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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:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
May. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ian Howie, Newark, DE (US);
Roderic Don, Newark, DE (US);
John W Gillespie, Hockessin, DE (US);
Scott Holmes, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
University of Delaware, Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
431251 ; 431353 ;
Abstract
The invention is drawn to a nozzle device for gas torches which allows interactive, real-time control of thermoplastic processing and a method of using this device. The device consists of a movable nozzle slide that it attached to the tip of the torch. The nozzle slide can be moved in an upward or downward direction, thereby changing the amount of heat contacting the material.