EP3182219A1 - Uhr, die ein mit einem gelenkdeckel versehenes gehäuse und eine verriegelungsvorrichtung dieses deckels umfasst - Google Patents

Uhr, die ein mit einem gelenkdeckel versehenes gehäuse und eine verriegelungsvorrichtung dieses deckels umfasst Download PDF

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EP3182219A1
EP3182219A1 EP16201470.8A EP16201470A EP3182219A1 EP 3182219 A1 EP3182219 A1 EP 3182219A1 EP 16201470 A EP16201470 A EP 16201470A EP 3182219 A1 EP3182219 A1 EP 3182219A1
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Davide Sarchi
Benoît LÉGERET
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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
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    • G04B37/0008—Cases for pocket watches and wrist watches
    • G04B37/0016—Cases for pocket watches and wrist watches with folding cover or folding bottom (hinge without spring)

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  • the present invention relates to a timepiece comprising a box provided with a hinged lid and a cover locking device.
  • a locking device is generally provided to temporarily hold the lid closed, until the user actuates this device to open the lid.
  • a locking device comprises in the middle part a removable element cooperating with a spring, this removable element being housed under the pressure of the spring in a cavity provided for this purpose in the lid.
  • a pusher can be provided in the middle part, which acts on the movable member against the spring so as to release this movable member.
  • a conventional embodiment further comprises a spring arranged at the hinge of the lid.
  • the document CH 697 850 proposes a more sophisticated system with a positioning finger pressed by a spring acting at the hinge of the cover, the finger and the spring being housed in a vertical cavity machined in the middle part.
  • the articulation is conventionally obtained by a pin passing through at least a first horizontal hole provided in the middle part and at least a second horizontal hole provided in a tubular part of the lid forming a hinge.
  • the tubular portion has a non-circular outer surface and arranged so that the finger bears on this surface to exert a first torque in the closing direction when the lid is closed and a second torque in the opening direction when the lid is open.
  • Such a system has the advantage of being discreet and is provided without actuating pushbutton.
  • he plans to arrange a finger and a spring in a hole machined in the middle part.
  • it is difficult to ensure a closing torque strong enough to prevent the lid from opening involuntarily. Indeed, a force applied with a small lever at the joint generates a relatively low closing torque.
  • the present invention relates to a timepiece comprising a box provided with a hinged lid and a lid locking device which is arranged to allow a user to actuate the cover in both directions between a closed position and an open position.
  • the locking device is formed by a magnetic device which comprises a first part incorporated in the box and a second part incorporated in the lid, these first and second parts being able to undergo a relative movement between them on a path of opening of the lid when this cover is actuated between its closed position and its open position, these first and second parts respectively comprising a first magnet and a second magnet which are substantially superposed when the cover is in its closed position and which are arranged so as to generate, on a first section of the opening course, a global magnetic force repulsion between the first and second parts.
  • the magnetic device further comprises an element with high magnetic permeability which is arranged, when the lid is in its closed position, between the first magnet and the second magnet so that the first and second parts are subjected to each other on a second portion of the magnet. opening course, a global magnetic attraction force, this second section corresponding to distances between the first and second parts which are smaller than the distances corresponding to the first section of the opening course.
  • the magnetic device generates, for relatively small distances between the element with high magnetic permeability and a magnet which is arranged movable relative to this element, globally a magnetic attraction force on this movable magnet which tends to bring it closer to the element. with high magnetic permeability and thus to define a restoring force towards this element.
  • the direction of the global magnetic force is reversed as soon as a reversal distance of the direction of the global magnetic force is exceeded, the magnetic device then generating overall a magnetic repulsion force on the movable magnet which tends to push it away from the element with high magnetic permeability and therefore away from this element.
  • the notion of 'mobile' is here related to the element with high magnetic permeability.
  • this element is incorporated in the lid, it is then the middle part of the box that is movable.
  • Such a magnetic device makes it possible in particular to obtain a bistable locking device having a first stable position corresponding to a closed configuration of the magnetic device where it generates a magnetic attraction force and a second stable position corresponding to an open configuration of the magnetic device where it generates a magnetic repulsion force.
  • the second stable position at greater distance, can be defined by a stop limiting the opening of the lid.
  • the hinged lid is connected to the middle of the box by a hinge and the aforementioned magnetic device is a first magnetic device.
  • the locking device further comprises a second magnetic device similar to the first magnetic device, the first and second magnetic devices being arranged on either side of the lid hinge and substantially symmetrically relative to this hinge.
  • the locking device comprises a second magnetic device in addition to the aforementioned magnetic device, the latter defining a first magnetic device.
  • the first magnetic device is located along the upper surface of the middle part of the box, close to a position opposite to the hinge connecting the cover to this middle part, while the second magnetic device is located close to this hinge and arranged so as to generate, when the lid is open, a magnetic repulsion force between this lid and the box.
  • the magnetic device 2 comprises a first magnet 4, a high magnetic permeability element 6 which is integral with the first magnet and a second magnet 8 which is movable.
  • the element 6 is arranged between the first magnet and the second magnet. It is arranged in contact or close to the first magnet. In particular, the element 6 is glued to the first magnet as shown in FIG. Figure 2 .
  • This element is constituted by examples of a carbon steel, tungsten carbide, nickel, FeSi or FeNi, or other alloys with cobalt such as Vacozet ® (CoFeNi) or Vacoflux ® (CoFe).
  • Element 6 is characterized by a saturation field Bs and a permeability ⁇ .
  • the magnets 4 and 8 are for example ferrite, FeCo or PtCo, rare earths such as NdFeB or SmCo. These magnets are characterized by their remanent field Br1 and Br2.
  • the element with high magnetic permeability 6 has a central axis 10 which is substantially coincident with the magnetization axis of the first magnet 4 and also with the magnetization axis of the second magnet 8.
  • the respective magnetization directions of the magnets 4 and 8 are reversed so that the polarities of these two magnets are opposite. These magnets are likely to undergo relative movement between them over a certain relative distance.
  • the magnet 4 is fixed and the magnet 8 is movably mounted so that the relative movement between them has a direction substantially along the central axis 10.
  • the element 6 has dimensions in a plane orthogonal to the central axis 10 which are greater than those of the first magnet 4 and those of the second magnet 8 in projection in this orthogonal plane.
  • the magnet 8 is subjected to a global magnetic repulsion force which tends to move away from the element 6 when the distance between the magnet 8 and the element 6 is greater than an inversion distance D inv .
  • this magnet 8 is subjected to a global magnetic attraction force which tends to approach it to the element 6 and, if nothing opposes it, put it in contact with that element, and then keep it in that position.
  • the global magnetic force is a continuous function of the distance between the components and it has a value of zero at the reversal distance D inv .
  • the distance between the first magnet 4 and the element 6, integral with this magnet is less than or substantially equal to one-tenth of the length of the first magnet along its axis of magnetization, which is advantageously merged with the axis
  • the inversion distance D inv is determined by the geometry of the three parts forming the device 2 and their magnetic properties.
  • the Figure 2 partially shows a clock mechanism 12 of the type incorporated in the timepiece according to the invention and comprising the magnetic device 2 of the Figure 1 .
  • This clock mechanism comprises a first portion 14 and a second portion 18 capable of being mutually relative to each other over a given relative distance along the axis 10.
  • the first portion comprises a first non-magnetic support 15, a first magnet 4 mounted fixed on this first support and a high magnetic permeability element 6 also fixedly mounted on the first support.
  • the second portion 18 comprises a second support 19 and a second magnet 8 fixedly mounted on the second support.
  • the element 6 is arranged between the first magnet and the second magnet.
  • This second range corresponds to distances between the first and second parts, and therefore at distances D between the element 6 and the magnet 8, which are smaller than the distances corresponding to the first range 26 of the relative distance.
  • the first and second magnets are cylindrical and the element with high permeability magnetic 6 has the shape of a disc.
  • the element 6 has a central axis 10 which is substantially coincident with the respective magnetization axes of the first and second magnets.
  • the first and second parts 15 and 19 are arranged so that the relative movement between them is performed here substantially along the central axis 10.
  • the clock mechanism according to the invention remains functional without the latter condition, the direction of the relative movement may have an angle relative to the central axis 10.
  • the two magnets are substantially aligned when the distance between the two parts 14 and 18 decreases, in particular in the second range 24 of the relative distance, this to maximize the magnetic attraction force between the magnet 8 and the element 6. Then, the movable portion can undergo a circular motion and form in particular a pivoted or articulated piece.
  • the magnetization axis of the fixed magnet is preferably substantially tangential to the circular axis defined by the circular motion of the movable magnet 8.
  • the first and second parts respectively have two lateral surfaces 16 and 20, the surface 16 defining a stop for the part 18.
  • This stop determines a minimum distance D min between the element 6 and the magnet 8.
  • the relative distance between the first and second surfaces and the second part on which the relative movement occurs between them corresponds, at the level of the magnetic device 2, to a range of distances D between the minimum distance D min and a maximum distance D max between the element 6 and the 8.
  • This maximum distance D max is generally defined by the associated clock mechanism and imposed by a stop or an elastic return.
  • the graph of the Figure 3 shows an example of curve 22 for the overall magnetic force, which is exerted between the first and second parts 14 and 18 of the watch mechanism 12, as a function of the distance D between the high magnetic permeability element 6 and the moving magnet 8.
  • the relative distance over which relative movement can take place between the two parts 14 and 18 is formed of two areas 24 and 26.
  • the global magnetic force is a force of attraction generated between the two parts, this attraction force rapidly increasing when the magnet 8 approaches the element 6.
  • the attraction force has a maximum value theoretically for a zero distance between them and practically, in the clock mechanism 12, for the minimum distance D min .
  • the range 24 extends between this minimum distance and a distance D inv inversion of the direction of the magnetic force between the first and second parts. For the inversion distance D inv, the global magnetic force is therefore equal to zero. Beyond this inversion distance, in the range 26, the overall magnetic force is a repulsive force generated between the first and second parts.
  • the magnetic repulsion force has, in absolute value, a maximum which is less than the maximum of the attraction force. However, depending on the dimensioning chosen, it is possible to reverse this ratio. Then, it will be noted that the repulsion force varies little over a relatively wide range of distances (here between 0.4 mm and 1.0 mm and indeed beyond), this repulsive force thus being substantially constant over this range of distances. By increasing the size of the magnets and / or their remanent magnetic field, the repulsive force can remain significant over a relatively large distance of several millimeters. It will again be noted that the inversion distance can also vary and in particular increase as a function of the sizing of the various magnetic components forming the magnetic device.
  • the element with high magnetic permeability consists of a metal glass based on iron or cobalt.
  • the first part is fixed and that the high magnetic permeability element forms a stop for the second movable part whose movable magnet bears against this element at the minimum distance between them.
  • the contact surface of the high magnetic permeability element is preferably cured to at least 650 HV.
  • the magnet mobile comprises on a surface facing the first part a protective coating which abuts against the element with high magnetic permeability at the minimum distance.
  • the timepiece 92 comprises a box 94 and a hinged cover 96 which is mounted on this box to cover the front face of the box. In a variant, such a cover covers the rear face of the box.
  • the lid is assembled to the box by means of a hinge allowing the opening and closing of the lid.
  • a lid locking device is provided to firstly maintain the lid in its closed position, while allowing a user to open it if desired.
  • This locking device according to the invention is formed by a magnetic device of the type described above with reference to the Figures 1 to 3 , the first part of the magnetic device being incorporated in the box, more particularly to the middle part 98, while its second part is incorporated in the lid, or vice versa. The locking device thus takes advantage of the remarkable physical properties of the specific magnetic device described above.
  • the magnetic device of the locking device has the function of holding the lid in its closed position with a certain force generated by the magnetic attraction between the first and second parts of the magnetic device, as previously discussed.
  • the locking device thus defines a locking system of the cover in its closed position, without requiring a conventional lock formed of a movable mechanical element which is inserted into a housing to lock the cover and without requiring a particular spring exerting a pressure on such an element.
  • the middle part 98 comprises in an upper groove of which is inserted the first part 100 of a magnetic device according to the invention, this first part being formed of a magnet 102, having an arcuate shape, and an element ferromagnetic 104 whose outer surface is substantially flush with an upper surface of the middle part, this ferromagnetic element having a shape similar to that of the magnet 102 and being arranged above it.
  • the second part of the magnetic device which is formed by a magnet 106 having a magnetization axis of direction opposite to that of the magnet 102 (when this lid is closed).
  • This magnet 106 also has an arcuate shape. It will be noted that the shape of the magnet 106 shown in FIG.
  • Figure 4 is given as an example. Indeed, other arrangements and shapes can be provided in various embodiments.
  • two similar magnetic devices are arranged on either side of the hinge of the cover, symmetrically relative to this hinge to prevent a torsion torque is applied at the hinge when the actuating the lid from its closed position.
  • the locking device is particularly interesting in that, once the lid separated by a certain distance from the upper surface of the middle part when it is opened, the overall magnetic force between the two parts of its magnetic device is a force of repulsion that tends to open the lid and then to keep it open. To close it, it is necessary to overcome this force of magnetic repulsion until it decreases when approaching the point of inversion of the direction of the global magnetic force (see graph at Figure 3 ), and only then comes a force magnetic attraction that pulls the lid towards the middle part to then maintain it in its closed position. As stated in Figure 3 this magnetic attraction force increases rapidly as the lid approaches the upper surface of the middle part. Once the edge of the lid is in contact with the upper surface of the caseband, the lid is held in place by the magnetic attraction force. In a variant, it may however provide additional means for temporarily holding the cover in its open position.
  • the magnetic device or the magnetic devices forming the locking device is / are arranged (s) close to the hinge of the lid.
  • at least one first magnetic device as described above is arranged in a position remote from the hinge and at least one second magnetic device, generating at least one repulsive force when the lid is open, is arranged close hinge.
  • the timepiece further comprises a bezel 108 supporting a lens 110 and sealingly attached to the middle part.
  • the lid also includes an ice 112, which has a diameter smaller than that of the ice 110 to reveal only part of the visible elements through the ice 110.

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EP2309349A1 (de) 2009-10-12 2011-04-13 Bovet Fleurier SA Gehäuse für Uhr mit Mehrfachkonfiguration
CN203745802U (zh) * 2013-12-24 2014-07-30 陈丽蓉 一种新型时钟

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US3313101A (en) 1965-10-18 1967-04-11 Shirley B Carroll Instrument case
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EP2309349A1 (de) 2009-10-12 2011-04-13 Bovet Fleurier SA Gehäuse für Uhr mit Mehrfachkonfiguration
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