EP1345094A1 - Mysteriöser drehbarer Glasreif - Google Patents

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EP1345094A1
EP1345094A1 EP20020075995 EP02075995A EP1345094A1 EP 1345094 A1 EP1345094 A1 EP 1345094A1 EP 20020075995 EP20020075995 EP 20020075995 EP 02075995 A EP02075995 A EP 02075995A EP 1345094 A1 EP1345094 A1 EP 1345094A1
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rotating bezel
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Luciano Eleuterio
Sébastien Hostettler
Domenico Leo
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Swatch Group Management Services AG
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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
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/28—Adjustable guide marks or pointers for indicating determined points of time
    • G04B19/283—Adjustable guide marks or pointers for indicating determined points of time on rotatable rings, i.e. bezel

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  • the present invention relates to a rotating bezel in particular for a timepiece such as a wristwatch, a pendulum or an alarm clock mechanical or electronic movement.
  • This rotating bezel can be described as "mysterious" in that the orientation of the indications carried by the telescope, such as alphanumeric signs, always remains the same, i.e. these indications are always legible in the same direction as the indications on the dial, whatever the angle of rotation printed on the telescope.
  • the 180 ° position corresponds to an unstable position in which it can either occur a blocking, which has been found by the inventors of the present invention, namely allow the rotation to continue beyond 180 °, always keeping the position vertical, but also with the risk of producing a tilting resulting in a approximation of the rods of two successive studs as shown in Figure 2, the 5 o'clock position.
  • the author suggests placing at the base of studs a washer crossed at regular intervals by the stud rods, said washer being rotated at the same time as the telescope.
  • the present invention provides a different solution, making it possible to remedy to the drawbacks of the aforementioned prior art by providing a rotating bezel having a reduced number of parts to be assembled, and allowing free rotation of the telescope while keeping the indications carried by it always legible in the same meaning.
  • the invention relates to a rotating bezel comprising a freely rotatable ring on a base to bring a selected indication into gaze of a determined reference point of the base or of a dial located in the center of the bezel.
  • the indications, alphanumeric characters, pictograms or others, are not inscribed directly on the ring but on the outer surface of studs that can each rotate freely around their axis of revolution in a housing provided through the thickness of the ring and opening on the base.
  • Each stud has at its lower part at least two rods of different dimensions, offset by one same distance from the axis of revolution of the studs, and having an angular offset less than 180 °.
  • each rod When the bezel is rotated, each rod is guided by a circular groove formed in the base and having a section suitable for dimensions of each rod, a radius equal to that of the circle described by the axis of revolution of the studs, the centers of each groove having with respect to the center of the dial exactly the same arrangement as the rods with respect to the axis of revolution studs.
  • each rod recognizes the direction to take in a referral
  • the rods of each stud and correspondingly groove sections have different dimensions, either in length or in diameter, both in length and in diameter.
  • Figures 1 and 2 correspond to the prior art set out in the preamble and do not will therefore not be described further.
  • FIG. 3 represents, by way of example, a wristwatch, the part of which upper part 1 is provided with a rotating bezel 2 supporting indications 20 represented by numbers from 1 to 12 which are, as we all see readable in the same direction, namely in the same direction as the time indications carried by a dial 3 for an analog time display, closed by a crystal 5.
  • FIG. 3bis represents this same wristwatch after having rotated the telescope 2 in the direction indicated by the arrow until bringing the number 12 instead previously occupied by the number 5. As we can see, all the numbers remain readable in the same direction, thanks to the arrangement explained below in more detail in reference to Figures 4, 5 and 6.
  • Figure 4 shows, on a larger scale, the wristwatch of Figure 3 in which we have assumed that the ring 4 of the telescope 2 is transparent, and where we have shown only an indication 20 corresponding to the number 12 in four positions at 12 p.m., 9 a.m., 6 a.m. and 5h.
  • the indications are carried by the upper part 9a of a stud 10 maintained free to rotate about its axis 10a in a housing 30 formed through the thickness of the ring 4, the opening on the middle side 1 is closed by a base 6 circular having at least one extension 8 making it possible to immobilize it in rotation on the middle 1.
  • the lower part 9b of the stud 10, of larger diameter, forms with the upper part 9 has a shoulder 9 c making it possible to hold the stud 10 in the housing 30, after snap-fastening of the ring 4 on the middle part 1, for example at by means of a boss 4a cooperating with a groove 1a of the middle part.
  • an annular spring 7 forming a pawl is preferably interposed between the ring 4 and the base 6 outside the path described by the surface lower of the studs 10.
  • the part lower 9b of the pads 10 is provided with three rods 11, 13 and 15 freely engaged in annular grooves 12, 14 and 16 formed in the base 6, and having the same radius R than that of circle 18 described by the axis of the studs 10.
  • the rods 11, 13 and 15 are offset from the axis of revolution 10a of the pads 10 of the same distance d, and have in relation to each other, in the example shown, a 120 ° angular offset, although other angular offsets may be chosen without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • Another feature essential of the invention is that all the rods must have dimensions different.
  • the ring 4 and the base 6 are on the contrary of preferably made of a plastic material allowing the shape to be easily obtained desired and offering the advantage of reducing friction.
  • the middle 1 is also made of a plastic material, it is possible to save base 6 and form grooves 12, 14 and 16 directly in the surface upper of said middle part 1.
  • the invention is not limited to the embodiment which has just been described, nor to a watch application.
  • a rotating bezel of the type just described may also be useful for any type of measuring dials such as the dialing table dials on board an airplane, or those of a household appliance.

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EP2112566A1 (de) 2008-04-23 2009-10-28 Noriah SA Analoge Anzeigevorrichtung insbesondere für eine Uhr

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