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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2010
Mark S. Andreaco, Knoxville, TN (US);
Troy Marlar, Knoxville, TN (US);
Brant Quinton, Knoxville, TN (US);
Mark S. Andreaco, Knoxville, TN (US);
Troy Marlar, Knoxville, TN (US);
Brant Quinton, Knoxville, TN (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A lid for a crystal growth chamber crucible is constructed by forming arcuate sector-shaped portions and coupling them in abutting relationship, for example by welding, to form an annular profile fabricated lid. The arcuate sector-shaped portions may be formed and removed from a lid fabrication blank with less waste than when unitary annular lids are formed and removed from a similarly sized fabrication blank. For example, the sector-shaped portions may be arrayed in an undulating pattern on the fabrication sheet.