Angled crown setting device
AssigneeBulltoro Watch Company, LLC
InventorsMuhammad Saleh, John Houlihan, Mario Sabatini, Paul Myott
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Abstract
A crown setting device for a timepiece comprising: a case; a bezel attached to the case; a setting stem in axially slideable communication with the case; a crown shaft, the crown shaft comprising: a first end; a second end; a first portion of the crown shaft abutting the first end; a second portion of the crown shaft abutting the second end; and wherein the first end is in fixed communication with the setting stem; a crown in fixed communication with the second end; and wherein the second portion is at an angle α with respect to the first portion, and wherein the angle α is between about 90° and about 175°.
Claims5
A crown setting device for a timepiece comprising:
- a case;
- a bezel attached to the case;
- a setting stem in axially slideable communication with the case;
- a crown shaft, the crown shaft comprising:
- a first end;
- a second end;
- a first portion of the crown shaft abutting the first end;
- a second portion of the crown shaft abutting the second end;
- and wherein the first end is in fixed communication with the setting stem;
- a crown in fixed communication with the second end;
- a crown barrel in rotatable communication with the crown and in slideable and non-rotatable communication with the case;
- a first angled gear fixedly attached to the first portion;
- a second angled gear fixedly attached to the second portion;
- and
- wherein the first angled gear meshes with the second angled gear;
- and wherein the second portion is at an angle α with respect to the first portion, and wherein the angle α is between about 90° and about 175°.
A crown setting device for a timepiece comprising:
- a case;
- a bezel attached to the case;
- a setting stem in axially slideable communication with the case;
- a crown shaft, the crown shaft comprising:
- a first end;
- a second end;
- a first portion of the crown shaft abutting the first end;
- a second portion of the crown shaft abutting the second end;
- and wherein the first end is in fixed communication with the setting stem;
- a crown in fixed communication with the second end;
- a crown barrel in rotatable communication with the crown and in slideable and non-rotatable communication with the case;
- a bottom surface of the crown that is generally planar;
- an angled case surface that is generally adjacent to the bottom surface of the crown, and the angled case surface has an angle β that is generally supplementary to angle α;
- and
- wherein the second portion is at an angle α with respect to the first portion, and wherein the angle α is between about 90° and about 175°.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.