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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:
Mar. 15, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
William G Marancik, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Airco, Inc., Montvale, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
228208 ; 228205 ; 228221 ; 228263 ;
Abstract
A method is described for joining first and second surfaces by depositing a layer of metal on the first surface, preparing the second surface to expose fresh metal, placing the deposited metal and the exposed metal in contact, and applying sufficient pressure to join the surfaces, all done in a protective environment, such as vacuum. Also described is a related apparatus comprising an evacuable chamber, an electron-beam heated vapor source, and a pair of rollers for contacting and applying pressure to join the surfaces.