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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Flow International Corporation, Kent, WA (US);
Inventor:
Mohamed Hashish, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Flow International Corporation, Kent, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/10 (2006.01); B24C 1/08 (2006.01); B24C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/102 (2013.01); B24C 1/08 (2013.01); B24C 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are components, systems, and methods for performing a finishing operation on an article. Finishing operations include, but are not limited to removal of powder from a surface, improving surface finish, and peening. Embodiments of the disclosed components, systems, and methods include the use of waterjets to impact a surface of the article with an abrasive. Impacting the surface of the article with the abrasive alters a characteristic of the article without cutting through the portion of the article.