spinning means for rapidly spinning said cup;
a fluid supply means to apply atomizing fluid
to the inner wall of said cup means to form a layer
or film of the fluid on the inner wall and the fluid
flowing up and over the lip due to the centrifugal
force;
molten metal supply means to supply a stream
of molten metal to the interior of the rapidly
spinning cup means when said cup is rapidly
spinning;
directing means to direct the stream of
molten metal from the molten metal supply means to
the layer or film of atomizing fluid on the inner
wall of said cup means whereby the atomizing fluid
fragments and quenches the molten metal to form a
slurry of atomizing fluid and solidified powdered
metal on said inner wall and the slurry flows up and
over the lid to discharge from the cup; and
recovery means to collect the continuously
discharged slurry of atomizing fluid and solidified
powdered metal from the cup.
The prior art reference relied upon by the examiner is:
Bourdeau 4,217,082 Aug. 12, 1980
Claims 1 through 13 and 31 through 36 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Bourdeau.
We have carefully reviewed the claims, specification, and
the applied art, including all of the arguments and evidence
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