EP1304053A2 - Verfahren zur Herstellung von Schmuckstücken und damit erzeugte mehrfarbige ornamentale Produkte - Google Patents

Verfahren zur Herstellung von Schmuckstücken und damit erzeugte mehrfarbige ornamentale Produkte Download PDF

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EP1304053A2
EP1304053A2 EP02023628A EP02023628A EP1304053A2 EP 1304053 A2 EP1304053 A2 EP 1304053A2 EP 02023628 A EP02023628 A EP 02023628A EP 02023628 A EP02023628 A EP 02023628A EP 1304053 A2 EP1304053 A2 EP 1304053A2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C27/00—Making jewellery or other personal adornments
    • A44C27/001—Materials for manufacturing jewellery
    • A44C27/005—Coating layers for jewellery
    • A44C27/006—Metallic coatings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C15/00—Other forms of jewellery
    • A44C15/0025—Reversible or double face jewellery
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21F—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF METAL WIRE
    • B21F19/00—Metallic coating of wire
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21L—MAKING METAL CHAINS
    • B21L11/00—Making chains or chain links of special shape
    • B21L11/005—Making ornamental chains
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21L—MAKING METAL CHAINS
    • B21L15/00—Finishing or dressing chains or chain links, e.g. removing burr material, calibrating

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  • the present invention relates to a method of making a multicolor product with longitudinal development of precious material particularly adapted to be used for manufacturing wearable multicolor ornamental articles such as armlets, necklaces and the like.
  • More particularly said techniques provide for making an unfinished product with continuous longitudinal development from which it is possible in some cases to make a plurality of rings that are linked together and, in other cases, a continuous strap which is spirally wound around a flexible core.
  • a first known technique to make such ornamental articles provides for covering some zones of the article with a galvanic deposition of precious metal such as gold, of a different color relative to the precious metal by which the article is made.
  • a first drawback of this technique consists in that the company manufacturing the product must have at disposal a suitable plant for galvanic treatment that involves installation and environment problems as it is well known by the persons skilled in this art.
  • Another drawback consists in that the introduction of the galvanic treatment within the product manufacturing cycle, involves an increase of the production times and an extension of the production time specially when the company outsources the galvanic treatment to specialized firms.
  • a further drawback of this technique consists in that by the galvanic process a thin layer of covering material is obtained that undergoes with time a wear process causing the underlying material to re-emerge with consequent deterioration of the ornamental features of the article.
  • each ring is obtained cutting a multicolor tubular element obtained by profiling and coupling through weldings along the lateral edges, two or more blades of materials with different colors.
  • a drawback of such technique consists in that the operation of welding requires high precision for positioning the blades and controlling the welding by which the blades are joined.
  • Another drawback consists in that the welded zones undergo mechanical stresses during the subsequent working stages, for instance the sectioning operation for cutting the tubular element, with possible failure of the weldings.
  • a further drawback consists of the long production time of the article, mainly due to the operation of threading the rings on the core.
  • the object of the present invention is to remove the above mentioned drawbacks by a method to obtain multicolor products for making wearable ornamental articles through mechanical workings.
  • the manufacture of the unfinished product provides for cutting to size the coated wire to obtain a plurality of cut pieces which are closed in the form of a ring and linked together.
  • the manufacture of the unfinished product provides for rolling the coated wire to obtain a strap which is then spirally wound thus obtaining a tubular element which is subsequently shaped according to the form of a mold .
  • a flexible core also of precious material may be inserted.
  • the method of the invention does not require use of galvanic processes.
  • the ornamental article obtained by the method of the invention can be made without using welding processes.
  • the ornamental article of the invention has greater features of mechanical strength and resistance to abrasion relative to the ornamental articles made by the methods of the prior art.
  • the multicolor product 1 is provided with a plurality of rings linked together and may be used for constructing wearable ornamental articles such as armlets and necklaces, after cutting to size and applying suitable closures at their ends.
  • the first step shown by block 2 of FIG. 1, provides for making a wire 3 consisting of a central element 4 coated by a sheath 5 twisted around the central element 4.
  • This step is carried out through a profiling machine 2 of a kind known per se.
  • the central element 4 is preferably made of precious metallic material and the material of the sheath 5 is also a precious metallic material with different color relative to the central element 4.
  • the single color wire 3 comes out, whose color is defined by the color of the material of the external sheath 5.
  • the subsequent step shown by the broken line block 6 of FIG. 1, consists in working the wire 3 to make the unfinished product 7 and provides for cutting to size the wire 3 to obtain a plurality of cut pieces 8 that are then closed as a ring and at the same time linked together to obtain said unfinished product 7.
  • the steps of cutting the wire 3, making the rings and linking them together are carried out by chain making machines of known type that are commonly used by goldsmiths.
  • the unfinished product 7 so obtained then undergoes a further working with diamond machine tools or equivalent devices such as brushing machines which, as shown in FIG. 2, provide for removing material at one or more zones of the surfaces of the unfinished product 7, said zones being generally indicated with 10, through a rotary tool 9 provided in the illustrated case, with a diamond tool 9a.
  • diamond machine tools or equivalent devices such as brushing machines which, as shown in FIG. 2, provide for removing material at one or more zones of the surfaces of the unfinished product 7, said zones being generally indicated with 10, through a rotary tool 9 provided in the illustrated case, with a diamond tool 9a.
  • the product 1 After removal of the material the product 1 takes the desired multicolor outlook, particularly highlighted in FIG. 3, that will perform all its ornamental features on the armlet, necklace or any finished article that will be made thereby.
  • the multicolor product 1 shown in FIG. 3 just described is advantageously obtained by using only coated wire 3.
  • the manufacture of the unfinished product may provide for using different coated wires or even non coated wires, combined together according to the manufacturers choice.
  • FIG. 8 A constructional variation of the method of the invention is described with reference to FIGs 4 to 8 for manufacturing a multicolor product of the wound type generally indicated with 11 in FIG. 8.
  • wire 3 which is obtained through the same coating steps herein before described, is worked to obtain a strap 12 that in the described embodiment has a generally rectangular section.
  • the strap section may also be of any shape.
  • the strap 12 is then wound to define a tubular element generally indicated with 13 consisting of a plurality of mutually juxtaposed spirals 13a.
  • a flexible core 14 is inserted, shown in FIG. 5 and consisting for instance of a mesh of precious metallic material or any continuous flexible element.
  • the flexible core 14 is inserted inside the tubular element 13 to give peculiar stiffness characteristics to the final article.
  • the step of inserting such a flexible core may also be omitted.
  • the tubular element 13 and the core 14 are then shaped by molding or other working process according to a profile that in the described embodiment and as shown in FIGs. 6 and 7 is of a rectangular shape.
  • Such a profile may however take different forms according to the customer taste and the market demand.
  • the unfinished product 15 so obtained is constituted by the core 14 that may also be dispensed with, perimetrally covered by an edge of composite material formed by the central element 4 externally coated with the sheath 5 that at the inside covers the core 14.
  • the material removing process is carried out for a depth sufficient to cause the material of different color of the central element 4 to re-emerge.
  • the material removal as in the previously described case is obtained through diamond machine tools with a rotary tool 16 provided with a diamond 16a, or through brushing machines allowing to obtain the desired product 11 shown in FIG. 8, in this case of two colors.
  • the two opposite surfaces 11a and 11b of the multicolor product 11 take different colors and the ornamental article obtained by said multicolor product 11 may be indifferently worn either with the surface 11a or the surface 11b facing to the outside.
  • FIGs. 9 and 10 another constructional variation of the method of the invention is shown, which is different from the previously described method of FIGs. 4 to 8, only for the different configuration of the wire used for making the unfinished product.
  • the wire consists of a central element 17 coated by a couple of coaxial twisted sheaths 18, 19 having different colors from each other and relative to the central element 17.
  • the strap obtained from working the wire is spirally wound thus obtaining a tubular element inside which the flexible core 20 is possibly inserted, defining for the unfinished product 21 the cross section shown in FIG. 9.
  • the material removing step from the outer surface of the unfinished product 21 allows to obtain the product 22 with several zones of different colors corresponding to the colors of the materials constituting the central element 17 and sheaths 18 and 19.
  • Such variations may for instance consist of a different number of sheaths forming the wire, a different shape of the multicolor product, or even a different combination of removal depth and zones where the removal is effected.

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EP02023628A 2001-10-19 2002-10-18 Verfahren zur Herstellung von Schmuckstücken und damit erzeugte mehrfarbige ornamentale Produkte Withdrawn EP1304053A3 (de)

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