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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:
Apr. 03, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard W Stormont, Warwick, RI (US);
Lawrence Eriss, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Mobil Solar Energy Corporation, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422246 ; 156D / ;
Abstract
Apparatus for growing hollow tubular crystalline bodies from the melt includes, in a preferred embodiment, a capillary die of the desired shape, a seed holder having a cross section of similar shape and to which a plurality of elongate seeds may be attached, and an inner after heater of substantially similar shape but smaller size supported from the die by an inner radiation shield.