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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. 04, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert W Foreman, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Michael T Ives, Romulus, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148242 ; 148 15 ; 148 20 ;
Abstract
A bath for treating a metallic workpiece so as to provide a surface finish thereupon includes a reagent adapted to react with the surface and an abrasive material. Relative agitational motion between the abrasive and the workpiece is provided and in this manner the abrasive promotes uniform reaction of the workpiece surface with the reagent so as to provide a uniform, deposit-free coating. Also within the scope of the present invention is a method for treating workpiece surfaces utilizing such a bath.