公开(公告)号：US5938912A

公开(公告)日：1999-08-17

申请号：US636787

申请日：1996-04-23

Applicant: Peter C. Jaeger

Inventor： Peter C. Jaeger

IPC: C25D5/02 ,  C25D5/54

CPC classification number: C25D5/54 ,  C25D5/022

Abstract: A method of providing a decorative metal pattern on an electrically non-conductive substrate, such as a glass or plastic substrate, which includes applying a mixture of a heat fusible material, such as glass or plastic, with a metal having a particle size less than about 500 mesh constituting at least 50% of the mixture, to the substrate in the desired pattern, heating the so-applied mixture until the heat fusible material fuses and bonds to the substrate, cleaning the substrate with the pattern thereon, and electroplating the pattern with the desired finish metal. In one method in which the mixture includes glass, a negative resist is adhesively secured to the substrate and the mixture is applied. The resist disintegrates upon heating. In another method, used when the substrate is plastic, a mixture of plastic and metal in paste form is applied to the substrate by silk screening or pad printing to form the pattern. In both cases, the pattern is bonded to the substrate by intermolecular bonding and has sufficient conductivity for electroplating without intermediate processing. Also, articles produced by such methods.

Abstract translation: 一种在诸如玻璃或塑料基板之类的非导电性基材上提供装饰性金属图案的方法，其包括将热熔材料如玻璃或塑料的混合物与粒径小于 约500目构成至少50％的混合物，以所需图案加热到基材上，加热所施加的混合物，直到热熔材料熔融并结合到基材上，用其上的图案清洗基材，并将图案电镀 与所需的精整金属。 在其中混合物包括玻璃的一种方法中，将负性抗蚀剂粘合地固定到基底上并施加混合物。 抗蚀剂在加热时崩解。 在另一种方法中，当基底是塑料时，使用糊状的塑料和金属的混合物通过丝网印刷或移印法施加到基底上以形成图案。 在这两种情况下，通过分子间键合将图案结合到基板上，并且在不进行中间处理的情况下具有足够的电导率用于电镀。 此外，通过这些方法制作的文章。