Classifications

• • 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
  • A44C17/00—Gems or the like
  • A44C17/02—Settings for holding gems or the like, e.g. for ornaments or decorations
  • A44C17/0208—Settings for holding gems or the like, e.g. for ornaments or decorations removable
  • A44C17/0216—Settings for holding gems or the like, e.g. for ornaments or decorations removable with automatic locking action, e.g. by using a spring

Definitions

• the invention relates to a decorated natural or artificial pearl with an integrated decorative element and process for its production.
• jewelry or precious stones are provided as decorative elements, but parts made of other materials, such as wood, glass, plexiglass, etc., also come. in consideration.
• pearls those that have an ideal or an almost ideal spherical shape and a uniformly shaped spherical surface have always been preferred and consequently the highest traded.
• a pearl In pearl cultivation and also in nature, it often happens that a pearl has a so-called "open spot". That means: the core that the breeder had inserted into the mussel or that got into it naturally was not evenly coated with mother-of-pearl by the mussel, but in one or more places none or only a relatively very thin one Layer of mother-of-pearl deposited, so that there were more or less deep pits of different shapes and areas.
• These "imperfect” "vacancies” on pearls are generally regarded as flaws and significantly reduce the quality and thus the market value of the pearls concerned.
• a natural or artificial pearl can be provided with a through hole or a blind hole in order to wind it up on a thread and so for example to produce chains or bracelets or to put it on a pin and so on for example
• pearls is diverse and also includes the combination of pearls with gemstones. Such combinations are usually additions, i.e. a side-by-side arrangement of pearl (s) and gem (s), pearl (s) and gem (s) each representing separate, independent components of a brooch, chain, bracelet, ring or other piece of jewelry.
• decorated pearl the pearl is provided with a radial blind hole, and a gem set in metal is cemented into this hole.
• the blind hole has a round cross section, which is much smaller than half the diameter of the pearl, and the shape of the gemstone or its setting is inevitably closely adapted to it in terms of size and outline.
• DE 44 06 609 describes such a decorated natural or artificial pearl, in which a decorative element is introduced into a blind hole.
• the limited dimensioning of the recess, here drilling, is considered important in order not to impair the stability of the pearl.
• the present invention is based on the object of a decorated natural or artificial pearl with an integrated decorative or precious stone or jewelry elements made of other materials or a decoration for pearls, in particular for pearls with "open spaces” and a method for producing such tig decorated beads to provide, the decoration occupy any size areas of the pearl surface and the spherical surface can be designed as desired.
• Each inlay is received in a suitably prepared recess (depression, pit) of the pearl in a form-fitting or at least almost form-fitting manner, in the bottom and / or wall of which latching and / or anchoring means are / are formed which, with those of the inlay - preferably by interlocking according to the key-lock principle - cooperate, and in or on which the inlays sitting in the recess is fastened in or on the pearl.
• the recess (es) can be relatively flat and only lie in the outer (peripheral) spherical layers (mother-of-pearl layers) of the pearl.
• bottom of the recess includes here and below not only more or less flat surfaces - such as are present in the case of rectangular recesses - but also inner edges - for example in the case of wedge-shaped or notch-shaped recesses - or internal tips - for example in the case of tapered recesses.
• a preferred embodiment of the pearl according to the invention which is particularly simple in terms of production technology, is characterized in that the latching and / or anchoring means on the underside of the inlay as a projection (s), in particular as a wedge (s), pin (s), nose (N) or feather key (s) are formed, and that the complementary locking and / or anchoring means on the bottom and / or in the wall of the recess in the pearl as a depression (s), in particular as a groove (s) or tubular ( s) (blind) hole (holes) are realized.
• a projection in particular as a wedge (s), pin (s), nose (N) or feather key (s) are formed
• the complementary locking and / or anchoring means on the bottom and / or in the wall of the recess in the pearl as a depression (s), in particular as a groove (s) or tubular ( s) (blind) hole (holes) are realized.
• the pearl surface has at least two recesses, each with at least one tubular hole as a latching or anchoring means, which are arranged spatially to one another such that the or at least one hole at the bottom of one Recess with the or at least one hole at the bottom of the other recess forms a - preferably almost straight - tubular passage between the two recesses.
• the inlays provided for this purpose have locking means and / or anchoring means which are complementary to one another, pin-shaped anchoring means which are designed as complementary connecting means, preferably on the one hand as a threaded pin (solid or hollow pin with an external thread) and on the other hand as a complementary threaded sleeve ( Hollow pin with a corresponding complementary internal thread).
• these connecting means are inserted in the tubular passage and are connected to one another there, - in the case of a threaded pin and threaded sleeve, screwed together. This ensures a particularly stable anchoring of the inlays on the pearl.
• the recess for the one inlay is widened tangentially and radially in a cave-like manner below the pearl surface, and the cave walls pointing away from the pearl interior are provided with window-like openings, so-called window openings, in which - preferably, unmounted - decorative elements sit.
• These decorative elements have a pyramid or cone (obtuse) shape and are oriented in the window openings in such a way that their pyramid or cone (obtuse) foot points towards the inside of the pearl.
• the position of these decorative elements is fixed in the window openings by tilting and / or supporting one another and / or on the cave walls and / or on the inlay (s) seated in the two recesses.
• a pearl of the type mentioned at the outset in which the pearl consists of two or more spherical beads. sections exists between which at least one disk-shaped decorative element is arranged, the two disk surfaces of which are preferably congruent with the respectively adjacent (disk-shaped) base surface of the spherical section in question.
• a through hole is formed in each spherical section and in each disk-shaped jewelry element, which runs perpendicular to the base areas of the ball sections and the disk-shaped jewelry element or the disk-shaped jewelry element and preferably through their respective center point and with the through hole (s) ) of the adjacent spherical section Z sections or disk-shaped decorative element Z elements is aligned.
• a section or section (end section or end piece or intermediate section or intermediate piece) of an outer sleeve which represents the functional counterpart to an inner sleeve, is defined in the through bore of each spherical section, namely in such a way that the inner sleeve and outer sleeve are connected by means of means which between Inner sleeve outer wall and outer sleeve inner wall are formed, can be positioned against each other. In other words: the inner sleeve can only be inserted into the outer sleeve in one orientation.
• the inner sleeve which is the counterpart to the outer sleeve, is guided in the outer sleeve sections and the through bores of the disk-shaped decorative element or elements, so that the spherical sections are arranged and fixed to one another in an exactly predetermined position.
• the inner sleeve is - preferably at least at its two free ends - connected to the outer sleeve - preferably to the two end faces of the outer sleeve (n sections) ending on the pearl ball surface (the two spherical caps) - axially displaceably.
• the advantage of the natural or artificial pearl according to the invention is that the decorative element is integrated without a setting in the pearl or its surface, and mother-of-pearl and decorative element material, for example gemstone, are direct, seemingly seamless - as if this combination had grown naturally - lie next to each other.
• a variant of this natural or synthetic pearl decorated according to the invention with seemingly seamlessly integrated decorative elements without a visible frame is characterized in that at least one window-like hole, ie a so-called "window opening", is formed in at least one spherical section, in which a pyramid or is arranged conical inlay, the floor plan corresponds to that of the window opening and the thicker pyramid or cone foot end faces the pearl interior and is supported on the pearl core located there.
• the pyramid or cone shape of the inlay in question and its positioning with the thicker pyramid or cone base in the interior of the pearl create the visual impression that the pearl has inclusions that extend into the interior of the pearl or even make up the entire pearl core.
• the present invention furthermore relates to a method for producing a decorated natural or artificial pearl, which comprises the following steps: the natural or artificial pearl is provided with an incision, a depression is introduced into the natural or artificial pearl, the resulting depression located on the bottom or the wall of the pearl incision, the piece of jewelry is fitted into the cut, the piece of jewelry is fastened in the pearl incision, the depression serves to anchor an anchoring means which is fastened to the piece of jewelry, the piece of jewelry is ground along with the pearl surface, or adapted to the pearl surface in another way known to the person skilled in the art, the surface of the piece of jewelry being integrated into the surface of the pearl.
• the natural or artificial pearl is preferably cut first and then the depression is applied to the bottom or the wall of the pearl incision.
• the depression can be done, for example, by drilling or milling.
• the incision is preferably made with a cutting wheel, for example with a cutting wheel set with diamonds. If necessary, the incision can be processed further, for example with a diamond file. It is important that the edges of the incision remain as smooth as possible.
• the angle of the pearl incision is preferably between ninety and sixty degrees.
• the recess formed by the pearl incision can take various forms. It can be wedge-shaped, cone-shaped or tetrahedral, the wedge-shaped, cone-shaped or tetrahedral tip facing the pearl core.
• the recess can be flat or deep.
• the resulting depression can be, for example, a groove or a tubular blind hole, which can be further removed if necessary.
• the countersink can take any form known to the person skilled in the art in order to be able to accommodate corresponding anchoring means.
• the depression is a blind hole that is created by a hole.
• a stone setting is precisely fitted into the pearl incision, so that the anchoring means, which is fastened to both the stone setting and the piece of jewelry, is fitted into the depression or into the borehole and the piece of jewelry is then fitted into the socket.
• the piece of jewelry with the setting is inserted into the pearl
• the piece of jewelry is fastened in the stone setting in the pearl incision, the depression or the borehole serving to anchor an anchoring means which is on the piece of jewelry and the stone frame is attached.
• the piece of jewelry with or without a setting can be attached to the pearl in addition to being fastened by the anchoring means by means of adhesive, for example putty.
• the pearl incision is preferably almost completely filled by the piece of jewelry with or without a setting.
• the piece of jewelry is now continuously adapted to the pearl surface of the pearl, for example by grinding.
• the piece of jewelry sits in a socket and is the setting is not yet adapted to the surface, then the piece of jewelry including the setting can be sanded in one step along the pearl surface. This step requires extraordinary care because the sensitive surface of the pearl must not be damaged.
• one or more locking boreholes for receiving a part of the anchoring means are made in the stone setting and in the piece of jewelry, the locking boreholes in the piece of jewelry and in the setting fitting each other and with another part of the anchoring means in the Countersink or anchored in the hole of the pearl incision.
• an anchoring pin as an anchoring means is particularly preferred. It is particularly advantageous if the anchoring pin engages like a clamp through the locking holes of the stone frame and into the locking holes of the piece of jewelry. The stone is locked when the stone, stone setting and anchoring means are attached to the pearl. Furthermore, it is advantageous if the anchoring pin in the inserted state also exerts pressure on the depression or on the borehole of the pearl incision, which serves to anchor the stone and stone setting in the pearl incision. Variants of the method described above are also the subject of the present invention. For example, the piece of jewelry can be attached to the bead incision by more than one anchoring means.
• the present invention furthermore relates to an anchoring pin for anchoring gemstones in pearl incisions.
• the pen is by means of a resilient mechanism designed as a clamp, stopper, lock to hold the piece of jewelry and the stone setting, whereby after inserting the pin with the piece of jewelry and the stone setting, pressure is exerted on the anchoring depression or on the anchoring borehole in the pearl incision.
• the anchoring pin is preferably constructed in such a way that it is clamped, squeezed, pressed, blocked when it is inserted into the anchoring recess (depression).
• the anchoring pin can additionally be glued or cemented during this process. Alternatively, you can also solder it to the socket.
• the upper part of the pin does not necessarily act as a clamp, which engages in locking holes in the stone or the chamfer, the stone is then held in the socket by other means.
• another small pin can reach through the socket into the locking drill holes.
• other means known to the person skilled in the art could also be used to keep the stone in place.
• the construction of the pin ensures that the anchoring of the piece of jewelry is locally separated from the actual pearl incision. That is, even if the pearl incision itself is relatively flat, the anchoring part of the pin preferably extends into the vicinity of the core or particularly preferably into the core of the pearl. In the case of cuts that extend very deeply or even into the pearl core, the distance between the part that holds the stone and the part that ensures that the gemstone is anchored in the pearl naturally decreases.
• the use of the anchoring pin according to the invention is not limited to the production of the pearl according to the invention, but is also particularly advantageous when anchoring settings or stones in blind holes.
• the previously used anchoring means for stones in pearls had no local separation between the place where the piece of jewelry itself is attached in the pearl and the place of anchoring the piece of jewelry.
• FIG. 1 A possible embodiment of the anchoring pin according to the invention is shown in FIG.
• the pin shown has a section along the longitudinal axis of the pin that is smaller than the longitudinal axis of the pin.
• a part of the pin is designed as a kind of clip for jewelry and zoder To hold the stone setting and, after inserting the pin with a piece of jewelry and a stone setting into the pearl incision, pressure is exerted on the anchoring recess.
• the invention also relates to the use of the anchoring pin described above for anchoring eyes stones in pearls.
• the piece of jewelry can also be anchored by other means known to those skilled in the art.
• the pearl incision can be enlarged after the incision and thus the pearl can be further removed.
• the original pearl core is wholly or partly removed.
• at least one window-like hole a so-called “window opening” is made.
• a pyramid or cone-shaped inlay the floor plan of which corresponds to that of the window opening, is inserted in such a way that the thicker end of the pyramid or cone base points towards the inside of the pearl.
• the pearl core is restored or a new pearl core (instead of the old one) is inserted into the pearl.
• This new core is preferably provided with a through hole for the inner sleeve.
• the external shape and dimensioning of the renewed core should preferably be chosen so that the pyramid or cone base of each inlay can be supported on it and the inlay is self-locking firmly in the window opening in question.
• the object of the invention is also achieved with a further variant of the method for decorating pearls, which is characterized by the following measures:
• a pearl is provided with a through-hole and an outer sleeve is inserted into this through-hole, which is the functional counterpart to an inner sleeve, in such a way that the inner sleeve and outer sleeve can be positioned against one another by means of means which are formed between the inner sleeve outer wall and the outer sleeve inner wall are, ie can only be pushed or guided into one another in one orientation. Then cut the pearl perpendicular to the gear bore and the outer sleeve guided therein in two or more spherical sections with an inserted outer sleeve section.
• At least one disk-shaped decorative element is positioned, which is provided perpendicularly to its disc surfaces and preferably in the center with a through-hole, in such a way that the through-hole of each disk-shaped decorative element with the through-holes or the therein or the Align the outer sleeve sections of the spherical sections and form a tubular channel.
• one or the inner sleeve which is the functional counterpart to the outer sleeve (n sections) guided in the through bores of the spherical sections, is inserted into this tubular channel, the individual spherical sections - due to the non-rotatable positioning of inner sleeve to outer sleeve - their original, resume natural spatial orientation to each other.
• the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve are connected to one another.
• a method variant is preferred in which the inner sleeve is connected at its two free ends to the end faces of the outer sleeve (n sections) which end on the pearl ball surface (the two spherical caps) - riveted, for example, in the case of metal sleeves.
• a variant of this process which is particularly suitable for the production of a decorated pearl with unmounted window and belt-shaped inlays, is characterized in that the original pearl core is removed in whole or in part in at least one of the spherical sections, thereby forming a spherical half-shell. At least one window-like hole, a so-called “window opening”, is then worked into this spherical half-shell.
• a pyramid or cone-shaped inlay the layout of which corresponds to that of the window opening, is inserted in such a way that the thicker end of the pyramid or cone base points towards the inside of the pearl.
• the pearl core is restored or a new pearl core (in place of the old one) is inserted into the spherical half-shell (s) and provided with a through hole for the inner sleeve.
• the external shape and dimensioning of the renewed core is to be chosen so that the pyramid or cone base of each inlay can be supported on it and the inlay is self-locking stuck in the window opening in question.
• FIG. 1 the perspective view of a pearl according to the invention with an elliptical conical inlay in a notch-shaped recess;
• Fig. 2 the pearl of Figure 1 in section from II to II.
• Fig. 3 the pearl of FIG. 1 in section from III to III with the highlighted
• Fig. 5 the pearl of FIG. 4 in cross section through the center of pearl
• Fig. 6 the pearl of FIG. 4 in cross section through the center of pearl
• FIG. 1 1 the pearl of Figure 10 in section perpendicular to the plane of the drawing from XI to XI, inlay exposed; 12: the perspective view of a pearl according to the invention with two inlays which are connected to one another via connecting means in a passage between the two recesses which is spaced from the center of the pearl; FIG. 13: the pearl according to FIG. 12 exposed in section at a distance from the center from XIII to XIII, inlay;
• 17 the individual components of the pearl according to FIG. 14, namely the two spherical halves (A) and (C), the inlay (B) and the inner sleeve (D); 18: the perspective view of a pearl according to the invention with belt-shaped or disk-shaped and window-pane-like inlays without a setting;
• Fig. 19 the same pearl as shown in Fig. 18, rotated by 90 °;
• FIG. 21 the pearl according to FIG. 19 in section from XXI to XXI, partial view;
• FIGS. 18-22 a cone-shaped and two pyramid-shaped inlays for insertion into a pearl according to FIGS. 18-22.
• FIG. 26 a section in the plane of the drawing through the pearl according to FIG. 24 after incorporation of the window openings
• a natural or cultured pearl 2 decorated according to the invention is shown, which has an inlay 4 with an elliptical decorative surface and a wedge-shaped or gabled roof-shaped base body.
• a notch-shaped Recess 6 (or recess) worked in, for example ground in, milled, filed or drilled.
• a hole 10 is formed, preferably drilled.
• the inlay 4 consists of a decorative element 12, in particular a decorative or precious stone, in a metal setting 14, both the shape of the decorative element 12 and the stone, if appropriate by appropriate (grinding) processing, and that of the setting 14 is adapted to the notch shape of the recess 6 and to the curvature of the spherical pearl surface 16.
• the shape of the decorative element or stone can also be varied as long as it is accommodated in a setting which preferably fits in a form-fitting manner in the recess 6 in the pearl 2.
• a pin 20 is formed which can be inserted into the hole 10 at the bottom 8 of the recess 6 in order to connect the inlay 4 and the pearl 2 to one another (to anchor or latch).
• the socket 14 can additionally be cemented or glued to the pearl 2.
• FIGS. 1-3 show a pearl 2 according to the invention with an inlay 4, which has a ribbon-shaped or strip-shaped decorative surface and a semicircular disk-shaped base body.
• the complementary recess 6 in the pearl 2 has two approximately perpendicular walls 26 which are semi-circular in outline and an approximately horizontal wall 8 which is strip-shaped or strip-shaped in outline, the two narrow end faces of which end on the pearl surface 16.
• this pearl 2 is constructed according to the same construction principle as the pearl 2 described in FIGS. 1-3.
• two connecting pins 20 are formed as locking or anchoring means on the inlay 4, and the recess 6 in the pearl 2 accordingly has two (blind) holes 10 in a congruent arrangement.
• FIG. 7-9 show a pearl 2 according to the invention with a wedge-shaped recess 6 and an inlay 4 provided therefor, which has a large, elliptical decorative surface and a wedge-shaped base body.
• the socket 14 of the inlay 4 is provided on its underside 18 facing the pearl 2 parallel to the longitudinal axis of the ellipse with three keel-shaped projections 22 which engage in the form of feather keys in appropriately designed longitudinal grooves 24 in the bottom 8 and wall 26 of the recess 6.
• Two anchoring pins 20 are formed on the middle, lowest projection 22, which engage in corresponding blind holes 10 in the middle, bottom groove 24. These pins 20 and complementary holes 10 can also be omitted.
• FIGS. 10 and 11 show a natural or cultured pearl 2 decorated according to the invention with two separate inlays 4, 4 '.
• a semi-circular disc-shaped recess 6 (or recess) is machined, preferably milled, into the pearl surface 16, which has a hole in the center of its flat bottom 8 as a locking or anchoring means.
• a second recess 6 '(or depression) is formed approximately diametrically, the contours of which correspond here to a cone, and a hole in the bottom 8' (the cone tip) of which also serves as a locking or anchoring means is incorporated.
• the two recesses 6, 6 '(depressions) and in particular the two holes are arranged such that they are aligned with one another in such a way that they are flush with one another and form an almost rectilinear, tubular passage 28 through the center of the pearl.
• the two inlays 4, 4 'for these recesses 6, 6' each consist - as in FIGS. 1-6 - of a decorative element 12, 12 ', in particular a decorative or precious stone, in a metal setting 14, 14', both the shape of the Jewelry elements 12, 12 'or.
• each inlay 4,4 ' has its The underside 18 of the socket 14 facing away from the decorative element 12, 12 'or stone has a pin which can be inserted into the respective hole at the bottom of the respective recess.
• the pin of the one - here the conical - inlay 4 is a threaded pin 30, ie it is solid and provided with an external thread
• the pin of the other - here the semi-circular disk - inlay 4 ' is a threaded sleeve 32, ie a sleeve Internal thread, trained.
• the threads of the two pins are complementary to one another and the length of each pin is dimensioned such that the pins can be inserted into one another in the tubular passage 28 and screwed together in order to connect inlays 4, 4 'and pearl 2 to one another.
• each inlay 4,4' can also be cemented or glued to the bottom and walls of the relevant recess 6, 6 'in pearl 2 in this example as well.
• the procedure is preferably such that first the inlay 4 (here having a semicircular disk shape) having the threaded sleeve 32 is inserted into the complementary recess 6 and then the rotationally symmetrical (here circular conical) inlay 4 'provided with a threaded pin 30 is turned leads into its recess 6 'and at the same time anchored in the threaded sleeve 32 of the opposite inlay 4.
• the relevant inlay 4 ' consists of three components, namely the decorative element 12', in particular a decorative or gem, a socket 14 * for the same, and a threaded pin in the form of a screw 36.
• This screw 36 is in a hole 38 the underside 18 'of the holder 14', the screw head 40 lying on the underside surface facing the decorative element 12 'and the screw pin 42 on the underside surface facing the pearl 2 protruding therefrom.
• the socket 14 ' is fixed by twisting in the threaded sleeve 32 of the second inlay 4, and then the Jewelry element 12 'inserted into the socket 14' and fixed therein in the usual way.
• FIG. 14-17 show an embodiment of a pearl 2 according to the invention with a belt-shaped or disk-shaped inlay 4.
• the pearl 2 is provided with a radial through bore 58.
• a tube consisting of outer sleeve 46 (so-called “hinge”) and inner sleeve 48 or inner pin (so-called “counter-hinge”) is inserted into this through bore 58.
• the two sleeves 46, 48 (or sleeve and pin) are oriented relative to one another by means 50, which act between the sleeves 46, 48, ie between the outer wall of the inner sleeve 48 (or the inner pin) and the inner wall of the outer sleeve 46.
• the outer sleeve 46 is connected to the pearl 2, for example glued to the pearl wall on its outer wall and crimped or similarly anchored to the pearl 2 on its two end faces.
• This pearl 2 which is provided with a through bore 58 and an outer sleeve 46 located therein but a removed inner sleeve 48 (or inner pin), is broken down radially to the longitudinal axis of the through bore 58 into two spherical sections 54, 54 ', for example sawn.
• a disc-shaped decorative element 56 preferably a precious or gemstone disc, the disc surface of which is essentially congruent with the base surfaces of the spherical segments 54, 54', and that is centrally provided with a through bore 58 ", the diameter of which is congruent or almost congruent to that of the outer sleeves (parts) 46 or 60, 60 'in the two spherical sections 54, 54'.
• the two spherical sections 54, 54 '(spherical halves) and the jewelry element disk 56 arranged therebetween are arranged in a radially secure manner against rotation by the inner sleeve 48 (or the inner pin) inserted into the outer sleeves (parts) 46 or 60, 60 'and the through bore 58 "in the stone disk 56.
• the inner sleeve 48 (or the inner pin) is fixed to the two end faces of the outer sleeve 46 ending on the spherical surface 16 or two spherical caps or spherical caps.
• Inner sleeve 48 (or inner pin) and outer sleeve 46 are preferably made of metal and the axial fixation is preferably realized by riveting.
• the tube consists only of a sleeve (a "hinge") by means of which the spherical sections and stone disc (s) are riveted.
• the pearl 2 shows a pearl 2 according to the invention with a belt-shaped or disk-shaped and a plurality of window-pane-like inlays 44, all of which are integrated into the pearl surface without a setting.
• the pearl 2 consists of two halves or hemispheres that have been created by sawing or similar dicing processes.
• the pearl core 72 ie the foreign body that originally got into the mussel naturally or through the hand of the grower and triggered the pearl formation
• window openings 64 are formed, each one in the form of a triangle, one in the form of a square and one in the form of a circle.
• the window openings 64 can also have any other shape.
• a window-pane-like inlay 44 in the form of an unmounted, conical, wedge-shaped or pyramid-shaped decorative element, in particular a decorative or precious stone, is arranged.
• each of these inlays 44 is at least approximately conical, wedge-shaped or pyramid-shaped, that is to say has two end faces of differently sized base areas, namely a larger so-called foot side 66 and a smaller, so-called tip side 68, which are arranged with respect to one another, that their respective center lies on a common imaginary axis and that the base area of the foot side 66 projects over that of the tip side 68 along the entire or at least the major part of its circumferential line (cf. FIG. 23).
• the inlays 44 for the triangular and square window openings 64 each have the shape of a truncated pyramid (according to FIG.
• the inlays for the round window openings 64 each have the shape of a truncated cone (according to FIG. 23 A).
• These truncated pyramids and truncated cones are arranged in the window openings 64 in such a way that the pyramid or cone base 66 points toward the inside of the pearl or the half-shell opening and the truncated cone or pyramid tip 68 (here in the example) points away from the inside of the pearl or the half-shell opening and lies flush in or on the pearl ball surface 16 (cf. FIG. 22).
• the truncated cone or pyramid tip 68 can - as in the embodiment shown here by way of example - be adapted to the curvature of the pearl ball surface 16 in order to obtain an at least almost ideal, homogeneous (uniformly smooth and closed) ball surface 16. But it can also protrude beyond the beads (ball) surface 16 or be sunk into it. Basically, the cone or pyramid tip 68 can also be present or have been preserved and, if desired, can also be additionally designed (modeled).
• the pearl half-shells 62 and 62 'provided with window openings 64 and conical, wedge-shaped or pyramid-shaped inlays 44 inserted therein are assembled to form a closed pearl ball 2, with a disk-shaped decorative element 56 at the interface between the two half-shells 62 and 62' or ball halves , preferably made of jewelry or precious stone.
• This disk-shaped jewelry element 56 has the same base area as each of the two spherical halves or pearl half-shell 62, 62 '.
• Half-shells 62, 62 'and interposed jewelry disc 56 are each provided in the center with a through hole 34 in which a rod-shaped support element 70 is arranged (cf. FIG. 21).
• the carrier element 70 is firmly connected at one end to one pearl half-shell 62 and at the other end to the other pearl half-shell 62 ', so that the two half-shells 62, 62' and the jewelry disc 56 arranged therebetween are fixed to one another so that they cannot move or twist.
• a rod-shaped carrier element 70 in particular a metal pin comes into consideration, which is crimped to the pearl surface 16 at its two pin ends or is firmly connected in some other way.
• a new pearl core 72 - for example made of plastic, stone or similar materials - is arranged or the old one is supplemented accordingly.
• the inlays 44 are supported with their respective cone or pyramid base 66 (cf. FIG. 21). As a result of this support and because of the oversize of their foot 66, they sit firmly against the relevant window opening 64 in a self-locking and slip-resistant manner.
• the carrier element 70 is guided through a bore 78 in the pearl core 72 (cf. FIG. 21).
• FIGS. 10-14 and the pearl according to FIGS. 18-23 show yet another variant of a pearl 2 decorated according to the invention, which can be understood as a combination or synthesis of the pearls according to FIGS. 10-14 and the pearl according to FIGS. 18-23.
• this pearl 2 two recesses 6, 6 ′ are incorporated into the pearl surface 16, which are connected to one another via a tubular through-bore 28.
• One recess 6 ' is designed as a flat, truncated cone-shaped pit, the truncated cone pointing towards the inside of the pearl and thus forming the bottom of the recess 6', while the conical foot represents the opening of the recess 6 'on the pearl surface 16.
• this recess 6 ' Arranged in this recess 6 ' is an inlay 4', consisting of socket 14 'and a decorative element 12', which has a pin-shaped threaded sleeve 32 on its underside 18 'facing the bottom of the recess, which is located in the through bore 28.
• the second recess 6 opens into a cavity 74 or is designed as a cavity 74 which extends below the pearl surface 16, tangentially and radially into the interior of the pearl.
• a pointed cone-shaped inlay 4 which is screwed via a threaded pin 30 on its underside, ie the cone tip, in the through hole 28 with the threaded sleeve 32 of the opposite inlay 4 '.
• window openings 64 In the cave walls 76 facing away from the pearl interior, window-like hole openings, so-called window openings 64, are formed, in which unmounted decorative elements as window-pane-like inlays 44 sit positively.
• These decorative elements or windowpane-like inlays 44 have the basic shape of a pyramid or truncated cone and are oriented in the window openings 64 in such a way that their pyramid or cone points bluntly towards the inside of the pearl, while the pyramid or cone is flush with the pearl surface 16.

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