IP Library Granted Patent US 8,545,644
Granted Patent B2
US 8,545,644 · App. 13/049,314 · Granted Oct 1, 2013

Method for producing a vacuum-insulated double container

Inventor: Shuichi Shibuki (Tsubame, JP)
Assignee: Seven—seven Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,545,644
App. No.
13/049,314
Granted
Oct 1, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is aimed at providing a method for producing a vacuum-insulated double container that exhibits a remarkable and heretofore unobtainable operating effect. The invention provides a method for producing a vacuum-insulated double container by placing a titanium internal cylinder ( 2 ) into a titanium external cylinder ( 1 ) via a space section (S), and using the space section (S) between the external cylinder ( 1 ) and the internal cylinder ( 2 ) as a vacuum-insulating space section, the method comprising the steps of degassing the space section (S) of a workpiece ( 3 ) that includes the external cylinder ( 1 ) and the internal cylinder ( 2 ), and vacuum sealing a degassing hole while the workpiece ( 3 ) is heated in a vacuum heating furnace ( 6 ); and then providing concavoconvex portions ( 4, 5 ) to a surface of the recrystallized external cylinder ( 1 ) and the internal cylinder ( 2 ) by placing the workpiece ( 3 ) in an atmospheric-pressure environment.

Claims (10)

1. A method for producing a vacuum-insulated double container by placing a titanium internal cylinder into a titanium external cylinder via a space section, and using the space section between the external cylinder and the internal cylinder as a vacuum-insulating space section, the method comprising the steps of:

heating and recrystallizing a workpiece that includes the external cylinder and internal cylinder in a vacuum heating furnace, degassing the space section of the workpiece and vacuum sealing a degassing, hole; and

providing concavoconvex portions to a surface of the recrystallized external cylinder and internal cylinder by rapidly cooling the workpiece in an atmospheric-pressure environment.

2. The method for producing a vacuum-insulated double container according to claim 1 , wherein the rapid cooling is a process including cooling the workpiece with nitrogen gas at a point in time at which the temperature inside the vacuum heating furnace is about 700° C. or less.

3. The method for producing a vacuum-insulated double container according to claim 2 , wherein the workpiece is heated to about 800° C. or greater, and the temperature is then lowered to induce recrystallization.

4. The method for producing a vacuum-insulated double container according to claim 1 , wherein the workpiece is heated to about 800° C. or greater, and the temperature is then lowered to induce recrystallization.

5. A method for producing a vacuum-insulated double container by placing a titanium internal cylinder into a titanium external cylinder via a space section, and using the space section between the external cylinder and the internal cylinder as a vacuum-insulating space section, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining a recrystallized workpiece that includes the external cylinder and internal cylinder by repeating a heating/cooling/normal pressure process of heating the workpiece in a vacuum heating furnace to a recrystallization temperature, cooling the workpiece, and placing the workpiece into an atmospheric-pressure environment a plurality of times to obtain the recrystallized workpiece, wherein normal pressure is 1 atm;

subsequently degassing the space section of the recrystallized workpiece, and vacuum sealing a degassing hole while the workpiece is heated in the vacuum heating furnace; and

providing concavoconvex portions to a surface of the external cylinder and the internal cylinder by placing the workpiece in an atmospheric-pressure environment.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 11, 2025
From: SEVEN-SEVEN CO., LTD.
To: SUS INC.
Reel/Frame 072226/0643 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2011
From: SHIBUKI, SHUICHI
To: SEVEN SEVEN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025969/0424 →
Continuity (1)
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