Ceramic cutlery and process for production thereof
AssigneeSternplastik Hellstern GmbH & Co. KG
InventorPeter Hellstern
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Abstract
Densely sintered piece of cutlery, which is produced of a high performance ceramic oxide in an injection molding process and which exhibits a decoration based upon metal oxide, which is fired in at a temperature of between 600° C. and 1,700° C., as well as process for production thereof. This type of cutlery possesses high value appearance which visually distinguishes them from conventional cutlery pieces.
Claims15
A cutlery set comprising at least one spoon, one fork, and one knife, wherein each piece is a densely sintered cutlery piece produced from a high performance oxide ceramic in an injection molding process and having a decoration provided directly on the oxide ceramic by screen printing, transfer printing, dabbing transfer, by hand or sponge decoration, wherein said decoration is a metal oxide based decoration which has been fired directly onto the oxide ceramic at a temperature in a range of between 600° C. and 1700° C.
A densely sintered cutlery piece produced from a high performance oxide ceramic in an injection molding process and having a decoration provided directly on the oxide ceramic by screen printing, transfer printing, dabbing transfer, sponge decoration or by hand, wherein said decoration is a metal oxide based decoration which has been fired directly onto the oxide ceramic at a temperature in a range of between 600° C. and 1700° C.
A process for production of a piece of cutlery, in which a high performance ceramic oxide is formed by a process comprising injection molding to a green form, sintering, applying directly onto the oxide ceramic a decoration based on metal oxide by screen printing, transfer printing, dabbing transfer, sponge decoration or by hand, and firing at a temperature in the range of between 600° C. and 1,700° C.
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