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Patent No. 5996568

Process For Propelling Foodstuffs or the Like into a Crowd

A method of launching foodstuffs into a crowd for promotional and entertainment purposes.

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Assignee: Metal Matrix Cast Composites, Inc.


Location: Waltham, MA
No. of patents: 4

NumberTitleIssue Date
7368176Pre-plating surface treatments for enhanced galvanic-corrosion resistance
The invention relates to a method that involves (a) removing graphite from at least one surface of a metal graphite composite material; (b) chemically cleaning or plasma etching the surface of the metal graphite composite material; (c) applying a metal-containing ma...
05/06/2008
6776219Castable refractory investment mold materials and methods of their use in infiltration casting
Methods and materials for preparing investment molds useful in pressure infiltration casting of near net-shape metal or metal matrix composite (MMC) components. One embodiment of the invention includes disposing a slurry of an appropriately sized refractory material...
08/17/2004
6360809Methods and apparatus for high throughput pressure infiltration casting
Disclosed are economical methods and apparatus for high throughput pressure infiltration casting. Methods of the invention use a mold vessel as an evacuation chamber along with an evacuation cap to produce superior quality near-net shape finished cast par...
03/26/2002
6148899Methods of high throughput pressure infiltration casting
A mold cavity in a mold vessel is evacuated. A charge of molten infiltrant is transported into the mold vessel while the vacuum is maintained in the mold cavity. Pressure is applied to the molten infiltrant to move the molten infiltrant from the mold vess...
11/21/2000
 
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