EP3360013A1 - Watch case comprising removable horns - Google Patents

Watch case comprising removable horns

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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:

Abstract

Watch case comprising: a case middle (60); removable horns (40); at least one nut (10) inserted in a housing (62) formed in the thickness of the case middle, a nut portion (14) protruding to the outside of the case middle; a removable horn retaining screw (20) engaged in each said nut (10). By virtue of the invention, the thickness required to accommodate the screw (20) is not supported by the case middle (60) but by the projecting nut portion (14); it is thus possible to make case middles that are very thin, and therefore lightweight, while at the same time ensuring attachment of the horns (40) to the case middle (60).

Description

Boîte de montre comportant des cornes amovibles  Watch case with removable horns
Domaine technique Technical area
[0001] La présente invention concerne une boîte de montre comportant des cornes amovibles, notamment pour une montre-bracelet. La présente invention concerne également un procédé de fixation de cornes à la carrure d'une montre. 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.
Etat de la technique State of the art
[0002] Les carrures de montre-bracelet connues sont généralement constituées par une seule pièce fabriquée par étampage en intégrant les cornes, c'est-à-dire des portions de carrure qui servent à attacher le bracelet en l'enserrant depuis les deux côtésEn cas de cornes ayant des formes complexes, la fabrication de cette pièce est difficile et peu adaptée à une production en série. 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.
[0003] Il existe aussi des parties de boîtes de montres dans lesquelles la carrure et les cornes sont fabriquées séparément et assemblées l'une à l'autre après coup. Ces boîtes sont plus faciles à fabriquer. En outre, les faces extérieures peuvent être terminées par tournage, donc plus There are also parts of watch cases in which the middle and the horns are manufactured separately and assembled to each other afterwards. These boxes are easier to manufacture. In addition, the outer faces can be finished by turning, so more
proprement et plus rapidement que celles d'une carrure fabriquée directement avec les cornes. neatly and more quickly than those of a middle made directly with the horns.
[0004] Le document CH706260, déposé par la demanderesse, décrit une partie de boîte de montre comprenant une carrure et des cornes amovibles reliées entre elles par une pièce de liaison. La carrure comprend un emplacement évidé pour chaque corne et un emplacement évidé pour chaque pièce de liaison. La profondeur de ces emplacements permet de positionner la base des cornes tout en masquant la pièce de liaison. La fixation de la pièce de liaison à la carrure est assurée grâce à deux vis perpendiculaires traversant chaque corne et engagées dans des trous taraudés dans l'épaisseur de la carrure Cette solution nécessite donc une carrure suffisamment épaisse pour y réaliser les emplacements mentionnés pour la base des cornes ainsi que les trous taraudés pour les vis de maintien des cornes. Une telle carrure est donc lourde. En plus, une carrure épaisse est bien adaptée pour des montres sportives ou pour homme ; cependant elle ne répond pas aux critères esthétiques de certaines montres élégantes, notamment des montres féminines. The document CH706260, filed by the applicant, 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. In addition, 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.
[0005] Le document EP2431825 décrit des cornes amovibles, chaque corne comprenant deux éléments en saillie qui peuvent être insérés dans des évidements correspondants. La liaison entre la corne et la carrure s'effectue en exploitant la déformation des éléments en saillie lors de leur insertion dans les évidements. Cette solution nécessite une carrure épaisse afin de réaliser les emplacements aptes à coopérer avec les éléments en saillie. En outre il existe un risque de casse des cornes si la force exercée pour déformer les éléments en saillie afin de réaliser la liaison avec la carrure est trop grande. [0006] Le document CH701221 décrit une carrure dont la surface latérale extérieure comprend une mortaise. L'extrémité d'une corne comprend un tenon de même équarrissage que la mortaise. Le tenon est arrangé pour être inséré dans la mortaise, les deux parties étant ensuite reliées par une cheville dans un logement formé par des trous de la carrure et du tenon. Dans cette solution, l'épaisseur et la hauteur de la carrure sont importantes, afin de réaliser la mortaise. 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. In addition 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. In this solution, the thickness and the height of the middle part are important, in order to realize the mortise.
[0007] Le document EP2188676 décrit une boîte de montre avec une carrure et deux paires de cornes. Les deux cornes de chaque paire sont reliées par une pièce de liaison comportant un côté maintenu contre la carrure par l'intermédiaire d'un organe élastique à l'intérieur de la carrure. Cet organe élastique est connecté à la pièce de liaison au travers d'une ouverture située sur le contour de la carrure. Cette solution nécessite donc un organe élastique à l'intérieur de la carrure, dont le montage est compliqué. [0008] EP1902641 décrit une boîte de montre dépourvue de cornes, mais qui permet de fixer un bracelet de manière rotative au moyen d'un tourillon lié à la carrure et d'un insert lié au bracelet. Le tourillon comporte une tige filetée qui s'engage dans un insert du bracelet. Il est donc nécessaire de visser le tourillon depuis l'intérieur de la carrure, ce qui rend le montage et surtout le démontage très difficile. [0009] Les documents CH355094 et CH321 188 requièrent une carrure épaisse pour pouvoir réaliser des logements destinés à recevoir une pièce de liaison des cornes. 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. [0008] 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.
[0010] Le document EP0400206 décrit une carrure de montre-bracelet dont le bracelet est retenu à la carrure par l'intermédiaire d'un élément de verrouillage positionnable dans une cavité d'une pièce externe à la carrure et reliée à sa surface externe. Cette pièce coopère avec des tiges 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
permettant la fixation du bracelet. allowing the attachment of the bracelet.
[0011] Le document EP0471834 décrit une carrure rectangulaire de montre-bracelet comprenant un alésage dans un côté de la carrure et dont la paroi est traversée par une fente axiale d'une largeur supérieure à l'épaisseur du bracelet. Une lame tubulaire élastique et un manchon dont une extrémité est fermée sont insérés dans cette fente. La lame tubulaire comporte une fente axiale dentée dans laquelle est introduite l'extrémité libre d'un bracelet souple. L'introduction axiale de la lame tubulaire dans le manchon nécessite une déformation élastique de la lame entraînant un blocage de l'extrémité libre du bracelet par pincement de la fente dentée. Cette solution nécessite une carrure d'une épaisseur importante pour réaliser la fente axiale recevant le manchon et la lame tubulaire élastique. En outre, cette solution est uniquement adaptée à des bracelets souples. [0012] Le document US5732048 décrit une carrure de montre 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
comprenant un premier trou s'étendant dans une première direction (perpendiculaire au plan du mouvement), arrangé pour recevoir un cylindre, et un deuxième trou s'étendant dans une deuxième direction perpendiculaire à la première (et donc dans le plan du mouvement), et arrangé pour recevoir une vis liée à une pièce de connexion d'un bracelet. Le cylindre comprend deux ouvertures, dont la première est arrangée pour recevoir cette vis, et la deuxième pour recevoir une autre vis permettant de fixer la carrure au fond de la boîte de montre. La carrure requiert une épaisseur importante pour y loger les trous recevant la vis de connexion au bracelet ainsi que le cylindre. [0013] Le document CH705240 décrit une boîte de montre comprenant une carrure et des cornes amovibles fixées à la carrure à l'aide d'une plaque de fixation insérée contre un plat de la carrure. Des vis de maintien des cornes traversent cette plaque et la retiennent grâce à des trous taraudés dans l'épaisseur de la carrure. La carrure requiert une épaisseur importante pour y loger les trous taraudés recevant ces vis, ainsi que pour y ménager un plat. Le document CH685035 concerne une autre boîte de montre dépourvue de cornes. Le bracelet est fixé au moyen de pins maintenues au moyen de vis engagées verticalement depuis le fond de la boîte de montre. Cette solution nécessite également une épaisseur de carrure très comprising a first hole extending in a first direction (perpendicular to the plane of movement), arranged to receive a cylinder, and a second hole extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first (and thus in the plane of movement), and arranged to receive a screw connected to a connecting piece of a bracelet. The cylinder has two openings, the first of which is arranged for receive this screw, and the second to receive another screw to fix the caseband at the bottom of the watch case. The middle requires a large thickness to accommodate the holes receiving the connection screw to the bracelet and the cylinder. 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. Horn holding screws pass through this plate and retain it through tapped holes in the middle of the case. The middle requires a large thickness to accommodate the tapped holes receiving these screws, as well as to arrange a dish. Document CH685035 relates to another watch case without horns. The bracelet is fixed by means of pins held by means of screws engaged vertically from the bottom of the watch case. This solution also requires a very large thickness of
importante. important.
[0014] Bref résumé de l'invention Brief summary of the invention
[0015] Un but de la présente invention est de proposer une boîte de montre avec un système de fixation de cornes à la carrure exempt des limitations des systèmes connus. [0016] Un autre but de l'invention est de proposer une boîte de montre permettant de fixer des cornes amovibles et munie d'une carrure plus fine que les boîtes connues. 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.
[0017] Un autre but de l'invention est de proposer un système de fixation de cornes à une carrure adapté à des montres élégantes ou pour femmes. Another object of the invention is to provide a horn attachment system to a middle size suitable for elegant watches or women.
[0018] Un autre but de l'invention est de proposer une boîte de montre avec un système de fixation de cornes amovible plus simple que les solutions connues. [0019] Selon l'invention, ces buts sont atteints notamment au moyen d'une boîte de montre comprenant : 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:
une carrure ;  a caseband;
des cornes amovibles ;  removable horns;
au moins un écrou inséré de manière amovible dans un logement ménagé dans l'épaisseur de la carrure, de manière à ce qu'une portion d'écrou dépasse en saillie radialement vers l'extérieur de la carrure ;  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;
une vis de maintien de corne amovible engagée radialement dans chaque dit écrou.  a removable horn holding screw engaged radially in each said nut.
[0020] Cette solution présente l'avantage de retenir les cornes amovibles au moyen d'écrous amovibles qui dépassent radialement en saillie vers l'extérieur de la carrure. Par conséquent, il n'est pas nécessaire de prévoir une carrure très épaisse pour y tarauder un trou pour les vis de maintien. Un nombre de pas de filetage suffisant peut être prévu dans la partie en saillie de l'écrou. 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.
[0021] L'écrou est amovible et caché dans le logement de la carrure et par les cornes. Il est ainsi possible de réaliser l'écrou dans un matériau différent de celui employé pour la carrure. Par exemple, et sans limitations, il est avantageux de réaliser l'écrou dans un matériau particulièrement résistant, par exemple en acier, en inox, en titane, etc., et d'employer un matériau plus décoratif ou moins allergène pour la carrure, par exemple un métal moins dur, un métal précieux, une céramique, etc. 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.
[0022] L'écrou peut être un écrou borgne. The nut may be a blind nut.
[0023] Dans une variante, l'écrou est réalisé dans le même matériau que la carrure. In a variant, the nut is made of the same material as the middle part.
[0024] Chaque écrou peut comprendre une plaque pour le retenir dans son logement dans la carrure, ainsi qu'une portion d'écrou taraudée et montée sur la plaque. La portion d'écrou taraudée est proéminente sur la face latérale externe de la carrure et permet de visser les cornes. La plaque permet de retenir l'écrou dans la carrure. [0025] Dans le contexte de la présente invention, le mot « plaque » désigne une pièce aplatie et de faible épaisseur. Dans le contexte de la présente invention, une plaque est considérée de faible épaisseur si son épaisseur est inférieure à 1 mm, par exemple inférieure à 0,8 mm, de préférence égale à 0,5 mm. 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. In the context of the present invention, the word "plate" denotes a flattened piece and thin. In the context of the present invention, 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.
[0026] Dans une variante préférentielle la plaque et la portion d'écrou taraudée forment une seule pièce monobloc (l'écrou), par exemple une pièce métallique. In a preferred embodiment the plate and the threaded nut portion form a single piece (the nut), for example a metal part.
[0027] Dans un mode de réalisation, la plaque et la portion d'écrou peuvent être réalisés dans deux matériaux différents : par exemple la plaque peut être réalisée en plastique dur et l'élément taraudé en métal, ou encore la plaque peut être réalisée dans un métal diffèrent de celui de l'élément taraudé. In one embodiment, 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.
[0028] Avantageusement, la plaque est glissée dans une fente de la carrure. Advantageously, the plate is slipped into a slot of the middle part.
[0029] Le bord de la fente, sur la tranche de la carrure, peut être caché par une lunette de la boîte de montre. The edge of the slot, on the edge of the middle part, can be hidden by a bezel of the watch case.
[0030] L'épaisseur de la plaque est avantageusement inférieure à celle des parois de la carrure. [0031] Dans une variante préférentielle, l'épaisseur de la plaque est inférieure à celle de la portion d'écrou taraudé. Dans une variante préférentielle, l'épaisseur de la portion d'écrou taraudé est égale ou supérieure à 1 mm, de préférence égale à 1,2 mm ou davantage. 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.
[0032] Le système de fixation selon l'invention présente donc l'avantage de pouvoir réaliser une carrure plus fine que les carrures de systèmes de fixation connus. [0033] Dans un mode de réalisation, les cornes sont reliées deux par deux par un élément de liaison. Au moins une dite vis de maintien traverse chaque pièce de liaison pour la maintenir contre la carrure. 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. In one embodiment, 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.
[0034] Dans une variante préférentielle, la boîte de montre comprend deux vis qui traversent la pièce de liaison, et quatre écrous, chaque écrou étant logé dans un logement correspondant de la carrure. Chaque paire de corne est alors maintenue grâce à deux vis traversant la pièce de liaison entre les deux cornes et engagées dans deux écrous correspondants. In a preferred embodiment, 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.
[0035] Il est également possible que les cornes ne soient pas reliées par une pièce de liaison, ou que la pièce de liaison ne comprenne aucun trou traversant. Dans ce cas, chaque vis de maintien traverser chaque corne et est reçue par un écrou correspondant. Dans ce cas, la longueur des vis est plus importante, car elles doivent traverser les cornes, qui ont normalement une épaisseur plus grande que celle de la pièce de liaison. It is also possible that the horns are not connected by a connecting piece, or that the connecting piece does not include any through hole. In this case, each retaining screw passes through each horn and is received by a corresponding nut. In this case, 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.
[0036] Dans une variante, la boîte de montre comprend un cache, arrangé pour couvrir la pièce de liaison des cornes et pour être fixé aux cornes. In a variant, the watch case includes a cover, arranged to cover the connecting piece of the horns and to be attached to the horns.
[0037] La longueur du cache peut correspondre sensiblement à celle de la pièce de liaison. Dans un mode de réalisation, il peut comprendre des ailettes latérales qui sont arrangées pour coulisser lors du montage dans des guides ménagés à cet effet dans les cornes. The length of the cover may correspond substantially to that of the connecting piece. In one embodiment, it may comprise lateral fins which are arranged to slide during assembly in guides provided for this purpose in the horns.
[0038] Dans une variante, la pièce de liaison comprend une languette en saillie, coopérant avec une encoche de la carrure, de façon à assurer un positionnement vertical de la pièce de liaison, grâce à une butée. In a variant, 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.
[0039] Dans une variante préférentielle, cette encoche est placée entre deux logements du système de fixation selon l'invention. [0040] La présente invention concerne également une montre, notamment une montre-bracelet, comprenant la partie de boîte de montre décrite ci-dessus. In a preferred embodiment, 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.
[0041] La présente invention concerne également un procédé de fixation de cornes amovibles à une carrure d'une montre, comprenant les étapes suivantes : The present invention also relates to a method for attaching removable horns to a middle part of a watch, comprising the following steps:
- glissement d'au moins un écrou dans un logement de la carrure, de manière à ce qu'une portion d'écrou dépasse en saillie vers l'extérieur de la carrure ;  sliding of at least one nut in a housing of the middle part, so that a portion of nut protrudes outwardly from the middle part;
- vissage d'une vis dans ledit écrou de manière à fixer une corne amovible à la carrure.  screwing a screw into said nut so as to fix a removable horn to the middle part.
Brève description des figures Brief description of the figures
[0042] Des exemples de mise en œuvre de l'invention sont indiqués dans la description illustrée par les figures annexées dans lesquelles : Examples of implementation of the invention are indicated in the description illustrated by the appended figures in which:
[0043] La figure 1 illustre un vue en perspective et en éclaté du système de fixation selon un mode de réalisation de l'invention, coopérant avec une carrure et une lunette d'une montre-bracelet. 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.
[0044] La figure 2 illustre une première vue de coupe du mode de réalisation du système de fixation de la figure 1 , dans le plan x-z. [0044] Figure 2 illustrates a first sectional view of the embodiment of the fastening system of Figure 1, in the x-z plane.
[0045] La figure 3 illustre une deuxième vue de coupe du mode de réalisation du système de fixation de la figure 1 , dans le plan x-y. Figure 3 illustrates a second sectional view of the embodiment of the fastening system of Figure 1, in the x-y plane.
Exemple(s) de mode(s) de réalisation de l'invention Example (s) of embodiment (s) of the invention
[0046] La figure 1 illustre un vue en perspective et en éclaté d'une boîte de montre selon un mode de réalisation de l'invention. La boîte de montre comprend notamment une carrure 60 et une Iunette70. La carrure peut être cylindrique et avantageusement réalisée par tournage. [0047] Des cornes amovibles 40 permettent de lier la carrure à un bracelet non illustré. Dans ce mode de réalisation, la carrure comporte deux paires de cornes 40. Les deux cornes de chaque paire sont liées entre elles par une pièce de liaison 30 de chaque côté de la carrure. Figure 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. In this embodiment, 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.
[0048] Le système de fixation des cornes 40 contre la face latérale externe de la carrure 60 comprend : The fixing system of the horns 40 against the outer lateral face of the middle part 60 comprises:
- deux écrous borgnes 10. Chaque écrou borgne 10 comprend une portion d'écrou 14 et une plaque 12 permettant d'insérer l'écrou 10 et de le retenir dans un logement, ici une fente 62 ménagée dans l'épaisseur de la carrure 60 ;  - Two blind nuts 10. 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 ;
- deux vis 20 traversant chaque pièce de liaison 30. Chaque vis 20 est engagée dans un écrou 10.  two screws 20 passing through each connecting piece 30. Each screw 20 is engaged in a nut 10.
[0049] Les écrous 10 sont donc montés de manière amovible dans des logements dans l'épaisseur de la carrure. The nuts 10 are mounted removably in housing in the thickness of the middle part.
[0050] Un bracelet (non illustré) peut être fixé aux cornes 40 par exemple à l'aide d'une barrette insérée dans les trous 42 dans les cornes 40 (figure 1). 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).
[0051] Les deux cornes 40 et la pièce de liaison 30 peuvent former une pièce monobloc, ou bien trois pièces différentes, reliées entre elles par des moyens de connexion 44, par exemple des vis comme illustré sur la figure 1. The two horns 40 and the connecting piece 30 may form a single piece, or three different parts, interconnected by connection means 44, for example screws as shown in Figure 1.
[0052] Même si dans l'exemple illustré deux vis 20 et deux écrous 10 sont employés de chaque côté de la boîte de montre, l'invention n'est pas limitée à une telle configuration, et peut être mise en oeuvre avec une seule vis 20 traversant l'élément de fixation 30 et une seule plaque taraudée 10. Un nombre de vis 20 et de plaques taraudées 10 plus élevé assure une meilleure fixation des cornes 40 à la carrure 60, mais rend le montage plus long. Even if in the illustrated example two screws 20 and two nuts 10 are used on each side of the watch case, 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.
[0053] Dans l'exemple illustré, les vis 20 traversent une pièce de liaison 30 reliant deux cornes 40. Cependant l'invention n'est pas limitée à ce mode de réalisation : en effet il est également possible que les cornes 40 ne soient pas reliées par une pièce de liaison 30, ou que la pièce de liaison 30 ne comprenne aucun trou traversant 33. Dans un mode de réalisation non illustré, chaque corne est fixée individuellement par au moins une vis de maintien qui la traverse et est engagée dans un écrou 10 monté de manière amovible dans la carrure. Dans ce cas, la longueur des vis 20 est plus importante, car elles doivent traverser les cornes 40, qui ont ici une épaisseur plus grande que celle de la pièce de liaison 30. In the illustrated example, the screws 20 pass through a connecting piece 30 connecting two horns 40. However, 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. In an embodiment not illustrated, 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.
[0054] La plaque 12 est une pièce plate ou incurvée, de faible épaisseur, par exemple inférieure à 1 mm, par exemple égale à 0,5 mm. 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.
[0055] Dans l'exemple illustré, la portion d'écrou 14 est un cylindre muni d'un trou borgne à l'intérieur duquel un pas de vis est taraudé. Bien évidemment, l'invention n'est pas limitée à une telle forme, et d'autres formes peuvent être conçues, par exemple et de façon limitative un cube muni d'un trou taraudé. In the example shown, the nut portion 14 is a cylinder provided with a blind hole inside which a thread is tapped. Of course, 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.
[0056] Dans la variante des figures 1 à 3, la plaque 12 et la portion d'écrou 14 forment une seule pièce monobloc 10, par exemple une pièce métallique. Cependant elles peuvent être constituées par deux pièces séparées et connectées entre elles. [0057] Avantageusement, la hauteur et la largeur des fentes 62 (selon la direction z respectivement y sur la figure 1) correspondent à celles des plaques 12. L'épaisseur des fentes e62, visible sur la figure 2, est légèrement supérieure à celle e12 de la plaque 12. Dans le contexte de la présente invention, l'expression « légèrement supérieure » indique que la fente 62 doit permettre l'insertion de la plaque 12 depuis la tranche supérieure 600 de la carrure 60, mais qu'une fois la plaque insérée, elle ne puisse plus bouger dans la fente le long de la direction y. In the variant of Figures 1 to 3, 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. Advantageously, the height and the width of the slots 62 (in the direction z respectively y in Figure 1) 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.
[0058] Comme visible sur la figure 2, l'épaisseur de la plaque 12 est inférieure à celle de l'élément taraudé e14. En outre la fente 62 de la carrure 60 et la plaque taraudée 10 sont arrangées en sorte que la portion d'écrou 14 s'étende radialement de manière proéminente vers l'extérieur de la carrure 60 lorsque l'écrou 10 est glissé dans la fente 62, comme visible notamment sur la figure 3. As shown in Figure 2, the thickness of the plate 12 is less than that of the threaded element e14. In addition 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.
[0059] En effet chaque logement 62 permet non seulement l'insertion de l'écrou taraudé 10, mais également à la portion 14 de s'étendre vers l'extérieur grâce à l'ouverture 66 réalisée dans le flanc latéral externe de la carrure. Indeed 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 .
[0060] De cette façon, la vis n'est pas engagée dans l'épaisseur de la carrure 60, comme dans l'art antérieur, mais dans la portion d'écrou taraudée 14 de la pièce 10. La carrure 60 peut être donc très fine, et donc légère, tout en garantissant une fixation stable des cornes 40. In this way, 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.
[0061] Dans l'exemple illustré, les ouvertures 66 ont une forme en « U », qui correspond sensiblement à la forme des plaques 12, mais cette correspondance n'est pas essentielle pour la réalisation de l'invention, l'ouverture 66 pouvant avoir toute autre forme, pour autant qu'elle permette d'y insérer la portion d'écrou depuis la tranche supérieure 600 de la carrure 60. In the illustrated example, 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.
[0062] La fente 62 permet donc d'accueillir la plaque 12 dans l'épaisseur de la carrure 60, et l'ouverture 66 permet à la portion d'écrou 14 de coopérer avec la vis 20. 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.
[0063] Dans la variante de la figure 1 , la pièce de liaison 30 comprend deux trous traversants 33, chaque trou 33 étant destiné à recevoir une vis 20. Dans la variante illustrée, ces trous 33 sont ménagés dans des In the variant of Figure 1, the connecting piece 30 comprises two through holes 33, each hole 33 being adapted to receive a screw 20. In the illustrated embodiment, these holes 33 are formed in
ouvertures 32 pratiquées dans la pièce de liaison 30 et permettant de cacher les têtes de vis. openings 32 made in the connecting piece 30 and to hide the screw heads.
[0064] Dans la variante des figures 1 à 3, un cache 50 couvre la pièce de liaison 30 des cornes 40. La longueur du cache correspond sensiblement à celle de la pièce de liaison 30. Dans la variante de la figure 1 , le cache 50 comprend des ailettes latérales 56 qui sont arrangées pour coulisser dans des guides 46 correspondants ménagés dans les cornes 40. In the variant of Figures 1 to 3, 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. In the variant of Figure 1, the cache 50 comprises lateral fins 56 which are arranged to slide in corresponding guides 46 formed in the horns 40.
[0065] Comme visible sur la figure 2, ce cache comprend une surface 58 épousant la forme de la partie de lunette 80 avec laquelle il entre en contact. Les écrous 10 sont entièrement dissimulés par la pièce de liaison 30, le cache 50 et/ou la lunette 70. As shown in Figure 2, 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.
[0066] Dans une variante, la pièce de liaison 30 comprend une languette 34 en saillie, coopérant avec une encoche 64 sur la surface latérale de la carrure, de façon à assurer un positionnement vertical de la pièce de liaison 30 et des cornes. In a variant, 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.
[0067] Dans la variante illustrée sur la figure 1 , cette languette 34 en saillie est complétée de chaque côté par deux encoches 36, permettant l'usinage de la pièce de liaison 30 à l'aide d'une fraise. Sans ces deux encoches, la base de la languette 34 aurait un rayon de courbure dû à la forme de la fraise, ce qui gênerait son emboîtage dans l'encoche centrale 64 de la carrure 60. In the variant illustrated in Figure 1, 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.
[0068] Dans la variante de la figure 1 , cette encoche 64 est placée entre deux fentes 62 du système de fixation selon l'invention. In the variant of Figure 1, this notch 64 is placed between two slots 62 of the fastening system according to the invention.
[0069] La présente invention concerne également une montre The present invention also relates to a watch
comprenant la partie de boîte de montre décrite ci-dessous. including the watch case portion described below.
[0070] La présente invention concerne également un procédé de fixation de cornes amovibles à une carrure d'une montre, comprenant les étapes suivantes : The present invention also relates to a method for attaching removable horns to a middle part of a watch, comprising the following steps:
- glissement d'au moins un écrou 10 dans une fente 62 de la carrure  sliding of at least one nut 10 into a slot 62 of the middle part
- insertion d'au moins une vis 20 dans un trou traversant d'une pièce de liaison 30 des deux cornes amovibles ou dans un trou traversant d'une corne amovible, inserting at least one screw into a through-hole of a connecting piece of the two removable horns or into a through-hole of a removable horn,
- vissage de la vis 20 dans l'écrou 10 de façon à fixer les cornes amovibles à la carrure. Signes de référence employés sur les figures screwing the screw into the nut so as to fix the removable horns to the middle part. Reference signs used in figures
10 Ecrou Nut
12 Plaque  12 Plate
14 Portion d'écrou  14 Nut portion
20 Vis de maintien  20 Holding screw
30 Pièce de liaison  30 Connecting piece
32 Ouverture de la pièce de liaison  32 Opening the connection piece
33 Trou traversant de la pièce de liaison  33 Through hole in the connecting piece
34 Languette de la pièce de liaison  34 Tab of the connecting piece
36 Encoche de la pièce de liaison 36 Notch of the connecting piece
40 Corne amovible 40 Removable horn
42 Moyens de fixation de la corne à un bracelet  42 Means of fixing the horn to a bracelet
44 Moyens de fixation de la corne à la pièce de liaison 44 Means for attaching the horn to the connecting piece
46 Guide 46 Guide
50 Pièce de liaison  50 Connecting piece
56 Ailette de la pièce de liaison  56 Wing of the connecting piece
60 Carrure  60 Carrure
600 Tranche supérieure de la carrure  600 Upper slice of the middle part
62 Logement dans la carrure  62 Housing in the middle
64 Encoche dans la carrure  64 Notch in the middle
66 Ouverture  66 Opening
70 Lunette  70 Bezel
80 Joint  80 Joint
e12 Epaisseur de la plaque e12 Thickness of the plate
e14 Epaisseur de la portion d'écrou e14 Thickness of the nut portion
e62 Epaisseur du logement pour la plaque e62 Housing thickness for the plate

Claims

Revendications claims
1. Boîte de montre comprenant : 1. Watch box comprising:
une carrure (60) ;  a middle part (60);
des cornes amovibles (40) ;  removable horns (40);
au moins un écrou (10) inséré de manière amovible dans un logement (62) ménagé dans l'épaisseur de la carrure, une portion d'écrou (14) dépassant radialement en saillie vers l'extérieur de la carrure ;  at least one nut (10) removably inserted in a housing (62) formed in the thickness of the middle part, a nut portion (14) protruding radially outwardly from the middle part;
une vis de maintien (20) de corne amovible engagée radialement dans chaque dit écrou (10).  a detachable horn retaining screw (20) radially engaged in each said nut (10).
2. Boîte de montre selon la revendication précédente, chaque dit écrou (10) comprenant une plaque (12) pour le retenir dans son logement et une portion d'écrou taraudée (14) montée sur la plaque. 2. Watch case according to the preceding claim, each said nut (10) comprising a plate (12) to retain it in its housing and a threaded nut portion (14) mounted on the plate.
3. Boîte de montre selon la revendication précédente, l'épaisseur (e12) de la plaque étant inférieur à 1 mm, par exemple inférieure à 0,8 mm, de préférence égale à 0,5 mm. 3. Watch case according to the preceding claim, the thickness (e12) of the plate being less than 1 mm, for example less than 0.8 mm, preferably equal to 0.5 mm.
4. Boîte de montre selon l'une des revendications 2 à 3, l'épaisseur de la plaque (12) étant inférieure à celle de la portion d'écrou (14). 4. Watch case according to one of claims 2 to 3, the thickness of the plate (12) being less than that of the nut portion (14).
5. Boîte de montre selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, ledit logement comportant une fente (62) permettant d'insérer un dit écrou par la tranche (600) supérieure de la carrure. 5. Watch case according to one of claims 1 to 4, said housing having a slot (62) for inserting said nut by the upper portion (600) of the middle part.
6. Boîte de montre selon l'une des revendications 2 à 4, ledit logement comportant : 6. Watch case according to one of claims 2 to 4, said housing comprising:
une fente (62) permettant d'insérer ladite plaque (12) par la tranche (600) supérieure de la carrure ;  a slot (62) for inserting said plate (12) by the upper portion (600) of the middle part;
une ouverture (66) sur la face latérale externe de la carrure, permettant d'insérer ladite portion d'écrou (14) par la tranche (600) supérieure de la carrure, la portion d'écrou dépassant en saillie vers l'extérieur de la carrure. an opening (66) on the outer lateral face of the caseband, for inserting said nut portion (14) by the upper portion (600) of the caseband, the nut portion protruding projecting outwardly of the build.
7. Boîte de montre selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, comportant deux dites paires de cornes amovibles (40) liées deux à deux par une pièce de liaison (30), 7. Watch case according to one of claims 1 to 6, comprising two said pairs of removable horns (40) linked two by two by a connecting piece (30),
lesdites vis de maintien (20) traversant ladite pièce de liaison.  said holding screws (20) passing through said connecting piece.
8. Boîte de montre selon la revendication 7, comprenant un cache (50) arrangé pour couvrir la pièce de liaison 30 des cornes 40. 8. Watch case according to claim 7, comprising a cover (50) arranged to cover the connecting piece 30 of the horns 40.
9. Boîte de montre selon l'une des revendications 7 à 8, la pièce de liaison (30) comprenant une languette (34) en saillie, coopérant avec une encoche (64) de la carrure, de façon à assurer un positionnement vertical de la pièce de liaison (30). 9. Watch case according to one of claims 7 to 8, the connecting piece (30) comprising a tongue (34) projecting, cooperating with a notch (64) of the middle, so as to ensure a vertical positioning of the connecting piece (30).
10. Procédé de fixation de cornes amovibles (40) à une carrure (60) d'une montre, comprenant les étapes suivantes : A method of attaching removable horns (40) to a middle (60) of a watch, comprising the steps of:
- glissement d'au moins un écrou (10) amovible dans un logement (62) de la carrure (60), de manière à ce qu'une portion d'écrou (14) dépasse radialement en saillie vers l'extérieur de la carrure ;  - sliding of at least one nut (10) removable in a housing (62) of the middle part (60), so that a nut portion (14) projects radially outwardly outwardly of the middle part ;
- vissage d'une vis radialement dans ledit écrou de manière à fixer une corne amovible (40) à la carrure (60).  screwing a screw radially into said nut so as to fix a removable horn (40) to the middle part (60).
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