公开(公告)号：US08470399B1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-25

申请号：US13065197

申请日：2011-03-16

Applicant: Barbara A. Lewis

Inventor： Barbara A. Lewis

IPC: B05D3/08

CPC classification number: C23D5/04 ,  C23D5/06

Abstract: An enamel bead-making system involves a novel bead-pulling station and a mandrel (slender rod). The mandrel is for manually dipping a preheated metal bead core into a container of glass powder so that the powder melts and later solidifies on the core, thereby creating an enamel or glass coated bead. To safely remove the hot enamel bead from the mandrel, the mandrel is manually pulled through a V-notch in an upper edge of the bead-pulling station, which forces the bead off the end of the mandrel and into a collection area for cooling. A second V-notch allows a subsequent bead to be removed and cooled at a location spaced apart from the first one. If a bead sticks on the mandrel, the mandrel can be pushed through a small hole in the bead-pulling station, which helps break a glass bond that might develop between the mandrel and the enamel bead.

Abstract translation: 搪瓷珠制造系统包括一个新颖的牵引站和一个心轴（细长杆）。 心轴用于将预热的金属珠芯手动地浸入玻璃粉末的容器中，使得粉末熔化并随后在芯上固化，从而产生釉质或玻璃涂层的珠粒。 为了从心轴安全地去除热搪瓷珠，心轴被手动地拉过珠拉拉站的上边缘中的V形凹口，这迫使珠子离开心轴的端部并进入用于冷却的收集区域。 第二个V形凹口允许在与第一个间隔开的位置处移除并冷却后续的珠。 如果胎圈粘附在心轴上，心轴可以被推动穿过牵引站中的小孔，这有助于破坏可能在心轴和搪瓷珠之间发生的玻璃粘结。