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Manufacture of powders of copper and copper alloys

Assignee: FW Berk and Co Ltd
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Filing: 1956-06-26
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Granted: 1959-01-27
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Expires: 1976-06-26
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Jones William David

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 13:05
CPC Classifications
B; B22; B22F; B22F9/00; B22F9/02; B22F9/06; B22F9/08; B22F9/082; B22F2009/0824; B22F2009/0828

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 131 words
A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A COPPER POWDER OF LOW APPARENT DENSITY WHICH COMPRISES INCORPORATING WITH SUBSTANTIALLY PURE COPPER SUCH A SMALL PROPORTION OF A METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MAGNESIUM CALCIUM, LITHIUM, ZIRCONIUM AND TITANIUM THAT THE COPPER REMAINS SUBSTANTIALLY PURE AND IN SUCH AMOUNT AS TO EFFECTIVELY CAUSE THE CONVERSION OF A MOLTEN MASS OF THE RESULTANT COPPER COMPOSITION SUBJECTED TO ATOMIZATION BY AN AQUEOUS LIQUID TO A COPPER POWDER OF LOW APPARENT DENSITY SUITABLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SINTERED ARTICLES, AND THEN ATOMIZING A MOLTEN MASS OF SUCH RESULTANT COPPER COMPOSITION BY MEANS OF SUCH AQUEOUS LIQUID TO CONVERT THE SAME INTO A COPPER POWDER OF LOW APPARENT DENSITY CONTANING AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY 98% OF COPPER AND LESS THAN APPROXIMATELY 1% OF SAID INCORPORATED METAL.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 131 words
A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A COPPER POWDER OF LOW APPARENT DENSITY WHICH COMPRISES INCORPORATING WITH SUBSTANTIALLY PURE COPPER SUCH A SMALL PROPORTION OF A METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MAGNESIUM CALCIUM, LITHIUM, ZIRCONIUM AND TITANIUM THAT THE COPPER REMAINS SUBSTANTIALLY PURE AND IN SUCH AMOUNT AS TO EFFECTIVELY CAUSE THE CONVERSION OF A MOLTEN MASS OF THE RESULTANT COPPER COMPOSITION SUBJECTED TO ATOMIZATION BY AN AQUEOUS LIQUID TO A COPPER POWDER OF LOW APPARENT DENSITY SUITABLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SINTERED ARTICLES, AND THEN ATOMIZING A MOLTEN MASS OF SUCH RESULTANT COPPER COMPOSITION BY MEANS OF SUCH AQUEOUS LIQUID TO CONVERT THE SAME INTO A COPPER POWDER OF LOW APPARENT DENSITY CONTANING AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY 98% OF COPPER AND LESS THAN APPROXIMATELY 1% OF SAID INCORPORATED METAL.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1962-01-26 1962-07-28 1963-01-27 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1966-01-26 1966-07-28 1967-01-27 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1970-01-26 1970-07-28 1971-01-27 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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