Technical or decorative piece associating a transparent material and a silicon based amorphous material and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorsGilles Derriey, Christian Verdon, Stewes Bourban, Giancarlo Poli
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Abstract
A transparent substrate (10) made of a transparent material resistant to temperatures higher than 500° C., such as sapphire, includes recesses (13, 14) in at least one of its faces (11, 12) and/or a groove (15) machined into its thickness, that are covered with opaque, translucent or transparent enamel depositions (23 to 30) that may or may not be coloured, depending upon the pigments used in the enamel composition.
Claims10
1-21. (canceled)
A piece for technical use or decorative use or technical and decorative use, comprising:
- (a) a transparent substrate having a top face, a bottom face and a thickness;
- and
- (b) a deposit of enamel material, wherein, the deposit of enamel material is layered on at least one of the top face and the bottom face of the transparent substrate or in the thickness of the transparent substrate, wherein the enamel material is selected from the group of physical characteristics consisting of one or more of opaque, translucent, transparent and coloured, wherein the transparent substrate is a material that does not experience any heat-induced injury at to temperatures higher than 500° C., and wherein the opaque or translucent depositions are formed by enamel layers, and
- wherein the enamel layers are formed on the bottom face of the piece, opposite the top face.
A piece for technical use or decorative use or technical and decorative use, comprising:
- (a) a transparent substrate having a top face, a bottom face and a thickness;
- and
- (b) a deposit of enamel material, wherein, the deposit of enamel material is layered on at least one of the top face and the bottom face of the transparent substrate or in the thickness of the transparent substrate, wherein the enamel material is selected from the group of physical characteristics consisting of one or more of opaque, translucent, transparent and coloured, wherein the transparent substrate is a material that does not experience any heat-induced injury at to temperatures higher than 500° C., and wherein the opaque or translucent depositions are formed by enamel layers, and wherein the enamel layers are formed on both the top face and the bottom face of the piece.
A piece for technical use or decorative use or technical and decorative use, comprising:
- (a) a transparent substrate having a top face, a bottom face and a thickness;
- and
- (b) a deposit of enamel material, wherein, the deposit of enamel material is layered on at least one of the top face and the bottom face of the transparent substrate or in the thickness of the transparent substrate, wherein the enamel material is selected from the group of physical characteristics consisting of one or more of opaque, translucent, transparent and coloured, wherein the transparent substrate is a material that does not experience any heat-induced injury at to temperatures higher than 500° C., and wherein the opaque or translucent depositions are formed by enamel layers, and wherein the piece includes back lighting in the zones where the substrate is entirely transparent or includes translucent enamel layers.
A piece for technical use or decorative use or technical and decorative use, comprising:
- (a) a transparent substrate having a top face, a bottom face and a thickness;
- and
- (b) a deposit of enamel material, wherein, the deposit of enamel material is layered on at least one of the top face and the bottom face of the transparent substrate or in the thickness of the transparent substrate, wherein the enamel material is selected from the group of physical characteristics consisting of one or more of opaque, translucent, transparent and coloured, wherein the transparent substrate is a material that does not experience any heat-induced injury at to temperatures higher than 500° C., and wherein the opaque or translucent depositions are formed by enamel layers, and wherein the top face of the transparent substrate is structured and coated with translucent enamel layers to form a hologram.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.