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US 2013/0157013 A1Published application
Product and process
AssigneeUniversity of the West of England, Bristol
InventorsDavid Huson, Stephen Hoskins
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Abstract
The invention relates to a composition, which comprises a particulate mixture of: (i) 25 to 80% calcined clay; (ii) 5 to 70% fluxing component; and (iii) 5 to 70% filler component.
Claims29
A composition, which comprises a particulate mixture of:
- (i) 25 to 80% calcined clay;
- (ii) 5 to 70% fluxing component;
- and
- (iii) 5 to 70% filler component.
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A method of making an object, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a composition comprising a particulate mixture of:
- (i) 25 to 80% calcined clay;
- (ii) 5 to 70% fluxing component;
- and
- (iii) 5 to 70% filler component;
- (b) spreading a quantity of the composition in a layer;
- (c) applying a binder to selected regions of the layer and causing the composition to become bonded in the selected regions;
- (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) to produce successive layers of composition and selected regions of bonded composition in each layer, wherein the selected regions of bonded composition in successive layers are bonded to one another;
- and
- (e) removing unbonded composition from the bonded composition to provide the object.
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A method according to claim 29, wherein the glaze is transparent, partially transparent or translucent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.