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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. 09, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brett J Herb, Salem, OR (US);
Assignee:
Teledyne Industries, Inc., Albany, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376347 ; 376416 ; 376457 ; 376414 ;
Abstract
Zirconium or zirconium alloy components of a cylindrical shape are cleaned with an ice blasting process to produce a defect-free bondline in multi-layered tubing suitable for nuclear fuel cladding and the chemical processing industry. The ice blasting process improves the integrity of the metallurgical bond by removing foreign contamination that can initiate non-bonding defects.