EP2745726B1 - Schmuckelement eines Uhrenarmbands - Google Patents

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EP2745726B1
EP2745726B1 EP12199257.2A EP12199257A EP2745726B1 EP 2745726 B1 EP2745726 B1 EP 2745726B1 EP 12199257 A EP12199257 A EP 12199257A EP 2745726 B1 EP2745726 B1 EP 2745726B1
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Adrien Mollier
Enzo Agustoni
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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
    • A44C5/105—Link constructions not extensible with links made of one piece and linked together by one connecting element
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C27/00—Making jewellery or other personal adornments

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  • the invention relates to the field of watchmaking. More particularly, the invention relates to a decorative element made in particular by electroforming, for a watch strap consisting of articulated links and whose links present, laterally, knuckles with which they are articulated to each other, the decorative element. being intended to take place on a hinge of articulation between two successive links.
  • the invention also relates to an articulated link bracelet equipped with such decorative link elements.
  • Such decorative link elements are for example used with an articulated bracelet described in the patent CH 663136 .
  • Such a bracelet comprises a succession of articulated elements by means of hinges. Each element has on one side a middle knuckle and the opposite side two extreme knuckles between which comes to nest the middle knuckle of the neighboring element.
  • the assembly between the links is provided by spring loaded bars freely traversing the knuckles of the adjacent links.
  • the articulation hinges of the links which are hardly aesthetic are thus covered by decorative elements having a general inverted U shape whose branches engage on both sides of the extreme knuckles and have holes in which to engage nipples of the spring bars.
  • These decorative elements can be manufactured by conventional machining methods, however, depending on the desired shape complexity of the element, their manufacture by conventional machining can be complicated and expensive.
  • the patent CH 699768 proposes to realize this type of decorative element by an electroforming process according to which a sacrificial molding corresponding to the shape of the decorative element is prepared to serve as a base for the deposition by electroforming of a metal layer of the order of 0 , 2 mm thick covering the molding. After piercing orifices that will be used to pass a bar for fixing the decorative element, the sacrificial molding is removed by dissolution or decomposition to reveal a finished decorative element comprising a hollow body.
  • the hollow character of the link element makes the latter ring when it is shocked or worn and gives the bracelet wearer an impression that the bracelet is of poor quality.
  • the object of the present invention is to alleviate all or part of the disadvantages mentioned above by providing a decorative element for a watch strap which offers a tensile strength in the region of walls of the decorative element located around the passage holes of the bars which is satisfactory.
  • the invention also aims to provide a decorative element for a watch strap that is economical and simple to manufacture.
  • the invention also aims to provide a decorative element comprising means for limiting the ringing of said element when wearing or shocks.
  • the invention also aims to provide a decorative element that has improved corrosion resistance.
  • the invention relates to a decorative element according to claim 1 of the patent.
  • the forces imposed during the wearing by the bar nipples on the region d walls of the decorative element located around the holes for passage of the pins are at least partially taken up by the bearings reported. This thus reduces the stresses on these fragile regions and greatly improves the resistance of the bracelet equipped with these decorative elements.
  • the dismountable nature of the bearing allows when the shell is made of precious material to maintain its legal designation of valuable material part.
  • the shell is made of a first metallic material
  • the bearing is made of a second metallic material and the electrochemical potential difference is less than 100mV and preferably the shell is made of gold and the bearing is made of preferably in titanium or synthetic material
  • the bearing is held in said tubular portions by a friction fit.
  • each of the bearings has a polygonal cross section defining a plurality of recesses between the inner wall of the tubular portions and the outer wall of the bearings reported, for example each of the bearings has a triangular cross section.
  • each of the end walls has an axial orifice.
  • the shell forming the decorative element of the invention is produced by an electroforming process and the thickness of the walls of the shell is typically between 0.15 and 0.4 mm.
  • the shell is made by an electroforming process for example gold.
  • the insert bearing is made of an absorbent and / or vibration-damping material, and the absorbing or vibration-damping material has at least one resiliently deformable peripheral portion, said elastically deformable portion being prestressed against the inner wall. tubular portions.
  • a bracelet comprising links formed of parallelepipedal pieces 1, of decreasing width.
  • Each of these parallelepipedal pieces 1 has, along one of its transverse sides, a knuckle 2 and, along its opposite transverse side, two knuckles 3, formed of welded tubes on the sides of the pieces 1.
  • Each knuckle 2 is intended to engage between the knuckles 3 of the adjacent link.
  • the link between the links is provided by spring loaded bars 4 whose outer diameter corresponds to the diameter of the hole of the knuckles 2 and 3, and which pass freely through them.
  • spring bars 4 are held in position by a decorative element, having the general shape of an inverted "U”, whose branches, designated by 5a, engage on either side of the knuckles 3 of two successive links .
  • the branches 5a are pierced with holes 6 into which the pins, designated 7, engage with the spring bars 4.
  • the decorative elements 5 ensure the retention of the spring bars 4 in the knuckles 2 and 3 and mask the hinges ensuring the articulation of the links to each other.
  • the decorative element 5 shown on the Fig. 1 can be achieved by machining, molding or preferably by electroforming if its shape is more complex as is the case of the decorative element 10 of the invention illustrated in FIG. figure 2 .
  • the decorative element 10 forms a shell 12 which extends in a transverse direction T.
  • Transverse direction means a direction transverse to the largest dimension of the bracelet equipped with said decorative element.
  • the shell 12 and has at each end a front wall 14a, 14b extended towards the center of said shell 12 by a tubular portion 16a, 16b.
  • the shell 12 has in this example the general shape of an indented circular tube portion and the cross section of the tubular portions 16a, 16b is also circular. It goes without saying that according to variants of the invention, the shape of the shell and / or the cross section of the tubular portions could be different, typically polygonal.
  • Each of the front walls 14a, 14b comprises an axial orifice 18a, 18b, for receiving the pins for fixing the links of the links of the bracelet.
  • the shell 12 thus comprises between the two tubular portions a notch which extends in the transverse direction T so as to define a bottom 12a located below a plane P tangential to the axial orifices 18a, 18b and parallel to the transverse direction T to clear a passage for the spring bar.
  • the thickness of the shell 12 is such that the shell 12 does not deform under the small shocks that a bracelet can suffer when wearing.
  • the thickness of the shell is of the order of a few tenths of a millimeter. In the case of a gold shell, the thickness is between 0.15 and 0.4mm.
  • the decorative element further comprises bearings 20a, 20b formed of blocks each provided with a bore 22a, 22b which extends parallel to the transverse direction T.
  • the bearings 20a, 20b are removably attached, and respectively adjusted in each of the tubular portions 16a, 16b so that the bore 22a respectively 22b of each block 20a, 20b is aligned with the orifice 18a, respectively 18b of the front wall with which is associated.
  • the bearings 20a, 20b have a triangular cross section defining three lobes by which they are held by friction fit in the tubular portions 16a, 16b.
  • the triangular shape of the bearings 20a, 20b makes it possible to define once that they are inserted into the tubular portions 16a, 16b of the recesses 24a, 24b serving for the passage of a tool for the case where the bearings must be dismounted from the shell 12.
  • the bearings 20a, 20b are made of a material different from the material of the shell 12. To avoid the creation of a stack effect between the two materials, the materials of the shell 12 and bearings 20a, 20b are chosen so that the electrochemical potential difference does not exceed 100mV. Typically the shell 12 is made of gold and the bearings 20a, 20b made of titanium.
  • the bearings 20a, 20b may be made of a non-metallic material, for example a composite material sufficiently rigid and resistant to at least partially resume the forces transmitted by the bars and preferably absorbing and / or damping the vibration.
  • a bearing made of two materials so that it has at least one resiliently deformable peripheral portion, said elastically deformable portion being prestressed against the inner wall of the tubular portions and absorbing or damping the vibrations and a central portion having a sufficient rigidity to at least partially resume the efforts transmitted by the bars.

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  1. Zierelement (5), das dazu bestimmt ist, ein Gelenkscharnier, das zwischen zwei aufeinander folgenden Gliedern eines Armbandes angeordnet ist, zu überdecken, wobei das Zierelement (5) eine Schale (12) bildet, die sich in einer transversalen Richtung (T) erstreckt und an jedem der Enden eine Vorderwand (14a, 14b) aufweist, die zur Mitte der Schale durch einen rohrförmigen Abschnitt verlängert ist, wobei wenigstens eine der Vorderwände (14a, 14b) wenigstens eine axiale Öffnung (16a, 16b) aufweist, in der die Schale (12) zwischen den zwei rohrförmigen Abschnitten (18a, 18b) eine Aussparung aufweist, die sich in der transversalen Richtung erstreckt, derart, dass ein Boden (12a) definiert ist, der sich unterhalb einer Ebene (P) befindet, die zu der axialen Öffnung (18a, 18b) tangential ist und zu der transversalen Richtung parallel ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass außerdem ein Lager (20a, 20b) umfasst ist, das abnehmbar eingebracht ist und als ein eingepasster durchlochter Block in jedem der rohrförmigen Abschnitte (16a, 16b) ausgebildet ist, damit die wenigstens eine Durchlochung (22a, 22b) jedes Blocks auf die wenigstens eine Öffnung (18a, 18b) ausgerichtet ist, dass die rohrförmigen Abschnitte nach innen offen sind und dass sich die eingebrachten Lager (20a, 20b) nicht über die rohrförmigen Abschnitte (16a, 16b) hinaus erstrecken.
  2. Zierelement nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schale (12) aus einem ersten Material verwirklicht ist, dass das eingebrachte Lager (20a, 20b) aus einem zweiten Material verwirklicht ist und dass der elektrochemische Potentialunterschied kleiner als 100 mV ist.
  3. Zierelement nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schale (12) aus Gold verwirklicht ist und dass das Lager (20a, 20b) aus Titan, einem Kunststoff oder einem Verbundwerkstoff verwirklicht ist.
  4. Zierelement nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Lager (20a, 20b) in den rohrförmigen Abschnitten (16a, 16b) durch eine reibschlüssige Anpassung gehalten wird.
  5. Zierelement nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jedes der Lager (20a, 20b) einen polygonförmigen Querschnitt aufweist, der zwischen der inneren Wand der rohrförmigen Abschnitte (16a, 16b) und der äußeren Wand der eingebrachten Lager mehrere Aussparungen (24a, 24b) definiert.
  6. Zierelement nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jedes der Lager (20a, 20b) einen Dreiecksquerschnitt aufweist.
  7. Zierelement nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vorderwände (14a, 14b) wenigstens eine axiale Öffnung aufweisen.
  8. Zierelement nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Dicke der Wände der Schale (12) im Bereich von 0,15 bis 0,4 mm liegt.
  9. Zierelement nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schale (12) durch ein Elektroformungsverfahren verwirklicht ist.
  10. Zierelement nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das eingebrachte Lager aus wenigstens einem Material verwirklicht ist.
  11. Zierelement nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das eingebrachte Lager (20a, 20b) aus einem Schwingungen absorbierenden oder dämpfenden Material verwirklicht ist.
  12. Zierelement nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das die Schwingungen absorbierende und/oder dämpfende Element wenigstens einen elastisch verformbaren Umfangsteil aufweist, wobei der elastisch verformbare Teil zu der Innenwand der rohrförmigen Abschnitte vorgespannt ist.
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