Global Patent Index - EP 0802126 A2

EP 0802126 A2 19971022 - Method and container for storing a noble metal-plated article or ornamental jewellery

Title (en)

Method and container for storing a noble metal-plated article or ornamental jewellery

Title (de)

Verfahren und Behälter zum Aufbewahren eines mit Edelmetall beschichteten Artikels oder eines Schmuckstückes

Title (fr)

Méthode et enceinte pour le stockage d'un article recouvert d'un métal noble ou d'un bijou

Publication

EP 0802126 A2 19971022 (EN)

Application

EP 97105479 A 19970402

Priority

  • JP 9418996 A 19960416
  • JP 12494096 A 19960520

Abstract (en)

There are disclosed a noble metal-plated article which is treated so as to suppress the corrosion of its substrate metal and underlying metal and prevent the deterioration of its bonding properties and external appearance; ornamental jewellery which is treated so as to prevent the deterioration of its gloss and color change; methods for the storage of the noble metal-plated article and the ornamental jewellery for carrying out the above treatments; and packages of the article and the jewellery subjected to the treatments, respectively. The invention provides an article plated with a noble metal having a plating layer in a thickness of at most 1 mu m or ornamental jewellery, which is enclosed together with a dehumidifying agent and an oxygen absorbent not requiring moisture for absorbing oxygen, in a vessel with gas barrier properties; a method for the storage of an article plated with a noble metal in a plating thickness of at most 1 mu m or ornamental jewellery which comprises enclosing the same along with the above dehumidifying agent and oxygen absorbent, in a vessel with gas barrier properties; and a package which comprises an article plated with a noble metal in a plating thickness of at most 1 mu m or ornamental jewellery along with the above dehumidifying agent and oxygen absorbent being packaged in a packaging material with gas barrier properties. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B65D 81/26

IPC 8 full level

A45C 11/16 (2006.01); B65D 81/26 (2006.01); C23F 15/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A45C 11/16 (2013.01); B65D 81/266 (2013.01); C23F 15/00 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0802126 A2 19971022; EP 0802126 A3 19980114; SG 79938 A1 20010417

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 97105479 A 19970402; SG 1997001018 A 19970331