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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:
Oct. 03, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jerome P Downey, Parker, CO (US);
Assignee:
21st Century Companies, Inc., Tyler, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134-3 ; 134 221 ;
Abstract
A process for treating brass plumbing components to reduce leachable lead when the component is subsequently exposed to water includes exposing the brass component in an aqueous solution containing a desired concentration of chloride and pyrophosphate, with the chloride ion promoting the dissolution of lead from the brass component and the pyrophosphate ion preventing saturation of the solution with lead insuring continuation of the dissolution process.