Patents by Inventor Edward M. Norin

Edward M. Norin 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).

  • Method of continuously producing rapidly solidified powder
    Patent number: 4783900
    Abstract: A system is described for the production of rapidly solidified powder. The system contains elements for casting rapidly solidified ribbon, an in-line knife mill or a hammer mill for fracturing the rapidly solidified ribbon into shard, and either an in-line fluid energy mill, or an in-line centrifugal mill for reducing the shard to powder. The system can effectively reduce ribbon to powder in an in-line operation, and produce a powder with a particle size of -31 35 mesh. A method employing the system is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Hathaway, Edward M. Norin
  • Rapidly solidified powder production system
    Patent number: 4650130
    Abstract: A system is described for the production of rapidly solidified powder. The system contains elements for casting rapidly solidified ribbon, an in-line knife mill or a hammer mill for fracturing the rapidly solidified ribbon into shard, and either an in-line fluid energy mill, or an in-line centrifugal mill for reducing the shard to powder. The system can effectively reduce ribbon to powder in an in-line operation, and produce a powder with a particle size of -35 mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Hathaway, Edward M. Norin