Fog, Frost Or Ice Preventive Patents (Class 106/13)
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Patent number: 6821453Abstract: The present invention relates to environmentally safe low corrosive de-icers and the manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, to environmentally safe low corrosive de-icers and the manufacturing method thereof, wherein said de-icers comprise calcium chloride (CaCl2.2H2O) as an active ingredient, along with a food stabilizer and a vegetable calcium as additives for anti-corrosion and a soil property improver as an ice-melting promoter thus having a much improved anti-corrosion property for metal such as steel structure as compared to conventional low de-icers, enabling to eliminate the danger of environmental contamination by using ingredients environmentally safe to plants and soils, and also enabling to mix the ingredients of the composition more uniformly during manufacture while retaining the essential property of fast solubility as a de-icer by introducing a system which can optimize temperature, mixing ratio, mixing speed and duration of mixing.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2001Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Inventors: Jung Kyoon Chon, Won Seouk Chae, Jin Wan Jeong, Jong Sam Park
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Publication number: 20040211937Abstract: The invention relates to a defrosting or antifreeze agent which is water or glycol-based, containing at least 0.01 to 1 % wt of at least one alkali metal salt of polyaspartic or polyglutaiic acids or a mixture thereof, having a total molecular weight of 5000 to 50 000 g/mole. The invention also relates to the use of alkali metal salts of polyaspartic or polyglutamic acids, or a mixture thereof, having a total molecular weight of between 5000 and 50 000 g/mole, in proportions of 0.01 to 1 wt % in relation to the defrosting or anti-freeze agent, as a flame-retarding agent in defrosting and anti-freeze agents for aeroplanes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2004Publication date: October 28, 2004Inventors: Ingo Jeschke, Achim Stankowiak, Sabine Frauenhuber, Thomas Wladar, Baerbel Wladar
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Patent number: 6805811Abstract: A de-icing and anti-icing composition in the form of an aqueous solution which includes a carbohydrate, a freezing point depressant and an anti-corrosion agent in the form of phytic acid and its salts.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2003Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Sears Petroleum & Transport Corp.Inventors: Robert A. Hartley, David H. Wood
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Patent number: 6800217Abstract: A liquid deicer composition suitable for use as a deicer or as a pre-coat for solid deicers is disclosed. The composition typically includes molasses solids, magnesium chloride, and a corrosion inhibitor. In one implementation the liquid deicer composition includes molasses solids; magnesium chloride, and a corrosion inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2002Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: Cargill, IncorporatedInventors: Robert Scott Koefod, Richard Hunt Rose, III
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Publication number: 20040164270Abstract: Antifreeze, deicing, and freeze control systems comprising aqueous alkaline earth or alkali metal salts of calcium, sodium and magnesium nitrate used separately or in mixtures with other substances currently used for these applications such as sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, diethylene glycol, and acetates of magnesium, potassium and sodium, are presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Inventor: Stephen E. Novak
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Patent number: 6773778Abstract: A hard coat film is providend, having excellent resistance to impact and weather, and high surface hardness, which is suitable for being stuck on the external surfaces, e.g., those of window panes or plastic boards for windows. In the hard coat film, a silicon-base hard coat layer is provided on one side of a multi-layered base composed of a plurality of the same or different laminated resin films.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2001Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: Lintec CorporationInventors: Yutaka Onozawa, Toshio Sugizaki, Satoshi Sakurai
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Patent number: 6770217Abstract: A de-icing and anti-icing composition in the form of an aqueous solution which includes molasses, and an inorganic freezing point depressant in the form of a chloride salt.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2003Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Sears Petroleum & Transport Corp.Inventors: Robert A. Hartley, David H. Wood
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Publication number: 20040119043Abstract: The invention relates to a defrosting agent containing: a) 51 to 70 percent by weight of an alkali metal carboxylate; b) 0.001 to 1 percent by weight of a surface active agent; c) 0.0001 to 1 percent by weight of a defrothing agent and d) 0.001 to 1 by weight of a corrosion inhibitor and water to 100 percent by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2003Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventor: Harald Artur Dietl
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Patent number: 6751902Abstract: A freeze protection compound is provided for application to an agricultural crop. The compound is preferably performed by conventional sprayer techniques. The freeze protection compound includes a fermented biomass material as an active ingredient for the purpose of protecting the agricultural crop from freezing. The fermented biomass is mixed to form the freeze protection compound in a liquid solution The fermented biomass can specifically be a fermented corn product. The fermented corn product is preferably rendered substantially free of ethanol. The freeze protection compound can be applied to the blooms and foliage of the agricultural crop, such as a tree cultivar. Most preferably such a tree cultivar conventionally includes all varieties of orchard and grove cultivated products. An effective amount of the freeze protection compound is applied to the living and growing foliage and can also as preferred be applied to blossoms or bloom sets.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2000Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Inventor: Gary S. Long
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Publication number: 20040079919Abstract: Deicing compositions comprised of hydroxyl-containing organic compounds and/or organic acid salts are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Inventors: Richard Sapienza, William F. Ricks, Axel R. Johnson
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Publication number: 20040079918Abstract: A nontoxic deicing/anti-icing fluid includes a biobased freezing point depressant, a surfactant, an antioxidant, and water. The fluid has an LD50 greater than about 10,000 mg/L. Another deicing/anti-icing fluid includes a biobased freezing point depressant, a vinylpyrrolidone polymer having a molecular weight between about 10,000 and about 700,000, and water. Another deicing/anti-icing fluid includes a biobased freezing point depressant, a nonionic surfactant selected from the polyoxyalkylene ethers, an antioxidant, and water. Another deicing/anti-icing fluid includes a biobased freezing point depressant, a surfactant, a food grade material that functions as an antioxidant, and water. A further deicing/anti-icing fluid includes a biobased freezing point depressant, a material that functions as both a buffer and a freezing point depressant, and water.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Inventors: Kevin L. Simmons, John G. Frye,, Todd A. Werpy, William D. Samuels, H. Nicholas Conkle, Bruce F. Monzyk, Sara F. Kuczek
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Patent number: 6702953Abstract: The anti-icing composition of the present invention includes a glassy matrix formed by crosslinking a mixture of a functionally-terminated silicone and an alkoxy-functionalized siloxane to provide an interpenetrating polymer network of glass and silicone, at least two materials capable of microphase separation, at least one of which is graftable to the glassy matrix and a freezing point depression agent. The present invention also provides a glass matrix formed by crosslinking a mixture of an epoxy, an alkoxy-functionalized siloxane, and a compound capable of compatibilizing the epoxy and the alkoxy-functionalized silaxane to provide an epoxy-modified interpenetrating polymer network of glass and epoxy.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2001Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: Microphase Coatings, Inc.Inventors: William H. Simendinger, III, Shawn D. Miller
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Publication number: 20040036054Abstract: The present invention describes an aqueous, non-electrolytic, non-toxic, biodegradable, continuous single phase liquid anti-icing or deicing composition for use on the surfaces of, for example, aircraft, airport pavements, roadways, walkways, bridges, entrances, structures, canals, locks, components, vessels, nautical components, railroad switches, and motor vehicles. The anti-icing or deicing composition comprises: (a) water; (b) a non-toxic freezing point depressant selected from the group consisting of monohydric alcohols having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, polyhydric alcohols having from 3 to 12 carbon atoms, monomethyl or ethyl ethers of polyhydric alcohols having from 3 to 12 atoms or mixtures thereof, wherein the freezing point depressant present is between about 14 to 60 percent by weight; (c) a thickener which is present in between about 0.01 and 10 percent by weight; and (d) optionally a corrosion inhibitor which is present in between about 0.01 and 0.1 percent by weight of the total composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2003Publication date: February 26, 2004Inventor: Leonard Arthur Haslim
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Publication number: 20040021127Abstract: A liquid deicer composition suitable for use as a deicer or as a pre-coat for solid deicers is disclosed. The composition typically includes molasses solids, magnesium chloride, and a corrosion inhibitor. In one implementation the liquid deicer composition includes molasses solids; magnesium chloride, and a corrosion inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2002Publication date: February 5, 2004Inventors: Robert Scott Koefod, Richard Hunt Rose
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Patent number: 6683126Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition for producing difficult-to-wet surfaces, comprising i) at least one finely divided powder whose particles have a hydrophobic surface and a porous structure characterized by a BET surface area (determined in accordance with DIN 66131) of at least 1 m2/g, and ii) at least one film-forming binder characterized by a surface tension <50 mN/m, the weight ratio of powder to binder being at least 1:4. It also provides a process for producing difficult-to-wet surfaces, and provides for the use of the coating compositions for producing surfaces having a self-cleaning effect and for reducing the flow resistance for liquids in pipes.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2001Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Harald Keller, Ingolf Kühn, Ekkehard Jahns, Christian Lach, Stephan Hüffer, Thilo Krebs, Yi Thomann, Thomas Frechen
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Patent number: 6673261Abstract: The present invention provides a simpler, readily-prepared, and non corrosive deicing composition with very low environmental impact, especially for airport runways, highways and roads, which comprises a solid mixture of a) from 97.30 to 97.70% by weight alkali metal salt of formic acid and b) from 2.30 to 2.70% by weight an alkali metal silicate as the corrosion inhibitor. This effective deicer which is employed in solid form (powder, granules and the like), ensures the compliance with AMS1431 B at the same time it is environmentally friendly with its low BOD and COD.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2002Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: MKS Marmara Entegra Kimya San, A.S.Inventors: Mehmet Ali Gurkaynak, Ahmet Atilla Kimyacioglu, Isa Uzun
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Publication number: 20030213933Abstract: A de-icing and anti-icing composition in the form of an aqueous solution which includes molasses, and an inorganic freezing point depressant in the form of a chloride salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2003Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: Sears Petroleum & Transport Corp.Inventors: Robert A. Hartley, David H. Wood
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Publication number: 20030209690Abstract: A de-icing and anti-icing composition in the form of an aqueous solution which includes a carbohydrate, a freezing point depressant and an anti-corrosion agent in the form of phytic acid and its salts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2003Publication date: November 13, 2003Applicant: Sears Petroleum & Transport Corp.Inventors: Robert A. Hartley, David H. Wood
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Publication number: 20030205693Abstract: A de-icing and anti-icing composition in the form of an aqueous solution which includes sugars, and an inorganic freezing point depressant in the form of a chloride salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2003Publication date: November 6, 2003Applicant: Sears Petroleum & Transport Corp.Inventors: Robert A. Hartley, David H. Wood
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Publication number: 20030205692Abstract: A self-dispersing particulate composition, in the form of pellets, prills, flakes or granules, containing particles with a first functional component that is a glassy solid with small, dispersed pockets of pressurized gas and, in the same or different particles, a second functional component that is a special-use material having at least one additional utility. Special use materials include, for example, a deicer, a fertilizer, a drain cleaner, an insecticide, a carpet cleaner, and a powdered laundry detergent. Dissolution of the glassy material liberates pressurized gas, causing repositioning of the special-use material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2003Publication date: November 6, 2003Inventors: Wayne Anthony Fleming, Robert Martin Holdar, Robert Clarence Pearce
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Publication number: 20030205694Abstract: Deicing compositions comprised of hydroxyl-containing organic compounds and/or organic acid salts are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2003Publication date: November 6, 2003Inventors: Richard Sapienza, William F. Ricks, Axel R. Johnson
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Patent number: 6641753Abstract: Disclosed is a deicing/anti-icing composition that includes sugar cane molasses solids and a deicing component, which preferably is a chloride salt. The composition may be applied to surfaces to remove ice or snow therefrom, or to inhibit the accumulation of ice and snow thereon. The sugar can molasses solids may be sprayed onto the salt as the salt is being applied to a road surface from a moving vehicle. Alternately, the sugar cane molasses solid may be applied to body of salt to inhibit ice formation at or near the surface of the body of salt.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2002Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Inventor: Todd A. Bloomer
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Publication number: 20030201421Abstract: The present invention provides deicing compositions which are environmentally benign, a process for producing the composition from certain waste process streams, and the methods of deicing and/or anti-icing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Inventor: Ricahrd Sapienza
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Publication number: 20030197150Abstract: Deicing and anti-icing compositions comprising a succinate salt and at least one freezing point depressant selected from the group consisting of monohydric alcohols, polyhydric alcohols, monomethyl or monoethyl ethers of polyhydric alcohols, and mixtures thereof. The compositions have enhanced ice-melting capacity compared to the ice-melting capacity of the succinate salt or the alcohol alone, particularly at temperatures below about −10° C. The compositions are particularly useful as a windshield deicer/washer. Particular embodiments of the compositions are environmentally friendly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2002Publication date: October 23, 2003Applicants: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, Applied CarboChemicalsInventors: Kris A. Berglund, Dilum D. Dunuwila, Hasan Alizadeh
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Patent number: 6635188Abstract: Deicing and anti-icing compositions comprising a succinate salt and at least one freezing point depressant selected from the group consisting of monohydric alcohols, polyhydric alcohols, monomethyl or monoethyl ethers of polyhydric alcohols, and mixtures thereof. The compositions have enhanced ice-melting capacity compared to the ice-melting capacity of the succinate salt or the alcohol alone, particularly at temperatures below about −10° C. The compositions are particularly useful as a windshield deicer/washer. Particular embodiments of the compositions are environmentally friendly.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2002Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignees: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, Applied CarboChemicalsInventors: Kris A. Berglund, Dilum D. Dunuwila, Hasan Alizadeh
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Patent number: 6623657Abstract: Deicing compositions are provided for removing ice from a surface which include either succinic acid or succinic anhydride, or both, and a neutralizing base such as sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, or ammonium hydroxide wherein the deicing compositions when mixed with water produce succinate salts in a reaction that rapidly releases sufficient heat to melt the ice on the surface and the succinate salts act as a deicer and freezing point depressant. In particular embodiments, the deicing compositions further include a glycol which inhibits reformation of the ice on the deiced surface. The deicing compositions are suitable and effective for airport applications in which corrosion of aircraft alloys and concrete runways are of concern.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2002Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Kris A. Berglund, Dilum D. Dunuwila, Hasan Alizadeh
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Publication number: 20030168625Abstract: Deicing compositions comprised of hydroxyl-containing organic compounds and/or organic acid salts are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2003Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventors: Richard Sapienza, Axel Johnson, William Ricks
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Patent number: 6616739Abstract: A corrosion inhibited chloride salt is provided containing 30-38% by weight calcium chloride and up to 50% by weight based on the weight of the salt, of honey. This composition reduces the corrosivity of chloride salt up to as much as about 70% compared to that of the untreated sodium chloride solution. The corrosion-inhibited salt finds uses in a variety of applications, such as, for roadway deicing, freezeproofing, concrete additive and for dust suppression for example.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2002Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Assignee: General Chemical Industrial Products Inc.Inventor: James D. Spanos
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Patent number: 6616858Abstract: Linear polymers of glycerol can prevent or delay ice nucleation in a variety of contexts. Polyglycerol can also be employed in combination with other ice control agents, such as polyvinyl alcohol/polyvinyl acetate copolymers and antifreeze proteins, to provide antinucleation effects that are superior to those of either polyglycerol or the co-antinucleator alone. Polyglycerol has a number of advantageous physical and toxicological properties, such as extreme water solubility, non-toxicity to human beings, non-toxicity to animal tissues and organs in vitro even at extreme concentrations, minimal foaming tendency, minimal retention on hydrophobic surfaces, and stability in solution without the need for periodic heating to reactivate its antinucleation properties.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2000Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Inventors: Greg Fahy, Brian Wowk
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Publication number: 20030164469Abstract: A composition for a snow- or ice-accretion inhibiting member which has a static friction coefficient of less than 1.3 relative to snow having a temperature range of 0 to −10° C. The composition of the present invention can show not only a good snow- or ice-accretion inhibiting property upon snowfall but also an improved snow slipping-off property upon temperature rise.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2003Publication date: September 4, 2003Inventors: Mitsunori Yoshida, Katsuo Kobayashi, Takeshi Sawai
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Patent number: 6605232Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel deicing/anti-icing composition. The composition is formed by alkalinically degrading reducing sugars. The reducing sugars are preferably found in an industrial waste stream, such as corn steep water. The composition is inexpensive, biodegradeable, and nontoxic to the environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2002Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: University of Iowa Research FoundationInventors: Rex Montgomery, Byung Yun Yang
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Publication number: 20030146409Abstract: Snow and ice-melting granules prepared from compacted blends of salts of alkali and/or alkaline earth metals and a method for preparing such granules, are provided. The inventive granules have improved mechanical properties and, as such, are not readily reduced to a powder when subjected to mechanical loadings during transit and storage. In a preferred embodiment, the inventive granules employ one or more corrosion inhibitors homogeneously distributed throughout the granules.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2003Publication date: August 7, 2003Inventors: Davis R. Vickers, Thomas P. McGonigle
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Publication number: 20030146408Abstract: An aqueous liquid aircraft runway deicer composition having minimal catalytic oxidation effect upon carbon-carbon composites which contains between about 20 and about 25 weight % of an alkaline earth metal carboxylate, between about 1 and about 15 weight % of an alkaline earth metal carboxylate, between about 1 and 35 weight % of an aliphatic alcohol, between about 0.01 and about 1 weight % of an alkali metal phosphate, between about 0.01 and about 1 weight % of an alkali metal silicate, and up to about 1% by weight of a triazole. A process for producing such a liquid aircraft runway deicer blends an alkali metal hydroxide, an alkali metal phosphate and an alkali metal silicate in aqueous solution and reacts a carboxylic acid with the hydroxide in the solution to create an alkali metal carboxylate solution at a pH of about 14.2. A minor amount of a triazole is added when the pH is below 15.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2002Publication date: August 7, 2003Inventors: John O. Moles, John L. Maier, Keith L. Johnson, Susan D. Royer
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Patent number: 6599440Abstract: A de-icing and anti-icing composition in the form of an aqueous solution which includes a carbohydrate, a freezing point depressant and an anti-corrosion agent in the form of phytic acid and its salts.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Sears Petroleum & Transport CorporationInventors: Robert A. Hartley, David H. Wood
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Publication number: 20030136940Abstract: Deicing compositions comprised of hydroxyl-containing organic compounds and/or organic acid salts are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2002Publication date: July 24, 2003Inventors: Richard Sapienza, William F. Ricks, Axel R. Johnson
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Patent number: 6596189Abstract: An aqueous liquid aircraft runway deicer composition having minimal catalytic oxidation effect upon carbon-carbon composites which contains between about 20 and about 25 weight % of an alkaline earth metal carboxylate, between about 1 and about 15 weight % of an alkaline earth metal carboxylate, between about 1 and 35 weight % of an aliphatic alcohol, between about 0.01 and about 1 weight % of an alkali metal phosphate, between about 0.01 and about 1 weight % of an alkali metal silicate, and up to about 1% by weight of a triazole. A process for producing such a liquid aircraft runway deicer blends an alkali metal hydroxide, an alkali metal phosphate and an alkali metal silicate in aqueous solution and reacts a carboxylic acid with the hydroxide in the solution to create an alkali metal carboxylate solution at a pH of about 14.2. A minor amount of a triazole is added when the pH is below 15.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2002Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: General Atomics International Services CorporationInventors: John O. Moles, John L. Maier, Keith L. Johnson, Susan D. Royer
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Patent number: 6596188Abstract: A de-icing and anti-icing composition in the form of an aqueous solution which includes molasses, and an inorganic freezing point depressant in the form of a chloride salt.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2002Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: Sears Petroleum & Transport Corp.Inventors: Robert A. Hartley, David H. Wood
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Publication number: 20030132419Abstract: Disclosed is a method for inhibiting the freeze-clumping of an aggregate material, such as coal. The invention contemplates applying to the coal an anti-icing material, the anti-icing material comprising molasses solids, such as desugared sugar beet molasses solids or sugar cane molasses solids and/or an aqueous solution of glucose, fructose, or of DP 2-5 polymers thereof. The anti-icing material has a viscosity sufficient to adhere to the aggregate material to an extent suitable to inhibit freeze-clumping thereof. Also disclosed is a clump-inhibited aggregate material that comprises an aggregate of units of a material in combination with an anti-icing material as heretofore described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: July 17, 2003Applicant: Grain Processing CorporationInventor: Kevin H. Schilling
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Patent number: 6588142Abstract: A method of reducing cold injury or damage to plants such as peanut, citrus trees, peaches, strawberries and other plants susceptible to cold injury such as frost or freezing comprises applying a pyridylaniline active agent such as fluazinam to the plant in an amount effective to reduce cold injury to the plant.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2001Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: North Carolina State UniversityInventors: Virginia Lee Curtis, Jack E. Bailey
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Publication number: 20030116748Abstract: An environmentally benign anti-icing or deicing fluid providing long term protection for use on aircraft and runways, roads, bridges; and nautical, rail and automotive components. The composition is non-electrolytic, homogeneous single-phase, biodegradable comprising: water, non-toxic monohydric or polyhydric freezing point depressant alcohols having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms, present in an amount between 13 and 60 weight percent; a non-toxic exocellular polysaccharide thickener, present in an amount between 0.01 and 10 weight percent; and optionally a monohydric primary aliphatic unbranched alcohol as a means of forming a thin hydrophobic layer on the external surface of the composition to prevent moisture dilution. Compositions of the invention containing hygroscopic glycerin have exceptionally long duration icing protection and also anti-graffiti protection for applications on vertical surfaces where frictional loss is not critical.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Inventor: Leonard Arthur Haslim
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Publication number: 20030116749Abstract: A method of preventing traffic surfaces from becoming slippery in winter by application of a roadway surface layer made of a composition which is composed of a binder which is compatible with the traffic surfaces and which comprises a thawing agent, enveloped in a temporarily water-impermeable solid-material jacket, and where appropriate, further allures and additives and the temporarily water-impermeable solid-material jacket of the thawing agent is preferably composed of a cured phenolic resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Inventors: Josef Suren, Wilhelm Kamereit
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Patent number: 6582622Abstract: A de-icing and anti-icing composition in the form of an aqueous solution which includes sugars, and an inorganic freezing point depressant in the form of a chloride salt.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Sears Petroleum & Transport Corp.Inventors: Robert A. Hartley, David H. Wood
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Patent number: 6579620Abstract: A water-repellent coating has tetrafluoroethylene resin powder, silicone resin binder, and organic solvent. The tetrafluoroethylene resin powder has a ratio of the peak absorbance at 1,800 cm−1 to the peak absorbance at 500 cm−1 of 0.0001 to 0.05 exclusive. A coating film is formed by applying such a coating on a substrate. The coating has the properties of high water repellency, excellent anti-ice-coating, excellent anti-snow-coating, and so on, in spite of not having a large amount of fluororesin powder. In addition, the coating of film keeps the water repellency regardless of whether the coating film is immersed into water for a long time.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2001Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignees: NTT Advanced Technology Corp., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.Inventors: Seiichiro Mizuno, Chiemi Nishi, Yasuhiro Tsukamoto, Masaie Fujino, Tsutomu Yanagawa, Takehito Ota, Hiroki Yonezawa, Ken-ichi Takai, Goro Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20030107022Abstract: A composition for reducing the buildup of snow and ice on a surface. The composition includes a sugar-water mixture having approximately 15 to 80 percent by weight of a sugar solid, wherein the sugar solid contains approximately 2-60 percent by weight of a monosaccharide.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2002Publication date: June 12, 2003Applicant: Minnesota Corn Processors, LLCInventor: Stephen C. Bytnar
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Publication number: 20030098438Abstract: The present invention describes an aqueous, non-electrolytic, non-toxic, biodegradable, continuous single phase liquid anti-icing or deicing composition for use on the surfaces of, for example, aircraft, airport pavements, roadways, walkways, bridges, entrances, structures, canals, locks, components, vessels, nautical components, railroad switches, and motor vehicles. The anti-icing or deicing composition comprises: (a) water; (b) a non-toxic freezing point depressant selected from the group consisting of monohydric alcohols having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, polyhydric alcohols having from 3 to 12 carbon atoms, monomethyl or ethyl ethers of polyhydric alcohols having from 3 to 12 atoms or mixtures thereof, wherein the freezing point depressant present is between about 14 to 60 percent by weight; (c) a thickener which is present in between about 0.01 and 10 percent by weight; and (d) optionally a corrosion inhibitor which is present in between about 0.01 and 0.1 percent by weight of the total composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2002Publication date: May 29, 2003Inventor: Leonard Arthur Haslin
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Patent number: 6569348Abstract: Coal and other piles of particulates exposed to the weather are inhibited from freezing by treating them with potassium formate. A viscosifier is used to retain the solution in the interstices and voids between the particulates, inhibiting drainage and waste of the solution. Corrosion inhibitors are also compatible with the solution.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2002Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: Clearwater, Inc.Inventors: Kevin W. Smith, Mark E. Stanley
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Patent number: 6562256Abstract: A self-dispersing particulate composition, in the form of pellets, prills, flakes or granules, containing particles with a first functional component that is a glassy solid with small, dispersed pockets of pressurized gas and, in the same or different particles, a second functional component that is a special-use material having at least one additional utility. Special use materials include, for example, a deicer, a fertilizer, a drain cleaner, an insecticide, a carpet cleaner, and a powdered laundry detergent. Dissolution of the glassy material liberates pressurized gas, causing repositioning of the special-use material.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2002Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: NCH CorporationInventors: Wayne Anthony Fleming, Robert Martin Holdar, Robert Clarence Pearce, III
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Publication number: 20030085376Abstract: A composition for reducing the buildup of snow and ice on a surface. The composition includes a sugar-water mixture having approximately 15 to 80 percent by weight of a sugar solid, wherein the sugar solid contains approximately 2-60 percent by weight of a monosaccharide.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Applicant: Minnesota Corn Processors, LLCInventor: Stephen C. Bytnar
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Publication number: 20030070578Abstract: A method of inhibiting or preventing bonding between snow or ice and a substrate is provided. The method includes applying an adhesive to the substrate, broadcasting an aggregate onto the adhesive to form an aggregate-adhesive and applying an anti-icing chemical onto the aggregate-adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2002Publication date: April 17, 2003Applicant: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventor: Russell G. Alger
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Publication number: 20030070327Abstract: A melting member is adapted to melt snow and ice as it contacts the snow and ice. The melting member is a tablet of sufficient size for melting a substantial amount of ice or snow before dissolving. One or more melting members are placed on snow or ice formed on an inclined roof of a building. The melting members melt the snow or ice as they move downwardly toward the roof of the building. The melting members then continue to melt the snow or ice as they slide downward along the inclined surface of the roof of the building. Water from melted snow and ice is then drained through the channels formed by the melting members. The channels also function to break up ice dams formed on the roof to allow for safe and easy removal of the ice dams and to prevent damage to the roof of the building.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2001Publication date: April 17, 2003Inventor: Van Kassouni