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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:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven A Miller, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Roy W Christensen, North Borough, MA (US);
David P Mourer, Danvers, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75338 ; 264 12 ;
Abstract
A method for atomizing high temperature melts to achieve greater efficiency and smaller particle size is described. The method involves the employment of lower pressure gas coupled with an atomization nozzle larger than prior art structures. The atomization nozzle is part of a close coupled atomization structure having shallow depth dimension. The method allows atomization at melts with reduced likelihood of freeze off. The method reduces heat extraction from the melt while the melt is still contained in the atomization nozzle.