Method of manufacturing pick for stringed instrument
OwnerB. Scott Morrisinventor
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Abstract
A pick for a string instrument is manufactured by the use of a hot stamp press. A pick blank is mounted on a support surface of the press with a front side of the pick blank disposed upwardly. A heated die head is moved against the front side of the pick blank and maintained in that position a sufficient time to imprint a pattern configuration into the front side to thereby form a gripping surface on the front side. A film may be disposed between the front side and the die head. A pattern may also be imprinted into the rear side.
Claims15
A method of manufacturing a pick for a string instrument comprising providing a pick blank having a front side and a rear side, inserting the pick blank with its front side uppermost on to a support surface of a hot stamp press below the die head of the press with the die head having a pattern configuration, heating the die head, pressing the heated die head against the front side of the pick blank for a sufficient time to imprint the pattern configuration on the front side to form a gripping surface on the front side, moving the die head away from the imprinted pick blank, and removing the imprinted pick blank from the hot stamp press whereby the pick blank forms a pick with a gripping surface on its front side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.