Device for the comfort-adjustment of the length of a bracelet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10588384-B2
Application number	US-201715830711-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2017
Priority date	Dec 5, 2016
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

Device for adjusting the length of a bracelet, including at least one adjusting link element ( 23 ) mounted with the ability to rotate about a first axis (A 1 ), the adjusting link element ( 23 ) being connected to an end link element ( 25 ) of a bracelet by a connecting pin ( 26 ), so that the end link element ( 25 ) can occupy two positions, each of these two positions respectively corresponding to a short and long configuration of the length of the bracelet, and wherein the bracelet length adjustment device includes an elastic fastening device so as to elastically fasten together the at least one adjusting link element ( 23 ) and the end link element ( 25 ) in the short configuration, in which configuration the elastic fastening device is arranged around a third axis (A 3 ) that is not aligned with the first axis (A 1 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for adjusting a length of a bracelet, wherein the device comprises:
at least one adjusting link element mounted with an ability to rotate about a first axis, and
a connecting pin,
wherein the adjusting link element is connected to an end link element of the bracelet by the connecting pin, so that the end link element can occupy two positions, each of the two positions corresponding respectively to a short configuration and a long configuration of the length of the bracelet,
and wherein the device comprises an elastic fastening device so as to elastically fasten together the at least one adjusting link element and the end link element in the short configuration, where in the short configuration, the elastic fastening device is arranged around a third axis not aligned with the first axis and distinct from the connecting pin.

2. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according to claim 1 , wherein the first axis and the third axis are parallel.

3. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first and third axes is less than or equal to 2 mm and greater than or equal to 0.1 mm.

4. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according to claim 1 , wherein the device is able to perform a length adjustment less than or equal to 4 mm.

5. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according to claim 4 , wherein the device is able to perform the length adjustment less than or equal to 3 mm.

6. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises a device for guiding the at least one adjusting link element comprising a bar arranged within the at least one adjusting link element and comprising a guide for pivoting of the adjusting link element.

7. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according to claim 6 , wherein the bar comprises a pin and a spring housed between the pin and the at least one adjusting link element.

8. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according to claim 7 , wherein the pin or the bar comprises a stud mounted in a bore of a clasp cover about the first axis.

9. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according to claim 8 , wherein the stud is mounted in the bore of the clasp cover with the ability to rotate in the bore of the clasp cover about the first axis.

10. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according claim 1 , wherein the elastic fastening device comprises a bar comprising a pin and at least one ball able to move parallel to the third axis of the bar under an effect of a preloaded spring housed in a hollow volume of the pin, the ball being able to project from the pin.

11. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one ball collaborates with a notch in the short configuration, so as to fasten the end link element to the adjusting link element.

12. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according to claim 11 , wherein the notch is arranged on a lateral wall of the adjusting link element or of the end link element.

13. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises a guidance device arranged inside the adjusting link element at a level of the first axis and the elastic fastening device arranged within the end link element at a level of the third axis in the short configuration.

14. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according to claim 1 , wherein the third axis is arranged towards an outside of a cover with respect to the first axis when the bracelet is in the short configuration.

15. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises two lateral adjusting link elements each comprising a pivoting-guidance device and the end link element positioned between the two lateral adjusting link elements and fastening elastically on each of the adjusting link elements in the short configuration.

16. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises a guidance device and the elastic fastening device, wherein the guidance device and the elastic fastening device are able to perform their respective functions independently of one another.

17. The device for adjusting the length of the bracelet according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises a guidance device and the elastic fastening device, wherein the guidance device and the elastic fastening device are formed at least in part of distinct components.

18. A deployment clasp for bracelet, wherein the clasp comprises at least one bracelet length adjustment device according to claim 1 .

19. A bracelet, wherein the bracelet comprises the deployment clasp according to claim 18 .

20. A wristwatch, wherein the wristwatch comprises at least one bracelet according to claim 19 .

Assignees

• Rolex Sa

Inventors

• Dos Santos Pedrosa Pedro Manuel

Classifications

• A44C5/246 Primary

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