EP0868863A1 - Uhrenarmband - Google Patents

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EP0868863A1
EP0868863A1 EP98105502A EP98105502A EP0868863A1 EP 0868863 A1 EP0868863 A1 EP 0868863A1 EP 98105502 A EP98105502 A EP 98105502A EP 98105502 A EP98105502 A EP 98105502A EP 0868863 A1 EP0868863 A1 EP 0868863A1
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Richard Delacretaz
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Richemont International SA
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Conseils et Manufactures VLG 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
    • A44C5/02—Link constructions
    • A44C5/10—Link constructions not extensible
    • A44C5/107—Link constructions not extensible with links made of more than two elements including connecting elements
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/47—Strap-end-attaching devices
    • Y10T24/4718—Watch pintle connected
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/47—Strap-end-attaching devices
    • Y10T24/4782—Watch strap

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  • the present invention relates to bracelets and metal watch straps including metal precious, gold, platinum, silver or steel.
  • the object of the present invention is to produce a such a bracelet comprising decorative elements and support elements requiring few different parts, easy to machine and assemble.
  • the bracelet according to the invention comprises elements of decor and supporting elements connected by connecting pins and has the features set out in claim 1.
  • the accompanying drawing illustrates a watch case provided of a bracelet according to the invention.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bracelet watch according to the invention assembled with a watch case.
  • Figure 2 is a top view of the bracelet put flat and separate from the watch case.
  • Figure 3 is a section along line A-A of the figure 2.
  • Figure 4 is a section along line B-B of the figure 2.
  • Figure 5 is a perspective view illustrating a strand of the bracelet assembled to the watch case as well as how to assemble a terminal link at the end free of the bracelet.
  • Figure 6 illustrates in exploded perspective the attachment of an end decoration element of the bracelet and a strap end support element on the watch case.
  • Figures 7 and 8 illustrate in perspective below and above a decorative element of the bracelet.
  • Figure 9 illustrates in perspective an element of bracelet support.
  • Figure 10 illustrates on a larger scale, in perspective, the assembly and the connection between them decor and support elements to close the bracelet.
  • the bracelet according to the present invention illustrates at design like a watch strap, could of course be a continuous jewelry bracelet, without watch, like it will be explained later.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a watch case 1 provided with a bracelet according to the invention.
  • This bracelet has decor elements 2 generally made of precious metal but which could also be made from other materials such as precious or semi-precious stone, wood, steel, etc and support elements 3 connected to each other by pins 4.
  • the bracelet still has decorative elements end 5 intended to be connected using bars 6 to the watch case and support elements end 7 also intended to be fixed to the box watch using the same bar 6.
  • the free ends of the bracelet links each have a terminal link 8 consisting of a single decorative element connected to the support element 3 of the adjacent link of the bracelet with a screw 9.
  • each link of the bracelet is made up of a decorative element 2.5 and a corresponding support element 3.7.
  • Each decorative element 2 of the bracelet ( Figures 7 and 8) is formed in the illustrated example of a body rectangular parallepipedic, the upper face 10 being able be worked, guilloche, set with stones or manufactured in any other way to give the aesthetic desired bracelet.
  • the bracelet being assembled, only this surface 10 as well as the lateral faces 11, which can also be provided with decoration, the bracelet are visible; they alone contribute to the appearance of the bracelet.
  • the shape of the body could be different, for curved example.
  • Each decorative element 2 has a recess 12 emerging on its underside 10a and on its two frontal sections located perpendicular to the axis longitudinal of the bracelet.
  • This recess 12 is shaped so as to receive, by simple fitting, an element of support 3. There is therefore no mechanical connection fixing a decorative element 2 to a support element 3; the element support 3 is simply placed in the housing 12 of the corresponding decorative element 2.
  • the recess 12 has a narrow opening part on one of the front sections 14, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bracelet, of the decorative element 2.
  • This front edge 14 of the decor element 2 comprises, on either side of the recess 12, recesses 15 of straight semi-cylindrical shape whose axis extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bracelet and therefore of the recess 12.
  • the recess 12 has a wide opening part on the other front edge 16 of the decor element 2 which also extends perpendicular to the axis longitudinal of the bracelet, respectively of the recess 12.
  • This second frontal section 16 is provided, on the and other of the recess 12, protrusions 17 of shape straight semi-cylindrical.
  • the end decor element 5 attaching to the box watch has a flat front edge 18 intended to come into contact with a face 19 of the box 1, located between the horns 20 of this watch case 1.
  • a near this flat front edge 18, the element of decor 5 has a through hole 21.
  • This end decoration element 5 comprises a recess or groove 23 opening on its faces lower and front 18.15 for receiving an element end support 7.
  • this support element 7 is placed in the groove 23 of the end decor element 5.
  • This support element 5 has a first bore 24 coming in the assembled position lie in the axis of holes 21. This hole 24 is also crossed by the bar 6 which thus connects the decor element 5 and the support element 7 to the watch case 1.
  • the other front edge of the support element end has a semi-cylindrical projection 25 pierced with a bore 26 coaxial with this semi-cylindrical projection 25 and which once assembled in box 1 and disposed in the groove 23 is also coaxial with the axis semi-cylindrical recesses 15 of the front face 14 decoration element 5.
  • the support element 3 corresponding to the elements of decor 2 is housed in the recess 12 thereof and has a narrow part 27 whose end 28 has a convex semi-cylindrical shape with a bore 29 concentric with this cylindrical surface 28.
  • the other part of this support element 2 is wide and formed of two studs 30, the end 31 of which has a semi-cylindrical shape provided with holes 32 coaxial with these convex semi-cylindrical surfaces 31.
  • the two tenons 30 are separated by a groove 33.
  • these support elements 3 resides in the fact that their dimensions are such that they are housed in the recess 12 of a decor element 2 and that once in this position, the bore 29 of the semi-cylindrical end 28 is perfectly aligned on the axis of the semi-cylindrical recesses 15 of the element of decor 2. Similarly, in this position, the surfaces semi-cylindrical 31 are perfectly aligned with the semi-cylindrical projections 17 of the decor element 2, the holes 32 being located in the axis of these semi-cylindrical projections 17.
  • the bracelet assembly is done step by step. First place the end support member 7 in the groove 23 of the end decor element 5. Then this 5.7 end link is disposed between the horns 23 of watch box 1 so that the holes 22, 21 and 24 are aligned. We then introduce the bars or pins 6 in these holes 22, 21 and 24 and secures thus the end link 5.7 to the watch case.
  • This terminal link monobloc, has a front edge similar to that decorative elements provided with semi-cylindrical projections. Only for this end link, one of the projections 17 is drilled with a hole 33 while the other is provided with a tapping. So, by placing this terminal link 8 with its semi-cylindrical projections 17 in the semi-cylindrical recesses 15 of the last decorative element 2 assembled, of on either side of the end 28 of the last element of assembled support, drilling and tapping of this link terminal are aligned with the bore 29 of the element support. A screw 9 is then introduced into the hole 33.29 and screwed into the thread of the link 8 which completes the assembly of the bracelet.
  • the bore 33 of the end link 8 can be threaded and cooperate with the threaded head of screw 9.
  • the other semi-cylindrical projection of the link 8 has a blind hole receiving the end of the screw 9.
  • the decoration elements cannot be moved laterally because they are held in line by the support elements and they cannot separate from adjacent decor elements with which they are engaged by their semi-cylindrical frontal sections.
  • the free edge of the terminal link 8 may include all means of coupling to a traditional clasp for allow the bracelet to close on itself.
  • the decorative elements surround and hide its three sides, the support elements are not visible only on the inside of the bracelet and therefore invisible when the bracelet is worn.
  • the length setting of the bracelet is very simple, it just remove or add a decorative element 2 and a support element 3 to modify the length of the bracelet.
  • the width of the decor elements 2 may vary to allow the bracelet to be produced not having a uniform width, in doing so we use always the same support elements.
  • An advantage of the bracelet described also lies in the fact that the pins 4 articulating two elements of support neighbors cannot escape since they are trapped laterally between two projections 17 of a decor element 2.
  • the recesses 12 of all the decor elements 2 are the same as all the support elements 3 which facilitates and reduces the manufacturing cost of these elements and therefore the bracelet.

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CH78597 1997-04-03
CH785/97 1997-04-03
CH00785/97A CH691158A5 (fr) 1997-04-03 1997-04-03 Bracelet.

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JP (1) JP2948566B2 (de)
CN (1) CN1127310C (de)
CH (1) CH691158A5 (de)
DE (1) DE69805692T2 (de)
ES (1) ES2175547T3 (de)
HK (1) HK1010473A1 (de)
SG (1) SG71775A1 (de)
TW (1) TW432951U (de)

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DE69805692T2 (de) 2003-01-30
CN1194808A (zh) 1998-10-07
CH691158A5 (fr) 2001-05-15
HK1010473A1 (en) 1999-06-25
TW432951U (en) 2001-05-01
SG71775A1 (en) 2000-04-18
CN1127310C (zh) 2003-11-12
US6101842A (en) 2000-08-15
ES2175547T3 (es) 2002-11-16

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