Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of forming a transparent one piece timepiece component
- Patent Title (中): 形成透明单件钟表组件的方法
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Application No.: US14349948Application Date: 2012-10-02
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Publication No.: US09533438B2Publication Date: 2017-01-03
- Inventor: Christian Poffet , Philipp Gaechter , Xavier Tinguely
- Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE
- Applicant Address: CH Grenchen
- Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Current Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Current Assignee Address: CH Grenchen
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: EP11183805 20111004
- International Application: PCT/EP2012/069473 WO 20121002
- International Announcement: WO2013/050374 WO 20130411
- Main IPC: B29C45/00
- IPC: B29C45/00 ; B29C33/50 ; G04B29/02 ; G04B3/04 ; G04B5/16 ; G04B15/14 ; G04B39/00 ; G04B45/00 ; B29C45/26 ; B29C45/34 ; B29K33/00 ; B29K77/00 ; B29L31/00

Abstract:
Method for forming a transparent timepiece component including top and bottom surfaces: a transparent polymerizable material is chosen; there is applied to a plate a flexible female mold including a capillary network and having a contact surface which is the negative of the bottom surface, bordered by an edge; a cavity is delimited by the sealed juxtaposition of the edge with a plate having a contact surface which is the negative of the top surface; the material is injected through the capillary network to fill the cavity; the material is polymerized to obtain a rigid component; the component is removed from the plates by the deformation of this flexible mold. Hardness is improved by the UV exposition of this component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140319741A1 METHOD OF FORMING A TRANSPARENT ONE PIECE TIMEPIECE COMPONENT Public/Granted day:2014-10-30
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