EP1411401A1 - Couronne à vis pour pièce d'horlogerie - Google Patents
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- EP1411401A1 EP1411401A1 EP02079352A EP02079352A EP1411401A1 EP 1411401 A1 EP1411401 A1 EP 1411401A1 EP 02079352 A EP02079352 A EP 02079352A EP 02079352 A EP02079352 A EP 02079352A EP 1411401 A1 EP1411401 A1 EP 1411401A1
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- 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
- G04B3/00—Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically; Winding up several mainsprings or driving weights simultaneously
- G04B3/04—Rigidly-mounted keys, knobs or crowns
- G04B3/041—Construction of crowns for rotating movement; connection with the winding stem; winding stems
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- 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
- G04B37/08—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits
- G04B37/10—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits of winding stems
- G04B37/103—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits of winding stems by screwing the crown onto the case
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- the present invention relates to screw crowns or screw crowns for timepieces and more particularly such crowns having a pattern or a logo on their end face and in which said pattern can be oriented at wish.
- Screw crowns are commonly used to equip watches in the purpose of improving the tightness of these at their winding rod or ordered.
- This type of crown has the distinction of being able to take a position unscrewed in which the watch can be wound, set the time etc. and an screwed position in which the crown is screwed and locked on a driven tube in the middle of the watch case in order to compress a seal, thus improving the water resistance of the watch.
- the screwed position is therefore that which corresponds to the normal position when the watch is worn.
- the main object of the present invention is to remedy the drawbacks of the aforementioned prior art by providing a screw crown of simple construction and economical, with a motif such as a logo or a brand and in which the position of the logo or mark affixed on the end face of said crown can be easily adjusted in a determined position or orientation after screwing of the crown on the tube.
- the invention relates to a screw crown for a timepiece comprising a head, a central part and a side skirt, the head comprising a end face bearing a pattern, the crown being characterized in that the face end comprises a substrate on one face of which the pattern is affixed, in that the substrate is mounted mobile in rotation in the head and in that the crown further comprises braking means arranged to hold the substrate by relation to the head in different angular orientations around the axis of rotation of the crown.
- the orientation of the pattern carried by the substrate can be easily adjusted in the desired position relative to the middle part once in the screwed position of the crown, by simple rotation of the substrate relative to the head against the force of the braking means.
- the braking force generated by said means of braking is of course adjusted so that the substrate cannot be untimely rotation when the watch is worn, while allowing a movement of the latter allowing the orientation to be adjusted.
- the braking means act by friction on the substrate.
- friction braking allows a continuous and fine adjustment of the orientation of the substrate and therefore of the pattern in relation to the middle of the watch case.
- the crown 1 comprises a first part formed by an extended head 2 by a side skirt 4 surrounding a central part 6 secured to the head.
- Head 2 comprises an end or front face 8 on which is affixed a pattern such as a logo or an M mark.
- the central part 6 is intended to be connected so classic to the watch movement via a winding rod or time setting.
- the central part 6 is attached and fixed on the head 2.
- the central part 6 comprises a tube 10 provided with a disc 12 at one of its ends.
- the central part 6 is fixed for example by welding, bonding, crimping or any other appropriate means in a first shoulder 14 formed in the head 2.
- the side skirt 4 is provided in its inner part with a internal thread 16 intended to cooperate with the thread of the tube driven into the middle part.
- the internal thread 16 is attached by means of a ring 18 threaded fixed to the inner wall of the skirt 4. Again, any suitable means can be considered to achieve this fixing, we will mention by way of example welding, bonding, crimping etc.
- the end face 8 comprises a support member or substrate 20 comprising a front face 20a on which is affixed the pattern M and a rear face 20b.
- the substrate 20 is mounted mobile in rotation in the head 2 around the axis of rotation A of the crown 1 so that the front face 20a is visible from outside the crown.
- the head 2 includes a opening 22 having three stepped diameters respectively defining the first shoulder 14 and a second shoulder 24 against which a flange rests annular 26 of the substrate 20.
- braking means 28 are provided which act by friction and which are arranged to maintain different orientations of the substrate 20 relative to the middle.
- the M pattern can be easily angularly moved to a desired position against the friction force generated by the braking means 28 and maintained in the desired position.
- the substrate 20 is thus clamped axially between the front surface 12a of the disc 12 and the rear surface 20b of the substrate 20.
- the respective dimensions of the substrate, including its thickness, and those of the head are chosen so that the front face 20a is flush with the front surface of the crown 1 to form thus a continuous surface.
- the braking means 28 comprise an elastic annular element which has in particular an elasticity in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation A.
- the annular element can be produced by a seal made of natural or synthetic compressible material.
- the element annular 28 is disposed between the disc 12 and the rear face 20b of the substrate in a annular groove 30 which can be provided, either in the rear face 20b of the substrate ( Figure 2), either in the front face 12a of the disc 12.
- the desired braking force can be controlled by adapting the compression ratio of the annular element during manufacture.
- a substrate attached to the crown allows the crown manufacturer to have a stock of side heads / skirts and central parts and to use these elements with substrates bearing patterns different or other elements such as precious stones or the like.
- This guy crown also allows to easily marry various materials to achieve the various elements of it.
- substrate 20 is produced in the form of a wafer or disc in the example illustrated, it goes without saying that other forms of substrate 20 can be considered as soon as the substrate can be rotated relative to the part of the crown screwed onto the tube driven into the middle, at against braking means.
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Abstract
Description
- la figure 1 montre une vue frontale d'une couronne à vis selon l'invention, et
- la figure 2 montre une vue coupe de la couronne à vis selon l'invention suivant la ligne II-II de la figure 1.
Claims (7)
- Couronne à vis pour pièce d'horlogerie comportant une tête, une partie centrale et une jupe latérale, ladite tête comportant une face d'extrémité portant un motif, caractérisée en ce que la face d'extrémité comprend un substrat sur une face duquel est apposé ledit motif, en ce que ledit substrat est monté mobile à rotation dans ladite tête et en ce que la couronne comprend en outre des moyens de freinage agencés pour maintenir ledit substrat par rapport à la tête dans différentes orientations angulaires autour de l'axe de rotation de la couronne.
- Couronne à vis selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens de freinage agissent par frottement.
- Couronne à vis selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens de freinage comportent un élément annulaire élastique.
- Couronne à vis selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que ledit élément annulaire est élastique dans une direction parallèle à l'axe de rotation de la couronne.
- Couronne à vis selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens de freinage sont formés par un joint annulaire réalisé en matériau compressible.
- Couronne à vis selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la partie centrale est rapportée sur la tête, en ce que ladite partie centrale comporte un tube muni d'un disque à l'une de ses extrémités, en ce que ledit substrat comprend un rebord annulaire et en ce que ledit substrat est serré axialement par l'intermédiaire de son rebord entre le disque et la tête.
- Couronne à vis selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens de freinage sont disposés entre le disque et le substrat.
Priority Applications (5)
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EP02079352A EP1411401A1 (fr) | 2002-10-17 | 2002-10-17 | Couronne à vis pour pièce d'horlogerie |
SG200305741A SG106158A1 (en) | 2002-10-17 | 2003-09-26 | Screw-on for timepiece |
US10/671,792 US20040130971A1 (en) | 2002-10-17 | 2003-09-29 | Screw-on crown for timepiece |
JP2003348081A JP2004138613A (ja) | 2002-10-17 | 2003-10-07 | 時計用ネジ留め式竜頭 |
CNA200310101390A CN1504843A (zh) | 2002-10-17 | 2003-10-16 | 用于时计的旋上柄头 |
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EP02079352A EP1411401A1 (fr) | 2002-10-17 | 2002-10-17 | Couronne à vis pour pièce d'horlogerie |
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US (1) | US20040130971A1 (fr) |
EP (1) | EP1411401A1 (fr) |
JP (1) | JP2004138613A (fr) |
CN (1) | CN1504843A (fr) |
SG (1) | SG106158A1 (fr) |
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SG106158A1 (en) | 2004-09-30 |
US20040130971A1 (en) | 2004-07-08 |
JP2004138613A (ja) | 2004-05-13 |
CN1504843A (zh) | 2004-06-16 |
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