Timepiece with retractable pusher

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10345762-B2
Application number	US-201715666969-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2017
Priority date	Aug 12, 2016
Publication date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019

Abstract

A timepiece including a case middle, a bezel, rotatably mounted on the case middle, and an actuation member including a cover capable of adopting a retracted position and a deployed position relative to the case middle, the cover being provided with a bearing surface actuatable by the user's finger, wherein the cover includes a shoulder distinct from the bearing surface, the shoulder being intended to cooperate with the bezel when the cover is in the retracted position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A timepiece comprising:
a case middle,
a bezel rotatably mounted on the case middle, and
an actuation member comprising a cover capable of adopting a retracted position and a deployed position relative to the case middle, said cover being provided with a bearing surface actuatable by the user's finger,
wherein the cover comprises a shoulder distinct from the bearing surface, said shoulder forming an arc-shaped guide surface and being intended to cooperate with the bezel when the cover is in the retracted position, and
wherein the cover is mounted to pivot about a pivot arbor of the cover, the pivot arbor being integral with the case middle and arranged such that the cover pivots during the displacement between the retracted position and the deployed position.

2. The timepiece according to claim 1 , configured such that, in the retracted position, the bearing surface is flush with an outer lateral surface of the case middle.

3. The timepiece according to claim 1 , configured such that the displacement between the retracted position and the deployed position of the cover is coupled to the angular displacement of the bezel, said bezel being provided with an arc-shaped rim disposed on a portion of the periphery thereof and intended to cooperate with the shoulder when the cover adopts the retracted position.

4. The timepiece according to claim 3 , wherein said rim covers a portion of an outer lateral surface of the case middle up to the height of the horns of the case middle.

5. The timepiece according to claim 1 , configured such that, after actuating said member by pressing on the bearing surface, the cover adopts a position which is distinct from the retracted position and wherein the cover is positioned inside the case middle.

6. The timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein, during the displacement between the retracted position and the deployed position, the bezel and the cover move angularly in the same direction whether it is clockwise or anticlockwise.

7. The timepiece according to claim 1 , comprising means for locking the actuation member when the cover is in the retracted position.

8. The timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein the shoulder is arranged such that, when the cover is in the deployed position, the shoulder is skewed with respect to the bezel with one end closer to the centre of the case middle than the rim.

9. The timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein the shoulder is made of a ceramic material.

10. The timepiece according to claim 1 , comprising means for limiting the angular displacement of the bezel in the clockwise direction and in the anticlockwise direction.

11. The timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein the actuation member comprises a stem coupled at one end to the cover and integral with a stop at the other end, the maximum travel of the cover towards the outside of the case middle being limited by its outer lateral wall on the side of its pivot arbor which abuts against a lateral surface of a recess in the case middle wherein the cover is mounted when the cover adopts a deployed position.

12. The timepiece according to claim 11 , wherein the actuation member comprises a fixed tube surrounding said stem and making it possible to limit the maximum travel of the cover inside the case middle when the cover is actuated by the user.

13. The timepiece according to claim 1 , comprising several covers and, wherein the bezel comprises several rims disposed at intervals on the bezel perimeter.

14. The timepiece according to claim 1 , comprising two covers respectively disposed at plus 28° and minus 28° with respect to the 3 o'clock position on the timepiece, wherein an angular displacement of the bezel on the order of 30° ensures the displacement of the covers between the retracted and deployed positions.

15. The timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein said cover has a U shape formed by two arms extending into the case middle and a base that connects the two arms, an outer face of the base forms the bearing surface, and an inner face of the base directly contacts an actuating head of a pusher positioned within the cover to start a function of the timepiece associated with the pusher.

Assignees

• Omega Sa

Inventors

• Kissling Gregory
• Baebler Jean
• Silvant Olivier
• Briswalter Sebastien

Classifications

• G04B37/0033

  with cover or bottom which can slide or turn (without a spring action) · CPC title

• G04B27/00 Primary

  Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means · CPC title

• G04B3/048

  Operation exclusively by axial movement of a push-button, e.g. for chronographs (winding up by push button G04B3/001; hermetically sealed push button G04B37/106) · CPC title

• G04B3/045 Primary

  Storing the operating element, also bringing it out of storage · CPC title

• G04B3/043

  Locking of the operating element, also by mounting in a concealed place · CPC title