Metal Base Patents (Class 427/239)
  • Patent number: 11118256
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for hot-dip galvanizing compounds, preferably for mass-production hot-dip galvanizing a plurality of identical or similar components, preferably for batch galvaniztion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Fontaine Holdings NV
    Inventors: Thomas Pinger, Lars Baumgürtel
  • Patent number: 10712327
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for monitoring and managing fluid treatment or storage systems, such as HVAC hydronic water systems. Sensors located at a fluid system can detect various types of data, such as chemical amounts, pressures, temperatures, flow rates, and more. Servers in communication with the sensors can record the data and provide it to a user in a variety of graphical interfaces. One useful interface for display of the data includes a five-sided axis called the OPTI-GON.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Jentek Water Treatment, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark J. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 10538602
    Abstract: A method of forming a coating on a food or beverage container, which includes spraying a coating composition onto an interior surface of the food or beverage container, where the coating composition includes an emulsion-polymerized latex copolymer having copolymer chains of one or more ethylenically-unsaturated monomers and one or more styrene offset monomers. Preferably, the coating composition is substantially free of BPA, PVC, and styrene. The method may also include curing the sprayed coating composition, thereby providing the coating on the interior surface of the food or beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Sebastien Gibanel, Benoit Prouvost
  • Patent number: 9764354
    Abstract: Methods, processes, compositions and systems for preventing leaching effects from water pipes (such as lead, steel and copper) having an inner diameter of at least approximately 12 mm. 2-part thermoset resin coating is applied to the inner surfaces of the pipes where the curing agent can be a phenol free and plasticizer free adduct type. The coating can reduce heavy metals, such as lead, from leaching from installed pipes to less than approximately 10 ?g/L (10 ppb). When cured, specific leachates, Bisphenol A and Epichlorohydrin from the coatings will be (less than) <1 ?g/L (1 ppb) with overall TOC levels measured at (less than) <2.5 mg/L (2.5 ppm). Pipes can be returned to service within approximately 24 hours, and preferably within approximately 4 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Pipe Restoration Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Larry L. Gillanders, Steven A. Wiiliams
  • Patent number: 9611973
    Abstract: Methods, processes, compositions and systems for preventing leaching effects from water pipes (such as lead, steel and copper) having an inner diameter of at least approximately 12 mm. 2-part thermoset resin coating is applied to the inner surfaces of the pipes where the curing agent can be a phenol free and plasticizer free adduct type. The coating can reduce heavy metals, such as lead, from leaching from installed pipes to less than approximately 10 ?g/L (10 ppb). When cured, specific leachates, Bisphenol A and Epichlorohydrin from the coatings will be (less than)<1 ?g/L (1 ppb) with overall TOC levels measured at (less than)<2.5 mg/L (2.5 ppm). Pipes can be returned to service within approximately 24 hours, and preferably within approximately 4 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Pipe Restoration Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Larry L. Gillanders, Steven A. Williams
  • Patent number: 9108792
    Abstract: An aqueous compressed gas aerosol formulation in combination with a lined steel can, which may also optionally be tin plated, to provide corrosion stability, fragrance stability and color stability. An aerosol formulation of particular advantage for use is an air and/or fabric treatment formulation. The combination provides a compatibility which allows for the ability to use a broader fragrance pallet for the air and/or fabric treatment formulation which is aqueous based in major proportion. The formulation includes, in addition to an aqueous carrier, a fragrance, nonionic surfactant(s) or a blend of nonionic surfactant(s) and cationic surfactant(s), a compressed gas propellant(s), pH adjuster(s), and corrosion inhibitor(s). The formulation has a pH of about 8 to less than 10. The corrosion inhibitor(s) is(are) mild in strength and used in a minor amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Bhaveshkumar Shah
  • Patent number: 9010566
    Abstract: In one embodiment of a container protector the container protector comprises two opposing side skirts, two opposing end skirts, and a interior lip connected to both side skirts and end skirts. The container protector may also include one or more handle extension to facilitate use with a container having one or more handles. The container protector is designed to sealing fit around the top periphery of a container with the interior lip extending upward to prevent material within the container from flowing outward therefrom during transitions. Such transitions may be caused by heating, transportation, or other disturbances. The precise dimensions of the container protector will vary from one embodiment to the next, and the container protector may take any shape depending on the container for which it is designed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventor: Dennis L. Miller
  • Publication number: 20150083397
    Abstract: Fouling caused by contaminants onto a metallic tubular, flow conduit or vessel in an underground reservoir or extending from or to an underground reservoir may be inhibited by applying onto the surface of the metallic tubular, flow conduit or vessel a treatment agent comprising a hydrophobic tail and an anchor. The anchor attaches the treatment agent onto the surface of the metallic tubular, flow conduit or vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Terry D. Monroe, Naima Bestaoui-Spurr, Sumit Bhaduri, Qi Qu
  • Patent number: 8986799
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions that can be used as coatings for the inner lining of cargo tanks. The compositions comprise a mixture of epoxy resins, a curing agent, an accelerator or mixture of accelerator(s), and one or more filler(s) or pigment(s), wherein the mixture of epoxy resins comprises 60-80 wt. % of an RDGE epoxy resin and 20-40 wt. % of an epoxy novolac resin, wherein the wt. % is based upon the total weight of the mixture of epoxy resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Anthony Jackson, Peter Robert Jones
  • Publication number: 20150075668
    Abstract: A method for coating a pipe (1) in the interior thereof, wherein the method has at least the following method steps: (i.) providing an immersion basin (2) which is filled with a coating liquid (3); (ii.) first immersion of the pipe (1) to be coated into the coating liquid (3); (iii.) first removal of the pipe (1) to be coated from the coating liquid (3) ensuring an angle (?) between the central axis (M) and the surface of the coating liquid (3) with 1°<(?)<30°; (iv.) second immersion of the pipe (1) to be coated into the coating liquid (3); (v.) second removal of the pipe (1) to be coated from the coating liquid (3) ensuring an angle (?) between the central axis (M) and the surface of the coating liquid (3) where ?30°<(?)<?1°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: MINIMAX GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Roenpagel, Michael Steinhoff
  • Patent number: 8962154
    Abstract: A pipe or pipe fitting for use in harsh environment such as in petroleum refinery processes for cracking petroleum feedstocks, the pipe or pipe fitting comprising a 0.25 to 2.5 mm thick Co-based metallic coating on an internal surface of the pipe body, the coating having a hypereutectic microstructure characterized by carbides in a cobalt matrix and an average carbide grain size of less than 50 microns, and the Co-based metallic composition overlays the pipe internal surface at an interface which is free of heat-affected zone and which has a diffusion zone which is less than 0.002 inches thick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Yao, Louw DeJong, Danie DeWet
  • Publication number: 20150048605
    Abstract: A gas generator for an airbag includes a storage container and at least one chamber defined by the storage container. The at least one chamber includes a metal wall and contains at least gaseous hydrogen. A coating layer of iron oxide is disposed on at least a surface portion of the metal wall to prevent diffusion of hydrogen atoms through the metal wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Ronnie Andersson, Niclas Hornquist, Mats Johanson, Tobias Aderum
  • Patent number: 8956049
    Abstract: A method for producing a fracture-divided component, in particular a connecting rod, with an at least partially coated bore includes the steps of: providing an unfinished component; applying a coating of a bearing material to a bore surface; and working the coating, in order to compensate internal tensile stresses in the coating, before fracture division of the component. Alternatively, the method for producing a fracture-divided component, in particular a connecting rod, having an at least partially coated bore includes the steps of: providing an unfinished component; applying a coating of a bearing material to a bore surface before fracture division of the component; and forming a counter-hardness zone before the application of the coating in order to generate compressive stresses which oppose the internal tensile stresses of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Clemens Luchner, Marc Kronenberg, Rolf Koring, Ralf Kowollik
  • Patent number: 8946316
    Abstract: A polymer and coating composition containing the polymer are provided that are useful in coating applications such as, for example, food or beverage packaging containers. The polymer preferably includes a backbone having one or more polycyclic groups. In one embodiment, the polymer is a polyester and, more preferably, a polyester-urethane polymer. In one embodiment, the one or more polycyclic groups is a tricyclic or higher group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Stenson, Benoit Prouvost, Jeffrey Niederst, Donald Wind, Richard H. Evans, Charles Skillman, Paul E. Share, James Robinson
  • Patent number: 8936048
    Abstract: A method is provided for preventing copper and zinc from being eluted from a copper-alloy-made plumbing instrument that includes valves and pipe joints and suppresses copper and zinc from being eluted from the copper-alloy-made plumbing instrument while using for the plumbing instrument copper alloy as-is that includes bronze and brass, to provide a copper-alloy-made plumbing instrument using the method and to provide a film-forming agent. The method forms on at least a liquid-contact portion of the copper-alloy-made plumbing instrument a film of an organic substance comprising unsaturated fatty acid and coating with the film both copper and zinc in the surface layer of the liquid-contact portion of the plumbing instrument, thereby suppressing the elution of copper and zinc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Kitz Corporation
    Inventor: Norikazu Sugaya
  • Publication number: 20140352848
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for adjusting the pore size of a porous metal material and the pore structure of a porous metal material. The method comprises: permeating at least one element into the surface of the pores of the material to generate a permeated layer on the surface of the pores, so that the average pore size of the porous material is reduced to within a certain range, thus obtaining a pore structure of the porous metal material having the pores distributed on the surface of the material and the permeated layer provided on the surface of the pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: INTERMET TECHNOLOGIES CHENGDU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin Gao, Yuehui He, Tao Wang, Bo Li
  • Publication number: 20140319133
    Abstract: A coating composition is provided that includes a polymer, which is preferably a polyester polymer. The polyester polymer preferably includes one or more heterocyclic groups that preferably include at least one nitrogen atom and at least one carbonyl group. In one embodiment, the binder polymer is made using ingredients including tris(2-hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate. The coating composition is useful in a variety of packaging coating applications, including as a coating for aluminum monobloc containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: VALSPAR SOURCING, INC.
    Inventors: Urban Castelberg, Kurt Hans Aschwanden
  • Patent number: 8869737
    Abstract: The invention provides a cylinder bore spraying apparatus capable of carrying out honing processing and finishing after a sprayed film is formed in a cylinder bore in a state where the cylinder bore is deformed by a dummy head. A sprayed film is formed on an inner peripheral surface of a cylinder bore by a spraying gun in a state where a dummy head is pressed against a cylinder block such that a cylinder head is fastened to the cylinder block by a bolt. Thereby, a deformed state of a cylinder bore is simulated. A protection mask prevents the sprayed film from adhering to the dummy head and is detachably attached to the liner hole of the dummy head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatsugu Takahashi, Hideo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140311756
    Abstract: A centralizer for a tubular body in a wellbore is provided herein. The centralizer includes an elongated body having a bore there through. The bore is dimensioned to receive a tubular body. The elongated body has an inner surface and an outer surface. The centralizer also has a coating deposited on at least the inner surface. The coating is designed to provide a reduced coefficient of friction on the surface. A method of fabricating a centralizer is also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Rock Dicke
  • Publication number: 20140311616
    Abstract: A structure includes a base material made of metal to be in a form of a tube and a surface coating layer provided on an inner face of the tube. The surface coating layer includes a first layer provided on the inner face and a second layer provided directly or indirectly on the first layer as an outermost layer of the surface coating layer. The first layer contains an amorphous inorganic material. The second layer contains a crystalline inorganic material having a softening point of about 950° C. or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiyuki MUTSUDA, Yoshitaka FUJITA
  • Patent number: 8865257
    Abstract: The measuring tube of an in-line measuring device is formed by means of a support tube and a liner internally lining the support tube. The liner adheres to the support tube, with interposition of a mediating primer. Both the primer and the liner are composed, at least in part, of polyurethane. Especially, both the polyurethane of the liner and also the polyurethane of the primer are suitable for drinking water applications, so that the in-line measuring device itself is also suited for measuring drinking water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Thomas Sulzer, Johannes Ruchel, Alexander Stuenzi
  • Patent number: 8859041
    Abstract: The adhesiveness of a thermal spray coating and a cylinder internal surface is improved by forming a sufficient roughened surface on an internal surface. A processing roller is installed on the main shaft of a processing device via a pressurizing mechanism. An uneven surface is provided on the external periphery of the processing roller. By pressing the processing roller against the internal surface while the roller rotates and moves, a fine unevenness that corresponds to the unevenness of the roller is formed on the cylinder internal surface. A thermal spray coating is formed on the internal surface where the inner surface has been roughened by forming the above-mentioned unevenness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Sekikawa, Masahiko Iizumi, Takashi Ogino, Kimio Nishimura, Eiji Shiotani, Hideo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8859039
    Abstract: In a viscous liquid feed nozzle having a nozzle body provided with a thin and long hole with a front end serving as a feed port, a lubricative plated layer is provided by immersing the liquid feed nozzle in a plating tank containing a lubricative plating solution and forming, by electroless plating, the lubricative plated layer at least on the inside and outside of the feed port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinpei Kakiuchi, Eijiro Furuta, Takashi Ando
  • Patent number: 8859038
    Abstract: Provided is a method for monitoring corrosion in a power plant, including: forming a film with a composition of M1FeO3 (M1 is a trivalent or tetravalent metal) or M2Fe2O4 (M2 is a divalent metal) on the inner wall surface of an apparatus of the power plant; and maintaining the film stably by controlling the amount of introduction of oxygen into the apparatus commensurate with a temperature in the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Osamu Shibasaki, Masato Okamura, Koji Negishi, Seiji Yamamoto, Toyoaki Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20140272133
    Abstract: Corrosion inhibitor compositions are provided that can include a mixture of one or more transition metals, one or more organic phosphates, one or more inorganic phosphates, optionally a dispersant, and hydroxyphosphono acetic acid and/or salts thereof. Methods of mitigating or inhibiting corrosion of housing or conduits containing aqueous mediums are also disclosed. The methods can include the steps of pretreating the metal conduit with a mixture of one or more transition metals, one or more organic phosphates, one or more inorganic phosphates, and hydroxyphosphono acetic acid, introducing an aqueous medium into the metal conduit, and injecting a mixture of one or more transition metals, one or more organic phosphates, one or more inorganic phosphates, and hydroxyphosphono acetic acid and/or salts thereof into the aqueous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Jasbir S. Gill, Danilo Zim, Matheus Paschoalino
  • Patent number: 8834972
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for coating a plurality of catalyst support bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co., KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Hasselmann
  • Patent number: 8821973
    Abstract: Both ends of a circulation pipe of a film formation apparatus are connected to a piping of a BWR plant. A chemical including chromium ions and formic acid is injected into a film formation solution flowing in the circulation pipe heated to a temperature within a range from 60° C. to 100° C. Furthermore, a chemical including iron (II) ions and formic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and hydrazine are injected into the circulation pipe. Due to the injection of these chemicals, a film formation solution of pH 7.0 including iron (II) ions, chromium ions, formic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and hydrazine is generated in the circulation pipe. This film formation solution includes hydrazine of, for example, 1000 ppm. The film formation solution is supplied to the piping, thus, a Fe3—xCrxO4 film (here, 0<X?0.1) is formed on the inner surface of the piping. The above method of forming the ferrite film on a structural member (for example, the piping) can be shortened time required to form the ferrite film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Hideyuki Hosokawa, Yukio Hirama, Makoto Nagase
  • Publication number: 20140242277
    Abstract: A method for producing a connecting rod for an internal combustion engine, having a small connecting rod eye for holding a piston pin and having a large connecting rod eye for holding a crank pin, wherein at least one connecting rod eye has at least one geometric deviation from a cylindrical inner contour. It is provided according to the invention that the at least one connecting rod eye is formed by creating a bore with a cylindrical inner contour, and coating the bore with a coating comprising a resin with solid lubricant particles embedded therein. The coating forms the at least one geometric deviation from the cylindrical inner contour of the at least one connecting rod eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Peter KEMNITZ, Klaus KELLER
  • Publication number: 20140220368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a methods and composition in which a D-form or retro-inverso Pseudomonas pilin peptide, optionally having a polyethylene glycol moiety covalently attached to the peptide, is bound to a substrate. The disclosed methods and composition are useful for reducing the frictional coefficient, inhibiting biofilm formation by non-Pseudomonas bacteria, for reducing the inflammatory response to a material, for reducing corrosion of metals, and in biosensor applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: ARCH BIOPHYSICS, INC.
    Inventors: Randall Thomas Irvin, Elisabeth Melika Davis, Gongyang Li, Daniel Abraham Muruve
  • Patent number: 8795768
    Abstract: Methods and systems for cleaning, coating and sealing leaks in existing pipes, in a single operation. A piping system can be cleaned in one pass by dry particulates forced and pulled by air throughout the piping system by a generator and a vacuum. Pipes can be protected from water corrosion, erosion and electrolysis, extending the life of pipes such as copper, steel, lead, brass, cast iron piping and composite materials. Coatings can be applied to pipes having diameters up to approximately 6?. Leak sealants of at least approximately 4 mils thick can cover insides of pipes, and can include novel mixtures of fillers and epoxy materials, and viscosity levels. A positive pressure can be maintained within the pipes during applications. Piping systems can be returned to service within approximately 96 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Pipe Restoration Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Gillanders, Steve Williams, John Laborde
  • Publication number: 20140199480
    Abstract: A method manufactures a fuel delivery pipe including a crude metal made of forged iron, a nickel-phosphorus plating layer formed on an inner surface of the crude metal, and a nonmetal paint film formed on an outer surface of the crude metal. The method includes coating the outer surface of the crude metal with paint to form the paint film, machining the crude metal with the paint film formed thereon to form a machined surface inside the crude metal, and electroless plating the machined crude metal in nickel-phosphorus plating solution to form the nickel-phosphorus plating layer on the machined surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Otics Corporation
    Inventor: Eiji ISOGAI
  • Patent number: 8771790
    Abstract: A method of reducing magnetite formation in the bore of a pipe including the steps of selecting a pipe with a pre-existing oxide layer on its inner bore surface and coating the pre-existing oxide layer with an oxidation resistant metal to thereby reduce magnetite formation in the bore of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventor: Michael John de Vink
  • Publication number: 20140147600
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of coating and/or lining of the interior of pipes and tubular goods with a performance enhancing layer of metal alloy using a 360° radiant heat source. The use of the disclosed apparatus and methods facilitates the capability to metallurgically bond a layer of metal alloy or composite material to the interior of a steel pipe or similar metal based tubular good with a primary diameter ranging typically from 1.5? to 8?. The disclosed apparatus and methods are especially useful to produce piping used in the conveyance and/or transportation of hot, corrosive and/or abrasive fluids in the oil and gas, and mining Industries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: John Dennis Neukirchen, Mladen Bumbulovic
  • Publication number: 20140102776
    Abstract: A coating for reducing interaction between a surface and the environment around the surface includes an alkali silicate glass material configured to protect the surface from environmental corrosion due to water or moisture. The alkali silicate glass material is doped with a first element to affect various forms of radiation passing through the coating. The electromagnetic radiation is at least one of ultraviolet, x-ray, atomic (gamma, alpha, beta), and electromagnetic or radio wave radiation. The coating may also be used to protect a solar cell from the environment and UV rays while retransmitting received light as usable light for conversion into electrical energy. The coating may also be used to prevent whisker formation in metal finishes of tin, cadmium, zinc, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan P. Lower, Alan P. Boone, Ross K. Wilcoxon, David D. Hillman
  • Patent number: 8685493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vessel, in particular a pipe, especially an oil pipe, having a preformed film adhered onto the interior surface of the pipe, the interior surface of the preformed film reducing the deposition of at least one of asphaltenes, paraffin wax, and inorganic scale by at least 40% as compared to the interior surface of said oil pipe without said preformed film being present. In a preferred embodiment, the preformed film is adhered to the interior surface of the pipe with a primer layer with an optional barrier layer between the primer layer and the preformed film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Laurence Waino McKeen, Kimberly Dawn Farnsworth, W. Douglas Obal, Pidatala K. Mohan
  • Publication number: 20140044939
    Abstract: Voids, cracks or other similar defects in substrates of thermal barrier coated superalloy components, such as turbine blades or vanes, are filled with resin, without need to remove substrate material surrounding the void by grinding or other processes. The resin is cured at a temperature under 200° C., eliminating the need for post void-filling heat treatment. The void-filled substrate and resin are then coated with a thermal barrier coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: David W. Hunt, David B. Allen
  • Publication number: 20140027276
    Abstract: A tubular target for cathode atomization does not have a backing tube and it is made of molybdenum or a molybdenum alloy. The target has an inner surface which is in contact at least in certain regions with a cooling medium, wherein at least one region of the inner surface is separated from the cooling medium by at least one protective device. By way of example, the protective device may be in the form of a polymer layer. The tubular target exhibits outstanding long-term stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: PLANSEE SE
    Inventors: Christian Linke, Manfred Sulik, Martin Kathrein
  • Publication number: 20140027270
    Abstract: The present invention develops dies, moulds, tools, workpieces and structures with active protection against corrosion (cathodic protection) in cooling circuits, often internal, independent of its complexity. Moreover, the protection can be renewed if considered appropriate. The protection is achieved through a thin coating layer which contains metallic elements more electronegative than the substrate to be protected and which is properly adhered to the mentioned substrate in order to ensure an efficient cathodic protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: ROVALMA, S.A.
    Inventor: Isaac Valls Anglés
  • Publication number: 20140023782
    Abstract: The invention relates to a water-based can inner coating comprising a copolymer or a copolymer mixture of at least one aliphatic and acyclic alkene with at least one ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid in water-dispersed form, wherein the acid number of the copolymer or of the copolymer mixture is at least 20 mg KOH/g, but not more than 200 mg KOH/g, and at least one water-dispersed or water-soluble curing agent. Inventive can inner coatings are characterized in that due to the good crosslinking of the copolymer or of the copolymer mixture with the curing agent, the cured film on the inner surfaces of metal cans possesses excellent properties in regard to hardness, abrasion resistance and resistance towards hot liquids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Andreas KUNZ, Patrick Podwoiski, Holger Endres, Wolfgang Schneider, Bernd Struck
  • Patent number: 8616283
    Abstract: A process for treating a water stream produced in the recovery of heavy oil from geological formations. The process includes use of a heat exchange unit having at least one tube having a multi-layer coating. The multi-layer coating includes a melt flowable copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene adhered to the interior surface or exterior surface of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Laurence Waino McKeen, Michael Albert Hooper
  • Publication number: 20130344241
    Abstract: Methods, processes, compositions and systems for preventing leaching effects from drinking water service pipes (such as lead, steel and copper) having an inner diameter of at least approximately 12 mm. 2-part thermoset resin coating is applied to the inner surfaces of the pipes where the curing agent can be a phenol free and plasticizer free adduct type. The coating can reduce heavy metals, such as lead, from leaching from installed pipes to less than approximately 10 ?g/L (10 ppb). When cured, specific leachates, Bisphenol A and Epichlorohydrin from the coatings will be (less than) <1 ?g/L (1 ppb) with overall TOC levels measured at (less than) <2.5 mg/L (2.5 ppm). Pipes can be returned to service from at least approximately 1 to approximately 2 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Pipe Restoration Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Larry L. Gillanders, Steven A. Williams
  • Patent number: 8609190
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a getter device (1), wherein a getter material (3) is introduced into a container (2) and the getter material (3) is heated to a temperature under reduced pressure so that getter material (3) is deposited on an inside of the container (2). In order to be able to provide a getter device (1) in a short time that has a high getter capacity, it is provided according to the invention that during a deposition of getter material (3), the container (2) is moved relative to a zone (4) in which the container (2) is cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Alvatec Alkali Vacuum Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Erhard Ogris
  • Publication number: 20130320665
    Abstract: A threaded tubular component for drilling or working hydrocarbon wells, including at one of its ends a threaded zone produced on its outer or inner peripheral surface depending on whether the threaded end is male or female in type, in which at least a portion of the end is coated with at least one lubricating dry film including at least 65% by weight of a polyaryletherketone, and a process for depositing the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Eric Gard, Eliette Pinel, Mikael Petit, Mohamed Gouider
  • Patent number: 8578943
    Abstract: Cut filler compositions, smoking articles such as cigarettes, methods for making cigarettes and methods for treating cigarette smoke are provided, which involve the use of metal-containing nanowires. The metal-containing nanowires are capable of removing at least one constituent from tobacco smoke, preferably in a selective manner. The metal-containing nanowires may comprise any suitable metal, metal oxide or mixtures thereof. For example, the metal-containing nanowires comprise at least one transition or lanthanide metal or metal oxide thereof. Exemplary metals or metal oxides thereof include, but are not limited to, iron, copper, zinc, titanium, vanadium, palladium, cobalt, molybdenum and manganese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Zhaohua Luan, Jay A Fournier
  • Patent number: 8574672
    Abstract: A polymer and coating compositions containing the polymer are provided that are useful in coating applications such as, for example, food or beverage packaging coatings. The polymer preferably includes a polyester backbone and at least one deblockable isocyanate group attached to the backbone. In one embodiment, the polymer includes a polyester-carbamate backbone, one or more pendant deblockable isocyanate groups, and one or more terminal or pendant isocyanate-reactive groups. The deblockable isocyanate groups may be provided, for example, through use of a partially blocked polyisocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Doreau, Benoit Prouvost, Paul Stenson, Charles Skillman, Paul Share
  • Patent number: 8563080
    Abstract: A method of repairing a damaged abradable coating (48) on a surface (46) of a shroud (44) in an assembled gas turbine engine (10) comprises inserting a boroscope (60) through an aperture (52) in the casing (50) of the compressor (26) of the gas turbine engine (10). The boroscope (60) is arranged to carry a conduit (62). The boroscope (60) and hence the conduit (62) are directed to the damaged abradable coating (48) on the surface (46) of the shroud (44). A liquid abradable glue (64) is supplied through the conduit (62) and the liquid abradable glue (64) is directed onto the surface (46) of the shroud (44) in the compressor (26) of the gas turbine engine (10) to repair the damaged abradable coating (48).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventor: Noel Paul Hopkins
  • Patent number: 8561569
    Abstract: A combined heating and cooling device for coating the inner walls of pipes may include heating areas and cooling areas. This device can be guided along the pipe to be coated, wherein a fluid containing the coating active agent is supplied to the interior of the pipe. The combined heating and cooling treatment for the pipe supports the process of coating formation. The cooling process is subject to a desired profile by the use of the cooling area and is not determined by chance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Arndt, Jens Dahl Jensen, Ursus Krüger, Gabriele Winkler
  • Patent number: 8524320
    Abstract: Methods, processes, compositions and systems for preventing leaching effects from drinking water service pipes (such as lead, steel and copper) having an inner diameter of at least approximately 12 mm and the pipe coatings. 2-step thermoset resin coating is applied to pipe interiors and inner surfaces of fittings/valves, and exterior ends of the pipes that fit within the fittings/valves “in place” without dismantling the pipes from fittings where the curing agent can be phenol free and plasticizer free adduct. The coating can reduce heavy metals, such as lead, from leaching from installed pipes and fittings to less than approximately 10 ?g/L (10 ppb). When cured, specific leachates, Bisphenol A and Epichlorohydrin from the coatings will be (less than) <1 ?g/L (1 ppb) with overall TOC levels measured at (less than) <2.5 mg/L (2.5 ppm). Pipes can be returned to service from at least approximately 1 to approximately 2 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Pipe Restoration Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Larry L. Gillanders, Steven A. Williams
  • Publication number: 20130220523
    Abstract: A method for forming protective coatings on equipment is disclosed. The coating is formed from a single-component Fe-based alloy composition comprising at least two refractory elements selected from Cr, V, Nb, Mo and W in an amount of up to 30% each and a total concentration of up to 40%. In one embodiment, the single-component coating layer is applied by thermal spraying, followed by heat treatment for at least a portion of the refractory elements to fuse into the substrate forming a metallurgical bond. The coating has an adhesion strength of at least 7,000 psi measured according to ASTM D4541. The coating is further characterized as being impermeable to corrosive environments showing no pin holes in the ferroxyl test according to ASTM A967 Practice E.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: c/o Chevron Corporation
    Inventors: Justin Lee Cheney, Grzegorz Jan Kusinski
  • Publication number: 20130202791
    Abstract: A bath containing nickel ions and formic acid is injected into a film-forming aqueous solution flowing in a circulation pipe connected to a feed water pipe made of carbon steel in a BWR plant. This solution is supplied into the pipe through the circulation pipe, and a nickel metal film is formed on an inner surface of the pipe. After the film is formed, a film-forming aqueous solution containing iron (II) ions, formic acid, nickel ions, hydrogen peroxide, and hydrazine is supplied to the pipe. A nickel ferrite film is formed on the surface of the nickel metal film in the pipe. The nickel ferrite film comes into contact with water containing dissolved oxygen at or above 150° C. to transform the nickel metal film into a nickel ferrite film. A thick nickel ferrite film is formed on the inner surface of the feed water pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.