EP3250075B1 - Éléments décoratifs mobiles - Google Patents

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EP3250075B1
EP3250075B1 EP16705286.9A EP16705286A EP3250075B1 EP 3250075 B1 EP3250075 B1 EP 3250075B1 EP 16705286 A EP16705286 A EP 16705286A EP 3250075 B1 EP3250075 B1 EP 3250075B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C17/00—Gems or the like
    • A44C17/02—Settings for holding gems or the like, e.g. for ornaments or decorations
    • A44C17/0283—Settings for holding gems or the like, e.g. for ornaments or decorations moving freely inside a setting
    • A44C17/0291—Settings for holding gems or the like, e.g. for ornaments or decorations moving freely inside a setting in the same plane
    • 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
    • G04B47/044—Movable decorations and parts thereof
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C17/00—Gems or the like
    • A44C17/04—Setting gems in jewellery; Setting-tools
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to movable decorative elements intended to be rotated and translated into jewelery articles, in particular rings and pendants, as well as in utilitarian articles decorated by movable decorative elements, in particular watches, frames of glasses, or luxury leather goods.
  • Licences CH609517 and EP0965071 in the name of the applicant disclose a movable decorative element, according to the preamble of claim 1, intended to be set freely in rotation and in translation between two walls whose inner faces are parallel to each other and at least one of which is transparent.
  • This movable decorative element comprises a precious or semi-precious stone mounted in a socket having a closed bottom whose outer face is curved to promote the rotation of the decorative element when said curved outer face is applied against the inner face of one of said walls.
  • This socket further comprises an open outer face opposite the bottom which is flush or slightly projecting from the stone to form a bearing surface against the other of said walls when the decorative element is arranged between the two walls .
  • CH609517 describes in particular mobile decorative elements, including diamonds, mounted in supports in the form of small cylindrical bushings whose outer face of the bottom is convex. This convex shape was chosen in order to reduce the friction forces, improving the mobility of the support and therefore that of the movable decorative element. This rotational movement has an interesting flickering effect since it highlights the flickering effect given to the diamond by its multiple facets.
  • EP0965071 describes, for its part, movable decorative elements arranged in a housing whose inner faces of the two walls of the housing are curved in at least one radius of curvature in order to increase the sparkling effect of the diamonds as elements mobile decorative.
  • the movable decorative element consists of a precious or semi-precious stone held in a cylindrical sleeve whose cylindrical wall surrounds the stone and whose circular outer face constitutes a continuous bearing surface against the other of said walls as illustrated in the figure 1 attached.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a movable decorative element, of the aforementioned type, configured to make even more spectacular the flickering effect of diamonds.
  • a movable decorative element intended to be set freely in rotation and in translation between two walls, comprises a precious or semi-precious stone held in its socket by a plurality of arms which extend over a body of the sleeve and which crimp the stone, these arms leaving between them and above the body of the sleeve of the lateral openings revealing the flanks of the stone between the arms.
  • said bearing surface is constituted by the free ends of said arms in the form of separate contact zones spaced apart from each other around the periphery of the open outer face of the socket, usually contact points for example.
  • the socket according to the present invention then highlights the flickering effect given to the diamond by its multiple facets, the whole, accentuated by the increased visibility of the stone.
  • said arms of the socket and its closed bottom are made of a piece.
  • said arms and said lateral openings are arranged symmetrically about the axis of the sleeve.
  • the socket has three arms but in some embodiments the socket may have four or five arms or even beyond.
  • said arms are rounded section claws, which protects in particular the stones during contact between two movable elements between them or between a movable element and a surface of the article in which the movable element is integrated.
  • the sleeve may have one or two rings parallel to the closed bottom, said arms extending from the bottom and above these rings.
  • the lateral openings of the sleeve occupy for example 40% or 60% of the periphery of the sleeve, preferably at minimum 75% or even 90% of the periphery of the sleeve (1).
  • the socket in which the diamonds are mounted is of precious metal, for example gold, generally used in jewelry for mounting diamonds.
  • precious metal for example gold
  • other metals such as stainless steel could be used, for example.
  • the precious or semi-precious stone and the socket have a corresponding shape, among others generally cylindrical, oval, square, triangle or asymmetric.
  • the precious or semi-precious stone and the sleeve have a different shape.
  • the movable decorative element is mounted free in rotation and in translation between two walls of a decorative article whose internal faces are parallel to each other and at least one is transparent.
  • the clearance between the height of the movable decorative element and the opposite internal faces of the walls may be between 0.05 and 0.3 mm and preferably between 0.05 and 0.1 mm.
  • the two walls extend on a peripheral edge which delimits a free space for the free movement in rotation and translation of the decorative element or several decorative elements.
  • the two walls extend on two edges which define an annular path for the free movement in rotation and translation of the decorative element or the decorative elements.
  • the parallel inner faces of the walls are flat and according to another characteristic, the parallel inner faces of the walls are curved.
  • the outer face of the bottom of the sleeve is flat and is applied against the domed inner face of one of said walls, thereby promoting the rotation of the decorative element.
  • the figure 1 illustrates a movable decorative element intended to be freely rotated and in translation between two walls as described in CH609517 and EP0965071 .
  • These decorative elements consist of a casing 20 of cylindrical shape, the bottom 4 is slightly concave, having an annular groove for crimping a stone.
  • the stone 2 is visible through the upper open portion and opposite to the concave bottom 4 of the casing 20.
  • a continuous circular contact surface 30 surrounds the upper part of the stone 2 and comes into contact with the ice.
  • this movable decorative element execution intended to be set freely in rotation and in translation between two walls comprises a gemstone 2 of round shape mounted in a socket 1.
  • the sleeve 1 comprises, as known from the state of the art, a closed bottom 4 whose outer face is curved to promote the rotation of the decorative element when said curved outer face is applied against the inner face of one of said walls.
  • the gemstone 2 is held in its socket 1 by four arms 3 which extend above a body 8 of the sleeve 1 and which crimp the stone 2. These four arms 3 leave them and above the body 8 of the sleeve 1 of the lateral openings 9 revealing the sides of the stone 2 between the arms 3.
  • the gemstone 2 and the sleeve 1 have a corresponding shape, round in this example ( Figures 4 and 5 ).
  • the sleeve 1 further comprises an outer face 7 open and opposite the bottom 4 which protrudes with respect to the stone 2 to form a discontinuous surface of upper support against the other wall 5 of said walls 5, 6 when the decorative element is arranged between the two walls.
  • a discontinuous bearing surface is formed by the free ends of the arms 3 in the form of separate contact point zones spaced from each other around the periphery of the open outer face 7 of the sleeve 1. it is through these areas of spaced contacts that the sleeve 1 contacts the inner face of a wall 5 during the rotation of the decorative elements.
  • the sleeve has a longer rotation and faster appearance of the socket on itself.
  • the movable decorative element is disposed between two walls 5, 6 at least one of which is transparent.
  • the upper wall 5 must be transparent to reveal the stone 2 in its socket.
  • the four arms 3, of rounded section, and said lateral openings 9 are arranged symmetrically about the axis of the sleeve 1.
  • the stone 2 of round shape can have different diameters, preferably between 2 and 5 mm.
  • the size between windows is for example preferably between 1.5mm and 5.0mm.
  • a movable decorative element consists of a sleeve 1 with three arms 3 and a stone 2 in the shape of a heart.
  • the three arms 3, of rounded section, and the lateral openings 9 are arranged regularly around the axis of the sleeve 1.
  • the socket 1 illustrated at figure 7 has an open outer face 7 opposite the bottom 4 which protrudes slightly with respect to the stone 2.
  • the sleeve 1 comprises a ring 11 parallel to the closed bottom 4, the arms 3 extending from the bottom 4 and above of this ring 11.
  • the mobile element of the figure 7 is disposed between two walls 5, 6 parallel. At least the upper wall 5 is transparent but, the two walls 5, 6 can be transparent, according to the configuration of the decorative article in which the movable decorative element is mounted.
  • the movable element has a flat bottom and the windows 5, 6 are curved. In this case, it is the bending of the ice which causes the rotation of the movable element.
  • Figure 7B is just one example of a modified decorative item with a flat-bottomed moving element.
  • the other embodiments of mobile elements illustrated can also be modified by replacing the curved bottom by a flat bottom pressed against a curved wall.
  • the lateral openings 9 occupy more than 75% or even 80% of the periphery of the sleeve 1.
  • the sizes of the lateral openings 9 have to be adapted according to the dimensions and the material of the sleeve 1, as well as the size and shape of the stone 2.
  • the stones 2 can be round, heart, square, cushion, triangle, pear, shuttle, oval or rhombus. However, it is not excluded to use other forms of stones 2.
  • a watch shown in section comprises a movement provided with a dial, housed in a housing comprising a closed middle part, on the one hand by a bottom, and on the other hand by a window 5.
  • a second mirror 6 is arranged between the ice cream 5 and a dial.
  • the respective inner faces of each mirror 5 and 6 are applied against a bearing surface of the inner face of a middle part, leaving between them a free space 12 of determined height.
  • the respective inner faces of the windows 5, 6 are rigorously flat.
  • the respective inner faces of the windows 5, 6 may have a slight bending formed by one or more radii of curvature around one or more centers or axes of curvature, in particular according to different sectional planes according to EP0965071 .
  • the respective curvatures given to these two inner faces 5, 6 are strictly identical to each other, so that the height of the free space formed between them remain constant.
  • the outer face of the bottom 4 of the sleeve 1 could be flat or very slightly curved, without canceling the rotation effect, but reducing it however. By against this measure reduces the height of the bushing 4 and therefore that of the free space 12 between the two windows 5, 6 and therefore that of the watch.
  • the inner surfaces of the windows 5 and 6 must be smooth and made of a material with a hardness that can not be scratched.
  • sockets 1 in which the diamonds 2 are mounted they are preferably made of a precious metal, for example gold, generally used in jewelry for mounting diamonds.
  • a precious metal for example gold
  • other metals such as stainless steel could be used, for example.
  • the two walls 5, 6 defining a space 12 are formed by ice, they will preferably sapphire or a material having a hardness comparable to that of sapphire. If the inner ice, or a part thereof, does not cover the dial, but for example is limited to an annular zone disposed around the dial, only one face must be transparent. In this case, instead of a sapphire crystal, the non-transparent wall can be made of another suitable material, for example a stone or ceramic.
  • the walls may for example have a spherical bending or barrel bending (in a single axis).
  • the invention is obviously not limited to round ice. It can also be applied to ice-creams of polygonal shape, for example rectangular or square.
  • the movement of the movable decorative elements in the space delimited by the two walls 5, 6 is purely random. The higher the speed of rotation, the slower the translation movement and vice versa.
  • the movable decorative elements can rotate in one direction or the other depending on the direction of the torque created to initiate the movement of these decorative elements. As this direction is quite random, when the space 12 between the two walls 5, 6 contains several movable decorative elements, they can rotate in different directions even longer, at different speeds appearing even faster and / or longer thanks to points or contact areas different ones separated from each other, which creates an even more surprising and spectacular effect.
  • the two walls 5, 6 extend on two edges which define an annular path for the free movement in rotation and translation of the decorative element or the decorative elements.
  • the movable elements may occupy a peripheral annular area around a dial.
  • a movable decorative element can be obtained from a sleeve 1 of cylindrical shape.
  • This sleeve 1 of cylindrical shape is then machined to present lateral openings 9.
  • the contact points are replaced by zones or segments separated from each other and having a closed bottom 4 whose outer face is curved to favor the rotation of the decorative element when said curved outer face is applied against the inner face of one of said walls, and an outer open face 7 opposite the bottom 4 which is flush with respect to the stone 2 to form segments of a circle forming support walls against the other of said walls 5, 6 when the decorative element is disposed between the two walls.
  • the invention is not limited to watches, but is applicable to all kinds of articles including jewelery such as rings and pendants, as well as glasses, even pens or other instruments of writing.
  • articles with decorative decorative elements according to the invention associated with luxury leather goods, such as handbags.
  • these movable decorative elements can be applied to any utility article to associate an original aesthetic effect.

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