Process and apparatus for heat treating articles while hardening in gaseous medium

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PATENT NO 5158625
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07680423

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Process for heat treating articles by hardening them in a recirculating gas medium which is in contact with the treated articles, the hardening gas being cooled by means of a heat exchanger, of the type in which helium is used as hardening gas, and is stored under holding pressure in a buffer container, wherein at the end of a hardening operation, a helium load is extracted from the treatment enclosure, in final phase by means of pump until a primary vacuum is obtained, the extracted helium is brought to purifying pressure by means of a compressor associated to a mechanical filter, and the helium under purifying pressure is sent to a purifier in which impurities are removed, after which it is transferred, if desired, after recompression in the buffer container.

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L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE75 QUAI D'ORSAY 75007 PARIS 75007

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Duchateau, Eric Versailles, FR 15 227
Lhote, Benoit Versailles, FR 1 11
Queille, Philippe Viroflay, FR 13 76
Zumbrunn, Jean-Pierre Claix, FR 3 30

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