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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. 15, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Julian H Kushnick, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ; B22D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
164463 ; 164423 ; 164429 ; 164479 ; 164 711 ;
Abstract
A casting assembly has a casting nozzle for dispensing a melt puddle upon a casting surface of a continuously moving chilled substrate. A vibratory support contacts the chilled substrate opposite the casting nozzle and includes an ultrasonic transducer for exciting the substrate. The support applies ultrasonic vibrations through the substrate to the melt puddle prior to the critical period of solidification for enhancing wetting of the substrate and improving heat transfer between the melt puddle and the chilled substrate.