Patents Represented by Attorney Walter C. Kehm
  • Patent number: 4216267
    Abstract: A radiation curable coating comprising:A. an oligomer of Formula I: ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 is hydrogen or methyl;Y is a divalent urethane residue;B. an acrylic ultra-violet light absorber of Formula IV: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.4 is alkyl or hydroxy alkylene. Preferably the coating composition contains a vinyl monomer copolymerizable with the oligomer. The process for curing the coating is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: Donald H. Lorenz, Shu T. Tu, Donald P. Wyman
  • Patent number: 4216152
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved process for making N-(N'-methylenepyrrolidonyl)-2-substituted anilines which are useful intermediates in the synthesis of agricultural herbicides.This process of the invention comprises reacting a 2-substituted aniline with N-chloromethylpyrrolidone at about room temperature in the presence of an acid acceptor. Such room temperature alkylation of the aniline prevents excessive side reactions, particularly with a substituent in the 2-position of the aniline, such as an alkenyl group, which is sensitive to alkylating agents which require excessive heating to effective the condensation reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Schneider, David E. Graham
  • Patent number: 4208485
    Abstract: An expansion agent comprising a foamable mixture of (a) 15-53 weight % of a foaming agent having 6 to 78 carbon atoms selected from the group of an ammonium salt, aliphatic amine salt and/or an alkali metal salt of an alkyl sulfate, hydroxyalkyl sulfate, alkyl ether sulfate and/or aryl alkyl ether sulfate; (b) 5-42 weight % of a dispersant having 22 to 260 carbon atoms selected from the group of an alkyl alkyleneoxy amine and/or its quaternary alkylsulfate, alkylhalide or alkylphosphate derivative; and (c) 5-40 weight % of a stabilizer having 8 to 68 carbon atoms selected from the group of a sodium and/or potassium salt of an alkyl sulfosuccinate; and the combination of said mixture with a synthetic resin, latex or natural rubber to provide a coating or finishing composition; the process of applying said composition to a substrate and the treated substrate product having incorporated the composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventor: Roop C. Nahta
  • Patent number: 4207253
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of making in high yield light absorber compounds which are (2-cyano-3,3-diphenylacryloxy) alkylene acrylic acid esters having the formula: ##STR1## where (Ar).sub.1 and (Ar).sub.2 are aromatic carbocyclic nuclei of the benzene and naphthalene series and are independently selected from phenyl or phenyl substituted with alkyl, halo, alkoxy, carboxy, carbalkoxy, cyano, acetyl, benzoyl, phenyl, alkyl phenyl, phenoxy phenyl, alkyl substituted phenoxy, or alkoxy phenyl substituted phenyl, and naphthyl;X is alkylene, C.sub.2 -C.sub.17, unsubstituted or substituted with halo, cyano, alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, or alkoxyalkyleneoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 ; andY is copolymerizable radical selected from acryloyl, alkylacryloyl, acryloxyalkyl, acryloxyhydroxyalkyl and alkylacryloxyhydroxyalkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: Donald H. Lorenz, Bruce A. Gruber
  • Patent number: 4203757
    Abstract: The halophenoxy-alkoxy phosphorous-containing sulfides of the present invention are represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein each R is alkylene having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms:Y is O or S;m is an integer from 1 to 3;p is O or 1and whereinP is trivalent when p is O and pentavalent when p is 1.These compounds are particularly useful as herbicides, algicides and lubricants or lubricant additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventor: Fred S. Eiseman
  • Patent number: 4203919
    Abstract: This invention relates to (acetoxyalkyl) 2-cyano-3,3-diphenylacrylate intermediates having the formula: ##STR1## where (Ar).sub.1 and (Ar).sub.2 are aromatic carbocyclic nuclei of the benzene and naphthalene series and are independently selected from phenyl or phenyl substituted with alkyl, halo, alkoxy, carboxy, carbalkoxy, cyano, acetyl, benzoyl, phenyl, alkyl phenyl, phenoxy phenyl, alkyl substituted phenoxy, or alkoxy phenyl substituted phenyl, and naphthyl; and,X is alkylene, C.sub.2 -C.sub.17, unsubstituted or substituted with halo, cyano, alkyl, C.sub.1 C.sub.6, alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6, alkoxyalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 or alkoxyalkyleneoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6.These intermediates are used in making (2-cyano-3,3-diphenylacryloxy) alkylene acrylic esters and (2-cyano-3,3-diphenyl) alkylene ethylenic ethers, which compounds are copolymerizable, ultraviolet light absorbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce A. Gruber, Donald H. Lorenz
  • Patent number: 4203932
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions of the formula: ##STR1## where R and R' are both alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 ; orR is acyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 and R' is alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 or hydrogen; orR is carbalkoxyalkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 and R' is hydrogen;X is oxygen or sulfur; and;Y and Z are both alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 ; are described herein.The compositions exhibit insecticidal and miticidal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventor: Michael J. Brown
  • Patent number: 4203979
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## where R is a secondary or tertiaryalkyl, C.sub.4 -C.sub.10,R' is hydrogen, alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 or acyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6,X is oxygen or sulfur, and,Y and Z are independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, thioalkoxy, alkenyloxy or thioalkenyloxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6,are described herein.These compounds are useful as insecticides or miticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventor: Michael J. Brown
  • Patent number: 4203858
    Abstract: A low-foaming machine dishwashing composition comprising (1) an alkali metal, or ammonium, carbonate and (2) a water soluble salt of a polyelectrolyte having an average molecular weight of about 500-4000 and the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.4, and R.sub.5 can be hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 lower alkyl, or a combination thereof; R.sub.3 and R.sub.6 can be hydrogen, carboxy, or alkylcarboxy; and the sum of (a+b) is .gtoreq.5 to .ltoreq.30, preferably .gtoreq.7 to .ltoreq.15, employed in a weight ratio (polyelectrolyte:carbonate) of 5:95-20:80, and, preferably, a low foaming surfactant, results in effective and economical dishwashing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventor: Paritosh M. Chakrabarti
  • Patent number: 4203901
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for making N-(N'-methylenepyrrolidonyl)-2-substituted anilines in high yield. The products are useful intermediates in the synthesis of herbicides.The process comprises reacting substantially equivalent molar concentrations of a 2-substituted aniline, as defined herein, with N-methylolpyrrolidone in an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent in the absence of an acid or base catalyst at a reflux temperature of 80.degree.-140.degree. C. while simultaneously and continuously distilling out from the reaction mixture an azeotrope consisting essentially of water and solvent until substantially all the water produced during the reaction has been removed thereby, and, thereafter, crystallizing the product from the remaining solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Schneider, David E. Graham
  • Patent number: 4202821
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel N-(N'-methylenepyrrolidonyl)-2-substituted anilines which are useful intermediates in the synthesis of herbicides.The intermediate compounds of the invention have the formula: ##STR1## Where R is alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6, alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.5, alkyleneoxyalkyl, --(CH.sub.2).sub.n OR", where n=1-3, and R" is alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3, and cycloalkyl, ##STR2## where n'=0-3, R' is hydrogen or alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3, and,Y is oxygen or sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Schneider, David E. Graham
  • Patent number: 4202834
    Abstract: This invention relates to copolymerizable ultraviolet light absorber compounds having the formula: ##STR1## where (Ar).sub.1 and (Ar).sub.2 are aromatic carbocyclic nuclei of the benzene and naphthalene series and are independently selected from phenyl or phenyl substituted with alkyl, halo, alkoxy, carboxy, carbalkoxy, cyano, acetyl, benzoyl, phenyl, alkyl phenyl, phenoxy phenyl, alkyl substituted phenoxy, or alkoxy phenyl substituted phenyl, and naphthyl;X is alkylene, C.sub.2 -C.sub.17, unsubstituted, or halo, cyano, alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, or alkoxyalkyleneoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 substituted.R is alkylene, oxyalkylene, alkyleneoxyalkylene, or benzylene, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10, unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, andR' and R" are independently hydrogen or alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce A. Gruber, Donald H. Lorenz
  • Patent number: 4202836
    Abstract: This invention relates to acetoxyalkyl cyanoacetate intermediates in the manufacture of copolymerizable, ultraviolet light absorber compounds, said intermediates having the formula: ##STR1## where X is alkylene, C.sub.2 -C.sub.17, unsubstituted or substituted with halo, cyano, alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6, alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxyalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 or alkoxyalkyleneoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6.The intermediates of this invention are used to make (2-cyano-3,3-diphenylacryloxy) alkylene acrylic acid esters and (2-cyano-3,3-diphenylacryloxy) alkylene ethylenic ethers in high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce A. Gruber, Donald H. Lorenz
  • Patent number: 4200487
    Abstract: The glass mat made herein is comprised of two fibrous components, namely, individual filament glass fibers and extended glass fiber elements. These components are formed herein in situ in a wet-laid process from original bundles of glass fibers. The individual filaments appear by conventional filamentation of the bundles. The extended fiber elements, however, are formed by longitudinal extension of a given bundle whose fibers are connected longitudinally. Thereby the effective length of a fiber element is very much greater than the length of the fibers therein. The fiber elements are further characterized by a non-uniform diameter, as contrasted to the fibers themselves, being thicker in the midsection of the element where connection of fibers is maximized, and tapered towards its ends, where fiber connection is at a minimum.The extended fiber elements preferably predominate by weight of the fibrous content of the mat over the individual filaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: Alfredo A. Bondoc, V. Robert Canfield, B. Randall Ziegler
  • Patent number: 4198316
    Abstract: An expansion agent comprising a foamable mixture of (a) 15-53 weight % of a foaming agent having 6 to 78 carbon atoms selected from the group of an ammonium salt, aliphatic amine salt and/or an alkali metal salt of an alkyl sulfate, hydroxyalkyl sulfate, alkyl ether sulfate and/or aryl alkyl ether sulfate; (b) 5-42 weight % of a dispersant having 22 to 260 carbon atoms selected from the group of an alkyl alkyleneoxy amine and/or its quaternary alkylsulfate, alkylhalide or alkylphosphate derivative; and (c) 5-40 weight % of a stabilizer having 8 to 68 carbon atoms selected from the group of a sodium and/or potassium salt of an alkyl sulfosuccinate; and the combination of said mixture with a synthetic resin, latex or natural rubber to provide a coating or finishing composition; the process of applying said composition to a substrate and the treated substrate product having incorporated the composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventor: Roop C. Nahta
  • Patent number: 4196243
    Abstract: Non-skid floor covering having a plastics wear layer over a vinyl substrate. The wear layer has dispersed therein between about 20 and about 40 wt % particulate plastics material in the size range between about 200 mesh and about 1/16 inch. The particulate material has a hardness of not more than Rockwell M-100 and a Taber abrasion weight loss of not more than about 75 mg per 1000 cycles using CS-17 wheels and 1000 g weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: Peter R. Sachs, George Thomas
  • Patent number: 4195107
    Abstract: Plastic tile or similar items are disclosed having an adhesive backing suitable for adhesion to walls. The tiles are formulated from a vinyl chloride based resin and filler, and include a plasticizer of the formula: ##STR1## which R is a lower alkyl radical and R' is an aryl, aralkyl, or an alkaryl radical. A hot melt type pressure sensitive adhesive coating is provided on the plastic tile, the coating comprising a vinylic copolymer made of a minor portion of styrene units or derivatives thereof, and a major portion of butadiene, isoprene, or other similar units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventor: Walter C. Timm
  • Patent number: 4195142
    Abstract: Polymers having a tertiary amide group, particularly homopolymers and copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone, are modified by treatment with reactive acid chlorides, the amide functions being converted into amide chlorides. These modified polymers are reactive intermediates and may be used to obtain a variety of new polymeric substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Dixon
  • Patent number: 4195011
    Abstract: Molding composition and molded products comprising polybutylene terephthalate containing thermally stable reinforcing fibers, such as glass fibers, having an aspect ratio of at least about 5, and between about 5 and about 70 wt. % based on total PBT composition of novaculite having an average particle size between about 3 and about 5 microns. In preferred embodiments the composition also includes amorphous thermally stable resins such as polymethyl methacrylate and poly(butylene terephthalate-co-tetramethylene oxide).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Gasman, John J. Charles
  • Patent number: D256248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1980
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventor: Jean P. E. Alt