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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:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2004
Applicant:
Mark Vincent, Bedfordshire, GB;
Inventor:
Mark Vincent, Bedfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
Pyrotek Engineering Materials Limited, Milton Keynes, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A casting ladle has a body () with a base () and walls () made of a laminated composite ceramic material that includes multiple layers of a woven fiber reinforcing fabric embedded in a ceramic matrix. A rigid support element () for attaching the ladle to a handling device is embedded within the composite ceramic material. In a preferred form, the reinforcing fabric is made of woven glass and the matrix material includes calcium silicate and silica.