Abstract: The wood treating composition in accordance with the present invention has a micro-encapsulating mixture of porous particles imbued with a plurality of essential oils in an epoxy polymer shell mixed in a wood coating composition containing an anionic asphalt emulsion which can release essential oil anions to form a wood preserving composition for treating and preserving wood. The process for the treatment of wood to protect the wood from decay organisms and wood destroying insects uses the composition in the treatment of wood.

Abstract: A method of treating wood or other materials to deter animals, including birds, from chewing and pecking on the materials and to isolate toxic chemicals from the environment. The method includes preparing a basic composition which has isophorone and an epoxy resin and an epoxy catalyst and from 5 to 50 percent by weight of polyvinyl chloride. The basic composition is mixed with a polymer hardener to form a wood treating composition for wood or other materials which are impregnated with the wood treating composition under pressure to form a material resistant to animal chewing and pecking thereon and which simultaneously forms a shell or coating on the material to prevent leaching of the wood preservative from the wood. The process may include mixing the treating composition with a wood preservative.

Abstract: A method and composition of material for coating the surface of a structure to prevent animals from chewing on the structure. The composition includes Isophorone, organo-clay absorber, Bisphenol A Diglycidal Ether Polymer and a polyamide resin hardener. It may also have glass flakes or mica therein as well as a microencapsulated acrylic resin-based sealant and a flocculated silica thickener. The method includes preparing the composition having the Isophorone in a polymer resin, mixing the polymer hardener to the prepared composition to form a coating composition, and coating the surface, such as a piece of wood, with the coating composition to prevent animals from chewing on it. Coating may be by painting or troweling the composition onto the structure.

Abstract: A method and composition for deterring wood damage, such as caused by woodpeckers. The method includes blending Isophorone with an epoxy resin and acrylic based sealant to form a resin composition and mixing the resin composition with a solvent resistant epoxy hardener to form a coating material. The coating material is then used to coat a wood surface to seal and coat the wood for deterring woodpecker damage to the wood. The composition may include clay and flocculated silica thickeners therein. The coating composition includes Isophorone blended with an epoxy resin and micro-capsules of acrylic and is mixed with a solvent resistant epoxy hardener. The Isophorone will not blend with the epoxy compound but blends with the acrylic resin and disperses throughout the coating composition. The solvent resistant epoxy hardener is used in connection with the epoxy compound, acrylic resin and solvent Isophorone.

Abstract: A bird deterrent apparatus has a base for attaching to a surface and a post attached thereto and extending therefrom in a generally vertical direction when attached to a top of a pole. A plurality of moveable fingers are attached to the post and each of the attached fingers extend at a downward angle and away from the post so that a bird landing on one of the plurality of movable fingers will cause the movable fingers to move and prevent the bird from perching thereon. A plurality of fingers are spaced around the post and may be flexible metal members, or alternatively, may be a plurality of rigid rods each forming a pair of fingers by the rod extending through a bore in the post and being bent downward on each side of the post so that a pair of fingers are attached and swing in seesaw fashion so that a bird landing on the one finger of a pair will move it downward while moving the opposite attached finger upward.

Abstract: A bird deterrent apparatus has a base for attaching to a surface and a post attached thereto and extending therefrom in a generally vertical direction when attached to a top of a pole. A plurality of moveable fingers are attached to the post and each of the attached fingers extend at a downward angle and away from the post so that a bird landing on one of the plurality of movable fingers will cause the movable fingers to move and prevent the bird from perching thereon. A plurality of fingers are spaced around the post and may be flexible metal members, or alternatively, may be a plurality of rigid rods each forming a pair of fingers by the rod extending through a bore in the post and being bent downward on each side of the post so that a pair of fingers are attached and swing in seesaw fashion so that a bird landing on the one finger of a pair will move it downward while moving the opposite attached finger upward.

Abstract: A method and composition of material for coating the surface of a structure to prevent animals from chewing on the structure. The composition includes Isophorone, organo-clay absorber, Bisphenol A Diglycidal Ether Polymer and a polyamide resin hardener. It may also have glass flakes or mica therein as well as a microencapsulated acrylic resin-based sealant and a flocculated silica thickener. The method includes preparing the composition having the Isophorone in a polymer resin, mixing the polymer hardener to the prepared composition to form a coating composition, and coating the surface, such as a piece of wood, with the coating composition to prevent animals from chewing on it. Coating may be by painting or troweling the composition onto the structure.

Abstract: A process of micro-encapsulating a volatile liquid includes selecting a volatile liquid, such as Isophorone, and porous ceramic particles for encapsulating the volatile liquid. The volatile liquid and porous particles are mixed and a vacuum is applied to the mixture to impregnate the volatile liquid in the porous particles. A polymer catalyst for the polymer resin, such as an epoxy catalyst for use with an epoxy resin, is mixed with the volatile liquid and porous particles to saturate the particles. The polymer resin, such as epoxy resin, is added to the mixture for forming a resin cured shell around the porous particle holding the volatile liquid to form a microencapsulated volatile liquid. The resin is only cured on the outer shell of the porous particle when coming in contact with the catalyst supported with the volatile liquid in the porous particle.

Abstract: A method of making a coating for deterring woodpeckers from damaging wood using Isophorone and the composition made therefrom. The Isophorone is combined with heated wax and combined with a thickener, such as a clay thickener and a silica thickener, and mixed with an acrylic resin. The composition is cooled and blending with ceramic pellets under a vacuum and dried. The dried pellets are then added to a polymer resin, such as an epoxy resin to form a coating material that will deter woodpeckers.

Abstract: A method of making a coating for deterring woodpeckers from damaging wood using Isophorone and the composition made therefrom. The Isophorone is combined with heated wax and combined with a thickener, such as a clay thickener and a silica thickener, and mixed with an acrylic resin. The composition is cooled and blending with ceramic pellets under a vacuum and dried. The dried pellets are then added to a polymer resin, such as an epoxy resin to form a coating material that will deter woodpeckers.

Abstract: A method and composition for deterring wood damage, such as caused by woodpeckers. The method includes blending Isophorone with an epoxy resin and acrylic based sealant to form a resin composition and mixing the resin composition with a solvent resistant epoxy hardener to form a coating material. The coating material is then used to coat a wood surface to seal and coat the wood for deterring woodpecker damage to the wood. The composition may include clay and flocculated silica thickeners therein. The coating composition includes Isophorone blended with an epoxy resin and micro-capsules of acrylic and is mixed with a solvent resistant epoxy hardener. The Isophorone will not blend with the epoxy compound but blends with the acrylic resin and disperses throughout the coating composition. The solvent resistant epoxy hardener is used in connection with the epoxy compound, acrylic resin and solvent Isophorone.

Abstract: A method for in-situ treatment of wood utility poles includes excavating an area around the base of a wood pole supported in the earth and drilling a plurality of holes in the wood pole for injecting an isophorone containing compounds thereinto. A preselected coating is used to coat a portion of the pole adjacent the excavated area with a preselected compound containing an isophorone solvent and then covering the coated portion of the pole with a covering wrap prior to refilling the excavated area around the wooden pole for treating the pole in-situ for preventing decay. The selected coating material can include an isophorone solvent formulated with a wax and an acrylic resin. The method also includes drilling any portion of a utility pole and injecting an isophorone compound thereinto to disperse the remaining creosote or pentachlorophenol in a treated utility pole.

Abstract: A method of repairing a flanged pipe joint includes selecting a flexible sheet of material and mounting a tube through the selected material to form a passageway therethrough. One end of the mounted tube is positioned against a flanged pipe joint and the flexible sheet of material is wrapped around the pipe flange joint and attached thereto. A coating, such as an epoxy polymer, is coated over the wrapped flexible material extending over the flanged pipe joint and adjacent pipe, which coating is cured while any liquid leaking from the flanged pipe joint escapes through the tube. Once the coating is cured, the tube can be plugged by either removing the capped tube or injecting a material to seal the tube. The tube also has an end member shaped to fit over a flanged joint for positioning the pipe for drainage of material leaking from the flanged joint.

Abstract: A structural element at least partially defining a void space is strengthened and stabilized by filling the void space with a structural foaming agent. The predetermined quantity of structural foaming agent used is such that it has the capacity to foam and expand, when unconfined, to a volume substantially greater than the volume of the void space. Bubbles created during the foaming of the structural foaming agent burst at the interface between deteriorated wood surrounding the void space to create a pulsing action which promotes impregnation of the deteriorated wood by the structural foaming agent.

Abstract: A system for forming a barrier in a passageway wherein at least one container having a permeable outer wall and containing a particulate hydrophilic material is brought into engagement with liquid, positioned in the passageway, and subjected to pressure to force some of the moistened particulate hydrophilic material out of the container.

Abstract: A system for strengthening a structural element, such as a wooden utility pole, wherein a structural foaming agent fills a void space defined by the structural element and a structural foaming agent within a container is employed to plug a passageway leading from the exterior of the structural element to the void space.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for insitu reinforcement of a section of a wooden pole at a position below the groundline is disclosed. The method includes the steps of forming a cavity around the pole, mounting an elongated sleeve around the pole to define an annular space with the pole, and filling the space with a reinforcing material. The improved portion of the method includes supporting the sleeve above the groundline while mounting the same around the pole and securing the lower end against radial expansion, lowering the sleeve until it extends over the section to be reinforced, and filling the sleeve with a bonding agent, such as a foaming epoxy resin system, which bonds the sleeve to the pole over the length of the section to be reinforced. Preferably the upper end of the sleeve is contracted and sealed against the pole.

Abstract: A system for stabilizing a first structural element relative to a second structural element wherein a flexible container containing a foaming agent is positioned between the structural elements, the agent is expanded within the container and partially migrates from the container to form a bond with at least one of the structural elements, and the agent is hardened in place.

Abstract: A system for plugging a conduit wherein a container containing a foaming agent and having a pull tab and opening is placed within the conduit interior with the pull tab positioned between a barrier element and the conduit so that pulling of the tab extrudes the container's contents within the conduit.