EP0703512B1 - Montre bracelet avec touche pour fermer un contact électrique - Google Patents

Montre bracelet avec touche pour fermer un contact électrique Download PDF

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EP0703512B1
EP0703512B1 EP95114782A EP95114782A EP0703512B1 EP 0703512 B1 EP0703512 B1 EP 0703512B1 EP 95114782 A EP95114782 A EP 95114782A EP 95114782 A EP95114782 A EP 95114782A EP 0703512 B1 EP0703512 B1 EP 0703512B1
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case
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tappet
watch according
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Inge Ganter-Kaufmann
Pieter Kuschel
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Junghans Uhren GmbH
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04C—ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04C3/00—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means
    • G04C3/001—Electromechanical switches for setting or display
    • 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
    • G04B37/0008—Cases for pocket watches and wrist watches
    • 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
    • G04B37/225—Non-metallic cases

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  • the invention relates to a wristwatch according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such a clock in which instead of an externally operated and the wall of the Watch case traversing plunger as a push button switch to influence an internal Contact section a region of the injection molded plastic that can be deformed in a flexible manner Serves watch case is known from US-PS 4,178,751.
  • a radial if necessary Plug made of stiffer material that extends over the wall thickness is used the spatial definition of the tactile area.
  • the case side wall deformed here acts directly on one of several contact spring tongues punched out on an arc for their radial deflection up to the system against one fixed on the clockwork Counter contact.
  • a disadvantage of such switch training is that the actuation the peripheral along the cylindrical wall of the watch case against each other offset push button pressure ranges due to the interconnection of the contact springs the ring arch always creates the same potential connection to the individual mating contacts is what does not open up a great freedom of movement in terms of circuitry.
  • the invention is therefore based on the technical problem of a watch of the generic type Way of creating, which is mainly due to a more reliable effect in manual Characterized switch actuation and also more versatile circuitry Functions related to push button operation opened.
  • the ring-shaped housing of a wristwatch appears when the button is pressed no longer until the contact spring tongue finally comes into contact with its mating contact deformed, but experiences a pressure and travel transmitting double plunger a housing-fixed stop to take up further external pressure after the contact path from the contact spring tongue to the mating contact has already closed has been.
  • a double pimple inside acts as the actual pestle Housing between the contact spring tongue and a membrane-shaped taper or a plug formation in the housing wall. Any locally defined deformation area in the wall can under elastic pressure against a spatially assigned Pair of plunger knobs and thus against the contact spring assigned to it be pushed in manually. For this, the plunger knobs are z. B.
  • the respective The contact spring can in turn be spring-loaded against the plunger knobs issue; however, it is permanent in order to avoid the risk of permanent breakage mechanical alternating stress, preferably at a distance from the adjacent knob and thus held free of tension.
  • the contact springs and their counter contacts are individually attached to the factory and connected to circuit parts there, which means according to the circuit Execution via the mechanically lockable Contact distance z. B. switched through a reference potential or a circuit part (like a voltage or a frequency divider) can be bridged.
  • the wristwatch 11 shown in FIG. 2 has one annular housing 12 on the z. B. in plastic injection molding is made. Its central-axial Through opening 13 is visible closed by a watch glass 14, which in the housing 12 can be blown in or welded in. It is also possible within the scope of the present invention, first to inject a watch glass 14 made of crystal-clear material, to which the housing 12 made of colored, non-transparent material is injected to hermetically sealed along the edge with the watch glass 14 connect to.
  • recesses 16 protrude into what locally to a corresponding weakening of the wall of the Housing 12 leads. As a result, this respective area 17 defined deformed, namely (e.g. radially with respect to the Housing 12) are pressed.
  • the recesses 16 can also practically traverse the wall of the housing 12 and only through a film-shaped membrane 18 or one Stopper hermetically but deformably closed.
  • a Membrane 18 can be sprayed on separately, or already as Spray skin stopped when casting the housing 12. It adapts geometrically to the outer contour of the housing 12, but is expediently like a separately molded Plug as a deformation area 17 in color compared to the surrounding housing 12 removed.
  • the movement 24 is immersed in the interior 23 of the housing 12, which is preferably a radio-controlled clockwork with integrated Antenna according to DE-GM 93 15 669.
  • the housing 12 When inserting are already at work 24 in the housing opening 13 Dial and hands mounted.
  • the housing 12 thus equipped with the movement 24 by the blown in or screwed on like a bayonet Floor 27 with built-in or inserted battery locked.
  • the way the knobs operate 19'-19 is mechanically limited to overload to avoid.
  • each a contact spring 28 is held which (with respect to the housing ring) preload-free radial to local assigned plunger knobs 19 protrudes.
  • With external pressure on it is injected here in the form of a plug 18 from this knob 19 to one also at work 24 held counter contact 29 pressed. This will make one Contact path 30 closed and in plant 24 one electrical function triggered, such as switching one Display presentation or the advancement of a display organ.

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Claims (9)

  1. Montre-bracelet (11) comportant au moins un interrupteur à touche actionnable à partir de l'extérieur de son boítier (12), pour la fermeture d'une section de contact (30) du mécanisme (24) monté dans le boítier (12), l'interrupteur à touche étant constitué d'une zone de déformation (17) dans le boítier (12), associée à la section de contact (30), caractérisée en ce que la zone de déformation (17) agit sur un ressort de contact (28) de la section de contact (30), par des boutons-poussoirs (19-19'), en ce que les boutons-poussoirs (19-19') sont formés sur une fixation (20) qui est fixée au boítier (12), sous la forme d'une attache flexible (32), en ce que l'attache flexible (32) porte un bouton-poussoir (19), qui passe à travers une découpe (16) du boítier (12), vers le ressort de contact (28), en ce que l'attache flexible (32) s'engage dans une fente (33) découpée dans le boítier (12) et en ce que la fente (33) découpée dans le boítier (12) pour l'attache flexible (32) forme une butée (34) dans son déplacement vers le ressort de contact (28).
  2. Montre selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la fixation (20) est réalisée sous la forme d'un anneau élastique, sur lequel sont disposés décalés périphériquement les uns par rapport aux autres plusieurs boutons (19-19', 19-19') pour le fonctionnement de plusieurs interrupteurs à touche.
  3. Montre selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce qu'un anneau interrompu est inséré, à la manière d'un jonc élastique, dans une ouverture de passage (13) axiale du boítier (12), qui porte des boutons à au moins une extrémité frontale périphérique.
  4. Montre selon l'une des revendications 2 ou 3, caractérisée en ce que l'anneau présente une zone de dilatation s'étendant en ondulations, à côté d'un bouton (19-19') disposé sur l'anneau.
  5. Montre selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que s'appliquent, contre les boutons-poussoirs intérieurs (19), les ressorts de contact (28) qui sont maintenus sur le mécanisme (24), comme leurs contre-contacts (29).
  6. Montre selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les boutons-poussoirs (19-19') sont disposés sur des attaches flexibles (32) dépassant du fond (27) du boítier ou du boítier (12), à peu près parallèlement à l'axe (31) du mécanisme.
  7. Montre selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que les attaches flexibles (32) s'engagent dans des fentes (33) parallèles à l'axe, dont l'ouverture est légèrement plus grande que l'épaisseur des attaches flexibles (32), pour servir de butées (34).
  8. Montre selon la revendication 7, caractérisée en ce que les fentes (33) présentent des découpes (16, 16') orientées transversalement à celles-ci, destinées à recevoir les boutons-poussoirs (19-19'), dont les boutons intérieurs (19) traversent des découpes (16) traversantes, vers l'ouverture centrale (13) du boítier.
  9. Montre selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que les boutons-poussoirs extérieurs (19') s'appliquent sans précontrainte contre les zones de déformation (17), dont les découpes (16), dans lesquelles s'engagent les boutons (19'), sont fermées hermétiquement mais élastiquement.
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DE9415401U DE9415401U1 (de) 1994-09-23 1994-09-23 Uhr, insbesondere Armbanduhr, mit Tastschalter zur Betätigung einer elektrischen Kontaktstrecke
DE9415401U 1994-09-23

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EP0703512A2 EP0703512A2 (fr) 1996-03-27
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ATE192858T1 (de) 1996-12-02 2000-05-15 Ebauchesfabrik Eta Ag Elektrische schaltvorrichtung auf einer gedruckten schaltung und uhr, die eine solche vorrichtung enthält
EP3958067A1 (fr) * 2020-08-17 2022-02-23 The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd Dispositif de fixation d'un fond sur une carrure pour piece d'horlogerie
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