JP2010096661A - Glass attaching structure - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a glass attaching structure which increases design variations and facilitates an attaching operation. <P>SOLUTION: A glass holding member 6 is configured to engage with a peripheral border of a glass in the radial direction and hold the peripheral border of the glass. A middle member 2 has a glass holding member attaching part 2c at its peripheral border 2a. The glass holding member 6 is attached to the glass holding member attaching part 2c of the middle member 2 and is slid, thereby engaging with the peripheral border of the glass 4 being fitted in the middle member 2. The glass holding member 6 engaging with the glass 4 is fixed to the glass holding member attaching part 2c by a fixing member. In this structure, after the glass holding member 6 is attached to the middle member 2, the glass 4 is fitted therein, and the glass holding member 6 is slid so as to engage with it, thereby enabling the glass 4 to be attached to the middle member 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a glass attachment structure for attaching glass to the front surface of a case in a watch or the like, and more particularly, to a structure for attaching glass to a case using a glass retainer attached to the case so as to hold several peripheral edges of the glass. .

Conventionally, as a glass mounting structure, a structure is known in which glass is fitted into the front surface of the case and the glass is fixed by pressing a part of the glass fixing member attached to the peripheral edge of the case against the peripheral edge of the glass from the front. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2000-65959 A

  In the prior art described above, it is necessary to provide an attachment portion for attaching the glass fixing member to the peripheral portion of the case. In order to attach the glass fixing member after the glass has been fitted, the attachment portion had to be provided so as to protrude greatly to the outside of the glass. For this reason, there has been a problem that the design must have a case in which the case protrudes greatly from the outside of the glass, and the design variation cannot be increased.

  Moreover, although it is also incorporated into the case with the glass fixing member set on the glass, there is a problem that it is difficult to simultaneously incorporate the glass and a plurality of fixing members into the corresponding attachment portions, and the assembling work is difficult. .

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a glass mounting structure that solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, makes it possible to increase design variations, and facilitates assembly work.

  The glass mounting structure of the present invention is a glass mounting structure in which glass is attached to the front surface of a barrel, and a glass presser that engages in a radial direction with a peripheral portion of the glass and holds the peripheral portion of the glass; A glass presser mounting portion provided at a peripheral edge portion of the glass presser and slidably mounted in the radial direction. The glass presser in this glass mounting structure has a protruding portion, and the glass presser mounting portion is provided with a long hole into which the protruding portion is slidably fitted in the radial direction. Further, the glass presser engages with the peripheral edge portion of the glass by sliding from the radially outer side to the radially inner side of the glass presser attaching portion. The glass presser is held by engaging the front surface of the peripheral edge of the glass and pressing it from the front. The glass mounting structure includes a fixing member that fixes the glass presser to the glass presser mounting portion.

  In the glass mounting structure of the present invention, the glass presser is engaged with the front surface of the peripheral edge portion of the glass in the radial direction and is slidably attached to the glass presser mounting portion of the barrel. For this reason, after attaching a glass holder to the cylinder and then fitting the glass into the cylinder, the glass holder can be slid in the radial direction and engaged with the peripheral edge of the glass. Thereby, the glass press attachment part provided in the peripheral part of the trunk | drum which attaches a glass press can be provided in the position which overlaps with glass. As a result, the body does not protrude greatly from the outside of the glass, and the degree of freedom in design can be increased and variations can be increased.

  In addition, since the glass presser can be attached to the cylinder before the glass is fitted into the cylinder, the assembling work is easy and the working efficiency can be improved.

  The glass attachment structure of the present invention is a structure in which glass is attached to a cylinder by a glass presser attached to the cylinder. The glass retainer engages with the peripheral edge of the glass in the radial direction and holds the peripheral edge of the glass. Moreover, the trunk | drum has the glass press attachment part to which the glass presser is attached to the peripheral part so that a glass slide is slidable. The glass presser is attached to the glass presser attachment portion of the barrel, and engages with the peripheral portion of the glass fitted into the barrel by sliding. The glass retainer engaged with the glass in this manner is fixed to the glass retainer mounting portion by the fixing member.

  As described above, in the glass mounting structure of the present invention, after the glass presser is attached to the barrel, the glass can be fitted to the barrel by sliding the glass presser and sliding the glass presser.

  1 is a front view of a timepiece showing a glass mounting structure according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of the glass mounting structure shown in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 3 (a), 3 (b) and 3 (c) are 2 is a rear view, a front view, a side view, FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view showing a glass presser mounting portion of the trunk shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is an exploded cross section of the glass mounting structure shown in FIG. FIG. In this embodiment, the case where the front shape is a circular timepiece will be described as an example. However, the front shape can also be used for a timepiece having a rectangular shape.

  Reference numeral 2 denotes a barrel, 4 denotes glass fitted into the front surface of the barrel 2, and 6 denotes a glass presser that is engaged with the glass 4 and pressed against the barrel 2.

  The body 2 has an annular step portion 2b on which the glass 4 is placed inside the peripheral edge portion 2a, and is provided so as to overlap the step portion 2b at several positions (four in this embodiment) of the peripheral edge portion 2a. A glass presser mounting portion 2c is provided. The glass pressing attachment portion 2c includes a concave portion 2d in which a step portion 2b is cut out so as to fit the glass pressing 6, and a long hole 2e provided so as to extend in the radial direction at the center of the bottom in the back surface direction. It is comprised from the hole 2f for glass holding | fixing fixing provided so that the inner side edge part of this long hole 2e might be pinched | interposed.

  The glass 4 has a shape that fits the step 2b of the body 2, and is fitted so as to be placed on the step 2b.

  The glass presser 6 is composed of a main body 6a and a substantially cylindrical protruding portion 6b protruding from the back surface thereof. The main body 6a has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is provided on the front surface side and engages and presses against the front surface of the glass 4 and is bent into a substantially L-shaped glass 4 And a support portion 6d that supports the engaging portion 6c. The supporting portion 6 of the main body 6a has a protruding portion 6b protruding from the vicinity of the end on the back side thereof in the back direction, and is provided so as to sandwich the protruding portion 6b, and is used for fixing corresponding to the hole 2f of the trunk 2. It has a hole 6e.

  Next, a glass mounting procedure in the glass mounting structure having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 6, the glass presser 6 is attached to the glass presser attaching portion 2c of the barrel 2 shown in FIG. At this time, the protrusion 6b of the glass retainer 6 is inserted into the elongated hole 2e of the glass retainer mounting portion 2c. Thereby, the glass retainer 6 is attached to the glass retainer attachment part 2c in a state in which it can slide in the radial direction along the long hole 2e.

  Here, the glass retainer 6 is positioned on the radially outer side and set so that the engaging portion 6c of the glass retainer 6 is positioned outside the stepped portion 2b, and the glass 4 is fitted into the stepped portion 2b as shown in FIG. .

  After the glass 4 is fitted into the barrel 2 as described above, the glass retainer 6 is slid radially inward as shown in FIG. Thereby, the engaging part 6c of the glass presser 6 engages with the front surface of the peripheral edge of the glass 4, and presses and fixes the glass 4 from the front. At this time, the hole 2f of the glass retainer mounting portion 2c and the hole 6e of the glass retainer 6 face each other, and a fixing member (not shown) such as a screw that passes through the hole 2f and reaches the hole 6e is attached. The presser 6 is fixed to the trunk 2. The peripheral edge of the hole 2f may be recessed, and the peripheral edge of the hole 6e may be raised like a boss. When formed in this way, the concave depression and the convex bulge are engaged, and the positioning of the holes 2f and 6e can be facilitated. Moreover, you may fix so that it may not move by attaching fixing members, such as a screw and a rivet, to the front-end | tip of the protrusion part 6b of the glass presser 6 instead of fixing members, such as a screw.

  In the glass mounting structure, since the glass 4 can be fitted after the glass presser 6 is attached to the barrel 2, a structure for mounting the glass presser 6 to the barrel 2, that is, the protrusion 6 and the long hole 2e are made of glass. 4 can be arranged at a position overlapping with 4. For this reason, it is not necessary to project the peripheral edge portion 2a of the body 2 outward in order to accommodate these structures. Accordingly, the position of the radially outer end of the glass retainer 6 slid radially inward so as to engage with the glass 4 is substantially the protruding end of the peripheral edge 2 a of the barrel 2, greatly reducing the projection of the barrel 2. be able to.

  Moreover, in the said glass attachment structure, it is possible to change arbitrarily the length of the radial direction of the engaging part 6c and the support part 6d of the glass presser 6. FIG. Furthermore, only the main body 6a of the glass retainer 6 is disposed on the peripheral edge 2a of the body 2, and the thickness of the peripheral edge 2a can be reduced. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 9, when the length in the radial direction of the support portion 6b of the glass presser 6 is extended, the thickness of the peripheral edge portion 2a of the body 2 can be made extremely thin to give a light impression. it can. Further, when the watch is viewed from the front, only the glass retainer 6 and the peripheral edge 2a of the barrel 2 supporting the glass holder 6 can be left, and other peripheral portions can be deleted. It can also be made a simple design without.

  In the above embodiment, the glass 4 is fitted after the glass presser 6 is attached to the barrel 2. However, after the glass presser 6 is attached to the peripheral edge of the glass 4, the glass 4 and the glass presser 6 are simultaneously attached to the barrel 2. It can also be attached to. In this case, since the glass retainer 6 is movable along the long hole 2e, it can be attached by finely adjusting its position when attaching, and can be easily attached. Further, when the glass retainer 6 is set on the glass 4, the main body 6 a of the glass retainer 6 has a substantially U-shape and can easily hold or hold the peripheral edge of the glass 4. It can be set on the glass 4.

It is a front view of a timepiece showing a glass mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an enlarged front view of the glass attachment structure shown in FIG. (A), (b), (c) is the rear view, front view, and side view which respectively show the glass press shown in FIG. It is an enlarged front view which shows the glass pressing attachment part of the trunk | drum shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an exploded sectional view of the glass mounting structure shown in FIG. 2. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which attached the glass press shown in FIG. 5 to the trunk | drum. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which inserted glass in the trunk | drum shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which made the glass presser shown in FIG. 7 slide. It is sectional drawing which shows the example of a change which changed a part of glass presser and a trunk | drum shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

2 Body 2a Peripheral part 2b Stepped part 2c Glass presser attachment part 2d Recess 2e Long hole 2f Hole 4 Glass 6 Glass presser 6a Main body 6b Projection part 6c Engagement part 6d Support part 6e Hole

Claims (5)

A glass mounting structure for attaching glass to the front of the trunk,
A glass retainer that engages the peripheral edge of the glass in the radial direction and holds the peripheral edge of the glass;
A glass presser mounting portion provided at a peripheral portion of the barrel, the glass presser being slidably mounted in the radial direction;
A glass mounting structure comprising: The glass mounting according to claim 1, wherein the glass pressing member has a protruding portion, and the glass pressing mounting portion is provided with a long hole into which the protruding portion is slidably inserted in a radial direction. Construction. 3. The glass mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein the glass presser is engaged with a peripheral edge portion of the glass by sliding from a radially outer side to a radially inner side of the glass presser mounting portion. The glass mounting structure according to claim 3, wherein the glass pressing member is held by being engaged with the front surface of the peripheral edge of the glass and pressing from the front. The glass mounting structure according to claim 4, further comprising a fixing member that fixes the glass presser to the glass presser mounting portion.

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