| 摘要 |
An improved jewelry chain loop element and method of assembly into single, double, triple, etc., chains in which the links are formed from soldered wire rings. One segment of each ring is crimped together so that the ring is formed into an approximate teardrop shape with one end having parallel wires and the other a loop. The loop may be flattened. Then an ornament, such as a bead, tube bezel, cup bezel or other ornament is formed or secured on the crimped end to form a combined fastening means and tip ornament. The crimped segment is bent upward at a 15-60 degree angle either before or after the bead or ornament is formed. The individual links are then assembled into the chain by placing the ornament of one link through the remaining loop of the next adjacent link and the loop crimped about the adjacent link's ornament. Alternatively, teardrop-shaped links may be cast as single links or as tandem (double, triple, etc.) links. A number of completed chains or single teardrop link elements may be connected (e.g., by soldering) parallel to each other at adjacent loops thereby forming a double, triple, etc. chain of greater width. A second ornament may be secured intermediate the tip ornament and the loop.
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