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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:
Dec. 20, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
James H Downing, Clarence, NY (US);
Robert H Kaiser, Youngstown, NY (US);
William L Murphy, Lockport, NY (US);
William R Vaughn, Russellville, AL (US);
Assignee:
Union Carbide Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21C / ; C22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75 61 ; 75 50 ; 75 9 / ;
Abstract
A vessel in which molten metal is stirred is provided with an interior configuration which prevents the formation of a vortex in the stirred metal thereby reducing the surface area of the metal.