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Making items of jewelry and apparatus therefor

US6249942A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 1, 1999
Grant dateJun 26, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 1, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49588
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and device for forming hinges between components of jewelry with the components having a tongue and a pin. A jig with a curved surface supports the two components while a die is moved into engagement with the tongue and pin to force them against the jig causing the tongue to curl around the pin.

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