Patents by Inventor Dickey Shurling, JR.

Dickey Shurling, JR. 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).

  • Non-caking rock dust for use in underground coal mines
    Patent number: 9631492
    Abstract: A heterogeneous composition for use as rock dust is disclosed. The heterogeneous composition includes a fine, wet ground inorganic particulate material treated with at least one fatty acid, a salt thereof, or an ester thereof, and a coarse, untreated, dry ground inorganic particulate material. Also disclosed is a heterogeneous composition including coal dust and mine rock dust including a fine, wet ground inorganic particulate material treated with at least one fatty acid, a salt thereof, or an ester thereof, and a coarse, untreated, dry ground inorganic particulate material. The amount of mine rock dust may be sufficient to render the coal dust explosively inert. The fine, treated, wet ground inorganic particulate material may be calcium carbonate. The coarse, untreated inorganic particulate material may be calcium carbonate. The fatty acid may be stearic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Imerys USA, Inc.
    Inventors: David Anstine, Dickey Shurling, Jr.
  • NON-CAKING ROCK DUST FOR USE IN UNDERGROUND COAL MINES
    Publication number: 20150008369
    Abstract: A heterogeneous composition for use as rock dust is disclosed. The heterogeneous composition includes a fine, wet ground inorganic particulate material treated with at least one fatty acid, a salt thereof, or an ester thereof, and a coarse, untreated, dry ground inorganic particulate material. Also disclosed is a heterogeneous composition including coal dust and mine rock dust including a fine, wet ground inorganic particulate material treated with at least one fatty acid, a salt thereof, or an ester thereof, and a coarse, untreated, dry ground inorganic particulate material. The amount of mine rock dust may be sufficient to render the coal dust explosively inert. The fine, treated, wet ground inorganic particulate material may be calcium carbonate. The coarse, untreated inorganic particulate material may be calcium carbonate. The fatty acid may be stearic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Imerys Pigments, Inc.
    Inventors: David ANSTINE, Dickey SHURLING, JR.
  • Non-Caking Mine Rock Dust
    Publication number: 20140193642
    Abstract: A composition for use as rock dust is disclosed. The composition may include a ground inorganic particulate material treated with at least one fatty acid, a salt thereof, or an ester thereof. Also disclosed is a composition including coal dust and mine rock dust, which may include a ground inorganic particulate material treated with at least one fatty acid, a salt thereof, or an ester thereof. The amount of mine rock dust may be sufficient to render the coal dust explosively inert. The composition may also include an untreated inorganic particulate material. The treated inorganic particulate material may be calcium carbonate. The untreated inorganic particulate material may be calcium carbonate. The fatty acid may be stearic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Imery Pigments, Inc.
    Inventors: David Anstine, Dickey Shurling, JR.