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US 8,555,921 B2Granted
Faucet component with coating
AssigneeVapor Technologies, Inc.
InventorsKlaus Brondum, Richard P. Welty, Patrick B. Jonte, Douglas S. Richmond
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Abstract
A component for a faucet includes a substrate including alumina and a first material provided over at least a portion of the substrate. The first material includes titanium and carbon. The component also includes a second material provided over the first material, the second material including carbon and having carbon sp3 bonding of at least 40 percent.
Claims47
A component for a faucet comprising:
- a substrate comprising alumina;
- a first material provided over at least a portion of the substrate, the first material comprising titanium and carbon;
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- a second material provided over the first material, the second material comprising carbon and having carbon sp3 bonding of at least 40 percent.
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A component for a faucet comprising:
- a ceramic substrate;
- a first material on a surface of the substrate, the first material including titanium;
- and
- a second material on the first layer of material, the second material including at least 40 percent tetrahedrally-bonded carbon.
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A component for a faucet comprising:
- an alumina substrate;
- a material comprising carbon provided over at least a portion of the substrate, the material comprising carbon having at least 40 percent tetrahedrally-bonded carbon;
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- a material comprising titanium provided between the material comprising carbon and the substrate.
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A component for a fluid control valve comprising:
- a valve disk comprising a substrate comprising alumina, a titanium carbide material provided on a surface of the substrate, and a carbon layer on the titanium carbide material, the carbon layer comprising at least 40 percent tetrahedrally-bonded carbon.
A fluid control valve comprising:
- a first disk comprising alumina in contact with a second disk, a surface of the first disk configured to slide against a surface of the second disk;
- a coating provided on the surface of the first disk, the coating comprising a first layer of material comprising titanium and a second layer of material provided over the first layer of material, the second layer of material being amorphous and comprising at least 40 percent tetrahedrally-bonded carbon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.