EP3451071B1 - Device with push button for a timepiece - Google Patents

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EP3451071B1
EP3451071B1 EP17189110.4A EP17189110A EP3451071B1 EP 3451071 B1 EP3451071 B1 EP 3451071B1 EP 17189110 A EP17189110 A EP 17189110A EP 3451071 B1 EP3451071 B1 EP 3451071B1
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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
    • G04B37/106—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits of winding stems of push buttons
    • 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
    • G04B27/00—Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means
    • 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
    • G04B3/048—Operation exclusively by axial movement of a push-button, e.g. for chronographs

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  • the present invention relates to a pusher device for a timepiece and more particularly to such a device in which the pusher head has a pattern or a logo on its end face and in which the pattern can be oriented as desired.
  • a pusher device for a timepiece typically comprises a cylindrical tube inside which is disposed longitudinally and passing through a pusher provided with a head having a lower face which abuts against a first shoulder formed in the tube when a pressure manual is exerted on the head and a rod terminated at its end by a stopper, typically a screw, limiting the axial swing of this rod in the tube.
  • a seal generally surrounds the rod and a coil return spring is wound around the rod to return the pusher to a predetermined position.
  • Pushers executed according to the above description are well known in the state of the art. They are used, for example, in chronographs or even wristwatches to correct, for example, the date. They are called pushers when they protrude from the middle part and allow a function to be corrected when pressed with a finger. When the pressure ceases, they return to their original position. They are rather called correctors when they are drowned in the middle.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy the drawbacks of the aforementioned prior art by providing a push-button device of simple and economical construction and of which the push-button head comprises on its end face a pattern such as a logo or a mark. and wherein the position of the logo or mark affixed to the end face of said head can easily be adjusted to a precise determined angular position or orientation.
  • the invention also relates to a watch case comprising a push-button device as described above.
  • a pusher device 1 comprising an orientable pusher head 2a and intended to be mounted by driving or screwing into the side wall of a watch case middle part (not shown).
  • FIG. 1 which is a top view of the push-button device 1, we can distinguish an inscription "LOGO", arranged on the external face 2a of the head 2b of the push-button 2.
  • the push-button device 1 comprises orientation adjustment means which will be described later using the figures 2 to 4 .
  • the inscription L “LOGO” is adjusted in a perfectly horizontal position corresponding preferably to the plane of the middle part of the watch on which the push-button device 1 is mounted.
  • the pusher device 1 comprises a pusher 2 which is provided at a proximal end with a pusher head 2b to allow a user to actuate it.
  • the pusher head 2b is integral with a central rod 3 which ensures at a distal end the connection between the inside and the outside of the watch case.
  • the pusher head has a smooth, circular recess 2c surrounding the proximal part of the central rod 3.
  • the push-button device 1 further comprises a tube 4 of generally cylindrical shape intended to be assembled to a watch case.
  • the tube 4 is intended to be driven by its lower part 4a into an opening in the middle part of a watch case.
  • the tube 4 has an upper part 4b of greater diameter than that of the lower part 4a.
  • the tube 4 comprises in the lower zone of its upper part an annular groove 5 in which is housed an O-ring 6 ensuring its sealing at the middle part.
  • the tube 4 can either be terminated by an upper portion emerging from the middle part or be embedded in the middle part.
  • the tube 4 has a first internal diameter defining a first housing 7a extended by a second internal diameter smaller than the first diameter and defining a second housing 7b and an internal shoulder 7c.
  • the pusher head 2b is partially engaged in the housing 7a in the rest position of the pusher and can engage further until it comes into abutment against the shoulder 7c when the pusher is actuated by the user's finger.
  • the central rod 3 is arranged inside the tube 4 so as to be able to slide along its longitudinal axis A and to be able to rotate freely in the tube 4.
  • the pusher device 1 further comprises a helical return spring 10 which surrounds the proximal portion of the rod 3 and which is partially housed in the recess 2c and in the housing 7a.
  • the spring 10 is intended to oppose the axial push of the user's finger on the pusher head 2b.
  • the spring 10 is mounted compressed between the bottom of the recess 2c and the inner shoulder 7c of the tube 4.
  • the inner shoulder 7c comprises a central circular recess 11 which receives a washer 12 surrounding the central rod. 3.
  • the washer 12 also rests on a pair of seals 13 between which is interposed a washer 14
  • the central rod 3 has at its distal end, projecting out of the housing 7b, an annular groove 15 in which is arranged an elastic ring 16 which abuts against the distal end of the tube 4.
  • the ring elastic 16 thus forms a stopper for the pusher 2 in the tube 4.
  • the distal end of the tube 4 ends with a third diameter smaller than the second diameter and defining on the one hand a passage for the distal end of the central rod 3 and on the other hand a second internal shoulder 4c.
  • the push-button device further comprises a device for adjusting the angular orientation of the push-button head 2b relative to the watch case.
  • the adjustment device comprises a friction ring 17 arranged concentrically around the central rod 3.
  • the friction ring is arranged between the washer 14 and the second shoulder 4c and in the example illustrated the friction ring 17 is arranged more particularly between the lower annular seal 13 and the shoulder 4c. It goes without saying that in a variant the friction ring 17 could be arranged between the upper annular seal 13 and the washer 14.
  • the friction ring 17 has a cylindrical outer surface 17a whose diameter is tightly fitted to the inner wall of the housing. 7b of the tube 4, therefore in frictional contact with this wall.
  • the friction ring 17 comprises a central opening 17b of polygonal shape in this case hexagonal and the central rod 3 has a polygonal section complementary to the opening 17b in order to make the rod 3 integral in rotation with the ring 17 while allowing the rod to maintain a free translational movement in the opening 17b.
  • the central rod 3 comprises in its distal face 3a a slot 18 intended to cooperate with the end of a tool to actuate the central rod 3 in rotation against the frictional forces induced by the ring in order to adjust the angular orientation of the pusher head 2b.
  • the slot 18 therefore acts as a means for actuating the pusher 2 in rotation, which makes it possible to make it pivot and thereby to be able to adjust the angular orientation of its head 2b in a determined angular position.
  • the surface of the inner wall and / or the cylindrical outer surface 17a of the ring can be textured to adjust the appropriate friction torque.
  • the friction fit of the friction ring 17 on the inner wall of the housing 7b will be chosen so that the friction torque generated by the friction ring inside the tube 4 is greater than the screwing torque of l. 'nut on the central rod 3.
  • the nut would have a dual function, namely to form, on the one hand, the stop member of the pusher and, on the other hand, the actuating means of the latter to rotate and orient it angularly.
  • the method of mounting the push-button device and orientation of the push-button is as follows.
  • the push device 1 fully assembled with the elastic ring 16 in abutment against the distal end of the tube 4 is driven out or screwed into an opening in the middle part of the watch case.
  • the central rod 3 can be actuated in rotation by means of a tool inserted into the slot 18 from the inside of the middle part and drive the pusher head in rotation .
  • the pusher head in turn drives the friction ring 17 via the connection by polygonal section between the opening 17a and the section of the central rod 3 in the desired angular orientation.
  • the ring 17 rotates in the tube 4 against the retaining friction torque present between the outer surface 17a of the friction ring 17 and the lower housing inner wall 7b of the tube 4.

Description

La présente invention concerne un dispositif à poussoir pour pièce d'horlogerie et plus particulièrement un tel dispositif dans lequel la tête de poussoir comporte un motif ou un logo sur sa face d'extrémité et dans lequel le motif peut être orienté à souhait.The present invention relates to a pusher device for a timepiece and more particularly to such a device in which the pusher head has a pattern or a logo on its end face and in which the pattern can be oriented as desired.

Un dispositif à poussoir pour pièce d'horlogerie comprend typiquement un tube cylindrique à l'intérieur duquel est disposé longitudinalement et de manière traversant un poussoir muni d'une tête présentant une face inférieure venant buter contre un premier épaulement pratiqué dans le tube quand une pression manuelle est exercée sur la tête et d'une tige terminée à son extrémité par un organe d'arrêt, typiquement une vis, limitant l'ébat axial de cette tige dans le tube. Un joint d'étanchéité entoure généralement la tige et un ressort de rappel hélicoïdal est enroulé autour de la tige pour rappeler le poussoir dans une position déterminée.A pusher device for a timepiece typically comprises a cylindrical tube inside which is disposed longitudinally and passing through a pusher provided with a head having a lower face which abuts against a first shoulder formed in the tube when a pressure manual is exerted on the head and a rod terminated at its end by a stopper, typically a screw, limiting the axial swing of this rod in the tube. A seal generally surrounds the rod and a coil return spring is wound around the rod to return the pusher to a predetermined position.

Des poussoirs exécutés selon la description ci-dessus sont bien connus de l'état de l'art. Ils équipent par exemple des chronographes ou encore des montres bracelet pour en corriger, par exemple, le quantième. On les appelle poussoirs quand ils dépassent de la carrure et permettent de corriger une fonction quand on les presse avec un doigt. Quand la pression cesse, ils reprennent leur position initiale. On les appelle plutôt correcteurs quand ils sont noyés dans la carrure.Pushers executed according to the above description are well known in the state of the art. They are used, for example, in chronographs or even wristwatches to correct, for example, the date. They are called pushers when they protrude from the middle part and allow a function to be corrected when pressed with a finger. When the pressure ceases, they return to their original position. They are rather called correctors when they are drowned in the middle.

La fabrication et le montage de ces poussoirs, vissés ou chassés sur des boites de montre sont bien connus. Toutefois, les procédés de montage de ces poussoirs sont mal adaptés à ces poussoirs lorsque le poussoir porte sur la face d'extrémité de sa tête une inscription ou un motif, par exemple un logo, une marque de fabrique ou un signe analogue. En effet, les procédés de montage connus ne permettent généralement pas d'amener tête de poussoir dans une orientation angulaire déterminée précise par rapport à la boîte lors du montage du dispositif à soupape par vissage ou chassage du tube sur la boite de montre. Cela nuit donc à l'esthétique de la montre lorsqu'une inscription est apposée sur la face d'extrémité de la tête de poussoir. Cette situation est bien entendu inacceptable lorsque ces dispositifs à poussoir équipent des produits de luxe et de haute qualité.The manufacture and assembly of these pushers, screwed or driven out on watch cases, are well known. However, the methods of mounting these pushers are ill-suited to these pushers when the pushbutton bears on the end face of its head an inscription or a pattern, for example a logo, a trademark or a similar sign. In fact, the known mounting methods generally do not allow to bring the pusher head into a precise angular orientation determined with respect to the box during the assembly of the valve device by screwing or driving the tube onto the watch case. This therefore harms the aesthetics of the watch when an inscription is affixed to the end face of the pusher head. This situation is of course unacceptable when these push-button devices equip luxury and high-quality products.

On connaît déjà du document CH 708 126 un poussoir pour une pièce d'horlogerie. Du document CH 707 158 est également connu un élément vissé orientable tel qu'une couronne pour pièce d'horlogerie.We already know from the document CH 708 126 a pusher for a timepiece. Of the document CH 707 158 An orientable screwed element such as a crown for a timepiece is also known.

La présente invention a pour but de remédier aux inconvénients de l'art antérieur susmentionné en fournissant un dispositif à poussoir de construction simple et économique et dont la tête de poussoir comporte sur sa face d'extrémité un motif tel qu'un logo ou une marque et dans lequel la position du logo ou de la marque apposée sur la face d'extrémité de ladite tête puisse aisément être ajustée dans une position ou orientation angulaire déterminée précise.The object of the present invention is to remedy the drawbacks of the aforementioned prior art by providing a push-button device of simple and economical construction and of which the push-button head comprises on its end face a pattern such as a logo or a mark. and wherein the position of the logo or mark affixed to the end face of said head can easily be adjusted to a precise determined angular position or orientation.

A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet un dispositif à poussoir pour pièce d'horlogerie, comportant :

  • un tube de forme générale cylindrique, destiné à être assemblé à une boîte de montre,
  • un poussoir muni à une extrémité proximale d'une tête pour permettre à un utilisateur de l'actionner, ladite tête étant solidaire d'une tige centrale pour assurer à une extrémité distale la liaison entre l'intérieur et l'extérieur de la pièce d'horlogerie, ledit poussoir étant engagé et monté axialement coulissant dans ledit tube, la face avant de ladite tête comprenant un logo ou une marque,
  • un ressort de rappel entourant ladite tige et intercalé entre un épaulement intérieur du tube et la tête de poussoir, pour générer une force axiale,
  • au moins un joint d'étanchéité entourant ladite tige centrale pour garantir l'étanchéité entre la tige centrale et une paroi intérieure du tube, et
  • un organe d'arrêt pour retenir ledit poussoir dans ledit tube contre la poussée du ressort de rappel,
    ledit dispositif étant caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre
  • un dispositif pour le réglage de l'orientation angulaire de la tête par rapport à la boite de montre,
  • ledit dispositif pour le réglage de l'orientation angulaire comprenant une bague de friction disposée concentriquement autour de la tige centrale à l'intérieur du tube
en ce que la bague de friction est solidaire en rotation de la tige centrale et libre en translation par rapport à la tige centrale,
en ce que la bague de friction comprend une surface de friction extérieure en contact de friction avec une paroi intérieure du tube,
et en ce que la tige centrale comprend des moyens d'actionnement en rotation de celle-ci permettant de faire pivoter le poussoir contre les forces de frottement induites par la bague de friction afin de régler l'orientation angulaire de la têteTo this end, the invention relates to a push-button device for a timepiece, comprising:
  • a tube of generally cylindrical shape, intended to be assembled to a watch case,
  • a pusher provided at a proximal end with a head to allow a user to actuate it, said head being integral with a central rod to ensure at a distal end the connection between the interior and the exterior of the part of 'watchmaking, said pusher being engaged and mounted to slide axially in said tube, the front face of said head comprising a logo or a mark,
  • a return spring surrounding said rod and interposed between an internal shoulder of the tube and the pusher head, to generate an axial force,
  • at least one seal surrounding said central rod to ensure the seal between the central rod and an inner wall of the tube, and
  • a stopper for retaining said pusher in said tube against the thrust of the return spring,
    said device being characterized in that it further comprises
  • a device for adjusting the angular orientation of the head relative to the watch case,
  • said device for adjusting the angular orientation comprising a friction ring arranged concentrically around the central rod inside the tube
in that the friction ring is integral in rotation with the central rod and free in translation with respect to the central rod,
in that the friction ring comprises an outer friction surface in frictional contact with an inner wall of the tube,
and in that the central rod comprises means for actuating the latter in rotation allowing the pusher to pivot against the frictional forces induced by the friction ring in order to adjust the angular orientation of the head

Conformément à d'autres aspects avantageux de l'invention :

  • le moyen d'actionnement comprend une fente ménagée à l'extrémité distale de la tige centrale.
  • le moyen d'actionnement peut être un écrou vissé sur l'extrémité distale de la tige centrale, ledit écrou formant également l'organe d'arrêt, et dans ce cas le couple de friction engendré par la bague de friction à l'intérieur du tube est de préférence supérieur au couple de vissage de l'écrou sur la tige centrale.
  • la bague de friction comprend une ouverture de forme polygonale et la tige centrale présente une section polygonale complémentaire à ladite ouverture afin de rendre la tige centrale solidaire en rotation de la bague.
  • le tube présente un premier diamètre intérieur définissant un premier logement prolongé par un deuxième diamètre inférieur au premier diamètre et définissant un épaulement et un second logement.
  • la tête est disposée dans le premier logement et la bague de friction est disposée dans le second logement, la tige centrale s'étend dans les premier et second logements fait saillie par son extrémité distale en dehors du second logement, et de préférence l'épaulement reçoit dans sa partie centrale une rondelle entourant ladite tige centrale, le ressort de rappel s'étend entre la tête et ledit épaulement et ledit au moins un joint d'étanchéité s'étend entre la rondelle et la bague friction ; et de manière avantageuse, le dispositif comprend deux joints d'étanchéité entourant la tige centrale et entre lesquels est intercalée une bague formant un espaceur.
  • l'organe d'arrêt est prévu à l'extrémité distale de la tige centrale faisant saillie hors du second logement, et de préférence l'organe d'arrêt est formé d'un anneau élastique agencé dans une gorge annulaire de l'extrémité distale de la tige centrale.
  • les moyens d'actionnement sont prévus dans la partie distale de la tige centrale
In accordance with other advantageous aspects of the invention:
  • the actuating means comprises a slot formed at the distal end of the central rod.
  • the actuating means may be a nut screwed onto the distal end of the central rod, said nut also forming the stop member, and in this case the friction torque generated by the friction ring inside the tube is preferably greater than the screwing torque of the nut on the central rod.
  • the friction ring comprises an opening of polygonal shape and the central rod has a polygonal section complementary to said opening in order to make the central rod integral in rotation with the ring.
  • the tube has a first internal diameter defining a first housing extended by a second diameter smaller than the first diameter and defining a shoulder and a second housing.
  • the head is disposed in the first housing and the friction ring is disposed in the second housing, the central rod extends into the first and second housing projects by its distal end outside the second housing, and preferably the shoulder receives in its central part a washer surrounding said central rod, the return spring extends between the head and said shoulder and said at least one seal extends between the washer and the friction ring; and advantageously, the device comprises two seals surrounding the central rod and between which is interposed a ring forming a spacer.
  • the stopper member is provided at the distal end of the central rod projecting out of the second housing, and preferably the stopper member is formed of an elastic ring arranged in an annular groove of the distal end of the central rod.
  • the actuation means are provided in the distal part of the central rod

L'invention concerne également une boite de montre comprenant un dispositif à poussoir tel que décrit ci-dessus.The invention also relates to a watch case comprising a push-button device as described above.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de la présente invention apparaîtront dans la description suivante d'un mode de réalisation préféré, présenté à titre d'exemple non limitatif en référence aux dessins annexés, dans lesquels:

  • la figure 1 montre une vue de dessus d'un dispositif à poussoir à tête de poussoir orientable, pourvue d'un logo sur la face externe la tête de poussoir selon l'invention;
  • la figure 2 montre une vue en coupe du dispositif à poussoir à tête de poussoir orientable selon l'invention selon la ligne II-II de la figure 1 ;
  • la figure 3 montre une section du dispositif à poussoir à tête de poussoir orientable selon l'invention, selon la ligne III- III de la figure 2 ;
  • la figure 4 montre une section du dispositif à poussoir à tête de poussoir orientable selon l'invention, selon la ligne IV- IV de la figure 2
Other characteristics and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment, presented by way of non-limiting example with reference to the appended drawings, in which:
  • the figure 1 shows a top view of a pusher device with an orientable pusher head, provided with a logo on the external face of the pusher head according to the invention;
  • the figure 2 shows a sectional view of the pusher device with an orientable pusher head according to the invention along line II-II of the figure 1 ;
  • the figure 3 shows a section of the pusher device with an orientable pusher head according to the invention, along the line III-III of the figure 2 ;
  • the figure 4 shows a section of the pusher device with an orientable pusher head according to the invention, according to the line IV-IV of the figure 2

Aux figures 1 et 2, on voit un dispositif à poussoir 1 comprenant une tête de poussoir orientable 2a et destiné à être montée par chassage ou vissage dans la paroi latérale d'une carrure de boite de montre (non représentée).To the figures 1 and 2 , we see a pusher device 1 comprising an orientable pusher head 2a and intended to be mounted by driving or screwing into the side wall of a watch case middle part (not shown).

Sur la figure 1, qui est une vue de dessus du dispositif à poussoir 1, on peut distinguer une inscription « LOGO », agencé sur la face externe 2a de la tête 2b du poussoir 2. Le dispositif à poussoir 1 comprend des moyens réglage de l'orientation qui vont être décrits plus loin à l'aide des figures 2 à 4. Pour des raisons esthétiques, l'inscription L « LOGO » est ajustée en position parfaitement horizontale correspondant de préférence au plan de la carrure de la montre sur laquelle est monté le dispositif à poussoir 1.On the figure 1 , which is a top view of the push-button device 1, we can distinguish an inscription "LOGO", arranged on the external face 2a of the head 2b of the push-button 2. The push-button device 1 comprises orientation adjustment means which will be described later using the figures 2 to 4 . For aesthetic reasons, the inscription L “LOGO” is adjusted in a perfectly horizontal position corresponding preferably to the plane of the middle part of the watch on which the push-button device 1 is mounted.

Le dispositif à poussoir 1 comprend un poussoir 2 qui est muni à une extrémité proximale d'une tête de poussoir 2b pour permettre à un utilisateur de l'actionner. La tête de poussoir 2b est solidaire d'une tige centrale 3 qui permet d'assurer à une extrémité distale la liaison entre l'intérieur et l'extérieur de la boite de montre. La tête de poussoir présente un évidement 2c lisse et circulaire entourant la partie proximale de la tige centrale 3.The pusher device 1 comprises a pusher 2 which is provided at a proximal end with a pusher head 2b to allow a user to actuate it. The pusher head 2b is integral with a central rod 3 which ensures at a distal end the connection between the inside and the outside of the watch case. The pusher head has a smooth, circular recess 2c surrounding the proximal part of the central rod 3.

Le dispositif à poussoir 1 comprend en outre un tube 4 de forme générale cylindrique destiné à être assemblé à une boite de montre. Dans l'exemple illustré le tube 4 est destiné à être chassé par sa partie inférieure 4a dans une ouverture de la carrure d'une boite de montre. Le tube 4 présente une partie supérieure 4b de plus grand diamètre que celui de la partie inférieure 4a. Le tube 4 comprend dans la zone inférieure de sa partie supérieure une gorge annulaire 5 dans laquelle est logé un joint torique 6 assurant son étanchéité au niveau de la carrure.The push-button device 1 further comprises a tube 4 of generally cylindrical shape intended to be assembled to a watch case. In the example illustrated, the tube 4 is intended to be driven by its lower part 4a into an opening in the middle part of a watch case. The tube 4 has an upper part 4b of greater diameter than that of the lower part 4a. The tube 4 comprises in the lower zone of its upper part an annular groove 5 in which is housed an O-ring 6 ensuring its sealing at the middle part.

Selon les modes de réalisation de l'invention, le tube 4 peut soit être terminé par une portion supérieure émergeante de la carrure soit être noyé dans la carrure.According to the embodiments of the invention, the tube 4 can either be terminated by an upper portion emerging from the middle part or be embedded in the middle part.

Le tube 4 présente un premier diamètre intérieur définissant un premier logement 7a prolongé par un deuxième diamètre intérieur inférieur au premier diamètre et définissant un second logement 7b et un épaulement intérieur 7c. La tête de poussoir 2b est partiellement engagée dans le logement 7a en position de repos du poussoir et peut s'engager davantage jusqu'à venir en butée contre l'épaulement 7c lorsque le poussoir est actionné par le doigt de l'utilisateur.The tube 4 has a first internal diameter defining a first housing 7a extended by a second internal diameter smaller than the first diameter and defining a second housing 7b and an internal shoulder 7c. The pusher head 2b is partially engaged in the housing 7a in the rest position of the pusher and can engage further until it comes into abutment against the shoulder 7c when the pusher is actuated by the user's finger.

La tige centrale 3 est agencée à l'intérieur du tube 4 de façon à pouvoir coulisser le long de son axe longitudinal A et à pouvoir tourner librement dans le tube 4.The central rod 3 is arranged inside the tube 4 so as to be able to slide along its longitudinal axis A and to be able to rotate freely in the tube 4.

On voit également que le dispositif à poussoir 1 comprend en outre un ressort hélicoïdal de rappel 10 qui entoure la portion proximale de la tige 3 et qui est logé partiellement dans l'évidement 2c et dans le logement 7a. Le ressort 10 est destiné à s'opposer à la pousser axiale du doigt de l'utilisateur sur la tête de poussoir 2b. Le ressort 10 est monté comprimé entre le fond de l'évidement 2c et l'épaulement intérieur 7c du tube 4. Dans l'exemple illustré, l'épaulement intérieur 7c comprend un dégagement circulaire 11 central qui reçoit une rondelle 12 entourant la tige centrale 3.La rondelle 12 repose également sur une paire de joints d'étanchéité 13 entre lesquels est intercalée une rondelle 14It can also be seen that the pusher device 1 further comprises a helical return spring 10 which surrounds the proximal portion of the rod 3 and which is partially housed in the recess 2c and in the housing 7a. The spring 10 is intended to oppose the axial push of the user's finger on the pusher head 2b. The spring 10 is mounted compressed between the bottom of the recess 2c and the inner shoulder 7c of the tube 4. In the example illustrated, the inner shoulder 7c comprises a central circular recess 11 which receives a washer 12 surrounding the central rod. 3.The washer 12 also rests on a pair of seals 13 between which is interposed a washer 14

Dans l'exemple illustré, la tige centrale 3 présente à son extrémité distale, faisant saillie hors du logement 7b, une gorge annulaire 15 dans laquelle est agencé un anneau élastique 16 qui vient buter contre l'extrémité distale du tube 4. L'anneau élastique 16 forme ainsi un organe d'arrêt du poussoir 2 dans le tube 4. On notera que l'extrémité distale du tube 4 se termine par un troisième diamètre inférieur au deuxième diamètre et définissant d'une part un passage pour l'extrémité distale de la tige centrale 3 et d'autre part un deuxième épaulement intérieur 4c.In the example illustrated, the central rod 3 has at its distal end, projecting out of the housing 7b, an annular groove 15 in which is arranged an elastic ring 16 which abuts against the distal end of the tube 4. The ring elastic 16 thus forms a stopper for the pusher 2 in the tube 4. It will be noted that the distal end of the tube 4 ends with a third diameter smaller than the second diameter and defining on the one hand a passage for the distal end of the central rod 3 and on the other hand a second internal shoulder 4c.

Le dispositif à poussoir comprend en outre un dispositif pour le réglage de l'orientation angulaire de la tête de poussoir 2b par rapport à la boite de montre. Le dispositif de réglage comprend une bague de friction 17 disposée concentriquement autour de la tige centrale 3.The push-button device further comprises a device for adjusting the angular orientation of the push-button head 2b relative to the watch case. The adjustment device comprises a friction ring 17 arranged concentrically around the central rod 3.

La bague de friction est agencée entre la rondelle 14 et le deuxième épaulement 4c et dans l'exemple illustré la bague de friction 17 est disposée plus particulièrement entre le joint annulaire inférieur 13 et l'épaulement 4c. Il va se soi que dans une variante la bague de friction 17 pourrait être disposée entre le joint annulaire 13 supérieur et la rondelle 14. La bague de friction 17 présente une surface externe cylindrique 17a dont le diamètre est ajusté serré sur la paroi intérieure du logement 7b du tube 4, donc en contact de friction avec cette paroi.The friction ring is arranged between the washer 14 and the second shoulder 4c and in the example illustrated the friction ring 17 is arranged more particularly between the lower annular seal 13 and the shoulder 4c. It goes without saying that in a variant the friction ring 17 could be arranged between the upper annular seal 13 and the washer 14. The friction ring 17 has a cylindrical outer surface 17a whose diameter is tightly fitted to the inner wall of the housing. 7b of the tube 4, therefore in frictional contact with this wall.

Comme cela est visible à la figure 3, la bague de friction 17 comprend une ouverture centrale 17b de forme polygonale en l'occurrence hexagonale et la tige centrale 3 présente une section polygonale complémentaire à l'ouverture 17b afin de rendre la tige 3 solidaire en rotation de la bague 17 tout en permettant à la tige de conserver un libre mouvement de translation dans l'ouverture 17b.As can be seen at the figure 3 , the friction ring 17 comprises a central opening 17b of polygonal shape in this case hexagonal and the central rod 3 has a polygonal section complementary to the opening 17b in order to make the rod 3 integral in rotation with the ring 17 while allowing the rod to maintain a free translational movement in the opening 17b.

On notera que la tige centrale 3 comprend dans sa face distale 3a une fente 18 destinée à venir coopérer avec l'extrémité d'un outil pour actionner en rotation la tige centrale 3 contre les forces de friction induites par la bague afin de régler l'orientation angulaire de la tête de poussoir 2b. La fente 18 agit donc comme moyen d'actionnement en rotation du poussoir 2 ce qui permet de le faire pivoter et par là même de pouvoir régler l'orientation angulaire de sa tête 2b dans une position angulaire déterminée. On notera à ce propos que la surface de la paroi intérieure et/ou la surface externe cylindrique 17a de la bague peuvent être texturées pour ajuster le couple de friction approprié.It will be noted that the central rod 3 comprises in its distal face 3a a slot 18 intended to cooperate with the end of a tool to actuate the central rod 3 in rotation against the frictional forces induced by the ring in order to adjust the angular orientation of the pusher head 2b. The slot 18 therefore acts as a means for actuating the pusher 2 in rotation, which makes it possible to make it pivot and thereby to be able to adjust the angular orientation of its head 2b in a determined angular position. It will be noted in this connection that the surface of the inner wall and / or the cylindrical outer surface 17a of the ring can be textured to adjust the appropriate friction torque.

Toutefois dans des variantes de réalisation non représentées on pourrait envisager sans sortir du cadre de l'invention de prévoir par exemple un écrou vissée sur la partie distale de la tige centrale 3 faisant saillie en dehors du tube 4 et agissant comme organe d'arrêt, une fente étant agencée directement dans la face de l'extrémité de l'écrou comme moyen d'actionnement du poussoir. Dans ce cas l'ajustement à friction de la bague de friction 17 sur la paroi intérieure du logement 7b serai choisi pour que le couple de friction engendré par la bague de friction à l'intérieur du tube 4 soit supérieur au couple de vissage de l'écrou sur la tige centrale 3. Dans une telle variante, l'écrou aurait une double fonction à savoir de former, d'une part, l'organe d'arrêt du poussoir et d'autre part, les moyens d'actionnement de ce dernier pour le faire pivoter et l'orienter angulairement.However, in variant embodiments not shown, it could be envisaged, without departing from the scope of the invention, to provide for example a nut screwed onto the distal part of the central rod 3 projecting outside the tube 4 and acting as a stop member, a slot being arranged directly in the face of the end of the nut as a means for actuating the pusher. In this case, the friction fit of the friction ring 17 on the inner wall of the housing 7b will be chosen so that the friction torque generated by the friction ring inside the tube 4 is greater than the screwing torque of l. 'nut on the central rod 3. In such a variant, the nut would have a dual function, namely to form, on the one hand, the stop member of the pusher and, on the other hand, the actuating means of the latter to rotate and orient it angularly.

Le procédé de montage du dispositif à poussoir et d'orientation du poussoir est le suivant. Le dispositif à poussoir 1 entièrement assemblé avec l'anneau élastique 16 en butée contre l'extrémité distale du tube 4 est chassé ou vissé dans une ouverture de la carrure de la boite de montre. Une fois chassé ou vissé, le tube 4 ainsi immobilisé dans la carrure, la tige centrale 3 peut être actionnée en rotation au moyen d'un outil inséré dans la fente 18 depuis l'intérieur de la carrure et entrainer la tête de poussoir en rotation. Ce faisant, la tête de poussoir entraine à son tour la bague de friction 17 via la liaison par section polygonale entre l'ouverture 17a et la section de la tige centrale 3 dans l'orientation angulaire désirée. La bague 17 tourne dans le tube 4 contre le couple de frottement de retenue présent entre la surface extérieure 17a de la bague de friction 17 et la paroi intérieure logement inférieur 7b du tube 4.The method of mounting the push-button device and orientation of the push-button is as follows. The push device 1 fully assembled with the elastic ring 16 in abutment against the distal end of the tube 4 is driven out or screwed into an opening in the middle part of the watch case. Once driven out or screwed, the tube 4 thus immobilized in the middle part, the central rod 3 can be actuated in rotation by means of a tool inserted into the slot 18 from the inside of the middle part and drive the pusher head in rotation . In doing so, the pusher head in turn drives the friction ring 17 via the connection by polygonal section between the opening 17a and the section of the central rod 3 in the desired angular orientation. The ring 17 rotates in the tube 4 against the retaining friction torque present between the outer surface 17a of the friction ring 17 and the lower housing inner wall 7b of the tube 4.

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  1. Push button device (1) for timepieces, including:
    - a tube (4) of generally cylindrical shape, intended to be assembled to a watch case,
    - a push button provided at a proximal end with a head (2b) to allow a user to actuate the push button, said head being integral with a central shaft (3) to ensure, at a distal end, the connection between the interior and exterior of the timepiece, said push button (2) being engaged and axially slidably mounted in said tube, the front face of said head including a logo or a trademark,
    - a return spring (10) surrounding said shaft (3) and inserted between an internal shoulder (7c) of the tube and the push button head (2b), to generate an axial force,
    - at least one sealing gasket (13) surrounding said central shaft (3) to ensure the seal between the central shaft and an internal wall of the tube, and
    - a stop member (16) for retaining said push button in said tube against the push force of the return spring,
    said device being characterised in that the device further includes
    - a device for adjusting the angular orientation of the head with respect to the watch case,
    - said angular orientation adjustment device comprising a friction ring (17) disposed concentrically around the central shaft (3) inside the tube (4)
    in that the friction ring (17) rotates integrally with the central shaft and is free in translation with respect to the central shaft,
    in that the friction ring (17) comprises an external friction surface (17a) in friction contact with an internal wall of the tube (4),
    and in that the central shaft comprises means (18) for actuating the latter in rotation making it possible to pivot the push button against the frictional forces generated by the friction ring (17) in order to adjust the angular orientation of the head (2b).
  2. Push button device according to claim 1, characterised in that the actuating means (18) comprises a slot arranged at the distal end of the central shaft.
  3. Push button device according to claim 1, characterised in that the actuating means (18) is a nut screwed onto the distal end of the central shaft, said nut also forming the stop member.
  4. Push button device according to claim 3, characterised in that the friction torque generated by the friction ring (17) inside the tube (4) is greater than the screw torque of the nut on the central shaft.
  5. Push button device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the friction ring (17) comprises an opening of polygonal shape and in that the central shaft (3) has a polygonal cross-section complementary to said opening in order to make the central shaft integral in rotation with the ring (17).
  6. Push button device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the tube (4) has a first inner diameter defining a first housing (7a) extended by a second diameter which is smaller than the first diameter and defining a shoulder (7c) and a second housing (7b).
  7. Push button device according to claim 6, characterised in that the head is disposed inside the first housing (7a) and in that the friction ring (17) is disposed inside the second housing (7b), the central shaft (3) extending into the first and second housings (7a, 7b) and protruding via its distal end (3a) out of the second housing.
  8. Push button device according to claim 6 or 7, characterised in that the shoulder (7c) receives, in its central portion, a washer (12) surrounding said central shaft (3), in that the return spring (10) extends between the head and said shoulder, and in that said at least one sealing gasket (13) extends between the washer (12) and the friction ring (17).
  9. Push button device according to claim 8, characterised in that it includes two sealing gaskets (13) surrounding the central shaft (3) and between which is inserted a ring (14) forming a spacer.
  10. Push button device according to one of claims 7 to 9, characterised in that the stop member (16) is arranged at the distal end of the central shaft protruding out of the second housing.
  11. Push button device according to claim 10, characterised in that the stop member is formed of an elastic ring (16) arranged in an annular groove of the distal end of the central shaft.
  12. Push button device according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the actuating means (18) are arranged in the distal portion of the central shaft.
  13. Watch case comprising a push button device according to any one of claims 1 to 12.
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