Claims
- 1. A method of manufacturing jewelry having a plurality of stones supported in an invisible stone mount, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a mold for producing a wax-like pattern of the jewelry;
- placing a rigid segment into a stone mount region of the mold corresponding to a stone-mount region of the jewelry;
- injecting a wax-like substance to form a wax-like pattern of said jewelry, including the rigid segment;
- inserting the stones into set positions thereof in the wax-like pattern on opposite sides of the rigid segment which forms an invisible preset stone mount;
- embedding said wax-like pattern, containing said rigid segment with the positioned stones in an "investment" material;
- melting the wax-like pattern to provide a mold cavity with said rigid segment and the supported stones being suspended therein;
- injecting molten material into the mold cavity to form a casting of the jewelry with the invisibly supported stones; and
- separating the investment material to remove the jewelry with the invisibly preset stones.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said rigid segment is metallic.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said segment is a bar.
- 4. The method of claim 2, wherein said metal is gold.
- 5. The method of claim 1, wherein said wax-like substance is wax.
- 6. The method of claim 1, wherein said mold for producing said wax-like pattern is metallic.
- 7. The method of claim 1, further providing the step of trimming said jewelry to remove undesired portions.
- 8. The method of claim 7, further providing the step of finishing the jewelry.
- 9. The method of claim 1, wherein said investment material is a plaster material.
- 10. A method of manufacturing jewelry having a plurality of stones supported with an invisible stone mount, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a rubber mold for producing a wax pattern of the jewelry;
- placing a gold metal bar into a stone mount region of the mold, corresponding to a stone-mount region of the jewelry;
- injecting a substance into said mold to form a wax pattern of said jewelry, including the gold bar therein;
- inserting the stones into set positions thereof in the wax pattern on opposite sides of the gold bar which forms an invisible preset stone mount;
- embedding said wax pattern, containing said metal segment with the stones positioned in an investment material;
- melting the wax pattern to provide a mold cavity with said gold bar segment and the supported stones being suspended therein;
- injecting molten metal into the mold cavity to form a casting of the jewelry with the invisibly supported stones; and
- separating the investment material to remove the jewelry with the invisibly preset stones;
- trimming said jewelry to remove undesired portions; and
- finishing said jewelry.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/676,846, filed Jul. 8, 1996, directed to INVISIBLE PRE-SETTING METHOD FOR JEWELRY, inventor Manny Haimoff, now abandoned.
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