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Watch winding crown assembly

US3977178A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 9, 1975
Grant dateAug 31, 1976
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Expiry dateJul 9, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04B3/046
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a watch winding crown assembly of the type with a push-button axially displaceable relative to a crown body, the crown body has an integral cylindrical shank slidably and rotatably mounted in a pendant tube, with an interposed annular seal. The push button has a cylindrical head and shank guided in corresponding cylindrical parts of a through bore in the crown head and in its skirt, this skirt terminating with an inner shoulder in which part of the shank is keyed. A spring in the skirt acts against this shoulder and, in addition to outwardly biasing the push-button, compresses a further annular seal between the push-button and the skirt. The outer position of the push-button is defined by a widened terminal part of its shank abutting against said shoulder, this terminal part being secured to a winding stem.

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