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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. 21, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas E Mantkowski, Madeira, OH (US);
Nripendra N Das, West Chester, OH (US);
Raymond W Heidorn, Fairfield, OH (US);
Jackie L King, Franklin, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ; F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
118715 ; 118715 ; 118724 ; 118722 ; 285258 ; 285905 ; 277359 ; 403 30 ;
Abstract
A high temperature vapor coating container, including a hollow interior, resists distortion and cracking at a vapor coating temperature of at least about 1700.degree. F. as a result of making the container of a nonmetallic material having a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than about 4.5.times.10.sup.-6 at the vapor coating temperature, the material being nonreactive with the coating vapor at the vapor coating temperature.