US1619822A - Watchcase - Google Patents

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March 8 1927. 1,619,822

w. HUBER WATCHCASE Filed March 11, 1926 40 the spring hook 4 is released so that the cover,

Patented Mar. 8, 1927.

WALTER HUBER, F- PFORZHEIM, GERMANY.

WATCHGASE.

Application filed March 11, 1926, Serial No.

This invention relates to a case adapted for any clockwork or watchwork mechanism and having a hinged case member which maybe opened and swung backward to serve to support the watch in a substantially vertical or slightly inclined position, so that the watch, an alarm or a travelling clock, may be used as a clock to be placed on the toilet table or on the writing table.

Supports for or on watches are known, but they present the inconvenience that they are either of complicated construction, the price of the watch being consequently increased, or that the watch does not stand securely. 1 The inconveniences invention.

The novelty consists in that, for transforming a watch into a clock, a case memher on the front side of the watch is hingedly mounted so that it can be turned backward and forms in this position a good support for the watch.

An embodiment of the invention is shown,

are avoided by .the

by way of example, in the accompanying drawing, 1n which Fig. 1 shows a case watch,. constructed according to the invention in side elevat1on.,

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the case watch shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows in side elevation the watch standing upon a table.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of Fig. 3. The cover member 3, hingedly fixed by means of a hinge 2 on the lower edge of the watch case 1 of rectangular shape, is normally held in the closed position by means of a spring hook 4.

By a pressure exerted' for instance upon crown 5 on the stem of the watch the member 3 is turned back from the position, indicated in dash and dot lines in Fig. 3, into the supporting position by the action Q of a strong spring whichmight, for instance, be located in the hinge 2, the case 93,927, and in Germany September 30, 1925.

member 3 oscillating slightly more than 270.

In this position the member 3 forms a very stable base support for the watch case 1 which has a bevelled edge 6 bearing on a bevelled edge 7 of the cover member 3, such beveled edges forming direct abutments between the watch case and cover to sustain the weight of the open case and to relieve the hinge from such weight.

The not ornamented or unfinished, cupshaped inner face of the cover member 3 is turned when in this position towards the table plate 8 (Fig. 3) and not visible, whilst the generally ornamented and decorated outer surfaceof the case member 3' is visible. An attractive watch structure may thus be furnished without the expense of finely finishing the inner face of the cover member, an item of importance in the manufacture of watches which must be of good appearance but at the same time cheap.

It is almost impossible that the watch supported in this manner, be upset. The dial through an. angle easy to be seen.

The watch case might be of hexagonal or circular shape and of any dimension and material and watches of any type may be fitted with the hinged case member 3. I claim I A time piece comprising an open-faced case, a cover for the open face of the case, said case and cover having beveled marginal abutment surfaces, and a hinge uniting the case and cover at the intersection of said abutment surfaces-so as to adapt the cover to be swung backward to a horizontal position andatjgln angle to the case to support said case in an upright position, in which positions of the case and cover the said abutment surfaces are brought into contact to assist the hinge in supporting the weight of the case and its contents.

In testimon whereof I aflix'mv si ature. y WALTER 70 9 is in an inclined position so that it is r

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