web, which serve to enable different designs of such jewelry elements.
  • edges of the holding elements are rounded.
  • This configuration has the particular advantage that injuries to the wrist, for example, are avoided by sharp-edged components of the decorative element.
  • this configuration prevents damage to the strap, preferably a leather watch strap or the like, when the watch strap is threaded into the jewelry element (s).
  • a jewelery element according to the invention that the longitudinal web and / or the holding elements or the web can be bent to a limited extent, as a result of which the jewelery element can also be ascertained in a simple manner on a band if the width of the band does not match the inner width of the profile piece matches.
  • the web or the holding elements are bent in the direction of the underside of the band, whereby the surface pressure between the band and the holding elements or the web is increased.
  • This configuration also makes it possible to adapt the jewelry element according to the invention to the surface of a, for example, curved band in a simple manner, so that the longitudinal web rests almost completely on the surface of the band.
  • the jewelry element 1 can on bracelets, collars, watch straps made of leather, synthetic leather, noble or base metals or the like be attached.
  • the decorative element 1 consists of a hollow profile with a rectangular cross section, which has two legs 2 and 3, which are connected via two webs 4 and 5 arranged at right angles to the leg 2.
  • the leg 2 carries on its outer surface 6 a gem setting 7, in which a gem, not shown, can be inserted.
  • other elements are also conceivable that can be attached to the decorative element 1, such as, for example, precious metal plates that have a constellation or another ornament.
  • the leg 3 is attached to the first web 4 such that it can pivot about an axis of rotation 8 and, when the jewelery element 1 is closed, bears against the opposite web 5.
  • the closed position of the decorative element 1 is shown in FIG. 2.
  • the second web 5 has a recess 9, into which the leg 3, which is pivotably arranged on the web 4, can be latched with a corresponding hook element 10.
  • the web 5 has at its free end a latching lug 11 which, when the jewelry element 1 is closed, engages in a corresponding opening 12 which is arranged on the hook element 10 in the region of the transition from the leg 3 into the hook element 10.
  • the hook element 10 slides over the latching lug 11 and is slightly bent outwards before the hook element 10 comes to rest completely in the recess 9 reaches the web 5. In this case, the locking lug 11 is then engaged in the opening 12.
  • the decorative element 1 has projections 13 which are arranged at a distance from one another on the pivotably attached leg 3 in such a way that they protrude into the cavity 14 of the decorative element 1 and thus form-fit with one in the figures 1 and 2 strip, not shown, are connected.
  • the projections 13 are conical in the exemplary embodiment shown, the conical tips pointing into the cavity 14.
  • a jewelry element 1 designed in this way is particularly suitable for strips of leather, synthetic leather or the like, which have a strip-shaped design, since in this case the projections 13 can be pressed into the strip of leather, synthetic leather or the like.
  • the axis of rotation 8 arranged between the leg 3 and the web 4 consists, in a manner known per se, of a pin which engages in coaxially aligned bores which are arranged in the web 4 and in the leg 3.
  • the web 4 is provided at its end facing the axis of rotation 8 with a recess which is flanked on both sides by a web-shaped section, in which the bores are arranged.
  • the leg 3 is mounted between the web-shaped sections. It can be seen from Figures 1 and 2 that to improve the mobility of the leg 3 about the axis of rotation 8 of the web 4 is rounded at its end facing the axis of rotation 8.
  • FIGS. 3 to 5 show a second embodiment of the decorative element 1.
  • the jewelery element 1 has a hollow profile with a rectangular cross section, which consists of two legs 20 and 21 which, when the jewelery element 1 is closed, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, are arranged parallel to one another.
  • the decorative element 1 has two webs 22 and 23 on, which are arranged at right angles to the leg 20 and connected to this leg 20.
  • a gemstone setting 25 is attached to the outer surface 24 of the leg 20.
  • the leg 21 is divided into a first half 26 and a second half 27 in its plane running parallel to the plane of the hollow profile.
  • the first half 26 is pivotally attached to the web 23 and the second half 27 is pivotally attached to the web 22.
  • both the web 23 and the web 22 each have an axis of rotation 28 and 29, which, as already explained above for the first exemplary embodiment, consists of a pin which is inserted into corresponding bores in the webs 22 and 23. It can be seen from FIG. 4 that the two halves 26 and 27 of the leg 21 overlap so that they lie on one another when the jewelry element 1 is closed and form a leg 21 running parallel to the leg 20.
  • the second half 27 of the leg 21, which is arranged on the inside when the jewelry element 1 is closed, has two bores 30 which are arranged at a distance from one another in the second half of the leg 21.
  • the first half 26 of the leg 21 has two pins 31 which are spaced apart from one another by the same distance as the bores 30 and which pass through the bores 30 when the piece of jewelry 1 is closed.
  • the pins 31 are essentially pin-shaped and carry at their free end a conical tip which, when the jewelry element 1 is closed, protrude beyond the inner surface 32 of the second half 27 of the leg 21.
  • these pins 31 engage in a band 33 (see FIG. 5) arranged between the legs 20 and 21, which is strip-shaped, for example as a watch band is made of leather. The pins 31 thus prevent the jewelry element 1 from slipping along the strip 33.
  • a jewelry element 41 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 for straps in the form of strips for example bracelets, collars, watch straps made of leather, synthetic leather, noble or base metals or the like, consists of a cross-section essentially corresponding to the strap not shown in FIGS. 6 and 7
  • Profile piece 42 which has a longitudinal web 43 arranged longitudinally to the band and resting on the visible surface of the band and two transverse webs 44 and 45 arranged essentially at right angles thereon.
  • the profile piece 42 has a web running essentially parallel to the longitudinal web 43, which in the exemplary embodiment shown consists of two holding elements 46 and 47 which hold the band between the web and the longitudinal web 43, the band being clampable.
  • the holding elements 46 and 47 are arranged at right angles to the transverse webs 44 and 45 in the illustrated decorative element 41, the holding elements 46 and 47 being directed towards one another. As can be seen in particular from FIG. 7, the edges 48 and 49 of the holding elements 46 and 47 are rounded, so that on the one hand injuries from the holding elements 46 and 47 resting on the skin and on the other hand damage to the between the longitudinal web 43 and the holding elements 46 and 47 arranged band can be avoided.
  • An opening 50 is arranged between the holding elements 46 and 47, through which the band, for example of a wristwatch, can be pressed between the longitudinal webs 43 and the holding elements 46 and 47.
  • the longitudinal web 43 has a course adapted to the surface contour of a curved band.
  • an ornament 52 for example in the form of a heart, a star or a comparable image, as well as two gemstone frames 53 and 54 flanking the ornament 52, in each of which a gemstone 55 is inserted.
  • the longitudinal web 43 and the holding elements 46 and 47 of the jewelry element 41 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 are designed to be flexible to a limited extent, so that the jewelry element 41 can be adapted to the shape of the band.
  • the holding elements 46 and 47 are pressed after insertion of the band in the cavity 16 arranged between the holding elements 46 and 47 and the longitudinal web 43 in the direction of the underside of the band, so that the band between the longitudinal web 43 and the holding elements 46 and 47 in the cavity 57 is clamped and the decorative element 41 cannot slide along the band.
  • the decorative element 41 can also be clamped in the case of tapes whose width does not match the internal dimension of the cavity 56.
  • the limited flexibility of the longitudinal web 43 and the holding elements 46 and 47 allows the decorative element to be adapted to uneven surfaces of the band.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 A further embodiment of the jewelry element according to the invention is shown in FIGS. 8 and 9.
  • This decorative element essentially corresponds to the embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 3 and thus also consists of two legs 2 and 3 and two webs 3 and 4, the leg 3 being arranged on the web 4 so as to be pivotable about the axis of rotation 8.
  • the web 5 opposite the axis of rotation 8 has an extension 60 which extends in the direction of the web 4 and on which the leg 3 can be brought into contact.
  • the decorative element 1 be closed in that the web 3 is pivoted about the axis of rotation 8 in the direction of the neck 60 until the web 3 rests on the neck 60 and together with the leg 3 represents a closure of the decorative element 1.
  • the leg 3 has a shoulder 61 corresponding to the shoulder 60, the dimensions of the shoulder 60 and the shoulder 61 matching . Furthermore, it can be seen from FIG. 8 that the extension 60 is offset inwards on the web 5 such that when the leg 3 is closed, the free end of the web 5 forms a flat surface with the surface of the leg 3, so that no edges or Protruding corners, which can cause an unpleasant feeling.
  • the leg 3 and the approach 60 have corresponding locking elements, which in the illustrated embodiment are designed as a mandrel 62 and a bore 63 corresponding to the mandrel 62.
  • the mandrel 62 is arranged in the region of the shoulder 61 and the bore 63 in the shoulder 60.
  • the axis of rotation 8 is designed as a three-part hinge, two spaced-apart elements, each with a bore, being provided on the web, the bores being arranged in alignment. Between these elements, a third element is also arranged with a bore, which is attached to the leg 3.
  • the three elements arranged side by side with aligned holes are pivotally connected to one another by means of a pin such that the central element is rotatably held in the two outer elements.

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DE9311618U DE9311618U1 (de) 1993-08-05 1993-08-05 Schmuckelement
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US6810564B2 (en) 2003-02-27 2004-11-02 Chung Nam Watch Co., Ltd. Buckle for a band or the like
GB2419801A (en) * 2004-11-05 2006-05-10 Leena Wilkinson Clothing accessory
US11490694B2 (en) * 2018-05-11 2022-11-08 Pandora A/S Flat bracelet clip

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FR1594950A (fr) * 1968-12-06 1970-06-08
GB1413090A (en) * 1973-11-16 1975-11-05 Bannock E V Jewellery
CH657508A5 (en) * 1984-07-27 1986-09-15 Lassale Jean Sa Metal trim for leather strap
DE8701628U1 (de) * 1987-02-04 1987-05-07 Well, Michael, 7543 Engelsbrand Schmuckstück für Uhrbänder
EP0358613A2 (fr) * 1988-09-09 1990-03-14 Giorgio Brizio Dispositif de fixation d'une montre supplémentaire sur un bracelet

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR1594950A (fr) * 1968-12-06 1970-06-08
GB1413090A (en) * 1973-11-16 1975-11-05 Bannock E V Jewellery
CH657508A5 (en) * 1984-07-27 1986-09-15 Lassale Jean Sa Metal trim for leather strap
DE8701628U1 (de) * 1987-02-04 1987-05-07 Well, Michael, 7543 Engelsbrand Schmuckstück für Uhrbänder
EP0358613A2 (fr) * 1988-09-09 1990-03-14 Giorgio Brizio Dispositif de fixation d'une montre supplémentaire sur un bracelet

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6810564B2 (en) 2003-02-27 2004-11-02 Chung Nam Watch Co., Ltd. Buckle for a band or the like
GB2419801A (en) * 2004-11-05 2006-05-10 Leena Wilkinson Clothing accessory
US11490694B2 (en) * 2018-05-11 2022-11-08 Pandora A/S Flat bracelet clip
US11903456B2 (en) 2018-05-11 2024-02-20 Pandora Flat bracelet clip

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