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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2000
Shigemi Sasaki, Chino, JP;
Noriaki Ozawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a structure in which a rotating bezel is mounted on a case body, the present invention provides the structure which permits the rotating bezel to be mounted and removed without difficulty even if a brittle material and a deformation difficult material is used in the rotating bezel. When the rotating bezel is pushed downward, the lower end of the engaging rib of the rotating bezel is abutted against the upper end of the holding rib of a glass fixing ring and stress is applied thereby so that the elastically deformable section of the glass fixing ring is elastically deformed inward, that is, toward the side where a clearance is formed. As a result, the engaging rib goes over the holding rib and the rotating bezel is kept in a held state as shown in the figure.