Anthony M Cecere

US Patent:

41536622, May 8, 1979

Filed:

Jul 9, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/703908

Inventors:

Theodore Descovich - Mahwah NJ
Louis F. Donadio - Ringwood NJ
Anthony F. Cecere - Hicksville NY

Assignee:

Avon Products, Inc. - New York NY

International Classification:

B29C 500
B29C 2400

US Classification:

264227

Abstract:

A method of and apparatus for replicating nest members, each of which has a precisely formed nest cavity for the snug yet removable receipt of an article of jewelry or the like. The method comprises impressing a master pattern having a configuration conforming to the jewelry article to be ultimately held by the nest member into a body of a curable material to form a cavity having a contour which corresponds to the nest cavity of the nest member. The body is cured to a hardened state and then placed on an unvulcanized first rubber mold member so that the impression is directed toward the mold member. The mold member is vulcanized so that a surface thereof takes a configuration which is complementary to that of the impression in the body. Thereafter, a jewelry nest member is cast in a mold comprised of the mold member and a second cooperating mold member, also of rubber. The finished jewelry nest member, therefore, will have a surface cavity whose configuration is precisely that of the nest cavity desired to be formed.