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US2986115A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Gas plating of synthetic fibers

Assignee: Union Carbide Corp
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Filing: 1958-03-14
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Granted: 1961-05-30
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Expires: 1978-03-14
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Harry A Toulmin

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 15:17
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/44; C23C16/54; C23C16/545

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 136 words
APPARATUS FOR GAS PLATING METAL ON HEAT-SENITIVE ORGANIC FIBER MATERIAL, AND WHICH TEND TO SOFTEN UNDER PROLONGED HEATING AT 350 TO 475*F., SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A SERIES OF GAS PLATING AND COOLING CHAMBERS, MEANS INCLUDING A VARIABLE SPEED MOTOR FOR ADVANCING SAID FIBER MATERIAL THROUGH SAID SERIES OF CHAMBERS, EACH OF SAID GAS PLATING CHAMBERS BEING CONNECTED DIRECTLY WITH A COOLING CHAMBER WHEREBY SAID FIBER IS QUICKLY COOLED FOLLOWING THE GAS PLATING OPERATION, A SOURCE OF HEAT-DECOMPOSABLE METAL BEARING COMPOUND ADMIXED WITH INERT CARRIER GAS, MEANS FOR HEATING SAID ORGANIC FIBER MATERIAL, MEANS FOR DIRECTING A BLAST OF SAID INERT CARRIER GAS CONTAINING THE HEAT-DECOMPOSABLE METAL COMPOUND ONTO SAID FIBER, AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE SPEED OF OPERATION OF SAID VARIABLE SPEED MOTOR AND RESULTANT SPEED AT WHICH SAID FIBER MATERIAL IS MOVED THROUGH SAID APPARATUS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 136 words
APPARATUS FOR GAS PLATING METAL ON HEAT-SENITIVE ORGANIC FIBER MATERIAL, AND WHICH TEND TO SOFTEN UNDER PROLONGED HEATING AT 350 TO 475*F., SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A SERIES OF GAS PLATING AND COOLING CHAMBERS, MEANS INCLUDING A VARIABLE SPEED MOTOR FOR ADVANCING SAID FIBER MATERIAL THROUGH SAID SERIES OF CHAMBERS, EACH OF SAID GAS PLATING CHAMBERS BEING CONNECTED DIRECTLY WITH A COOLING CHAMBER WHEREBY SAID FIBER IS QUICKLY COOLED FOLLOWING THE GAS PLATING OPERATION, A SOURCE OF HEAT-DECOMPOSABLE METAL BEARING COMPOUND ADMIXED WITH INERT CARRIER GAS, MEANS FOR HEATING SAID ORGANIC FIBER MATERIAL, MEANS FOR DIRECTING A BLAST OF SAID INERT CARRIER GAS CONTAINING THE HEAT-DECOMPOSABLE METAL COMPOUND ONTO SAID FIBER, AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE SPEED OF OPERATION OF SAID VARIABLE SPEED MOTOR AND RESULTANT SPEED AT WHICH SAID FIBER MATERIAL IS MOVED THROUGH SAID APPARATUS.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1964-05-29 1964-11-28 1965-05-30 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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