Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Composite – Of inorganic material
Patent
1988-06-06
1990-06-19
Ryan, P. J.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Composite
Of inorganic material
428699, 428 344, 428408, 428426, 428457, 4284111, 13762517, 251368, F16C 3324, C23C 700
Patent
active
049353136
ABSTRACT:
A process for manufacturing a pair of seal members (10 and 12) such as a pair of disks which control the fluid flow of a faucet. The two seals are formed of a moderately hard material (pb 14), such as stealite, ceramic materials, metal materials or synthetic materials, which can be precisely ground to a particular finish. At least one of the seal members (10) is coated with a thin layer (16) of very hard material such as silicium carbides, metal carbides, metal nitrides, or cubic crystallographic lattice carbons. The coating layer is applied through either physical or chemical vapor deposition. This process provides seal disks with low friction coefficients thereby eliminating the need to provide a lubricant between the cooperating surfaces of the disks. In addition, adhesion between the seals is eliminated despite the smooth surface finish of the disks. Thus, the disks formed through this process improve operation of the faucet or valve utilizing cooperating seal disks.
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Buzzi Gunter
Knapp Alfons
Masco Corporation of Indiana
Ryan P. J.
Sutherland Malcolm L.
Zarins Edgar A.
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