Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
  • B44F—SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES
  • B44F1/00—Designs or pictures characterised by special or unusual light effects
  • B44F1/08—Designs or pictures characterised by special or unusual light effects characterised by colour effects
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
  • B05D—PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
  • B05D2203/00—Other substrates
  • B05D2203/20—Wood or similar material

Definitions

• This invention relates to rattan and, more particularly, to the treatment of rattan. More specifically, although of course but solely limiting thereto, this invention relates to multi-coloured rattan stems and furniture made therewith.
• Rattan furniture is highly popular because of the soft and classic appearance as well as the comfortable feel plus the well known characteristics of being cool in summer and warm in winter. Furniture made from natural rattan is typically slightly brown in colour and may look somewhat dull for some people or occasions. As a result, furniture makers began to dye rattan stems in order to make or weave rattan furniture with coloured rattans.
• rattan stems are either coloured by dipping or by coating.
• a whole piece of rattan stem is soaked in a dispersion of dyes or other colouring agents so that colour pigments can be attached at least on the surface of the rattan stem.
• a rattan stem made by this method is generally characterized by a generally uniform colour along the whole length of the rattan stem.
• dyes, coating agents or paints are directly applied generally onto the surface of the rattan stems.
• Rattan furniture constructed from rattan stems coloured by the conventional colouring methods is generally not particularly transparent because the rattan stems made by such conventional methods arc usually of a single colour or at most of a dual colour.
• a rattan stick including a plurality of coloured sections which are sequentially coloured.
• a quantity of rattan sticks or stems meeting a certain selection criteria such as, length, quality, uniformity, appearance or other suitable criteria are selected.
• a plurality of colour baths dispersed or provided with dyes, colouring agents or coating agents are preferably prepared beforehand.
• the colour baths are preferably stored in separate containers.
• the present invention would be explained by reference to four colour baths of distinct colours.
• a length of a rattan stick is coated with a plurality of colours of various combinations.
• a rattan stick may be coloured with alternate colouring zones of two different colours.
• the colour zones on a rattan stick may include a plurality of colours, preferably more than two colours and yet, more preferably, between two to four.
• the lengths of the coloured sections are between 10 cm-50 cm and more preferably, between 10 cm-20 cm and 40 cm-50 cm. More preferably, the coloured sections on a rattan stick are generally equi-distant, or in other words, of equal lengths.
• the length of a preferred rattan stick is preferably between 3m-4m along the general length is likely to be between 0.5m-8m.
• other lengths of rattan sticks may be used and other lengths of colour sections may be selected as and when desired without loss of generality. In order to more accurately colour the relevant sections, the limits of the sections to the coloured are preferably marked before colour is applied.
• a rattan stick of a preferred length and with markings indicating the limits of each and every colour sections are prepared and ready.
• the preferred length is between 3-4 metres and the preferred colouring sections are between 10 cm-50 cm.
• the colouring sections, or in other words, the sub-sections may be appropriately selected.
• the length of the colouring or the sub-sections are preferably between 10 cm-20 cm or between 40 cm-50 cm.
• the rattan stick is dipped into a first colour bath containing a first colouring means with the first sub-section dipped inside the colouring bath.
• the colouring means may contain, for example, a bath of colouring dyes, agents or other appropriate compositions suitable for colouring rattan sticks.
• this sub-section is then dried. After that, it is dipped sequentially into a second colouring bath, a third colouring bath and a fourth colouring bath for respectively colouring the second, third and the fourth sub-sections of the rattan stick.
• a second colouring bath for respectively colouring the second, third and the fourth sub-sections of the rattan stick.
• the coloured rattan stick will be sufficiently dried before moving onto the next colour bath.
• the colouring baths may also contain thinners for diluting the colouring agents or compositions.
• the thinner or otherwise solvent for diluting the colouring agent may be water.
• the thinners is typically an organic solvent commonly known as thinners. The above colouring procedure may be repeated for colouring additional or further sub-sections to provide a more lively rattan stick.
• the use of four different colouring baths, and therefore four different colours on the same stick have been illustrated to assist understanding of the present invention.
• any suitable number of colours where practicable, can be applied on a rattan stick without loss of generality.
• the colours may be different or may be the same colour of different tones.
• the colour at the transitional regions between adjacent colouring sections may carry a colour which is a result of the mixing or combination of the two adjacent colours.
• the junction between two adjacent colouring sub-sections may be very short by accurate controlling of the dipping process, thereby resulting in a short transition and possibly sharp colour change between the adjacent sub-sections.
• the furniture preferably includes sub-sections of different length so that colour uniformity can be achieved at the desirable portions as calculated.

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