Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Craig G. Cochenour
  • Patent number: 5454978
    Abstract: A surface active composition for dispersing an oil in an aqueous media and/or for inhibiting deposition of oil on a surface of a water carrying system is disclosed. Preferably, the water carrying system is at least one system selected from the group consisting of a cooling tower, a cooling tower fill, means for heat exchange, means for industrial processing, and a body of water. A method for inhibiting deposition of an oil on a surface of a water carrying system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel P. Vanderpool, Susan P. Rey
  • Patent number: 5439611
    Abstract: Hydroxyalkylidene phosphonates, which give excellent inhibition of the formation, deposition and adherence of scale-forming salts, especially calcium carbonate, in aqueous systems, are degraded by the oxidizing biocides bromine and chlorine used to control microbial growth in such aqueous systems. It has been found that organic sulfonamides provide excellent protection against such degradation when they are added to the aqueous system along with the hydroxyalkylidene phosphonate scale inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventors: Ann M. Sherbondy, Daniel P. Vanderpool
  • Patent number: 5433886
    Abstract: Polyether polyamino methylene phosphonates, which possess high calcium tolerance and have been found to give excellent inhibition of the formation, deposition and adherence of scale-forming salts, especially calcium carbonate, in aqueous systems involving severe conditions which include elevated pH, high dissolved solids content, and high saturation levels of calcium carbonate, are degraded by the oxidizing biocides bromine and chlorine used to control microbial growth in such aqueous systems. It has been found that organic sulfonamides provide excellent protection against such degradation when they are added to the aqueous system along with the polyether polyamino methylene phosphonate scale inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventors: Ann M. Sherbondy, Daniel P. Vanderpool
  • Patent number: 5427694
    Abstract: A process for delivering a selected effective amount of a dry granular antimicrobial composition to an aqueous system is provided comprising (a) adding the composition into sealed rigid container means, wherein the container means has at least one resealable opening; (b) establishing sealed communication of at least one of the resealable opening(s) with discharge means for effecting the delivery of the composition from the container means to the aqueous system wherein the discharge means has discharge valve means for effecting the discharge of the selected effective amount of the composition from the discharge means; (c) removing at least one seal from at least one of the resealable opening(s) that is in sealed communication with the discharge means for effecting the discharge of the composition through this resealable opening(s), and into the discharge means; (d) operating the discharge valve means for effecting the discharge of the selected effective amount of the composition from within the discharge means
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventor: LeRoy E. Rugg
  • Patent number: 5407583
    Abstract: An anionic/cationic polymer mixture comprising:(a) a polyanion selected from polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, and polymaleic anhydride, each optionally copolymerized with each other, or optionally copolymerized with acrylamide up to a molar unit ratio of 1:1, provided that the total polyanionic weight average molecular weight is from about 1 to 5 thousand, and(b) the polycation poly(dimethyldiallylammonium chloride) having a weight average molecular weight of from about 25 thousand to 1 million,wherein the weight ratio of polyanion (a) to polycation (b) is from 1:2 to 1:8, has been found to give excellent inhibition of the formation, deposition and adherence of various alkali metal and alkaline earth metal scales, e.g., sodium sulfate, sodium carbonate and calcium carbonate scales in the stringent conditions which characterize black liquor heaters, evaporators, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventors: Jasbir S. Gill, Kenneth F. Henderson
  • Patent number: 5391303
    Abstract: Polyether polyamino methylene phosphonate N-oxides possess high calcium tolerance and have been found to give excellent inhibition of the formation, deposition and adherence of scale-forming salts, especially calcium carbonate, under severe conditions which include elevated pH, high dissolved solids content, and high saturation levels of calcium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventor: Raymond J. Schaper
  • Patent number: 5382378
    Abstract: A stable blended product comprising a melamine aldehyde, urea aldehyde or melamine-urea aldehyde and colloidal silica is useful as a detackifier for solvent-borne paints and other resinous materials. This product is also useful as a conditioning agent prior to collection of water-borne paints, a treatment for water containing oils or greases, a color-remover in natural waters, and for enhanced removal of suspended solids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Guerrini, Paul A. Rey
  • Patent number: 5378368
    Abstract: Polyether polyamino methylene phosphonates, when added to various industrial water systems in concentrations between 0.1 mg/L and 50 mg/L, control silica/silicate deposition. In particular, this stabilization can be achieved under severe conditions which include elevated pH, high dissolved solids content, and high saturation levels of calcium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventor: Jasbir S. Gill
  • Patent number: 5368830
    Abstract: Calcium carbonate scale deposits, occurring in gold and silver mining involving the cyanidation process which utilizes heap and vat leaching, and carbon-in-pulp, carbon-in-leach, particularly activated carbon separation columns; said scale deposits forming on the carbon surfaces and in the emitters and sprinklers of the heap leaching system, are controlled using polyether polyamino methylene phosphonates, which provide effective inhibition despite the severe conditions encountered in these systems, including very high pH's.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Alfano, Bennett P. Boffardi
  • Patent number: 5358642
    Abstract: Polyether polyamino methylene phosphonates possess high calcium tolerance and have been found to give excellent inhibition of the formation, deposition and adherence of scale-forming salts, especially calcium carbonate, under severe conditions which include elevated pH, high dissolved solids content, and high saturation levels of calcium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Ruey T. Chen, Gary F. Matz
  • Patent number: 5338477
    Abstract: Polyether polyamino methylene phosphonates possess high calcium tolerance and have been found to give excellent inhibition of the formation, deposition and adherence of scale-forming salts, especially calcium carbonate, under severe conditions which include elevated pH, high dissolved solids content, and high saturation levels of calcium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Ruey T. Chen, Gary F. Matz
  • Patent number: 5338541
    Abstract: Terpolymers with more than one constituent cationic monomer, further copolymerized with acrylamide, are conditioning additives for hair, skin and nail care products which, with regard to hair, improve wet and dry hair combability, especially detangling and reduced static flyaway, sheen, and fixative properties, especially curl retention, and with regard to skin and nails, improve softening or lubricating (lubricity), moisture retention and attraction (moisturizing), feel, and reduction of irritation. The dual cationic polymers may have a weight average molecular weight of from about 10 thousand to 10 million, and comprise (a) from at least 30 to as much as 75 weight percent of acrylamide (AM), (b) from at least 25 to as much as 80 weight percent of the cationic monomer dimethyldiallylammonium chloride (DMDAAC), and (c) from at least 5 to as much as 35 weight percent of a second cationic monomer of the formula: ##STR1## where Y is --O--A-- or --NH--A--, where A is ethyl or propyl; R.sup.1 is H or CH.sub.3 ; R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventors: Gary F. Matz, Craig Vaughan
  • Patent number: 5322636
    Abstract: Polyether polyamino methylene phosphonate N-oxides possess high calcium tolerance and have been found to give excellent inhibition of the formation, deposition and adherence of scale-forming salts, especially calcium carbonate, under severe conditions which include elevated pH, high dissolved solids content, and high saturation levels of calcium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventor: Raymond J. Schaper
  • Patent number: 5300231
    Abstract: Polyether polyamino methylene phosphonates, when used in combination with hydroxyphosphonoacetic acid (HPA) or amino tris methylene phosphonate (AMP), and added to various industrial water systems in concentrations between 0.1 mg/L and 50 mg/L, control silica/silicate deposition. In particular, this stabilization can be achieved under severe conditions which include elevated pH, high dissolved solids content, and high saturation levels of calcium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventor: Charles Y. Cha
  • Patent number: 5262061
    Abstract: Polyether polyamino methylene phosphonates, when added to various industrial water systems in concentrations between 0.1 mg/L and 50 mg/L, stabilize soluble zinc, manganese and iron ions and their reaction products, in desirable forms and reduced particle sizes. In particular, this stabilization can be achieved under severe conditions which include elevated pH, high dissolved solids content, and high saturation levels of calcium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventors: Jasbir S. Gill, Charles J. Schell, Nancy S. Sherwood
  • Patent number: 5259974
    Abstract: N,N-bis(phosphonomethyl)-2-amino-1-propanol, derivatives and corresponding lower alkyl ethers and N-oxides thereof possess high calcium tolerance and have been found to give excellent inhibition of the formation, deposition and adherence of scale-forming salts, especially calcium carbonate, under severe conditions which include elevated pH, high dissolved solids content, and high saturation levels of calcium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Ruey T. Chen, Gary F. Matz, Raymond J. Schaper
  • Patent number: 5254286
    Abstract: An anionic/cationic polymer mixture comprising:(a) a polyanion selected from polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, and polymaleic anhydride, each optionally copolymerized with each other, or optionally copolymerized with acrylamide up to a molar unit ratio of 1:1, provided that the total polyanionic weight average molecular weight is from about 1 to 5 thousand, and(b) the polycation poly(dimethyldiallylammonium chloride) having a weight average molecular weight of from about 25 thousand to 1 million,wherein the weight ratio of polyanion (a) to polycation (b) is from 1:2 to 1:8, has been found to give excellent inhibition of the formation, deposition and adherence of various alkali metal and alkaline earth metal scales, e.g., sodium sulfate, sodium carbonate, and calcium carbonate scales in the stringent conditions which characterize black liquor heaters, evaporators, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventors: Jasbir S. Gill, Kenneth F. Henderson
  • Patent number: 5246060
    Abstract: A process of reducing macrosegregation in the casting of a metal alloy ingot is disclosed. The process includes introducing a molten metal alloy into a casting mold cavity, cooling the molten metal alloy to form a solid zone, a liquid-solid mushy zone overlying the solid zone, a liquid zone overlying the liquid-solid mushy zone and a melt surface on the liquid zone, employing during the cooling at least one substantially static magnetic field having at least two planes of symmetry which intersect on the longitudinal axis of the ingot, generating the magnetic field by at least one coil means having an inner region through which the metal alloy passes, energizing the coil means by a substantially static electrical current wherein the current follows a path defined by the coil means and passes around at least one of the molten metal alloy and the zones, and dampening convection flows of the molten metal alloy which cause macrosegregation by means of the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Aluminum Company of America
    Inventors: Que-Tsang Fang, Edmond S. Miksch, Gregory J. Hildeman
  • Patent number: 5244725
    Abstract: A vulcanizable rubber composition is disclosed that includes (a) a rubber component selected from natural rubber, synthetic rubber or combinations thereof; (b) a methylene donor; and (c) a methylene acceptor which is the addition product of (1) at least one of the compounds including a dihydric phenol, a polyhydric phenol, a dihydric phenolic resin or a polyhydric phenolic resin, and (2) at least one of the compounds including a mono oxirane compound, an alkylene carbonate having from about 2 to 18 carbon atoms, or a poly oxirane compound. The addition product of this invention is a hydroxylalkyl aryl ether having from about 25 to 85 percent of the hydroxyl groups of the di- or polyhydric phenol or the dior polyhydric phenolic resin unreacted. A reinforced rubber article is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Indspec Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hans Dressler, Alex Peterson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5222545
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for reducing macrosegregation in the simultaneous casting of a plurality of metal alloy ingots in a continuous or semicontinuous casting operation. Several casting molds are arranged closely together in an array. An outer electromagnetic coil is arranged around the outer periphery of the array of molds and their formed ingots. Preferably, when the circular molds are employed, a solenoid is provided in the central space of the molds. Direct current in the outer coil and in the solenoid create a static magnetic field whose combined effect acts on the liquid pool of the molten metal. The outer coil has straight sides and curved corners. Passive flux return devices are located along the straight sides of the outer coil. If rectangular molds are used, then only the outer electromagnetic coil is arranged around the casting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Aluminum Company of America
    Inventors: Edmond S. Miksch, Que-Tsang Fang