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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. 14, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas A Kircher, Douglassville, PA (US);
Bruce G McMordie, Perkasie, PA (US);
Mark F Mosser, Perkiomenville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Sermatech International, Inc., Limerick, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ; B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427142 ; 427264 ; 427282 ; 427287 ; 4273837 ;
Abstract
A method for removing surface layers of a metal coating is disclosed. The method comprises applying an aluminum containing slurry to the surface of the metal coating, melting and diffusing the aluminum to form an aluminide layer within the surface of the metal coating, and removing the aluminide layer.