Heating article comprising a surface coated with a decorative element capable of color change
AssigneeSeb S.A.
InventorsJean Pierre Buffard, Laurent Voisin, Claudine Gardaz
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Abstract
A heating appliance, such as a cooking container, has an inside surface coating including a decoration which changes color as a function of temperature. A decoration based on a thermostable resin and a chemical substance which changes color as a function of temperature is applied over a fluorocarbon resin coating on the inside of the container.
Claims10
A heating appliance having a surface covered with a basic coating consisting of a thermostable resin resistant to temperatures up to at least 200° C.;
- a decoration based on a thermostable resin resistant to temperatures up to at least 200° C. and on a chemical substance which reversibly changes color as a function of temperature, the decoration, which comprises at least two patterns containing different respective chemical substances, being applied on the top of the thermostable resin layer constituting the basic coating so as to cover at least part of the basic coating and adhering thereto because of curing of the resin constituting the decoration with the resin constituting the basic coating, wherein a first pattern contains iron oxide as a chemical substance and a second pattern contains as a chemical substance organic red bonded to a black pigment.
A method for covering at least one surface of a heating appliance with a basic coating consisting of a thermostable resin resistant to temperatures up to at least 200° C., wherein a decoration based on a thermostable resin resistant to temperatures up to at least 200° C. and on a chemical substance which reversibly changes color as a function of temperature, is applied on at least part of the thermostable resin layer constituting the basic coating, and the resin constituting the decoration is cured with the resin constituting the basic coating, the decoration comprising at least two patterns containing different respective chemical substances, a first pattern containing as a chemical substance iron oxide and a second pattern containing as a chemical substance organic red bonded to a black pigment.
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