# US 11,304,485 B1 · Bezel making device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,304,485 B1 - Document ID: US11304485B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 17/509,447 - Filed: 2021-10-25 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2021-09-16 - Assignees: BezelEase LLC - Applicants: Dennis Coren; Arthur Coren - Inventors: Dennis Coren; Arthur Coren - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11304485B1 ## CPC - A44C 27/00: Making jewellery or other personal adornments - B21D 53/44: fancy goods, e.g. jewellery products - B25B 1/20: Vices for clamping work of special profile, e.g. pipes - B25B 1/241: {characterised by surface features or material} - B26B 29/06: Arrangements for guiding hand cutting tools (guiding equipment or arrangements for specific cutting tools, see the particular places, e.g. for hair trimming devices A45D24/36, for saw blades B27B11/02, B26B13/10) - B28D 5/0082: {for supporting, holding, feeding, conveying or discharging work} - A44C 17/04: Setting gems in jewellery; Setting-tools - A44C: PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS - B21D: WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL (working or processing of wire B21F) - B25B: TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING - B26B: HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufactering or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; {vegetable slicers, julienne cutters and similar devices and holders therefor, B26D3/28}; for surgical purposes A61B; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B7/22; pincers B25C11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; {perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet, B26F1/26}; for erasing B43L19/00; for textile materials D06H) - B28D: WORKING STONE OR STONE-LIKE MATERIALS ## Abstract A bezel making device is provided which may be used for the manufacture of fancy bezels, castellated bezels, serrated bezels, and other jewelry structures using a bezel material. In some embodiments, the device may include a front plate and a back plate. The front plate may have a first crenellated edge, the first crenellated edge having a plurality of first merlons and first crenels, in which each first merlon of the plurality of first merlons and first crenels is separated from an adjacent first merlon by a first crenel. The back plate may have a second merlon (preferably of a second crenellated edge having a plurality of second merlons and second crenels) and the bezel material may be held between the front plate and back plate by tensioning the bezel material between the plurality of first merlons and first crenels and the one or more second merlons. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A bezel making device for holding a bezel material, the device comprising: a front plate having a first crenellated edge, the first crenellated edge having a plurality of first merlons and first crenels, wherein each first merlon of the plurality of first merlons and first crenels is separated from an adjacent first merlon by a first crenel; a back plate having a second merlon, wherein the bezel material is held between the front plate and back plate by tensioning the bezel material between the plurality of first merlons and first crenels and the second merlon; and an alignment stud that extends through at least one of the front plate and back plate when the bezel material is tensioned between the plurality of first merlons and first crenels and the plurality of second merlons and second crenels. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the back plate comprises a second crenellated edge, the second crenellated edge having a plurality of second merlons and second crenels, wherein each second merlon of the plurality of second merlons and second crenels is separated from an adjacent second merlon by a second crenel; and wherein a bezel material is held between the front plate and back plate by tensioning the bezel material between the plurality of first merlons and first crenels and the plurality of second merlons and second crenels, and wherein the first crenels are linearly aligned with the second crenels when the bezel material is tensioned between the plurality of first merlons and first crenels and the plurality of second merlons and second crenels. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the first merlons form a first merlon surface, and wherein each first crenel is substantially perpendicular to the first merlon surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the alignment stud comprises threading. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the alignment stud is threadedly coupled to at least one of the front plate and back plate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising a first spacer plate that is positioned between the front plate and back plate when the bezel material is tensioned between the plurality of first merlons and first crenels and the plurality of second merlons and second crenels. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, wherein the first merlons form a first merlon surface, wherein the first spacer plate comprises a first supporting edge, and wherein the first supporting edge is positioned below the first merlon surface when the bezel making material is tensioned between the plurality of first merlons and first crenels and the plurality of second merlons and second crenels. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, further comprising a second spacer plate that is positioned between the front plate and back plate when the bezel material is tensioned between the plurality of first merlons and first crenels and the plurality of second merlons and second crenels, wherein the first spacer plate comprises a first thickness dimension (TD1), wherein the second spacer plate comprises a second thickness dimension (TD2), and wherein there is greater than a five percent difference between TD1 and TD2. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the front plate comprises a third crenellated edge, the third crenellated edge having a plurality of third merlons and third crenels, and wherein the back plate comprises a fourth crenellated edge, the fourth crenellated edge having a plurality of fourth merlons and fourth crenels. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The device of claim 9, wherein the first crenels are not linearly aligned with the third crenels. ### Claim 11 A bezel making device for holding a bezel material, the device comprising: a front plate having a first crenellated edge, the first crenellated edge having a plurality of first merlons and first crenels, wherein each first merlon of the plurality of first merlons and first crenels is separated from an adjacent first merlon by a first crenel; back plate having a second crenellated edge, the second crenellated edge having a plurality of second merlons and second crenels, wherein each second merlon of the plurality of second merlons and second crenels is separated from an adjacent second merlon by a second crenel; wherein the bezel material is held between the front plate and back plate by tensioning the bezel material between the plurality of first merlons and first crenels and the plurality of second merlons and second crenels, and wherein the first crenels are linearly aligned with the second crenels when the bezel material is tensioned between the plurality of first merlons and first crenels and the plurality of second merlons and second crenels; and a first spacer plate that is positioned between the front plate and back plate when the bezel material is tensioned between the plurality of first merlons and first crenels and the plurality of second merlons and second crenels. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, wherein the first merlons form a first merlon surface, and wherein each first crenel is substantially perpendicular to the first merlon surface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, further comprising an alignment stud that extends through at least one of the front plate and back plate when the bezel material is tensioned between the plurality of first merlons and first crenels and the plurality of second merlons and second crenels. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, wherein the alignment stud is threadedly coupled to at least one of the front plate and back plate. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, wherein the first merlons form a first merlon surface, wherein the first spacer plate comprises a first supporting edge, and wherein the first supporting edge is positioned below the first merlon surface when the bezel making material is tensioned between the plurality of first merlons and first crenels and the plurality of second merlons and second crenels. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, further comprising a second spacer plate that is positioned between the front plate and back plate when the bezel material is tensioned between the plurality of first merlons and first crenels and the plurality of second merlons and second crenels, wherein the first spacer plate comprises a first thickness dimension (TD1), wherein the second spacer plate comprises a second thickness dimension (TD2), and wherein there is greater than a five percent difference between TD1 and TD2. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, wherein the front plate comprises a third crenellated edge, the third crenellated edge having a plurality of third merlons and third crenels, and wherein the back plate comprises a fourth crenellated edge, the fourth crenellated edge having a plurality of fourth merlons and fourth crenels. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The device of claim 17, wherein the first crenels are not linearly aligned with the third crenels.