Patents by Inventor Bernard R. Banker

Bernard R. Banker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Preparation of TNT-thermoplastic polymer granules readily soluble in a TNT melt
    Patent number: 4325759
    Abstract: A process is provided for preparing a composition composed of TNT and a tmoplastic organic polymer containing as high as 30-35% of the polymer, in the form of a granular product, which is rapidly soluble in a TNT melt. The process involves preparing a solution of the TNT and the polymer in methyl ethyl ketone solvent and diluting the solution with water to precipitate the TNT-polymer composition as granules, which can be readily separated by filtration and are rapidly soluble in molten TNT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1982
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: H. William Voigt, Jr., Bernard R. Banker
  • Process for coating crystalline high explosives
    Patent number: 4092187
    Abstract: Finely divided, crystalline high explosive compounds and compositions are ovided with a desensitizing coating of wax by mixing the explosive particles with an aqueous dispersion of the wax containing a soluble salt of a higher fatty acid dispersing agent, e.g. sodium stearate, and adding barium chloride or the like to precipitate the dispersing agent as a water-insoluble fatty acid compound and break the dispersion, thereby coating the explosive particles with an intimate mixture of the wax and the insoluble fatty acid compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Floyd J. Hildebrant, Bernard R. Banker