EP1853977B1 - Lockable push-piece - Google Patents

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EP1853977B1
EP1853977B1 EP06710381A EP06710381A EP1853977B1 EP 1853977 B1 EP1853977 B1 EP 1853977B1 EP 06710381 A EP06710381 A EP 06710381A EP 06710381 A EP06710381 A EP 06710381A EP 1853977 B1 EP1853977 B1 EP 1853977B1
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Laurent Morel
Christophe Cretin
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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
    • G04B3/048—Operation exclusively by axial movement of a push-button, e.g. for chronographs
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    • 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
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    • G04B37/08—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits
    • G04B37/10—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits of winding stems
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  • the present invention relates to a pressure control device for a watch comprising a pusher button connected to a pusher axis passing through a pusher tube housed in the watch case, the device further comprising a compression ring screwed onto the pusher tube and a compression seal placed between the tube and the ring, the seal being compressed when the ring is in a first screwed position.
  • Such conventional devices can increase the seal of the watch by including an additional seal disposed in the space between the compression ring, the tube and the rod. This seal is compressed between the ring and the tube when the compression ring is screwed onto the tube and its inner side surface is thus pressed against the rod of the push button, thus increasing the seal between these two parts.
  • the object of the present invention is to obviate the aforementioned drawbacks of the current systems and to allow the realization of a device of the aforementioned kind whose use is simple and fast, without the need for a large angular screwing, and whose locking force does not depend on the angular displacement of the ring.
  • the present invention relates to a pressure control device comprising the features set forth in claim 1.
  • this control device comprises a compression ring which comprises on a part of its inner periphery a double axial abutment and a push button which has a lug on its outer periphery, so that the compression ring cooperates with the intermediate axial double abutment with said push button lug to lock the push button in a first screwed position of the compression ring and release it in a second unscrewed position.
  • the means to increase the sealing of the device and to block the push button are separated.
  • a small angular displacement is sufficient to lock the pusher, the locking force being more independent of this movement. Damage to the compression seal caused by forced actuation of the push button is excluded, and the use is simple and fast because the device does not require significant screwing.
  • the device comprises first a push button 1 connected to a pusher axis 2 passing through a push tube 3 which is intended to be housed in the box of a watch.
  • the push button 1 with its axis 2 is mounted on the middle part non-rotatively by conventional means.
  • the pusher shaft 2 is equipped with at least one seal 9 in order to guarantee a basic level of sealing between this axis 2 and the tube 3.
  • this axis 2 is fixed to a screw pusher 8, for example by screwing, to allow cooperation between the control device and the parts inside the watch case, thus allowing the control of any function on the watch respectively on its movement.
  • the device comprises a compression ring 4 screwed on the pusher tube 3 and a compression seal 5 placed between the tube 3 and the ring 4.
  • the compression ring 4 has substantially the shape of a hollow cylinder with an annular transverse wall 4.6 towards the middle, thus forming two pot-shaped compartments, one of which is directed towards the inside of the watch and the other towards the outside.
  • the annular wall 4.6 has an opening in the center through which the pusher axis 2 passes.
  • the inwardly facing compartment has a thread, preferably to the left, on its inner cylindrical surface so as to enable the ring 4 to be screwed on. the tube 3 having a corresponding thread on its outer surface.
  • the compression seal 5 is compressed when the ring 4 is in a first position where it is screwed onto the tube 3, thus reinforcing the level of tightness of the device.
  • the outwardly oriented compartment serves to accommodate a spiral spring 6 placed between the annular wall 4.6 of the compression ring 4 and the push button 1 so as to exert an outward-facing pre-tension on the push button. 1 and to accommodate, at least partially, the push button 1.
  • a cap 7 is fixed, for example driven or glued, on the compression ring 4 once the push button 1 and the spring 6 are in place on the ring 4.
  • This cap 7 limits the longitudinal movement of the together push shaft 2 and push button 1 outward having an inner diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the push button 1 it surrounds.
  • the cap 7 has at least one circular groove 7.1 on its outer surface serving as a dust nest to protect the inside of the watch and the device against dust intrusion, as shown in FIG. Figure 2c .
  • the compression ring 4 has on a part of its inner periphery a double axial stop 4.1, 4.2 and a double angular stop 4.3, 4.4, both of a particular geometric shape.
  • the outwardly oriented compartment of the compression ring 4 comprises on a first angular portion of its inner periphery, for example on 270 ° and on a part of its axial extent as in the first half of this compartment next to the annular wall 4.6, a smaller diameter relative to the rest of the compartment.
  • the inner periphery of this compartment of the ring 4 thus comprises a first axial abutment 4.1 located between the first and the second angular portions of smaller diameter.
  • a second axial abutment 4.2 is formed by the outer surface of the annular wall 4.6 which is not covered by the first angular portion of lower diameter of the inner periphery.
  • first and second angular portions of smaller diameter opposite their initial angular stopper 4.5 form a first angular stopper 4.3 and a second angular stopper 4.4 on the compression ring 4, as shown schematically in FIG. figure 2b .
  • the push button 1 generally has an outer diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of said first and second angular portions of the inner periphery of the ring 4.
  • it has a lug 1.1 on its outer periphery, as illustrated in FIG. figure 1 at.
  • this lug 1.1 corresponds to the geometric shape of the clearance left by the said angular portions on the inner periphery of the compartment oriented towards the outside of the compression ring 4.
  • the lug 1.1 has for example an angular extent of an angle of 90 °, but this choice, like that of the axial and angular extent of the first and second angular portions of smaller diameter of the inner periphery of the ring 4, is obviously capable of modification and represents only a particular embodiment for a device according to the invention. In general, it is sufficient that the angular extent of the pin 1.1 is less than the angle of clearance left by the first angular portion of the inner periphery of the compression ring 4.
  • the compression ring 4 cooperates with the push button 1 to lock the push button 1 in its first screwed position and release it in a second position where the ring 4 is unscrewed.
  • an axial abutment 1.4 that has the pin 1.1 of the push button 1 is in abutment against the first axial stop 4.1 of the ring 4.
  • a first angular stopper 1.2 on the pin is in this position normally aligned with the first angular abutment 4.3 of the ring 4, but the blocking of the push button 1 against its actuation is effective, with a constant locking force, in all the angular positions where the first angular stop 1.2 of the lug 1.1 is between the first 4.3 and the second stops 4.
  • the locking position is illustrated in section at the figure 3a which shows, on the one hand, that the push button 1 can not be actuated because of the vis-à-vis the first axial stop 4.1 of the ring 4 with the lug 1.1 and, secondly, that the compression seal 5 is compressed to obtain an increased seal.
  • the first angular stop 1.2 of the lug 1.1 is aligned with the second angular stop 4.4 of the tether 4.
  • a second angular abutment 1.3 on the lug 1.1 of the push button 1 bears against the initial angular abutment 4.5 of the lever 4.
  • the axial abutment 1.4 of the lug 1.1 of the push button 1 is released and the pusher is thus unlocked.
  • the compression seal 5 is no longer compressed, the sealing of the device being guaranteed by one or more seals 9.
  • FIG 3c shows the position of the device where the push button 1 is unlocked and actuated. Because of the corresponding geometric shapes on the inner periphery of the ring 4 and the lug 1.1, the initial angular abutment 4.5 and / or the second angular abutment 4.4 of the ring 4 can serve as guiding elements for the longitudinal movement of the knob. pusher 1 cooperating with the first 1.2 and second angular abutment 1.3 of its lug 1.1.
  • the compression ring 4 screwed on the push tube 3 then serves to lock the push button 1 to prevent its involuntary actuation and to ensure the seal between the tube 3 and the push rod 2.
  • the ring 4 has against against different means for different functions, including a thread to cause a displacement axial axis sufficient to compress the additional seal 5 and a double axial stop whose geometric shape allows a relatively small angular displacement is sufficient for the blocking of the push button 1.
  • the present device does not require not a significant angular displacement of the compression ring 4, since it is not the axial displacement caused by the angular displacement but directly the latter which makes the locking of the push button 1 thanks to the geometric shape of the compression ring 4
  • the locking force is not dependent on the angular displacement of the compression ring 4, but constant once the ring 4 enters the locking position. Therefore, the use of a device according to the present invention is simple and faster than that of conventional devices.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de commande par pression pour montre comportant un bouton de poussoir connecté à un axe de poussoir traversant un tube de poussoir logé dans la boîte de montre, le dispositif comportant encore une bague de compression vissée sur le tube de poussoir et un joint de compression placé entre le tube et la bague, le joint étant comprimé lorsque la bague est dans une première position vissée.The present invention relates to a pressure control device for a watch comprising a pusher button connected to a pusher axis passing through a pusher tube housed in the watch case, the device further comprising a compression ring screwed onto the pusher tube and a compression seal placed between the tube and the ring, the seal being compressed when the ring is in a first screwed position.

Des exemples de ce type de dispositif de commande sont donnés dans les documents EP 1 280 023 et EP 1 376 270 .Examples of this type of control device are given in the documents EP 1 280 023 and EP 1 376 270 .

Ce genre de dispositifs conventionnels permet d'augmenter l'étanchéité de la montre en comprenant un joint supplémentaire disposé dans l'espace compris entre la bague de compression, le tube et la tige. Ce joint est comprimé entre la bague et le tube lorsque la bague de compression est vissée sur le tube et sa surface latérale intérieure est ainsi pressée contre la tige du bouton de poussoir, augmentant par conséquent l'étanchéité entre ces deux pièces.Such conventional devices can increase the seal of the watch by including an additional seal disposed in the space between the compression ring, the tube and the rod. This seal is compressed between the ring and the tube when the compression ring is screwed onto the tube and its inner side surface is thus pressed against the rod of the push button, thus increasing the seal between these two parts.

En même temps, la pression appliquée par le joint comprimé contre la tige est souvent utilisée dans ces dispositifs pour bloquer le bouton de poussoir ou une couronne contre son actionnement. Le fait de visser la bague de compression sert alors simultanément à renforcer l'étanchéité du dispositif et à bloquer la tige voire le bouton de poussoir. Ceci entraîne certains inconvénients. D'abord, il est évident qu'un tel arrangement ne permet pas de séparer les moyens utilisés pour les fonctions différentes, c'est-à-dire l'étanchéité accrue et le blocage du poussoir. De plus, la force de blocage est dépendante du déplacement axial de la bague provoqué par sa rotation lors d'un vissage, nécessitant par conséquent un déplacement angulaire de la bague de compression assez important pour que le blocage ou le déblocage du mouvement axial de la tige soit effectivement achevé. De même, le joint est susceptible d'être endommagé par l'application d'une force trop élevée sur le bouton de poussoir en position bloquée.At the same time, the pressure applied by the gasket against the rod is often used in these devices to block the pusher button or a crown against its actuation. Screwing the compression ring is then used simultaneously to reinforce the sealing of the device and to block the rod or push button. This entails certain disadvantages. First, it is obvious that such an arrangement does not separate the means used for the different functions, that is to say the increased sealing and blocking of the pusher. In addition, the locking force is dependent on the axial displacement of the ring caused by its rotation during screwing, therefore requiring an angular displacement of the compression ring large enough for the blocking or unblocking of the axial movement of the ring. stem is actually completed. Similarly, the seal is likely to be damaged by applying too much force on the push button in the locked position.

Le but de la présente invention est d'obvier aux inconvénients précités des systèmes actuels et de permettre la réalisation d'un dispositif du genre susmentionné dont l'utilisation soit simple et rapide, sans nécessité un vissage angulaire important, et dont la force de blocage ne dépende pas du déplacement angulaire de la bague.The object of the present invention is to obviate the aforementioned drawbacks of the current systems and to allow the realization of a device of the aforementioned kind whose use is simple and fast, without the need for a large angular screwing, and whose locking force does not depend on the angular displacement of the ring.

A cet effet, la présente invention a pour objet un dispositif de commande par pression comprenant les caractéristiques énoncées à la revendication 1.To this end, the present invention relates to a pressure control device comprising the features set forth in claim 1.

Notamment, ce dispositif de commande comprend une bague de compression qui comporte sur une partie de son pourtour intérieur une double butée axiale et un bouton de poussoir qui comporte un ergot sur son pourtour extérieur, de manière à ce que la bague de compression coopère par l'intermédiaire de la double butée axiale avec ledit ergot du bouton de poussoir pour bloquer le bouton de poussoir dans une première position vissée de la bague de compression et le libérer dans une deuxième position dévissée.In particular, this control device comprises a compression ring which comprises on a part of its inner periphery a double axial abutment and a push button which has a lug on its outer periphery, so that the compression ring cooperates with the intermediate axial double abutment with said push button lug to lock the push button in a first screwed position of the compression ring and release it in a second unscrewed position.

Ainsi, les moyens pour augmenter l'étanchéité du dispositif et pour bloquer le bouton de poussoir sont séparés. Un déplacement angulaire peu important suffit pour verrouiller le poussoir, la force de blocage étant de plus indépendante de ce déplacement. Un dommage sur le joint de compression causé par actionnement forcé du bouton de poussoir est exclu, et l'utilisation est simple et rapide du fait que le dispositif ne nécessite pas de vissage important.Thus, the means to increase the sealing of the device and to block the push button are separated. A small angular displacement is sufficient to lock the pusher, the locking force being more independent of this movement. Damage to the compression seal caused by forced actuation of the push button is excluded, and the use is simple and fast because the device does not require significant screwing.

D'autres avantages ressortent des caractéristiques exprimées dans les revendications dépendantes et de la description exposant ci-après l'invention plus en détail à l'aide de dessins.Other advantages emerge from the features expressed in the dependent claims and from the description which sets forth the invention in more detail with the aid of drawings.

Les dessins annexés représentent, à titre d'exemple, une forme d'exécution de l'invention.

  • La figure 1 a est une vue éclatée du dispositif de commande selon la présente invention; la figure 1b est une vue en perspective du dispositif assemblé.
  • La figure 2a est une vue éclatée de la bague de compression avec le bouton de poussoir et la coiffe montrant en outre les butées axiales et angulaires de la bague; la figure 2b est une vue du haut de la bague de compression illustrant en particulier les butées angulaires; la figure 2c est une vue partielle de la coiffe illustrant la rainure servant de nid à poussières.
  • Les figures 3a, 3b et 3c représentent le dispositif dans sa position bloquée, débloquée et actionnée.
The accompanying drawings represent, by way of example, an embodiment of the invention.
  • The figure 1 a is an exploded view of the control device according to the present invention; the figure 1b is a perspective view of the assembled device.
  • The figure 2a is an exploded view of the compression ring with the push button and the cap showing further axial and angular stops of the ring; the figure 2b is a view from the top of the compression ring illustrating in particular the angular stops; the Figure 2c is a partial view of the cap showing the groove used as a dust nest.
  • The Figures 3a, 3b and 3c represent the device in its locked, unlocked and actuated position.

L'invention va maintenant être décrite en détail en référence aux dessins annexés qui illustrent à titre d'exemple une forme d'exécution de l'invention.The invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate by way of example an embodiment of the invention.

En référence aux figures 1 a et 1 b, les différentes parties du dispositif ainsi que leur assemblage peuvent être facilement expliquées. Le dispositif comporte d'abord un bouton de poussoir 1 connecté à un axe de poussoir 2 traversant un tube de poussoir 3 qui est destiné à être logé dans la boîte d'une montre. Le bouton de poussoir 1 avec son axe 2 est monté sur la carrure de façon non-rotative par un moyen conventionnel. L'axe de poussoir 2 est équipé d'au moins un joint d'étanchéité 9 afin de garantir un niveau de base d'étanchéité entre cet axe 2 et le tube 3. Vers son extrémité intérieure, cet axe 2 est fixé à une vis de poussoir 8, par exemple par vissage, afin de permettre la coopération entre le dispositif de commande et les parties à l'intérieur de la boîte de montre, permettant ainsi la commande d'une fonction quelconque sur la montre respectivement sur son mouvement.With reference to figures 1 a and 1b, the different parts of the device and their assembly can be easily explained. The device comprises first a push button 1 connected to a pusher axis 2 passing through a push tube 3 which is intended to be housed in the box of a watch. The push button 1 with its axis 2 is mounted on the middle part non-rotatively by conventional means. The pusher shaft 2 is equipped with at least one seal 9 in order to guarantee a basic level of sealing between this axis 2 and the tube 3. Towards its inner end, this axis 2 is fixed to a screw pusher 8, for example by screwing, to allow cooperation between the control device and the parts inside the watch case, thus allowing the control of any function on the watch respectively on its movement.

De plus, le dispositif comprend une bague de compression 4 vissée sur le tube de poussoir 3 ainsi qu'un joint de compression 5 placé entre le tube 3 et la bague 4. La bague de compression 4 a sensiblement la forme d'un cylindre creux avec une paroi transversale annulaire 4.6 vers le milieu, formant ainsi deux compartiments en forme de pot dont un est orienté vers l'intérieur de la montre et l'autre vers l'extérieur. La paroi annulaire 4.6 a une ouverture au centre par laquelle passe l'axe de poussoir 2. Le compartiment orienté vers l'intérieur comporte un filetage, de préférence à gauche, sur sa surface cylindrique intérieure afin de permettre le vissage de la bague 4 sur le tube 3 ayant un filetage correspondant sur sa surface extérieure. Le joint de compression 5 est comprimé lorsque la bague 4 est dans une première position où il est vissé sur le tube 3, renforçant ainsi le niveau d'étanchéité du dispositif. Le compartiment orienté vers l'extérieur sert à loger un ressort spiral 6 placé entre la paroi annulaire 4.6 de la bague de compression 4 et le bouton de poussoir 1 afin d'exercer une pré-tension orientée vers l'extérieur sur le bouton de poussoir 1 ainsi qu'à héberger, au moins partiellement, le bouton de poussoir 1.In addition, the device comprises a compression ring 4 screwed on the pusher tube 3 and a compression seal 5 placed between the tube 3 and the ring 4. The compression ring 4 has substantially the shape of a hollow cylinder with an annular transverse wall 4.6 towards the middle, thus forming two pot-shaped compartments, one of which is directed towards the inside of the watch and the other towards the outside. The annular wall 4.6 has an opening in the center through which the pusher axis 2 passes. The inwardly facing compartment has a thread, preferably to the left, on its inner cylindrical surface so as to enable the ring 4 to be screwed on. the tube 3 having a corresponding thread on its outer surface. The compression seal 5 is compressed when the ring 4 is in a first position where it is screwed onto the tube 3, thus reinforcing the level of tightness of the device. The outwardly oriented compartment serves to accommodate a spiral spring 6 placed between the annular wall 4.6 of the compression ring 4 and the push button 1 so as to exert an outward-facing pre-tension on the push button. 1 and to accommodate, at least partially, the push button 1.

Une coiffe 7 est fixée, par exemple chassée ou collée, sur la bague de compression 4 une fois que le bouton de poussoir 1 et le ressort 6 sont en place sur la bague 4. Cette coiffe 7 permet de limiter le mouvement longitudinal de l'ensemble axe de poussoir 2 et bouton de poussoir 1 vers l'extérieur en ayant un diamètre intérieur plus petit que le diamètre extérieur du bouton de poussoir 1 qu'elle entoure. De plus, la coiffe 7 comporte au moins une rainure circulaire 7.1 sur sa surface extérieure servant de nid à poussières afin de protéger l'intérieur de la montre et du dispositif contre une intrusion de poussière, comme représenté à la figure 2c.A cap 7 is fixed, for example driven or glued, on the compression ring 4 once the push button 1 and the spring 6 are in place on the ring 4. This cap 7 limits the longitudinal movement of the together push shaft 2 and push button 1 outward having an inner diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the push button 1 it surrounds. In addition, the cap 7 has at least one circular groove 7.1 on its outer surface serving as a dust nest to protect the inside of the watch and the device against dust intrusion, as shown in FIG. Figure 2c .

La bague de compression 4 comporte sur une partie de son pourtour intérieur une double butée axiale 4.1, 4.2 ainsi qu'une double butée angulaire 4.3, 4.4, toutes les deux d'une forme géométrique particulière. A cet effet, comme le montre la figure 2a, le compartiment orienté vers l'extérieur de la bague de compression 4 comprend sur une première partie angulaire de son pourtour intérieur, par exemple sur 270° et sur une partie de son étendue axiale comme dans la première moitié de ce compartiment située à coté de la paroi annulaire 4.6, un diamètre inférieur par rapport au reste du compartiment. Une seconde partie angulaire du pourtour intérieur angulairement plus restreinte que la première partie et dont la butée angulaire initiale 4.5 est alignée avec celle de la première partie, par exemple une partie de 180° du pourtour située axialement dans la seconde moitié du compartiment orientée vers l'extérieur, a ce même diamètre inférieur, les parties du pourtour intérieur ayant un diamètre plus grand formant un dégagement à deux niveaux axiaux. Le pourtour intérieur de ce compartiment de la bague 4 comporte ainsi une première butée axiale 4.1 située entre la première et la seconde parties angulaires de diamètre inférieur. Une seconde butée axiale 4.2 est formée par la surface extérieure de la paroi annulaire 4.6 qui n'est pas couverte par la première partie angulaire de diamètre inférieur du pourtour intérieur.The compression ring 4 has on a part of its inner periphery a double axial stop 4.1, 4.2 and a double angular stop 4.3, 4.4, both of a particular geometric shape. For this purpose, as shown in figure 2a , the outwardly oriented compartment of the compression ring 4 comprises on a first angular portion of its inner periphery, for example on 270 ° and on a part of its axial extent as in the first half of this compartment next to the annular wall 4.6, a smaller diameter relative to the rest of the compartment. A second angular portion of the inner periphery angularly narrower than the first part and whose initial angular abutment 4.5 is aligned with that of the first part, for example a portion of 180 ° of periphery located axially in the second half of the compartment facing the first part. Outside, at this same lower diameter, the inner periphery portions having a larger diameter forming a clearance at two axial levels. The inner periphery of this compartment of the ring 4 thus comprises a first axial abutment 4.1 located between the first and the second angular portions of smaller diameter. A second axial abutment 4.2 is formed by the outer surface of the annular wall 4.6 which is not covered by the first angular portion of lower diameter of the inner periphery.

Les extrémités de la première et de la seconde parties angulaires de diamètre inférieur opposées à leur butée angulaire initiale 4.5 forment une première butée angulaire 4.3 et une deuxième butée angulaire 4.4 sur la bague de compression 4, comme ceci est représenté schématiquement à la figure 2b.The ends of the first and second angular portions of smaller diameter opposite their initial angular stopper 4.5 form a first angular stopper 4.3 and a second angular stopper 4.4 on the compression ring 4, as shown schematically in FIG. figure 2b .

Le bouton de poussoir 1 a généralement un diamètre extérieur légèrement inférieur au diamètre desdites première et seconde parties angulaires du pourtour intérieur de la bague 4. De plus, il comporte un ergot 1.1 sur son pourtour extérieur, comme illustré à la figure 1 a. De préférence, cet ergot 1.1 correspond à la forme géométrique du dégagement laissé par lesdites parties angulaires sur le pourtour intérieur du compartiment orienté vers l'extérieur de la bague de compression 4. Dans l'exemple présenté ci-dessus, l'ergot 1.1 a par exemple une étendue angulaire d'un angle de 90°, mais ce choix, comme celui de l'étendue axiale et angulaire de la première et de la seconde parties angulaires de diamètre inférieur du pourtour intérieur de la bague 4, est évidemment susceptible de modification et ne représente qu'une forme d'exécution particulière pour un dispositif selon l'invention. En général, il suffit que l'étendue angulaire de l'ergot 1.1 soit inférieure à l'angle du dégagement laissé par la première partie angulaire du pourtour intérieur de la bague de compression 4.The push button 1 generally has an outer diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of said first and second angular portions of the inner periphery of the ring 4. In addition, it has a lug 1.1 on its outer periphery, as illustrated in FIG. figure 1 at. Preferably, this lug 1.1 corresponds to the geometric shape of the clearance left by the said angular portions on the inner periphery of the compartment oriented towards the outside of the compression ring 4. In the example presented above, the lug 1.1 has for example an angular extent of an angle of 90 °, but this choice, like that of the axial and angular extent of the first and second angular portions of smaller diameter of the inner periphery of the ring 4, is obviously capable of modification and represents only a particular embodiment for a device according to the invention. In general, it is sufficient that the angular extent of the pin 1.1 is less than the angle of clearance left by the first angular portion of the inner periphery of the compression ring 4.

La bague de compression 4 coopère avec le bouton de poussoir 1 pour verrouiller le bouton de poussoir 1 dans sa première position vissée et le libérer dans une deuxième position où la bague 4 est dévissée. Dans la première position vissée de la bague de compression 4, une butée axiale 1.4 que présente l'ergot 1.1 du bouton de poussoir 1 est en appui contre la première butée axiale 4.1 de la bague 4. Simultanément, une première butée angulaire 1.2 sur l'ergot est dans cette position normalement alignée avec la première butée angulaire 4.3 de la bague 4, mais le blocage du bouton de poussoir 1 contre son actionnement est effectif, avec une force de blocage constante, dans toutes les positions angulaires où la première butée angulaire 1.2 de l'ergot 1.1 se trouve entre la première 4.3 et la seconde butées angulaires 4.4 de la bague 4. La position de blocage est illustrée en coupe à la figure 3a qui montre, d'une part, que le bouton de poussoir 1 ne peut pas être actionné du fait du vis-à-vis de la première butée axiale 4.1 de la bague 4 avec l'ergot 1.1 et, d'autre part, que le joint de compression 5 est comprimé afin d'obtenir une étanchéité accrue.The compression ring 4 cooperates with the push button 1 to lock the push button 1 in its first screwed position and release it in a second position where the ring 4 is unscrewed. In the first screwed-in position of the compression ring 4, an axial abutment 1.4 that has the pin 1.1 of the push button 1 is in abutment against the first axial stop 4.1 of the ring 4. Simultaneously, a first angular stopper 1.2 on the pin is in this position normally aligned with the first angular abutment 4.3 of the ring 4, but the blocking of the push button 1 against its actuation is effective, with a constant locking force, in all the angular positions where the first angular stop 1.2 of the lug 1.1 is between the first 4.3 and the second stops 4. The locking position is illustrated in section at the figure 3a which shows, on the one hand, that the push button 1 can not be actuated because of the vis-à-vis the first axial stop 4.1 of the ring 4 with the lug 1.1 and, secondly, that the compression seal 5 is compressed to obtain an increased seal.

Après avoir dévissé la bague de compression 4, dans l'exemple présenté ci-dessus en tournant la bague 4 de 90° vers la droite, la première butée angulaire 1.2 de l'ergot 1.1 est alignée avec la seconde butée angulaire 4.4 de la bauge 4. Une seconde butée angulaire 1.3 sur l'ergot 1.1 du bouton de poussoir 1 est en appui contre la butée angulaire initiale 4.5 de la bauge 4. Dans cette position représentée à la figure 3b, la butée axiale 1.4 de l'ergot 1.1 du bouton de poussoir 1 est libérée et le poussoir est ainsi déverrouillé. De plus, le joint de compression 5 n'est plus comprimé, l'étanchéité du dispositif étant garantie par un ou plusieurs joints d'étanchéité 9.After having unscrewed the compression ring 4, in the example presented above by turning the ring 4 by 90 ° to the right, the first angular stop 1.2 of the lug 1.1 is aligned with the second angular stop 4.4 of the tether 4. A second angular abutment 1.3 on the lug 1.1 of the push button 1 bears against the initial angular abutment 4.5 of the lever 4. In this position shown in FIG. figure 3b the axial abutment 1.4 of the lug 1.1 of the push button 1 is released and the pusher is thus unlocked. In addition, the compression seal 5 is no longer compressed, the sealing of the device being guaranteed by one or more seals 9.

Finalement, la figure 3c montre la position du dispositif où le bouton de poussoir 1 est débloqué et actionné. Du fait des formes géométriques correspondantes sur le pourtour intérieur de la bague 4 et l'ergot 1.1, la butée angulaire initiale 4.5 et/ou la seconde butée angulaire 4.4 de la bague 4 peuvent servir d'éléments de guidage pour le mouvement longitudinal du bouton de poussoir 1 en coopérant avec la première 1.2 et seconde butée angulaire 1.3 de son ergot 1.1.Finally, the figure 3c shows the position of the device where the push button 1 is unlocked and actuated. Because of the corresponding geometric shapes on the inner periphery of the ring 4 and the lug 1.1, the initial angular abutment 4.5 and / or the second angular abutment 4.4 of the ring 4 can serve as guiding elements for the longitudinal movement of the knob. pusher 1 cooperating with the first 1.2 and second angular abutment 1.3 of its lug 1.1.

La bague de compression 4 vissée sur le tube de poussoir 3 sert alors pour verrouiller le bouton de poussoir 1 afin d'empêcher son actionnement involontaire et pour assurer l'étanchéité entre le tube 3 et la tige du poussoir 2. Contrairement aux dispositifs connus, la bague 4 comporte par contre des moyens différents pour les fonctions différentes, notamment un filetage pour provoquer un déplacement axial suffisant pour comprimer le joint supplémentaire d'étanchéité 5 et une double butée axiale dont la forme géométrique permet qu'un déplacement angulaire relativement petit suffise pour le blocage du bouton de poussoir 1. Par ces mesures, on obtient que le présent dispositif ne nécessite pas un déplacement angulaire important de la bague de compression 4, puisque ce n'est pas le déplacement axial provoqué par le déplacement angulaire mais directement ce dernier qui effectue le verrouillage du bouton de poussoir 1 grâce à la forme géométrique de la bague de compression 4. De plus, la force de blocage n'est pas dépendante du déplacement angulaire de la bague de compression 4, mais constante une fois que la bague 4 entre en position de blocage. Par conséquent, l'utilisation d'un dispositif selon la présente invention est simple et plus rapide que celle des dispositifs conventionnels.The compression ring 4 screwed on the push tube 3 then serves to lock the push button 1 to prevent its involuntary actuation and to ensure the seal between the tube 3 and the push rod 2. Unlike the known devices, the ring 4 has against against different means for different functions, including a thread to cause a displacement axial axis sufficient to compress the additional seal 5 and a double axial stop whose geometric shape allows a relatively small angular displacement is sufficient for the blocking of the push button 1. By these measures, it is obtained that the present device does not require not a significant angular displacement of the compression ring 4, since it is not the axial displacement caused by the angular displacement but directly the latter which makes the locking of the push button 1 thanks to the geometric shape of the compression ring 4 In addition, the locking force is not dependent on the angular displacement of the compression ring 4, but constant once the ring 4 enters the locking position. Therefore, the use of a device according to the present invention is simple and faster than that of conventional devices.

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  1. Pressure-actuated control device for watches comprising a push button (1) connected to a push button spindle (2) passing through a push button shaft (3) arranged to be housed in the watchcase, the device further comprising a compression ring (4) screwed onto the push button shaft (3) and a compression gasket (5) placed between the shaft (3) and the ring (4), the gasket (5) being compressed when the ring (4) is in a screwed first position, characterised in that the compression ring (4) has, on a portion of its inner circumference, a double axial stop (4.1, 4.2), and that the push button (1) has a protrusion (1.1) on its outer circumference such that the compression ring (4) cooperates via the double axial stop (4.1, 4.2) with the said protrusion (1.1) of the push button (I) to immobilise the push button (1) in its first position and to release it in an unscrewed second position.
  2. Control device as claimed in the preceding claim, characterised in that the compression ring (4) is in the form of a hollow cylinder with an annular wall (4.6) towards the centre, thus forming two essentially pot-shaped compartments, one of which is orientated towards the inside of the watch and the other towards the outside.
  3. Control device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the compression ring (4) has an essentially pot-shaped compartment orientated towards the outside and serving to house, at least partially, the push button (1) and a helical spring (6) placed between the compression ring (4) and the push button (1) to exert an outwardly orientated pretension on the push button (1).
  4. Control device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the compression ring (4) has an essentially pot-shaped compartment orientated towards the outside, the inner circumference of this compartment having a first angular portion with a smaller diameter than the rest of the compartment, and a second angular portion with a smaller diameter which is angularly more confined than the first angular portion, these two portions being located axially adjacent to each other to form the double axial stop (4.1, 4.2) of the compression ring (4).
  5. Control device as claimed in the preceding claim, characterised in that the first smaller-diameter angular portion on the inner circumference of the compression ring (4) extends over an angle of 270° and axially in the first half of said compartment located next to the annular wall (4.6), and that the second smaller-diameter angular portion on the inner circumference extends over an angle of 180° and axially in the second half of said compartment, its initial angular stop (4.5) being aligned with that of the first portion so that the portions of the inner circumference having a larger diameter form a clearance at two axial levels.
  6. Control device as claimed in the preceding claim, characterised in that the protrusion (1.1) extends over an angle of 90° on the outer circumference of the push button (1).
  7. Control device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims 5 or 6, characterised in that the ends of the first angular portion and of the second angular portion of smaller diameter which arc opposite to their initial angular stop (4.5) form a first angular stop (4.3) and a second angular stop (4.4) on the compression ring (4).
  8. Control device as claimed in the preceding claim, characterised in that the protrusion (1.1) of the push button (1) has a first angular stop (1.2) and a second angular stop (1.3) which are adapted to cooperate with the first angular stop (4.3) and the second angular stop (4.4) on the compression ring (4).
  9. Watch, characterised in that it comprises a control device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims.
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