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EP0900533B1
EP0900533B1 EP98112032A EP98112032A EP0900533B1 EP 0900533 B1 EP0900533 B1 EP 0900533B1 EP 98112032 A EP98112032 A EP 98112032A EP 98112032 A EP98112032 A EP 98112032A EP 0900533 B1 EP0900533 B1 EP 0900533B1
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Wilhelm Winkler
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C17/00—Gems or the like
    • A44C17/02—Settings for holding gems or the like, e.g. for ornaments or decorations
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C17/00—Gems or the like
    • A44C17/04—Setting gems in jewellery; Setting-tools
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C27/00—Making jewellery or other personal adornments
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/23—Gem and jewel setting
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49588—Jewelry or locket making
    • Y10T29/4959—Human adornment device making
    • Y10T29/49593—Finger ring making
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining
    • Y10T29/49888—Subsequently coating

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  • the invention relates to a hollow jewelry with at least one in it electroplated wall used gemstone, which by electroplated applied material is held.
  • Hollow jewelry today is often not by pressing, but by galvanic Ways made.
  • An original model made of steel is cast in silicone and this Silicone mold for the production of a variety of wax models, which the original model correspond, used.
  • the wax models are made with a conductive silver varnish coated, and so much gold is electroplated onto the conductive surface applied that the coating of the wax model is self-supporting. After all, can the wax is melted out of the hollow body.
  • white metal titanium bismuth
  • the known methods have the disadvantage that the insertion of the stone only in In the course of the electroplating process takes place, causing damage to the extreme thin wall (about 0.2 mm) of the hollow jewelry can come.
  • the Holding area which mediates the attachment of the stone to the hollow jewelry, bad are defined.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to create a hollow jewelry in which simple way a good fastening of the used gemstones is guaranteed is.
  • the frame that conveys the connection between the gem and cavity wall can in principle be designed in a known manner (cf. US 4,972,685, FIG. 10).
  • projections provided on the socket usually intervene frictionally in the wall of holes in jewelry Hollow jewelry the possibility to reach behind the wall of the jewelry.
  • FIG. 1 the sheet metal blank from which an inventive Socket for a gem can be formed
  • Fig. 2 explains the Cross-section and the procedure for embedding a stone during manufacture of hollow jewelry
  • Fig. 3 corresponds to Fig. 2 for a modified version.
  • a wax model 6 is first used in the desired shape. For the later insertion of stones it shows Bores 12 on.
  • the wax model 6 is made with a layer 11 of electrical conductive silver lacquer, then the socket 1 holding the stone 1 pressed with the tips 10 into the wax model 6.
  • a layer forming the wall 4 of the hollow jewelry in particular from Gold applied, which is typically a thickness of the order of 0.2 mm.
  • the galvanic layer forming the wall 4 overlaps the socket 2 and forms a unit with it, making the stone 1 safe and in a defined manner is anchored in the hollow jewelry, which is finally removed by removing the Wax model 6 is created.
  • the socket 2 of the gem 1 is in a Bore 12 'used, the diameter of the cylindrical lower edge of the Version 2 corresponds. The insertion is by the conical edge 14 of the Version 2 relieved. Resilient projections 13 on the socket 2 are here first pressed into the wax model 6 and reach behind in the finished state of the Hollow jewelry the wall 4.
  • the gem stone 1 has the shape of a Chatons on.
  • the invention is not limited to this and could also be be used in so-called squares.
  • the size of the used Gemstone is capped by the possibility of a suitable one To produce version 2.

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KR (1) KR19990013972A (cs)
AT (2) AT2273U1 (cs)
CZ (1) CZ289765B6 (cs)
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DE59806331D1 (de) 2003-01-02
AT2273U1 (de) 1998-08-25
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