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Diamond anvil having diamonds with curved edges

US5341694A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 1992
Grant dateAug 30, 1994
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2203/0488
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A diamond anvil of the type comprising (a) a pair of diamonds having a facing, plane parallel bearing surfaces and (b) a device for applying a force to the diamonds tending to press the bearing surfaces together. Both diamonds have a peripheral surface, extending outward from the bearing surface, which is tangent to the bearing surface at the interface thereto and which tapers away from the bearing surface with a continuous curved surface.

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