US 5,039,468 AGranted

Method of making a stained glass article

OwnerStephen N. Sellersinventor

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Abstract

A method of making a window pane that has a plurality of glass pieces arranged in a predetermined pattern and joined at adjacent edges by cames having flanges on both faces of the pane. The method includes the steps of making a mold of both faces of a master window to be duplicated, positioning pieces of glass which are copies of these used to make the original onto the molded surface of one mold with the edges of each piece of glass adjoining the open channel pattern of the mold, said pattern produced by the cames of the master window. The faces of the mold portions are joined, clamping the glass pieces between them. Moldable, colored resin is introduced to fill the spaces between the glass pieces and allowed to set. The finished article is then removed from the mold and has cames which faithfully duplicate in pattern, color and texture the leaded cames of the original.

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Dependent claims

A method of making a decorative stained glass article, said article comprising at least one pane and a plurality of cames joining together to produce a pattern, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a master of the article to be made, said master having at least one individual pane and a plurality of cames having a raised surface with respect to said individual pane and which together define a connected pattern of plurality of individual shapes above and below a plane defined by said individual pane, said pane having a particular shape;
making a mold of one surface of said master article;
making a mold of the other surface of said master article, said one surface mold and said other surface mold having connected, recessed channels below the surface plane of said molds, which channels produce a pattern corresponding to said pattern of said master article cames;
positioning at least one individual mold pane on said one mold surface;
placing said other surface mold in registry with said one surface mold so as to form a mold enclosure;
filling said channels with a liquid bonding material thereby forming said article with said plurality of cames;
curing said bonding material;
and
removing the finished article from said molds.

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