EP0835618A2 - Verschluss für ein Uhrarmband - Google Patents

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EP0835618A2
EP0835618A2 EP97500166A EP97500166A EP0835618A2 EP 0835618 A2 EP0835618 A2 EP 0835618A2 EP 97500166 A EP97500166 A EP 97500166A EP 97500166 A EP97500166 A EP 97500166A EP 0835618 A2 EP0835618 A2 EP 0835618A2
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strap
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metal fastener
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Miguel Rodriguez Dominguez
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Festina SA
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Festina SA
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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
    • A44C5/18—Fasteners for straps, chains or the like
    • A44C5/22—Fasteners for straps, chains or the like for closed straps
    • A44C5/24—Fasteners for straps, chains or the like for closed straps with folding devices
    • A44C5/246—Fasteners for straps, chains or the like for closed straps with folding devices having size adjusting means

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  • the present invention covers a closing device which has been especially conceived for wrist watches, and above all for straps made of leather or similar materials, and which use metal fastenings composed of two articulated arms, equipped with the means of fixing the two segments of the strap, in such a way that these arms fold one over the other when the strap is closed, thereby fitting it to the wrist of the user, while when the said arms are extended the effective diameter of the strap is substantially increased, to a degree that is sufficient to permit the same to pass over the hand of the user.
  • the object of the invention is to attain adjustable means of fixation between the metal fastening and the strap, with the purpose of making the entire set of parts suitable for substantially different wrists, while also providing fastenings of the greatest possible flatness when closed, with the subsequent and beneficial effects on the aesthetic appearance of the strap.
  • Classical watch straps formed of two segments are equipped in one of the said segments with a frog that, together with an alignment of perforations laid out in the other segment, permits the said strap, when closed, to adjust to fit the wrist of the user.
  • a totally different solution is employed in metal bracelets, such that when the two basic segments of the metal bracelet are connected by a fastener which is also made of metal, two articulated arms, joined at hinges to the two segments of the bracelet and which are able to fold down, one over the other when closed, they are equipped with the means of locking together in such a position.
  • the metal fastening is affixed at one end to one of the segments of the strap, in a way that renders it immobile, by means of a cross-wise pin, with the one on the other segment of the strap does so by means of a clamp which "bites" on the strap, generally with the aid of a toothed surface, and which has the purpose of ensuring the proper attachment of the same.
  • the closing device proposed by this invention completely and satisfactorily resolves both of the above - mentioned problems.
  • one of the characteristics of this invention centres on the fact that one of the ends of the said fastener is joined to the corresponding segment of the strap in a conventional fashion, specifically by means of a pin or similar device, and that at the free end of the other arm there is a tubular and flattened head, from the centre of the base of which a nipple with a slightly expanded free end emerges, such that through the said nipple the other segment of the strap may be joined to the metal fastener through one of the classic orifices which are aligned lengthwise, in such a way that, depending on which of the orifices has been selected, the length of the strap as a whole will be determined.
  • this tubular head will be of minimum thickness, and suitable for the thickness of the strap, thereby minimising the volume of the same.
  • this arm of the metal fastener be equipped at a mid point with a couple of bent lugs, forming between them a pinching mouth channel, to guide and affix the above - mentioned superfluous segment of the also said segment of the strap.
  • one of the two articulated arms of the metal fastener preferentially the arm equipped with the said tubular head, incorporates a lengthwise window which fits the other arm in terms of shape and size, such that when closed both arms fit together along the same plane, instead of folding one over the other, thereby attaining a substantial reduction in the overall thickness of the mechanism when closed.
  • Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a closing device for watch straps manufactured according to the subject of this invention, in an extended position, suitably affixed to one of the segments of the strap and facing the other one, thereby making adjustment possible.
  • Figure 2 shows another perspective view of the closing device shown in the previous figure, now exclusively illustrating the metal fastener, in an intermediate position of the swinging of its arms.
  • Figure 3 also shows a perspective view of the same fastener as that shown in the previous figure, in an extended position, although the face opposite to that shown in figure 1 is illustrated.
  • Figure 4 shows an inverse perspective of the set shown in figure 1, with the two segments of the strap duly connected to the metal fastener.
  • the closing device described is designed to join the two segments (1) and (2) of a strap which constitutes a watch bracelet, and is materially expressed in the form of a metal fastener (3) which is composed of two articulated arms (4) and (5), joined to each other by means of a crosswise pin (6), one of the said arms (4) holding, with the aid of a conventional fastener (7) one of the segments of the strap (1), while the other arm (5) of the metal fastener is finished by a flattened tubular head (8) which is rectangular in cross-section to fit the cross-section of segment (2) of the strap which it is to hold, and being equipped at the centre of its base or lower section (9) with a nipple (10) having a slightly expanded free end, destined to fit as selected in any of the orifices (11) with which, forming a lengthwise alignment, the said segment (2) of the strap is equipped.
  • the effective length of the strap is variable, depending on which of the orifices (11) of segment (2) of the strap is selected to hold the nipple (10) of the arm (5) of the metal fastener, without its being necessary in any case to adjust the said segment (2) of the strap to eliminate the superfluous sector of the same, which may be adjusted to the lower or internal face of the articulated arm (5) of the metal fastener (3), to which it is suitably affixed, with the aid of lower doubly bent lugs (12), these forming a guide for the said superfluous sector of segment (2) of the strap, as may be especially observed in figures 2 and 4.
  • the articulated arm (5) of the metal fastener (3) As a complement to the structure as described, the articulated arm (5) of the metal fastener (3), this to be effected mainly by a broad window (13), opened lengthwise and which is open towards the end in which the hinge pin (6) is located, this window coinciding in shape and size with the other arm (4) of the metal fastener (3), in such a way that when closed as shown in figure 5, the arm (4) fits into the window (3) in the same plane as the arm (5), and offering a minimum thickness for the metal fastener for the metal fastener (3) as a whole.
  • the window (13) made in the arm (5) of the metal fastener terminates in a teat (14) in which a crosswise pin (15) is pressure fitted, and which is linked to the free end of the other arm (4) of the repeatedly mentioned metal fastener (3).

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EP97500166A 1996-10-11 1997-10-08 Verschluss für ein Uhrarmband Withdrawn EP0835618A3 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
ES9602150A ES2130963B1 (es) 1996-10-11 1996-10-11 Dispositivo de cierre para pulseras de reloj.
ES9602150 1996-10-11

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EP0835618A2 true EP0835618A2 (de) 1998-04-15
EP0835618A3 EP0835618A3 (de) 1999-01-20

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Cited By (5)

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AT410052B (de) * 2001-10-22 2003-01-27 Ernst Ing Rossler Längenverstellelement für gürtel
CN103704953A (zh) * 2013-11-13 2014-04-09 青岛歌尔声学科技有限公司 一种转轴连接机构、带体、带扣和穿戴产品
JP2014108363A (ja) * 2012-12-04 2014-06-12 Omega Sa 調整可能なブレスレットの中留
EP2803287A1 (de) * 2013-05-16 2014-11-19 Synergies Horlogeres SA Verschluss für ein Armband
IT201800003592A1 (it) * 2018-03-15 2019-09-15 Promotion Spa Gruppo di intercambiabilita' per cinturino componibile

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FR965823A (de) * 1950-09-22
GB757556A (en) * 1954-04-26 1956-09-19 Bernard William Firth Watch strap clasp or fastener
CH576761A5 (en) * 1975-02-27 1976-06-30 Marchis Giorgio De Adjuster for flexible strap for wristwatch - one side of quick-action fastener has slot and peg for selected hole in strap end
CH593648A5 (de) * 1975-07-14 1977-12-15 Kloetzl Egon
GB2278148B (en) * 1993-04-23 1996-08-21 Ming Fung Metal Manufacturing Wrist watch buckle
FR2751516B1 (fr) * 1996-07-25 1998-09-04 Smh Management Services Ag Fermoir a boucle deployante

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AT410052B (de) * 2001-10-22 2003-01-27 Ernst Ing Rossler Längenverstellelement für gürtel
JP2014108363A (ja) * 2012-12-04 2014-06-12 Omega Sa 調整可能なブレスレットの中留
EP2803287A1 (de) * 2013-05-16 2014-11-19 Synergies Horlogeres SA Verschluss für ein Armband
CN103704953A (zh) * 2013-11-13 2014-04-09 青岛歌尔声学科技有限公司 一种转轴连接机构、带体、带扣和穿戴产品
CN103704953B (zh) * 2013-11-13 2015-12-30 青岛歌尔声学科技有限公司 一种转轴连接机构、带体、带扣和穿戴产品
IT201800003592A1 (it) * 2018-03-15 2019-09-15 Promotion Spa Gruppo di intercambiabilita' per cinturino componibile

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