Patents by Inventor Craig R. Moyer

Craig R. Moyer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Debrazing of structures with a powdered wicking agent
    Patent number: 5871139
    Abstract: Coating a structure such as a brazed joint with a powdered wicking agent, preferably mixed with a fugitive liquid binder to form an adherent slurry, then heating the joint to allow the brazing alloy to melt and be drawn into the powdered wicking agent by capillary action. After cooling, the powder and braze alloy are mixed together to form a loosely consolidated mass which can be readily removed by mechanical and/or chemical means so that the components can then be separated for repair or reuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Praxair S.T. Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Craig R. Moyer
  • Debrazing of structures with a powdered wicking agent
    Patent number: 5439637
    Abstract: Brazed structures are disassembled with little or no physical damage to the components by coating the brazed joints with a powdered wicking agent, preferably mixed with a fugitive liquid binder to form an adherent slurry, then heating the joint to allow the brazing alloy to melt and be drawn into the powdered wicking agent by capillary action. After cooling, the powder and braze alloy are mixed together to form a loosely consolidated mass which can be readily removed by mechanical and/or chemical means so that the components can then be separated for repair or reuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Pyromet Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Craig R. Moyer