Patent ID: 8470399

Claim:
A method for creating a bead that includes a core coated with an enamel, the method involving the use of a collection of enamel particulate, a bead-supporting mandrel, a flame, a bead-collection area, and a bead-pulling station that includes a plate, the method comprising: supporting the core at a first location on the bead-supporting mandrel by inserting the bead-supporting mandrel through a core hole of the core; heating the core by immersing the core in the flame; dipping the core in the collection of enamel particulate, thereby melting a first layer of enamel onto the core; manually pushing the bead-supporting mandrel in a forward direction across the plate of the bead-pulling station, thereby pushing the core with the first layer of enamel to a second location on the bead-supporting mandrel; heating the core and the first layer of enamel in the flame; dipping the core and the first layer of enamel in the collection of enamel particulate, thereby melting a second layer of enamel onto the first layer of enamel; manually pulling the bead-supporting mandrel in a reverse direction across the plate of the bead-pulling station, thereby forcing the core with the first layer of enamel and the second layer of enamel off the bead-supporting mandrel; and dropping the core with the first layer of enamel and the second layer enamel onto the bead-collection area.