Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
  • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
  • A44C5/00—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps
  • A44C5/02—Link constructions
  • A44C5/10—Link constructions not extensible
  • A44C5/107—Link constructions not extensible with links made of more than two elements including connecting elements

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• the object of the invention is to provide a bracelet for watches or jewelry, composed of several parallel rows of formed elements which are connected in a flexible manner by connecting members, the neighboring rows being connected together by other connecting members. liaison. Bracelets of this kind are well known and their flexibility to place them around the wrist is sufficient.
• bra ⁇ celets are known to which said elements of a row were offset, in the longitudinal direction, relative to those of the row or of neighboring rows. Such an offset was necessary in order to connect the ends of all the elements using simple connecting organs such as transverse bars or axes which cross all the rows, from a longitudinal edge of the bracelet to the other. Instead of these bars or axes, use has also been made of connecting members in the form of a strip having wound ends, these members having the same shape and the same dimensions as the elements themselves.
• the object of the invention is to remedy these drawbacks and to create a bracelet in which, in all the rows, the adjacent formed elements are side by side over their entire length, thus not only forming longitudi- but also transversal.
• Another object of the invention is to simplify the manufacture of the bracelet by providing constituent elements which are composed of a minimum of parts.
• FIG. 1 a partial view of a strand of the bracelet
• FIG. 2 a section of an upper element according to line II - II of FIG. 3,
• Fig. 3 a view of this element from above
• Fig. 5 the bottom plate of a constituent element
• Fig. 6 a side view of two elements consisting of the inner row of the strand.
• the bracelet which is attached by its strands to a watch 1 in a known manner is composed of several rows A, B, C, etc., in the example three rows, each row made up of elements 1, 2, 3, etc. Said elements 1, 2, 3, etc. are in this embodiment, rec ⁇ tangular and arranged in such a way that their edges more are found side by side.
• This arrangement differs from the known art in which the elements of a row, for example of row B, are found, in the longitudinal direction, offset with respect to the elements of adjacent rows A and C, in order to allow the ends behind elements of these rows and the rear ends of the elements of row B to be connected by a rigid transverse bar or axis around which all the elements connected to it can pivot, to ensure the necessary flexibility of the bracelet; bars with identical axes are also provided for the rear ends of the elements in rows A, C and the rear ends of the elements in row B.
• each element made up 1, 2, 3 of the longitudinal rows A, B, C etc. only consists of two parts, namely an upper element 4 and a bottom plate 5, which makes these elements very simple and easy to produce.
• the upper element 4 which forms the visible face of the bracelet (when worn) comprises a top 6, a number of pillars 7, here four, which are attached per ⁇ pendicularly to the underside of the top 5, and a central stop 8.
• the pillars 7 are, in this form of execution, in the middle of each edge of the top 6 and are of a height H. They may have a generally square section, with a rounded edge (by manufacturing reasons) as illustrated, or any other appropriate section.
• the central stop 8 which preferably has the same section or a section similar to that of the pillars 7, is of a height h which is reduced, in comparison with the height H of the pillars.
• the difference in heights preferably corresponds to the thickness d (see fig. 6) of the bottom plate 5.
• the pillars 7 are intended to receive meshes 9 serving as connecting members between the elements 1, 2, 3 etc., both in the longitudinal direction of the bracelet, and in the transverse direction.
• These meshes have a substantially annular shape, ' . preferably, these are plates in which an opening 10 is made.
• This opening 10- is of sufficient length in order to accommodate together two adjacent pillars 7 of two meshes 9 voi ⁇ sines with longitudinal play.
• the width of the opening 10 exceeds the width of the pillars so that there is also lateral play with respect to the respective mesh, which allows a limited lateral offset among said neighboring meshes.
• the bottom plate 5 is provided with notches 11 which have such dimensions and are arranged in such a way along its edges that the bottom plate 5 can fit into the free ends 12 of the pillars 7 to which it is connected, in particular by welding.
• each mesh 9 and the two pillars 7 surrounded by it provides the bracelet with the necessary flexibility in the longitudinal direction which is further assisted by the fact that the bottom plates 5 have dimensions, at least in the longitudinal direction of the bracelet, slightly lower than those above 6 of the upper elements 4.
• the lateral play increases the general flexibility of the bracelet.
• the flexibility also depends on the fact that the meshes can take an inclined position towards at least one of the adjacent formed elements, as can be seen in FIG. 6, and it is therefore essential that the stop 8 has a certain height in order to hold top 6 and plate from the bottom 5 sufficiently separated from each other. The stop 8 therefore serves as a distance element.
• the mail ⁇ 9 not only serve to link the elements made up of a longitudinal row A, B, C, but also to link neighboring elements of two adjacent rows, and in this way rows are also obtained transverse.
• rows A and C For the two outer rows of the strand, in the example rows A and C, one could provide only three pillars 7 and three notches 9 in the bottom plates 5 for each element made up, because there is no no stitches 9 along the edges of the brace ⁇ let.
• the elements formed can have any shape, in addition to the rectangular or square shape already mentioned, the shape adopted depending on the aesthetic point of view.
• Such a bracelet would look like a leather bracelet, in particular crocodile leather.
• the rectangular or square elements 4 in their illustrated position have the advantage that they hide the connecting members or meshes 9_ in the best way, even if they do not have the same thickness.

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