Method for manufacture of multi-color marking implements
AssigneeClowny Corporation
InventorAdrianus J. Smit
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Disclosed are multi-color marking implements (i.e. crayons) having variegated color patterns, and a method and apparatus for their manufacture involving consecutively casting small amounts of molten crayon-like materials into suitably shaped molds at specific temperatures. The marking implements have a multiplicity of discretely-colored regions of random shape, randomly distributed in the implement. In addition, the marking implement may include a multiplicity of non-discretely colored regions resulting from a blending of colors from two discretely-colored regions. Optionally, the multi-color implement may be provided in a transparent lipstick type container that may serve as the mold in the casting process.
Claims7
A method for making a multi-colored marking implement comprising providing molten wax-like materials of at least two different colors, dispensing a metered amount of a first of said molten wax-like materials while at a first temperature into a mold and after a predetermined cooling period dispensing a second of said molten wax-like materials while at a second temperature into the mold, so that the two dispensed materials form a discretely-colored material region and form a non-discretely-colored region of blended color substantially randomly distributed in the discretely colored material region, and repeating the above steps a multiplicity of times so as to form a marking implement having a variegated pattern of substantially randomly distributed discrete and blended colored regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.