FR2690644A1 - Manufacturing method for ornamental cups or trophies - includes steps manufacturing basic blocks, which are produced by gluing together strips of wood,and differentiated from adjacent pieces by colour or type - Google Patents

Abstract

The ornamental cups or trophies are manufactured from strips of wood (1), which are differentiated from each other by staining, by natural colouring, or by type, and are arranged so as to alternate, when they are assembled together, preferably by gluing. The strips of wood are arranged to form blocks, with at least one degree of symmetry. By carving off different amounts, one can show the faces and/or edges of the different types or colours of the strips of wood. A second and other blocks can be added to the first to form more complex arrangements. USE/ADVANTAGE - It produces aesthetically pleasing effects to give low cost ornaments or trophies.

Description

Method of making ornamental elements or trophies such as cups
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing ornamental elements or trophies such as cups.

Metal cuts are widely used today and have almost eliminated wooden cuts from the market because of their ease of processing and their cost.

The purpose of the present invention is therefore to provide an ornamental element or a trophy such as a wooden cup which has an aesthetic appearance pleasant to the view while allowing easy and inexpensive manufacture.

The invention relates for this purpose to a method of manufacturing ornamental or trophy elements such as cups, characterized in that one prepares, from wooden blades of hues and / or colors and / or d differentiated essences arranged alternately and assembled, preferably by gluing, a block having at least one plane of symmetry and a variable depth break is made on at least one of the faces of said block to reveal at least one of the internal blades .

The invention also relates to an ornamental element obtained by the implementation of the method, characterized in that it consists of at least one block of wooden blades of hues and / or colors and / or essences differentiated arranged alternately and assembled, said block having a longitudinal and / or transverse plane of symmetry and comprising on at least one of its faces a break revealing at least one of the internal blades.

The ornamental elements and more particularly the cuts obtained thanks to the implementation of the method can have a great diversity in their shape and in their color while retaining a visual appearance pleasing to the eye.

Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent on reading the description which follows and the accompanying drawings, which description and drawings are given mainly by way of examples. In these drawings
Figure 1 shows four cutting models
differentiated by their shape, obtained by the process
subject of the invention;
FIG. 2 represents a section obtained by the process
of the invention consisting of two wooden blocks.

In accordance with the process which is the subject of the invention, the manufacture of ornamental elements or trophies first requires the preparation of a block of wood. This block of wood is made up of strips of wood of different colors and / or colors and / or essences arranged alternately and preferably assembled by gluing so as to obtain at least one plane of symmetry. In practice, strips of wood wider than the final dimension are cut from wooden logs, the wood is corrected or planed; then, the long strips are glued in great lengths, preferably respecting the order of the species of wood and the symmetry, and finally, in a subsequent step, the glued wood is corrected for final dimensioning. Finally, we make a cross section of said block for a lengthening of this block. When the block is ready, it is necessary to make the interior and exterior shapes of said ornamental element. These forms are many and varied and depend on the destination of the product and / or the desired aesthetic appearance. In the case of cuts, for example, we proceed first, by means of a router, to the recess of the interior of the cut, then we finish the interior of said cut by sanding and then we realize the outside of the cut by turning the cut outside and sanding. During this shaping of the external part of the ornamental element, it is in fact made broken of varying depths to reveal one or more internal blades as shown in Figure 1. The finish requires additional sanding and possibly a varnishing in successive layers. To multiply the conceivable forms, one can associate with this first block of wood, always manufactured in the same way, a second block of wood, obtained in a similar way or not, which will be affixed and assembled to the first by gluing or by any other means. . Thus, by way of example, this first block of wood can be associated with a second block, the blades of which will be arranged perpendicular to the blades of the first block. It is also possible, in accordance with FIG. 2, to associate with the first block of wood a second block, the blades of which are arranged concentric with respect to a point belonging to the axis of symmetry of the first block. Obviously other embodiments can be envisaged.

Claims (4)

1. A method of manufacturing ornamental elements or trophies such as cups, characterized in that one prepares, from wooden blades (1) of different colors and / or colors and / or essences arranged alternately and preferably assembled by gluing, a block having at least one plane of symmetry and a variable depth break is made on at least one of the faces of said block to reveal at least one of the internal blades. 2. Manufacturing method according to claim 1, characterized in that associated with the first block of wood a second block whose blades are arranged perpendicular to the blades of the first block. 3. Manufacturing method according to claim 1, characterized in that associated with the first block of wood a second block (2) whose blades are arranged concentric with respect to a point belonging to the axis of symmetry XX of the first block . 4. ornamental element obtained by the implementation of the method according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it consists of at least one block of wooden slats of hues and / or colors and / or d differentiated species arranged alternately and assembled, said block having a longitudinal and / or transverse plane of symmetry and comprising on at least one of its faces a break revealing at least one internal blade.