Timepiece fitting

A production device, comprising at least one machining and/or assembly device (300) carrying at least one fitting (20) for holding in a machining and/or assembly position a substantially flat component (1) with a thickness less than or equal to a predetermined maximum thickness (E) and extending on either side of a median plane (PM), wherein said fitting (20) comprises:

• stops (2;
• 3) defining at least two radial abutment support surfaces (S1;
• S2;
• S3) including generators which are substantially perpendicular to a reference plane (PR) of said fitting (20), relative to which reference plane (PR) said median plane (PM) of one said component (1) is parallel or coincident in said machining and/or assembly position, and which are arranged to cooperate in abutment support with peripheral edge support surfaces (11;
• 12;
• 13) of one said component (1), a chamber (40) which is bordered, on either side of said reference plane (PR), by jaws (21;
• 22) including clamping surfaces (310;
• 320) for holding one said component (1), said chamber (40) being open on at least one side by a recess (41;
• 42) capable of enabling the passage of a tool or another component or a machining and/or assembly means to perform an operation on one said component (1), and a single insertion orifice (30) configured to enable the insertion of one said component (1) into said chamber (40) towards said radial abutment support surfaces (S1;
• $2;
• 83) of said fitting (20), wherein said fitting (20) is deformable between an open position in which said insertion orifice (30) has a maximum opening of width equal to said predetermined maximum thickness (E), in the direction of the thickness of one said component (1) on either side of the said median plan (PM) thereof, and in which open position one said component (1) can be inserted into said chamber (40) to an abutment support position on said radial abutment support surfaces (S1;
• 82;
• S3), and a closed position around one said component (1) held supported on said radial abutment support surfaces (S1;
• S2;
• S3) and tightened by said jaws (21;
• 22) subjected to a closing force exerted by maneuvering means arranged to bring said jaws (21;
• 22) closer to each other, wherein one of said jaws (21;
• 22) is an upper jaw (21) moved by a driver (100) which is internal to said fitting (20) or external to said fitting (20) and that said maneuvering means include, and wherein the other of said jaws (21;
• 22) is a lower jaw (22) including a sole (29) arranged for fastening said fitting (20) to a machining and/or assembly device, wherein said maneuvering means include flexible hinges (200) formed in said fitting (20), which are arranged to, by elastic deformation, generate a relative movement between said jaws (21, 22), and wherein the production device further comprises:
• at least one driver (100), and means for controlling each said driver (100) to control a movement of said respective fitting (20) between its open and closed positions.

A fitting (20) for holding in a machining and/or assembly position a substantially flat component (1) with a thickness less than or equal to a predetermined maximum thickness (E) and extending on either side of a median plane (PM), comprising:

• stops (2;
• 3) defining at least two radial abutment support surfaces (S1;
• S2;
• S3) including generators which are substantially perpendicular to a reference plane (PR) of said fitting (20), relative to which reference plane (PR) said median plane (PM) of one said component (1) is parallel or coincident in said machining and/or assembly position, and which are arranged to cooperate in abutment support with peripheral edge support surfaces (11;
• 12;
• 13) of one said component (1);
• a chamber (40) which is bordered, on either side of said reference plane (PR), by jaws (21;
• 22) including clamping surfaces (310;
• 320) for holding one said component (1), said chamber (40) being open on at least one side by a recess (41;
• 42) capable of enabling the passage of a tool or another component or a machining and/or assembly means to perform an operation on one said component (1);
• and a single insertion orifice (30) configured to enable the insertion of one said component (1) into said chamber (40) towards said radial abutment support surfaces (S1;
• S2;
• $3) of said fitting (20);
• said fitting (20) is deformable between an open position in which said insertion orifice (30) has a maximum opening of width equal to said predetermined maximum thickness (E), in the direction of the thickness of one said component (1) on either side of the said median plane (PM) thereof, and in which open position one said component (1) can be inserted into said chamber (40) to an abutment support position on said radial abutment support surfaces (S1;
• 82;
• S3), and a closed position around one said component (1) held supported on said radial abutment support surfaces (S1;
• S2;
• S3) and tightened by said jaws (21;
• 22) subjected to a closing force exerted by maneuvering means arranged to bring said jaws (21;
• 22) closer to each other, and wherein at least one of said jaws (21;
• 22) includes friction means arranged to tend to drive pushing one said component (1) in abutment support on said radial abutment support surfaces (S1;
• S2;
• $3) during a closing manoeuvre maneuver.

A production device, comprising at least one machining and/or assembly device (300) carrying at least one fitting (20) for holding in a machining and/or assembly position a substantially flat component (1) with a thickness less than or equal to a predetermined maximum thickness (E) and extending on either side of a median plane (PM), wherein said fitting (20) comprises:

• stops (2;
• 3) defining at least two radial abutment support surfaces (S1;
• S2;
• S3) including generators which are substantially perpendicular to a reference plane (PR) of said fitting (20), relative to which reference plane (PR) said median plane (PM) of one said component (1) is parallel or coincident in said machining and/or assembly position, and which are arranged to cooperate in abutment support with peripheral edge support surfaces (11;
• 12;
• 13) of one said component (1), a chamber (40) which is bordered, on either side of said reference plane (PR), by jaws (21;
• 22) including clamping surfaces (310;
• 320) for holding one said component (1), said chamber (40) being open on at least one side by a recess (41;
• 42) capable of enabling the passage of a tool or another component or a machining and/or assembly means to perform an operation on one said component (1), and a single insertion orifice (30) configured to enable the insertion of one said component (1) into said chamber (40) towards said radial abutment support surfaces (S1;
• S2;
• $3) of said fitting (20), wherein said fitting (20) is deformable between an open position in which said insertion orifice (30) has a maximum opening of width equal to said predetermined maximum thickness (E), in the direction of the thickness of one said component (1) on either side of the said median plane (PM) thereof, and in which open position one said component (1) can be inserted into said chamber (40) to an abutment support position on said radial abutment support surfaces (S1;
• 82;
• S3), and a closed position around one said component (1) held supported on said radial abutment support surfaces (S1;
• S2;
• S3) and tightened by said jaws (21;
• 22) subjected to a closing force exerted by maneuvering means arranged to bring said jaws (21;
• 22) closer to each other, wherein one of said jaws (21;
• 22) is an upperjaw (21) moved by a driver (100) which is internal to said fitting (20) or external to said fitting (20) and that said maneuvering means include, and wherein the other of said jaws (21;
• 22) is a lower jaw (22) including a sole (29) arranged for fastening said fitting (20) to a machining and/or assembly device, wherein at least one of said jaws (21;
• 22) includes friction means arranged to tend to drive pushing one said component (1) in abutment support on said radial abutment support surfaces (S1;
• S2;
• $3) during a closing maneuver, and wherein the production device further comprises:
• at least one said driver (100), and means for controlling each said driver (100) to control a movement of said respective fitting (20) between its open and closed positions.