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Watertight shaped watch

  • US 3,355,873 A
  • Filed: 07/08/1965
  • Issued: 12/05/1967
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1964
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. IN A WATERTIGHT SHAPED WATCH, IN COMBINATION, A MOVEMENT, A CASTING HAVING IN PLAN VIEW, A NON-CIRCULAR SHAPE AND AN AXIS PERPENDICULAR THERETO, SAID CASING COMPRISING A MOVEMENT RECEIVING SECTION AND A GLASS REMOVABLY SECURED TO THE MOVEMENT RECEIVING SECTION, SAID MOVEMENT RECEIVING SECTION INCLUDING A CASE-BAND HAVING A PROJECTION FORMING A BEZEL AND SAID GLASS HAVING A SHAPE SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE CASING AND A WALL LOCATED AT ITS PERIPHERY AND BEING PARALLEL TO THE CASING AXIS, SAID GLASS WALL BEING SHAPED TO COMFORM TO THE OPENING DEFINED BY SAID BEZEL SO AS TO ENTER THE SAME, A PAIR OF PARTS SPACED APART FROM AND FACING EACH OTHER IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CASING AXIS, ONE OF SAID PARTS COMPRISING A LEDGE ON SAID MOVEMENT RECEIVING SECTION, AND THE OTHER COMPRISING THE OUTER FACE OF SAID GLASS WALL, A SEALING GASKET LOCATED BETWEEN THE PARTS OF SAID PAIR, AND A DIAL SECURED TO SAID MOVEMENT AND ADAPTED TO THE GLASS WALL SO AS TO ENTER THE SAME AND TO PRODUCE THEREON, BETWEEN THE BEZEL AND THE DIAL AND AT LEAST IN TWO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED POINTS OF THE GLASS WALL, A STRONG CLAMPING ACTION CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING THE GLASS IN SUCH AN AXIAL POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID MOVEMENT RECEIVING SECTION THAT AN AXIAL PRESSURE ESTABLISHING A TIGHT SEAL BETWEEN SAID GLASS AND SAID MOVEMENT RECEIVING SECTION IS EXERTED BY SAID PAIR OF PARTS ON SAID SEALING GASKET.

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