JPH0662385U - Watch structure - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a wristwatch structure capable of solving the problem that an external operation member is erroneously pushed or pulled by a back of a hand or the like while being carried to cause malfunction. [Structure] The inside of the case body 1A is a watch body housing portion 1B.
In this case, the button housing portion 8 is formed on the band coupling portion 7 side of the watch body housing portion 1B, and the push button 21 and the plurality of push buttons 21 linked to the watch mechanism portion 5 of the watch body A are formed on the body 2 of the watch body A. A switch / push button 22 is provided, the watch body A is rotatably housed in the watch body housing portion 1B of the case body 1A, and the push button 21 and the switch / push button 22 are housed in the button housing portion 8. It is a thing.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a wristwatch structure.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, the correction of the hands, the adjustment of the day of the week, the correction of the hours, minutes, etc., in a hand-wrist watch are disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 55-6869 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-9617. There is a push button 33 that is loosely fitted into the side pipe of the watch case via a waterproof rubber ring or an external operating member such as a switch / push button. These push buttons 33 or The external operation members such as the switch / push button 34 are positioned in the lateral direction when the band connecting portion 32 side of the timepiece case 31 is in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. Further, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 55-6869 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-9617, external operation members such as the push button 33 or the switch / push button 34 are provided with respective lock mechanisms, and each of them has a lock mechanism. It was an independent mechanism.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 As described above, in the conventional wristwatch, when the external operating member such as the push button 33 or the switch / push button 34 has the band connecting portion 32 side of the watch side case 31 in the vertical direction, the external operating member extends in the horizontal direction. Since it is located, the back of the hand accidentally hits the external operation member while carrying, and the push button 33 or the switch / push button 34 is pressed, or another object hits the switch / push button 34. There is a problem in that the switch / push button 34 is pulled and causes a malfunction, and the external operation members such as the push button 33 or the switch / push button 34 are each provided with a lock mechanism and are independent of each other. Since this mechanism has a large number of parts, the number of parts to be processed is large, and the shape of the external operation member is large. There is a problem that made hear.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to prevent an external operation member from being erroneously pushed or pulled by the back of a hand or the like while being carried. An object of the present invention is to provide a wrist watch structure that can solve the problem of causing a problem.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention forms the inside of the case main body in the timepiece main body accommodating portion, and forms the external operation member accommodating portion on the band coupling portion side of the timepiece main body accommodating portion, and , A plurality of external operation members that are linked to the timepiece mechanism section of the timepiece body and that are pushed or pulled are provided, the timepiece body is rotatably accommodated in the timepiece body accommodating portion of the case body, and the external operation member is It is characterized in that it is located in the external operation member storage section.

[0006]

[Action]

 With such a configuration, by rotating the timepiece main body, the external operation member can be stored in the external operation member storage portion, and the back of the hand accidentally hits the external operation member while being carried and the external operation member is pushed. Further, it is possible to solve the problem that an external operation member such as a switch / push button that can be pulled is hit by another object to be pulled and causes a malfunction.

Further, by lowering the height of the upper edge portion of the button case accommodating portion, the head of the external operation member can be operated, but among the external operation members, such as a switch / push button, Something that can be pulled can be operated by pulling it, so this external operating member cannot be operated when the timepiece main body is located at the external operating member storage position. Therefore, by rotating the timepiece main body and releasing the external operation member to the outside, it is possible to operate the external operation member such as the switch / push button that can be pulled. In addition, when the external operating members are placed in the external operating member storage section, all external operating members are kept in the same state as when they were locked. It is not necessary to provide an independent mechanism for this, and therefore the number of parts of the external operation member may be small, the number of parts processed is small, and the shape of the external operation member can be small.

[0008]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of an external operating member accommodated in a wristwatch structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of an external operating member released state of the wristwatch structure, and FIG. 3 is a part of the wristwatch structure. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view, FIG. 4 is a view from the direction of FIG. 3D, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a positioning mechanism portion of a wristwatch structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The wristwatch structure includes a case 1, a body 2, an intermediate body 3, a back cover 4, a timepiece mechanism portion 5 and a surface glass 6.

The case 1 is provided with a case body 1A having a substantially annular shape in a plan view, and the inside of the case body 1A is formed into a flat watch-shaped watch body accommodating portion 1B, and an outer peripheral portion of the case body 1A. Band coupling portions 7 are integrally formed on the left and right sides of the. The base portion 7a of the band connecting portion 7 is one step higher than the upper edge 1a of the peripheral surface of the timepiece body accommodating portion 1B, and the inside 7b of the base portion 7a of the band connecting portion 7 is inside Together with the peripheral surface portion, a button storage portion 8 which is an external operation member storage portion is formed.

A sliding surface portion 1c is formed on the inner peripheral surface portion of the case body 1A, and a ring groove portion 9 is formed along the circumferential direction on the sliding surface portion 1c. A sliding groove portion 10 is formed along the circumferential direction on the lower side of the.

The body 2 is provided with a body body 2A having a substantially annular shape in a plan view. The outer peripheral portion of the body body 2A has a conical surface portion 2a on an upper side thereof and an intermediate body engagement groove portion 2b on a lower side thereof. The dial ring holding portion 2c is formed on the upper side of the inner peripheral portion of the body 2A, and the threaded portion 2d is formed on the lower side thereof. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the body 2A is located at a position a of 30 degrees in a clockwise direction and a position b of 30 degrees in a counterclockwise direction about a straight line a connecting 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock respectively. Button mounting portions 12, which are external operating member mounting portions, are provided at corresponding positions. These button mounting portions 12 are composed of a side pipe insertion hole portion 13 and a concave portion 14.

The intermediate body 3 is a substantially circular toroidal body in plan view, and an outer peripheral portion of the intermediate body 3 is formed into a sliding surface portion 3a. An annular sliding portion is provided below the sliding surface portion 3a. 3b is formed. Further, an engaging portion 3c is formed from the inner peripheral portion of the intermediate body 3 to the upper surface portion thereof, and an annular groove portion 3d is formed below the inner peripheral portion.

A cylindrical screw portion 4b and a pressing portion 4c are formed on the outer peripheral side of the inner surface portion of the back cover 4.

The intermediate cylinder engaging groove 3 b of the body 2 is engaged with the engaging portion 3 c of the intermediate body 3 to fix the intermediate body 3 to the body 2. The back cover 4 is attached by screwing the screw part 4b into the screw part 2d of the second cover 2, and the holding part 4c of the back cover 4 abuts against the groove part 3d of the intermediate body 3 and the holding part 4c. A packing material 15 is inserted between the body 2 and the lower surface of the body 2. Further, the timepiece mechanism portion 5 is housed in the body 2, a dial 16 is provided on the upper surface side of the timepiece mechanism portion 5, and the dial member holding portion 2c of the body 2 is flat. An annular dial ring 17 is provided, and a surface glass 6 is mounted via a packing 19 to a glass mounting portion 18 formed by the upper surface of the dial ring 17 and the inner peripheral surface of the body 2. Further, a push button 21 as an external operating member is provided on the two button mounting portions 12 on the left side (upper side in FIG. 1) and one button mounting portion 12 on the right side (lower side in FIG. 1) of the body 2. In addition, the other button mounting portion 12 on the right side is provided with a switch / push button 22 which is an external operation member. Both the push button 21 and the switch / push button 22 are linked to the timepiece mechanism section 5. is doing. The push button 21 and the switch / push button 22 have their heads 21a, 22a located in the recess 14 respectively.

The body 2, the middle body 3, the case back 4, the timepiece mechanism 5, the dial 16, the dial ring 17, the surface glass 6 and the like constitute a timepiece body A.

In this watch body A, the sliding surface portion 3 a of the outer peripheral portion of the intermediate body 3 is brought into sliding contact with the sliding surface portion 1 c of the case body 1 A via a seal ring 23 inserted in the ring groove portion 9. At the same time, the annular sliding contact portion 3b of the intermediate body 3 is slidably contacted with the sliding contact groove portion 10 of the case body 1 and rotatably incorporated in the case body 1A to form a wristwatch structure.

As described above, the timepiece main body A can be rotated in the case main body 1A, and the left push button 21 is located on the left side (the upper side in FIG. 1) of the case main body 1A on the side of the band coupling portion 7. The right push button 21 and the switch / push button 22 are positioned on the right side (the lower side in FIG. 1) of the band coupling section 7 so that the left push button 21 is stored in the left button storage section 8. However, the right push button 21 and the switch / push button 22 can be housed in the right button housing portion 8.

Further, the push button 21 and the switch / push button 22 are pushed out of the button housing portion 8 by rotating the timepiece main body A 90 degrees with respect to the button housing position. This exposed position becomes the operation position of the push button 21 and the switch / push button 22.

It is necessary to position the timepiece main body A with respect to the case main body 1A at the storage position and the operating position of the push button 21 and the switch / push button 22. The positioning mechanism 24 is interposed between the outer lower surface portion 2f of the case body 2 of the timepiece body A and the upper surface portion 1f of the case body 1A as shown in FIG.

That is, the outer lower surface portion 2f of the case body 2 is formed with a spring receiving recess 25, and the upper surface portion 1f of the case body 1A is formed with a concave groove 26 extending in the radial direction. The spring receiving recess 25 is provided with a spring 27 and a ball 28. The spring force of the spring 27 pushes the ball 28 so that the ball 28 comes into contact with the upper surface 1f of the case body 1A. Therefore, when the timepiece main body A reaches the storage position or the operating position of the push button 21 and the switch / pushbutton 22, the ball 28 is fitted into the groove 26 and the timepiece main body A is positioned.

Further, the positioning mechanism 24 causes the operator to feel a click in multiple steps in order to rotate the timepiece main body A to the storage position or the operation position of the push button 21 and the switch / push button 22. The push mechanism may be configured by a click mechanism (not shown) that positions the push button 21 and the switch / push button 22 by providing a click feeling at a stored position or an operation position.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

The push button 21 and the switch / push button 22 cannot be operated when the timepiece main body A is in the button storage position.

Therefore, the timepiece main body A is rotated to the button operation position, the push button 21 and the switch / push button 22 are released to the outside, and the operation of the push button 21 and the switch / push button 22 is performed. to enable.

According to the above-described embodiment, by rotating the timepiece main body A, the push button 21 and the switch / push button 22 can be placed in the button storage portion 8 and can be erroneously stored while being carried. The back of the hand does not hit the push button 21 and the switch / push button 22 and these buttons 21 and 22 are not pressed. Also, something that can be operated by pulling like the switch / push button 22 should be hit by another object and pulled. There is no. Therefore, no malfunction occurs. In addition, when the push button 21 and the switch / push button 22 are placed in the button storage portion 8 in the retracted position, all the buttons 21 and 22 are in the same state as when they are locked. It is not necessary for each to have an independent mechanism, and for this reason, the number of parts can be small, the processing of parts can be reduced, and the shape can be reduced.

By lowering the height of the upper edge portion 8a of the button housing portion 8 (upper edge of the base portion 7a of the band coupling portion 7), even if the push button 21 is located at the button housing position, the push button 21 is pushed. A part of the head portion 21a of the button 21 is exposed from the upper edge portion 8a so that the push button 21 can be operated. However, the switch / push button 22 cannot be operated even in this state.

[0028]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, the inside of the case main body is formed into the timepiece main body accommodating portion, the external operation member accommodating portion is formed on the band coupling portion side of the timepiece main body accommodating portion, and the timepiece main body is provided with the external operating member accommodating portion. A plurality of external operation members that are linked to the timepiece mechanism section of the main body and that are pushed or pulled are provided, the timepiece main body is rotatably accommodated in the timepiece main body accommodation section of the case body, and the external operation member is the external operation member. The external operation member can be placed in the external operation member storage part by rotating the watch body since it is stored in the storage part, and the back of the hand accidentally hits the external operation member while carrying and There is a problem that the operation member is pushed, or the external operation member that can be pulled, such as a switch / push button, is hit by another object and pulled, which causes a malfunction. It can be eliminated.

Further, among the external operation members, those that can be pulled, such as a switch / push button, may be operated by pulling. Therefore, when the timepiece main body is in the external operation member storage position, This external operating member cannot be operated. Therefore, by rotating the timepiece main body to release the external operation member to the outside, it is possible to operate the external operation member such as the switch / push button that can be pulled. it can.

Further, when the external operating member is stored in the external operating member storage portion, all the external operating members are kept in the same state as being locked. Therefore, each external operating member is intentionally provided with a lock mechanism. Therefore, it is not necessary to form each of them as an independent mechanism. Therefore, the number of parts of the external operation member may be small, the number of parts to be processed is small, and the shape of the external operation member can be small.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a housed state of an external operation member in a wristwatch structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a released state of an external operation member in the wristwatch structure.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a partial cross section of the wristwatch structure.

FIG. 4 is a view from the direction of FIG. 3D.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a positioning mechanism portion of a wristwatch structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a conventional wristwatch structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 case 1A case body 1B watch body housing part 2 body 7 band coupling part 8 button housing part (external operating member housing part) 21 push button (external operating member) 22 switch / push button (external operating member) A watch body

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A timepiece main body accommodating portion is formed inside the case main body, an external operation member accommodating portion is formed on the band coupling portion side of the timepiece main body accommodating portion, and a timepiece mechanism portion of the timepiece main body is provided on a body of the timepiece main body. A plurality of external operation members that are linked to each other and are pushed or pulled, and the timepiece main body is rotatably accommodated in the timepiece main body accommodation portion of the case body, and the external operation member is accommodated in the external operation member accommodation portion. A wristwatch structure characterized by being made.