Method of making electrical conductors on insulating supports

Claim 1

A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR OF DESIRED CONFIGURATION ON A PERMANENT SUPPORTING BASE OF INSULATING MATERIAL, SAID METHOD COMPRISING STEPS AS FOLLOWS: PROVIDING A TEMPORARY SUPPORT NON-CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL HAVING A WAX-TREATED SIDE SURFACE, APPLYING TO A WAXED SIDE OF THE TEMPORARY SUPPORT A THIN AND FRAGILE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE METALLIC COATING, APPLYING OVER A PORTION OF THE SURFACE OF THE CONDUCTIVE COATING A LAYER OF NON-CONDUCTIVE MASKING MATERIAL THAT IS RESISTANT TO ELECTROLYTIC DEPOSITION AND DEFINES A NEGATIVE REPRESENTATION OF AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR OF DESIRED CONFIGURATION, ELECTROLYTICALLY DEPOSITING ON THE UNMASKED AREAS OF THE CONDUCTIVE METALLIC COATING A LAYER OF CONDUCTIVE METAL TO A THICKNESS GREATER THAN THAT OF THE LAYER OF MASKING MATERIAL TO PROVIDE ON SIAD CONDUCTIVE COATING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR MAIN BODY OF SAID PREDERTERMINED CONFIRGURATION, PLACING THE EXPOSED SURFACE OF THE CONDUCTOR THUS FORMED AGAINST AND BONDING IT TO A PERMANENT SUPPORTING BASE OF INSULATING MATERIAL, AND REMOVING THE TEMPORARY SUPPORT FROM THE PERMANENT SUPPORT WHILE LEAVING ON THE PERMANENT SUPPORT THE DEPOSITED MAIN CONDUCTOR BODY AND THOSE AREAS OF THE METALLIC COATING ON WHICH SAID CONDUCTOR BODY WAS DEPOSITED TOGETHER WITH A PROTECTIVE COATING OF WAX OVER THE LATTER FROM THE TEMPORARY SUPPORT, THE WAX OF THE TEMPORARY SUPPORT HAVING THUS PROTECTED THE NOW OUTER SURFACE OF THE METALLIC COATING OVER THE DEPOSITED CONDUCTOR BODY AGAINST CONTAMINATION AND OXIDATION FROM THE INSTANT OF APPLICATION THEREOF TO THE TEMPORARY SUPPORT AND CONTINUING SUCH PROTECTION AFTER REMOVAL OF THE TEMPORARY SUPPORT.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR OF DESIRED CONFIGURATION ON A PERMANENT SUPPORTING BASE OF INSULATING MATERIAL, SAID METHOD COMPRISING STEPS AS FOLLOWS: PROVIDING A TEMPORARY SUPPORT NON-CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL HAVING A WAX-TREATED SIDE SURFACE, APPLYING TO A WAXED SIDE OF THE TEMPORARY SUPPORT A THIN AND FRAGILE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE METALLIC COATING, APPLYING OVER A PORTION OF THE SURFACE OF THE CONDUCTIVE COATING A LAYER OF NON-CONDUCTIVE MASKING MATERIAL THAT IS RESISTANT TO ELECTROLYTIC DEPOSITION AND DEFINES A NEGATIVE REPRESENTATION OF AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR OF DESIRED CONFIGURATION, ELECTROLYTICALLY DEPOSITING ON THE UNMASKED AREAS OF THE CONDUCTIVE METALLIC COATING A LAYER OF CONDUCTIVE METAL TO A THICKNESS GREATER THAN THAT OF THE LAYER OF MASKING MATERIAL TO PROVIDE ON SIAD CONDUCTIVE COATING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR MAIN BODY OF SAID PREDERTERMINED CONFIRGURATION, PLACING THE EXPOSED SURFACE OF THE CONDUCTOR THUS FORMED AGAINST AND BONDING IT TO A PERMANENT SUPPORTING BASE OF INSULATING MATERIAL, AND REMOVING THE TEMPORARY SUPPORT FROM THE PERMANENT SUPPORT WHILE LEAVING ON THE PERMANENT SUPPORT THE DEPOSITED MAIN CONDUCTOR BODY AND THOSE AREAS OF THE METALLIC COATING ON WHICH SAID CONDUCTOR BODY WAS DEPOSITED TOGETHER WITH A PROTECTIVE COATING OF WAX OVER THE LATTER FROM THE TEMPORARY SUPPORT, THE WAX OF THE TEMPORARY SUPPORT HAVING THUS PROTECTED THE NOW OUTER SURFACE OF THE METALLIC COATING OVER THE DEPOSITED CONDUCTOR BODY AGAINST CONTAMINATION AND OXIDATION FROM THE INSTANT OF APPLICATION THEREOF TO THE TEMPORARY SUPPORT AND CONTINUING SUCH PROTECTION AFTER REMOVAL OF THE TEMPORARY SUPPORT.