EP3287855B1 - Einstellkrone für uhr - Google Patents

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EP3287855B1
EP3287855B1 EP16185951.7A EP16185951A EP3287855B1 EP 3287855 B1 EP3287855 B1 EP 3287855B1 EP 16185951 A EP16185951 A EP 16185951A EP 3287855 B1 EP3287855 B1 EP 3287855B1
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Jean Baebler
Christian Olvaszto
Simon Waeckerlin
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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
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/08—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits
    • G04B37/10—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits of winding stems
    • G04B37/103—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits of winding stems by screwing the crown onto the case
    • 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
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/08—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits
    • G04B37/10—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits of winding stems
    • 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
    • G04B3/00—Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically; Winding up several mainsprings or driving weights simultaneously
    • G04B3/04—Rigidly-mounted keys, knobs or crowns
    • G04B3/041—Construction of crowns for rotating movement; connection with the winding stem; winding stems
    • 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
    • G04B3/00—Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically; Winding up several mainsprings or driving weights simultaneously
    • G04B3/06—Keys or the like with means preventing overwinding

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  • the present invention relates to a crown for a timepiece.
  • the crowns are commonly used in the field of watchmaking to perform various functions, such as winding the watch barrel, setting the time or date ...
  • the crowns we find in particular the crowns screwed which can take different axial positions in the divided position, each axial position making it possible to carry out an adjustment mode and in the screwed-in position ensures a reinforced sealing of the timepiece.
  • a seal is disposed between the axial skirt of the cover and the tube. This seal is held axially between a spacer integral with the axial skirt of the cover and a ring. In the screwed position, the gasket is supercharged by a bulge of the tube so that the sealing properties are the best possible when the crown is in the screwed position.
  • the invention aims to overcome the drawbacks of the state of the art by providing a ring having improved sealing, especially when in the unscrewed and pulled position.
  • the invention also aims at providing a ring having improved guidance.
  • the adjusting ring may also have one or more of the following features taken independently or in any technically possible combination.
  • the ring further comprises a holding ring integral with the cover, the seal being compressed between the guide ring and the retaining ring in at least one axial position.
  • the bearing surface is oblique so that the compression of the seal by the guide ring is optimal.
  • the bearing surface is disposed in the continuity of an outer surface of the screwing or driving tube, the bearing surface and the outer surface of the screwing or driving tube forming an obtuse angle, which allows the surface of support not to damage the seal when it compresses it.
  • the ring further comprises a spacer disposed inside the axial skirt of the cover, the guide ring having a lateral surface arranged to slide against the spacer, which allows the guide ring to improve the guidance. hood.
  • the lateral surface of the guide ring has a coefficient of friction with the spacer less than or equal to 0.2
  • the guide ring is set on the end of the screwing or driving tube.
  • the guide ring has a transverse surface arranged to abut against a transverse shoulder of the central barrel when the cap is screwed onto the screwing or driving tube.
  • the screwing or driving tube comprises a guide duct adapted to bear against a guide surface of the barrel over a residual length of between 0.2 mm and 1.5 mm and preferably between 0.2 mm and 1.0 mm, when the ring is in the unscrewed and pulled position.
  • the length of contact between the barrel and the screw or drive tube is never less than this residual length, which avoids the movement between these two parts.
  • a second aspect of the invention relates to a timepiece comprising a crown according to the first aspect of the invention.
  • a crown according to a first embodiment will now be described with reference to Figures 1 to 3 .
  • the ring comprises a tube 1 intended to be fixed on a watch case (not shown) by screwing or driving in the middle of the watch case.
  • the tube 1 is screwed on the middle part.
  • the tube 1 has a symmetry of revolution with respect to a reference axis 2.
  • the tube 1 comprises a thread 3.
  • the thread 3 is disposed on an inner wall 4 of the tube 1.
  • the crown also comprises a cover 5.
  • the cover 5 comprises a cover 6 and an axial skirt 7.
  • the axial skirt has a symmetry of revolution about the reference axis 2.
  • the cover 6 and the axial skirt 7 define a cavity.
  • the ring also comprises a barrel 8 inserted in the cavity of the cap 5.
  • the barrel 8 is preferably integral with the cap 5.
  • the barrel 8 has a thread 9 arranged to be screwed into the thread 3 of the tube 1. In this embodiment , the thread 9 of the barrel 8 is positioned on an outer wall 10 of the barrel 8.
  • the ring also comprises a piston 11 housed in a central opening of the barrel 8.
  • the ring also comprises a spring 12 disposed in a cavity defined by the hood-barrel assembly on the one hand and by the piston 'somewhere else.
  • the spring 12 is compressed axially between the cover 6 of the cover 5 and a shoulder 13 of the piston 11 and it allows in particular to move the cover 5 away from the shoulder 13 of the piston 11.
  • the piston 11 kinematically connects the cover 5 to a rod control (not shown) of the watch movement housed in the watch case.
  • This control rod allows the wearer to perform different commands depending on the axial position of the cover 5 relative to the tube 1.
  • the control rod can allow the watch to be reassembled when the cover 5 is in the unscrewed position. pulled, while it makes certain corrections, such as the time, when the cover 5 is in the unscrewed and pulled position.
  • the ring also comprises a seal 14 interposed between the axial skirt 7 of the cover 5 and the tube 1 so as to ensure the sealing of the ring.
  • this seal 14 is an O-ring.
  • the seal 14 is held in this example axially between a spacer 15 positioned against an inner wall of the axial skirt 7 of the cover 5 and a retaining ring 16.
  • the spacer 15 and / or the sealing ring 16 can come from material with the axial skirt 7.
  • the ring further comprises a guide ring 18 integral with the end of the tube 1 disposed opposite the lid 6 of the cover 5.
  • the ring 18 is preferably encased on the end of the tube 1.
  • the guide ring 18 can also be glued or fixed in any other way on the tube 1.
  • the guide ring 18 comprises a bearing surface 19 able to exert pressure on the seal 14 when the crown is in the unscrewed position and pulled as shown in FIG. figure 3 .
  • the seal 14 is compressed between the retaining ring 16 on the one hand and the spacer 15 and the guide ring 18 on the other hand.
  • the bearing surface 19 is preferably oblique with respect to the reference axis 2. In other words, the guide ring is bevelled.
  • the bearing surface 19 is positioned in the continuity of an outer surface 22 of the tube 1, with which the bearing surface 19 forms an obtuse angle so as not to damage the seal 14 when it compresses it.
  • the guide ring 18 thus makes it possible to increase the tightness of the crown in the unscrewed and pulled position.
  • the guide ring has a lateral surface 20 arranged to slide against the spacer 15, which allows the guide ring 18 to improve the guiding of the cover 5.
  • the cover 5 is thus guided by the lateral surface 20 of the guide ring 18 when it passes from one axial position to the other, which limits its angular deflection.
  • the lateral surface 20 of the guide ring preferably has a coefficient of friction with the spacer less than or equal to 0.2
  • the guide ring 18 may also comprise a transverse surface 21 adapted to bear against the lid 6 of the cover 5 when the ring is in the screwed position, as shown in FIG. figure 1 .
  • the tube 1 preferably comprises a guide duct 24 adapted to bear against a guide surface 23 of the barrel 8 over a residual length L of between 0.2 mm and 1.5 mm. mm and preferably between 0.2 mm and 1.0 mm, when the crown is in the unscrewed and pulled position ( figure 3 ).
  • the length of contact between the tube 1 and the barrel 8 is never less than this residual length L so as to optimize the guide of the barrel 8 in the tube 1.
  • Figures 4 and 5 represent another embodiment, in which the cover 5 can only take two different axial positions with respect to the tube 1: a basic position represented on the figure 4 and a drawn position represented on the figure 5 .
  • the guide ring 18 bears against the lid 6 of the cover 5 and the cover is not screwed onto the tube 1.
  • the bearing surface 19 of the guide ring 18 exerts a pressure on the seal 14.
  • the seal 14 is then compressed between the bearing surface 19, the spacer 15 and the retaining ring 16.
  • the invention could also be implemented in the case where the ring does not have a spacer against the inner wall of the axial skirt of the cover.
  • the lateral surface of the guide ring would be shaped so as to slide directly against the inner wall of the axial skirt with minimal friction.
  • the invention relates both to crowns of the type screwed onto the tube 1 as shown in FIGS. Figures 1 to 3 than non-screwed crowns on tube 1 as shown in Figures 4 and 5 .

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Claims (11)

  1. Einstellkrone für eine Uhr, umfassend:
    - ein Rohr (1);
    - eine Kappe (5), die einen Deckel (6) und eine axiale Schürze (7) aufweist;
    - eine Dichtung (14), die zwischen dem Rohr (1) und der axialen Schürze (7) der Kappe (5) angeordnet ist;
    eine Hülse (8), die an der Kappe (5) befestigt ist, wobei die Hülse (8) und die Kappe (5) eine Einheit bilden, die in Bezug auf das Rohr (1) in verschiedenen axialen Stellungen positionierbar ist;
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie weiterhin einen Führungsring (18) umfasst, der mit einem Ende des Rohrs (1) fest verbunden ist, wobei der Führungsring (18) eine Stützfläche (19) aufweist, die dafür ausgelegt ist, in einer der axialen Stellungen der Einheit von Hülse und Kappe auf die Dichtung (14) einen axialen Druck auszuüben.
  2. Krone nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, wobei die Stützfläche (19) schräg ist.
  3. Krone nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Stützfläche (19) in der Fortsetzung einer Außenfläche (22) des Rohrs (1) angeordnet ist, wobei die Stützfläche (19) und die Außenfläche (22) des Rohrs (1) einen stumpfen Winkel bilden.
  4. Krone nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, ferner umfassend einen Abstandshalter (15), der innerhalb der axialen Schürze (7) der Kappe (5) angeordnet ist, wobei der Führungsring (18) eine Seitenfläche (20) aufweist, die dafür gegen den Abstandshalter (15) verschiebbar ist.
  5. Krone nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, wobei die Seitenfläche (20) des Führungsrings (18) einen Reibkoeffizienten mit dem Abstandshalter kleiner oder gleich 0,2 aufweist.
  6. Krone nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, wobei der Führungsring (18) aus einem thermoplastischen Material hergestellt ist.
  7. Krone nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, wobei der Führungsring (18) aus Keramik hergestellt ist.
  8. Krone nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, wobei der Führungsring (18) aus Metall hergestellt ist.
  9. Krone nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Führungsring (18) auf das Ende des Rohrs (1) gepresst ist.
  10. Krone nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei das Rohr (1) einen Führungskanal (24) aufweist, der dafür ausgelegt ist, sich an einer Führungsfläche (23) der Hülse (8) auf einer restlichen Länge (L) im Bereich von 0,2 mm bis 1,5 mm und vorzugsweise von 0,2 mm bis 1,0 mm abzustützen, wenn die Krone in der herausgezogenen Position ist.
  11. Uhr, umfassend eine Krone nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche.
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EP16185951.7A EP3287855B1 (de) 2016-08-26 2016-08-26 Einstellkrone für uhr
JP2017139677A JP6411591B2 (ja) 2016-08-26 2017-07-19 計時器のためのセッティング用の竜頭
US15/666,979 US10152024B2 (en) 2016-08-26 2017-08-02 Setting crown for timepieces
CN201710669951.1A CN107783404B (zh) 2016-08-26 2017-08-08 用于钟表的设定表冠
KR1020170106572A KR101970064B1 (ko) 2016-08-26 2017-08-23 타임피스들용의 세팅 크라운
HK18110200.5A HK1250797A1 (zh) 2016-08-26 2018-08-08 用於鐘錶的設定錶冠

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