Process of personalizing a knife handle or kitchen utensil by hydro-printing.
The hydro-printing method for personalizing knife handles or kitchen utensils addresses the limitations of existing customization techniques by enabling efficient, cost-effective, and authentic mass production, leveraging blockchain technology for origin verification.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- FR2024007764
- Authority / Receiving Office
- FR · FR
- Patent Type
- Utility models
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-07-16
- Publication Date
- 2025-06-06
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
AI Technical Summary
Existing methods for customizing knife handles or kitchen utensils do not offer true personalization, and they require significant time and resources for production, especially when producing multiple similar parts.
A method utilizing hydro-printing (hydrography) to personalize knife handles or kitchen utensils, where a design is created, time-stamped on a blockchain, and printed onto a water transfer film, allowing for efficient and cost-effective mass production with the option to add serial numbers, QR codes, or varnishes.
This method enables rapid and cost-effective customization of multiple parts simultaneously, reducing manufacturing and production costs while ensuring authenticity and origin verification through blockchain anchoring.
Abstract
Description
Title of the invention: Method for personalizing a knife handle or a kitchen utensil by hydro-printing.
[0001] The present invention is characterized by a method for personalizing a knife handle or a kitchen utensil having a grip handle by hydro printing (hydrography). The tool thus personalized according to the method specific to the invention is intended for both professionals in the food industry and individuals.
[0002] The advantage of such a process allows for individual or serial customization and does not require excessive investment for the production of personalized printing by hydro-printing.
[0003] It is true that there are currently many methods for customizing a knife handle or a kitchen utensil handle. Let us first consider the materials used to form the handle or the plates that can make the handle. Some are worked to remain as natural as possible, such as wood. Others are made of non-ferrous alloy or plastic or Paperstone, a registered trademark. This allows for the adoption of varied colors and / or laser or 3D printing. Another technique consists of placing an image or text or a combination of the two on the handle and adding a translucent varnish.
[0004] These different techniques currently only offer intermediate solutions but not true customization. This new customization process allows a saving of time and supplies to print several similar parts (models) in record time. Indeed, it is possible to dip several parts in the printing tank for the same printing and at the same time. As a result, the manufacturing and production costs are significantly reduced. Furthermore, other advantages will be reported in the description of the process according to the invention.
[0005] The design, development and manufacture according to the present invention of a method for personalizing a knife handle or a kitchen utensil having a grip handle by hydro printing and its advantages will appear better in the description below which illustrates the present invention.
[0006] The method of personalizing a knife handle or a kitchen utensil having a grip handle by hydro printing or hydrography is characterized in that prior to hydro printing, the file will be created comprising a drawing and / or text and / or an illustration and / or a photograph which will be time-stamped on the blockchain and then will be reproduced on the water transfer film. by an inkjet printer, the resulting print allows the handle or pads to be dipped in ink.
[0007] According to a variant, the transfer film previously derived from the file includes a serial number and / or a QR code or the handle is partially printed to subsequently affix the serial number and / or the QR code. The addition of the serial number and / or the QR code or, by complementary extension, the commercial name or the brand or the logotype previously anchored on the blockchain makes it possible to prove the origin of the manufacturing and that it is indeed an authentic product conforming to the specifications of said manufacturer.
[0008] According to another variant of the method according to the invention, the handle or at least the part of the handle printed by hydro-printing is covered with a colorless and / or holographic varnish.
[0009] This written description uses examples to disclose embodiments of the invention, and also to enable any person skilled in the art to practice embodiments of the invention, including the manufacture and use of any device or system and the performance of any incorporated method. The patentable scope of the invention is defined by the claims and may include other examples that are apparent to those skilled in the art. These other examples are intended to fall within the scope of the claims if they have structural elements that do not differ from the literal language of the claims, or if they include equivalent structural elements with insubstantial differences from the literal language of the claims.
[0010] Of course, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments or to the fields of activity previously described.
Claims
Claims
1. A method of personalizing a knife handle or a kitchen utensil having a grip handle is characterized in that a file is produced comprising a drawing and / or text and / or an illustration and / or a photograph which will be time-stamped on the blockchain and then will be reproduced on the water transfer film by an inkjet printer, the resulting print of which allows total or partial printing by hydro-dipping of the handle or the plates.
2. Method for personalizing a knife handle or a kitchen utensil having a grip handle according to claim 1 is characterized in that the transfer film previously obtained from the file includes a serial number and / or a QR code or that the handle is partially printed to subsequently affix the serial number and / or the QR code.
3. A method of personalizing a knife handle or a kitchen utensil having a grip handle according to claims 1 and 2 is characterized in that it consists of covering the handle or at least the part of the handle printed by hydroprinting with a colorless and / or holographic varnish.