Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A surface-coated wear-resistant member of cermet comprising: (a) a substrate of cermet; and (b) a hard coating vapor-deposited on a surface of said substrate, said coating being composed of at least one titanium compound selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide, titanium nitride, carbo-nitride of titanium, oxy-carbide of titanium, oxy-nitride of titanium and oxy-carbo-nitride of titanium, an atomic ratio of one of carbon, nitrogen, carbon plus nitrogen, carbon plus oxygen, nitrogen plus oxygen and carbon plus nitrogen plus oxygen to titanium(Ti) in said coating being in the range of between 0.3 and 0.8, said coating comprising a compound of TiX and a compound of Ti 2 X wherein X is one of carbon and nitrogen or at least two of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen; and said coating having an average thickness of 1 to 10 um.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
137 words
A surface-coated wear-resistant member of cermet comprising: (a) a substrate of cermet; and (b) a hard coating vapor-deposited on a surface of said substrate, said coating being composed of at least one titanium compound selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide, titanium nitride, carbo-nitride of titanium, oxy-carbide of titanium, oxy-nitride of titanium and oxy-carbo-nitride of titanium, an atomic ratio of one of carbon, nitrogen, carbon plus nitrogen, carbon plus oxygen, nitrogen plus oxygen and carbon plus nitrogen plus oxygen to titanium(Ti) in said coating being in the range of between 0.3 and 0.8, said coating comprising a compound of TiX and a compound of Ti 2 X wherein X is one of carbon and nitrogen or at least two of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen; and said coating having an average thickness of 1 to 10 um.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
140 words
A surface-coated wear-resistant member of cermet comprising: (a) a substrate of cerment; and (b) a hard coating vapor-deposited on a surface of the substrate, said coating being composed of titanium metal and at least one titanium compound selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide, titanium nitride, carbo-nitride of titanium, oxy-carbide of titanium, oxy-nitride of titanium and oxy-carbo-nitride of titanium, an atomic ratio of one of carbon, nitrogen, carbon plus nitrogen, carbon plus oxygen, nitrogen plus oxygen and carbon plus nitrogen plus oxygen to titanium(Ti) in said coating being in the range of between 0.3 and 0.8, said coating comprising titanium metal,a compound of TiX and a compound of Ti 2 X wherein.X is one of carbon and nitrogen or at least two of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen, and the coating having an average thickness of 1 to 10 µm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
140 words
A surface-coated wear-resistant member of cermet comprising: (a) a substrate of cerment; and (b) a hard coating vapor-deposited on a surface of the substrate, said coating being composed of titanium metal and at least one titanium compound selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide, titanium nitride, carbo-nitride of titanium, oxy-carbide of titanium, oxy-nitride of titanium and oxy-carbo-nitride of titanium, an atomic ratio of one of carbon, nitrogen, carbon plus nitrogen, carbon plus oxygen, nitrogen plus oxygen and carbon plus nitrogen plus oxygen to titanium(Ti) in said coating being in the range of between 0.3 and 0.8, said coating comprising titanium metal,a compound of TiX and a compound of Ti 2 X wherein.X is one of carbon and nitrogen or at least two of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen, and the coating having an average thickness of 1 to 10 µm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A surface-coated wear-resistant member cermet according to claim 1 or claim 2, in which said coating further comprises a vapor-deposited outermost layer of Al 2 0 3 .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
159 words
A process for producing a surface-coated wear-resistant member of cermet, which comprises the steps of: (a) providing a substrate of cermet; and (b) forming a coating on a surface of said substrate, said coating being formed by vapor-depositing alternately at least one layer of titanium (Ti) metal and at least one titanium compound one upon another, said titanium compound being one of titanium carbide, titanium nitride, carbo-nitride of titanium, oxy-carbide of titanium, oxy-nitride of titanium and oxy-carbo-nitride of titanium, an atomic ratio of one of carbon, nitrogen, carbon plus nitrogen, carbon plus oxygen, nitrogen plus oxygen and carbon plus nitrogen plus oxygen to titanium(Ti) in said coating being in the range of between 0.3 and 0.8, said coating comprising a compound of TiX and a compound of Ti 2 X wherein X is one of carbon and nitrogen or at least two of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen, and said coating having an average thickness of 1 to 10 pm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
159 words
A process for producing a surface-coated wear-resistant member of cermet, which comprises the steps of: (a) providing a substrate of cermet; and (b) forming a coating on a surface of said substrate, said coating being formed by vapor-depositing alternately at least one layer of titanium (Ti) metal and at least one titanium compound one upon another, said titanium compound being one of titanium carbide, titanium nitride, carbo-nitride of titanium, oxy-carbide of titanium, oxy-nitride of titanium and oxy-carbo-nitride of titanium, an atomic ratio of one of carbon, nitrogen, carbon plus nitrogen, carbon plus oxygen, nitrogen plus oxygen and carbon plus nitrogen plus oxygen to titanium(Ti) in said coating being in the range of between 0.3 and 0.8, said coating comprising a compound of TiX and a compound of Ti 2 X wherein X is one of carbon and nitrogen or at least two of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen, and said coating having an average thickness of 1 to 10 pm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
160 words
A process for producing a surface-coated wear-resistant member of cermet, which comprises the steps of : (a) providing a substrate of cermet; and (b) forming a coating on a surface of said substrate, said coating being formed by vapor-depositing alternately at least one layer of titanium metal and at least one titanium compound one upon another, said titanium compound being one of titanium carbide, titanium nitride, carbo-nitride of titanium, oxy-carbide of titanium, oxy-nitride of titanium and oxy-carbo-nitride of titanium, an atomic ratio of one of carbon, nitrogen, carbon plus nitrogen, carbon plus oxygen, nitrogen plus oxygen and carbon plus nitrogen plus oxygen to titanium(Ti) in said coating being in the range of between 0.3 and 0.8, said coating comprising titanium metal,a compound of TiX and a compound of Ti 2 X wherein X is one of carbon and nitrogen or at least two of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen, and the coating having an average thickness of 1 to 10 um.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
160 words
A process for producing a surface-coated wear-resistant member of cermet, which comprises the steps of : (a) providing a substrate of cermet; and (b) forming a coating on a surface of said substrate, said coating being formed by vapor-depositing alternately at least one layer of titanium metal and at least one titanium compound one upon another, said titanium compound being one of titanium carbide, titanium nitride, carbo-nitride of titanium, oxy-carbide of titanium, oxy-nitride of titanium and oxy-carbo-nitride of titanium, an atomic ratio of one of carbon, nitrogen, carbon plus nitrogen, carbon plus oxygen, nitrogen plus oxygen and carbon plus nitrogen plus oxygen to titanium(Ti) in said coating being in the range of between 0.3 and 0.8, said coating comprising titanium metal,a compound of TiX and a compound of Ti 2 X wherein X is one of carbon and nitrogen or at least two of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen, and the coating having an average thickness of 1 to 10 um.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 4 or claim 5, in which said coating further comprises a vapor-deposited outermost layer of A1 2 0 3 .
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process according to claim 4 or claim 5, in which the vapor-deposition of each layer is carried out at temperatures of between about 600°C and 1,000°C.