Process for the manufacture of decorative stainless steel articles
US6375782B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 15, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S428/914
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A process for making a decorative steel article includes the steps of providing a stainless steel preform, washing the preform, coating a surface of the preform, and transferring step involves securing a transfer foil with the decorative pattern to the coated surface, heating the transfer foil and preform, and removing the transfer foil while leaving the decorative pattern on the coated surface.
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