Watchmaker's portable lubrication tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10031485-B2
Application number	US-201515116283-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2015
Priority date	May 21, 2014
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

Watchmaker's portable lubrication tool including at least one lubricant reservoir, with a plurality of chambers, each only accessible to a user in a first open position of the tool, each reservoir being closable by a sealed lid which, in a second closed position, is kept sealingly pressed on the reservoir, and the tool includes a structure which carries such a lid associated with such a reservoir, and which is a component of a multi-function pocket knife of the “Swiss army knife” type, with a frame on which pivots a plurality of blades, the tool comprises at least one elastic return arranged to exert, in the second closed position, a force on at least one lid to press it sealingly on an associated reservoir.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A watchmaker's portable lubrication tool, wherein said tool comprises a plurality of chambers comprised in at least one horological lubricant reservoir, each only accessible to a user in a first open position of said tool, each said reservoir being closable by at least one sealed lid which, in a second closed position, is kept sealingly pressed on said reservoir, wherein said tool comprises a carrier structure for at least one said reservoir and for a said lid associated with said reservoir, and wherein said structure is a component of a multi-function pocket knife of the “Swiss army knife” type, which comprises a frame on which pivots a plurality of blades, wherein said tool comprises at least one elastic return means arranged to exert, while in the second closed position, a force on said at least one lid to press said lid sealingly on said at least one reservoir.

2. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein at least one said lid is made of elastic or elastomeric material or of rubber or of cork.

3. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein the tool comprises at least one pivoting element or one sliding element which is arranged, in said second closed position, to form a stop surface for said at least one lid to limit the travel thereof or to compress said lid onto said at least one reservoir.

4. The tool according to claim 3 , wherein at least one said pivoting element is formed by a said blade.

5. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein at least one said lid is formed by a said blade.

6. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein at least one said lid cooperates with a said reservoir via translation guiding means or via a dovetail guiding arrangement.

7. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein the tool comprises a separate first housing for each said reservoir.

8. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein at least one said reservoir is removable to be cleaned or filled.

9. The tool according to claim 8 , wherein the tool comprises first snap-fit means for said at least one reservoir which are provided in said at least one reservoir and/or in said structure that carries said at least one said first housing, to hold said reservoir in said first housing thereof.

10. The tool according to claim 7 , wherein said structure carries at least one said first housing, and wherein at least one said reservoir cooperates with said structure via translational guiding means or via a dovetail guiding arrangement.

11. The tool according to claim 10 , wherein at least one said blade comprises part of said translational guiding means or of said dovetail guiding arrangement of said at least one reservoir.

12. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein the tool comprises at least a second housing for at least one said lid.

13. The tool according to claim 12 , wherein the tool comprises second snap-fit means for said at least one lid which are provided in said at least one lid and/or in said structure that carries said at least one said second housing, to keep said lid sealingly in position in said second housing thereof, in a closed position of said lid.

14. The tool according to claim 12 , wherein the tool comprises screw means for said at least one lid which are provided in said at least one lid and in said structure comprised in said tool and that carries said at least one said second housing, to hold said lid in said second housing thereof, in a closed position of said lid.

15. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein each said reservoir comprises a colour or an optical code relating to a lubricant that said reservoir is arranged to contain, and wherein each said lid arranged to cooperate with a said specific reservoir comprises the same colour or the same optical code as said specific reservoir.

16. The tool according to claim 15 , wherein each said reservoir comprises a colour or an optical code relating to a lubricant that said reservoir is arranged to contain, and wherein said tool comprises at least one oil-pike for each category of lubricant, each said oil-pike comprising the same colour or the same optical code as said specific reservoir associated with the same lubricant.

17. The tool according to claim 16 , wherein each said oil-pike has a specific form and surface for each said category of lubricant.

18. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein the tool comprises at least one oil-pike in one-piece with at least one said lid.

19. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein the tool comprises at least one oil-pike arranged to be snap-fitted, via an end opposite to that intended for the transfer of lubricant, into a housing comprised in a frame of said tool.

20. The tool according to claim 1 , wherein the tool comprises at least one folding magnifying glass comprising two lenses able to be extended or folded away by translation and/or rotation of a body comprised in said magnifying glass that carries said lenses.

21. The tool according to claim 20 , wherein the tool comprises at least one said blade whose extended end serves as a magnifying glass according to claim 20 .

Assignees

• Swatch Group Res & Dev Ltd

Inventors

• Martin Jean-Claude
• Willemin Michel

Classifications

• F16N37/00

  Equipment for transferring lubricant from one container to another · CPC title

• G04D5/00 Primary

  Oiling devices; Special lubricant containers for watchmakers {(bearings constructed with regard to oiling of the clockwork G04B31/08; oilcans for lubricating in general F16N3/04)} · CPC title

• G02B25/008

  comprising two or more lenses (G02B25/004 - G02B25/007 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16N19/003

  Indicating oil level (measuring liquid level in general G01F) · CPC title

• G04D5/005 Primary

  Oilcans and other hand tools for lubricating special parts of the clockwork mechanism · CPC title