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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:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
William R Shaffer, Greensburg, PA (US);
Thomas J Baric, Trafford, PA (US);
Daniel Danila, Orwell, OH (US);
Robert L Macabobby, Youngstown, OH (US);
Assignee:
Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F / ; B22F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
419-2 ; 419 38 ; 419 66 ; 425 78 ;
Abstract
A method of producing a green compact which includes the steps of forming a generally homogeneous powder blend of powder components; consolidating the powder blend into a green body wherein the green body includes a flashing; impinging the green body with a fluid stream so as to dislodge the flashing; and removing the dislodged flashing from the surface of the green body.