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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4877461 | Nickel-base alloy The stress-rupture strength of a nickel-chromium-molybdenum-cobalt alloy is enhanced by reason of a special morphological microsctructure which in terms of carbides present is characterized by a predominant amount of the M6 C carbide.... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4668312 | Turbine blade superalloy I A novel nickel-base high temperature alloy body preferably containing about 22% chromium, sufficient aluminum and titanium to provide a γ' precipitate structure, additional strengthing elements and oxidic yttrium in finely dispersed form. The alloy body ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4653335 | Sampling system for grinding mills A system for obtaining a sample of particulate material being processed under seal from the air in a batch-type rotary grinding mill which permits sampling of material being processed without disturbing the seal. The system is comprised of a sampling memb... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4648776 | Continuous loading apparatus and method An apparatus and method for continuously conveying ore and the like. A penetrator, rotatably disposed about a common coaxial axis shared by the forward section of an endless conveyor, fluidizes a muck pile to continuously load material onto the conveyor. ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4639576 | Welding electrode A consumable electrode including a core wire and a coating adapted for welding clad steel products. The resulting weld deposit overcomes the problem of iron dilution which tends to degrade the weld when available electrodes are utilized. Such clad product... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4637475 | In-the-hole drill A compact, easily disassembled, minimum headroom drilling unit is disclosed. The drill, especially useful for newly developed vertical retreat mining methods, drills at compound angles from the vertical and horizontal directions. Low headroom is achieved ... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4636127 | Conveying screw for furnace A countercurrent fluid cooled conveying screw is disclosed. Suitable for furnace applications, the screw includes an outer shaft spatially circumscribing an inner tube. A plurality of hollow, fluid cooled flights are affixed to the outer shaft and are in ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4634491 | Process for producing a single crystal article A process for producing a single crystal alloy object comprising providing a preform having coarse columnar crystals in a discard portion, isolating, by cutting, one of the columnar crystals to form a seed crystal connected to metal in a product portion o... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4629225 | Pipe joint for corrosion resistant alloys A pipe joint especially suited for coupling two high strength, corrosion resistant pipes. The box end is expanded by a cold working operation thereby eliminating metallurgical problems and changes associated with hot working operations. A sleeve is nested... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4627959 | Production of mechanically alloyed powder An improved method is provided for producing mechanically alloyed powders on a commercial scale comprising milling the components of the powder product in a gravity-dependent-type ball mill to produce a powder having a characteristic apparent density. Pow... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4626406 | Activated sintering of metallic powders A method for consolidating powder utilizing slurry extrusion or rolling techniques. A metallic powder, binder and boron containing activator are mixed together to form a slurry. The slurry is introduced into an active forming apparatus whereupon it is for... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4624706 | Weld wire from extruded nickel containing powder A method for directly fabricating weld wire utilizing powder metallurgy techniques. Nickel containing powder, mixed into a slurry, is continuously extruded in an auger-type extrusion press into rod. The rod is consolidated to densities greater than about ... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4624705 | Mechanical alloying Aluminum-base alloys and a method of preparing aluminum-base alloys by mechanical alloying in the presence of a carbidiferous processing aid wherein a strong carbide former such as titanium is included so as to produce carbides in the final alloy more the... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4623388 | Process for producing composite material A process for producing composite materials which comprises subjecting particles of a malleable matrix material, i.e., a metal or alloy or the components of a matrix alloy and particles of a reinforcing material such as a carbide or an oxide or an interme... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4622905 | Furnacing Discloses an improvement in furnacing objects on the top surface of an impervious rotating hearth in a directly fired rotary hearth furnace by the use of fuel burning with a luminous flame e.g., coal.... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4622149 | Effluent treatment A process in which ferric ion in water-soluble form is added to an effluent containing cyanide, arsenic and antimony and having a pH of about 5 to 9 and treating effluent with SO2 and oxygen in the presence of soluble copper to produce a treate... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4615873 | Treatment of cyanide-ferrocyanide effluents A process for treatment of cyanide-containing aqueous effluents in which ferrocyanide present is precipitated with a metal other than copper, preferably zinc either prior to or simultaneously with the treatment of the effluent with sulfur dioxide and air ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615731 | Hydrometallurgical processing of precious metal-containing materials A hydrometallurgical process is provided for separating heavy metal nuisance elements such as As, Sb, Bi, Sn and Pb from precious metals and/or selenium. The process can be used as a step in an overall hydrometallurgical process for treating refinery resi... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615729 | Flash smelting process A copper flash smelting process in which part of a sulfidic copper feed is roasted in the presence of a calcareous SO2 scavenger to produce a calcine containing calcium sulfate and an oxidic copper product, the calcine is mixed with additional ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4612164 | Nickel copper alloys with enhanced malleability and improved sulfide distribution Malleability and resistance to cracking of alloys containing nickel, copper, sulfur, etc. are enhanced through the co-presence of cerium and magnesium.... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4610861 | Process for metal recovery by solvent extraction from CaSO4 containing sulfate solutions A multistage countercurrent solvent extraction process for removing cobalt from an aqueous sulfate solutions containing saturation amounts of calcium using an organic soluble phosphinic acid as the extractant preferably characterized by control of pH in v... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4610317 | Spherical bit A rotary bit having a pair of semi-spheres rotating about a shaft extending from a center tongue. The semi-spheres include a plurality of cutters arranged in a predetermined fashion to maximize cutting efficiency. The semi-spheres may be disposed slightly... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4603814 | System for discharging rotary mills A batch-type rotary grinding mill operable under seal to the atmosphere is provided with a discharge system which permits discharge of material from the mill under seal and without disturbing the seal in the mill. The discharge system comprises at least o... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4600556 | Dispersion strengthened mechanically alloyed Al-Mg-Li A dispersion strengthened mechanically alloyed aluminum-base alloy system is provided by a process comprising solution treating an alloy consisting essentially of, by weight, about 0.5 up to about 4% lithium, above 1% up to about 5% magnesium, about 0.5% ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4594222 | Dispersion strengthened low density MA-Al A dispersion strengthened aluminum-base alloy system is provided which is prepared by mechanical alloying and is characterized by an improved continuation of properties over binary aluminum-lithium alloys. The alloy system contains, by weight, about 0.5% ... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4587096 | Canless method for hot working gas atomized powders A canless method for hot working a nickel-base gas atomized alloy powder. The powder is blended with nickel powder, consolidated and sintered to a sufficient green strength. The surface of the resultant form is sealed to create an oxygen impervious layer ... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4584392 | Platinum and palladium complexes Compositions of matter are provided wherein cis-platinum (II) and cis-palladium (II) moieties having amine substituents are bonded to anionic macromolecular entities. These compositions of matter may have improved solubility in the plasma and are effectiv... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4557893 | Process for producing composite material by milling the metal to 50% saturation hardness then co-milling with the hard phase A process for producing composite materials which comprises subjecting particles of a malleable matrix material, i.e., a metal or alloy or the components of a matrix alloy and particles of a reinforcing material such as a carbide or an oxide or an interme... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4555413 | Process for preparing H2 evolution cathodes A process for preparing hydrogen evolution cathodes comprises plasma spraying or flame spraying AB5 intermetallic compound powder alone or in association with nickel, nickel alloy or iron powder onto a steel or nickel substrate and thereafter r... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4551184 | Process for obtaining a composite material and composite material obtained by said process A process for producing a composite material comprising a base having a nickel surface and a gold layer metallurgically bonded to the nickel of the base and having sufficient nickel to increase the hardness of the gold layer but insufficient to significan... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4547278 | Cathode for hydrogen evolution A cathode for hydrogen evolution comprising a substrate stable in aqueous alkaline media having on the surface thereof a coating of particles of an ABN intermetallic, and optionally particles of a metal inert in the electrolyte, e.g., nickel, a... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4540056 | Cutter assembly A drill bit with multiple fluid jet cutting nozzles designed so that the drill bit workface including the cutters is a separate piece from the drill bit body that houses the fluid jet nozzle orifice mounts. The cutter assembly protects the nozzle housing ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4537686 | Cyanide removal from aqueous streams The cyanide content of waste waters containing the same is removed by treatment with sulfur dioxide or an alkali or alkaline earth metal sulfite or bisulfite in the presence of excess oxygen and a metal catalyst which is perferably copper.... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4534935 | Manufacturing of titanium anode substrates Sponge titanium powder is compacted, advantageously by roll compaction to a density in the range of about 60% to 80% of the density of solid titanium metal, thereafter heat treated in vacuum at about 500° C. to 750° C., cooled in vacuum to 300° C. and ... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4519979 | Nickel-chromium-cobalt base alloys and castings thereof A nickel-chromium-cobalt base alloy having an improved combination of creep-rupture strength at elevated temperatures, resistance to corrosion in sulfur and chloride-containing environments, structural stability at elevated temperatures and good castabili... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4518467 | Selective solar surfaces A process for the production of a solar collector for high temperature use by forming a porous oxidic film of less than 0.5 μm thickness on to a stainless steel surface, said film comprising a tortuous network of interlinking pathways, and by depositing ... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4514372 | Process of producing cobalt-containing solutions and salts Cobalt salts are produced by dissolving cobalt metal in hydrochloric acid containing a small amount of thiosulfate ions.... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4487743 | Controlled expansion alloy In an age hardenable controlled expansion alloy essentially devoid of chromium, the combination of short term tensile properties and elevated temperature properties, particularly notch rupture strength, are improved by the inclusion therein of silicon in ... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4455167 | Nickel-zinc dust-iron-nickel powder pigment system A pigment system for electronic and electromagnetic shielding coatings including in percent by weight about 30% to about 70% of a nickel powder produced by decomposition of nickel carbonyl under conditions to provide a powder having a chain-like structure... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4455218 | Hydrogenation of carbonaceous material Discloses that in the hydrogenation of liquid, carbonaceous crude material such as bitumen and other heavy oils, a catalyst derived from the addition of Fe2 (CO)9 is advantageously used to provide a superior yield of distillable oils... | 06/19/1984 |
