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EP1701225B1
EP1701225B1 EP05005122A EP05005122A EP1701225B1 EP 1701225 B1 EP1701225 B1 EP 1701225B1 EP 05005122 A EP05005122 A EP 05005122A EP 05005122 A EP05005122 A EP 05005122A EP 1701225 B1 EP1701225 B1 EP 1701225B1
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Sylvain Wenger
Jacques-François Wagen
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    • 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
    • G04B3/043—Locking of the operating element, also by mounting in a concealed place
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    • 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
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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
    • 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 screwed crowns for timepieces and more particularly to such crowns having a pattern or a logo on their end face and in which said pattern can be oriented at will.
  • Screwed crowns are commonly used to equip watches in order to improve the sealing of these at their winding or control rod.
  • This type of crown has the particularity of being able to take a unscrewed position in which the watch can be reassembled, put on time etc. and a screwed position in which the ring is screwed and locked on a tube driven or screwed into the middle of the watch case to compress a seal, thus improving the seal of the watch.
  • the screwed position is therefore that which corresponds to the normal position when the watch is worn and which is more or less always the same with the wear of the seal near.
  • a solution allowing to adjust, in a position or determined orientation, a crown after screwing it on the tube has already been proposed in the document EP 1 124 167 A1 .
  • a shape memory alloy ring is placed either between the middle and the tube, or between the ring and the tube.
  • a temporary clearance between the caseband and the tube respectively between the crown and the tube can be created, which allows an angular adjustment of the crown in its screwed position.
  • a disadvantage of this solution is that shape memory alloys are not commonly available in the form of small bars, so that it is difficult and expensive to machine the rings in question in the small dimensions required for the applications concerned.
  • the main object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the abovementioned prior art by providing a simple and economical screw-type crown with a motif such as a logo or a mark and in which the position of the logo or the mark affixed to the end face of said ring can easily be adjusted in a position or orientation determined after screwing the ring on the tube.
  • the subject of the invention is a screwed crown for a timepiece, comprising a head having a central part provided with connection means to a winding stem and a threaded side skirt intended to be screwed onto a corresponding thread of the timepiece, said ring being characterized in that it further comprises a cover having an end face, for example carrying a pattern, and extended by a wall surrounding the head laterally, in that the inner surface of the said wall comprises a first frustoconical surface portion, in that the head has a second portion of frustoconical outer surface that can cooperate with said first frustoconical portion of the cover and in that it further comprises elastic means tending to make integral, in less rotation, the hood on the head by jamming of the first and second portions of frustoconical surfaces.
  • the orientation of the pattern carried by the cover can be easily adjusted in a desired angular position relative to the middle when the ring is in its screwed position, without the aid of a tool.
  • this new construction has the advantage of being invisible to the user from outside the crown, thus not altering the aesthetics of the latter.
  • This crown structure also has the advantage of being able to adjust the hood orientation not only at the time of mounting the crown on the box but also later for example to take account of the flattening and / or the wear of the joint arranged between the tube and the crown.
  • a screw-retained crown is indicated by the general reference 1.
  • the ring 1 is shown in the screwed-on position on a threaded tube 2 driven in a middle part 6 of a watch case.
  • the ring 1 comprises a first portion formed of a head 8 having a tubular central portion 10 surrounded by a lateral skirt 12.
  • the central portion 10 thus delimits with the skirt 12 an annular space intended to receive the threaded portion of the tube 2. A this effect the skirt 12 is provided in its lower part with an internal thread cooperating with the thread 2a of the threaded tube 2.
  • the central portion 10 is connected to a winding stem (not shown) of the watch movement .
  • the central portion 10 is attached and fixed in a central housing 14 of the head 8 and comprises a sleeve 16 in which a piston 18 slides against a spring 20.
  • the piston 16 is intended for be connected to the winding stem.
  • the central portion 10 is fixed for example by welding, gluing, crimping or any other suitable means in the central housing 14 formed in the head 8.
  • a flat gasket 22 is also interposed between the bottom of the annular space and the front face of the threaded tube 2.
  • the ring 1 further comprises a cover 24 which is assembled on the head 8 so that the cover 24 and the head 8 are usually integral in rotation and axially of one another.
  • the assembly of the cover 24 on the head 8 is made so as to be detachable or reversible.
  • the cover 24 is provided with an end or front face 26 on which is affixed a pattern such as a logo or M mark visible from outside the crown.
  • a pattern such as a logo or M mark visible from outside the crown. It should be noted in this connection that figure 1 , the pattern is oriented in any position with respect to the middle part and that it is notably not aligned with respect to the upper face 6a thereof when the ring is in the screwed-on position on the tube 2.
  • the cover 24 has a lateral wall 28 which surrounds the head 8 and which thus delimits a cavity intended to receive the head 8.
  • the inner surface of the wall 28 comprises a first frustoconical surface portion 28a and the head 8 has a second frustoconical surface portion 8a can cooperate with the first frustoconical surface portion 28a to achieve a detachable or reversible assembly of the cover 24 on the head 8.
  • This assembly is of the type of wedging a frustoconical surface on the other.
  • the apex angle of the frustoconical surface portions of the cover 24 and the head 8 is typically between 1 ° and 20 ° depending on the couple of materials used for the head and the hood and the surface condition portions of frustoconical surfaces.
  • the second frustoconical surface portion 8a of the head 8 is followed downwards, that is to say at the level of the skirt 12, by an external diameter reduction which defines a shoulder 8b of which the function will be described below.
  • the ring 1 further comprises elastic means 30 which tend to apply the frustoconical surface portions to one another.
  • the elastic means 30 comprise an elastic annular lining which laterally surrounds the skirt of the head and which bears against the shoulder 8b of the head 8.
  • a ring 32, surrounding a lower part of the head 8 is screwed onto an internal thread of the cover 24 and thus holds the cover 24 on the head 8 while compressing the elastic packing 30 axially so as to apply the portions of frustoconical surfaces of the head and the hood one on the other.
  • the lining 30 has an elasticity in particular in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation A of the ring.
  • the annular seal 30 may comprise a seal of natural or synthetic compressible material of the O-ring type.
  • the resilient means 30 will be adjusted so as, on the one hand, to ensure a sufficient jamming guaranteeing a rotationally and axially fastening of the cover 24 and the head 8 during the usual manipulations of the ring 1 and, on the other hand, easy disconnection of the cover 24 of the head 8 manually, that is to say without the aid of a tool, to make an adjustment of the angular position of the cover 24 on the head 8.
  • the desired clamping force can be typically controlled by adjusting the compression ratio of the annular seal 30 in position of the cover 24 by a suitable clamping of the ring 32 on the cover 24.
  • the structure of the ring 1 and in particular the cone adjustment of the cap on the head with elastic support thanks to the ring 32 and the seal thus allow a relative reversible axial displacement of the cap 24 and the head 8 along the longitudinal axis A to secure or disengage in rotation the cover 24 and the head 8.
  • the cover 24 is therefore movable between a first "fixed” position, in which the cover 24 is connected in rotation by jamming on the head 8 and in which the elastic seal 30 is compressed to a first degree of compression ( figure 2 ), and a second position called “non-integral” in which the cover 24 is free to rotate about the longitudinal axis A relative to the head 8 and wherein the seal is compressed to a second degree of compression, greater than the first ( figure 3 ).
  • the cover 24 carrying the pattern M can be easily moved angularly in a desired position by proceeding as follows. From the so-called solidarity position represented in figure 2 the bonnet 24 is grasped between two fingers and is displaced axially in the direction of the arrow F so as to loosen the portions of frustoconical surfaces from one another and to compress the elastic seal 30. At this moment the bonnet 24 is in its so-called non-solidary position ( figure 3 ). The hood 24 being held in this position it can be oriented by rotating in the direction of the arrow R in a desired angular position.
  • a head-mounted hood allows the crown maker to have a stock of standard heads and to use these heads with hoods bearing different patterns or other items such as gemstones. or the like.

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Abstract

The crown has a head (8) with a tubular central part surrounded by a lateral skirt (12), and a case with an end surface carrying a design. The head has a truncated surface portion that co-operates with a truncated surface portion of a wall of the case. An elastic annular insert enables integration of the case on the head by wedging the portions and the disintegration of the case to allow the case to turn freely with respect to the head.

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La présente invention concerne les couronnes à vis ou couronnes vissées pour pièces d'horlogerie et plus particulièrement de telles couronnes comportant un motif ou un logo sur leur face d'extrémité et dans lesquelles ledit motif peut être orienté à souhait.The present invention relates to screw crowns or screwed crowns for timepieces and more particularly to such crowns having a pattern or a logo on their end face and in which said pattern can be oriented at will.

Les couronnes vissées sont couramment utilisées pour équiper des montres dans le but d'améliorer l'étanchéité de celles-ci au niveau de leur tige de remontage ou de commande. Ce type de couronne a la particularité de pouvoir prendre une position dévissée dans laquelle la montre peut être remontée, mise à l'heure etc. et une position vissée dans laquelle la couronne est vissée et bloquée sur un tube chassé ou vissé dans la carrure de la boîte de montre afin de comprimer un joint d'étanchéité, améliorant ainsi l'étanchéité de la montre. La position vissée est donc celle qui correspond à la position normale lorsque la montre est portée et qui est plus ou moins toujours la même à l'usure du joint d'étanchéité près.Screwed crowns are commonly used to equip watches in order to improve the sealing of these at their winding or control rod. This type of crown has the particularity of being able to take a unscrewed position in which the watch can be reassembled, put on time etc. and a screwed position in which the ring is screwed and locked on a tube driven or screwed into the middle of the watch case to compress a seal, thus improving the seal of the watch. The screwed position is therefore that which corresponds to the normal position when the watch is worn and which is more or less always the same with the wear of the seal near.

La fabrication et le montage de ces couronnes vissées sur des boites de montre sont bien connus. Toutefois, les procédés de montage de ces couronnes sont mal adaptés aux couronnes vissées portant sur leur face d'extrémité une inscription ou un motif, par exemple un logo, une marque de fabrique ou un signe analogue. En effet, les procédés de montage connus ne permettent généralement pas d'amener la couronne dans une orientation déterminée par rapport à la boîte après leur vissage, ce qui nuit à l'esthétique de la boîte lorsqu'une inscription est apposée sur la face d'extrémité de la couronne. Cette situation est bien entendu inacceptable lorsque ces couronnes équipent des produits de luxe et de haute qualité.The manufacture and assembly of these crowns screwed on watch cases are well known. However, the methods of mounting these crowns are poorly suited to screwed crowns bearing on their end face an inscription or a pattern, for example a logo, a trademark or a similar sign. Indeed, the known assembly methods do not generally allow to bring the crown in a specific orientation relative to the box after screwing, which affects the aesthetics of the box when an inscription is affixed to the face of the box. end of the crown. This situation is of course unacceptable when these crowns equip luxury and high quality products.

Une solution permettant d'ajuster, dans une position ou orientation déterminée, une couronne après vissage de celle-ci sur le tube a été déjà proposée dans le document EP 1 124 167 A1 . Selon ce document, une bague en alliage à mémoire de forme est placée, soit entre la carrure et le tube, soit entre la couronne et le tube. En jouant sur la déformation de la bague, en particulier en diminuant son diamètre en soumettant la montre à des températures déterminées, un jeu temporaire entre la carrure et le tube respectivement entre la couronne et le tube peut être créé, jeu qui permet un ajustement angulaire de la couronne dans sa position vissée. Un inconvénient de cette solution réside en ce que les alliages à mémoire de forme ne sont pas couramment disponibles sous forme de barres de faibles dimensions, de sorte qu'il est difficile et coûteux d'usiner les bagues en question dans les faibles dimensions requises pour les applications concernées.A solution allowing to adjust, in a position or determined orientation, a crown after screwing it on the tube has already been proposed in the document EP 1 124 167 A1 . According to this document, a shape memory alloy ring is placed either between the middle and the tube, or between the ring and the tube. By acting on the deformation of the ring, in particular by decreasing its diameter by subjecting the watch to determined temperatures, a temporary clearance between the caseband and the tube respectively between the crown and the tube can be created, which allows an angular adjustment of the crown in its screwed position. A disadvantage of this solution is that shape memory alloys are not commonly available in the form of small bars, so that it is difficult and expensive to machine the rings in question in the small dimensions required for the applications concerned.

On connait également du document US 2004/130971 une couronne à vis comportant un motif sur sa face d'extrémité et dans laquelle le motif peut être orienté à souhait.We also know of the document US 2004/130971 a screw-type crown having a pattern on its end face and in which the pattern can be oriented at will.

La présente invention a pour but principal de remédier aux inconvénients de l'art antérieur susmentionné en fournissant une couronne à vis de construction simple et économique, comportant un motif tel qu'un logo ou une marque et dans laquelle la position du logo ou de la marque apposé sur la face d'extrémité de ladite couronne peut aisément être ajustée dans une position ou orientation déterminée après vissage de la couronne sur le tube.The main object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the abovementioned prior art by providing a simple and economical screw-type crown with a motif such as a logo or a mark and in which the position of the logo or the mark affixed to the end face of said ring can easily be adjusted in a position or orientation determined after screwing the ring on the tube.

A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet une couronne vissée pour pièce d'horlogerie, comportant une tête ayant une partie centrale munie de moyens de liaison à une tige de remontoir et une jupe latérale filetée destinée à être vissée sur un filetage correspondant de la pièce d'horlogerie, ladite couronne étant caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend en outre un capot comportant une face d'extrémité, portant par exemple un motif, et prolongée par une paroi entourant latéralement la tête, en ce que la surface intérieure de ladite paroi comprend une première portion de surface tronconique, en ce que la tête présente une deuxième portion de surface tronconique extérieure pouvant coopérer avec ladite première portion tronconique du capot et en ce qu'elle comprend en outre des moyens élastiques tendant à rendre solidaire, au moins en rotation, le capot sur la tête par coincement des première et deuxième portions de surfaces tronconiques.To this end, the subject of the invention is a screwed crown for a timepiece, comprising a head having a central part provided with connection means to a winding stem and a threaded side skirt intended to be screwed onto a corresponding thread of the timepiece, said ring being characterized in that it further comprises a cover having an end face, for example carrying a pattern, and extended by a wall surrounding the head laterally, in that the inner surface of the said wall comprises a first frustoconical surface portion, in that the head has a second portion of frustoconical outer surface that can cooperate with said first frustoconical portion of the cover and in that it further comprises elastic means tending to make integral, in less rotation, the hood on the head by jamming of the first and second portions of frustoconical surfaces.

Grâce à ces caractéristiques, l'orientation du motif porté par le capot peut être aisément ajustée dans une position angulaire désirée par rapport à la carrure lorsque la couronne est dans sa position vissée, et ce sans l'aide d'un outil. Pour ce faire, il suffit en effet de tirer axialement sur le capot à l'encontre des moyens élastiques pour séparer ou en d'autres termes décoller les première et deuxième portions de surfaces tronconiques respectives du capot et de la tête. Une fois ces surfaces séparés, le capot devient libre en rotation par rapport à la tête, de sorte que le fabricant comme l'utilisateur peuvent l'orienter dans la position désirée, la tête restant dans sa position vissée sur le tube. Il suffit alors de relâcher le capot pour que les moyens élastiques rappellent le capot dans une position de coincement dans laquelle les première et deuxième portions de surfaces tronconiques coopèrent.Thanks to these features, the orientation of the pattern carried by the cover can be easily adjusted in a desired angular position relative to the middle when the ring is in its screwed position, without the aid of a tool. To do this, it suffices to pull axially on the bonnet against the elastic means to separate or in other words take off the first and second portions of respective frustoconical surfaces of the cover and the head. Once these surfaces are separated, the cover becomes free to rotate relative to the head, so that the manufacturer and the user can orient it in the desired position, the head remaining in its screwed position on the tube. It is then sufficient to release the hood so that the elastic means recall the hood in a wedging position in which the first and second portions of frustoconical surfaces cooperate.

On notera que la solidarisation du capot sur la tête par l'intermédiaire d'un coincement de surfaces tronconiques complémentaires présente l'avantage de permettre un réglage précis, dans des positions quelconques, du capot par rapport à la tête.Note that the fastening of the hood on the head via a wedging of complementary frustoconical surfaces has the advantage of allowing a precise adjustment, in any position, the hood relative to the head.

De plus, cette nouvelle construction présente l'avantage d'être invisible pour l'utilisateur depuis l'extérieur de la couronne, n'altérant ainsi aucunement l'esthétique de celle-ci.In addition, this new construction has the advantage of being invisible to the user from outside the crown, thus not altering the aesthetics of the latter.

Cette structure de couronne présente également l'avantage de pouvoir régler l'orientation du capot non seulement au moment du montage de la couronne sur la boite mais aussi ultérieurement par exemple pour tenir comte de l'aplatissement et/ou l'usure du joint disposé entre le tube et la couronne.This crown structure also has the advantage of being able to adjust the hood orientation not only at the time of mounting the crown on the box but also later for example to take account of the flattening and / or the wear of the joint arranged between the tube and the crown.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de la présente invention apparaîtront dans la description suivante d'un mode de réalisation préféré, présenté à titre d'exemple non limitatif en référence aux dessins annexés, dans lesquels :

  • la figure 1 est une vue de face d'une couronne selon l'invention dans une position vissée, le motif porté par la face frontale de son capot étant orienté dans une position quelconque par rapport à la carrure,
  • la figure 2 montre une vue en coupe de la couronne à vis selon l'invention suivant la ligne II-II de la figure 1 ;
  • la figure 3 est une vue en coupe similaire à la figure 2, la couronne étant représentée dans une position dans laquelle son capot est désolidarisé de la tête en vu de l'orientation angulaire dans une position déterminée du motif porté par le capot, et
  • la figure 4 est une vue similaire à la figure 1 dans laquelle le motif porté par la capot est orienté angulairement dans une position déterminée par rapport à la carrure.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will appear in the following description of a preferred embodiment, presented by way of non-limiting example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
  • the figure 1 is a front view of a ring according to the invention in a screwed position, the pattern carried by the front face of its cap being oriented in any position relative to the middle part,
  • the figure 2 shows a sectional view of the screw crown according to the invention along the line II-II of the figure 1 ;
  • the figure 3 is a sectional view similar to the figure 2 , the ring being represented in a position in which its cover is detached from the head in view of the angular orientation in a given position of the pattern carried by the hood, and
  • the figure 4 is a view similar to the figure 1 wherein the pattern carried by the cover is oriented angularly in a specific position relative to the middle part.

Aux figures 1 et 2, on voit une couronne vissée désignée par la référence générale 1. Dans ces figures, la couronne 1 est représentée en position vissée sur un tube fileté 2 chassé dans une carrure 6 d'une boîte de montre.To the figures 1 and 2 a screw-retained crown is indicated by the general reference 1. In these figures, the ring 1 is shown in the screwed-on position on a threaded tube 2 driven in a middle part 6 of a watch case.

La couronne 1 comprend une première partie formée d'une tête 8 ayant une partie centrale 10 tubulaire entourée par une jupe latérale 12. La partie centrale 10 délimite ainsi avec la jupe 12 un espace annulaire destiné à recevoir la portion filetée du tube 2. A cet effet la jupe 12 est pourvue dans sa partie inférieure d'un taraudage intérieur coopérant avec le filetage 2a du tube fileté 2. De manière classique, la partie centrale 10 est reliée à une tige de remontoir (non représentée) du mouvement d'horlogerie. Dans l'exemple illustré, la partie centrale 10 est rapportée et fixée dans un logement central 14 de la tête 8 et comporte un manchon 16 dans lequel un piston 18 coulisse à l'encontre d'un ressort 20. Le piston 16 est destiné à être relié à la tige de remontoir. Typiquement, la partie centrale 10 est fixée par exemple par soudage, collage, sertissage ou tout autre moyen approprié dans le logement central 14 ménagé dans la tête 8. Un joint d'étanchéité plat 22 est également interposé entre le fond de l'espace annulaire et la face frontale du tube fileté 2.The ring 1 comprises a first portion formed of a head 8 having a tubular central portion 10 surrounded by a lateral skirt 12. The central portion 10 thus delimits with the skirt 12 an annular space intended to receive the threaded portion of the tube 2. A this effect the skirt 12 is provided in its lower part with an internal thread cooperating with the thread 2a of the threaded tube 2. In a conventional manner, the central portion 10 is connected to a winding stem (not shown) of the watch movement . In the example illustrated, the central portion 10 is attached and fixed in a central housing 14 of the head 8 and comprises a sleeve 16 in which a piston 18 slides against a spring 20. The piston 16 is intended for be connected to the winding stem. Typically, the central portion 10 is fixed for example by welding, gluing, crimping or any other suitable means in the central housing 14 formed in the head 8. A flat gasket 22 is also interposed between the bottom of the annular space and the front face of the threaded tube 2.

Selon l'invention, la couronne 1 comprend en outre un capot 24 qui est assemblé sur la tête 8 de façon que le capot 24 et la tête 8 soient habituellement solidaires en rotation et axialement de l'un de l'autre. L'assemblage du capot 24 sur la tête 8 est réalisé de manière à être détachable ou réversible.According to the invention, the ring 1 further comprises a cover 24 which is assembled on the head 8 so that the cover 24 and the head 8 are usually integral in rotation and axially of one another. The assembly of the cover 24 on the head 8 is made so as to be detachable or reversible.

Le capot 24 est muni d'une face d'extrémité ou frontale 26 sur laquelle est apposé un motif tel qu'un logo ou une marque M visible depuis l'extérieur de la couronne. On notera à ce propos qu'à la figure 1, le motif est orienté dans une position quelconque par rapport à la carrure et qu'il n'est notamment pas aligné par rapport à la face supérieure 6a de celle-ci lorsque la couronne est en position vissée sur le tube 2.The cover 24 is provided with an end or front face 26 on which is affixed a pattern such as a logo or M mark visible from outside the crown. It should be noted in this connection that figure 1 , the pattern is oriented in any position with respect to the middle part and that it is notably not aligned with respect to the upper face 6a thereof when the ring is in the screwed-on position on the tube 2.

A la figure 2 on voit que le capot 24 comporte une paroi latérale 28 qui entoure la tête 8 et qui délimite ainsi une cavité destinée à recevoir la tête 8. La surface intérieure de la paroi 28 comprend une première portion de surface tronconique 28a et la tête 8 présente une deuxième portion de surface tronconique 8a pouvant coopérer avec la première portion de surface tronconique 28a pour réaliser un assemblage détachable ou réversible du capot 24 sur la tête 8. Cet assemblage est du type à coincement d'une surface tronconique sur l'autre. De manière préférée, l'angle au sommet des portions de surfaces tronconiques du capot 24 et de la tête 8 est compris typiquement entre 1° et 20° selon le couple de matériaux utilisés pour la tête et le capot ainsi que l'état de surface des portions de surfaces tronconiques. On notera également à ce propos que la deuxième portion de surface tronconique 8a de la tête 8 est suivie vers le bas, c'est-à-dire au niveau de la jupe 12, par une réduction de diamètre extérieur qui définit un épaulement 8b dont la fonction sera décrite ci-après.To the figure 2 it can be seen that the cover 24 has a lateral wall 28 which surrounds the head 8 and which thus delimits a cavity intended to receive the head 8. The inner surface of the wall 28 comprises a first frustoconical surface portion 28a and the head 8 has a second frustoconical surface portion 8a can cooperate with the first frustoconical surface portion 28a to achieve a detachable or reversible assembly of the cover 24 on the head 8. This assembly is of the type of wedging a frustoconical surface on the other. Preferably, the apex angle of the frustoconical surface portions of the cover 24 and the head 8 is typically between 1 ° and 20 ° depending on the couple of materials used for the head and the hood and the surface condition portions of frustoconical surfaces. It should also be noted in this connection that the second frustoconical surface portion 8a of the head 8 is followed downwards, that is to say at the level of the skirt 12, by an external diameter reduction which defines a shoulder 8b of which the function will be described below.

La couronne 1 comprend en outre des moyens élastiques 30 qui tendent appliquer les portions de surface tronconiques l'une sur l'autre. Dans, le mode de réalisation illustré, les moyens élastiques 30 comprennent une garniture annulaire élastique qui entoure latéralement la jupe de la tête et qui s'appuie contre l'épaulement 8b de la tête 8. Une bague 32, entourant une partie inférieure de la tête 8 est vissée sur un filetage intérieur du capot 24 et maintient ainsi le capot 24 sur la tête 8 tout en comprimant axialement la garniture élastique 30 de façon à appliquer les portions de surfaces tronconiques de la tête et du capot l'une sur l'autre. A cet effet, la garniture 30 présente une élasticité notamment dans une direction parallèle à l'axe de rotation A de la couronne. Typiquement la garniture annulaire 30 peut comprendre un joint en matériau compressible naturel ou synthétique de type O-ring. De préférence, les moyens élastiques 30 seront ajustés pour, d'une part, assurer un coincement suffisant garantissant une solidarisation en rotation et axialement du capot 24 et de la tête 8 lors des manipulations habituelles de la couronne 1 et, d'autre part, une désolidarisation aisée du capot 24 de la tête 8 manuellement, c'est-à-dire sans l'aide d'un outil, pour réaliser un ajustement de la position angulaire du capot 24 sur la tête 8. On notera à ce propos que la force de coincement souhaitée peut être typiquement contrôlée en adaptant le taux de compression de la garniture annulaire 30 en position solidaire du capot 24 par un serrage adapté de la bague 32 sur le capot 24.The ring 1 further comprises elastic means 30 which tend to apply the frustoconical surface portions to one another. In the illustrated embodiment, the elastic means 30 comprise an elastic annular lining which laterally surrounds the skirt of the head and which bears against the shoulder 8b of the head 8. A ring 32, surrounding a lower part of the head 8 is screwed onto an internal thread of the cover 24 and thus holds the cover 24 on the head 8 while compressing the elastic packing 30 axially so as to apply the portions of frustoconical surfaces of the head and the hood one on the other. For this purpose, the lining 30 has an elasticity in particular in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation A of the ring. Typically the annular seal 30 may comprise a seal of natural or synthetic compressible material of the O-ring type. Preferably, the resilient means 30 will be adjusted so as, on the one hand, to ensure a sufficient jamming guaranteeing a rotationally and axially fastening of the cover 24 and the head 8 during the usual manipulations of the ring 1 and, on the other hand, easy disconnection of the cover 24 of the head 8 manually, that is to say without the aid of a tool, to make an adjustment of the angular position of the cover 24 on the head 8. Note in this connection that the desired clamping force can be typically controlled by adjusting the compression ratio of the annular seal 30 in position of the cover 24 by a suitable clamping of the ring 32 on the cover 24.

La structure de la couronne 1 et notamment l'ajustement à cône du capot sur la tête avec maintien élastique grâce à la bague 32 et au joint permettent ainsi un déplacement axial réversible relatif du capot 24 et de la tête 8 selon l'axe longitudinal A afin de solidariser ou désolidariser en rotation le capot 24 et la tête 8.The structure of the ring 1 and in particular the cone adjustment of the cap on the head with elastic support thanks to the ring 32 and the seal thus allow a relative reversible axial displacement of the cap 24 and the head 8 along the longitudinal axis A to secure or disengage in rotation the cover 24 and the head 8.

Le capot 24 est donc mobile entre une première position dite « solidaire », dans laquelle le capot 24 est lié en rotation par coincement sur la tête 8 et dans laquelle la garniture élastique 30 est comprimée à un premier degré de compression (figure 2), et une deuxième position dite « non solidaire » dans laquelle le capot 24 est libre de tourner autour de l'axe longitudinal A par rapport à la tête 8 et dans laquelle la garniture est comprimée à un deuxième degré de compression, supérieur au premier (figure 3).The cover 24 is therefore movable between a first "fixed" position, in which the cover 24 is connected in rotation by jamming on the head 8 and in which the elastic seal 30 is compressed to a first degree of compression ( figure 2 ), and a second position called "non-integral" in which the cover 24 is free to rotate about the longitudinal axis A relative to the head 8 and wherein the seal is compressed to a second degree of compression, greater than the first ( figure 3 ).

Ainsi, lorsque la couronne 1 est vissée en butée sur le tube chassé 2, le capot 24 portant le motif M peut être aisément déplacé angulairement dans une position désirée en procédant de la façon suivante. A partir la position dite solidaire représentée à la figure 2, on saisit entre deux doigts le capot 24 et on le déplace axialement dans le sens de la flèche F de manière à décoller les portions de surfaces tronconiques l'une de l'autre et à comprimer la garniture élastique 30. A cet instant le capot 24 est dans sa position dite non solidaire (figure 3). Le capot 24 étant maintenu dans cette position il peut être orienté en le faisant tourner dans le sens de la flèche R dans une position angulaire désirée. Une fois la position angulaire désirée atteinte, il suffit de relâcher le capot 24 qui est alors rappelé dans sa position solidaire par la détente de la garniture 30. Ce faisant, les portions de surfaces tronconiques du capot et de la tête coopèrent à nouveau l'une avec l'autre pour solidariser axialement et en rotation le capot à la tête par coincement.Thus, when the ring 1 is screwed in abutment on the driven tube 2, the cover 24 carrying the pattern M can be easily moved angularly in a desired position by proceeding as follows. From the so-called solidarity position represented in figure 2 the bonnet 24 is grasped between two fingers and is displaced axially in the direction of the arrow F so as to loosen the portions of frustoconical surfaces from one another and to compress the elastic seal 30. At this moment the bonnet 24 is in its so-called non-solidary position ( figure 3 ). The hood 24 being held in this position it can be oriented by rotating in the direction of the arrow R in a desired angular position. Once the desired angular position is reached, simply release the cover 24 which is then returned to its integral position by the expansion of the seal 30. In doing so, the frustoconical surface portions of the cover and the head cooperate again. one with the other to axially and rotationally secure the hood to the head by wedging.

On notera que l'utilisation d'un capot rapporté sur la tête permet au fabricant de couronnes d'avoir un stock de têtes standard et d'utiliser ces têtes avec des capots portant des motifs différents ou d'autres éléments tels que des pierres précieuses ou analogues.It should be noted that the use of a head-mounted hood allows the crown maker to have a stock of standard heads and to use these heads with hoods bearing different patterns or other items such as gemstones. or the like.

On comprendra que diverses modifications et/ou améliorations évidentes pour l'homme de métier peuvent être apportées au mode de réalisation décrit dans la présente description sans sortir du cadre de la présente invention définie par les revendications annexées. On pourra notamment prévoir d'utiliser un anneau à ressort ondulé en lieu et place du joint annulaire, dès lors qu'il possède une élasticité en compressibilité selon l'axe A. selon une variante on pourra également prévoir que l'une ou l'autre des surfaces tronconiques ou les deux soient rugueuses par exemple striées. On notera également que l'invention décrite ci-dessus peut s'appliquer au positionnement angulaire de couronnes ayant des formes extérieures non cylindriques par exemple carrée, ovale ou tout autre forme particulière.It will be understood that various modifications and / or improvements obvious to those skilled in the art can be made to the embodiment described herein without departing from the scope of the present invention defined by the appended claims. In particular, it will be possible to use a spring ring corrugated instead of the annular seal, since it has elasticity in compressibility along the axis A. According to a variant can also be provided that one or other of the frustoconical surfaces or both are rough for example striated. It will also be noted that the invention described above can be applied to the angular positioning of crowns having non-cylindrical outer shapes, for example square, oval or any other particular shape.

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  1. Screw-in crown (1) for a timepiece, including a head (8) having a central portion (10) provided with a means of connection to a winding stem and a lateral threaded skirt (12) intended to be screwed onto a corresponding thread of the timepiece, characterized in that it further includes a cover (24) having an end face (26) and a wall (28) laterally surrounding the head (8), in that the inner surface of said wall includes a first truncated surface portion (28a), in that the head (8) includes a second external truncated surface portion (8a) able to cooperate with said first truncated portion (28a) of the cover, and in that it further includes elastic means (30) tending to render the cover (24) integral with the head (8), at least in rotation, by wedging together the first (28a) and second (8a) truncated surface portions.
  2. Screw-in crown according to claim 1, characterized in that the means of rendering the truncated walls of the head and cover integral with each other by wedging is provided so that the cover (24) is wedged onto the head (8) in a reversible manner.
  3. Screw-in crown according to claim 2, characterized in that the cover (24) and the head (8) are secured and released from each other in rotation by a relative axial movement of the cover (24) and the head (8) along the axis of rotation (A) of the crown (1).
  4. Screw-in crown according to claim 3, characterized in that it includes a ring (22) surrounding said head and screwed onto the cover and in that the elastic means (30) includes an elastic joint which extends between the ring (32) and the head (8).
  5. Screw-in crown according to claim 4, characterized in that the cover (24) is mobile between a first "secured" position wherein the cover (24) is wedged onto and rotatably integral with the head (8) and the elastic joint (30) is compressed to a first degree of compression, and a second "non-secured" position wherein the cover (24) is free to rotate about the longitudinal axis relative to the head and wherein the joint (30) is compressed to a second degree of compression, higher than the first degree of compression.
  6. Screw-in crown according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the elastic joint (30) includes an O-ring joint.
  7. Screw-in crown according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the angle at the apex of the truncated walls (28a, 8a) of the cover (24) and the head (8) is comprised between 1° and 20°.
  8. Screw-in crown according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that said end face (26) carries a design (M).
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