Production of ceramic ware

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING CERAMIC WARE PROVIDED WITH A DECORATIVE FIRED CERAMIC GLAZE COMPRISING FORMING A MIXTURE OF FINELY DIVIDED PIGMENT PARTICLES, FINELY DIVIDED INORGANIC FLUX, AND AN ORGANIC THERMOPLASTIC BINDER, SAID PIGMENT PARTICLES AND FLUX BEING SUBSTANTIALLY INSOLUBLE IN SAID BINDER, SAID FLUX HAVING A FLUXING TEMPERATURE LOWER THAN THE MATURING AND FIRING TEMPERATURE OF SAID CERAMIC GLAZE, SAID THERMOPLASTIC BINDER BEING A SOLID AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW 150*F. AND HAVING THE PROPERTY OF BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A VISCOUS LIQUID ON HEATING, CONVERTING SAID MIXTURE INTO SOLID COARSE COMPOSITE CONGLOMERATE PARTICLES WHEREIN A MULTIPLICITY OF PIGMENT PARTICLES ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH SAID HELD IN SAID COMPOSITE PARTICLES BY THE SIOLID BINDER, MIXING A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE COMPOSITE CONGLOMERATE PARTICLES WITH A CERAMIC GLAZE OF A PREDETERMINED APPEARANCE WHILE MAINTAINING SAID CONGLOMERATE PARTICLES IN A SOLID STATE, APPLYING THE RESULTING MIXTURE TO THE WARE AND FIRING SAID MIXTURE AT THE MATURING TEMPERATURE OF THE CERAMIC GLAZE, SAID COMPOSITE CONGLOMERATE PARTICLES BEING CONVERTED FROM A SOLID TO A LIQUID STATE AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW THE MATURING TEMPERATURE OF THE GLAZE TO THEREBY RELEASE THE FINELY DIVIDED PIGMENT PARTICLES, THE LATTER CONTRASTING IN APPEARANCE WITH THE PREDETERMINED APPEARANCE OF THE FIRED GLAZE, SAID BINDER VOLATIZING WITH SUBSTANTIALLY NO RESIDUE AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW THAT AT WHICH THE SURFACE OF THE CERAMIC GLAZE BEGINS TO FUSE OVER.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING CERAMIC WARE PROVIDED WITH A DECORATIVE FIRED CERAMIC GLAZE COMPRISING FORMING A MIXTURE OF FINELY DIVIDED PIGMENT PARTICLES, FINELY DIVIDED INORGANIC FLUX, AND AN ORGANIC THERMOPLASTIC BINDER, SAID PIGMENT PARTICLES AND FLUX BEING SUBSTANTIALLY INSOLUBLE IN SAID BINDER, SAID FLUX HAVING A FLUXING TEMPERATURE LOWER THAN THE MATURING AND FIRING TEMPERATURE OF SAID CERAMIC GLAZE, SAID THERMOPLASTIC BINDER BEING A SOLID AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW 150*F. AND HAVING THE PROPERTY OF BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A VISCOUS LIQUID ON HEATING, CONVERTING SAID MIXTURE INTO SOLID COARSE COMPOSITE CONGLOMERATE PARTICLES WHEREIN A MULTIPLICITY OF PIGMENT PARTICLES ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH SAID HELD IN SAID COMPOSITE PARTICLES BY THE SIOLID BINDER, MIXING A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE COMPOSITE CONGLOMERATE PARTICLES WITH A CERAMIC GLAZE OF A PREDETERMINED APPEARANCE WHILE MAINTAINING SAID CONGLOMERATE PARTICLES IN A SOLID STATE, APPLYING THE RESULTING MIXTURE TO THE WARE AND FIRING SAID MIXTURE AT THE MATURING TEMPERATURE OF THE CERAMIC GLAZE, SAID COMPOSITE CONGLOMERATE PARTICLES BEING CONVERTED FROM A SOLID TO A LIQUID STATE AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW THE MATURING TEMPERATURE OF THE GLAZE TO THEREBY RELEASE THE FINELY DIVIDED PIGMENT PARTICLES, THE LATTER CONTRASTING IN APPEARANCE WITH THE PREDETERMINED APPEARANCE OF THE FIRED GLAZE, SAID BINDER VOLATIZING WITH SUBSTANTIALLY NO RESIDUE AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW THAT AT WHICH THE SURFACE OF THE CERAMIC GLAZE BEGINS TO FUSE OVER.