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FR2752689A1
FR2752689A1 FR9610987A FR9610987A FR2752689A1 FR 2752689 A1 FR2752689 A1 FR 2752689A1 FR 9610987 A FR9610987 A FR 9610987A FR 9610987 A FR9610987 A FR 9610987A FR 2752689 A1 FR2752689 A1 FR 2752689A1
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Pierre Derobert
Eric Toyes
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23CCOATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C28/00Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not provided for in a single one of groups C23C2/00 - C23C26/00 or by combinations of methods provided for in subclasses C23C and C25C or C25D
    • C23C28/02Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not provided for in a single one of groups C23C2/00 - C23C26/00 or by combinations of methods provided for in subclasses C23C and C25C or C25D only coatings only including layers of metallic material
    • C23C28/023Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not provided for in a single one of groups C23C2/00 - C23C26/00 or by combinations of methods provided for in subclasses C23C and C25C or C25D only coatings only including layers of metallic material only coatings of metal elements only
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44CPERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C27/00Making jewellery or other personal adornments
    • A44C27/001Materials for manufacturing jewellery
    • A44C27/005Coating layers for jewellery
    • A44C27/006Metallic coatings
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    • C23COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23CCOATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C28/00Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not provided for in a single one of groups C23C2/00 - C23C26/00 or by combinations of methods provided for in subclasses C23C and C25C or C25D
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C25ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25DPROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D15/00Electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings containing embedded materials, e.g. particles, whiskers, wires
    • C25D15/02Combined electrolytic and electrophoretic processes with charged materials

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Abstract

The material comprises a base layer, e.g. of silver or white gold, covered with a layer of precious metal and plated with platinum. The platinum coating contains microscopic particles of other materials, selected from the group comprising silicium, tungsten carbide, nitride carbide, diamond and PTFE. The platinum coating is 2.5-3.5 mu m thick, and it can be applied by chemical, physical or electrolytic means.

Description

PIECE D'ORFEVRERIE, DE BITOUTERIE, DE TOAILLERIE,
D'HORLOGERIE, DE DECORATION OU ANALOGUE
Domaine technique
L'invention se rattache au domaine de l'orfévrerie, la bijouterie ou l'horlogerie. Elle vise plus précisément la fabrication d'objets en métal précieux à base d'argent ou d'or blanc et présentant un placage en platine.
PIECE OF SILVERWOOD, BITOUTERY, FABRIC,
CLOCK, DECORATION OR THE LIKE
Technical area
The invention relates to the field of goldsmithery, jewelry or watchmaking. It more specifically aims at the manufacture of precious metal objects based on silver or white gold and having a platinum plating.

Elle consiste plus précisément en l'utilisation de poudres submicronales incorporées dans la couche de platine.It consists more precisely in the use of submicron powders incorporated in the platinum layer.

Techniques antérieures
La réalisation de pièces d'orfévrerie ou de bijoux réalisés à base d'argent ou d'or blanc plaqué en platine est connue depuis de nombreux siècles.
Previous techniques
The production of silverware or jewelry made from silver or white gold plated in platinum has been known for many centuries.

Ainsi, ces pièces présentent un éclat caractéristique très recherché. Thus, these parts have a highly sought-after characteristic luster.

Or, compte-tenu des techniques de fabrications existantes, les couches de placage de tels bijoux sont d'une épaisseur extrêmement réduite. En effet, les couches de platine actuellement obtenues sont très fines et très tendues et par conséquent perméables et relativement cassantes.However, given the existing manufacturing techniques, the plating layers of such jewelry are of extremely reduced thickness. Indeed, the platinum layers currently obtained are very thin and very taut and therefore permeable and relatively brittle.

Or, on sait que dans le cas où le plaquage de platine est réalisé sur un bijou à base d'argent, la perméabilité de la couche de plaquage permet l'oxydation et la sulfuration de l'argent. Cela se traduit par une dégradation des qualités superficielles du bijou, et l'apparition de tâches de sulfuration de l'argent particulièrement inesthétiques. However, it is known that in the case where the platinum plating is carried out on a silver-based jewel, the permeability of the plating layer allows the oxidation and the sulfurization of the silver. This results in a degradation of the surface qualities of the jewel, and the appearance of particularly unsightly silver sulphurization spots.

Par ailleurs, il est également connu de recouvrir les bijoux à base d'argent d'une couche de rhodium qui protège l'argent d'une oxydation en formant une barrière vis-à-vis de l'air ambiant. Or, si le rhodium est très résistant et confère aux bijoux ainsi obtenus une bonne tenue aux chocs, en revanche son éclat est relativement médiocre. Furthermore, it is also known to cover silver-based jewelry with a layer of rhodium which protects silver from oxidation by forming a barrier against ambient air. However, if the rhodium is very resistant and gives the jewelry thus obtained a good impact resistance, on the other hand its luster is relatively poor.

Le problème que se propose donc de résoudre l'invention est celui du dépôt de couches de platine plus épaisses que celles existantes, compatibles avec les critères de coûts inhérents au prix de la matière première. The problem which the invention therefore proposes to solve is that of depositing platinum layers thicker than those existing, compatible with the cost criteria inherent in the price of the raw material.

Exposé de l'invention
L'invention concerne donc une pièce d'orfévrerie, de bijouterie, de joaillerie, d'horlogerie, de décoration ou analogue, comportant une couche supérieure en métal fin et une couche de plaquage en platine.
Statement of the invention
The invention therefore relates to a piece of goldsmith's work, of jewelery, of fine jewelery, of clocks, of decoration or the like, comprising an upper layer of fine metal and a layer of platinum plating.

Cette pièce se caractérise en ce que la couche de plaquage en platine comprend en outre un ajout de particules submicronales. This part is characterized in that the platinum plating layer further comprises an addition of submicron particles.

Autrement dit, l'invention consiste à incorporer dans le platine de plaquage des particules de dimensions de l'ordre du micron. De façon surprenante, ceci permet d'augmenter notablement l'épaisseur de la couche de plaquage en platine. Ainsi, typiquement, les couches de plaquage en platine pur sont de l'ordre du micron, tandis que les couches de platine conformes à l'invention peuvent atteindre 2,5 à 5 microns. In other words, the invention consists in incorporating into the plating plate particles with dimensions of the order of a micron. Surprisingly, this makes it possible to significantly increase the thickness of the platinum plating layer. Thus, typically, the platinum plating layers are of the order of a micron, while the platinum layers according to the invention can reach 2.5 to 5 microns.

En pratique, les particules submicronales sont en un matériau choisi dans le groupe comprenant entre autres: la silice, le carbure de tungstène, le carbure de nitrure, le diamant et le polytétrafluoroéthylène.  In practice, the submicron particles are made of a material chosen from the group comprising inter alia: silica, tungsten carbide, nitride carbide, diamond and polytetrafluoroethylene.

Ainsi, en fonction de la poudre utilisée, on peut modifier les caractéristiques intrinsèques du platine en termes de dureté, de coloris et de résistance à l'abrasion.  Thus, depending on the powder used, the intrinsic characteristics of the platinum can be modified in terms of hardness, color and resistance to abrasion.

Manières de réaliser l'invention
Comme déjà dit, l'invention concerne les objets utilisés en orfévrerie, en bijouterie, en joaillerie et voire en horlogerie. n peut donc s'agir de bijoux, de montres ou d'articles de métal précieux de type très divers.
Ways to realize the invention
As already said, the invention relates to objects used in goldsmithery, in jewelry, in jewelry and even in watchmaking. It can therefore be jewelry, watches or precious metal items of very different types.

Les couches de plaquage conformes à l'invention peuvent être appliquées sur divers métaux, tels que principalement l'argent et l'or blanc. The plating layers according to the invention can be applied to various metals, such as mainly silver and white gold.

Ainsi, pour réaliser un bijou conforme à l'invention, on procède sur l'objet de base, issu par exemple de fonderie, au dépôt d'une couche caractéristique de platine. Ce dépôt peut s'obtenir par un procédé physique, chimique ou électrolytique, connu en soi, qui ne sera donc pas détaillé ci-après en détail. Thus, to produce a piece of jewelry in accordance with the invention, the basic object, for example from foundry, is applied to the deposition of a characteristic layer of platinum. This deposition can be obtained by a physical, chemical or electrolytic process, known per se, which will therefore not be detailed below in detail.

Conformément à une caractéristique essentielle de l'invention, le platine utilisé pour réaliser la couche barrière et l'éventuelle couche de placage contient des particules de poudre submicronales. Ainsi, lors de la préparation du platine avant son dépôt, on y incorpore certaines poudres permettant de modifier les caractéristiques mécaniques ou esthétiques du platine. In accordance with an essential characteristic of the invention, the platinum used to make the barrier layer and the possible plating layer contains particles of submicron powder. Thus, during the preparation of the platinum before its deposition, certain powders are incorporated therein making it possible to modify the mechanical or aesthetic characteristics of the platinum.

Ainsi, si l'on souhaite augmenter la dureté de la couche de platine, on choisit une poudre de diamant, ou de métal dur comme par exemple le carbure de tungstène ou de carbure de nitrure. Thus, if it is desired to increase the hardness of the platinum layer, a diamond powder, or a hard metal powder such as, for example, tungsten carbide or nitride carbide, is chosen.

Par ailleurs, si l'on souhaite augmenter la résistance de la couche de placage à l'usure, aux frottements et aux glissements, on choisit d'incorporer une poudre de matières thermoplastiques comme par exemple du polytétrafluorure d'éthylène commercialisé sous la marque déposée TEFLON. On peut également incorporer des poudres telles que la silice permettant d'obtenir des effets de couleur particulièrement esthétiques. Furthermore, if it is desired to increase the resistance of the plating layer to wear, to friction and to slipping, it is chosen to incorporate a powder of thermoplastic materials such as, for example, polyethylene tetrafluoride marketed under the registered trademark. TEFLON. It is also possible to incorporate powders such as silica, making it possible to obtain particularly aesthetic color effects.

Conformément à une caractéristique importante de l'invention, la couche de plaquage en platine présente de préférence une épaisseur comprise entre 2,5 à 3,5 microns. Bien entendu, l'invention couvre également les réalisations dans lesquelles l'épaisseur de platine sera comprise entre 1 et 4 voire 5 microns. According to an important characteristic of the invention, the platinum plating layer preferably has a thickness of between 2.5 to 3.5 microns. Of course, the invention also covers embodiments in which the thickness of platinum will be between 1 and 4 or even 5 microns.

Il est important de noter que l'épaisseur de la couche de platine caractéristique de l'invention est nettement supérieure aux épaisseurs de couches de platine utilisée en placage traditionnellement, qui sont typiquement de l'ordre du micron. It is important to note that the thickness of the platinum layer characteristic of the invention is significantly greater than the thicknesses of platinum layers used in traditional plating, which are typically of the order of a micron.

Ainsi, les articles d'orfévrerie ou de bijouterie conformes à l'invention présentent de nombreux avantages par rapport aux bijoux équivalents réalisés antérieurement. En ce qui concerne les propriétés mécaniques, on peut citer une augmentation de la résistance aux chocs et aux frottements. Sur le point de vue esthétique, on obtient des articles présentant un éclat et des coloris supérieurs à ceux obtenus notamment grâce au placage de rhodium.  Thus, the articles of goldsmithery or jewelry in accordance with the invention have many advantages compared to equivalent jewelry made previously. As regards the mechanical properties, there may be mentioned an increase in impact and friction resistance. From an aesthetic point of view, articles are obtained having a brightness and colors superior to those obtained in particular by virtue of the plating of rhodium.

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REVENDICATIONS 1/ Pièce d'orfévrerie, de bijouterie, de joaillerie, d'horlogerie, de décoration ou analogue, du type comportant une couche supérieure en métal fin et une couche de plaquage en platine, caractérisée en ce que la couche de plaquage en platine comprend en outre un ajout de particules submicronales.1 / Piece of goldsmith's, jewelry, clockwork, decoration or the like, of the type comprising an upper layer of fine metal and a platinum plating layer, characterized in that the platinum plating layer comprises in addition an addition of submicron particles. 2/ Pièce selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que les poudres submicronales sont en un matériau choisi dans le groupe comprenant la silice, le carbure de tungstène, le carbure de nitrure, le diamant et le polytétrafluoroéthylène. 2 / Part according to claim 2, characterized in that the submicron powders are made of a material chosen from the group comprising silica, tungsten carbide, nitride carbide, diamond and polytetrafluoroethylene. 3/ Pièce selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la couche de plaquage a une épaisseur comprise entre 2,5 et 3,5 microns. 3 / Part according to claim 1, characterized in that the plating layer has a thickness between 2.5 and 3.5 microns.
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