Faceted jewelry ornament with facet grooved for light diffraction
AssigneeYamato Kako Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi Nakama
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Abstract
The present invention provides an ornament composed of a light transmissive material having a plurality of facets, with a plurality of fine grooves formed on these facets to increase brilliancy, dispersion and scintillation effects and thereby enhance the ornamental appearance.
Claims13
An ornament of a light transmissive material having a plurality of cut facets, wherein at least one of said cut facets has a plurality of fine grooves, said plurality of fine grooves being spaced over the total surface of said one facet with a substantially equal spacing suitable for the diffraction of visible light entering the ornament through said one facet to form a rainbow of seven colors within said ornament and thereby enhance the appearance of the ornament.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.