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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:
Sep. 23, 1986
Filed:
May. 30, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Young J Kwon, Fruit Heights, UT (US);
Richard A Stoltz, Murrysville Boro, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75 845 ; 75 89 ; 75 9 / ; 266166 ; 266905 ;
Abstract
This is a method for reducing the chlorides of zirconium, hafnium, or titanium. It utilizes a solidified magnesium (or sodium) chloride matrix in which chunks of the product metal are contained as a seal on the bottom of the reduction vessel. A withdrawal mechanism is used in conjunction with a cooling means (e.g. water jacket) to slowly withdraw the product metal chunks in the salt matrix. This invention makes possible the operation of the reduction process as a continuous process.