Method for Surface Electrolytic Treatment of Garment Accessory Part, Garment Accessory Part and Method for Producing the Same
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.
Claims15
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 garment accessory to provide at least a part of the outer surface of the garment accessory with a metallic color(s) different from the color of the outer surface.
A metallic garment accessory comprising an outer surface having one side and the other side, the one side of the outer surface having a first metallic color and the other side of the outer surface having a second metallic color, the second metallic color being different from the first metallic color, wherein the first and second metallic colors are provided by a bipolar phenomenon, the bipolar phenomenon being generated on the garment accessory by passing electric current through an electrolytic solution in which the garment accessory is placed.
A method for producing a garment accessory(s) having a metallic color on at least a part of its outer surface, the metallic color being different from the color of the outer surface of the garment accessory(s), 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 garment accessories.
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