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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:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Hawley, Kings Park, NY (US);
Montia Nestler, Farmingdale, NY (US);
Kevin Varley, Smithtown, NY (US);
Assignee:
Sulzer Metco (US) Inc., Westbury, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 4/12 ; B05B 3/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 4/12 ; B05B 3/12 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for coating the outer surface of a workpiece comprises disposing a workpiece in a fixed position along an axis and rotating a thermal spray gun around the axis on a support with a thermal spray thereof directed towards the axis. The powder, fuel and oxygen are rotatably coupling to the gun and the thermal spray gun and the support are moving along the axis while rotating.