Method of making carbon articles

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A CARBON ARTICLE OF HIGH DENSITY COMPRISING MIXING FINELY DIVIDED CARBON POWDER HAVING A PARTICLE SIZE LESS THAN 300 MESH WITH A POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID RESIN BINDER, DRYING THE FORMED MIXTURE SUFFICIENT TO REMOVE THE LIQUID THEREFROM BUT INSUFFICIENT TO EFFECT A COMPLETE POLYMERIZATION OF THE RESIN, PULVERIZING THE DRIED MIXTURE TO A FINELY DIVIDED STATE HAVING A PARTICLE SIZE LESS THAN 300 MESH, CHARGING MOULD MEANS WITH SAID PULVERIZED DRIED MIXTURE, HEATING SAID MOULD MEANS TO A TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENT TO EFFECT A POLYMERIZATION OF THE RESIN AND TO PRODUCED A UNITARY, FORMED, CARBON ARTICLE, SUBJECTING SAID FORMED CARBON ARTICLE TO AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENT TO EFFECT A CARBONIZATION THEREOF TO PRODUCE A UNITARY, POROUS CARBON ARTICLE HAVING PORES OF SIMILAR SIZE TO THE PARTICLES UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT, CONTACTING THE CARBONIZED ARTICLE WITH A MOVING STREAM OF CARBON-DEPOSITING GAS AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE 500-1500*C. AND A PRESSURE IN THE RANGE SUB-ATMOSPHERIC TO JUST ABOVE ATMOSPHERIC TO DEPOSIT CARBON THROUGHOUT SAID PORES THEREBY PRODUCING A UNITARY, FORMED, CARBON ARTICLE OF HIGH DENSITY.