JPH089666Y2 - Watch body - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention relates to a timepiece body similar to a relatively large timepiece such as a table clock.

[Prior Art] Today, the movement of the timepiece body is highly accurate and downsized and thinned by improving the crystal oscillator and the step motor.

On the other hand, a watch body, such as a table clock, may be required to be easily viewed from a distant position and to be heavy due to its appearance such as size and shape. As shown in FIG. 3, for example, a frame body 11 made of glass or the like having a through hole 12 is used, and the cylindrical portion 17 of the front case 15 is inserted into the through hole 12 of the frame body 11 to insert the front case 15 into the frame body. The movement 30 is fixed in the front case 15, and the movement 30 is housed in the cylindrical portion 17 by attaching the movement 30 to the back surface of the dial portion 16 provided on the front case 15. The movement 30 is designed and manufactured according to the thickness of the timepiece body 10, that is, the thickness of the frame body 11. The operator, which is a sliding switch, etc., is made to project beyond the back surface of the frame 11. To have.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, in a timepiece body that requires an appropriate weight, the frame body has a required thickness in the front-rear direction, and is suitable for such a thickness of the frame body. When a thin movement having no thickness is incorporated in the frame, the movement is located in the through hole of the frame which is recessed from the back of the frame, and therefore the operation of the operation element provided in the movement or The drawback is that it is difficult to replace the battery built into the movement, and especially in the case of a timepiece having a wake-up function, the operability of the anti-noise switch is impaired.

On the other hand, if a thick movement corresponding to the thickness of the frame is used in order to improve the operability of various operators such as anti-squeeze switches, the movement can be designed to be relatively large. Although the assembling work and the like are relatively easy, it becomes difficult to use the movement for timepieces of other sizes, the number of manufactured movements is limited, and there is a drawback that mass production is not possible at low cost.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention fixes the front case to the frame body by sandwiching the frame body from the front and rear by the peripheral portion of the front case and the peripheral portion of the back cover which are inserted into the through holes of the frame body. Thus, the movement having the battery case attached to the back surface of the dial portion of the front case on the back surface is incorporated into the frame body, and is fitted to the operator such as the pointer correcting shaft of the movement and fixed to the operator. The operation rod is attached to the operation shaft, and the sliding switch, such as a noise stop switch, has a shaft body on the back lid that serves as the rotation shaft of the support shaft that fits into the slide switch. Attach the operating rod with the portion protruding rearward so that the rear end of the operating rod penetrates the back cover and projects to the back of the back cover, and the battery holder and the lid of the battery holder on the back cover. And attach it to the battery holder and the movement. Make sure to connect the electrodes of the battery case that has been removed.

[Operation] In the present invention, it is possible to operate each operating element of the movement by the operating rod fitted with the operating element such as an operating shaft or a sliding switch provided on the movement. Since the end is provided so as to pass through the case back, even when the operator provided on the back surface of the thin movement or the like is arranged at the deep position of the through hole provided in the frame, It is possible to easily operate operators such as the operation shaft and the slide switch provided on the movement from the back side, and it is not necessary to adjust the thickness of the movement to the thickness of the frame body.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the timepiece body according to the present invention is a rectangular parallelepiped shape made of glass, and as shown in FIG. 1, a transparent body is formed in the center of a frame body 11 formed in a relatively thick front-rear direction. The hole 12 is provided, and the timepiece body is incorporated in the through hole 12.

This watch body is formed around a cylindrical portion 17 having an outer diameter substantially matching the inner diameter of the through hole 12 in the frame 11, a dial plate portion 16 for attaching a pointer, and the dial plate portion 16 and the transparent portion. By fixing a thin movement 30 to the back surface of the dial plate portion 16 of the front case 15 having a forehead portion 18 having an outer diameter larger than the diameter of the hole 12, and by screwing the front case 15 and the back cover 21 together. The front case 15 is fixed to the frame body 11 by sandwiching the frame body 11 from the front and back by the forehead portion 18 that is the peripheral edge portion of the front case 15 and the collar portion 23 that is the peripheral edge portion of the back cover 21. It is integrated with the frame 11.

The front case 15 and the back cover 21 are screwed to each other by using a screw 61 that penetrates the flat plate portion 22 of the back cover 21 having the flange portion 23 having an outer diameter slightly larger than the inner diameter of the through hole 12. 15 and the back cover 21 are integrated, and by tightening the screws 61, the front case 15 and the front case 15 are sandwiched by the forehead part 18 of the front case 15 and the collar part 23 of the back cover 21 so as to sandwich the front and back of the frame 11. Case back
21 is attached to the frame 11.

The movement 30 fixed to the back surface of the front case 15 is provided with a battery case 37 on the back surface of the movement 30 as shown in FIG. It has an operating shaft and also has a movement 30
A slide switch as a noise stop switch 35 and the like is provided on the side surface of the.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the view adjustment axis 31 and the pointer correction axis 33
A rod-shaped operating rod 40 having a recessed hole 42 at the tip which can be fitted with the operating shaft is attached to each operating shaft so that each operating shaft is extended, and the rear end 45 of the operating rod 40 is a back cover plate. The through hole (25) provided in the portion (22) is penetrated so that the reference adjusting shaft (31) and the pointer correcting shaft (33), which are operation shafts, can be rotated from the back surface of the timepiece body (10).

Further, with respect to the sliding switches such as the noise stop switch 35 attached to the side surface of the movement 30, the shaft body 51 is projected from the center of the back cover 21 so as to coincide with the center position of the back surface of the movement 30. A support shaft portion 52 is provided which is rotatable about the front end of the shaft body 51 in parallel with the back surface of the movement 30, and an L-shaped protruding portion 53 is formed from the front end of the support shaft portion 52. The protrusion 53 is configured to be movable along the side surface of the movement 30, and the protrusion 53 is provided with a groove 54 into which a sliding switch, which is a noise stop switch 35, can be fitted and held. The rod-shaped operating part 55 is perpendicular to the shaft part 52.
By providing the support shaft portion 52, the protruding portion 53 and the operation portion 55
And an operating portion of the operating rod 50.
The rear end 56 of the back cover 55 is projected from the through hole 25 of the back cover flat plate portion 22 to the back surface of the back cover 21.

Further, a battery holder 27 is formed on the back lid 21, and a part of the back lid flat plate portion 22 is used as a lid 28 of the battery holder 27.
The lid 28 can be fixed to the back lid flat plate portion 22 by engaging with the back lid 21, so that the back lid 21 can accommodate the battery and the battery case 37 provided in the movement 30.
Remove the lid and move from the battery holder 27
Connections 65 are made to the electrodes of the battery case 37 formed on the 30 so that the movement 30 can be driven by the battery housed in the back cover 21.

In this embodiment, as described above, a rod-shaped operating rod 40 is attached to the operation shaft which is the guide alignment shaft 31 and the pointer correction shaft 33 attached to the movement 30, and a pivot shaft is provided to the sliding switch such as the noise stop switch 35. The operating rod 50 including the portion 52 and the protrusion 53 is fitted, and the rear end 45 of the rod-shaped operating rod 40 and the rear end 56 of the operating portion 55 of the operating rod 50 form the through hole 25 provided in the back cover 21. The frame body of the watch body 10 because it penetrates and projects to the back of the watch body 10.
Incorporating a thin movement 30 into 11, the movement 30
Even if the back surface of the robot is located at a position deeper than the back surface of the frame body 11, the operation axes such as the pointer correcting shaft 33 and the reference adjusting shaft 31 provided as operators in the movement 30 and the noise stop switch. Sliding switches such as 35 can be easily operated by the operating rods 40 and 50.

In addition, the thickness of the frame body 11 can be determined by simply selecting the length of the rod-shaped operating rod 40 fitted to the operating shaft or the length of the operating portion 55 of the operating rod 50 fitted to the sliding switch. A constant thin movement 30 can be used regardless of the above, and the same thin movement 30 can be used to assemble the timepiece body 10 having various thicknesses.

Further, the above embodiment is an embodiment in which the pointer correction shaft 33 and the guide alignment shaft 31 are provided on the back surface of the movement 30 and the anti-noise switch 35 is provided on the side surface of the movement 30,
Sliding switches such as the noise stop switch 35 are movements 30
Not only when the sliding switch is provided on the side surface of the
When the sliding switch is provided on the back surface of the movement 30, the operating rod 50 can be operated.
Forms a shaft body 51 on the back cover 21 so as to be located at the center of the back surface of the movement 30, and provides a support shaft portion 52 that rotates around the tip end of the shaft body 51, and extends vertically to the support shaft portion 52. Providing the operating portion 55 is similar to that of the above-described embodiment, the projecting portion 53 is formed so as to contact the back surface of the movement 30 from the tip of the support shaft portion 52, and the recess is formed at the tip of the projecting portion 53. Thus, the sliding switch is fitted in the recess. When the center of curvature of movement of the sliding switch does not coincide with the center of the movement 30, the recess formed at the tip of the protrusion 53 is moved.
It has a long hole shape toward the center of 30 so that it can be fitted so as to hold and fix the sliding switch in the circumferential direction, but the sliding switch can move in the recess in the central direction. deep.

Although the above embodiment describes the case where there is one sliding switch, when there are multiple sliding switches, the shaft 51 provided at the center of the back cover 21 is supported according to the number of sliding switches. The shaft portion 52 is rotatably attached, and the protruding portion 53 at the tip of each support shaft portion 52 is fitted into each sliding switch.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the movement 30 is provided in the front case 15.
Since it is incorporated into the space formed by the back cover 21 and the back cover 21, it may be difficult to hear the wake-up sound from the speaker attached to the movement 30. Therefore, in such a timepiece body 10, a speaker is attached to the back cover flat plate portion 22, the speaker wiring provided in the movement 30 is drawn out, and connected to the speaker attached to the back cover 21.

In this way, by making the speaker attached to the back cover 21 sound, the alarm sound or the like does not stay in the timepiece body 10 and the sound pressure can be prevented from lowering.

[Advantages of the Invention] The timepiece according to the present invention is provided with an operating rod that is fitted to an operating shaft such as a pointer correcting shaft, which is an operating element provided in the movement, and a sliding switch such as a noise stop switch. Since the rear end of the rod is made to protrude from the case back, even when a thin movement is incorporated into a watch body that uses a frame body having a relatively large thickness in the front-rear direction, each operation provided in the movement. The operation of the child, that is, the operation of the timepiece can be easily performed.

Further, since it is not necessary to determine the thickness of the movement according to the thickness of the frame body, that is, the thickness of the timepiece body, it is possible to manufacture the timepiece body of various thicknesses with the thin movement, so that the movement is generally used Therefore, it is possible to mass-produce movements in large quantities at low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a partial sectional side view showing an embodiment of a timepiece according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a timepiece according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a partial sectional side view showing an example of a conventional timepiece. Fig. 10 …… Clock body, 11 …… Frame body, 15 …… Front case, 16 …… Dial plate part, 21 …… Back cover, 27 …… Battery holder, 30 …… Movement, 31,32 …… Operation axis, 35 …… Sliding switch, 37
...... Battery case, 40 ...... Operating rod, 45 ...... Operating rod rear end, 50
…… Control rod, 52 …… spindle, 55 …… operation part, 56 …… rear end of operation part, 65 …… wiring.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A battery case that holds the frame body by a peripheral edge portion of a front case and a peripheral edge portion of a back cover, each of which has a cylindrical portion inserted into a through hole of the frame body, and has a dial plate portion on the back surface of the front case. The movement is attached to the frame body by fixing the movement having the back side, and the rod-shaped operating rod is fixed to the operation side by being fitted to the operation side such as the pointer correction axis and the index setting axis provided on the back side of the movement. In addition, the back cover has a shaft body that serves as the rotation shaft of the support shaft portion that fits into the sliding switch of the movement, and the operation rod that has the operation portion perpendicular to the support shaft portion protruding rearward. The rear end of each of the operating rods penetrates the back cover and projects to the back of the back cover, and the back cover has a battery holder connected to an electrode of a battery case provided in the movement. , Having a battery holder lid on the back lid Timepiece, wherein the door.