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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:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurtis C Kelley, Washington, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
241 17 ; 241 21 ; 241 23 ;
Abstract
A process for enhancing the flowability of a powder is disclosed. In this process, a powder of metal, ceramic, or mixtures thereof is mixed with polyvinyl alcohol. A paste of the powder-polyvinyl alcohol mixture is formed and dried. The dry paste is particulated and a flowable powder having a particle size the range of about 50 .mu.m to about 300 .mu.m is formed.