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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. 13, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Geoffrey K Sigworth, Johnstown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 1907 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a probe for determining the gas content of molten metal. The probe comprises a porous filter head permeable to gas and impermeable to the molten metal and a hollow cast iron tube or sleeve having an upper portion and a lower portion, the sleeve or tube attached to the filter head at the lower portion. A small diameter tube may be positioned in the sleeve, or the cast iron tube may be formed to provide a small diameter bore. Means for drawing a vacuum on the tube and means for measuring gas pressure in the tube is provided.