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Carbon bearing contact paste
Assignee: Rio Tinto Switzerland AG
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Filing: 1980-10-08
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Granted: 1981-09-08
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Expires: 2000-10-08
Abstract
Abstract Carbonaceous contact paste for producing a high strength, electrically conductive connection between elements which experience high temperatures. The cold workable paste comprises a mixture of epoxy resin and tar as binder and graphite and metal in powder form as solid constituents. Before being used, an acid-free hardener e.g. polyamine is added to the paste. The electrical and thermal conductivity of the contact paste correspond to that of carbon blocks, and the paste is particularly suitable for joining such blocks to metallic conductors e.g. as in anodes and cathodes for cells used for the fused salt electrolytic production of aluminum.
Inventors
- 👤 Wolf-Dietrich Eckel
- 👤 Eckhard Schulz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 09:59
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/622; C04B35/626; C04B35/63; C04B35/632; C04B35/634; C04B35/01; C04B35/013; C04B35/515; C04B35/52; C04B35/63448; C04B35/63452; C04B35/66; C04B37/00; C04B37/008; C25; C25C; C25C3/00; C25C3/06; C25C3/08; C04B2111/00; C04B2111/90; C04B2111/94; C04B2235/00; C04B2235/02; C04B2235/50; C04B2235/52; C04B2235/5208; C04B2235/5216; C04B2235/524; C04B2235/5248; C04B2235/65; C04B2235/656; C04B2235/6567; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P10/00; Y02P10/25; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/30; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31815
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
39 words
Contact paste, which can be cold worked and contains carbonizable binding agents and powdered solids, which comprises as binder a mixture of epoxy resin and tar, as solids a mixture of grahite and metal powders, and an acid-free hardener.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
39 words
Contact paste, which can be cold worked and contains carbonizable binding agents and powdered solids, which comprises as binder a mixture of epoxy resin and tar, as solids a mixture of grahite and metal powders, and an acid-free hardener.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
Contact paste according to claim 1 comprising 15-30 parts by weight of binder, 65-85 parts by weight of solids and 1-5 parts by weight of hardener.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
Contact paste according to claim 1 wherein the binder mixture contains 5-15 parts by weight epoxy resin and 8-20 parts by weight tar.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
Contact paste according to claim 2 wherein the weight ratio metal power/grphite powder in the mixture of solids amounts to 1:1 to 3:1.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
Contact paste according to claim 2 wherein the melting point of the epoxy resin is lower than 50° C.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
Contact paste according to claim 2 wherein the particle size of the metal powder is less than 1000 μm and that of the graphite powder is less than 100 μm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
Contact paste according to claim 5 wherein the epoxy resin has a molecular weight of from 250-350 and is liquid at ambient temperatures.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
12 words
Contact paste according to claim 2 wherein the hardener is a polyamine.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
Contact paste according to claim 2 wherein the tar is liquid in room temperature and is insoluble in benzene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
Contact paste according to claim 2 wherein said metal powder is selected from the group consisting of iron, aluminum, copper, and alloys thereof.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1984-09-07 | 1985-03-09 | 1985-09-08 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1988-09-07 | 1989-03-09 | 1989-09-08 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1992-09-07 | 1993-03-09 | 1993-09-08 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |