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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:
Jul. 27, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Paul Briffod, Monnetier-Mornex, FR;
Roland Martin, Dingy en Vuache, FR;
Jean Pfau, Collonge-Bellerive, CH;
Bernard Bommeli, Dully, CH;
Danielle Schnellmann, Geneva, CH;
Assignee:
Ateliers des Charmilles, S.A., Geneva, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 / ; 219 / ;
Abstract
A metallic wire, for cutting a workpiece by electrical discharge machining, coated with at least one layer of a metal having a low temperature of vaporization and a film of a metal oxide on the metal layer. The metallic coating is preferably made of zinc and is subjected to an oxidizing thermal or electrolytic treatment such as to form on the surface of the metallic layer a thin film of zinc oxide.