公开(公告)号：US06568455B2

公开(公告)日：2003-05-27

申请号：US09832987

申请日：2001-04-10

申请人： Robert M. Zieverink

发明人： Robert M. Zieverink

IPC分类号： B22C702

CPC分类号： A44C25/00 ,  A44C27/00

摘要： A method for making personalized jewelry and the personalized product of this jewelry making method. The method includes digitally capturing the image of a person or other object. The image is saved as a digital profile and processed to create a numerical profile. The numerical profile includes prototyping machine instructions that cause a prototyping machine to produce a wax block that contains a replica of the scanned object. The wax block is placed in a warm bath so that an outer wax melts away and an inner wax of the scanned object remains. The wax replica is then used in a “lost wax process” to make a mold of the wax replica. The mold is then used in a casting process wherein the mold is injected with precious, semi-precious, or base metals to make a cast of the object. The finished product is a replica of the object with exacting features such as nose, eyes, ears, etc. Any cavity or flat surface can be colored with epoxies, resins, enamels, or decorated further to give color contrast. Partial and segregated replication can also take place. The present process truly creates “personalized” charms and pieces of jewelry.

摘要翻译： 制作个性化珠宝的方法和这种珠宝制作方法的个性化产品。 该方法包括数字地捕获人或其他对象的图像。 图像被保存为数字配置文件并进行处理以创建数字配置文件。 数值分布包括原型机指令，其使原型机产生包含扫描对象的副本的蜡块。 将蜡块放置在温暖的浴中，使得外蜡熔化并且残留被扫描物体的内蜡。 然后将蜡复制品用于“失蜡工艺”以制造蜡复制品的模具。 然后将模具用于铸造工艺中，其中模具注入珍贵的，半宝石的或贱金属以制造物体的铸件。 成品是具有诸如鼻子，眼睛，耳朵等严格特征的物体的复制品。任何空腔或平面可以用环氧树脂，搪瓷或者进一步装饰以进行颜色对比。 也可以进行部分和隔离的复制。 这个过程真正创造出“个性化”的魅力和首饰。