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US2765614A
US2765614A US416645A US41664554A US2765614A US 2765614 A US2765614 A US 2765614A US 416645 A US416645 A US 416645A US 41664554 A US41664554 A US 41664554A US 2765614 A US2765614 A US 2765614A
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  • the present invention relates to a watch; this watch is characterized by the feature that its work is located in a caging frame or ring which holds it in place and which is provided, on its outer face, with an annular shoulder constituting a tighting member, pinched between a bearing surface of a member of the casing and a shoulder of the bottom, this latter being secured to the body of the casing.
  • the annexed drawing shows, by way of example, three embodiments of the object of the invention.
  • Fig. 1 is an axial section of a part of the first embodiment
  • Figs. 2 and 3 are partial sections of the second and third embodiments respectively.
  • the casing of the watch shown in Fig. l comprises a body-rim 1 in which is seated a glass 2.
  • the bottom 3 of the casing is provided with a shoulder 3a threaded in a flange 1a of the body-rim.
  • the work 4 is located in a cap-shaped protecting member 5 made of plastic matter, on the edge 6 of which bears the shoulder 7 of the base-plate of the work; this cap-shaped protecting member 5 constitutes thus a caging frame or ring.
  • It is fitted in the body-rim 1; it shows an annular outer shoulder 5a pinched between the shoulder 3a of the bottom and a bearing surface 8 of the body-rim.
  • This shoulder 5a constitutes the thinnest part of the protecting cap-shaped member and constitutes a tighting joint between the bottom and the body-rim.
  • the protecting capshaped member constituting the caging frame in which is located the work 4 is engaged in a cap-shaped glass 10; the shoulder 9a of this protecting cap-shaped member is pressed by the shoulder 3a of the bottom 3 against the edge 11 of the cap-shaped glass 10.
  • This latter shows an outer bearing surface 10a pressed, by the axial pressure produced by the bottom, against an inner bearing surface 12 of the body-rim designated by 13.
  • the cap-shaped glass is made of two parts and comprises a part 14 constituting the glass itself and a part 15 constituting the lateral wall of the cap in which is introduced the protecting cap-shaped member 16 of the work 17; the shoulder 16a of this cap-shaped member is pressed by the shoulder 18a of the bottom 18 against the edge 19 of the lateral part 15 of the cap-shaped glass.
  • the part 15 is made of plastic matter; it could also be made of metal.
  • a covering unit including a case band and a glass cap carried by the latter, said unit being provided along its inner surface with a shoulder the annular surface of which, perpendicular to the axis of the case band, faces downwardly, a case bottom secured to the lower end of the covering unit and having an annular upper surface section facing the shoulder surface of the covering unit, said cooperating surface section on the case bottom and shoulder surface on the covering unit forming with each other a narrow annular gap extending perpendicularly to the axis of the case band, a unitary cage frame of plastic material including a bottom section engaging the case bottom, a peripheral upstanding wall formed on the bottom section and engaging the inner periphery of the cover unit and an outer peripheral flange rigid with and projecting outside said upstanding wall and tightly gripped inside the gap in immediate contacting relationship with the annular surface section of the case bottom and the shoulder section on the covering unit, and a clockwork fitted inside the upstanding wall of the cage frame.
  • a glass cap a case-band carrying the latter and provided along its inner surface with a shoulder the annular surface of which, perpendicular to the axis 0f the case band, faces downwardly, a case bottom secured to the lower end of the case band and having an annular upper surface section facing the shoulder surface of the case band, said cooperating surface section on the case bottom and shoulder surface on the case band forming with each other a narrow annular gap extending perpendicularly to the axis of the case band, a unitary cage frame of plastic material including a bottom section engaging the case bottom, a peripheral upstanding wall formed on the bottom section and engaging the inner periphery of the case band and an outer peripheral ange rigid with and projection outside said upstanding wall and tightly gripped inside the gap in immediate contacting relationship with the annular surface secton of the case bottom and the shoulder section on the case band, and a clockwork tted inside the upstanding wall of the cage frame.
  • a covering unit including a case band, a glass cap carried by the latter, said unit being provided along its inner surface with a shoulder the annular surface of which, perpendicular to the axis of the case bandVfaces downwardly, a case bottom threadedly fitted to the lower end of the case band and having an annular upper surface facing the shoulder surface of the covering unit, said cooperating surface section of the case bottom and shoulder surface on the covering unit forming with each other a narrow annular gap extending perpendicularly to the axis of the case band, a unitary cage frame of plastic material including a bottom section engaging the case bottom, a peripheral upstanding wall formed on the bottom section and engaging the inner periphery of the cover unit and an outer peripheral flange rigid with and projecting outside said upstanding wall and tightly gripped inside the gap in immediate contacting relationship with the annular surface section on the case bottom and the shoulder section on the covering unit, and a clockwork fitted inside the upstanding wall of the cage frame.
  • a watch-case comprising a case-band, a substantially cup-shaped protecting member including an upper transparent section and ⁇ a depending peripheral cylindrical section in one with the first section and fitted inside the case-band, the lower edge of said cylindrical depending section forming a surface perpendicular to the axis of the case, a case bottom secured to the case-band and having an annular upper surface section facing the surface of the lower edge of the depending section of the protecting member to form therewith a narrow annular gap, a unitary cage frame of plastic material including a bottom section engaging the case bottom inside the said annular surface section, a peripheral upstanding wall formed on the bottom section and engaging the inner periphery of the depending section and an outer peripheral ange rigid with and projecting outside said upstanding wall and tightly gripped inside the gap in immediate contacting relationship with the annular surface section on the case bottom and with the surface on the lower edge of the depending section of the protecting member and a clockwork itted inside the upstanding wall of the cage frame.
  • a watch-case comprising a case-band, a transparent dome extending over the inside of the case-band, an independent substantially' cylindrical rigid member tted inside the case band and inside which the dome is tted,
  • a case bottom secured to the case-band and having an annular upper surface section facing the surface of the lower edge of the cylindrical member to form therewith a narrow annular gap
  • a unitary cage trame of plastic material including a bottom section engaging the case bottom inside the said annular surface section, a peripheral upstanding wall formed on the bottom section and engaging the inner periphery of the cylindrical member and an 4 outer peripheral flange rigid with and projecting outside said upstanding wall and tightly gripped inside the gap in immediate contacting relationship with the annular surface section on the case bottom and with the surface in the lower edge of the cylindrical member, and a clockwork itted inside the upstanding wall of the cage frame.

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OCL 9, 1955 HANS-JEAN STEIMANN 2,765,614
WATCH CASE A Filed March le, 1954 -fv- 2 www United States Patent O WATCH CASE Hans-Jean' Steimann, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Application March 16, 1954, Serial No. 416,645 Claims priority, application Switzerland March 17, 1953 Claims. (Cl. 58-90) The present invention relates to a watch; this watch is characterized by the feature that its work is located in a caging frame or ring which holds it in place and which is provided, on its outer face, with an annular shoulder constituting a tighting member, pinched between a bearing surface of a member of the casing and a shoulder of the bottom, this latter being secured to the body of the casing.
The annexed drawing shows, by way of example, three embodiments of the object of the invention.
Fig. 1 is an axial section of a part of the first embodiment, and
Figs. 2 and 3 are partial sections of the second and third embodiments respectively.
The casing of the watch shown in Fig. l comprises a body-rim 1 in which is seated a glass 2. The bottom 3 of the casing is provided with a shoulder 3a threaded in a flange 1a of the body-rim. The work 4 is located in a cap-shaped protecting member 5 made of plastic matter, on the edge 6 of which bears the shoulder 7 of the base-plate of the work; this cap-shaped protecting member 5 constitutes thus a caging frame or ring. It is fitted in the body-rim 1; it shows an annular outer shoulder 5a pinched between the shoulder 3a of the bottom and a bearing surface 8 of the body-rim. This shoulder 5a constitutes the thinnest part of the protecting cap-shaped member and constitutes a tighting joint between the bottom and the body-rim.
In the embodiment of Fig. 2, the protecting capshaped member constituting the caging frame in which is located the work 4, is engaged in a cap-shaped glass 10; the shoulder 9a of this protecting cap-shaped member is pressed by the shoulder 3a of the bottom 3 against the edge 11 of the cap-shaped glass 10. This latter shows an outer bearing surface 10a pressed, by the axial pressure produced by the bottom, against an inner bearing surface 12 of the body-rim designated by 13.
At last, in the embodiment of Fig. 3, the cap-shaped glass is made of two parts and comprises a part 14 constituting the glass itself and a part 15 constituting the lateral wall of the cap in which is introduced the protecting cap-shaped member 16 of the work 17; the shoulder 16a of this cap-shaped member is pressed by the shoulder 18a of the bottom 18 against the edge 19 of the lateral part 15 of the cap-shaped glass. The part 15 is made of plastic matter; it could also be made of metal.
What I claim is:
1. In a watch, the combination of a covering unit including a case band and a glass cap carried by the latter, said unit being provided along its inner surface with a shoulder the annular surface of which, perpendicular to the axis of the case band, faces downwardly, a case bottom secured to the lower end of the covering unit and having an annular upper surface section facing the shoulder surface of the covering unit, said cooperating surface section on the case bottom and shoulder surface on the covering unit forming with each other a narrow annular gap extending perpendicularly to the axis of the case band, a unitary cage frame of plastic material including a bottom section engaging the case bottom, a peripheral upstanding wall formed on the bottom section and engaging the inner periphery of the cover unit and an outer peripheral flange rigid with and projecting outside said upstanding wall and tightly gripped inside the gap in immediate contacting relationship with the annular surface section of the case bottom and the shoulder section on the covering unit, and a clockwork fitted inside the upstanding wall of the cage frame.
2. In a watch, the combination of a glass cap, a case-band carrying the latter and provided along its inner surface with a shoulder the annular surface of which, perpendicular to the axis 0f the case band, faces downwardly, a case bottom secured to the lower end of the case band and having an annular upper surface section facing the shoulder surface of the case band, said cooperating surface section on the case bottom and shoulder surface on the case band forming with each other a narrow annular gap extending perpendicularly to the axis of the case band, a unitary cage frame of plastic material including a bottom section engaging the case bottom, a peripheral upstanding wall formed on the bottom section and engaging the inner periphery of the case band and an outer peripheral ange rigid with and projection outside said upstanding wall and tightly gripped inside the gap in immediate contacting relationship with the annular surface secton of the case bottom and the shoulder section on the case band, and a clockwork tted inside the upstanding wall of the cage frame.
3. In a watch, the combination of a covering unit including a case band, a glass cap carried by the latter, said unit being provided along its inner surface with a shoulder the annular surface of which, perpendicular to the axis of the case bandVfaces downwardly, a case bottom threadedly fitted to the lower end of the case band and having an annular upper surface facing the shoulder surface of the covering unit, said cooperating surface section of the case bottom and shoulder surface on the covering unit forming with each other a narrow annular gap extending perpendicularly to the axis of the case band, a unitary cage frame of plastic material including a bottom section engaging the case bottom, a peripheral upstanding wall formed on the bottom section and engaging the inner periphery of the cover unit and an outer peripheral flange rigid with and projecting outside said upstanding wall and tightly gripped inside the gap in immediate contacting relationship with the annular surface section on the case bottom and the shoulder section on the covering unit, and a clockwork fitted inside the upstanding wall of the cage frame.
4. A watch-case comprising a case-band, a substantially cup-shaped protecting member including an upper transparent section and `a depending peripheral cylindrical section in one with the first section and fitted inside the case-band, the lower edge of said cylindrical depending section forming a surface perpendicular to the axis of the case, a case bottom secured to the case-band and having an annular upper surface section facing the surface of the lower edge of the depending section of the protecting member to form therewith a narrow annular gap, a unitary cage frame of plastic material including a bottom section engaging the case bottom inside the said annular surface section, a peripheral upstanding wall formed on the bottom section and engaging the inner periphery of the depending section and an outer peripheral ange rigid with and projecting outside said upstanding wall and tightly gripped inside the gap in immediate contacting relationship with the annular surface section on the case bottom and with the surface on the lower edge of the depending section of the protecting member and a clockwork itted inside the upstanding wall of the cage frame.
5. A watch-case comprising a case-band, a transparent dome extending over the inside of the case-band, an independent substantially' cylindrical rigid member tted inside the case band and inside which the dome is tted,
the lower edge of said cylindrical member forming a.y
surface perpendicular to the axis of the case, a case bottom secured to the case-band and having an annular upper surface section facing the surface of the lower edge of the cylindrical member to form therewith a narrow annular gap, a unitary cage trame of plastic material including a bottom section engaging the case bottom inside the said annular surface section, a peripheral upstanding wall formed on the bottom section and engaging the inner periphery of the cylindrical member and an 4 outer peripheral flange rigid with and projecting outside said upstanding wall and tightly gripped inside the gap in immediate contacting relationship with the annular surface section on the case bottom and with the surface in the lower edge of the cylindrical member, and a clockwork itted inside the upstanding wall of the cage frame.
References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,853,388 Wadsworth Apr. l2, 1932 FOREIGN PATENTS 213,289 Switzerland May l, 194i 222,298 Switzerland Oct. l, 1942 905,856 France Apr. 30, 1945
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US2862352A (en) * 1956-05-04 1958-12-02 Ingraham E Co Waterproof watch
US3640065A (en) * 1969-02-17 1972-02-08 Schlup & Cie Sa Watertight watchcase for wristwatches
US3686882A (en) * 1970-03-12 1972-08-29 Suwa Seikosha Kk Watertight watch cases for wrist watches
US3822546A (en) * 1973-10-19 1974-07-09 Seiko Instr & Electronics Waterproof watchcase

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US1853388A (en) * 1931-01-05 1932-04-12 Wadsworth Watch Case Co Waterproof watch case construction
CH213289A (en) * 1938-12-02 1941-01-31 Colomb Henri Waterproof watch box.
CH222298A (en) * 1941-10-07 1942-07-15 Langendorf Horlogerie Waterproof watch box.
FR905856A (en) * 1942-12-28 1945-12-17 Hans Steimann Waterproof watch box

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US1853388A (en) * 1931-01-05 1932-04-12 Wadsworth Watch Case Co Waterproof watch case construction
CH213289A (en) * 1938-12-02 1941-01-31 Colomb Henri Waterproof watch box.
CH222298A (en) * 1941-10-07 1942-07-15 Langendorf Horlogerie Waterproof watch box.
FR905856A (en) * 1942-12-28 1945-12-17 Hans Steimann Waterproof watch box

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2862352A (en) * 1956-05-04 1958-12-02 Ingraham E Co Waterproof watch
US3640065A (en) * 1969-02-17 1972-02-08 Schlup & Cie Sa Watertight watchcase for wristwatches
US3686882A (en) * 1970-03-12 1972-08-29 Suwa Seikosha Kk Watertight watch cases for wrist watches
US3822546A (en) * 1973-10-19 1974-07-09 Seiko Instr & Electronics Waterproof watchcase

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