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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:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
George De Jarlais, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Assignee:
Badger Meter, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/508 ; B32B 2/738 ; B05D 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/508 ; B32B 2/738 ; B05D 3/02 ;
Abstract
A coated substrate for plumbing applications in which the leaching of metals into water contacting the substrate is significantly reduced, comprises an alloy having copper has a majority constituent and also comprising tin, zinc and lead; and a coating having a thickness in a range from 0.4 to 1.2 mils upon the substrate, the coating further comprising a mixture of an cationic epoxy resin material and a curing agent for said cationic epoxy resin material. The coating is preferably applied by electrodeposition and then cured by baking in an oven at approximately 400° F. for about twenty minutes.