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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5487094 | Double-layer pellet, method of manufacturing the same, and apparatus for manufacturing the same A pellet carrier disc is movably held between two cooling blocks. The disc is vertically moved, setting its through hole into axial alignment with a first hole of the block. Deuterium gas is supplied into the through hole through the hole, and cooled and ... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5430776 | Fuel pellets for thermonuclear reactions Fuel pellets for use as targets in a device employing thermonuclear fusion by inertial confinement (Laser fusion) are manufactured from high polymer hydrocarbons in which bound hydrogen has been replaced with tritium. The required polymer is prepared by p... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5047225 | Low density carbonized composite foams A carbonized composite foam having a density less than about 50 mg/cm3 and individual cell sizes no greater than about 1 μm in diameter is described, and the process of making it.... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4904441 | Method of forming a pellet of condensed gas and a pellet injector for injecting the same into a reactor A pellet injector for injecting pellets of condensed gas, such as hydrogen, tritium or deuterium, into a reactor comprises an arrangement of pipe guns in a cylindrical arrangement. Each pipe gun which may be made from stainless steel, has a freezing secti... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4774037 | Method for producing solid or hollow spherical particles of chosen chemical composition and of uniform size A method is provided for producing commercially large quantities of high melting temperature solid or hollow spherical particles of a predetermined chemical composition and having a uniform and controlled size distribution. An end (18, 50, 90) of a solid ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4701379 | Boron hydride polymer coated substrates A method is disclosed for coating a substrate with a uniformly smooth layer of a boron hydride polymer. The method comprises providing a reaction chamber which contains the substrate and the boron hydride plasma. A boron hydride feed stock is introduced i... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4693938 | Foam shell cryogenic ICF target A uniform cryogenic layer of DT fuel is maintained in a fusion target having a low density, small pore size, low Z rigid foam shell saturated with liquid DT fuel. Capillary action prevents gravitational slumping of the fuel layer. The saturated shell may ... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4671994 | Method for producing fiber reinforced hollow microspheres Fiber reinforced hollow film forming material microspheres 17 made from a fiber and film forming material composition are described. The fiber reinforced hollow microspheres 17 are used to make shaped and molded articles and to make insulation materials. ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4650328 | Apparatus for determining the filling pressure of a plurality of microballoons A simple apparatus for removably holding a plurality of microballoons during filling and determination of the pressure of the gas fill. The subject apparatus permits the manipulation of substantial numbers of microballoons necessary for the rapidly growin... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4645442 | Shell forming apparatus A nozzle assembly is described for use in a system that forms small gas-filled shells, which avoids the need for holding a miniature inner nozzle precisely concentric with a miniature outer nozzle. The outer nozzle has a diameter which is less than about ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4642206 | Production of spin polarized fusion fuels Methods for producing large, highly nuclear spin-polarized thermonuclear fuels HD, D2, HT and DT in a state where they can be stored and manipulated for appreciable times at ordinary liquid helium temperatures, are disclosed. Molecular mixtures... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4634567 | Multishell inertial confinement fusion target A method of fabricating multishell fuel targets for inertial confinement fusion usage. Sacrificial hemispherical molds encapsulate a concentric fuel pellet which is positioned by fiber nets stretched tautly across each hemispherical mold section. The fibe... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4548767 | Method to produce large, uniform hollow spherical shells Large, uniform hollow spherical shells are produced by forming uniform size drops of heat decomposable or vaporizable material, evaporating the drops to form dried particles, coating the dried particles with a layer of shell forming material, and heating ... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4544520 | Laser target fabrication, structure and method for its fabrication The disclosure is directed to a laser target structure and its method of fabrication. The target structure comprises a target plate containing an orifice across which a pair of crosshairs are affixed. A microsphere is affixed to the crosshairs and enclose... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4505947 | Method for the deposition of coatings upon substrates utilizing a high pressure, non-local thermal equilibrium arc plasma A method is provided for the deposition of coatings upon substrates utilizing a high pressure, non-local thermal equilibrium arc plasma including the steps of generating a non-LTE arc plasma at a pressure greater than about 0.1 atmospheres, introducing a ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4477958 | Multishell inertial confinement fusion target A method of fabricating multishell fuel targets for inertial confinement fusion usage. Sacrificial hemispherical molds encapsulate a concentric fuel pellet which is positioned by fiber nets stretched tautly across each hemispherical mold section. The fibe... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4432933 | Process for the fabrication of thermonuclear fuel pellets and the product thereof In processes utilizing a source of laser energy for achieving a thermonuclear fusion reaction, it is necessary to have fusion fuel prepared in a configuration with minute dimensions and the present invention contemplates preparing this fuel by introducing... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4426337 | Method for producing seamless material-filled capsule and miniature capsules A vibrating body is so provided as to surround a jet stream composed of a capsule film material and a capsule filler material extruded from the orifice of two coaxial conduits positioned in a cooling liquid medium. The vibrating body can be controlled in ... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4415512 | Method and apparatus for producing hollow metal microspheres and microspheroids Hollow metal microspheres are made by forming a liquid film of molten film forming metal composition across a coaxial blowing nozzle and applying a blowing gas at a positive pressure on the inner surface of the metal film to blow the film and form an elon... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4404255 | Colloidal coating for small three dimensional articles, and particularly for fusion targets having glass shells Extremely small, three-dimensional articles, such as fusion targets having glass shells (20 to 500 microns in diameter) are coated with alternate layers of colloidal materials. This is accomplished by depositing particles of opposite charge from colloidal... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4400191 | Sphere forming method and apparatus A system is provided for forming small accurately-spherical objects. Preformed largely-spherical objects (18) are supported at the opening of a conduit (16) on the update of hot gas emitted from the opening, so the object is in a molten state. The conduit... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4390567 | Method of forming graded polymeric coatings or films Very smooth polymeric coatings or films graded in atomic number and density can readily be formed by first preparing the coating or film from the desired monomeric material and then contacting it with a fluid containing a metal or a mixture of metals for ... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4344787 | Method and apparatus for producing gas-filled hollow spheres A system is described for forming hollow spheres containing pressured gas, which includes a cylinder device (14) containing a molten solid material (20) and having a first nozzle (18) at its end, and a second gas nozzle (24) lying slightly upstream from t... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4323420 | Process for manufacture of inertial confinement fusion targets and resulting product An ICF target comprising a spherical pellet of fusion fuel surrounded by a concentric shell; and a process for manufacturing the same which includes the steps of forming hemispheric shells of a silicon or other substrate material, adhering the shell segme... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4322378 | Method for producing uniform spherical shells The disclosure is directed to a method for producing relatively uniform hollow spheres of a substance, the hollow spheres being formed with a gas therein as a result of the production process. The spheres, formed for example of hydrogen isotopes, are part... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4316786 | Apparatus for electroplating particles of small dimension The thickness, uniformity, and surface smoothness requirements for surface coatings of glass microspheres for use as targets for laser fusion research are critical. Because of their minute size, the microspheres are difficult to manipulate and control in ... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4313745 | Method of forming frozen spheres in a force-free drop tower A method of forming hollow glass spheres S shaped by the effects of surface tension acting on bubbles of glass in its molten state; the method is characterized by the steps of establishing a downwardly flowing stream of air accelerated at a one-G rate of ... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4303433 | Centrifuge apparatus and method for producing hollow microspheres The hollow glass vacuum microspheres are made by forming a liquid film of molten glass across the coaxial blowing nozzles, applying the metal vapor blowing gas at a positive pressure on the inner surface of the glass film to blow the film which combines w... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4303731 | Compressed gaseous materials in a contained volume A method for compressing gases in a contained volume consisting of hollow glass microspheres is described. The gases are compressed under high pressure and can be easily handled and stored. The gases to be compressed and contained in the microspheres are ... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4302166 | Droplet forming apparatus for use in 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... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4292340 | Methods and apparatus for producing cryogenic inertially driven fusion targets A new technique for producing uniform layers of solid DT on microballoon surfaces. Local heating of the target, typically by means of a focused laser, within an isothermal freezing cell containing a low pressure cryogenic exchange gas such as helium, vapo... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4290847 | Multishell microcapsules Smooth-surfaced, free-flowing, rigid, spherical, hollow microcapsules having non-porous shell walls consisting of essentially homogeneous, non-vitreous metal oxide in predominantly polycrystalline state, which have at least one shell having over the entir... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4279632 | Method and apparatus for producing concentric hollow spheres Hollow spheres with precisely concentric inner and outer spherical surfaces are formed by applying vibrations to a nonconcentric hollow sphere while it is at an elevated temperature at which it is fluid or plastic, the vibrations producing internal flows ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4266506 | Apparatus for producing cryogenic inertially driven fusion targets A new technique for producing uniform layers of solid DT on microballoon surfaces. Local heating of the target, typically by means of a focused laser, within an isothermal freezing cell containing a low pressure cryogenic exchange gas such as helium, vapo... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4257799 | Method for producing small hollow spheres A method for producing small hollow spheres of glass having an outer diameter ranging from about 100μ to about 500μ with a substantially uniform wall thickness in the range of about 0.5-20μ. The method involves introducing aqueous droplets of a glass-f... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4258075 | Cryogenic target formation using cold gas jets A method and apparatus using cold gas jets for producing a substantially uniform layer of cryogenic materials on the inner surface of hollow spherical members having one or more layers, such as inertially imploded targets. By vaporizing and quickly refree... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4224261 | Methods of fabricating microsponge deuterated initiated hydrocarbon polymer target which emit neutrons when irradiated by high energy beams Targets for high energy beams, such as laser beams, produced in laser fusion apparatus are described. The targets are porous spheres of deuterated hydrocarbon material, particularly deuterated polyethylene. The spheres are small and have diameters in the ... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4190016 | Cryogenic target formation using cold gas jets A method and apparatus using cold gas jets for producing a substantially uniform layer of cryogenic materials on the inner surface of hollow spherical members having one or more layers, such as inertially imploded targets. By vaporizing and quickly refree... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4163637 | Method and apparatus for producing small hollow spheres Method and apparatus for producing small hollow spheres of glass, metal or plastic, wherein the sphere material is mixed with or contains as part of the composition a blowing agent which decomposes at high temperature (Tࣙ600° C.). As the temperature is... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4154868 | Method for forming targets Method for cryoinduced uniform deposition of cryogenic materials, such as deuterium-tritium (DT) mixtures, on the inner surface of hollow spherical members, such as inertially imploded targets. By vaporizing and quickly refreezing cryogenic materials cont... | 05/15/1979 |
