Process for the selective decoration of a timepiece component
US11259609B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 20, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 2, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG04B29/027
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A process for manufacturing a timepiece or jewellery component, the component being manufactured from a first material, the process including: obtaining the component, having undergone, at a very latest during the obtaining, a treatment directed toward combining the component with a chromic element, the chromic element including at least one pigment capable of reacting to an energy supply and a matrix for binding the pigment; placing the component in a machine capable of at least locally supplying energy to the component; using the energy supply machine in a predefined operating program at least locally to provide energy to the chromic element to bring about a reaction of its pigment; removing the component from the energy supply machine.
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