Patents Represented by Attorney Thomas H. Whaley
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Patent number: 5071681Abstract: A fibrous web having an enhanced capacity for water absorption is produced by impregnating an absorbent fabric with a polymer or copolymer capable of forming by cross-linking an absorbent polymer or copolymer and subsequently heating the treated fabric effecting cross-linking of the polymer to form an absorbent polymer. The product may comprise a non-woven fibrous web or mat having a water-insoluble binder on one surface and a cross-linked hydrophilic polymer or copolymer on its opposite surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1990Date of Patent: December 10, 1991Assignee: James River Corporation of VirginiaInventors: James H. Manning, Kambiz B. Makoui, David H. Hollenberg
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Patent number: 5049258Abstract: A process is disclosed for reprocessing contaminated oils, such as used crankcase oil from automobile engines, by thermal treatment, such as visbreaking, in the presence of other hydrocarbon feedstocks, followed by fractional distillation for the recovery of a gasoline fraction, a carboxylic acid fraction, a gas oil fraction containing chlorinated hydrocarbons and a high boiling bottoms fraction. The gas oil fraction is subjected to catalytic hydrocracking with the simultaneous destruction of chlorinated hydrocarbons. The resulting hydrocracked oils, after separation of hydrogen chloride, are free from chlorine compounds and other contaminants.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 1989Date of Patent: September 17, 1991Assignee: RWE-Entsorgung AktiengesellschaftInventors: Karl H. Keim, Peter Seifried, Hartmut Hammer, Ralf Wehn
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Patent number: 5049292Abstract: A lubricant for refrigerators which contains phosphate, phosphite and/or silicone additives which impart stability and thermal stability to the lubricant.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1989Date of Patent: September 17, 1991Assignee: Texaco Technologie Europa GmbHInventors: Hans D. Grasshoff, Vladislav Synek
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Patent number: 5033038Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an improved automatic disk exchange device which is adapted to take out a selected one of a plurality of disks housed within a disk housing device by a transport device and to introduce the disk into and attach the disk to a recording/reproducing device, where the information is recorded on the disk or reproduced from the disk, the disk now attached to the recording/reproducing device being then taken out of the recording/reproducing device so as to be again housed in the housing device. The invention permits shortening of the distance through which the disk is moved within the automatic disk exchange device and reduces the number of operations accompanying the disk movement and the disk access time.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1988Date of Patent: July 16, 1991Assignees: NKK Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Nikkyo SeisakushoInventors: Takashi Kobayashi, Tsurayuki Sugiyama
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Patent number: 5030081Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for the production of a multi-ply sheet product in which separate non-woven fibrous webs are combined into a multi-ply sheet before embossment, embossed as a multi-ply sheet, the embossed webs separated from one another and longitudinally displaced realtive to one another, and then recombined into an embossed multi-ply sheet with the embossments out of register with one another. The resulting product exhibits enhanced softness and absorbence as compared with similar products comprising simultaneously embossed multi-ply webs.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1990Date of Patent: July 9, 1991Assignee: James River Corporation of VirginiaInventor: Galyn A. Schulz
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Patent number: 5021096Abstract: A method for removal of scale from heat transfer equipment in which the scale contaminated surface is first contacted with a cleaning composition consisting essentially of an aqueous solution of hydroxyacetic acid and a polysaccharide gum and then contacted with a dilute aqueous solution of citric acid.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1990Date of Patent: June 4, 1991Inventor: Khodabandeh Abadi
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Patent number: 5013488Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for preventing or minimizing scale deposition from hard water onto heat transfer surfaces in atmospheric cooling towers, such as those used in air conditioning and refrigeration systems, where evaporative cooling of water provides the necessary heat sink to the atmosphere. An electrical/mechanical control system responsive to changes in density of the water in the evaporative cooling system operates to permit discharge of water containing dissolved and suspended solids from the system when its density reaches a predetermined maximum value and to discontinue the discharge of cooling system water when its density reaches a predetermined minimum value. Water drained from the cooling system is replaced by fresh water, preferably by water containing chemical additives to increase solubility of hard water minerals in the cooling water.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1990Date of Patent: May 7, 1991Assignee: Khodabandeh AbadiInventors: Khodabandeh Abadi, Craig A. Hunt
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Patent number: 5011886Abstract: The inventive concept is to condense the phenol formaldehyde resins to a higher molecular weight than usual so far. Subsequent addition of urea thereto reduces viscosity to normal levels and increases solid content.The added urea does not take part in condensation reaction but partly reacts in the alkaline medium with formaldehyde to methylol urea (in a so called equilibrium reaction), which is formaldehyde donor for the phenol formaldehyde crosslinking reaction during the pressing of the particle board.The present invention relates to a process for producing modified phenolic resin bonding agents, characterized by preparing as known per se phenol-formaldehyde resins with a viscosity of more than 300 mPa.s (at 20.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1990Date of Patent: April 30, 1991Assignee: Rwe-Dea Aktiengesellschaft fur Mineraloel und ChemieInventors: Adolf Buschfeld, Matthias Lattekamp, Gerd Ripkens, Hans Schittek
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Patent number: 5002826Abstract: A microwave interactive coating composition and microwave reactive paper and paperboard heaters comprising the coating composition are disclosed. The coating compositions which comprise finely divided carbon, a finely divided microwave reactive metallic component, a powdered inert solid and a binder are capable of producing microwave reactive heaters comparable to those produced by vapor deposition of metals on a carrier film.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 1988Date of Patent: March 26, 1991Assignee: James River Corporation of VirginiaInventors: Kenneth A. Pollart, Terrence P. Lafferty
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Patent number: 4982064Abstract: A package for use in cooking or heating a food product in a microwave oven which comprises an outer paper container and an inner liner and a microwave interactive heater comprising a coating composition printed onto the surface of a suitable substrate or a selected portion of the outer container or inner liner. The coating composition preferably comprises finely divided carbon, aluminum flake, clay and a binder in a preferred embodiment, a polyester inner liner eliminates the need for an overwrap in packages containing a food product, such as popcorn and an oil.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1990Date of Patent: January 1, 1991Assignee: James River Corporation of VirginiaInventors: Richard R. Hartman, Bradley D. Berger, Kimberly J. DeHaan
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Patent number: 4963406Abstract: An absorbent towel or tissue product of cellulosic fibers or other fibrous material in continuous roll or strip form is provided with a plurality of lines of weakness, suitably slits or knife cuts, delimiting the edges of individual sheets to facilitate detachment of sheets from the roll without longitudinal tearing of the towel or tissue and maintain bonding of the plies on the roll and in detached sheets.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1988Date of Patent: October 16, 1990Assignee: James River Corporation of VirginiaInventors: Chester W. Gooding, Jr., Maurice J. Mead
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Patent number: 4950309Abstract: Toxic refractory organic substances are decomposed by reaction with oxygen and steam at a temperature in the range of 2500.degree. F. to 3200.degree. F. Such toxic refractory organic compounds as PCB's, may be completely destroyed without contamination of the environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1988Date of Patent: August 21, 1990Assignee: Dynecology IncorporatedInventor: Helmut W. Schulz
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Patent number: 4943354Abstract: An energy saving process for purification of methyl tertbutyl ether by fractional distillation of a mixture containing dissolved water and C.sub.4 hydrocarbons characterized by phase separation of water and methyl tertiary butyl ether within the distillation column and withdrawal of the separated water phase from the column at a point below the point at which the mixture is supplied to the column.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1989Date of Patent: July 24, 1990Assignee: Deutsche Texaco AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gunther Osterburg, Milan Prezelj
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Patent number: 4943456Abstract: Microwave responsive heaters and packages for food products and the like containing the heaters are disclosed in which the heaters consist of a microwave reactive coating composition on a heat stable substrate which is pattern bonded to a surface to be heated by microwave radiation.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1989Date of Patent: July 24, 1990Assignee: James River Corporation of VirginiaInventors: Kenneth A. Pollart, Terrence P. Lafferty
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Patent number: 4935282Abstract: A package for meat products and other oily foods and similar products marketed in stores and suitable for use to heat or cook the contents by microwave radiation comprising a absorbent insert having as basic elements a cooking surface of waxed paperboard or the like and an absorbent underlay. The cooking surface on which the food is laid is provided apertures so that fats and liquids released from the food during cooking may readily pass therethrough and be captured by the absorbent underlayer.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1989Date of Patent: June 19, 1990Assignee: James River Corporation of VirginiaInventors: Thomas D. Pawlowski, William G. Ticknor
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Patent number: 4935276Abstract: An absorbent pad structure particularly suited for use in a vacuum package for a food product and the like is disclosed as well as its method of manufacture. The composition of the pad is such as to minimize leakage of liquids into the absorbent material during storage and to permit the flow of liquids freely for absorption during cooking of the packaged product. The pad is particularly suitable for use in bacon packages and other food packages containing oils or grease.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1988Date of Patent: June 19, 1990Assignee: James River Corporation of VirginiaInventors: Thomas D. Pawlowski, William G. Ticknor, Milo R. Johnston
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Patent number: 4929668Abstract: Aqueous synthetic dispersions based on copolymers of acryl polymers and/or vinyl polymers containing both hydroxylalkyl(meth)acrylate monomers and etherified N-alkylol(meth)acrylamide monomers. These dispersions are suitable as bonding agents for the production of glossy and solvent-resistant, thermosetting coating materials with good adhesion.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1988Date of Patent: May 29, 1990Assignee: Deutsche Texaco AktiengesellschaftInventors: Winfried Zeibig, Heinrich Huskes
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Patent number: 4927588Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for the production of a multi-ply sheet product in which separate non-woven fibrous webs are combined into a multi-ply sheet before embossment, embossed as a multi-ply sheet, the embossed webs separated from one another and longitudinally displaced relative to one another, and then recombined into an embossed multi-ply sheet with the embossments out of register with one another. The resulting product exhibits enhanced softness and absorbence as compared with similar products comprising simultaneously embossed multi-ply webs.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1988Date of Patent: May 22, 1990Assignee: James River Corporation of VirginiaInventor: Galyn A. Schulz
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Patent number: 4925528Abstract: A method for forming a fabric web by wet-laying fibers on paper-making equipment, the web comprising staple length natural or synthetic fibers and optionally wood cellulose papermaking fibers and an adsorbed polymeric surface active agent. The method comprises making up an aqueous fiber furnish with a polymeric surfactant having a plurality of both hydrophilic and hydrophobic groupings per molecule. The polymeric surfactant is adsorbed by the fibers and may be added to the fibers or it may be included in the aqueous carrier medium. In either case, the finished web contains and is improved by the inclusion of the polymeric surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1989Date of Patent: May 15, 1990Assignee: James River Corporation of VirginiaInventors: Stephen H. Tse, David H. Hollenberg, Richard L. Martin, James H. Manning
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Patent number: 4921879Abstract: New catalysts are made available for the production of polyurethane and polyepoxide resins being derivates of 2-azabicyclo[2.2.2]hept-5-enes and 2-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes substituted in 2- and optionally in 3-position. Also provided is a process for preparing same by reacting cyclopentadiene with salts of strong acids of ammonia or of primary amines and aldehydes and, optionally, by subsequent catalytic hydrogenation of the reaction product.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1989Date of Patent: May 1, 1990Assignee: Duetshe Texaco AktiengesellshaftInventors: Karl-Heniz Gluzek, Heiko Humbert