Patent · US Expired

Method for cutting natural and/or man-made diamonds

US6892720B2 · kind B2 · utility

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40Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 15, 2003
Grant dateMay 17, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 23, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA44C17/001
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method for producing a diamond includes forming a table lying in a table plane; forming crown facets that are oriented at an angle of between 26° and 35° relative to the table plane; forming upper pavilion (UP) facets below the crown facets at an angle of between 45° and 80° relative to a girdle plane lying between bottoms of the crown facets and tops of the UP facets; and forming a set of lower pavilion (LP) facets between bottoms of the UP facets and the culet at an angle of between 38° and 44° relative to the girdle plane. The UP and LP facets form a rib line positioned between one-fifth and four-fifths the distance between the girdle plane and the culet, such that the UP facets extend between 20% and 80% of the distance between the girdle plane and the culet.

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