Patents by Inventor Howard William Tankey

Howard William Tankey 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).

  • Gelled-water bearing explosive composition
    Patent number: 4077820
    Abstract: A gelled water-bearing explosive comprising a water-soluble oxygen releasing salt such as ammonium nitrate, a fuel, water and a gelling agent. The gelling agent is an organic metallic complex of a metal with a copolymer of a water-soluble monomer and a monomer which forms, with a metal, a chelate ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1978
    Assignee: ICI Australia Limited
    Inventors: Frederick Bolza, Thomas Jellinek, Keith Gordon Neill, Howard William Tankey
  • Elastomeric particles having polymerizable surface layer
    Patent number: 3978261
    Abstract: A heterogeneous elastomeric particle comprising a substantially inert elastomeric core surrounded by a surface layer capable of forming free radicals wherein the surface layer is covalently bonded to the elastomeric core and wherein the inert elastomeric core contains a finely divided inert solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: ICI Australia Limited
    Inventors: David Norman Ford, Howard William Tankey