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US428834A
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    • B23KSOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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  • a solder for aluminium has long been sought for by chemists, metallurgists, and jewelers, but without success; and nice work in this metal where joints were necessary could onlybe accomplished by means of gold or silver rivets, or by the use of wire rivets made from aluminium; Electrical fusion of the metal has been employed; but its great cost and complexity place it beyond the use of ordinary artisans.
  • the following simple process for soldering orjoining the metal can be used by any person who can use a mouth blowpipe.
  • a smooth piece of wood charcoal or on any convenient or suitable holder or support lay a small quantity of common salt (chloride of sodium) moistened.
  • chloride of sodium common salt
  • any sharp-pointed instrument penetrate the molten edges of the metal at the joint, thus facilitating the j une tion by removing the oxide and allowingt-he metal to flow from one side to the other of the joint.
  • the chloride of sodium is volatilized, and under the heat of the flame the sodium engages the oxide of the film on the surface of the aluminium, and the chloride of aluminium takes its plaeet'. e., the place of the oxide.
  • This chloride of aluminium being volatile, is expelled from between the surfaces to be joined, leaving clean metallic surfaces to unite.
  • the water formed by combustion and that adhering to the chloride of sodium is driven off and the excess of oxygen from the atmosphere continues to act upon the vaporized chloride of sodium.
  • the chemical reaction is probably as follows: GNaCl-l-Al OS+II2OITIQ O+Al Cl 6 6 Na +O+O+O+ A1 0 &c.
  • WVhat I claim to be new is The process herein described of uniting together pieces of aluminium, which consists in first removing the oxide from the contacting surfaces of the pieces by chemical action under heat, substantially as set forth, and at the same time softening the contacting parts by the heat, then mechanically puncturing and displacing the molten metal at the joint, so that it will flow from one side to the other and form a union.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
MICHAEL EMME, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
METHOD OF WELDING A LUMI NIUM.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,834, dated May 27, 1890.
Application filed January 1 1, 1890. Serial No. 336,428. (No specimens.)
To all whom it may concern.-
Be it known that I, MICHAEL EMME, of Atlanta, Fulton county, Georgia, have invented a Method of Soldering, Joining, or WVelding, or Uniting by a Metallic Cement Pieces of Aluminium, of which the following is a specification.
A solder for aluminium has long been sought for by chemists, metallurgists, and jewelers, but without success; and nice work in this metal where joints were necessary could onlybe accomplished by means of gold or silver rivets, or by the use of wire rivets made from aluminium; Electrical fusion of the metal has been employed; but its great cost and complexity place it beyond the use of ordinary artisans.
The following simple process for soldering orjoining the metal (aluminium) can be used by any person who can use a mouth blowpipe. On a smooth piece of wood charcoal or on any convenient or suitable holder or support lay a small quantity of common salt (chloride of sodium) moistened. On top of this bed of salt fixforinstance, on pins or by binding-wires-the pieces of aluminium to be joined or soldered in position, and project on the joint to be made a flamethat, for instance, of a b1ow-pipeuntil the metal softens under the heat. \Vith any sharp-pointed instrument penetrate the molten edges of the metal at the joint, thus facilitating the j une tion by removing the oxide and allowingt-he metal to flow from one side to the other of the joint. The chloride of sodium is volatilized, and under the heat of the flame the sodium engages the oxide of the film on the surface of the aluminium, and the chloride of aluminium takes its plaeet'. e., the place of the oxide. This chloride of aluminium, being volatile, is expelled from between the surfaces to be joined, leaving clean metallic surfaces to unite. The water formed by combustion and that adhering to the chloride of sodium is driven off and the excess of oxygen from the atmosphere continues to act upon the vaporized chloride of sodium. The chemical reaction is probably as follows: GNaCl-l-Al OS+II2OITIQ O+Al Cl 6 6 Na +O+O+O+ A1 0 &c.
The foregoing is a suitable formula for practicing my invention; but it may be varied somewhat without departing from the substance of my discovery.
I have stated above what I deem to be the rationale of my invention; but in this I may be in error.
WVhat I claim to be new is The process herein described of uniting together pieces of aluminium, which consists in first removing the oxide from the contacting surfaces of the pieces by chemical action under heat, substantially as set forth, and at the same time softening the contacting parts by the heat, then mechanically puncturing and displacing the molten metal at the joint, so that it will flow from one side to the other and form a union.
In testimony of all which I have hereunto subscribed my name.
MICHAEL EMME.
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N. R. FOWLER, J. A. VAN WINKLE.
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