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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4279843 | Process for making uniform size particles Uniform sized particles of a ceramic or metal composition are formed by impinging a liquid stream of the composition upon at least one liquid stream of a second ceramic or metal which has a lower melting point than that of the particles. The impingement c... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4278622 | Method for forming metal, ceramic or polymer compositions Fine grain metal, ceramic or metal-ceramic or metal-polymer compositions are formed by impinging at least two liquid streams of metal, ceramic and/or polymer, upon each other to form a turbulent mixture having small eddies. At least a portion of the mixtu... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4274940 | Process for making ferro-nickel shot for electroplating and shot made thereby The invention provides a process for making ferro-nickel shot from a molten alloy bath including a granulating adjuvant containing silicon. The resulting shot can be used as soluble anodes for use in electroplating in which a ferro-nickel plating is appli... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4274864 | Making iron powder Iron powder of high compressibility and low bulk density is made by atomizing a stream of molten steel by means of a conical jet of water at a rate in excess of 10 cubic meters water per metric ton of steel, the half cone angle is between 40° and 60°, p... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4240824 | Process of making nickel or cobalt powder with precipitates A boron-containing nickel or cobalt spray-and-fuse self-fluxing alloy powder contains hard precipitates of chromium boride and, optionally, chromium carbide which are internally precipitated from a melt of said alloy. Such alloy powder is made by atomizin... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4224259 | Manufacture of fibrids from polymers Fibrids of polymers of styrene, which are obtained in a fluid precipitation medium under the action of shearing forces.... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4219512 | Manufacture of fibrids from polymers Manufacture of fibrids from polymers or copolymers containing fluorine in a fluid precipitation medium under the action of shearing forces.... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4218412 | Method for preventing vapor explosion in a liquid comminuting process A method for preventing possible vapor explosion in the liquid comminuting process in metal refining comprising comparing pulse pressure generated in the course of liquid comminuting with a fixed reference pressure and adjusting the amount of molten metal... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4210615 | Manufacture of thermoplastics fibrids A process for the manufacture of thermoplastics fibrids, in which a solution of the thermoplastics material is fed to an impulse exchange chamber, where it is cooled so as to cause precipitation of the thermoplastics material, while it is subjected to a f... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4206161 | Method of producing resin powder A method of producing resin powder in which a resin solution prepared by dissolving a resin in a water-miscible solvent is sprayed from a nozzle while spraying water from another nozzle located close to the first-said nozzle so as to form fine emulsified ... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4194900 | Hard alloyed powder and method of making the same There is provided a hard alloyed powder comprising: B--from 3 to 20% by weight, Al--less than 3% by weight, Si--less than 5% by weight, O--less than 2.5% by weight, at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Cr, Mo, W, Ti, V, Nb, Ta, Hf, Zr, Co and Ni... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4192672 | Spray-and-fuse self-fluxing alloy powders A boron-containing nickel or cobalt spray-and-fuse self-fluxing alloy powder contains hard precipitates of chromium boride and, optionally, chromium carbide which are internally precipitated from a melt of said alloy. Such alloy powder is made by atomizin... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4191516 | Atomizer for making powder An atomizer for making powder of the type in which an atomizing chamber above a water bath container defines a path for a falling stream of molten metal and nozzles supply downwardly directed opposed ribbon sectioned jets of water at an angle to the verti... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4170466 | Water atomized copper alloys A water atomization process for producing fine metal particles includes the improvement step of alloying a minor amount of silicon with copper and a metal selected from manganese, chromium, and zirconium.... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4168967 | Nickel and cobalt irregularly shaped granulates A granulate consisting of smooth irregularly shaped granules is produced by preparing a molten bath of nickel and/or cobalt containing amounts of carbon and silicon which are correlated so that: pouring the molten alloy at a temperature 50°-100° C. above ... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4166736 | Powdered metal filter composition and processes for producing the same A powdered metal filter composition and processes for producing the same by water atomization in which the composition exhibits an apparent density, compressibility and particle shape as a function of the composition chemistry and in particular the silico... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4162282 | Method for producing uniform particles Uniform particles are produced by introducing a laminar stream of a core liquid into a laminar flowing body of an immiscible sheath liquid. The core liquid or the sheath liquid, or both liquids, can contain one or more materials dispersed (dissolved or su... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4124377 | Method and apparatus for producing atomized metal powder A method and apparatus for producing metal powder in which a reducing liquid is introduced into the bottom of a substantially closed granulation chamber, and a reducing gaseous atmosphere is produced above the reducing liquid. A stream of molten metal is ... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4123247 | Apparatus for expanding metallurgical slag Molten metallurgical slags are expanded by contact with water in a liquid or vapor state by passing the molten slag along a prefoaming or expanding trough by delivering the slag to this trough via an intermediate trough which is shiftable along the prefoa... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4112029 | Manufacture of fibrids of polyolefins Fibrids of polyolefins showing a high degree of fibrillation and a high specific surface area are obtained by flashing a pressurized solution or polyolefin in pentane or in a pentane-containing solvent by passing said solution through an orifice into a sp... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4106075 | Ceramic capacitor The invention concerns a densely sintered ceramic dielectric with a loss factor less than or equal to 1×10-3 and a substantially linear temperature dependence of the capacitance based on TiO2 and/or ZrO2, and/or the compo... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4100236 | Method of preparing micron size particles of solid polymers Micron size polymer particles with narrow particle size distribution are prepared by dissolving the polymer in a suitable liquid solvent, impinging an atomized spray of the dissolved polymer on a moving film of a liquid in which the polymer is insoluble a... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4087498 | Method of producing sulfur particles The relative crushing strength of porous sulfur particles formed by quenching molten sulfur in a highly turbulent zone created by the intersection of the molten sulfur stream and a high velocity water stream is controlled by controlling the temperature of... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4052492 | Method for producing preformed expansion joint fillers The method of impregnating substantial amounts of asphalt into fiberboard. Melted asphalt having desired properties for use with fiberboard is atomized and then chilled by passage through cold water sprays, and into a cellulose-fiber-containing slurry. Th... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4024210 | Sulfur pelletizing Solid sulfur pellets are prepared from molten sulfur using a gun and pelletizing chamber. Sulfur is ejected from a gun in a form of a thin sheet and dispersed and solidified into solid pellets with a water jet. The pellets and water are separated.... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4021167 | Apparatus for manufacturing spherical hollow particles Apparatus for manufacturing spherical hollow particles which provides a large number of individual linear water jets arranged in a ring and converging at a single point, so that a molten metal may be passed through this ring of water jets and converging p... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4013744 | Process for the manufacture of fibrids of thermoplastics materials A process for the manufacture of fibrids of thermoplastics materials by extruding molten thermoplastics through dies and breaking up the extrudate into fibers by means of a liquid medium causing shear stresses within a small volume, to which end the extru... | 03/22/1977 |
| 3970445 | Wear-resistant alloy, and method of making same A wear-resistant alloy comprising boron, chromium and iron having maximum hardness for a given composition is produced by rapidly cooling and solidfying spheroidal particles of the molten alloy mixture. The resultant solid particles are then cast in the d... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3963811 | Process for producing a composite metal powder A process for producing a composite metal powder which comprises mixing a powder of a metal or alloy with a melt of a metal or alloy of a different class from that of the metal or alloy powder and atomizing the resulting molten mixture by jetting a high s... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3961007 | Continuous process for making fibrous cellulose acetate filter material Fibrous cellulose acetate resembling asbestos in fibrous structure and liquid filtering properties which is useful for filtering potable liquids such as fruit juices, vegetable juices and wine is made continuously by introducing a stream of a 2-4% by weig... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959421 | Method for rapid quenching of melt blown fibers A method for producing a nonwoven fabric-like material by a melt blowing technique. Conventional melt blowing equipment is used to form a gas stream containing melt blown microfibers comprising generally discontinuous thermoplastic polymeric microfibers h... | 05/25/1976 |
