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Surface treating method and apparatus
Assignee: Toyota Central R&D Labs Inc
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Filing: 1986-07-14
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Granted: 1988-11-22
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Expires: 2006-07-14
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus for forming a layer of a carbide or nitride of, for example, titanium or vanadium on the surface of material to be treated in a fluidized bed furnace. A refractory powder for forming a fluidized bed, a vessel or vessels filed with powder of a treating agent, and the material to be treated are placed in the furnace. The treating agent includes powder of at least one carbide or nitride forming metal or alloy and powder of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of chlorides, fluorides, bromides, iodides and boro-fluorides of alkali and alkaline earth metals and/or at least one of an ammonium halide and a metal halide. A fluidizing gas is introduced into the furnace under heat to form a fluidized bed in which the surface of the material to be treated is treated. The vessel or vessels are placed in the furnace in a spaced-apart relation from the material to be treated, so that no powder of the treating agent may adhere to the surface of the material to be treated.
Inventors
- 👤 Tohru Arai
- 👤 Junji Endo
- 👤 Hiromasa Takeda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 01:06
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/22; C23C16/30; C23C16/34; C23C16/32; C23C16/44; C23C16/448; C23C16/4488; C23C8/00; C23C8/06; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S118/00; Y10S118/05
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A method of forming a carbide or nitride layer on the surface of material to be treated in a fluidized bed furnace, said method comprising the steps of: disposing a refractory powder, at least one porous vessel filled with a treating agent, and said material in said furnace in a manner so that said material is spaced apart from said vessel, said treating agent being a powder composed of (a) powder of at least one carbide or nitride forming metal or alloy and (b) powder of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of chlorides, fluorides, bromides, iodides and borofluorides of alkali and alkaline earth metals and/or at least one of an ammonium halide and a metal halide; and introducing a fluidizing gas into said furnace under heat to fluidize said refractory powder, said steps being reversible in order.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
141 words
A method of forming a carbide or nitride layer on the surface of material to be treated in a fluidized bed furnace, said method comprising the steps of: disposing a refractory powder, at least one porous vessel filled with a treating agent, and said material in said furnace in a manner so that said material is spaced apart from said vessel, said treating agent being a powder composed of (a) powder of at least one carbide or nitride forming metal or alloy and (b) powder of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of chlorides, fluorides, bromides, iodides and borofluorides of alkali and alkaline earth metals and/or at least one of an ammonium halide and a metal halide; and introducing a fluidizing gas into said furnace under heat to fluidize said refractory powder, said steps being reversible in order.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said treating agent contains 0.5 to 20% by weight of said powder (b).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said refractory powder is composed of at least one of alumina, silicon oxide, titanium oxide and zirconia.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said fluidizing gas has a flow rate of 50 to 700 cm/min. in said furnace. PG,26
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said furnace is heated to a temperature of 400° C. to 1200° C.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising the step of first nitriding said material to be treated, wherein said furnace is heated to a temperature of 400° C. to 1200° C.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
70 words
A surface treating apparatus comprising: a fluidized bed furnace having an inlet for a fluidizing gas and a gas outlet; a gas distributor provided in said furnace adjacent to said inlet; at least one porous vessel, provided between the gas distributor and the gas outlet, for holding a treating agent therein, and means for holding material to be treated in said furnace in a spaced-apart relation from each porous vessel.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
70 words
A surface treating apparatus comprising: a fluidized bed furnace having an inlet for a fluidizing gas and a gas outlet; a gas distributor provided in said furnace adjacent to said inlet; at least one porous vessel, provided between the gas distributor and the gas outlet, for holding a treating agent therein, and means for holding material to be treated in said furnace in a spaced-apart relation from each porous vessel.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 7, wherein said vessel is disposed closer to said inlet than said material to be treated.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 7, wherein the height of said vessel is the same as or larger than that of said material to be treated.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein said vessel and said material to be treated have a total cross-sectional area which is at most one-third of the cross-sectional area of said fluidized bed furnace.
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