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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1993

Filed:

Jan. 17, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:

Masaaki Tahara, Osaka, JP;

Haruo Senbokuya, Osaka, JP;

Kenzo Kitano, Osaka, JP;

Teruo Minato, Wakayama, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148234 ;
Abstract

This invention relates to a method of nitriding steel material in a second heat treatment furnace after fluorinating the steel material in a first heat treat furnaceto form a deep and uniform nitrided layer. Then, steel material is treated smoothly by defining the ratio of establishing said both furnaces for fluorinating and niriding on the basis of treating time required for said both treatments since time required for each treatment is different.


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