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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7416623 | Method of causing intergranular stress corrosion crack to generate and grow in sample To provide a method for simply and easily causing only IGSCC to initiate and grow in a specimen, which can retain corrosion resistance through passivation, under atmospheric pressure in a short time, an aqueous solution of potassium tetrathionate is brought into con... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7348300 | Acetylenic diol ethylene oxide/propylene oxide adducts and processes for their manufacture Disclosed herein are process solutions, which may be aqueous-based, non-aqueous-based, and combinations thereof, that contain at least one alkoxylated acetylenic diol surfactant. In one aspect, the process solution comprises water and an alkoxylated acetylenic diol ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 6274200 | Method for preparing pre-coated ferrous-alloy components and components prepared thereby A ferrous-alloy aircraft structural component such as a fastener is prepared by providing a ferrous-alloy component precursor that is not in its final heat-treated state, and coating with an aluminum-containing, curable organic coating material having a n... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6217679 | Method for producing chromium-containing hot rolled steel strip The invention provides hot-rolled steel strips which, after having been acid-pickled, can be directly used. The strips have no Cr-decreasing layer and no shot blasted marks on their surface and have good corrosion resistance. The invention also provides a... | 04/17/2001 |
| 5830290 | Method for the manufacture of a spring band clip The subject invention provides a method for manufacturing a spring band clip, wherein an alloyed steel is shaped, annealed, levelled into a narrow band, then shaped by stamping and bending into a non-machined clip, and the surface of the non-machined clip... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5820705 | Spray quenching of metal with liquid coolant containing dissolved gas A method of quenching a metal object having steps of: (a) providing a liquid coolant having a temperature from about 100° F. to about 180° F. and containing about 0.01 to about 0.1 standard cubic feet of carbon dioxide gas per gallon of water dissolved ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5340419 | Method and apparatus for densifying an article Method and apparatus for densifying an article wherein the article is disposed in a first molten salt pressure transmission medium in a container. The first medium is heated to a first elevated densifying temperature. The container is disposed in a second... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5257511 | Split water box nozzle with removable inserts A water box is used to cool hot rolled products in a rolling mill. The water box includes a base structure supporting a removable manifold, and a plurality of nozzles removably mounted on and in fluid communication with the manifold. The nozzles are lined... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5164021 | Method for manufacturing a shadow mask of a Fe-Ni alloy In composition of a Fe-Ni alloy used for television shadow masks and containing in, Co, Mn, Si and Cr as the major components, additional inclusion of Be assures high deformation resistance and easy pore formation via etching without impairing its inheren... | 11/17/1992 |
| 4846900 | Process for the production of a compresssed gas container made of austenitic steels by cryodeformation The invention relates to a process for producing a compressed gas container made of austenitic steels by cryodeformation in which the container is cooled by a refrigerated cooling medium to below the prevailing martensite transformation temperature and is... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4582546 | Method of pretreating cold rolled sheet to minimize annealing stickers In the box annealing of steel sheet, the tendency for adjacent wraps of the sheet to pressure weld (stick) is decreased or eliminated by passing the sheet, prior to annealing, through a rinse containing from 1,500 to 10,000 ppm of the magnesium or calcium... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4437905 | Process for continuously annealing a cold-rolled low carbon steel strip A cold-rolled low carbon steel strip is continuously annealed by rapidly heating the steel strip with a gaseous combustion product which has been prepared at a combustion air ratio of 0.8 or more but less than 1.0 in a direct fired furnace to a temperatur... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4214924 | Method of improving surface characteristic of heat-treated metal The invention provides a method for reducing the incidence of thermal decomposition products of metal-treating compositions on the surface of metal heat-treated in the presence of such compositions. The compositions are modified with certain acetylenic al... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4152916 | Method of processing steel strip using a rolling oil emulsion containing SiO2 as a stabilized silicic acid sol A method for processing steel strip, which comprises cold-rolling the steel strip, coiling the rolled steel strip and annealing the coiled steel strip, wherein a rolling oil emulsion containing 0.1 to 5 percent by weight of SiO2 in the form of ... | 05/08/1979 |
| 3956030 | Coatings for ferrous substrates Coatings for silicon steel comprised of MgO, an amorphous magnesia-silica complex and a boron bearing compound.... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3956028 | Temporary scale retardant coatings A coating composition containing 75-95% MgO, 2-10% B2 O3 and 0-15% C, which is effective in retarding oxidation of ferrous metal articles, especially at temperatures in excess of 2150°F. Additional protection is achieved when about ... | 05/11/1976 |
