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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. 16, 1996
Filed:
May. 13, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jari Anttila, Turku, FI;
Jukka Gustafsson, Mynamaki, FI;
Matti Heinakari, Turku, FI;
Jukka Linja, Merimasku, FI;
Matti Vaihinen, Turku, FI;
Assignee:
Kvaerner Masa-Yards Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ; B23K / ; B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
228184 ; 228155 ; 72364 ; 723794 ; 72700 ; 220901 ;
Abstract
A large spherical vessel is produced by welding commercially available large plane metal plates together to form a composite plane plate, cutting the composite plane plate to a form adaptable to a spherical surface, and thereafter forming the resulting composite plate blank to spherical form.