EP1102136B1 - Vorrichtung zum Aufsetzen einer Schutzkappe aus hartem Material auf den Mittelteil einer Uhr - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Aufsetzen einer Schutzkappe aus hartem Material auf den Mittelteil einer Uhr Download PDF

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EP1102136B1
EP1102136B1 EP99122881A EP99122881A EP1102136B1 EP 1102136 B1 EP1102136 B1 EP 1102136B1 EP 99122881 A EP99122881 A EP 99122881A EP 99122881 A EP99122881 A EP 99122881A EP 1102136 B1 EP1102136 B1 EP 1102136B1
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Denis Lüscher
Michael Bach
Fernand Vuillaume
Eloi Vuillaume
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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
    • G04B47/00—Time-pieces combined with other articles which do not interfere with the running or the time-keeping of the time-piece
    • G04B47/04—Time-pieces combined with other articles which do not interfere with the running or the time-keeping of the time-piece with attached ornaments or amusement apparatus
    • G04B47/046—Changeable decorations and parts thereof, decorations for the case which change the external appearance of the clockwork
    • 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
    • G04B37/08—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits
    • G04B37/084—Complete encasings for wrist or pocket watches without means for hermetic sealing of winding stem or crown
    • 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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  • the present invention relates to a device for assembling a hard material cap on the upper edge of the middle part of a watch case.
  • the exposed parts that is to say the ice, the middle part and the cap are the parts most exposed to external aggressions, such as scratches, shocks, oxidation, etc.
  • external aggressions such as scratches, shocks, oxidation, etc.
  • it eliminates or reduces the unsightly consequences of these attacks on the ice using a sapphire crystal whose manufacture is certainly delicate, but whose simple geometric shape does not involve complicated machining.
  • a very hard material such as a ceramic.
  • Such a material has a remarkable resistance to external attack, but has the drawbacks of being still sensitive to shocks and very poorly suited to overly complex machining. For this reason, this hard material is most often used as a cladding for an underlying structure that is easier to machine and generally much cheaper.
  • the document CH 508 925 proposes to removably attach the cap to an element of the housing by providing two facing grooves between which is interposed a resilient closed ring which will be compressed during assembly. If the section of this ring is too strong, we risk breaking the cap by forcing it to the assembly; if on the contrary the section is too low the cap may turn around the middle part which can be inconvenient for the passage of the time setting rod, or unsightly if the cap is not perfectly circular.
  • the document CH 568 040 proposes to radially arrange blind holes in the flat underside of the cap, to fill these holes with a readily tapable material and to screw said cap on an element of the middle part.
  • the proposed solution allows to consider, if necessary, a replacement of said cap and provides a better relative positioning of the two assembled elements, but such a construction is relatively complex and the blind holes undoubtedly embrittle said cap.
  • the present invention therefore aims to overcome the drawbacks of this prior art by providing a device for assembling a hard material cap on the upper edge of the middle part of a watch case or on a part integral with it. ci, said cap can be obtained with a reduced number of machining operations and can be easily replaced in case of breakage.
  • the invention relates to a removable assembly device of a hard material cap on the upper edge of the middle part of a watch case closed by an ice and a bottom delimiting with a casing ring, a space for accommodating at least one movement, characterized in that it comprises a metal center whose external wall has a staircase structure complementary to the internal structure of the cap secured to said center by means of at least two screws passing through it through holes for clamping flanges housed in radial recesses formed in a vertical wall of the cap, compressing an elastomeric seal disposed between two horizontal surfaces of the stair structures, and whose thickness is sufficient to provide at least one clearance between surfaces respectively facing the bottom and the base of the cap, and the vertical wall of the center and the wall of the cap joining the base.
  • the case 1 of a wristwatch is shown, the visible parts of which consist essentially of a cap 20 forming a middle part 4, in which a recess 5 is formed for the housing of the time-setting ring 7.
  • the recess 5 comprises in its center a channel 26, visible on the figure 4 , which joins the inner surface of the cap 20 to allow the passage of the stem of the setting ring 7.
  • the central portion of the cap 20 comprises, above a dial 11 provided with hour hands / minutes / seconds 13a, 13b, 13c, a sapphire crystal 3, whose fixing will be explained later.
  • the cap 20 leaves, at the positions 12h-6h, below the middle part 4, an extension 8 of the bottom 2, curved outwards substantially according to the curvature of a wrist and provided with horns 10 serving fixing a bracelet (not shown). It is obvious that after fixing a bracelet this extension 8 will not be visible at all.
  • the bottom 2 and the dial 11 delimit, with the casing ring 6, a housing 9 for a watch movement 29 held by two fixing screws 18 (also visible on the figure 3 ).
  • the cap 20 has an oblong shape and covers, from the perimeter of the ice 3, the entire surface of the watch forming two lugs 28 extending above the extensions 8, being, like said extensions 8 curved towards the outside to form a dome.
  • the figure 4 is a representation in exploded perspective of the. assembly device, the different parts having the orientation in view from below represented at the figure 3 .
  • the device comprises a metal center 30, an elastomer washer 12, two screws 14, 16 and two flanges 15, 17 which will allow the assembly of the cap 20.
  • the inner wall of the cap has an annular stair structure formed from the base 21 by orthogonal flat surfaces 21a, 22, 22a, 23a.
  • the base 21 is extended at the ears 28 by oblique extensions 24 having the same inclination as the extensions 8 of the bottom 2.
  • the vertical portion 21a, joining the base 21 and parallel to the middle part 4 comprises at the ears 28 two recesses 25, 27 diametrically opposed and intended to receive the flanges 15, 17.
  • these recesses are the only parts of the cap 20 which require special machining. They can for example be obtained by means of a diamond grinding, or by providing, during the manufacture of the cap of the drawers in the mold at the locations of the recesses 25, 27.
  • the metal center 30 is formed of a ring whose outer surface has a stair shape, complementary to that of the cap 20, formed from the base 31, by flat surfaces 31a, 32, 32a, 33.
  • the inner wall 46 of metal center 30 comprises at its base and at its upper part two annular grooves 45, 47 for receiving seals 45a, 47a respectively compressed axially against the bottom 2 and radially against the vertical edge 3a of the ice 3.
  • bottom of the annular groove 47 is extended towards the inside of the casing 1 by a ring 40 which will form a flange between the spout 3b of the glass 3 and the dial 11. It is obvious that this ring 40 has only one optional character and that it could be replaced by an independent enhancement.
  • the surface 33 of the metal center 30 comprises two open recesses 35, 37 which are diametrically opposed and intended to receive the flanges 15, 17.
  • the recesses 35, 37 comprise in their substantially median part the axial bores 34, 36 in which will be engaged. the screws 14, 16 for fixing the flanges 15, 17.
  • These clearances 35, 37 make it possible to reduce the height of the assembly device and facilitate the positioning of the center 30 above the flanges. According to a simpler embodiment, it is also possible to provide no clearance.
  • the metal center 30 finally has, distributed around its periphery, four tapped holes 39 for fixing the bottom 2 by means of four screws 19, and a radial bore 38 for the passage of the crown rod 7.
  • a first step from the central element formed by the metal center 30, it is possible to preassemble in a known manner all the constituent elements of the watch, ice 3, hands 13a, 13b, 13c, dial 11, circle d casing 6, movement 29 and crown 7, with the exception of the cap 20 and the bottom 2. It will also be observed, in the case where the ring 40 is replaced by an independent flange, that the metal center 30 and the circle of casing 6 can be made in one piece.
  • the elastomer washer 12 is then placed on the annular surface 22 of the staircase structure of the cap 20, then the two flanges 15, 17 are engaged in the recesses 25, 27.
  • the metal center 30 is then placed by positioning the clearance 35, 37 above the flanges 15, 17, and then screwed together by means of the screws 14, 16 so as to compress the washer 12 between the facing annular surfaces 22, 32 of the cap 20 and the metal center 30, and finally the bottom is screwed by means of the four screws 19.
  • the dimensions of the assembled elements and the thickness of the elastomer washer 12 are designed so that there are very small gaps between the internal surfaces of the cap 20 and the surfaces of the facing elements, with the exception of the surfaces 22, 32 between which is compressed the elastomeric washer 12.
  • the clearance between the oblique extension 24 and the extension 8 of the bottom 2 is designated by the reference 44, that between the base 21 and the bottom 2 by the reference 41, that between the wall 21a and the corresponding wall 31a of the center 30 by the reference 41a, that between the wall 23 and the outer edge 33 of the center 20 by the reference 43, and that between the wall 23a and the edge 3a of the ice 3 by the reference 43a .
  • the fixing means of the cap are two in number and are positioned under the bottom 2 positions 12h-6h, at the cap where there is the most material. Comparing the cuts of Figures 5 and 6 it will be observed that the point of the recesses 25, 27 closest to the surface of the cap 20 remains the same all around said cap, so that it is possible, according to an alternative embodiment, to consider putting more than two fixing means occupying different angular positions with respect to the axis 12h-6h. In the embodiment taken by way of example, it will be observed that the two axial bores 34, 36 and the four tapped holes 39 have an angular offset, that is to say that they are distinct and that only are apparent the screws 19 for fixing the bottom 2.
  • the center 30 comprises only two tapped holes 39 for two screws 19 for fixing the bottom, the two other screws being merged with the screws 14, 16 of flange fixing 15, 17 having longer rods.
  • this embodiment has the advantage of being able to replace the cap 20 without removing the bottom 2, and therefore without risk of damaging the seal 45a.

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  1. Vorrichtung zum lösbaren Anbringen einer Kappe (20) aus hartem Material an den oberen Bereich des Mittelteils (4) eines Uhrengehäuses (1), das von einem Uhrenglas (3) und einem Boden (2) verschlossen wird, der mit einem Gehäusering (6) einen Raum (9) begrenzt, um zumindest ein Uhrwerk (29) aufzunehmen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie einen Kern aus Metall (30) aufweist, dessen Außenwand einen treppenartigen Aufbau (31, 31a, 32, 32a, 33) hat, der komplementär zum Innenaufbau (21, 21a, 22, 22a, 23, 23a) der Kappe (20) ausgeführt ist, die fest mit dem Kern (30) über zumindest zwei Schrauben (14, 16) verbunden ist, welche diesen durch Bohrungen (34, 36) hindurch durchsetzen, um Flansche (15, 17) einzuklemmen, die in radialen Vertiefungen (25, 27) aufgenommen sind, welche in einer senkrechten Wand (21a) der Kappe (20) ausgebildet sind, wobei eine Elastomerdichtung (12) zusammengedrückt wird, die zwischen zwei horizontalen Flächen (22, 32) der treppenartigen Aufbauten angeordnet ist, und deren Dicke ausreicht, um zumindest zwischen den gegenüberliegenden Flächen des Bodens (2) bzw. der Basis (21) der Kappe (20) sowie der senkrechten Wand (31a) des Kerns und der auf die Basis (21) auftreffenden Wand (21a) der Kappe (20) ein jeweiliges Spiel (41, 41a) auszubilden.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Kern (30) ferner Freistiche (35, 37) aufweist, die sich an den Stellen der Flansche (15, 17) zur Kappe (20) hin öffnen und als Tiefe im wesentlichen die Dicke der Flansche (15, 17) haben.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Kern (30) ferner Gewindebohrungen (39) aufweist, die im Winkel zu den Bohrungen für die Schrauben (14, 16) der Flansche (15, 17) versetzt sind und das Befestigen des Bodens (2) mittels Schrauben (19) ermöglichen.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zwei Schrauben (14, 16) zum Befestigen der Flansche (15, 17) auch die Befestigung des Bodens (2) ermöglichen.
  5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Kappe (20) eine längliche Form hat und zwei Vertiefungen (25, 27) aufweist, die bei 12 Uhr und bei 6 Uhr positioniert sind.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Innenränder des Kerns (20) ferner zwei Rillen (45, 47) aufweisen, die dazu bestimmt sind, zwei Dichtungen (45a, 47a) aufzunehmen, mit denen für Dichtheit mit dem Boden (2) und dem Uhrenglas (3) gesorgt werden kann.
  7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der obere Bereich der Innenwand des Kerns (30) eine ringförmige Erweiterung (40) aufweist, die eine Erhebung bildet.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Kern (30) und der Gehäusering (6) einstückig ausgebildet sind.
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