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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. 03, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Damian V Gullotti, Cheshire, CT (US);
William S Fayard, Biloxi, MS (US);
Wiley W Wedgeworth, Gulfport, MS (US);
Assignee:
Swiss Aluminium Ltd., Chippis, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148 / ; 148 / ; 148159 ;
Abstract
A method of heat treating aluminum alloys of the aluminum-magnesium type to improve the hot workability of the alloys which consists essentially of homogenizing the alloys at a temperature from 950.degree. to 1050.degree. F for from 2 to 12 hours and slowly cooling said alloys to at least 800.degree. F at a rate of less than 100.degree. F per hour.