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GB1591163A
GB1591163A GB3157776A GB3157776A GB1591163A GB 1591163 A GB1591163 A GB 1591163A GB 3157776 A GB3157776 A GB 3157776A GB 3157776 A GB3157776 A GB 3157776A GB 1591163 A GB1591163 A GB 1591163A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44CPRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK; PAPERHANGING
    • B44C1/00Processes, not specifically provided for elsewhere, for producing decorative surface effects
    • B44C1/22Removing surface-material, e.g. by engraving, by etching
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44FSPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES
    • B44F9/00Designs imitating natural patterns
    • B44F9/10Designs imitating natural patterns of metallic or oxidised metallic surfaces

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(54) ARTICLES OF DISPLAY (71) We, MICROPONENT DEVELOPMENT LIMITED, a British Company of 39-43, Belmont Row, Birmingham, JOHN JAMES BUTLER, a British Subject of 1 Meriden Road, Hamptonin-Arden, Warwickshire, and JOHN EDWARD STOCKTON, a British Subject of 51, Little Sutton Lane, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire do hereby declare the invention for which we pray that a Patent may be granted to us and the method by which it is to be performed to be particularly described in and by the following statement: This invention relates to articles of display, by which expression is meant articles of which at least one primary design function is the visual display of material which may be either informative or purely aesthetic in character.
For example, the material displayed may be entirely or primarily artistic in content, comprising a picture, sketch or scene. On the other hand, it may consist wholly or mainly of alphanumeric characters so as to constitute a notice.
The article bearing such display material may be purely a vehicle for such material or it may have a further function. For example, the article may comprise a simple base member, such as a plate or sheet for attachment by any suitable means (such as adhesive or screws) to a supporting surface, or such base member may be mounted in a frame or surround adapted for wall-mounting in the nature of a picture frame. Alternatively, the material displayed may be presented on a suitable surface afforded by a base member having a further function, for example, as a tray, so as to comprise a decoration or ornamentation applied to such tray.
Whilst the base member may most often be flat; or at least afford a flat surface for the material displayed, the surface may also be of curved form or even comprise a complete cylinder.
Such articles, comprising a base member with visually displayed material thereon, are hereinafter referred to generally as "articles of display", One form of article of display as herein defined which is in current use comprises a base member in the form of a flat plate of metal, or non-metallic substrate coated with metal, with the display material printed thereon or etched therein, the base member being mounted in a frame for wall mounting. Such articles having the display material presented in only a single colour, generally black, and the overall appearance is therefore of a black line drawing on a metal ground of uniform colour.
It is an object of the invention to provide a significant visual enhancement of this effect for application to articles of display generally, and with this in view the present invention resides in an article of display wherein at least one surface portion thereof presents display material comprising lines of a non-metallic material exposed to view, and said surface portion comprises areas of at least two metals of different colour exposed to view and visibly separated by the line of non-metallic material forming at least part of said display material.
For example, in the case of display material comprising a pictorial scene, such as one showing a horse against a rural background, the horse could be defined by an area of metal of one colour terminating at a visible boundary line constituted by at least part of the visible non-metallic material and cooncident with the outline of the horse as shown in the display material, the background on the other side of said visible boundary then being of a metal of different colour, and the display material as a whole, including said boundary line, being etched, printed or otherwise marked on the surface presented by said two different metal areas as a whole.
Preferably, said surface is afforded by a base member comprising a continuous film, sheet or plate of electrically conductive material, or a non-conductive backing member provided with a conductive coating, and in most instances such conductive material or coating would comprise the major area of the base member to which the display material is to be applied. The conductive material or coating may then be masked by any convement technique so as to leave exposed the area or areas required to be formed by a second metal of different colour, and such metal may then, in accordance with a further aspect of the invention, be deposited by electro plating, although other deposition techniques, such as vacuum deposition might in some instances be utilised with advantage.After the plating the mask is usually removed, but if it is in the nature of a transparent lacquer it could be retained in the case where, as mentioned below, the non-metallic material which defines the lines comprising said display meteral is applied to the continuous conductive material or coating before the application of the second metal.
If more than two colours of metal are required, further masking and deposition steps may follow as appropriate.
The visual display material may be applied to the surface presented by the two (or more) metals, after removal of the mask or masks, by a screen printing process, or by etching and filling or by another convenient process. Etch- ing may be carried out if desired prior to deposition of the second metal, for example by the application of a photo-sensitive resist material to the whole area followed by exposure thereon of the intended design, followed by development and etching. The etched lines may then be filled in with suitable nonconductive material, and the further plating process carried out to form the second metal area, which due to the use of a non-conductive filler will not be deposited on the lines of the non-conductive material already etched in the first metal.In order to avoid the necessity of filling the etched lines with a contrast material, it would be possible for the lines to be etched completely through a thin metal coating carried by a non-conductive base layer, but in general it is preferred to maintain the electrical conductivity of the first metal so as to enable the second metal to be deposited electrolytically.
Finally, the surface is preferably lacquered or otherwise provided with a suitable protective coating and the base member is mounted, for example, in a frame if intended for wall display.
As mentioned above, this technique could equally be applied to flat surfaces afforded by articles such as trays which have a function additional to that of simple display of visual material, and that the surface to which the display material is applied need not be flat, but could be curved.
The invention also resides in a method of making an article of display as herein defined comprising the steps of marking the visual display material on a continuous surface afforded by a first metal by means of an electrically nonconductive substance, masking one or more parts of said surface with electrically nonconductive material and thereafter electrolytically depositing on the unmasked and unmarked part or parts a coating of a metal of different colour to said metal of which said surface is formed.
The invention will now be described by way of example with reference to a preferred embodiment.
A base member consisting of a continuous film, sheet or plate or electrically conductive material such as brass, copper or steel, or å non-conductive backing member having a continuous conductive coating is first cleaned as necessary by such processes as scrubbing, acid dipping, electrolytic cleaning, or degreasing.
The desired visual display material is then applied to a selected portion of the metal surface afforded by the cleaned and dried base member in such a manner that it is marked out by lines of a non-conductive substance deposited on the metal surface. Preferably, this is achieved by coating the base member with a photosensitive acid resist coating, exposing the coated base member to a photographic negative or positive and treating the coating in known manner so as to leave an etch resistant mask on the surface of the base member, thereafter etching the exposed portions of the base member by any suitable technique to form grooves therein, filling such grooves with nonconductive substance of a suitable colour, for example stoving enamels or paints, and finally removing the mask.Alternatively, other types of masking may be applied by any suitable known techniques, such as dichromated colloids, fish glue, shellac, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate or sensitized polymers such as polyvinyl cinnamate, cis-polyvisoprene or polyolefin.
The etching process carried out preferably forms grooves having a depth of approximately .002" to .003", and the etchant used will depend on the metal of which the base member is made. For example, ferric chloride, nitric acid, or any suitable proprietory alkaline etchant or electrolytic etching solutions may be employed.
After the visual display material has been applied and the mask has been removed, the base member is masked for a second time to leave exposed one or more continuous areas of the base member, the boundary of each such area being defined by at least some of the filled grooves which comprise the visual display material applied to the base member.
The unmasked area is then electroplated with a metal of different colour, typically nickel, copper, gold or silver depending on the metal of which the base member is formed.
Unless the second mask is transparent and of a permanent nature, it is then removed and the whole surface is coated with a protective lacquer such as nitrocellulose, urea-formaldehyde, melamine, formaldehyde, epoxy or acrylic resins.
It it is desired to use three or more different metals, further masking and electroplating steps may be carried out before the final protective coating is applied.
Any suitable known solutions for the electrolytic deposition of the appropriate metals may be used. For example, copper may be deposited from cyanide copper, acid copper sulphate, pyrophosphate copper, fluoborate copper or neutral tartrate solutions. Nickel may be deposited as bright, semi-bright or dull coatings by the use of known solutions, and likewise gold and silver may be deposited in known manner.
As an alternative to depositing the second metal electrolytically, suitable electroless solutions may be employed. Thsi is particularly desirable where the base member consists of a non-conductive material having a thin metallic coating such that when the visual display material is etched therein the electrical continuity of the coating may be interrupted.
However, in this case it is important to use as a fillter in the etched grooves a material which is resistant to the deposition of the second metal thereon.
In a further alternative, where either electrolytic or electroless deposition of the second metal is employed, the second metal may be deposited on the base member before the application of the visual display material thereto. In this case, the visual display material would then be applied by the same masking and etching technique as described above, but it would be defined by the second masking rather than the first. This technique has the advantage that the substance used for filling the etched grooves is not subsequently exposed to plating solutions.
In a still further variation, whether applied before or after the deposition of the second metal, the visual display material could be deposited by a conventional printing technique without the need for etching grooves in the base member.
WHAT WE CLAIM IS: 1. An article of display wherein at least one surface portion thereof presents display material comprising lines of a non-metallic material exposed to view, and said surface portion comprises areas of at least two metals of different colour exposed to view and visibly separated by the lines of non-metallic material forming at least part of said display material.
2. An article according to Claim 1 wherein said surface portion is afforded by a continuous layer of one of said metals with the nonmetallic material and one or omre areas of the other metal or metals thereon leaving one or more areas of said one metal exposed to view.
3. An article according to Claim 1 wherein the lines of the non-metallic material comprise parts of a continuous layer of said non-metallic meterial which are exposed to view between the areas of the different coloured metals which are deposited thereon.
4. A method of making an article of display as claimed in Claim 1 comprising the steps of marking the visual display material on a continuous surface afforded by a first metal by means of an electrically non-conductive substance, masking one or more parts of said surface with electrically non-conductive material and thereafter electrolytically depositing on the unmasked and unmarked part of parts a coating of a metal of different colour to said metal of which said surface is formed.
5. A method according to Claim 4 wherein the visual display material is marked on said surface by forming grooves therein and filling such grooves with said non-conductive substance.
6. A method according to Claim 4 or Claim 5 wherein the mask formed on the surface in said masking step is removed after the second metal is deposited, and a protective coating of transparent material is applied over the whole of said surface.
7. An article of display as claimed in Claim 1 and substantially as hereinbefore described.
8. A method of making an article of display as claimed in Claim 7 and substantially as herein before described.
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**WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **. metals may be used. For example, copper may be deposited from cyanide copper, acid copper sulphate, pyrophosphate copper, fluoborate copper or neutral tartrate solutions. Nickel may be deposited as bright, semi-bright or dull coatings by the use of known solutions, and likewise gold and silver may be deposited in known manner. As an alternative to depositing the second metal electrolytically, suitable electroless solutions may be employed. Thsi is particularly desirable where the base member consists of a non-conductive material having a thin metallic coating such that when the visual display material is etched therein the electrical continuity of the coating may be interrupted. However, in this case it is important to use as a fillter in the etched grooves a material which is resistant to the deposition of the second metal thereon. In a further alternative, where either electrolytic or electroless deposition of the second metal is employed, the second metal may be deposited on the base member before the application of the visual display material thereto. In this case, the visual display material would then be applied by the same masking and etching technique as described above, but it would be defined by the second masking rather than the first. This technique has the advantage that the substance used for filling the etched grooves is not subsequently exposed to plating solutions. In a still further variation, whether applied before or after the deposition of the second metal, the visual display material could be deposited by a conventional printing technique without the need for etching grooves in the base member. WHAT WE CLAIM IS:
1. An article of display wherein at least one surface portion thereof presents display material comprising lines of a non-metallic material exposed to view, and said surface portion comprises areas of at least two metals of different colour exposed to view and visibly separated by the lines of non-metallic material forming at least part of said display material.
2. An article according to Claim 1 wherein said surface portion is afforded by a continuous layer of one of said metals with the nonmetallic material and one or omre areas of the other metal or metals thereon leaving one or more areas of said one metal exposed to view.
3. An article according to Claim 1 wherein the lines of the non-metallic material comprise parts of a continuous layer of said non-metallic meterial which are exposed to view between the areas of the different coloured metals which are deposited thereon.
4. A method of making an article of display as claimed in Claim 1 comprising the steps of marking the visual display material on a continuous surface afforded by a first metal by means of an electrically non-conductive substance, masking one or more parts of said surface with electrically non-conductive material and thereafter electrolytically depositing on the unmasked and unmarked part of parts a coating of a metal of different colour to said metal of which said surface is formed.
5. A method according to Claim 4 wherein the visual display material is marked on said surface by forming grooves therein and filling such grooves with said non-conductive substance.
6. A method according to Claim 4 or Claim 5 wherein the mask formed on the surface in said masking step is removed after the second metal is deposited, and a protective coating of transparent material is applied over the whole of said surface.
7. An article of display as claimed in Claim 1 and substantially as hereinbefore described.
8. A method of making an article of display as claimed in Claim 7 and substantially as herein before described.
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DE19532223C1 (en) * 1995-09-01 1996-11-21 Orga Kartensysteme Gmbh Chip card contg. chip module embedded in card having at least two metallisation areas
RU2235369C2 (en) * 2002-09-09 2004-08-27 Филатов Олег Владимирович Method for advertising products and services and device for realization of said method

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE19532223C1 (en) * 1995-09-01 1996-11-21 Orga Kartensysteme Gmbh Chip card contg. chip module embedded in card having at least two metallisation areas
RU2235369C2 (en) * 2002-09-09 2004-08-27 Филатов Олег Владимирович Method for advertising products and services and device for realization of said method

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