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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:
Jan. 18, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Floyd E Camp, Trafford, PA (US);
Chikara Hirayama, Murrysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75 72 ; 75 74 ; 75 6 / ;
Abstract
A single step process for converting copper ore to a metal characterized by the step of injecting powdered copper sulfide (Cu.sub.2 S) into an arc heated gas containing oxygen in an amount sufficient to yield elemental copper and sulfur dioxide (SO.sub.2).