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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:
Feb. 26, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard C Bradt, Bellefonte, PA (US);
Assignee:
Metal Alloys, Inc., Signal Hill, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
419 49 ; 419 28 ;
Abstract
A method of consolidating a metallic or ceramic body is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of forming an article of manufacture from powdered metal or ceramic; sintering the article of manufacture so as to increase the strength thereof; providing a bed of heated, generally spheroidal ceramic particles; and compacting the article of manufacture embedded in the heated bed under pressure to thereby consolidate the article into a dense, desired shape.