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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
May. 13, 2002
Applicants:
Robert B. Rutherford, Kirtland, OH (US);
Richard L. Dudman, Euclid, OH (US);
Inventors:
Robert B. Rutherford, Kirtland, OH (US);
Richard L. Dudman, Euclid, OH (US);
Assignee:
EGC Enterprises, Inc., Chardon, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P019/02 ; B23P019/00 ; B32B009/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for decreasing the thickness of a flexible expanded graphite sheet is provided that includes the steps of providing a a flexible expanded graphite sheet having a surface adhered to a substrate, pulling apart the sheet and the substrate with a force sufficient to separate the adhered flexible expanded graphite sheet into a removed layer and a remainder layer adhered to the substrate; and optionally repeating the foregoing steps until the remainder layer has a desired thickness.