Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Watch equipped with a magnifier
- Patent Title (中): 手表配有放大镜
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Application No.: US15046856Application Date: 2016-02-18
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Publication No.: US09529337B2Publication Date: 2016-12-27
- Inventor: Michel Sagardoyburu
- Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Applicant Address: CH Marin
- Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: CH Marin
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: EP15156307 20150224
- Main IPC: G04B39/02
- IPC: G04B39/02 ; G04G9/00 ; G04B19/28 ; G02B3/14 ; G04B39/00

Abstract:
The watch comprises a case in which a watch movement is housed, this case being provided with a watch glass supporting a liquid zoom lens for visually magnifying, momentarily, one element of the watch movement which is visible through the watch glass. The liquid lens is formed by an elastic membrane and a first part of a reservoir comprising a transparent liquid. It is switchable between a non-magnifying state where the elastic membrane is substantially planar and a magnifying state where this elastic membrane is curved in response to pressure exerted on the transparent liquid. The watch comprises, in addition, an actuator, provided in order to vary the pressure of the transparent liquid by driving into an elastic wall of a second part of the reservoir, and means for controlling the actuator which can, in one variant, be activated by a user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160246263A1 WATCH EQUIPPED WITH A MAGNIFIER Public/Granted day:2016-08-25
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