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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:
Apr. 02, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wilhelmus A Pruyn, Boxmeer, NL;
Assignee:
Stork Screens B.V., Boxmeer, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428613 ; 428626 ; 428935 ;
Abstract
A method for the production of a metal foam is described. To this end a suitable foam material (1)is provided, if necessary, with an electrically conducting covering layer (1') and then thickened by plating with metal in an electrolytic bath. According to the invention the electrolytic bath used contains a brightener; in particular a chemical compound having the properties of a second class brightener. Metal foam obtained by means of the method is also described.