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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2005
Gary E. Wheat, Madisonville, KY (US);
Terri K. Brown, Central City, KY (US);
Richard L. Schmidt, Marblehead, MA (US);
Edward J. Cove, Middleton, MA (US);
Gary E. Wheat, Madisonville, KY (US);
Terri K. Brown, Central City, KY (US);
Richard L. Schmidt, Marblehead, MA (US);
Edward J. Cove, Middleton, MA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for introducing an inert carrier gas into a coating container used to provide a metallic coating on articles. The method includes introducing the inert carrier gas into the coating container as a plurality of carrier gas streams proximate the top of the coating container. The carrier gas streams are formed and introduced into the coating container before encountering a source material for the metallic coating, and each carrier gas stream is introduced so that the inert carrier gas at least initially moves within the coating container in a circular swirling fashion above and before encountering the source material and the article.