EP3360013A1 - Uhrengehäuse mit abnehmbaren hörnern - Google Patents

Uhrengehäuse mit abnehmbaren hörnern

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EP3360013A1
EP3360013A1 EP16788230.7A EP16788230A EP3360013A1 EP 3360013 A1 EP3360013 A1 EP 3360013A1 EP 16788230 A EP16788230 A EP 16788230A EP 3360013 A1 EP3360013 A1 EP 3360013A1
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nut
horns
connecting piece
watch case
removable
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Antoine Dubois
Laurent RAILLE
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LVMH Swiss Manufactures SA
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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
    • G04B37/14—Suspending devices, supports or stands for time-pieces insofar as they form part of the case
    • G04B37/1486—Arrangements for fixing to a bracelet
    • 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
    • G04B37/14—Suspending devices, supports or stands for time-pieces insofar as they form part of 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
    • G04B37/22—Materials or processes of manufacturing pocket watch or wrist watch cases

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  • the present invention relates to a watch case having removable horns, in particular for a wristwatch.
  • the present invention also relates to a method for attaching horns to the middle of a watch.
  • Known wristwatch bolsters generally consist of a single piece made by stamping by integrating the horns, that is to say portions of middle that serve to attach the bracelet by enclosing it from both sidesEn case of horns having complex shapes, the manufacture of this piece is difficult and not suitable for mass production.
  • the document CH706260 describes a watch case part comprising a middle and removable horns interconnected by a connecting piece.
  • the middle part includes a recessed location for each horn and a recessed location for each connecting piece. The depth of these locations makes it possible to position the base of the horns while masking the connecting piece. Fixing the connecting piece to the middle is provided by two perpendicular screws through each horn and engaged in threaded holes in the thickness of the middle This solution therefore requires a sufficiently thick middle to achieve the mentioned locations for the base of the horns as well as the tapped holes for the horn holding screws. Such a build is therefore heavy.
  • a thick body is well suited for sports watches or for men; however, it does not meet the aesthetic criteria of some elegant watches, especially women's watches.
  • EP2431825 discloses removable horns, each horn comprising two projecting elements which can be inserted into corresponding recesses.
  • the connection between the horn and the middle part is made by exploiting the deformation of the projecting elements when they are inserted into the recesses.
  • This solution requires a thick middle to achieve the locations capable of cooperating with the projecting elements.
  • there is a risk of breaking the horns if the force exerted to deform the projecting elements to make the connection with the caseband is too great.
  • Document CH701221 describes a case in which the outer lateral surface comprises a mortise.
  • the end of a horn includes a tenon of the same rendering as the mortise.
  • the tenon is arranged to be inserted into the mortise, the two parts being then connected by a peg into a housing formed by holes in the middle and the post.
  • the thickness and the height of the middle part are important, in order to realize the mortise.
  • EP2188676 discloses a watch case with a middle and two pairs of horns.
  • the two horns of each pair are connected by a connecting piece having a side held against the middle by means of an elastic member inside the middle part.
  • This elastic member is connected to the connecting piece through an opening located on the outline of the middle part.
  • This solution therefore requires an elastic member inside the middle part, whose assembly is complicated.
  • EP1902641 describes a watch case devoid of horns, but which makes it possible to fix a bracelet in a rotary manner by means of a trunnion bound to the middle part and an insert linked to the bracelet.
  • the pin has a threaded rod which engages in an insert of the bracelet. It is therefore necessary to screw the pin from the inside of the middle part, which makes mounting and especially dismantling very difficult.
  • the documents CH355094 and CH321 188 require a thick middle to be able to make housing for receiving a connecting piece of horns.
  • the document EP0400206 describes a middle wristwatch whose bracelet is retained at the middle by means of a locking element positionable in a cavity of a piece external to the middle and connected to its outer surface. This piece cooperates with rods
  • EP0471834 discloses a rectangular middle part of wristwatch comprising a bore in one side of the middle and whose wall is traversed by an axial slot of a width greater than the thickness of the bracelet. An elastic tubular blade and a sleeve with one end closed are inserted into this slot.
  • the tubular blade has a toothed axial slot in which is introduced the free end of a flexible bracelet.
  • the axial insertion of the tubular blade into the sleeve requires an elastic deformation of the blade causing a locking of the free end of the bracelet by pinching the toothed slot.
  • This solution requires a middle of a large thickness to achieve the axial slot receiving the sleeve and the elastic tubular blade. In addition, this solution is only suitable for soft bracelets.
  • US5732048 discloses a watch middle part
  • the document CH705240 describes a watch case comprising a middle and removable horns attached to the middle part with a fastening plate inserted against a flat part of the middle part.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a watch case with a horn attachment system to the middle without the limitations of known systems. Another object of the invention is to provide a watch case for attaching removable horns and provided with a middle section thinner than the known boxes.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a horn attachment system to a middle size suitable for elegant watches or women.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a watch case with a removable horn fixing system simpler than the known solutions. According to the invention, these objects are achieved in particular by means of a watch case comprising:
  • At least one nut removably inserted in a housing formed in the thickness of the middle part, so that a nut portion projecting radially outwardly of the middle part;
  • This solution has the advantage of retaining removable horns by means of removable nuts protruding radially protruding outwardly of the middle part. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a very thick middle to tapped a hole for the retaining screws. A sufficient number of threads can be provided in the projecting portion of the nut.
  • the nut is removable and hidden in the housing of the middle and by the horns. It is thus possible to make the nut in a material different from that used for the middle part. For example, and without limitations, it is advantageous to make the nut in a particularly resistant material, for example steel, stainless steel, titanium, etc., and to use a more decorative or less allergenic material for the middle part, for example a less hard metal, a precious metal, a ceramic, etc.
  • a particularly resistant material for example steel, stainless steel, titanium, etc.
  • a more decorative or less allergenic material for the middle part for example a less hard metal, a precious metal, a ceramic, etc.
  • the nut may be a blind nut.
  • the nut is made of the same material as the middle part.
  • Each nut may comprise a plate to retain it in its housing in the middle, and a threaded nut portion and mounted on the plate.
  • the threaded nut portion is prominent on the outer lateral face of the middle part and makes it possible to screw the horns.
  • the plate is used to hold the nut in the middle part.
  • the word "plate” denotes a flattened piece and thin.
  • a plate is considered of small thickness if its thickness is less than 1 mm, for example less than 0.8 mm, preferably equal to 0.5 mm.
  • the plate and the threaded nut portion form a single piece (the nut), for example a metal part.
  • the plate and the nut portion can be made of two different materials: for example the plate can be made of hard plastic and the metal threaded element, or the plate can be made in a metal differ from that of the threaded element.
  • the plate is slipped into a slot of the middle part.
  • the edge of the slot, on the edge of the middle part, can be hidden by a bezel of the watch case.
  • the thickness of the plate is preferably less than that of the walls of the middle part. In a preferred embodiment, the thickness of the plate is less than that of the threaded nut portion. In a preferred embodiment, the thickness of the threaded nut portion is equal to or greater than 1 mm, preferably equal to 1.2 mm or more.
  • the fastening system according to the invention therefore has the advantage of being able to achieve a thinner middle than the middle of known fastening systems.
  • the horns are connected two by two by a connecting element. At least one said holding screw passes through each connecting piece to hold it against the middle part.
  • the watch case comprises two screws which pass through the connecting piece, and four nuts, each nut being housed in a corresponding housing of the middle part. Each pair of horns is then held by two screws passing through the connecting piece between the two horns and engaged in two corresponding nuts.
  • each retaining screw passes through each horn and is received by a corresponding nut.
  • the length of the screws is greater because they must pass through the horns, which normally have a thickness greater than that of the connecting piece.
  • the watch case includes a cover, arranged to cover the connecting piece of the horns and to be attached to the horns.
  • the length of the cover may correspond substantially to that of the connecting piece.
  • it may comprise lateral fins which are arranged to slide during assembly in guides provided for this purpose in the horns.
  • the connecting piece comprises a tongue projecting, cooperating with a notch of the middle part, so as to ensure vertical positioning of the connecting piece, thanks to a stop.
  • this notch is placed between two housing of the fastening system according to the invention.
  • the present invention also relates to a watch, in particular a wristwatch, comprising the watch case part described above.
  • the present invention also relates to a method for attaching removable horns to a middle part of a watch, comprising the following steps:
  • Figure 1 illustrates a perspective and exploded view of the fastening system according to one embodiment of the invention, cooperating with a middle and a bezel of a wristwatch.
  • Figure 2 illustrates a first sectional view of the embodiment of the fastening system of Figure 1, in the x-z plane.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a second sectional view of the embodiment of the fastening system of Figure 1, in the x-y plane.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view and exploded of a watch case according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • the watch case includes a middle part 60 and a Iunette70.
  • the middle part can be cylindrical and advantageously made by turning.
  • Removable horns 40 can bind the middle part to a bracelet not shown.
  • the middle part comprises two pairs of horns 40. The two horns of each pair are interconnected by a connecting piece 30 on each side of the middle part.
  • the fixing system of the horns 40 against the outer lateral face of the middle part 60 comprises:
  • Each blind nut 10 comprises a nut portion 14 and a plate 12 for inserting the nut 10 and to retain it in a housing, here a slot 62 formed in the thickness of the middle part 60 ;
  • the nuts 10 are mounted removably in housing in the thickness of the middle part.
  • a bracelet (not shown) can be attached to the horns 40 for example by means of a bar inserted into the holes 42 in the horns 40 ( Figure 1).
  • connection means 44 for example screws as shown in Figure 1.
  • the invention is not limited to such a configuration, and can be implemented with a single screw 20 passing through the fastening element 30 and a single threaded plate 10.
  • a higher number of screws 20 and tapped plates 10 ensures better attachment of the horns 40 to the middle part 60, but makes mounting longer.
  • the screws 20 pass through a connecting piece 30 connecting two horns 40.
  • the invention is not limited to embodiment: indeed it is also possible that the horns 40 are not connected by a connecting piece 30, or that the connecting piece 30 does not include any through hole 33.
  • each horn is individually fixed by at least one retaining screw which passes through and is engaged in a nut 10 removably mounted in the middle part. In this case, the length of the screws 20 is greater because they must pass through the horns 40, which here have a greater thickness than that of the connecting piece 30.
  • the plate 12 is a flat or curved piece, of small thickness, for example less than 1 mm, for example equal to 0.5 mm.
  • the nut portion 14 is a cylinder provided with a blind hole inside which a thread is tapped.
  • the invention is not limited to such a shape, and other shapes can be designed, for example and in a limiting manner a cube provided with a threaded hole.
  • the plate 12 and the nut portion 14 form a single piece 10, for example a metal part. However, they can be constituted by two separate parts connected to each other.
  • the height and the width of the slots 62 correspond to those of the plates 12.
  • the thickness of the slots e62, visible in Figure 2 is slightly greater than that In the context of the present invention, the expression "slightly greater" indicates that the slot 62 must allow the insertion of the plate 12 from the upper edge 600 of the middle part 60, but that once the plate inserted, it can not move in the slot along the y direction.
  • the thickness of the plate 12 is less than that of the threaded element e14.
  • the slot 62 of the middle part 60 and the tapped plate 10 are arranged so that the portion nut 14 extends radially prominently outwardly of the middle part 60 when the nut 10 is slid into the slot 62, as can be seen in particular in FIG.
  • each housing 62 allows not only the insertion of the threaded nut 10, but also to the portion 14 to extend outwardly through the opening 66 formed in the outer lateral flank of the middle part .
  • the screw is not engaged in the thickness of the middle part 60, as in the prior art, but in the threaded nut portion 14 of the part 10.
  • the middle part 60 can therefore be very thin, and therefore light, while guaranteeing a stable fixation of the horns 40.
  • the openings 66 have a shape "U", which corresponds substantially to the shape of the plates 12, but this correspondence is not essential for the embodiment of the invention, the opening 66 may have any other shape, as long as it allows to insert the nut portion from the upper edge 600 of the middle part 60.
  • the slot 62 thus accommodates the plate 12 in the thickness of the middle part 60, and the opening 66 allows the nut portion 14 to cooperate with the screw 20.
  • the connecting piece 30 comprises two through holes 33, each hole 33 being adapted to receive a screw 20.
  • these holes 33 are formed in
  • a cover 50 covers the connecting piece 30 of the horns 40.
  • the length of the cache substantially corresponds to that of the connecting piece 30.
  • the cache 50 comprises lateral fins 56 which are arranged to slide in corresponding guides 46 formed in the horns 40.
  • this cover comprises a surface 58 conforming to the shape of the portion of the bezel 80 with which it comes into contact.
  • the nuts 10 are completely concealed by the connecting piece 30, the cover 50 and / or the bezel 70.
  • the connecting piece 30 comprises a tongue 34 projecting, cooperating with a notch 64 on the lateral surface of the middle part, so as to ensure vertical positioning of the connecting piece 30 and horns.
  • this tongue 34 projecting is completed on each side by two notches 36, allowing the machining of the connecting piece 30 with a cutter. Without these two notches, the base of the tongue 34 would have a radius of curvature due to the shape of the cutter, which would hinder its casing in the central notch 64 of the middle part 60.
  • this notch 64 is placed between two slots 62 of the fastening system according to the invention.
  • the present invention also relates to a watch
  • the present invention also relates to a method for attaching removable horns to a middle part of a watch, comprising the following steps:

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CH01444/15A CH711611A1 (en) 2015-10-06 2015-10-06 Watch case with removable horns.
PCT/IB2016/055981 WO2017060842A1 (fr) 2015-10-06 2016-10-06 Boite de montre comportant des cornes amovibles

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