Patent ID: 6516864
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: B22C,B22D

Abstract:
The method of manufacturing an article of jewelry comprising the steps of:forming a wax model having opposing retaining walls that form a channel for seating a gem therein, said wax model having a certain degree of resiliency enabling flexing of the side walls to allow entry of a gem into said channel; mechanically cutting wax in the opposing retaining walls of the formed wax model to form seating grooves that engage a girdle of said gem below a distal edge of each opposing retaining wall; snapping said gem into the channel to allow said girdle to enter into engagement into said seating grooves; forming an investment mold about said gem and wax model; using the lost wax process to replace the wax model with cast precious metal within the investment mold; devesting the investment mold to release the formed article of jewelry with the set gem thereon.