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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2007
Applicants:
Dean R. Walters, Naperville, IL (US);
Grantley O. Este, Renfrew, CA;
Inventors:
Dean R. Walters, Naperville, IL (US);
Grantley O. Este, Renfrew, CA;
Assignee:
Uchicago Argonne, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 9/00 (2006.01); C25B 11/00 (2006.01); C25B 13/00 (2006.01); C23C 14/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/00 (2006.01); B05D 5/12 (2006.01); C23C 14/04 (2006.01); C23C 14/06 (2006.01); C23C 14/08 (2006.01); C23C 14/16 (2006.01); C23C 14/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/046 (2013.01); C23C 14/0036 (2013.01); C23C 14/0641 (2013.01); C23C 14/081 (2013.01); C23C 14/16 (2013.01); C23C 14/345 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device and method for coating an inside surface of a vessel is provided. In one embodiment, a coating device comprises a power supply and a diode in electrical communication with the power supply, wherein electrodes comprising the diode reside completely within the vessel. The method comprises reversibly sealing electrodes in a vessel, sputtering elemental metal or metal compound on the surface while maintaining the surface in a controlled atmosphere.