Tool for separating a back from a middle of a timepiece, as well as a back having a slot adapted to receive the tool, and timepiece equipped with such a back
US12253830B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 19, 2021 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 17, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG04B37/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A timepiece and a tool to separate a back from a middle, which jointly delimit a watch case of this timepiece, inside which a horological movement is housed, this tool having the appearance of a wedge, i.e. an acute-shaped part formed by a first face and a second face which intersect at an angle of less than 90° and which are connected to one another by a rounded portion, the first face of the tool being oriented such that it extends parallel to a mean plane wherein the horological movement is located when an horologist engages this tool between the back and the middle in order to separate this back from this middle, the rounded portion being connected to the second face by a curved portion, the curvature whereof is directed towards the inside of a surface delimited by the first and second faces.
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