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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:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
May. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ted R. Massa, Latrobe, PA (US);
John J. Prizzi, Greensburg, PA (US);
David R. Siddle, Greensburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Kennametal PC Inc., Monrovia, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/08 ; F16L 9/14 ; B24C 5/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/08 ; F16L 9/14 ; B24C 5/04 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to abrasive water jet systems including an abrasive water jet mixing tube having a longitudinal bore lined with a superhard material, including such systems which use cubic boron carbide (CBN), diamond, or other materials with a hardness greater than that of alumina as the abrasive material. The invention also includes methods of using an AWJ system having a mixing tube having a longitudinal bore lined with a superhard material. Some embodiments include AWJ mixing tubes which include a plurality of connected components. Such connections may be disconnectable.