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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367105 | Method and device for galvanizing objects A device and method for thermally galvanizing objects, in particular metal objects, includes pretreating an object for treating. The pretreated object is arranged in a flux bath for fluxing of the object and arranged in a zinc bath in order to have the material of t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7261922 | Method of applying additional corrosion protection to a localized portion of a galvanized pole The invention relates to a method of providing additional corrosion protection to a localized portion of a pole such as a utility pole, support pole, or the like comprising the steps of: (1) determining which portion of the pole is to receive additional corro... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7244508 | Frosting coating materials, articles, and methods Frosting coating materials and methods, frosted articles, and, in certain aspects, a frosting coating that includes thermoset acrylic resin, polymethyl methacrylate, polyacrylate copolymer and methylated melamine-formaldehyde resin, and, optionally, UV absorbent mat... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7160581 | Preparation of steel surfaces for single-dip aluminium-rich zinc galvanising A process is disclosed for the preparation of a steel surface for single-dip aluminium-rich zinc galvanizing. The process steps comprise: cleaning the surface so as to obtain less than 0.6 μg/cm2 residual dirt; pickling the surface; applying a protective... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6949300 | Product and method of brazing using kinetic sprayed coatings The present invention is directed to a process for preparing aluminum and aluminum alloy surfaces in heat exchangers for brazing by depositing thereon a kinetic sprayed brazing composition. The process simultaneously deposits monolith or composite coatings that can ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6761928 | Multi-layer structure and method for forming a thermal interface with low contact resistance between a microelectronic component package and heat sink A multi-layer solid structure and method for forming a thermal interface between a microelectronic component package and a heat sink so that the structure has a total thermal resistance of no greater than about 0.03° C.-in2/W at a pressure of less than 1... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6760396 | Coated metal articles and method of making The method of protectively coating metallic uranium which comprises dipping the metallic uranium in a molten alloy comprising about 20-75% of copper and about 80-25% of tin, dipping the coated uranium promptly into molten tin, withdrawing it from the molten tin and ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6513239 | Method of fabricating an alloy film on a face of a heat exchanger for an integrated circuit An alloy film is fabricated, on the face of a heat exchanger for an integrated circuit, by a process that dispenses various liquids onto the heat exchanger's face. To prevent those liquids from falling off of the heat exchanger's face onto other component... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6471117 | Transfer fluxing method and apparatus for component placement on substrate A transfer fluxing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is a flux reservoir for holding flux, a compliant pad attached to an opening in the flux reservoir and a means for controlling deposition of flux onto the compliant pad. The apparatus can be attached... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6355298 | Placement system apparatus and method An apparatus and a method are disclosed for placing at least two elements on a surface. The apparatus comprises means for supplying a surface, means for transferring the two elements to the surface, means for adjusting the position of the surface in a fir... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6277443 | Low lead or no lead batch galvanization process A batch process for making galvanized steel products with a low lead or no lead zinc coating is described. Metal parts are cleaned, rinsed, pickled and rinsed and are immersed in a hot, pre-flux solution and thoroughly dried before they are immersed in a ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6270842 | Method of galvanizing with molten zinc-aluminum alloy A steel material subjected to preliminary treatments to remove an oxide film on the surface is immersed in a molten flux bath in an independent vessel and thereafter immersed in a molten zinc-aluminum alloy bath in a separate vessel to be galvanized with ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6221431 | Method of hot-galvanizing ferrous materials In a method of hot-galvanizing ferrous materials, in order to improve results, there is provision, during the course of the galvanizing, for a step for the introduction of various suitable metals, preferably selected from aluminum, potassium, nickel, magn... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6187388 | Method of simultaneous cleaning and fluxing of aluminum cylinder block bore surfaces for thermal spray coating adhesion A method of bonding a thermally sprayed coating to a non-roughened light metal surface. The method comprises the steps of (a) depositing a coating surface (i.e. a double potassium aluminum fluoride salt) onto such surface which has been cleaned to be subs... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6143364 | Hot dip plating method and apparatus A batchwise hot dip plating method is performed by dipping a metallic material in a molten metal plating bath, following fluxing by dipping the metallic material in a bath of a fused salt flux (e.g., a mixture of cryolite and one or more alkali metal chlo... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6120848 | Method of making a braze sheet A method is disclosed of making a braze sheet for a brazed assembly. The method includes the steps of providing a sheet of a core material and a composition cladding and mechanically embedding a flux into the sheet.... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6037011 | Hot dip coating employing a plug of chilled coating metal A hot dip coating system comprises a bath of molten coating metal contained in a vessel having a strip passage opening located below the top surface of the bath. A metal strip is directed along a path extending through the strip passage opening and throug... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5853806 | Process for hot dip-coating steel material with molten aluminum alloy by one-stage coating method using flux and bath of molten aluminum alloy metal Disclosed are a process for hot-dip coating a steel material with a molten aluminum alloy according to a one-stage coating method using a flux which comprises removing an oxide layer on a steel material surface, conducting activating treatment, then coati... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5820697 | Fluorescent water soluble solder flux A mixture of a dye including one or more water soluble fluorescent dyes and a water soluble solder flux provides simple optical inspection under ultraviolet illumination with simple apparatus. The optical inspection is thus made highly sensitive to the pr... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5755374 | Method of brazing A method of brazing is described, the method comprising the steps of applying a layer of particles of an aluminum alloy filler material said particles having a coating of a flux-type material selected from the group comprising a compound of potassium fluo... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5723187 | Method of bonding thermally sprayed coating to non-roughened aluminum surfaces A method of bonding a thermally sprayed coating to a non-roughened light metal (i.e. cast aluminum-based) surface. The method comprises the steps of (a) depositing a flux material (i.e. potassium aluminum's fluoride containing up to 50 molar % other fluor... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5482736 | Method for applying flux to ball grid array package A method and apparatus for applying flux to a series of metallization contacts or plated contact pad a substrate exposed by an apertured solder mask, employs a compressible transfer pad. A central flux pick-up area is formed on the transfer pad bottom sur... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5433820 | Method and apparatus for dry process fluxing In a method of dry process fluxing at least one surface of a metallic article, the surface to be fluxed is treated with a plasma at atmospheric pressure of a gaseous mixture comprising hydrogen and optionally at least one inert gas. The invention also con... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5354623 | Joint, a laminate, and a method of preparing a nickel-titanium alloy member surface for bonding to another layer of metal A joint and a laminate including a nickel-titanium alloy such as Nitinol and a method for preparing the surface of a nickel-titanium alloy member for bonding solder material and, electively, another similar or dissimilar member thereto. The method include... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5330801 | Process for tinning electrically conductive wire A process for tinning plated wire involves first the placing of the wire in a suitable chemical flux for a period of time, the wire is then immersed for a period of time into a static solder pot having molten solder therein, the wire is then re-immersed i... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5248523 | Method for coating an inclined surface with powder A method for coating an annular inclined surface of a part with a powder prior to sintering, in which a lower annular axial surface is provided below and extending the inclined surface of the part. Along the axis of the part, a central tool is arranged ha... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5242759 | Joint, a laminate, and a method of preparing a nickel-titanium alloy member surface for bonding to another layer of metal A joint and a laminate including a nickel-titanium alloy such as nitinol and a method for preparing the surface of a nickel-titanium alloy member for bonding solder material and, electively, another similar or dissimilar member thereto. The method include... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5219120 | Apparatus and method for applying a stream of atomized fluid An apparatus and method generates a stream of atomized fluid for applying a substantially uniform coating of atomized fluid to a surface, such as the application of a liquid flux coating to circuit boards. An ultrasonic atomizer discharges a conical spray... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5100486 | Method of coating metal surfaces to form protective metal coating thereon A process is disclosed for forming a protective metal coating on a metal surface using a flux consisting of an alkali metal fluoride, an alkaline earth metal fluoride, an alkali metal fluoaluminate, an alkali metal fluosilicate, and mixtures thereof. The ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4975327 | Polyimide substrate having a textured surface and metallizing such a substrate The adhesion of metal to a polyimide substrate is enhanced by depositing onto at least one surface of the polyimide a thin film of metal such as copper and heating in air to cause the deposited metal to texturize that surface by producing asperities that ... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4911351 | Method of manufacturing heat-exchanger A method of manufacturing heat-exchanger excellent in the pitting corrosion resistance is disclosed, wherein, in the manufacture of aluminum heat-exchanger to be brazed under heat in the furnace of inert gas atmosphere using fluoride flux, Zn is disposed ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4774106 | Method of applying particulate material to objects by using a liquid A method of applying a material of particulate form to the surface of an object by using a liquid, wherein the liquid is applied to the surface of the object to provide a film of the liquid thereon, and then the material of particulate form is applied to ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4738758 | Process for continuous deposition of a zinc-aluminum coating on a ferrous product, by immersion in a bath of molten metal There is disclosed a method of depositing a protective coating on a ferrous substrate comprising the steps of immersing the substrate in an electrolytic solution containing zinc chloride, a fluoride and at least one of NiCl2 and CoCl2 | 04/19/1988 |
| 4695481 | Method of performing plating of an item having fine parts and a support device therefor A method and device of performing plating of an item having a row of fine parts, e.g. a flatpack IC are disclosed. The method comprises immersing said item in a bath of molten solder, removing said item from said bath while maintaining said item in an att... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4684544 | Solder fluxing method and apparatus Solder flux is applied to the face of a printed circuit board (24) or the like by flowing a foam (30) of liquid flux bubbles upwardly through the top of a chimney flue (10) and into contact with the board face which is top passed over the top of the flue.... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4670298 | Fluorescent solder paste mixture A fluorescent solder paste mixture comprising a fluorescent pigment dispersed in a solder paste is disclosed. The solder paste comprises solder fragments dispersed in a solder flux. A method for making the solder paste mixture and a method for using the s... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4659593 | Process for making composite materials consisting of a first reinforcing component combined with a second component consisting of a light alloy and products obtained by this process The present invention concerns processes for making composite materials. The process is characterized essentially by the fact that it consists in making a fibrous preform 1, in pre-treating this fibrous preform by a fluorine containing flux 3 and in wetting th... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4542045 | Method and apparatus for cooling and coating the inside seam of a welded can body A method and apparatus for cooling and coating the inside seam of a hot welded can body. In the preferred embodiment, the apparatus includes a spray gun having a two-orifice nozzle assembly. Operation of the gun causes coating material to be sprayed concu... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4496612 | Aqueous flux for hot dip metalizing process A flux bath and its use in treating ferrous articles prior to their being dipped in a molten aluminum-zinc alloy is disclosed. The flux may be molten bath or used as an aqueous solution which contains from 200 to 750 g/l dissolved solids. The dissolved so... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4435448 | Method for manufacturing babbitted bearings A method is disclosed for lining a bearing shell with a babbitt metal which does not require tinning of the bearing shell and does not require premelting of the babbitt metal. An inner cylindrical surface of a bearing shell is covered with a flux and line... | 03/06/1984 |
