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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1977

Filed:

Feb. 13, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:

Wataru Shimada, Amagasaki, JA;

Seigo Hiramoto, Amagasaki, JA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148-95 ; 219 75 ;
Abstract

A method of removing surface defects from the surface of a steel product, such as a slab designed for rolling, wherein the defects are melted by an arc generated by an arc welding apparatus having a non-consumable electrode, a guide nozzle about the electrode to maintain an inert gas atmosphere immediately thereabout, and a shield nozzle about the guide nozzle to inject a mainly carbon dioxide gas therefrom, and a deoxidizer is applied to the molten pool formed in the welding operation so as to cover the surface thereof with a slag formed by the deoxidizer which is oxidized.


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