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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:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Isaac Hoffman, Hendersonville, NC (US);
Rudolph A. Olson, III, Hendersonville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Selee Corporation, Hendersonville, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/920 ; C04B 3/800 ; B29C 6/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/920 ; C04B 3/800 ; B29C 6/502 ;
Abstract
There is provided an improved ceramic foam filter for use in filtering molten metals, metal prepared from a ceramic slurry containing silicon carbide, a colloidal silica binder and at least 10 percent of fumed silica. The filter has enhanced strength properties.