EP3756501A1 - Befestigungsvorrichtung für armband - Google Patents

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EP3756501A1
EP3756501A1 EP19183418.3A EP19183418A EP3756501A1 EP 3756501 A1 EP3756501 A1 EP 3756501A1 EP 19183418 A EP19183418 A EP 19183418A EP 3756501 A1 EP3756501 A1 EP 3756501A1
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Jean-François Pesenti
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C5/00—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps
    • A44C5/14—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps characterised by the way of fastening to a wrist-watch or the like
    • A44C5/147—Watchcase itself used as fastener
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C5/00—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps
    • A44C5/14—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps characterised by the way of fastening to a wrist-watch or the like
    • 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
    • G04B37/1493—Arrangements for fixing to a bracelet by means of a feather spring (Barette á ressort)

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  • the present invention relates to the field of watchmaking or jewelry. It relates more precisely to a device for fixing a bracelet to an object, in particular a watch case.
  • the bracelets in leather or in metal, are attached to the horns of a watch case, by means of a bar formed of a tube, in which are mounted two pistons movable in translation, and an elastic member. disposed between said pistons and tending to drive them out of the tube.
  • Said bar is mounted in a housing provided for this purpose at one end of the bracelet, and the pistons are engaged in blind bores made facing each other in the lugs of the case.
  • Such devices usually include a bar, of the type described above, on which is mounted, passing through the tube, a member for actuating the pistons.
  • Said actuator is, for example, a radial finger secured to a pistons, as described in the patent CH 327 838 .
  • the finger is slidably mounted through an axial slot made in the tube, and its movement along the slot allows one of the pistons to be pushed inside the tube.
  • the patent CH 614 589 describes a watch case with a device for attaching a bracelet to the case, the central horn has a cylindrical passage slit longitudinally over the entire length of the horn, allowing the introduction of a bar for attaching a bracelet .
  • the bar is in the form of a cylinder with a flat over its entire length so as to allow the bar to pass through when it is introduced into the passage and to hold it in place when the latter occupies a determined angular position.
  • the fasteners thus described are generally used for interchangeable bracelets, which they allow to be replaced at the option of the wearer. However, they are not without drawbacks. It will be noted, in particular, that they require major structural modifications at the level of the bar, such as, for example, the creation of an opening at the level of the tube, or the transformation of the pistons. These changes result in significant additional manufacturing costs.
  • These fastening devices also include a prominent element, namely the actuating member, which can catch on or injure the wearer of the watch.
  • the present invention overcomes these drawbacks, by providing a device for fixing a bracelet to a watch case, the device comprising on the one hand a bar integral with the watch case by means of at least one horn, and on the other hand an insert integral with the end of the bracelet, the bar and the insert being complementary to cooperate by fitting one into the other, constituting removable assembly means suitable for making the bracelet interchangeable.
  • the bar is formed by a cylindrical hollow body provided with two retractable pivots, and has at least one housing arranged to cooperate by interlocking with said at least one insert, said bar comprising means for holding the insert, the bar being arranged to pivot from a first position A in which the insert is able to be positioned on the bar, to a second position B in which said insert is locked on the bar by means of locking means cooperating with said means of maintenance.
  • the figures 1 to 6 illustrate a wristwatch as well as detailed views of the device for attaching the bracelet to the watch case 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • the device for fixing the bracelet 2 to the watch case 1 comprises on the one hand a bar 4 secured to the watch case by means of at least one horn secured to the case, and on the other hand an insert secured to the end of the bracelet 2, the bar 4 and the insert 21 being complementary to cooperate by fitting one into the other, constituting removable assembly means suitable for making the bracelet interchangeable.
  • the watch case includes a central horn comprising a passage whose diameter corresponds to the diameter of the axis of the bar 4 so that the latter can rotate freely in the housing.
  • the middle horn 10 is formed of two parts, a first part 11 formed with the watch case and comprising a groove 110 arranged to receive the bar 4, and a second part formed by a removable cover 12 held on the first part, and implicitly on the watch case 1, by means of screws 13.
  • This arrangement makes it possible to assemble and disassemble the bar 4 easily and quickly without risk of damaging it or else of twisting it.
  • the watch case 1 comprises means for maintaining the position of the bar 4.
  • these holding means are in the form of a pair of ball pawls 14, each ball pawl 14 being arranged to cooperate with a first pair of cavities 42 and a second pair of cavities 42 'formed on the body 40 of the bar 4.
  • the bar 4 is formed by a hollow cylindrical body 40 having at least one housing 41, the housing 41 being arranged to cooperate by interlocking with at least one insert 21 made in a connecting link 20 of the bracelet strand 2 or a link.
  • the bar 4 also comprises first and a second pivot 43 arranged in the hollow body 40, the two pivots being separated by a spring 15 held in abutment against the ends of the two pivots.
  • the spring 15 is for example a helical spring.
  • the hollow body 40 is provided with a longitudinal groove 44 in the center of the bar, the longitudinal direction being taken as the greatest direction in which the hollow body 40 extends.
  • the longitudinal groove 44 forms an opening in the surface of the hollow body 40.
  • the hollow body 40 further comprises two additional grooves 45 extending from the ends of the longitudinal groove 44. In the embodiment illustrated in figures 3a to 3c , the additional grooves 45 extend perpendicularly to the longitudinal groove 44, or at an angle close to 90 °.
  • the additional grooves 45 also form an opening in the surface of the hollow body 40.
  • the additional grooves 45 each have a length less than that of the longitudinal groove 44.
  • Each of the pivots 43 further comprises a tenon 46 integral with the latter.
  • the tenon 46 extends from an outer surface of the pivot, substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction in which the pivots extend.
  • Each tenon 46, integral with a pivot 43 extends through the longitudinal groove 44 of the hollow body of the bar 4, and is able to slide along this groove 44.
  • the pivot and the tenon are preferably formed from a single piece of material.
  • the removable cover 12 has on its internal face at least one oblong machining 16 arranged to cooperate with a tenon 46, the length of the machining defining the stroke length of the pivot.
  • the bar 4 comprises two housing 41, arranged on either side of the longitudinal groove 44, and having a substantially rectangular opening 410 to receive an insert 21 of the bracelet strand 2, the height and the width. length of the opening 410 corresponding to the height and length of the inserts 21 of the bracelet strand.
  • Each of the housings 41 is provided passing through so that the point 420, 430 of the pivots 43 can open into these housings 41, the ends of the longitudinal groove 44 forming stops for the tenons 20 of the pivots 43.
  • the distance between the point 420 , 430 of each pivot and each tenon 46 is provided slightly greater than the distance separating the housing 21 from the groove 44.
  • the bracelet strand 2 comprises two inserts 41 so that there is an insert 21 on either side of the median horn 10, each of the inserts 21 cooperating by interlocking with a housing 41.
  • each insert 21 has on its face vis-à-vis a pivot, a notch 22 arranged to cooperate with the tip of a pivot 43. This arrangement makes it possible to clip the bracelet strand or the connecting link 20 on the watch case 1 when the inserts 21 are placed in the housings 41.
  • the bar 4 is arranged to pivot from a first position A in which the opening (s) 41 of the bar 4 are able to receive the insert (s) 21, towards a second position B in which said inserts are locked on the bar. 4.
  • the bar 4 is pivoted from position A to position B by means of bracelet strand 2 once the inserts 21 are in place in the housings 41, the tenons 46 then being positioned in the grooves 45.
  • the grooves 45 extend by diverging slightly so as to form an angle slightly greater than 90 ° with the longitudinal groove 44, for example an angle of between 91 ° and 95 °.
  • the bar 4 comprises a flange 50 integral with each of the ends of the bar 4, the bar and the flanges 50 then forming a single element. It can also be envisaged to assemble the collar 50 at the end of the bar 4 by means of an insertion point mounted in a hollow part of the bar 4. An internal bulge is then provided at the end. of the bar 4 to cooperate with the insertion tip, in order to clip the flange 50 into the bar 4. Other methods of fixing the flanges 50 can be envisaged, such as for example by gluing, welding, or even by driving. The latter act as axial retaining elements for the bar 4 and the insert 21.
  • the bar 4 can be composed of three parts, as it can form only one, with the flanges 50 pre-molded at the ends of the rod 40, the housings 41, the cavities 42, 42 ', and the grooves 44 and 45 then being milled directly into the body 40.
  • the section of the bar 4 and the flanges 50 have been preferably chosen to be cylindrical to facilitate a degree of freedom in rotation about its axis AA.
  • the middle horn 10 acts as a radial retaining element, complementary to the groove 110, the shape and depth of which are complementary to that of the body 40 so that the bar 4 cannot come out of the groove 110 during its installation.
  • the middle horn 10 comprises two housings receiving the ball pawls 14, the latter being arranged to cooperate with the cavities 42, 42 'of the bar 4, their respective sizes and depths are configured such that the bar 4 no longer has any degree of freedom in the groove 110 when the pawls 14 are engaged in the cavities 42 or 42 'of the bar 4.
  • the watch case 1 comprises first vertical side walls 100 opposite which side clearances 101 are provided in the middle of the case to accommodate the flanges 50 of the bar 4 therein.
  • the flanges 50 here taking a cylindrical shape, the clearances sides 101 have a corresponding shape of cylindrical excavation in watch case 1.
  • the inserts 21 are introduced, corresponding for example to the end of a strand or of a connecting link 20, at the level of the bar 4 by presenting the inserts facing the openings 410 of the housings 41 of the bar 4.
  • the bar 4 In its first position A, the bar 4 allows access to the housings 41 and the installation of the inserts 21 from below, the openings 410 being oriented towards the bottom of the watch case 1.
  • a "click" allows the positioning of the bracelet when the inserts 21 are engaged by the pivots 43, preventing the bracelet from falling, and facilitating the locking in rotation without exerting pressure on the latter.
  • the user rotates the bar around the axis AA through the strap strand towards the position B until the bar performs a rotation of at least 45 ° around axis AA relative to its position A, and more preferably 90 °, thus the bracelet strand can no longer be dislodged as one can observe it at the figure 3c .
  • the ball pawls 14 cooperate with the first cavities 42 of the body 40 of the bar 4 so as to lock the bar in position B.
  • the insert 20 follows the shape of the median horn 10 so as to limit the play during assembly and to provide a good quality assembly.
  • the insert is placed on a connecting link which is itself connected to a strap made of leather, synthetic fabric, plastic, metal, ceramic or even composite.
  • bar 4 is preferably made of metal but could also be made of plastic, ceramic or even composite.

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JP2020101393A JP6991275B2 (ja) 2019-06-28 2020-06-11 ブレスレットを取り付けるデバイス
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