US 6,601,301 B2Granted

Jewelry formed by sections of multiply colored elements and process for making the same

OwnerGianPaolo Lacchetti, GianFranco Lacchettiinventors

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Abstract

Process for making jewels such as necklaces, bracelets or the like with different colors on at least two of their faces in sight so that a user can choose to put on the necklace or jewel so as to show one face or the other of the jewel according to the wished color, for instance the user can show a white gold face or a yellow gold face. In general, the process in question consists of a first phase in which noble metal bands (3, 4) showing different colors are put near each other. Then, the bands (3, 4) are coupled by welding (6) and are subjected to a second working phase in which they are bent and welded longitudinally so as to obtain a pipe (19) showing a multiple color. From this pipe (19) it is possible to obtain hollow links to be then mounted and fixed on a flexible core.

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Dependent claims

A process for making a two-sided necklace or bracelet, comprising providing a flexible core, and threading a plurality of pipe sections onto the flexible core, each pipe section having two different colors, the pipe sections being segments of a pipe formed in two phases, the first phase comprising:

providing at least two differently colored precious metal bands;
arranging the at least two precious metal bands in a side-by-side orientation;
coupling adjacent sides of the at least two precious metal bands by welding to form a single multi-color band having at least two different colors;
and
the second phase comprising:
bending the multi-color band to place free edges of the multi-color band adjacent each other;
and
longitudinally welding the adjacent free edges together to form a multi-color pipe, whereby the multi-color pipe displays one of the at least two different colors on each of at least two sides all along a length of the multi-color pipe.

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