Removable crown
AssigneeMeco Corporation
InventorsSebastien Briswalter, Manuela Zingg
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Abstract
Crown including a cap formed of a cover integral with a lateral skirt, wherein the crown includes a removable deck ring.
Claims16
A crown for a timepiece comprising:
- a cap formed of a cover integral with a lateral skirt,
- a sealing gasket, and
- a removable deck ring, wherein said deck ring axially holds said sealing gasket inside said cap, and wherein said deck ring is made of a shape memory alloy,
- wherein said deck ring is made removable by becoming more oval at a transition temperature.
A method for assembling and disassembling a removable deck ring of a timepiece crown including a cap formed of a cover integral with a lateral skirt, a sealing gasket and a removable deck ring configured to hold said sealing gasket inside said cap, said removable deck ring being made of a shape memory material, wherein the method comprises plastically deforming said removable deck ring when assembling said removable deck ring against said sealing gasket and when removing said removable deck ring from said timepiece crown, and wherein said plastically deforming deforms said deck ring to be more oval.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.