Patent ID: 6599573
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: A47G,C03C

Abstract:
A process for manufacturing Christmas tree ornaments comprising:blowing a glass half-product having a process stem; fixing the blown glass half-product into a fixture; masking the blown glass half-product with a mask of a desired size and shape; metallizing a layer of metals or alloys thereof onto a surface of the masked glass half-product by vacuum metallization, said layer of metals or alloys selected from the group consisting of aluminum, copper, iron, nickel, silver, gold, magnesium, tin, chromium, vanadium and zinc, said layer having a thickness of between 1 and 7 microns; removing the mask from the metallized glass half-product so as to expose transparent uncoated places on the metallized glass half-product; and coating the metallized glass half-product with a layer of a clear or colored glossy varnish or with a layer of a clear or colored matt varnish.