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Metal filters

Assignee: Clevite Corp
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Filing: 1958-10-29
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Granted: 1961-08-29
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Expires: 1978-10-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Gail F Davies

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 16:46
CPC Classifications
B; B22; B22F; B22F3/00; B22F3/10; B22F3/11; B22F3/1103; B01; B01D; B01D29/00; B01D29/11; B01D29/111; B01D29/39; B01D29/41; B01D39/00; B01D39/14; B01D39/20; B01D39/2027; B01D39/2031; B01D39/2034; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12014; Y10T428/12153; Y10T428/12229; Y10T428/12236; Y10T428/12243; Y10T428/12361

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 107 words
AS A NEW ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE, A PERMEABLE BODY HAVING A PERMEABILITY GREATER THAN ABOUT 1 AND LESS THAN ABOUT 45% AND CONSISTING OF SINTERED POWDER OF A METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TITANIUM, ZIRCONIUM, HAFNIUM AND ALLOYS THEREOF, SAID POWDER HAVING A BULK DENSITY OF FROM ABOUT 1/3 TO 1/2 THE THEORETICAL DENSITY OF SAID METAL, SAID BODY BEING CHARACTERIZED BY VOID SPACES SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT ITS VOLUME, A SUFFICIENTLY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF CONTIGUOUS VOID SPACES BEING INTERCONNECTED, SO AS TO FORM CONTINUOUS PASSAGES OF MINUTE CROSS-SECTION EXTENDING THROUGH THE BODY BETWEEN OPPOSITE EXTERNAL SURFACES THEREOF, TO IMPART SAID PERMEABILITY TO THE BODY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 107 words
AS A NEW ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE, A PERMEABLE BODY HAVING A PERMEABILITY GREATER THAN ABOUT 1 AND LESS THAN ABOUT 45% AND CONSISTING OF SINTERED POWDER OF A METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TITANIUM, ZIRCONIUM, HAFNIUM AND ALLOYS THEREOF, SAID POWDER HAVING A BULK DENSITY OF FROM ABOUT 1/3 TO 1/2 THE THEORETICAL DENSITY OF SAID METAL, SAID BODY BEING CHARACTERIZED BY VOID SPACES SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT ITS VOLUME, A SUFFICIENTLY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF CONTIGUOUS VOID SPACES BEING INTERCONNECTED, SO AS TO FORM CONTINUOUS PASSAGES OF MINUTE CROSS-SECTION EXTENDING THROUGH THE BODY BETWEEN OPPOSITE EXTERNAL SURFACES THEREOF, TO IMPART SAID PERMEABILITY TO THE BODY.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1964-08-28 1965-02-27 1965-08-29 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1968-08-28 1969-02-27 1969-08-29 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1972-08-28 1973-02-27 1973-08-29 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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