Elemental Silicon Or Inorganic Silicon Compound Patents (Class 106/204.3)
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Patent number: 11116223Abstract: This disclosure relates to basic inorganic compositions. Methods of providing antifungal/antibacterial resistance and/or hydrophobicity and/or corrosion resistance by coating surfaces with the basic inorganic compositions are provided. In another aspect, a silicate composition comprising at least one alkali earth metal; and a Group IV element of silicon, germanium, tin, or lead having at least one hydrocarbon moiety covalently bonded thereto is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: LATITUDE 18, INC.Inventor: Sameerkumar Vasantlal Patel
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Patent number: 9902621Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing SiO2 granules by freezing and re-thawing an SiO2 suspension, wherein a separation of liquid and sediment composed of agglomerated SiO2 particles occurs in the course of thawing, the liquid removed is decanted and the residual moisture in the sediment is removed by a drying step with formation of the SiO2 granules. According to the invention, an auxiliary comprising alkali metal-free bases in the form of nitrogen hydrides is added to the suspension to set the pH greater than 7.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Mario Such, Gerhard Schoetz, Andreas Langner
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Patent number: 9362112Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing p-doped silicon layers, especially those silicon layers which are produced from liquid silane-containing formulations. The invention further relates to a substrate coated with a p-doped silicon layer. The invention additionally relates to the use of particular dopants based on boron compounds for p-doping of a silicon layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Stephan Wieber, Matthias Patz, Harald Stueger, Jasmin Lehmkuhl
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Publication number: 20140338561Abstract: A building material for use in forming exterior surface coverings. According to a preferred embodiment, the building material consists of the combination of a paper material, bonding agent, and water. The building material can either be formed directly upon a substrate, such as a wall or ceiling, or otherwise formed as a sheet of material or molding that can thereafter be affixed to a given surface or substrate. The building materials can be customized to have a specific type of color, shape and texture, and can further be utilized in a wide variety of building applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: ERIC ROSEN, JOEL STEARNS
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Publication number: 20140302336Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a dispersion comprising microfibrillated cellulose and nanoparticles wherein the process comprises the steps; providing a slurry comprising pre-treated cellulose fibers, adding nanoparticles to the slurry and treating the slurry by mechanical disintegration so that a dispersion comprising microfibrillated cellulose is formed in which the nanoparticles are being absorbed to the surface of the microfibrillated cellulose and/or being absorbed into the microfibrillated cellulose. The invention further relates to a dispersion produced according to the process, a paper or board product being coated with a coating comprising said dispersion and a paper or board product being produced from said dispersion as well as a composite comprising said dispersion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Inventors: Isto Heiskanen, Lars Axrup, Mari-Ann Norborg, Isabel Knöös
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Publication number: 20140261089Abstract: An agglomerate is provided that can include an aluminosilicate (ash) base material and one or more of a binding agent or leach reduction agent. Each of the agglomerate and binding agent can include no more than about 25 wt. % cement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Ramon E. Bisque, Kenneth E. Baldrey, Robin M. Stewart, George Rouse, Natalie Caro
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Patent number: 8702862Abstract: The present invention relates to a universal metallic/pearlescent colorant composition that is free of VOCs including alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE) and formaldehyde. The colorant composition comprises substantially no resin and comprises microcrystalline cellulose and optionally a synthetic silicate to disperse the metallic pigments.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Columbia Insurance CompanyInventors: Rajesh Das, Mohammad Asif, Glen Cooper, Robert Sheerin
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Publication number: 20140083327Abstract: ‘Green’ composites are fabricated using resins, such as soy-based resins, and reinforced with crystalline high strength bacterial cellulose (BC) fibers. Bacterial cellulose is produced by providing a bacterial cellulose-producing bacterium such as Acetobacter xylinum; providing an inexpensive bacteria nutritional medium; culturing the bacterium in the bacteria nutritional medium under conditions to produce bacterial cellulose; and isolating bacterial cellulose produced by cultured bacteria from the bacteria nutritional medium. The bacteria nutritional medium comprises an inexpensive carbon source that is a plant-based seed extract. The seed extract is derived from a plant-based seed comprising soluble sugars.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Cornell UniversityInventors: Anil N. Netravali, Kaiyan Qiu
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Publication number: 20130323152Abstract: Provided are: a readily sinterable silicon carbide powder substantially having a stoichiometric composition and from which a dense sintered body can be obtained; a silicon carbide ceramic sintered body having a low specific resistance; and a production method thereof. This readily sinterable silicon carbide powder has a carbon/silicon elemental ratio of 0.96 to 1.04, an average particle diameter of 1.0 to 100 ?m, and a ratio of 20% or less of an integrated value of an absorption intensity in a chemical shift range of 0 to 30 ppm to an integrated value of an absorption intensity in a chemical shift range of 0 to 170 ppm, in a 13C-NMR spectrum. By sintering this silicon carbide powder under pressure, there can be produced a dense sintered body having a low specific resistance and a high purity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka Aoki, Kazuhide Yanaizumi
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Publication number: 20130157013Abstract: The invention relates to a composition, which comprises a particulate mixture of: (i) 25 to 80% calcined clay; (ii) 5 to 70% fluxing component; and (iii) 5 to 70% filler component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: University of the West England, BristolInventors: David Huson, Stephen Hoskins
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Patent number: 8425728Abstract: Disclosed is a print medium for high speed, digital inkjet printing, which has high brightness and is resistant to yellowing. The print medium includes a base paper formed from a fiber furnish containing at least 30% by weight of mechanical pulp, and a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the base paper. The coating layer contains a metallic salt, a combination of two different binders at a predetermined ratio, and at least one inorganic pigment. A method of making the print medium is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Xulong Fu, Dave Edmondson
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Publication number: 20130061774Abstract: This invention relates to coatings for wood and improvement in the surface properties of cured coatings of the invention. The invention further relates to a method for improving at least one property such as mechanical, optical or a combination thereof and to a process for preparing a nanocrystalline cellulose-containing hydrodispersible, hydrosoluble and hydrophobic wood coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Véronic Landry, Pierre Blanchet
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Publication number: 20120235085Abstract: An adhesive for inorganic fibers including SiO2, CaO and Al2O3 within a range excluding the range I defined by the following points A, 8, 18, 19 and 20 in the SiO2—Al2O3—CaO state diagram shown in FIG. 1, and including no zeolite. Point A: SiO2 (0%), Al2O3 (100%), CaO (0%): Point 8: SiO2 (20.8%), Al2O3 (79.2%), CaO (0%): Point 18: SiO2 (46.3%), Al2O3 (35.8%), CaO (17.9%): Point 19: SiO2 (31.5%), Al2O3 (53.6%), CaO (14.9%): Point 20: SiO2 (25.2%), Al2O3 (57.5%), CaO (17.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2011Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: Nichias CorporationInventors: Ken Yonaiyama, Tetsuya Mihara, Tetsuya Ishihara, Tomohiko Kishiki
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Publication number: 20120237761Abstract: A membrane structure contains cellulose microfibers and an inorganic layered compound. The cellulose constituting the cellulose microfibers has a carboxyl content of 0.1 to 3 mmol/g. The mass ratio of the inorganic layered compound to the cellulose microfibers is 0.01 to 100. The inorganic layered compound preferably has an average particle size of 0.01 to 10 ?m and has an amount of charge of 1 to 1000 eq/g. The membrane structure is preferably prepared by using an aqueous dispersion containing cellulose microfibers having a carboxyl content of 0.1 to 3 mmol/g, an inorganic layered compound, and a basic substance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenta Mukai, Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Kazuhiro Iitaka, Ryota Shiiba, Toru Ugajin
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Publication number: 20120216707Abstract: The present invention relates to improved bentonite barrier compositions having enhanced low permeability over time in containment applications. Of the many embodiments provided herein, one embodiment includes a bentonite barrier composition comprising: bentonite and a polyanionic low molecular weight polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Jimmy G. Youngblood, Charles R. Landis, Wen-Chin Andrew Liao, Brian L. Coles
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SILICON CARBIDE POWDER COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SILICON CARBIDE MOLDED PRODUCT USING SAME
Publication number: 20120216708Abstract: A silicon carbide powder composition comprising a silicon carbide powder obtained by thermally decomposing a silicone cured product within a non-oxidizing atmosphere and an organic binder. The composition can be sintered to form a silicon carbide molded product having a complex shape even without the inclusion of a sintering assistant.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventor: Yoshitaka Aoki -
Patent number: 8211223Abstract: A clay-pulp mixture is prepared by blending a predetermined ratio of clay and wood pulp (specifically, fiber derived from virgin alpha cellulose) in dry form, moistening the mixture homogeneously by adding water and continuing to blend until a malleable consistency is achieved. Air is extracted from the moist mixture, and solid blocks formed for storage and delivery to end-users.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2009Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Inventor: Jonathan Brooks
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Patent number: 8206814Abstract: The present invention provides a novel technology and a novel material having excellent pliability, gas barrier properties and water resistance, for the technical fields of packaging materials, sealing materials, electric insulating materials and the like, the present invention relates to a film of a material having a denatured clay as a main constituent thereof, wherein (1) the film comprises a denatured clay and an additive, (2) the weight ratio of the denatured clay is not less than 70% relative to total solids, (3) the film has gas barrier properties and water-vapor barrier properties, (4) the film has heat resistance, (5) the film has water resistance, (6) the film has sufficient mechanical strength to be used as a self-supporting film, and (7) the film can be formed on the surface of metals, plastics, rubber, paper and the like, and the present invention can provide a material comprising the denatured clay film in which denatured clay particles are highly oriented and which has excellent heat resistanceType: GrantFiled: February 11, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Takeo Ebina, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Ryo Ishii, Tatsuhiro Okada, Fujio Mizukami
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Publication number: 20120129228Abstract: ‘Green’ composites are fabricated using resins, such as soy-based resins, and reinforced with crystalline high strength bacterial cellulose (BC) fibers. Bacterial cellulose is produced by providing a bacterial cellulose-producing bacterium such as Acetobacter xylinum; providing an inexpensive bacteria nutritional medium; culturing the bacterium in the bacteria nutritional medium under conditions to produce bacterial cellulose; and isolating bacterial cellulose produced by cultured bacteria from the bacteria nutritional medium. The bacteria nutritional medium comprises an inexpensive carbon source that is a plant-based seed extract. The seed extract is derived from a plant-based seed comprising soluble sugars.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventors: Anil N. Netravali, Kaiyan Qiu
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Publication number: 20120118202Abstract: Provided is a cover coating composition for a glass lining comprising a frit constituting the composition which mainly includes 65 to 75 mol % of SiO2, 2 to 8 mol % of ZrO2, 10 to 22 mol % of R2O where R represents Li, K, or Cs, and 2 to 12 mol % of R?O where R? represents Mg, Ca, Sr, or Ba, and the frit is free of Na2O, and said cover coating composition for a glass lining may further contain a metal fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: Yoshihiro IIZAWA, Masahiro Shirasaki, Takashi Kawashima, Osamu Mori
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Publication number: 20120012031Abstract: A method for preparing an aqueous suspension comprising microfibrillated cellulose and inorganic particulate material, the method comprising a step of microfibrillating a fibrous substrate comprising cellulose in an aqueous environment in the presence of an inorganic particulate material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: JOHN CLAUDE HUSBAND, Per Svending, David Robert Skuse, Tafadzwa Motsi, Mikko Likitalo, Alan Coles
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Publication number: 20110274811Abstract: A process for reducing the variability in commercial production lots of cellulose gums, such as cellulose ethers, in which inert substances, such as sucrose, salt, maltodextrin, or other relatively are blended with the cellulose gums to create products that exhibit less variability in certain a functional property, such as aqueous viscosity than commercial production lots which have not been subjected to the blending process.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventors: Mark Edward Hines, Dianne Patricia Leipold
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Publication number: 20110094419Abstract: A porous ceramic (honeycomb) structure skin coating and a method of producing a porous ceramic structure skin coating which provides a hardshell, strong, acid- and alkali-resistant, chip-resistant ceramic honeycomb structure coating which resists pollution control catalyst from being absorbed into the skin coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: April 28, 2011Inventors: Joseph A. Fernando, Kenneth B. Miller
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Publication number: 20110057174Abstract: Disclosed are a sealing material including an inorganic particle, an organic binder, and a fiber-phased material, and a display device including the seal material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kie-Hyun NAM
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Patent number: 7717996Abstract: A sprayable coating agent is disclosed in the form of granules with which the granules are compacted to form a pressed piece, subsequently ground up and optionally sieved, whereby the granules have the following particle-size distribution: 0%-40% by weight: 0-600 microns; 5%-55% by weight: 600-1250 microns; 5%-95% by weight: >1250 microns; or 15% by weight: 0-800 microns; 0%-85% by weight: 800-2000 microns; 0%-15% by weight: >2000 microns. Likewise disclosed are its production, further processing and use for internal and external applications.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2003Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Inventors: Christian Bumm, Walter Frehse, Andreas Weigand
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Publication number: 20090218066Abstract: The invention relates to a wash which is suitable, in particular, for centrifugal casting. The wash comprises at least: a carrier liquid; at least one pulverant refractory material; at least one thickener; and a metallic nucleating agent which can initiate crystallization of the metal used for casting. The invention further relates to a process for producing a casting and a casting mold which comprises a mold coating produced from the wash of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2007Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: ASHLAND-SUDCHEMIE-KERNFEST GMBHInventors: Reinhard Stötzel, Ernst Weiser
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Publication number: 20090202806Abstract: The present invention provides a novel technology and a novel material having excellent pliability, gas barrier properties and water resistance, for the technical fields of packaging materials, sealing materials, electric insulating materials and the like, the present invention relates to a film of a material having a denatured clay as a main constituent thereof, wherein (1) the film comprises a denatured clay and an additive, (2) the weight ratio of the denatured clay is not less than 70% relative to total solids, (3) the film has gas barrier properties and water-vapor barrier properties, (4) the film has heat resistance, (5) the film has water resistance, (6) the film has sufficient mechanical strength to be used as a self-supporting film, and (7) the film can be formed on the surface of metals, plastics, rubber, paper and the like, and the present invention can provide a material comprising the denatured clay film in which denatured clay particles are highly oriented and which has excellent heat resistanceType: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2008Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: Takeo EBINA, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Ryo Ishii, Tatsuhiro Okada, Fujio Mizukami
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Patent number: 7449125Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to insulation (e.g., loose-fill insulation which may be blown into attics, wall cavities, or the like) including a mixture of fiberglass and cellulose. In certain example embodiments, the insulation mixture comprises from 15-60% cellulose, more preferably from 20-50% cellulose, and most preferably from 25-45% cellulose (with substantially the remainder of the insulation be made up of fiberglass). Example advantages include improved radiant barrier properties and thus improve R-values/inch.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2004Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: Guardian Fiberglass, Inc.Inventors: Joseph T. Church, Gary E. Romes
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Publication number: 20080060774Abstract: A paperboard containing microplatelet cellulose particles has improved surface smoothness, aesthetic properties, bending stiffness and strength performance. When microplatelet cellulose particles are used for surface treatment of the paperboard, the microplatelets fill voids between fibers on the board surface. As a result, treated board has enhanced strength and surface properties such as smoothness, opacity, coating hold-out, and printability without compromising bending stiffness. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a process for improving board strength, surface smoothness and/or bending stiffness without the needs for densification, while maintaining other desired performances.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2007Publication date: March 13, 2008Inventors: Paul J. Zuraw, Mark A. Johnson, David E. Knox, Darrell M. Waite
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Patent number: 7101426Abstract: An in situ ionic interaction between two additives, one a cationic strength enhancing additive and one an anionic crosslinking additive, is used to improve the mechanical properties of an article formed from a composite material. The composite has a discrete phase bound together with a film of the additives, such as gypsum crystals bound together by a film of substituted starch or cellulose ether.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2004Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Innovative Construction and Building Materials, LLCInventors: Christopher D. Tagge, Jacob Freas Pollock, Ken Saito
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Patent number: 7094448Abstract: Disclosed is a spray pack for use in forming a uniform, stable spray coating, comprising a spray container device and, packed therein, a spraying composition comprising a liquid dispersion medium and, dispersed therein, particulate cellulose having an average degree of polymerization (DP) of not more than 300 and an average particle diameter of not more than 10 ?m, wherein the composition has a cellulose content of from 0.1 to 5.0% by weight, and wherein the composition exhibits a maximum viscosity value (?max) of 1×103 mPa·s or more in the viscosity-shear stress curve obtained, with respect to the composition, using a cone-plate type rotating viscometer in a shear rate region of from 1×10?3 s?1 to 1×102 s?1 and at 25° C. A method for forming a uniform, stable spray coating by using the above-mentioned spray pack is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2002Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemical CorporationInventors: Hirofumi Ono, Hideki Amakawa
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Patent number: 6899755Abstract: A sand sculpting composition including approximately 100 parts by dry weight of sand, between 0.1 part and 5 parts by dry weight of at least one non-toxic cold water-soluble adhesive agent selected from the group consisting of pre-gelatinized starches, chemically modified starches and chemically modified celluloses, and between 6 and 25 parts by weight water. The adhesive agent has been combined with the sand and an amount of water sufficient to both dissolve the adhesive agent and allow the adhesive agent to coat the particles of sand. A coloring agent may be added to the adhesive agent.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Sandsmart, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Perlman
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Patent number: 6893492Abstract: This invention relates to a process of forming a nanocomposite of cellulose with a clay material that is used as the nanofiller material. The nanocomposites show significant improvements in thermal properties when compared to unbleached cotton and cotton processed under conditions for nanocomposite preparation. The degradation temperature of these nanocomposites is significantly increased over that of unbleached cotton.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2003Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of AgricultureInventors: Leslie A. White, Christopher D. Delhom
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Patent number: 6830613Abstract: A biodegradable sugar-inorganic hybrid composite comprising a sugar or a sugar derivative uniformly dispersed in a matrix of an inorganic oxide, of which degradation products are suitable for recycling use.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2003Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Chieko Mihara, Toyoko Kobayashi, Hiroyoshi Kishi, Toshihiko Takeda, Yoshihiko Kikuchi
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Patent number: 6824602Abstract: An improved block paving sand comprising kiln dried sand mixed with a water-soluble polymer. The block paving sand is filled into gaps between blocks and then water is applied thereto. Upon contact with the water, the polymer coats the sand and then sets hard, thereby stabilising the block paving.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2002Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Inventors: Paul Andrew Darby, John Thomas Liddy
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Publication number: 20040182283Abstract: The present invention is directed to film coating systems for use on oral dosage forms such as compressed tablets and orally-ingestible substrates which have improved pearlescent qualities. The film coating systems can be applied either directly to a substrate or after the substrate has been coated with a subcoat. In preferred aspects, the pearlescent film coating is prepared as a dry powder mixture containing a cellulosic polymer, a detackifier, a gloss enhancer, and a pearlescent pigment. Film coating compositions containing an aqueous suspension of the powder mixtures, methods of applying the coatings to substrates and the coated substrates are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Inventors: Rita M. Steffenino, Franklin J. Gulian, Irvin M. Lash, Thomas P. Farrell, Charles D. Fields
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Publication number: 20040134384Abstract: A biodegradable sugar-inorganic hybrid composite comprising a sugar or a sugar derivative uniformly dispersed in a matrix of an inorganic oxide, of which degradation products are suitable for recycling use.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chieko Mihara, Toyoko Kobayashi, Hiroyoshi Kishi, Toshihiko Takeda, Yoshihiko Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20040123775Abstract: Disclosed is a spraying composition comprising a liquid dispersion medium and, dispersed therein, particulate cellulose having an average degree of polymerization (DP) of not more than 300 and an average particle diameter of not more than 10 &mgr;m, wherein the composition has a cellulose content of from 0.1 to 5.0% by weight, and wherein the composition exhibits a maximum viscosity value (&eegr;max) of 1×103 mPa.s or more in the viscosity-shear stress curve obtained with respect to the composition, using a cone-plate type rotating viscometer in a shear rate region of from 1×10−3 s−1 to 1×102 s−1 and at 25° C. Also disclosed is a spray pack comprising a spray container device and, packed therein, the above-mentioned spraying composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2002Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventors: Hirofumi Ono, Hideki Amakawa
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Publication number: 20040000739Abstract: A sand sculpting composition including approximately 100 parts by dry weight of sand, between 0.1 part and 5 parts by dry weight of at least one non-toxic cold water-soluble adhesive agent selected from the group consisting of pre-gelatinized starches, chemically modified starches and chemically modified celluloses, and between 6 and 25 parts by weight water. The adhesive agent has been combined with the sand and an amount of water sufficient to both dissolve the adhesive agent and allow the adhesive agent to coat the particles of sand. A coloring agent may be added to the adhesive agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2002Publication date: January 1, 2004Applicant: SANDSMART, INC.Inventor: Daniel Perlman
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Patent number: 6641629Abstract: A coating composition for forming abrasion-resistant, high clarity coatings is described. It has been found that a macrocrystalline or single crystal mineral abrasive can be added at high levels, about 5 to about 80 percent by weight, to art-recognized film-forming resin compositions for producing coatings exhibiting exceptional abrasion resistance and clarity. Such a coating composition is useful for application to surfaces including wood, vinyl, tile, rubber modified cement, marble, metal, plastic, and laminated surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2002Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Inventors: Eugen Safta, Frank Bor-Her Chen, Harvey Richard Forrest, Gregory David Muselman
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Patent number: 6478864Abstract: The present invention provides a surface coating composition comprising a resin, a hydrophobic metal oxide, and a carrier, wherein said composition, after application to a substrate, is characterized by moisture resistance, organic alcohol resistance, and a matting effect. In addition, the present invention provides a method of matting a surface coating composition and enhancing the moisture and chemical resistance of the composition, as well as a method of treating a substrate with the surface coating composition, and a substrate coated with such a surface coating composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2000Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Cabot CorporationInventor: Rex J. Field
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Patent number: 6436159Abstract: A coating composition for forming abrasion-resistant, high clarity coatings is described. It has been found that a macrocrystalline or single crystal mineral abrasive can be added at high levels, about 5 to about 80 percent by weight, to art-recognized film-forming resin compositions for producing coatings exhibiting exceptional abrasion resistance and clarity. Such a coating composition is useful for application to surfaces including wood, vinyl, tile, rubber modified cement, marble, metal, plastic, and laminated surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2000Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Lilly Industries, Inc.Inventors: Eugen Safta, Frank Bor-Her Chen, Harvey Richard Forrest, Gregory David Muselman