Patents Represented by Attorney Michael J. Mlotkowski
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Patent number: 5261773Abstract: A protective apparatus for the collection and redirection of a liquid spilled during the transfer thereof between a vessel and a transfer point, the transfer point spaced apart at a distance from the vessel, the distance subject to change due to relative movement therebetween. The apparatus includes a sheet of flexible material having a first end affixable to the vessel and a second end affixable to the transfer point, the flexible sheet being of a length sufficient to traverse the distance between the vessel and the transfer point, the flexible sheet having first and second longitudinal edges which have inflatable hollow chambers joined along the first and second edges of the flexible sheet.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1991Date of Patent: November 16, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventor: Craig R. Thomas
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Patent number: 5262073Abstract: Non-emulsive lubricant compositions are provided when an additive mixture of a metal-alkylaromatic sulfonate and an alkaline-earth metal alkyl phenate are added in minor effective amounts to lubricant compositions.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1992Date of Patent: November 16, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventors: Robert H. Schmitt, Ronald J. Poole
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Patent number: 5261536Abstract: The present invention relates to novel multi-layer coextruded thermoplastic stretch wrap films useful for the packaging or palletizing of goods. More particularly the films of this invention comprise at least three layers having two outer layers and at least one intermediate layer placed between the outer layers. The intermediate layer is formed from a high pressure low density polyethylene resin and the outer layers are formed from a linear low density polyethylene copolymer such as ethylene copolymerized with a minor amount of at least one C.sub.4 to C.sub.10 alpha-olefin, such as hexane-1, octene-1, decene-1, 4-methyl-pentene-1 and butene-1. The force required to stretch the novel films of this invention may be controlled by the thickness of the intermediate layer relative to overall film thickness, the melt index of the intermediate layer resin, the molecular weight of the intermediate layer resin or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1992Date of Patent: November 16, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventor: Gregory M. Wilson
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Patent number: 5258214Abstract: Thin filmed thermoplastic material wall coverings having a preprinted image thereon and provided with a static electrical charge for securing the coverings to a surface. The wall covering may comprise posters, maps, and the like, and the image is printed on the film by means such as silk-screening. The static electrical charge is sufficient to removably secure the film to a wall surface, a window, or the like, and allows for relocation of the covering without damage to the surface upon which it is secured. The coverings may be packaged individually, or be dispensed from a continuous roll. Preprinted maps adherable to a window surface such as a windshield of an automobile are provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1989Date of Patent: November 2, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventors: Charles R. Cooledge, Thomas W. Higgins
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Patent number: 5255741Abstract: A process and apparatus for forming a hole within an unconsolidated hydrocarbonaceous fluid-bearing formation, installing a slotted liner and gravel packing the liner in a single trip into the formation. The apparatus includes a drill bit for drilling a pilot hole; a housing mounted above the pilot hole drill bit; means for enlarging a pilot hole, the pilot hole -enlarging means pivotally mounted within the housing and capable of pivoting between a retracted position and an expanded position for enlarging a pilot hole to a diameter larger than the pilot hole and sufficient for gravel packing; a slotted liner having a first end and a second end, the first end joined to the apparatus above the housing; and a drive assembly joined to the second end of the slotted liner.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1991Date of Patent: October 26, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventor: Steve L. Alexander
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Patent number: 5253708Abstract: A process for installing a gravel pack within an unconsolidated hydrocarbonaceous fluid-bearing formation.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1991Date of Patent: October 19, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventor: Steve L. Alexander
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Patent number: 5248547Abstract: The present invention relates to novel multi-layer coextruded thermoplastic stretch wrap films useful for the packaging or palletizing of goods. More particularly the films of this invention comprise at least three layers having two outer layers and at least one intermediate layer placed between the outer layers. The intermediate layer is formed from a high pressure low density polyethylene resin and the outer layers are formed from a linear low density polyethylene copolymer such as ethylene copolymerized with a minor amount of at least one C.sub.4 to C.sub.10 alpha-olefin, such as hexene-1, octene-1, decene-1, 4-methyl-pentene-1 and butene-1. The force required to stretch the novel films of this invention may be controlled by the thickness of the intermediate layer relative to overall film thickness, the melt index of the intermediate layer resin, the molecular weight of the intermediate layer resin or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 1992Date of Patent: September 28, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventor: Gregory M. Wilson
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Patent number: 5246575Abstract: A material extraction nozzle for separating a mixture of materials having different densities, comprising: a nozzle body shell having an outer surface with a tangentially located material inlet at an upper portion thereof and an inner surface defining in part a frustrum of a cone; a substantially conical diffuser section having an outer surface terminating in an apex, the diffuser section axially aligned within the nozzle body shell in a spaced relation therewith so as to form an extraction chamber with the inner surface of the nozzle body shell and the outer surface of the substantially conical diffuser section; an extracted material outlet port positioned axially through the substantially conical diffuser section; and at least one rejected material capillary outlet located below the apex of the diffuser section.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1992Date of Patent: September 21, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventor: Richard A. Alexander
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Patent number: 5244936Abstract: An aqueous polymeric gel-forming composition capable of selectively plugging highly permeable zones in subterranean oil-bearing formations. The composition comprises an aqueous solution of an anionic acrylamide copolymer of high molecular weight, comprising about 5 to 95 weight percent of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid, about 2 to 95 weight percent of N-vinyl-N-methyl acetamide and about 5 to 93 weight percent of acrylamide, and a crosslinking agent selected from the group consisting of transition metal ions, phenolic resins and amino resins. The compositions of this invention will form stable gels in brines of wide-ranging salinity and are effective at the pH levels encountered in carbon dioxide and water flooding operations. Also provided is a process for selectively plugging regions of higher permeability within an oil-bearing formation to improve sweep efficiency during a fluid flood oil recovery operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1991Date of Patent: September 14, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventor: Thomas O. Mitchell
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Patent number: 5234313Abstract: An apparatus for automatically stacking molded articles successively trimmed by a trim press from a web of thermoplastic material, the trim press having a stationary die member which includes a die plate and a die shoe, the apparatus comprising: (a) a frame; (b) a carriage mounted to the frame; (c) at least one stacking mechanism, the stacking mechanism comprising: (i) a plurality of stack rods rotatively mounted to the carriage each of the stack rods having a stack dog located substantially perpendicular to a first end thereof the stack dog positionable within a corresponding aperture of the die shoe of the stationary die member; and (ii) mechanism for rotating the stack rods so that the stack dog engages an endmost article of a completed stack of articles, the stack of articles located at least partially within the die shoe of the stationary die member; and (d) mechanism for transporting the completed stack of articles from within the die shoe of the stationary die member to a position for removal from theType: GrantFiled: June 1, 1992Date of Patent: August 10, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventor: Gary DelDuca
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Patent number: 5220999Abstract: A nestable hinged container for packaging consumer articles. The container includes a receptacle having a base formed with relation to the consumer article, the base terminating in an uppermost edge having an outer periphery, the receptacle further having an upstanding peripheral side wall integral to the outer periphery of the uppermost edge of the base, the peripheral side wall terminating at an upper end thereof in an outwardly projecting peripheral rim flange; and a lid hingedly connected to the receptacle, the lid having an an outwardly projecting peripheral rim flange and an inwardly projecting concave portion located on an upper surface of the lid, the concave portion formed in relation to the base so as to enable nested stacking of a plurality of the containers.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 1992Date of Patent: June 22, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventor: Stephen L. Goulette
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Patent number: 5217785Abstract: A protective apparatus for the collection and redirection of a liquid spilled during the transfer thereof between a vessel and a transfer point, the transfer point spaced apart at a distance from the vessel, the distance subject to change due to relative movement therebetween. The apparatus includes a sheet of flexible material having a first end affixable to the vessel and a second end affixable to the transfer point, the flexible sheet being of a length sufficient to traverse the horizontal distance between the vessel and the second point; and a plurality of cable restraining means, the cable restraining means positioned in at least two substantially parallel and horizontally disposed rows along the length of the flexible sheet.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1991Date of Patent: June 8, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventor: Craig R. Thomas
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Patent number: 5209884Abstract: A process for producing a multi-layer opaque, biaxially oriented polymeric film structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1991Date of Patent: May 11, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventor: Ronald C. Wood, Jr.
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Patent number: 5209892Abstract: A process for thermoforming thermo-plastics including a random copolymer of polypropylene and polyethylene. The process including stretching in at least one direction, a film or sheet containing polypropylene and polyethylene random copolymer to partially orient the sheet sufficiently as to reduce sag during thermoforming and thermoforming the stretched sheet.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 1991Date of Patent: May 11, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventors: Peter Breidt, Jr., John R. Wagner, Jr.
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Patent number: 5205444Abstract: A food storage container for dry or liquid foods and other open air perishable products provides a leak-resistant seal when the lid is in a closed position and easy pouring of contents when in the open position. The container is easy to open, employing rocker points to allow for a rocking acting effective to release the lid from a closed position when a downward force is exerted upon an upper surface of the lid thereby providing an effective opening for pouring. A leak-resistant seal is achieved through the use of a plug section of the lid having a continuous outer peripheral surface which effects a close conforming fit with a similarly positioned surface area on the container body in a continuous and positive manner.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1991Date of Patent: April 27, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventor: Marlan H. Polhemus
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Patent number: 5178942Abstract: An opaque, biaxially oriented polymeric film structure, produced by orienting the film to a degree which provides low light transmission and improved machinability.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1991Date of Patent: January 12, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventors: Jean-Pierre Frognet, Lajos E. Keller, Maurice Petitjean
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Patent number: 5178747Abstract: Non-carcinogenic bright stock extracts and/or deasphalted oils are produced from reduced hydrocarbon feedstocks. Such non-carcinogenic products are produced by establishing a functional relationship between mutagenicity index and a physical property correlative of hydrocarbon type for the bright stock extract or deasphalted oil and determining a critical physical property level which, when achieved, results in a product having a mutagenicity index of less than about 1.0. Process conditions are established so that a product stream achieving the desired physical property level can be produced. Non-carcinogenic bright stock extracts and/or deasphalted oils are then processed utilizing the conditions so established. A bright stock extract and a deasphalted oil substantially free from mutagenic activity, as well as processes for their production are also provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 1991Date of Patent: January 12, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventors: Gary R. Blackburn, Carl R. Mackerer, Nigel Searle, Arshavir E. Mekitarian, Edward N. Ladov
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Patent number: D332333Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1991Date of Patent: January 5, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventors: Richard A. Wenzel, Lewis E. Sable
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Patent number: D337946Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1991Date of Patent: August 3, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventors: Peter E. W. Bridger, John T. Klette, Jule G. Lambeck, Elena Portoles
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Patent number: D340645Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1991Date of Patent: October 26, 1993Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventors: Peter E. W. Bridger, John T. Klette, Jule G. Lambeck, Elena Portoles