EP1028006A1 - Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Spiegels mit einer Verzierung und/oder einem Bild - Google Patents

Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Spiegels mit einer Verzierung und/oder einem Bild Download PDF

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EP1028006A1
EP1028006A1 EP99200374A EP99200374A EP1028006A1 EP 1028006 A1 EP1028006 A1 EP 1028006A1 EP 99200374 A EP99200374 A EP 99200374A EP 99200374 A EP99200374 A EP 99200374A EP 1028006 A1 EP1028006 A1 EP 1028006A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44F—SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES
    • B44F1/00—Designs or pictures characterised by special or unusual light effects
    • B44F1/02—Designs or pictures characterised by special or unusual light effects produced by reflected light, e.g. matt surfaces, lustrous surfaces
    • B44F1/04—Designs or pictures characterised by special or unusual light effects produced by reflected light, e.g. matt surfaces, lustrous surfaces after passage through surface layers, e.g. pictures with mirrors on the back
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G1/00—Mirrors; Picture frames or the like, e.g. provided with heating, lighting or ventilating means
    • A47G1/02—Mirrors used as equipment

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  • the invention relates to a mirror and a method for manufacturing a mirror with a decoration and/or an image in the plane of the mirror.
  • a picture including a decoration and/or an image is printed onto a plate-glass surface by means of screen printing, such that a fine silk screen is affixed onto the plate-glass surface. Subsequently, a layer of reflective substance is applied over said silk screen, in order to obtain a mirror.
  • This method is only practicable if one type of mirror with a same picture can be mass produced, because the method for affixing the picture onto the glass plate is, due to the necessary preparations, time-consuming and unsuitable for low volumes.
  • the aim of this invention is to perfect a mirror and a method for manufacturing such a mirror, in order to produce mirrors with individual decorations and/or images, in a simple and cost-effective manner.
  • the method according to the invention comprises : applying a cover material, with a predetermined contour of the decoration and/or the image, onto a plate of a mirror; applying a layer of reflective material onto the said plate, outside the area of the cover material; removing the cover material from the said plate; and then applying the decoration and/or the image onto the said plate, in the area of the removed cover material.
  • the method according to the invention is advantageous in that each individual mirror can be manufactured with an individual decoration and/or image. Furthermore, this method permits production of high-quality mirrors in a simple and cost-effective manner, and means that the original picture or the decoration and/or the image can be used in the mirror. In this method, the original picture will not be damaged during application of the layer of reflective material onto the plate of the mirror. This will not happen because the picture need not be present in the normally basic bath, in which the layer of reflective material is applied onto the mirror plate.
  • a self-adhesive and/or plastic film is applied onto the plate of the mirror.
  • This self-adhesive film can be attached to, and removed from, this plate in a simple and easy manner.
  • a plastic film withstands the said normally basic bath.
  • application of the cover material onto the plate of the mirror comprises : separating from a sheet of preferably self-adhesive and/or plastic film a part having the predetermined contour, and applying said separated part onto the said plate. This method makes for easy separation of the last-mentioned part.
  • application of the cover material onto the plate of the mirror comprises : applying a sheet of preferably self-adhesive and/or plastic film onto the said plate, separating from the sheet of film a part having the predetermined contour, and removing the other part of the sheet of film from the said plate.
  • the contour is first plotted printed or printed in reverse and cut on a sheet of film for instance by means of a NC-plotter (Numeric-Control plotter), before the latter is applied onto the plate of the mirror.
  • the contour is plotted in reverse onto a side of the sheet of film, opposite the self-adhesive side of this sheet that is to be applied onto the said plate. In this way, the contour can be applied easily and accurately onto the sheet of film, especially when using a self-adhesive sheet.
  • the invention further concerns a mirror, comprising a plate of a mirror, a layer of reflective material outside the area of the removed cover material, and a decoration and/or an image in the area of the removed cover material.
  • the plate of the mirror consists of a glass plate
  • the layer of reflective material consists of a metallic coating, such as a silver coating.
  • Picture 1 of Fig. 1 comprises an image 2, which depicts a couple.
  • a contour 3 of the image 2 can be defined as the outline of the couple.
  • This contour 3 can be obtained by scanning the picture 1, and treating the scanned picture 1 in a known way by means of software such that, for example, a contour 3 including the outline of the couple can be vectored, as shown in Fig. 2.
  • a method according to the invention for manufacturing a mirror with an image 2 in the plane of the mirror is further explained in Fig. 3 to Fig. 7.
  • the mirror comprises a transparent plate 4, such as a glass plate.
  • a cover material 5 with a predetermined contour 6, that is identical to the vectored contour 3 of the image 2 of Fig. 2 is applied onto the plate 4.
  • a sheet 7 of self-adhesive plastic film can be used.
  • the use of a sheet 7 of self-adhesive plastic film means that the sheet 7 can be applied easily and quickly onto the plate 4 of the mirror.
  • the vectored contour 3 is plotted (for instance by means of a NC-plotter) in reverse onto the side of the sheet 7, opposite the self-adhesive side of the sheet 7, in a known manner. Then, the self-adhesive side of the sheet 7 is applied onto the plate 4, as shown in Fig. 3. In order to print this contour 3 easily, this contour 3 is plotted onto the sheet 7, before or after the sheet 7 is applied onto the plate 4. Next, two parts of the sheet 7 are mutually separated along this printed contour 3. After this separation, one of the parts thus obtained is removed from the plate 4 and the remaining part forms the cover material 5 with a contour 6, as shown in Fig. 4.
  • the contour 6 of the remaining part is the mirror image of the vectored contour 3.
  • the plotting (for instance by means of a NC-plotter) of this contour 3 in reverse permits use of a non-transparent sheet 7 that can be applied onto the plate 4, before both parts of the sheet 7 are mutually separated.
  • the part of the sheet 7, that shall form the cover material 5 with a predetermined contour 6, is separated from the sheet 7 along the vectored contour 3 plotted (for instance by means of a NV-plotter) on the sheet 7, before or after this part is applied onto the plate 4 of the mirror.
  • This separation can be obtained by cutting the sheet 7 along the printed contour 3 by means of a NC-plotter.
  • only one separated part is applied onto the plate 4 of the mirror in order to obtain the cover material 5, as shown in Fig. 4.
  • the vectored contour 3 is printed on the side of the sheet to be applied onto the plate of the mirror.
  • This printing process can be used if no self-adhesive sheet is used. In this case, if no transparent sheet is used, the two parts of the sheet have to be separated before one of the separated parts is applied onto the plate of the mirror.
  • a layer of reflective material 8 is applied onto the plate 4 of the mirror outside the area of the cover material 5.
  • a metallic coating such as a silver coating.
  • the plate 4 with the cover material 5 is immersed in a basic bath containing said coating chemicals.
  • a layer of said metallic coating can be applied onto the plate 4 in a known way. Due to the presence of the cover material 5, the metallic coating is applied onto the plate 4 of the mirror outside the area of the cover material 5 and on the cover material.
  • a plate 4 with a cover material 5, and a layer of reflective material 8 is shown in Fig. 5.
  • the cover material 5 is a sheet of plastic film, since plastic can withstand a basic bath with coating material. It is also possible to use other cover materials, providing they can withstand a basic bath for applying a reflective material onto a mirror plate.
  • the cover material 5 is removed from the plate 4 of the mirror, such that a mirror 9 of Fig. 6 is obtained.
  • the image 2 is applied in the area of the removed cover material 5, or the area previously occupied by the cover material 5, onto the plate 4 of the mirror, such that a mirror 9 with an image 2 in the plane of the mirror 9, as shown in Fig. 7, is obtained.
  • the plane of the mirror 9 is defined as the plane between the plate 4 and the layer of reflective material 8 which is affixed onto the said plate 4.
  • the image 2 can be applied onto this plate 4 using a glue, another fixing material and/or a locating device.
  • the picture 1 can have a decoration that includes, for example, a flower or any other motif.
  • This decoration can be applied in the plane of the mirror onto the plate of the mirror, according to a method similar to the one described for applying the image 2 in the plane of a mirror 9 of Fig. 3 to Fig. 7.
  • the contour of the decoration and/or the image 2 is not restricted to the outline of the decoration and/or the image 2. It is also possible to specify another contour, such as a contour at a set distance from the outline of the decoration and/or the image 2 of the picture 1.
  • the part of the sheet 7 inside the predetermined contour 6 was applied onto the plate 4 as the cover material 5, such that the image 2 has to be applied inside the contour 6 of the removed cover material 5, while the layer of reflective material 8 will have to be applied outside this contour 6.

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  • Mirrors, Picture Frames, Photograph Stands, And Related Fastening Devices (AREA)
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WO2002014083A1 (en) * 2000-08-17 2002-02-21 Java Rose International Pty Ltd Decorative mirrors
EP1570773A1 (de) * 2004-03-01 2005-09-07 Arthur Emeka Melvin Umgebungsadaptiver Rahmen und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines solchen
GB2442119A (en) * 2006-09-20 2008-03-26 World Fancy Ltd Combined mirror and picture
DE202010000264U1 (de) * 2010-02-26 2011-08-23 POLO EXPRESSVERSAND Gesellschaft für Motorradbekleidung und Sportswear mbH Funktionsspiegel
JP2018088191A (ja) * 2016-11-29 2018-06-07 京セラドキュメントソリューションズ株式会社 画像処理装置および画像形成装置

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US5106126A (en) * 1990-11-29 1992-04-21 Longobardi Lawrence J Process printed image with reflective coating
JPH08173285A (ja) * 1994-12-26 1996-07-09 Central Glass Co Ltd 表示機能を備えた鏡の製法
US5827581A (en) * 1997-02-14 1998-10-27 Hunter Manufacturing Group, Inc. Decorative plaque and forming method

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US5106126A (en) * 1990-11-29 1992-04-21 Longobardi Lawrence J Process printed image with reflective coating
JPH08173285A (ja) * 1994-12-26 1996-07-09 Central Glass Co Ltd 表示機能を備えた鏡の製法
US5827581A (en) * 1997-02-14 1998-10-27 Hunter Manufacturing Group, Inc. Decorative plaque and forming method

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2002014083A1 (en) * 2000-08-17 2002-02-21 Java Rose International Pty Ltd Decorative mirrors
EP1570773A1 (de) * 2004-03-01 2005-09-07 Arthur Emeka Melvin Umgebungsadaptiver Rahmen und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines solchen
GB2442119A (en) * 2006-09-20 2008-03-26 World Fancy Ltd Combined mirror and picture
GB2442119B (en) * 2006-09-20 2011-04-27 World Fancy Ltd Decorative mirror picture
DE202010000264U1 (de) * 2010-02-26 2011-08-23 POLO EXPRESSVERSAND Gesellschaft für Motorradbekleidung und Sportswear mbH Funktionsspiegel
JP2018088191A (ja) * 2016-11-29 2018-06-07 京セラドキュメントソリューションズ株式会社 画像処理装置および画像形成装置

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