Method for surface electrolytic treatment of garment accessory part and method for producing a garment accessory part
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorKenji Hasegawa
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Abstract
A method for subjecting garment accessories to a surface electrolytic treatment provides various metallic colors to metallic garment accessories in a cost effective manner. The method can provide a first metallic color on one side of outer surface of the garment accessory and provide a second metallic color on the other side of the outer surface, by placing one or more metallic garment accessories in an electrolytic solution in a non-contact state with an anode and a cathode for passing electric current through the electrolytic solution, passing electric current through the electrolytic solution and generating a bipolar phenomenon on the garment accessory.
Claims12
A method for subjecting garment accessories to a surface electrolytic treatment, comprising placing one or more metallic garment accessories in an electrolytic solution in a non-contact state with an anode and a cathode for passing electric current through the electrolytic solution, passing electric current through the electrolytic solution and generating a bipolar phenomenon on the one or more metallic garment accessories to provide at least a part of an outer surface of the one or more metallic garment accessories with at least one metallic color different from a color of the outer surface prior to the surface electrolytic treatment,
- wherein the method comprises controlling a posture of the one or more metallic garment accessories such that one side of the outer surface of the one or more metallic garment accessories faces the anode and the other side of the outer surface faces the cathode while passing electric current through the electrolytic solution,
- wherein the one or more metallic garment accessories are elements for a slide fastener, and
- wherein the method comprises intermittently or continuously passing the elements which are attached to fastener tapes through the electrolytic solution so as to subject the elements to the surface electrolytic treatment.
A method for producing a garment accessory having a metallic color on at least a part of its outer surface, the metallic color being different from a color of an untreated outer surface of the garment accessory, the method comprising the steps of placing one or more garment accessories in an electrolytic solution in a non-contact state with an anode and a cathode for passing electric current through the electrolytic solution, and passing electric current through the electrolytic solution to generate a bipolar phenomenon on the one or more garment accessories,
- wherein the method comprises controlling a posture of the one or more garment accessories such that one side of the outer surface of the one or more garment accessories faces the anode and the other side of the outer surface faces the cathode while passing electric current through the electrolytic solution,
- wherein the one or more garment accessories are elements for a slide fastener, and
- wherein the method comprises intermittently or continuously passing the elements which are attached to fastener tapes through the electrolytic solution so as to subject the elements to a surface electrolytic treatment.
A method for subjecting a garment accessory to a surface electrolytic treatment, comprising placing one or more metallic garment accessories in an electrolytic solution in a non-contact state with an anode and a cathode for passing electric current through the electrolytic solution, passing electric current through the electrolytic solution and generating a bipolar phenomenon on the one or more metallic garment accessories to provide at least a part of an outer surface of the one or more metallic garment accessories with at least one metallic color different from a color of an untreated outer surface,
- wherein the method comprises controlling a posture of the one or more metallic garment accessories such that one side of the outer surface of the one or more metallic garment accessories faces the anode and the other side of the outer surface faces the cathode while passing electric current through the electrolytic solution,
- wherein the one or more metallic garment accessories are shell caps for buttons or for button mounting members, and
- wherein the method comprises rotationally flowing the shell caps with polishing materials in a container in which the electrolytic solution is contained so as to subject the shell caps to the surface electrolytic treatment.
A method for producing a garment accessory having at least one metallic color on at least a part of its outer surface, the at least one metallic color being different from a color of an untreated outer surface of the garment accessory, the method comprising the steps of placing one or more garment accessories in an electrolytic solution in a non-contact state with an anode and a cathode for passing electric current through the electrolytic solution, and passing electric current through the electrolytic solution to generate a bipolar phenomenon on the one or more garment accessories,
- wherein the method comprises controlling a posture of the one or more garment accessory such that one side of the outer surface of the one or more garment accessory faces the anode and the other side of the outer surface faces the cathode while passing electric current through the electrolytic solution,
- wherein the one or more garment accessories are shell caps for buttons or for button mounting members, and
- wherein the method comprises rotationally flowing the shell caps with polishing materials in a container in which the electrolytic solution is contained so as to subject the shell caps to a surface electrolytic treatment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.