EP1652443A1 - Armbandverschluss mit Gleitstück - Google Patents

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EP1652443A1
EP1652443A1 EP04405663A EP04405663A EP1652443A1 EP 1652443 A1 EP1652443 A1 EP 1652443A1 EP 04405663 A EP04405663 A EP 04405663A EP 04405663 A EP04405663 A EP 04405663A EP 1652443 A1 EP1652443 A1 EP 1652443A1
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clasp
bracelet
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Roland Stampfli
Willy Meier
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Priority to JP2007538431A priority patent/JP2008517685A/ja
Priority to PCT/EP2005/055635 priority patent/WO2006045842A1/fr
Priority to EP05810953A priority patent/EP1816923A1/de
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C5/00—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps
    • A44C5/0053—Flexible straps
    • A44C5/0069—Flexible straps extensible
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C5/00—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps
    • A44C5/18—Fasteners for straps, chains or the like
    • A44C5/22—Fasteners for straps, chains or the like for closed straps

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  • the present invention relates to a sliding buckle clasp intended to equip a closed type bracelet that can be used both in watchmaking and jewelery but also, more generally, as any type of collar intended to be placed around a body, removable way.
  • the bracelets are either open type, when their two strands can be completely separated, or closed type, when the strands remain attached and are connected to each other by a loop to increase their diameter in order to be able to to hand over.
  • the bracelets of this second type, to which the invention applies most often use a so-called folding buckle, which generally comprises a clasp with two articulated blades. In the closed position, the blades are kept folded over one another. The operation of the clasp allows their deployment and thus the enlargement of the bracelet.
  • a so-called folding buckle which generally comprises a clasp with two articulated blades. In the closed position, the blades are kept folded over one another. The operation of the clasp allows their deployment and thus the enlargement of the bracelet.
  • Some embodiments of closed type bracelets less frequent use a so-called sliding loop, as proposed in GB 680 368.
  • the loop then comprises a flexible blade fixedly mounted in one of the two strands by its first end, and sliding in the other strand by its second end.
  • Such a structure somewhat rudimentary, avoids, admittedly, the complication of a folding clasp, but it does not guarantee that the two strands will remain together in case of significant stress on the bracelet which untimely opening is possible.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to propose an improved version of a sliding-loop bracelet clasp, in particular without the aforementioned drawback.
  • a bracelet having a sliding buckle clasp according to the invention, in the open position, is shown in Figure 1 showing only that it comprises two strands 10 and 12. It is understood that for a watch application, it is effectively two separate strands, the respective ends 14 and 16 are adapted to connect to a watch case by any means known to those skilled in the art. On the other hand, for an application to jewelery, the bracelet may comprise either a single strand or two strands united by a central articulation. The bracelet shown is in links, but it can be monobloc, including synthetic material.
  • the invention relates essentially to the clasp which allows to couple the ends of the bracelet opposite to the ends 14 and 16.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show that the two strands 10 and 12 are fixed, by their respective ends, to two elements 18 and 20 which constitute the actual clasp of the bracelet and have the same external shape, generally parallelepiped.
  • the material used is at the choice of the manufacturer among all the materials known in the field, such as titanium, steel, platinum, ceramic or a synthetic material.
  • Each of the elements 18 and 20 has a front portion intended to join the front portion of the other, and a rear portion to which is attached the end of a strand of the bracelet.
  • Element 18 constitutes the active half of the clasp. Its front portion 18a has a thin rectangular channel 22 in which can move freely a blade 24, flexible or rigid, preferably made of steel, carbon, Kevlar, plastic, gold or platinum and described later in detail.
  • the rear portion 18b is a housing in which one end of the bracelet can be fixed by screw, by bar or by any other means available to the skilled person.
  • the element 20 constitutes the passive half of the clasp. Its front portion 20a has a thin channel 26, identical to the channel 22, in which the blade 24 can also move freely.
  • the rear portion 20b constitutes a housing in which the other end of the bracelet can be fixed in the same manner as mentioned. above.
  • the blade 24 then enters, at its ends, into the two strands 10 and 12 of the bracelet which must therefore be arranged to receive it and let it slide freely.
  • the active element 18 receives, in its front portion 18a, two pushers 28 aligned face to face along a transverse axis XX perpendicular to the longitudinal axis YY of the bracelet and housed in openings formed in the side faces of the body 18.
  • An O-ring 30 serves to prevent the accumulation of dirt in the element 18.
  • the pushers 28 serve to actuate each a claw 32 formed of a semi-tubular body 34 capable of moving along the axis XX in a cylindrical housing 36 of axis parallel to YY.
  • the pusher 28 acts on the middle of the outer face of the body 34. This serves as a cradle for a circular spring blade 38 open on the opposite side to the pusher and extends out of the housing 36 by a hook 40 coming out of the face. before the element 18.
  • the passive element 20 of the clasp has, in its front face, two housings 42 shaped and dimensioned to receive the hooks 40 of the active element 18.
  • the element 18 has, on its front face, two guiding pins 44 taking place in housings formed in the front face of the element 20.
  • the blade 24, which is now shown throughout its length, is flat and ends, at its two ends, by a curved portion 46 which abuts against the inlet of the channel 22 or 26 respectively of the element 18 or 20 , and can not enter, limiting the stroke of the two halves of the clasp (that is to say the opening of the bracelet) and preventing them from disengaging from the blade. It has, in the middle, a rivet 48 (also visible in Figures 1 and 2) which, like the curved end portions 46, can not enter the channels 22 and 26, thus ensuring the same race at each half of the clasp.
  • the curved portions 46 and the rivet 48 are only examples of means for limiting the relative movements of the two halves of the clasp relative to the blade 24. Any other system having the same effect is, of course, usable in the context of the invention.
  • the blade 24 shown in the previously described figures is flat, but it could also, as shown in Figure 5, be profiled, in length and width, in any way that would make it more or less rigid and / or more or less lightened , in particular by means of cut-outs 50 and lateral ribs 52.
  • Figure 6 illustrates an embodiment in which the blade is a chain of articulated links 54 which, by the aesthetic effect provided, enhance the high-end character of the bracelet.
  • the clasp shown in Figure 7 differs from the previous in that at its end, the blade 24 is secured to the body 20 by any suitable means, only the element 18 being able to slide on it. In this case, no stroke limiting means is necessary in the middle of the blade.
  • the blade 24 is made in two parts 24a and 24b shaped so as to telescopically fit one into the other.
  • the half-blade 24a is made integral with the element 18 but can slide in the element 20 to occupy, at the end of the race, when the bracelet is completely closed, the position shown in dotted lines.
  • the half-blade 24b is made integral with the element 20 but can slide in the element 18 to occupy, at the end of the race, the position shown in dashed lines.
  • the clasp according to the invention is both of simple construction and has a totally invisible loop. It presents especially the big advantage, compared to the sliding buckle clasp proposed in GB 680 368, already mentioned, to ensure a lock avoiding inadvertent opening of the bracelet.

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EP04405663A EP1652443A1 (de) 2004-10-28 2004-10-28 Armbandverschluss mit Gleitstück
US11/718,044 US20090133438A1 (en) 2004-10-28 2005-10-28 Bracelet clasp comprising a sliding catch
JP2007538431A JP2008517685A (ja) 2004-10-28 2005-10-28 滑り掛け金を有するブレスレットの留め金
PCT/EP2005/055635 WO2006045842A1 (fr) 2004-10-28 2005-10-28 Fermoir de bracelet a boucle glissante
EP05810953A EP1816923A1 (de) 2004-10-28 2005-10-28 Armbandbefestigungsvorrichtung mit gleitschnalle

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