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Title:
METAL COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR FORMING METAL COMPONENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/155029
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a metal component having a novel planar pattern which is different from patterns obtained by printing or stamping etc., and also provided is a method for forming the metal component. A multi-surface part (12') including a plurality of small partition surfaces (12", 13'a) and ridges (13b, 13'b), which join two adjacent small partition surfaces (12", 13'a) at an obtuse angle, is provided in an intermediate member (10') that is to be formed into a metal decoration button (10). Next, the intermediate member (10') outer surface including the multi-surface part (12') is plated to form a plating layer, and the intermediate member (10') is then subjected to barrel polishing to strip the plating layer from portions corresponding to the ridges (13b, 13'b) while the plating layer is not removed from portions corresponding to the small partition surfaces (12", 13'a) of the multi-surface part (12'). In this way, the ground color of the intermediate member (10') is exposed. The multi-surface part (12') is then partially compressed to form the decoration button (10) having a compressed decoration surface (12). The compressed decoration surface (12) consequently has a pattern including: a plurality of small partition parts (12a) corresponding to the small partition surfaces (12", 13'a) on which the plating layer remains; and boundary parts (12b) corresponding to the ridges (13b, 13'b) from which the plating layer has been stripped.

Inventors:
HASEGAWA,Kenji (22-1,Ichibancho,Chiyoda-k, Tokyo 82, 〒1020082, JP)
長谷川 建二 (〒82 東京都千代田区一番町22番地1号 YKKスナップファスナー株式会社内 Tokyo, 〒1020082, JP)
Application Number:
JP2010/059712
Publication Date:
December 15, 2011
Filing Date:
June 08, 2010
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Assignee:
YKK CORPORATION (1Kanda Izumi-cho, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, 42, 〒1018642, JP)
YKK株式会社 (〒42 東京都千代田区神田和泉町1番地 Tokyo, 〒1018642, JP)
HASEGAWA,Kenji (22-1,Ichibancho,Chiyoda-k, Tokyo 82, 〒1020082, JP)
International Classes:
B44C3/02; A44B1/04; A44B19/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
AXIS Patent International (Yushi Kogyo Kaikan, 13-11Nihonbashi 3-chome,Chuo-k, Tokyo 27, 〒1030027, JP)
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