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US4781744A
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Molding method
Assignee: Lion Corp
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Filing: 1987-09-25
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Granted: 1988-11-01
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Expires: 2007-09-25
Abstract
Abstract A mold capable of imparting uniform transparency to the calcium phosphate type crystallized glass, in which crystals of calcium metaphosphate are present at the shaping surface of the mold which comes into contact with the material to be shaped.
Inventors
- 👤 Shigeyoshi Kobayashi
- 👤 Tsuneo Manabe
- 👤 Masazumi Shigematsu
- 👤 Yasuko Osaki
- 👤 Shoji Watanabe
- 👤 Tohoru Sema
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 19:07
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03B; C03B19/00; C03B19/02; C03B9/00; C03B9/30; C03B9/48; C03C; C03C10/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
92 words
A method of shaping and crystallizing calcium phosphate glass, comprising: preparing a mold, the shaping surface of which is comprised of crystals of β- or δ-calcium metaphosphate in an amount sufficient to provide uniform crystallization of said glass in said mold; feeding a molten calcium phosphate glass melt to said mold; and shaping the molten calcium phosphate glass melt which is in contact with the shaping surface of said mold to provide a shaped product, and crystallizing said shaped product while it is hot to thereby provide a crystallized calcium phosphate article.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
92 words
A method of shaping and crystallizing calcium phosphate glass, comprising: preparing a mold, the shaping surface of which is comprised of crystals of β- or δ-calcium metaphosphate in an amount sufficient to provide uniform crystallization of said glass in said mold; feeding a molten calcium phosphate glass melt to said mold; and shaping the molten calcium phosphate glass melt which is in contact with the shaping surface of said mold to provide a shaped product, and crystallizing said shaped product while it is hot to thereby provide a crystallized calcium phosphate article.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said crystals of calcium metaphosphate are present in a quantity of at least 5 % by weight to a depth of at least 10 μm from the shaping surface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the base material for the mold is selected from the group consisting of magnesium phosphate, silicate, alumina, aluminum phosphate, zirconia and gypsum.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said crystals of calcium metaphosphate have an average grain size of at most 100 μm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the glass composition shaped in said mold consists essentially of 41 to 49.5 mol % CaO, 58.5 to 50 mol % P 2 O 5 and 0.5 to 5 mol % Al 2 O 3 , wherein the Ca/P atomic ratio is within the range of from 0.35 to 0.7.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method according to claim 5, wherein said Ca/P atomic ratio is 0.35 to 0.49.
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