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Apparatus for growing crystals

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1958-06-03
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Granted: 1959-10-06
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Expires: 1978-06-03
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Donald C Reynolds
  • 👤 Stanley J Czyzak

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 15:01
CPC Classifications
C; C30; C30B; C30B23/00; C30B23/002; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S117/00; Y10S117/90; Y10S117/917; Y10T; Y10T117/00; Y10T117/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 262 words
AN APPARATUS FOR GROWING CRYSTALS, COMPRISING AN UPWARDLY OPEN OUTER CUP OF QUARTZ, AN AXIALLY ADJUSTABLY MOVABLY INNER QUARTZ CUP POSITIONED WITHIN THE OUTER CUP TO BE FREELY ADJUSTABLE LINEARLY THEREOF WITHIN LIMITS AND HAVING A BOTTOM SURFACE UPON WHICH A CRYSTAL IS TO BE GRWON AND HAVING AN ION SLUG ATTACHED TO THE INNER CUP, A RETORT WITHIN THE INNER CUP DEPENDING FROM A RETORT CUP PORTION SEALING THE OPEN UPPER END OF THE OUTER CUP, A QUARTZ TUBE ATTACHED TO THE RETORWITH A TUBE INTAKE ORIFICE OPENING INTO THE RETORT AND THE QUARTZ TUBE DISCHARGING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH AN ORIFICE THE PROXIMITY OF WHICH TO THE BOTTOM OF THE INNER CUP MAY BE ADJUSTABLY REGULATED BY THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE INNER CUP WITH RESPECT TO AND AXIALLY OF THE OUTER CUP, VALVE MEANS FOR CONTROL LING THE EVACUATION OF THE OUTER CUP AND THE INTRODUCTION OF A GAS ATMOSPHERE INTO THE OUTER CUP CARRIED BY THE CUP PORTION OF THE RETORT SERVING AS A MEANS SUPPORTING THE RETORT IN IMMOVABLEE ARELATION WITH RESPECT TO THE OUTER CUP. MAGNET MEANS HAVING A MAGNETIC FIELD WITHIN WHICH THE ION SLUGS CARRIED BY THE INNER CUP ARE POSITIONED, YOKE MEANS CARRYING THE MAGNETIC MEANS AXIALLY AND EXTERNALLY OF THE CUP, SCREW THREADED MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE YOKE MEANS AXIALLY OF THE OUTER CUP, AND FURNACE MEANS PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF WINDINGS OF A PLURALITY OF TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURES WITHIN THE RESORT AS DISTINCT FROM THE TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE BOTTOM OF THE INNER CUP AND THE PHYSICAL STATE OF THE CONTENTS THEREOF.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 262 words
AN APPARATUS FOR GROWING CRYSTALS, COMPRISING AN UPWARDLY OPEN OUTER CUP OF QUARTZ, AN AXIALLY ADJUSTABLY MOVABLY INNER QUARTZ CUP POSITIONED WITHIN THE OUTER CUP TO BE FREELY ADJUSTABLE LINEARLY THEREOF WITHIN LIMITS AND HAVING A BOTTOM SURFACE UPON WHICH A CRYSTAL IS TO BE GRWON AND HAVING AN ION SLUG ATTACHED TO THE INNER CUP, A RETORT WITHIN THE INNER CUP DEPENDING FROM A RETORT CUP PORTION SEALING THE OPEN UPPER END OF THE OUTER CUP, A QUARTZ TUBE ATTACHED TO THE RETORWITH A TUBE INTAKE ORIFICE OPENING INTO THE RETORT AND THE QUARTZ TUBE DISCHARGING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH AN ORIFICE THE PROXIMITY OF WHICH TO THE BOTTOM OF THE INNER CUP MAY BE ADJUSTABLY REGULATED BY THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE INNER CUP WITH RESPECT TO AND AXIALLY OF THE OUTER CUP, VALVE MEANS FOR CONTROL LING THE EVACUATION OF THE OUTER CUP AND THE INTRODUCTION OF A GAS ATMOSPHERE INTO THE OUTER CUP CARRIED BY THE CUP PORTION OF THE RETORT SERVING AS A MEANS SUPPORTING THE RETORT IN IMMOVABLEE ARELATION WITH RESPECT TO THE OUTER CUP. MAGNET MEANS HAVING A MAGNETIC FIELD WITHIN WHICH THE ION SLUGS CARRIED BY THE INNER CUP ARE POSITIONED, YOKE MEANS CARRYING THE MAGNETIC MEANS AXIALLY AND EXTERNALLY OF THE CUP, SCREW THREADED MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE YOKE MEANS AXIALLY OF THE OUTER CUP, AND FURNACE MEANS PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF WINDINGS OF A PLURALITY OF TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURES WITHIN THE RESORT AS DISTINCT FROM THE TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE BOTTOM OF THE INNER CUP AND THE PHYSICAL STATE OF THE CONTENTS THEREOF.

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