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US 12,443,144 B2Granted
Horology dial foot, horology dial plate and horology dial
AssigneeRolex SA
InventorDaniel Fiammingo
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Abstract
A foot (2) for a timepiece dials includes a plastically deformable element (23) arranged so as to connect the foot (2) to a dial plate by cooperation, in particular by obstacle cooperation, of the plastically deformable element (23) in the deformed configuration with a shaped portion (15) of a dial plate.
Claims24
A foot for a timepiece dial comprising:
- first and second ends along a main axis of the foot, and
- a head located at the first end of the foot,
- wherein the head comprises:
- a deformable element so as to connect the foot to a dial plate by cooperation of the deformable element in a connecting configuration with a shaped portion of the dial plate,
- a first portion having a first radial dimension in a first direction, the first portion being adapted to penetrate into a first recess of the shaped portion of the dial plate before attaining the connecting configuration of the deformable element, and
- a second portion having a second radial dimension larger than the first radial dimension in a second direction different from the first direction, the second portion being adapted to penetrate into a second recess of the shaped portion of the dial plate by rotation of the head before attaining the connecting configuration of the deformable element,
- wherein the deformable element in the deformed configuration protrudes radially and/or axially from a contour of the deformable element before attaining the connecting configuration, so as to cooperate with the shaped portion of the dial plate to lock the foot rotationally about the main axis of the foot relative to the dial plate.
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A dial plate for a timepiece dial comprising:
- a shaped portion arranged so as to connect a head of a foot to the dial plate by cooperation of the shaped portion with a deformable element of a foot,
- wherein the shaped portion comprises:
- a first recess adapted to receive a first portion of the head having a first radial dimension in a first direction, before attaining a connecting configuration of the deformable element, and
- a second recess adapted to receive a second portion of the head having a second radial dimension larger than the first radial dimension in a second direction different from the first direction, by rotation of the head before attaining the connecting configuration of the deformable element.
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A foot for a timepiece dial comprising:
- first and second ends along a main axis of the foot, and
- a head located at the first end of the foot,
- wherein the head comprises:
- a deformable element so as to connect the foot to a dial plate by cooperation of the deformable element in a connecting configuration with a shaped portion of the dial plate,
- a portion adapted to mechanically connect the foot to the shaped portion of the dial plate before attaining the connecting configuration of the deformable element,
- wherein the deformable element in the deformed configuration protrudes radially and/or axially from a contour of the deformable element before attaining the connecting configuration, so as to cooperate with the shaped portion of the dial plate to lock the foot rotationally about the main axis of the foot relative to the dial plate,
- wherein the deformable element is placed on the head so as to be accessible from a side of the head oriented toward the second end of the foot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.