EP1287758A1 - Glieder für Uhrenarmband - Google Patents

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EP1287758A1
EP1287758A1 EP01203226A EP01203226A EP1287758A1 EP 1287758 A1 EP1287758 A1 EP 1287758A1 EP 01203226 A EP01203226 A EP 01203226A EP 01203226 A EP01203226 A EP 01203226A EP 1287758 A1 EP1287758 A1 EP 1287758A1
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Christophe Guerry
Sébastien Bolzt
Steeve Gerber
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Rado Uhren AG
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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
    • A44C5/14—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps characterised by the way of fastening to a wrist-watch or the like
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a link, intended to connect a bracelet to the case of a watch, the latter comprising a covering element which defines the at least partially its limits in the longitudinal direction of the bracelet, this element dressing being obtained by a process including a sintering step.
  • the invention relates more generally to the field of watch straps partially made of hard materials, such as ceramic, intended to be assembled on watches with a case made of hard material.
  • Such a type of bracelet having a more or less flexible internal structure providing a framework function and covered at least partially with a covering, is known to those skilled in the art.
  • US Patent No. 5,365,753 describes a bracelet, in particular for a watch, comprising an internal chain composed of articulated links, linked together by hinges.
  • Each of these links made up of two structural elements, is covered by an external covering element made of ceramic.
  • each link comprises means for retaining the corresponding covering element of so as to obtain an advantageous aesthetic effect, insofar as the different hinges connecting the links together are thus never apparent.
  • the covering parts made of hard materials are obtained by methods comprising a molding step followed by sintering. At during sintering these parts undergo a contraction, i.e. a reduction significant volume, under the combined actions of heat and pressure, this contraction can represent more than 30% of the initial volume.
  • the currently implemented methods currently make it possible to manufacture such parts with tolerances on the dimensions which are of the order of 0.5 to 1%, the step sintering making it difficult to obtain lower tolerances. We can note that these tolerances fluctuate depending on the batches of raw material used.
  • the main object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the art mentioned above and to improve the aesthetics of existing timepieces.
  • the invention relates to a link for a watch strap of the type mentioned above, characterized in that it comprises a first hollow element provided with means for fixing to the bracelet, a second element, part of which is nested in the first element and carrying means for fixing to the housing of the watch and a third external covering element, integral with the first element and covering at least partially the second element on the side of the fixing means to the housing.
  • the link according to the present invention is further characterized by the fact that it includes a mechanical device allowing a translation of the first element relative to the second element in the direction of the bracelet, so as to press the third covering element against the covering element of the watch case.
  • the first element is hollow and the mechanical device is housed therein in particular in the form of elastic means, such as that one or more springs or an elastomer block.
  • elastic means exert a restoring force on the first element so as to bring it closer to the second end of the second element, the latter carrying the means of attachment to the watch case and extending outside the first element, through a opening made in a wall of the latter.
  • This restoring force is a permanent rimpedement of the third element covering the link against the watch case, regardless of the value of manufacturing tolerances of the watch case.
  • the volume left free by the device mechanical in the first hollow element is sealed against the external environment, thanks to the use of a particular structure and joints adequate.
  • This feature can possibly be used to accommodate various electronic components or even a battery in the first element.
  • the mechanical means include means for adjusting the position of the strap relative to the watch case.
  • the settings are made when the bracelet is assembled on the housing, so that the junction is uninterrupted, and can be modified later.
  • These means may in particular comprise an adjustment screw, linked in various ways to the different elements of the link according to the present invention.
  • the screw is housed in a hole in the second element of the link, that buffers are arranged on the share screw and other of the second element, these buffers being capable of being moved in a direction perpendicular to that of the bracelet, at least one of the buffers being provided of a thread.
  • at least one guide oblique to the direction of the bracelet is provided, for each buffer, on the wall of the first element comprising the opening and / or on the first end of the second element, such so that each of the oblique guides is in abutment against the pad corresponding, and that a rotation of the screw is likely to modify the distance between the buffers and therefore the relative positions of the first and second elements.
  • This alternative embodiment advantageously makes it possible to carry out a very precise adjustment of the position of the first element relative to the second element, and therefore the position of the third trim element relative to the housing of the shows.
  • first and second elements of the link respectively have surfaces side located opposite which are at least partially in mutual contact, the screw passing through an opening of the second element which has an oblong section elongated, the threaded end of the screw being housed in a tapped hole formed in through said surface of the first element while the head of the screw is in position clamped, in abutment against a face of the second element opposite to said surface in contact with the first element.
  • This alternative embodiment allows a level of precision of less adjustment than that accessible with the previous variant, but present the advantage of greater simplicity of construction.
  • the head of said screw is freely rotatable housed in the wall of said first element opposite to said wall comprising the opening, while the threaded end is housed in a threaded hole of said end of the second link element located inside said first element.
  • Another object of the invention is a watch strap as defined in claim 18 appended hereto.
  • the wristwatch thus obtained therefore has an advantageous aesthetic due to the continuity existing between the bracelet and the case.
  • each of the links of the bracelet has a structure similar to that of the link ensuring the junction between the bracelet and the case of the watch, so as to ensure continuity of the junctions present on the whole watch.
  • FIG. 1 shows a wristwatch 101 according to the prior art comprising a strap 102 connected to a watch case 103, the latter including both an invisible internal structure covered with a ceramic covering 104. It can be seen in this figure that, on either side of the housing 103, games, noted d1 and d2, are apparent at the junctions between said housing and the first links 105 of bracelet 102.
  • the present invention solves the aforementioned problem by the use of a link with a particular structure to establish the connection mechanical between the bracelet and the case.
  • FIGS 2a, 2b and 2c show such a link 1 according to a first mode for carrying out the invention.
  • the link 1 comprises a first hollow element 2, of general parallelepiped shape, shown here with a bottom 3 in its part lower and closed by a cover 4.
  • screws 5 have been provided to secure the cover 4 to the first element 2, the screw heads being arranged in abutment against the cover while their threaded rods cooperate with holes tapped 6 of the first element.
  • the first element 2 has an opening 7, preferably substantially circular, in the center of one 8 of its walls so as to allow the passage of a elongated part of a second element 9 through said wall 8.
  • the first element 2 further comprises means 10 for fixing to the next link, of the current type such as hinges as shown in the figures, arranged on the wall 11 of the first element 1 opposite said wall 8 and used in combination with a bar (not shown) of current type.
  • the link described below can be used not only to attach a bracelet to the case of a watch, as shown here, but also to make an entire watch strap.
  • the fixing means 10 can also serve to establish the mechanical connection with means of attachment of the bracelet such than a folding clasp.
  • the second element 9 has an elongated overall shape, a first of its ends 12 being housed inside the first hollow element 2, while the second end 13 is located outside.
  • the first end 12 extends perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the bracelet, in a shape rectangular whose dimensions are slightly smaller than the dimensions interior of the first element.
  • the second element further comprises a rod 14, of substantially circular section and slightly smaller than the opening 7. Said rod 14, starting from the center of the first end 12, passes through said opening 7, up to a region having a larger section defining said second end 13.
  • the second end 13 has a bore 15 filling the hinge function, or fixing means, capable of receiving a bar for establish the connection of the second element 9, and therefore of the link 1, to the watch case (partially shown).
  • said bore can also make it possible to establish the mechanical connection with the previous link, more precisely with said links fastening means 10 of the next link.
  • said second element has two separate parts whose junction is made at the level of the rod 14 by means of a key 16 of the conventional type.
  • This essential structural characteristic makes it possible to mount said second element 13 through the opening 7.
  • a particular mechanical device in accordance with the invention, is housed in the first hollow element 2. More precisely, two helical springs 17 are interposed, in the first hollow element 2, between the first end 12 of the second element and the wall 8 of the first element, on either side of the rod 14. When the second element 9 is arranged in such a way that its first end 12 bears against the wall 11 of the first element, as shown in the figure 2b, the springs are in a slightly compressed state.
  • the link further comprises a third main element 18 which provides a dressing function.
  • This third covering element 18 has, in the example shown, a generally rectangular hollow shape and is preferably made of ceramic.
  • the internal dimensions of said third element 18 are substantially greater than the external dimensions of the first element 2 and one of its walls 19 is fully open, so as to be able to accommodate said first element 2 inside the third element 18.
  • the opposite wall 20 to said wall 19 has an opening 21 of dimensions substantially greater than those of the second end 13 of the second element 9 so as to leave free a passage for this one. Therefore, when link 1 is assembled, the third covering element 18 at least partially covers the first and second elements.
  • link 1 is such that the first element 2 is completely covered by said third element dressing 18.
  • FIG. 3a shows a variant of the embodiment which comes to be described. Indeed, the only difference distinguishing these two variants is located at level of the nature of the mechanical device used to exert the restoring force on the second element 9.
  • the springs 17 have been each replaced by a block 26 of parallelepiped shape, preferably made made of rubber or any other elastomer.
  • the blocks 26 are represented in a compressed state in FIG. 3a, therefore in a configuration such that they exert a restoring force on the second element 9 so as to bring together mutual watch case 22 and link 1.
  • said blocks 26 are not free in the first element 2, but they come from a single piece with the flat seal 23, as visible in Figure 3b. So the stability of their position in the first element 2 and therefore the proper functioning of the device mechanical return are ensured.
  • the first and second elements have different shapes from those previously described.
  • the second element 9 of the link 1 is here produced in a single piece comprising two main parts perpendicular to each other, one of which defines the first end 12 while the other 27 carries the second end 13.
  • Said first end 12 has a general shape of a parallelepiped whose two edges orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the bracelet and situated on the side of the second main part 27 are truncated, so as to define two inclined planes 28.
  • the second main part 27 extends, from the middle of the first end 12, in a general shape of a parallelepiped elongated in the longitudinal direction of the bracelet.
  • She further comprises, opposite said first end 12, a bore 15 fulfilling the function of hinge, or fixing means, and defining the second end 13 of the second element.
  • Said hinge 15 is likely to receive a bar (not shown) to establish the connection of the second element 9, and therefore of the link 1, to the case 22 of the watch (partially shown).
  • the first element has, in its wall 8, an opening 7 of section rectangular whose dimensions are significantly larger than those of the second main part 27 of the second element 9.
  • Said wall 8 further comprises recesses 30 at each of its junctions with the lateral flanks 31 of the first element 2. These recesses 30 thus define inclined planes 32 of which the respective angles to the longitudinal direction of the bracelet are opposite to those of angles presented by the inclined planes 28, respectively located opposite, of the first end 12.
  • One of said lateral flanks 31 of the first element has an opening cylindrical 33 whose function will be described later.
  • a screw 34 is arranged through the opening 29 of the second element 9, the head 35 of said screw being disposed opposite the cylindrical opening 33 to be made accessible by an operator.
  • each of said pads has two parallel rectangular bases 38, 39 and four faces, two of which opposite faces 40 are perpendicular to said bases, the other two faces 41 being inclined with respect to the axis of the screw by an angle of the same value as the said inclined planes 28 and 32 located opposite.
  • the two faces 41 have a shape rectangular while the other two faces 40 are in the form of trapezoids.
  • the pads also each have a through hole 42, perpendicular to said bases in their center.
  • a first pad 36 located on the side of the head 35 of the screw, comprises also a cylindrical clearance 43 of dimensions such that said head 35 of the screw can be fully accommodated.
  • Said cylindrical clearance 43 and said hole through 42 respectively have dimensions substantially greater than those of the head 35 and the screw rod 34 respectively, so that a rotation free of the screw 34 in the buffer 36 is possible.
  • the second buffer 37 has, in its through hole, a thread cooperating with the thread of the screw 34 and is located near the end of the rod screws 34.
  • FIG. 5a to 5c also uses when using a screw 34 housed in the first element 2 of the link 1.
  • said screw is disposed through an opening 29 of the second element, of oblong section of greater width than in the mode of previous embodiment, and its head 35 is accessible through an opening 33 formed in one of the lateral sides 31 of said first element.
  • the end 44 of the threaded rod of the screw 34 is housed in a hole tapped 45, made in the lateral flank 31 of the first element opposite to that with opening 33.
  • the screw 34 is loosened in a position similar to that shown on Figure 5a.
  • the friction forces occurring between the part 46 of the first element 2 and the second main part 27 of the second element 9 are weak.
  • a translation of the first element 2 relative to the second item 9, or vice versa is made possible.
  • the screw 34 is then tightened until its head 35 abuts against part 27 of the second element 9, which has the effect of clamping the second element 9 against the part 46 of the first element 2.
  • the friction forces between the first and second elements 2, 9 are so great that a translation of one of these elements relative to the other is no longer possible.
  • the wristwatch can then be assembled without its internal structure is visible at the junctions between the housing 22 and the first links 1, located on either side of said housing.
  • the link 1 according to another embodiment, shown in Figures 6a and 6b, also includes a screw 34 but arranged here in the longitudinal direction of the bracelet.
  • the first element 2 has a simplified form compared to previous variants. Indeed, the general shape of element 2 is parallelepiped and has a recess 47, also shaped parallelepiped, starting from the wall 8, extending over the entire height of the element 2 and over most of its width.
  • the first element 2 further comprises a cylindrical opening 48 passing through the first element 2 from its wall 11 up to the recess 47. Said opening 48 comprises, from the wall 11 and in the longitudinal direction of the bracelet, two portions 49, 50 of which the first 49 has a larger diameter than that of the second portion 50 opening into the recess 47.
  • the second element 9 comprises, from its first end 12, a first portion 51 of constant section substantially smaller than the dimensions of the recess 47, followed by a second portion 52 of section slightly greater than that of said first portion and ending in second end 13, likewise section as the first serving.
  • the second element 9 also has a hole threaded 53 formed from the first end 12, in the direction longitudinal of the bracelet.
  • the third covering element 18 has in its wall 20 an opening 21 of rectangular section and whose dimensions are substantially greater than those of the second portion 52 of the second element 9. In addition, the length of said second portion 52 is substantially equal to the thickness of said wall 20.
  • the screw 34 is arranged in the link 1, so that its head 35 and a short part of its stem are housed in the cylindrical opening 48 of the first element 2, the head 35 being in abutment against the junction separating the portions 49 and 50.
  • the head 35 of said screw is accessible through the wall 19 open of the third covering element 18.
  • the end 44 of the screw 34 is screwed in the tapped hole 53 of the second element 9.
  • the screw 34 is free to turn on itself without moving relative to the first element 2 while its degree of penetration into the second element 9 can be modified by screwing or unscrewing.
  • first element 2 with a more complex shape, in particular by providing a hollow area and means for sealing said hollow zone in relation to the environment outside, in order to be able to house electronic components.

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EP2633775A1 (de) * 2012-02-29 2013-09-04 Montres Rado S.A. Armband mit Gelenkgliedern
EP2720093A1 (de) * 2012-10-10 2014-04-16 The Swatch Group Management Services AG Befestigungssystem eines Armbands an ein Armbanduhrgehäuse
EP2720092A1 (de) * 2012-10-10 2014-04-16 The Swatch Group Management Services AG Befestigungssystem eines Armbands an ein Armbanduhrgehäuse

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US3857237A (en) * 1972-06-19 1974-12-31 A Brauchi Wristlet
GB2137475A (en) * 1983-02-10 1984-10-10 Citizen Watch Co Ltd Watch band
US5365753A (en) * 1991-12-31 1994-11-22 Montres Rado S.A. Bracelet with decorative elements carried on an inner chain

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US3857237A (en) * 1972-06-19 1974-12-31 A Brauchi Wristlet
GB2137475A (en) * 1983-02-10 1984-10-10 Citizen Watch Co Ltd Watch band
US5365753A (en) * 1991-12-31 1994-11-22 Montres Rado S.A. Bracelet with decorative elements carried on an inner chain

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EP2633775A1 (de) * 2012-02-29 2013-09-04 Montres Rado S.A. Armband mit Gelenkgliedern
JP2013180209A (ja) * 2012-02-29 2013-09-12 Montres Rado Sa ヒンジ付きブレスレット
US8763868B2 (en) 2012-02-29 2014-07-01 Montres Rado Sa Hinged bracelet
RU2611293C2 (ru) * 2012-02-29 2017-02-21 Монтр Радо С.А. Шарнирный браслет
EP2720093A1 (de) * 2012-10-10 2014-04-16 The Swatch Group Management Services AG Befestigungssystem eines Armbands an ein Armbanduhrgehäuse
EP2720092A1 (de) * 2012-10-10 2014-04-16 The Swatch Group Management Services AG Befestigungssystem eines Armbands an ein Armbanduhrgehäuse
CN103720141A (zh) * 2012-10-10 2014-04-16 斯沃奇集团管理服务股份公司 用于将表链连接到表壳上的系统
US9004750B2 (en) 2012-10-10 2015-04-14 The Swatch Group Management Services Ag System for connecting a bracelet to a watch case
US9010593B2 (en) 2012-10-10 2015-04-21 The Swatch Group Management Services Ag System for connecting a bracelet to a watch case
CN103720141B (zh) * 2012-10-10 2015-05-27 斯沃奇集团管理服务股份公司 用于将表链连接到表壳上的系统

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