Ornament piece and manufacture method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016347115-A1
Application number	US-201514811505-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 28, 2015
Priority date	May 30, 2015
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An ornament piece includes a base, a middle layer formed on the base and a surface layer formed on the middle layer. The middle layer includes a priming layer and a metal layer, the priming layer includes a matted metal texture, the metal layer includes a bright metal texture, the middle layer defines at least one groove. The at least one groove extends to the metal layer, a portion of the priming layer aligned to the groove is visual from the surface layer. A manufacture method of the ornament piece is also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An ornament piece comprising:
a base; a middle layer formed on a surface of the base, the middle layer comprising a priming layer and a metal layer, the priming layer comprising a matted metal texture, the metal layer comprising a bright metal texture, the middle layer defining at least one groove; and a surface layer formed on a surface of the middle layer; wherein the at least one groove extends to the metal layer, and wherein a portion of the priming layer aligned to the groove is visual from the surface layer.

2 . The ornament piece as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the middle layer further comprises a cladding layer formed between the metal layer and the surface layer, the cladding layer comprises at least one inset portion to fill in the at least one groove.

3 . The ornament piece as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the middle layer further comprises a cladding layer formed between the metal layer and the surface layer, the at least one groove extends through the cladding layer, the surface layer forms at least one inset portion to fill in the at least one groove.

4 . The ornament piece as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the middle layer further comprises a color layer formed between the priming layer and the metal layer, a color of the color layer is different from that of the priming layer and the cladding layer; the middle layer defines a plurality of grooves, a part of the grooves extend through the cladding layer, the color layer, and the metal layer; another part of the grooves extend through the cladding layer and the color layer; the surface layer forms a plurality of inset portions to fill in the grooves.

5 . The ornament piece as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a thickness of the priming layer and the cladding layer is 5-15 micrometer, thicknesses of different portions of the priming layer and different portions of the cladding layer are no more than 2 micrometer.

6 . The ornament piece as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the cladding layer is made of transparent or semitransparent material, the cladding layer includes a color different from that of the priming layer.

7 . The ornament piece as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base is made of plastic or a mixture material of plastic and fiberglass.

8 . The ornament piece as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the priming layer is made of stoving varnish material including metal granules.

9 . The ornament piece as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal layer is formed by physical vapor deposition process and has a thickness less than 500 nanometer.

10 . The ornament piece as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a protection layer formed on a surface of the surface layer, wherein the a material of the protection layer is an ultraviolet curing paint configured to improve an adhesion between the protection layer and the surface layer.

11 . A manufacture method of an ornament piece comprising:
providing a base; forming a priming layer with matted metal texture on at least one surface of the base by stoving varnish process; forming a metal layer with bright metal texture on a surface of the priming layer; forming at least one groove through the metal layer by laser marking; and forming a surface layer on a surface of the metal layer and filling the at least one groove with a material of the surface layer to form at least one inset portion, thus to finish manufacturing the ornament piece.

12 . The manufacture method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein after the laser marking process further comprising:
forming a cladding layer on a surface of the metal layer by stoving varnish process and filling the at least one groove with a material of the cladding layer, the cladding layer is made of transparent or semitransparent material and has a color different from that of the priming layer; and forming a surface layer on a surface of the cladding layer with transparent or semitransparent material.

13 . The manufacture method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the priming layer and the cladding layer are forming with laser sensitive paint and roasted in a temperature range of 80-90° C. for 30-60 minutes to be solidified.

14 . The manufacture method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein after the laser marking process further comprising:
forming a cladding layer on a surface of the metal layer by stoving varnish process, the cladding layer is made of transparent or semitransparent material and has a color different from that of the priming layer; forming a plurality of grooves through the cladding layer and the metal layer by laser marking process to expose a color of the base; and forming a surface layer on a surface of the cladding layer with transparent or semitransparent material.

15 . The manufacture method as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising:
forming a color layer between the priming layer and the metal layer with a color different from that of the priming layer and the metal layer.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Futaihong Prec Ind Co
• Fih Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Niu Mei-Hui
• Wang Yu-Tsai

Classifications

• C23C14/024

  Deposition of sublayers, e.g. to promote adhesion of the coating (C23C14/027 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C23C14/14

  Metallic material, boron or silicon · CPC title

• B44C3/005

  Removing selectively parts of at least the upper layer of a multi-layer article · CPC title

• B44C1/228 Primary

  by laser radiation · CPC title

• C23C14/5813

  using lasers · CPC title