Patents Assigned to Porcelain Metals Corporation, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6071571
    Abstract: A two-step method to porcelain-coat an article is provided particularly useful for porcelain-coating a gas burner used in a gas-fired residential barbecue grill. A gas burner constructed from mild enameling-grade steel is dipped in a slip containing porcelain frit and manipulated so that the slip adequately coats and adheres to the interior surfaces of the burner. The porcelain-containing slip simultaneously coats and adheres to the peripheral "shoulders" and particularly to the interior "shoulders", of the gas jet openings of the burner. A second coating of porcelain-containing powder is then applied, for example, electrostatically or by other conventional powder application techniques, to the exterior surfaces of the burner. The properties of the porcelain-containing powder of the second coating are adjusted for optimal coating properties. Then, the double coated gas burner is fired in a continuous furnace at a peak firing temperature of 1480.degree. F. to 1550.degree. F., with a target of 1530.degree. F..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Porcelain Metals Corporation, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan C. Lerch, Michael E. Tracey