Metal deposition process

Claim 1

PROCESS OF DEPOSITING A UNIFORM FIRMLY ADHERENT COATING OF METALLIC PARTICLES OF FINELY DIVIDED SUB-CRYSTALLINE SIZE UPON THE SURFACE OF A BASE MATERIAL WHICH COMPRISES HEATING THE SURFACE OF SAID BASE MATERIAL IN SUCCESSIVE SMALL INCREMENTS OF SURFACE AREA TO A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT TEMPERATURE AND NOT SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE THE DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE OF A HEAT DECOMPOSABLE METALLIC COMPOUND AND PROJECTING JETS CONTAINING SUCH DECOMPOSABLE METALLIC COMPOUND ONTO SAID HEATED SURFACE TO EFFECT CONCOMITANT DECOMPOSITION OF SAID COMPOUND AND COATING OF THE SURFACE. SAID HEAT AND JETS OF METAL COMPOUND BEING SUPPLIED TO EACH SMALL INCREMENT OF SURFACE AREA TO BE METALLIZED IN CONSTANT ALTERNATION AND IN RAPID SUCCESSION WHEREBY THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SURFACE BEING METALLIZED IS MAINTAINED EVENLY DURING THE ENTIRE DEPOSITING PROCESS AND THE METAL PARTICLES DEPOSITED ON SAID SURFACE ARE IN SUB-CRYSTALLINE SIZE.