US Patent Issued to Comadur on June 23 for "System for manufacturing a bevelled stone, particularly for a horological movement" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,759, issued on June 23, was assigned to Comadur SA (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"System for manufacturing a bevelled stone, particularly for a horological movement" was invented by Bruno Besutti (Charquemont, France), Sebastien Retrouvey (Chissey sur Loue, France) and Sebastien Midol (Sancey, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for manufacturing a bevelled stone, particularly for a timepiece are disclosed. A precursor is produced from a mixture of at least one material in powder form with a binder. The method includes pressing the precursor so as to form a green body, using a top die and a bottom die comprising a pr...