FIELD OF INVENTION:
[0011 The present invention relates to the field of watch hand. The present invention
in particular relates to a system and method for providing hi-finish wAtch hAnds.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART:
5 [002] At present, the appearance of watch hands on the market is relatively simple;
usually the effect of the entire watch hand is bright. The appearance of the watch
hands surface is a very direct sensory perception for consumers to feel the watch,
and it is very necessary for the unique design of the needle surface.
(003] The effect of conventional hands is far from satisfying the needs of consumers
I 0 who are pursuing the appearance of novel and unique watches.
[004] Reference may be made to the following:
[005] Publication No. CN II 0568745 relates to the watch hand comprises a watch
hand surface, a layer of sand-blasted matte face with fine sand and an embroidery
bright face treated through an embroidery machine are sprayed and coated on the
15 water hand surface; when manufacturing the sand-blasted matte face, the
embroide1y machine is used for firstly performing a turn of embroidery process on
a half side located by the sand-blasted matte face, so that a certain height difference
between a center line of the hand face and an edge is formed, the plane becomes
bright, and then a sand-blasting machine is used for performing once sand-blasting
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on the whole hand face, so that a layer of fine sand is sprayed and coated o a half
of the surface of the watch hand; when manufacturing the embroidery bright face,
the embroidery machine is used for treating the other side without the embroidery
process after accomplishing the sand-blasted matt face, so that the hand face at this
side becomes bright. The watch hand disclosed by the invention is unique in
appearance effect, the semi-matted and semi-bright needle face effect is unusual,
and well-bedded.
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[006] Publication No. JP2010223891 relates to a method of manufacturing the
pointer for a timepiece having a cubic massive feeling of a curved surface shell
round shape combined with high-class texture, and also possessing high visibility.
The method of manufacturing the pointer for Lhe timepiece is adopted, consisting
5 of the first step of implementing continuous press working of a flat metal strip
material followed by forming a sheath hole, bleaching out an outer shape, and
finally producing a flat pointer blank, the second step of implementing polishing of
the top face of pointer blank with elastomer tools to round off and chamfer the
outline contour edge line of the pointer blank, and the third step of forming a coated
I 0 top layer with plating and coating of the surface of pointer blank.
[007] Publication No. JPH024982 relates to a colored hand for watch having
metallic luster and full of color variety by subjecting a metallic hoop to required
machining and then to ornamental plating, forming a colored electrodeposited resin
layer on both sides of the above onelectively only on the top of the above, baking
15 this resin layer, and then carrying out finish blanking into a hand shape.
Constitution: Machining, such as surface pressing, pipe forming, and, pipe
caulking, is applied to a hoop of brass, nickel silver, etc., having a hand finish
blanking positioning guide hole and a center hole. Subsequently, an ornamental
plating layer of Au, Ni, etc., is formed on the above and a colored electrodeposited
20 resin layer of blue, brown, green, etc., is fwther formed on both sides or selectively
on the top alone, and then, the above stock is baked and subjected to finish blanking
into a stand shape through the above guide hole, by which the colored hand for
watch is manufactured. By this method, the above hang having metallic luster and
full of color variety can be obtained.
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[008] Publication No. JPS5596476 relates to a watch hand fastening method 111
plating thereof by the ion plating in such a manner as to make it possible to
thoroughly applying the plating to the hand without changing the bore thereof. A
projection (supporting part) on the· watch hand for stationary support. The support
pa11 is supp01ted with a jig and connected to the cathode. With the application of a
voltage, the hand is cleaned on the surface by Argas discharging or the like. In
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addition, the evaporative material such as Ni is evaporated by an electron beam to
form anN i fi I m or the like on the surface of the hand. After the ion plating, the hand
is removed and the support part is cut off to finish the hand.
[009] Publication No. CN203117646 relates to a nanometer zirconia ceramic watch
5 hand. The nanometer zirconia ceramic watch hand comprises a needle-shaped
nanometer zirconia ceramic watch hand body which is integrally thin and long. One
end part of the needle-shaped nanometer zirconia ceramic watch hand body is
provided with an installation hole while the other end part is sharp and thin. No
matter how the air temperature and the air humidity change, the nanometer zirconia
I 0 ceramic watch hand can remain undeformed and wear-resistant. Therefore, a watch
using the nanometer zirconia ceramic watch hand is also firm and durable. After
being formed, the nanometer zirconia ceramic watch hand enables excellent
glossiness and good tenderness through polishing. The nanometer zirconia ceramic
watch hand has an attractive and elegant appearance. Electroplating and paint
15 spraying operations, etc. in a conventional watch hand processing procedure are no
longer required. Environmental protection is achieved.
[010] Publication No. GB2031621 relates to a hand for a timepiece is formed in a
two-layer construction, from a hard metal which is clad with a soft metal. The hard
metal layer permits secure fixing of the hand to a shaft, as by a portion, while
20 minimizing the possibility of deformation of the hand during such fixing. The soft
metal layer can be easily formed into a desired pattern or be provided with a surface
finish to provide an attractive appearance. The hand may thus be as thin as 30-50
microns and may for example be of nickel or stainless steel clad with gold or copper.
The hands are blanked from a continuous strip using a diamond- tipped tool..
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[011] Publication No. Cl-1650376 relates to the watch case is carried by a clamp
fixed to a spindle rotating about an axis on a spindle-holder itself rotating about an
axis on a plate forming a support, moving by translation along an axis. The axes are
parallel to one another and the axis is perpendicular to them. It passes through the
work point of the satin finishing tool but does not cut the axis. The spindle is solid
with an operating lever through which passes a blade forming a double cam, through
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its slope on the one hand and through its outside edge on the other.. During the
movement of the lever in the direction of the arrow, thus rotating the spindle-holder
about its axis, the spindle rotates about its axis by virtue of the slope of the blade,
and the suppot1-plate moves along the axis by virtue of the cam constituted by the
5 edge ofthe blade.
[012] Publication No. CN I 03097967 relates to a special hand for sudden
acceleration. Said hand is mounted such that it can pivot about an axis so as to be
able to indicate a piece of information. Said hand is produced from an at least
partially amorphous metal alloy.
10 [013] Publication No. JP2013156156 relates to a decoration component
manufacturing method capable of forn.1ing satisfactory decorative surfaces by
suppressing generation of defects or taint damage and of preventing manufacturing
defects from occurring, and clock needles and clocks manufactured by the
decoration component manufacturing method. A manufacturing method for. an hour
15 hand (a decorative component) for a clock with a decorative surface on which a
plated layer is formed comprises: a base material attachment step for abutting
surfaces of a base material other than decorative construction surfaces on which
decorative surfaces are formed against a fixture and fixing the base material to the
fixture; and a first plating step for forming a base plating layer (a first plating layer),
20 a bottom layer among plating layers, on the decorative construction surfaces after
the base material attachment step. The first plating step plates both of the base
material attached to the fixture and the fixture.
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[014] Publication No. CN209288943 relates to a diamond cutter sharpener for
watch hand machining, and belongs to the field of watch hand machining
equipment. The utility model discloses a diamond cutter sharpener for watch hand
machining. The grinding device comprises a workbench, a grinding roller, a
mounting hole and an air compressor, the mounting hole is ·formed in the center of
the top of the workbench; a mounting box is arranged below the mounting hole; a
mounting column is fixedly connected into the mounting box; the polishing roller
is rotationally connected to the top end of the mounting column through a bearing;
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the top end of the mounting column is in threaded connection with a connecting
column; the connecting column is fixedly connected with a circulating air pipe
through a supporting rod, the output end of the air compressor is connected with the
circulating air pipe, an air release valve is arranged on the circulating air pipe, the
5 side wall of the circulating air pipe is connected with symmetrical communicating
pipe fittings, and the ends, away from the circulating air pipe, of the communicating
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pipe fittings are connected with clamping assemblies; the dust absorption device is
convenient to operate, and can effectively absorb dust generated when the watch
hands are polished so as to reduce harm of the dust to workers and machines_
10 [015] Publication No. FR2789923 relates to the method of manufacture of metallic
strip for use in production of polished metal watch hands or indicators where
resulting metallic strip has raised edges to protect it during subsequent handling and
saves later processing time
[016] Publication No. CN I 05522172 relates to Aluminum alloy wheel nmror
15 finishing process. After the roughing is completed, the single crystal diamond tool
is then used for finishing again, using R2 and Rl.2 single crystal diamond tools for
processing. The single crystal diamond tool further refines the wheel A surface
texture and improves the gloss. The finishing parameters determine the appearance
of mirror finishing. The main parameters include finishing speed, finishing cut
20 depth and finishing feed rate. The finishing speed, finishing cut depth and finishing
feed rate are all driven by micro-displacement And the dynamic control is
controlled by the control system software of the technical core;
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(017] Publication No. US 1262217 relates to an automatic diamond cutting and
polishing machine.
[018] Publication No. JPS5491371 relates to mark formation on the surface of
watch pa1is, while reducing the number of the mark forming parts and
unifonnalizing the quality, by moving a pressure element, which is made of an
ultrahard material such as diamond, while being forced onto the parts .
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[019] Publication No. W02004029733A2 relates to the use of a particular material, . .
diamond, for the manufacture of mechanical parts, in particular of parts entering
into a watch movement or in a micromechanical device. The invention also relates
to a mechanical part at least partially made of diamond as well as a timepiece and
5 a micromechanical device using such parts.
[020] Publication No. DE3133414_A I relates to method of making a clock hand.
when punching out the clock hand blanks, it is quite difficult to determine the shape
of the hub part exactly, which leads to further difficulties in attaching the hand to
the hand shaft of a clockwork movement. These difficulties increase as the
1 0 thickness of the clock hand decreases. The blanks 48 are usually finished using a
diamond-tipped tool. In Fig. 10, several blanks 48 are on the circumference of a
rotating drive attached drum 50 in order to obtain its final shape by machining with
a diamond-tipped tool 52. 11 shows sectional views of two clock hands 54, 56
finished in the manner described, one of which is approximately triangular and the
15 other has a rounded cross-sectional shape.
[021] In order to overcome above listed prior art, the present invention aims to
provide a system and method for providing bi-finish watch hands. Present
invention fixes the blanked hands return to Strip (Raw material) and that strip
directly feeding to machine and after one side diamond cutting is done it goes to the
20 Lacquering coating process. Then again it come to the diamond cutting process, in
diamond cutting process another side removed. Then finally the required "Bi-finish
"hands are prepared.
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OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION:
[022] The principal object of the present invention is to provide a system and
method for providing bi-finish watch hands.
[023] Another object of the present invention is to provide lacquer and plating in a
single piece of watch hands .
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION:
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[024] The present invention relates to a system.and method for providing bi-finish
watch hands. The hand has lacquer and plating in a single piece of watch hands.
Half of the portion of hands with one finish & other half portion with different
finish. In present process does not removes the blanked profile (Hands) from Strip.
5 It fixes the blanked hands return to Strip (Raw material) and that strip directly
feeding to machine. After one side diamond cutting is done it goes to the Lacquering
coating process. Then again it come to the diamond cutting process, in diamond
cutting process another side removed. Then finally the required "Bi-finish" hands
are prepared.
I 0 [025] The system comprises diamond cutting machine consists of Base I, vertical
column 2, table 3, pneumatic strip feeder 4, strip holding bed 5 and 2 spindles 6.
Base I gives support and rigidity to the machine and also acts as a reservoir for the
cutting fluids.
[026] The brass strip is fed by a coiler, which holds the coil of strip which is needed
15 to be diamond cut. The strip is then passed through the strip holding bed which is
mounted on the machine table and the strip exits through the pneumatic strip feeder.
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[027] In Angle cut two spindles are stimulatingly used for the cutting operation. The
diamond cutting tools will be mounted on both spindles. The spindles are tilted to a
certain angle based on the requirement. The cutting action takes place on the both
side of the strip thus forming an angular shape. But in this Bi-finish Process only
one spindle will be performed.
[028] Numerous modifications and adaptations of the system of the present
invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and thus it is in.tended by
the appended claims to cover all such modifications and adaptations which fall
within the true spirit and scope of this invention.