Patents Assigned to Atochem
  • Patent number: 5536845
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of the acrylates chosen from those of formula ##STR1## those of formula ##STR2## and those of the formula ##STR3## useful in the production of new polymers and copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Atochem
    Inventors: Marie-Christine Berthe, Paul Caubere, Yves Fort
  • Patent number: 5536790
    Abstract: Novel functionalized peroxides which may be used as crosslinking, grafting and curing agents, initiators for polymerization reactions and as monomers for condensation polymerizations to form peroxy-containing polymers, which in turn can be used to prepare block and graft copolymers, have the following Formula I: ##STR1## R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, X, Y.sup.1, Y.sup.2, Y.sup.3, Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, x, y and z are as defined in the Summary of the Invention. The compounds of Formula I may be prepared by reacting hydroxy-containing tertiary hydroperoxides with diacid halides, phosgene, dichloroformates, diisocyanates, anhydrides and lactones to form the functionalized peroxides. These reaction products may be further reacted, if desired, with dialcohols, diamines, aminoalcohols, epoxides, epoxy alcohols, epoxy amines, diacid halides, dichloroformates and diisocyanates to form additional functionalized peroxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Elf Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Daryl L. Stein
  • Patent number: 5534596
    Abstract: Novel functionalized peroxides which may be used as crosslinking, grafting and curing agents, initiators for polymerization reactions and as monomers for condensation polymerizations to form peroxy-containing polymers, which in turn can be used to prepare block and graft copolymers, have the following Formula I: ##STR1## R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, X, Y.sup.1, Y.sup.2, Y.sup.3, Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, x, y and z are as defined in the Summary of the Invention. The compounds of Formula I may be prepared by reacting hydroxy-containing tertiary hydroperoxides with diacid halides, phosgene, dichloroformates, diisocyanates, anhydrides and lactones to form the functionalized peroxides. These reaction products may be further reacted, if desired, with dialcohols, diamines, aminoalcohols, epoxides, epoxy alcohols, epoxy amines, diacid halides, dichloroformates and diisocyanates to form additional functionalized peroxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Elf Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Daryl L. Stein
  • Patent number: 5532420
    Abstract: This invention relates to manufacture a normally solid perfluoroalkyl bromide by thermalbromination in the gas phase of a C.sub.10 or greater perfluoroalkyl iodide, bromination is carried out in the presence of a normally liquid perfluoroalkyl bromide.This makes it possible to carry out the post-treatment operations (reduction of iodine, separation, neutralization/washing, and the like) at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Elf Atochem S.A.
    Inventors: Gilles Drivon, Dominique Bindi
  • Patent number: 5531867
    Abstract: Inhibition of the formation of unsaturated carbon compounds during the heating of 141b involving the addition of various inhibitors such as butylene oxide and/or the use of a vessel made of a nickel alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Elf Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Crooker, Maher Y. Elsheikh, Anthony D. Kelton, Morris P. Walker, Danny W. Wright
  • Patent number: 5530071
    Abstract: Imidation-modified MMA (co)polymers, characteristically having a Tg from 20.degree. to 30.degree. C. higher than the Tg of the corresponding unmodified MMA (co)polymer, are produced by reacting an amine, e.g., methylamine or cyclohexylamine, with a suspension, in a hydrophobic nonsolvent reaction medium, of beads of such MMA polymer/copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Elf Atochem S.A.
    Inventors: Patrice Gaillard, Philippe Heim, Stephane Nowe
  • Patent number: 5527515
    Abstract: 35% to 45% by weight concentrated aqueous solutions of ferric chloride, directly useful as flocculating agents in a variety of water treatments, are prepared by (a) reacting chlorine with an aqueous solution of ferrous chloride, in the presence of a recycled aqueous solution of ferric chloride; (b) decompressing the step (a) reaction product solution to vaporize water therefrom, thereby concentrating same; and (c) recycling a fraction of the decompressed liquid phase to step (a) and recovering remaining fraction as final product aqueous solution of ferric chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Atochem
    Inventors: Rene Clair, Alain Gallet
  • Patent number: 5525321
    Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous process for the preparation of aluminium nitride by the carbonitriding of alumina.According to this process, the reaction, which employs alumina, carbon and nitrogen, is carried out in a moving-bed reactor characterized in that the reaction area has a plurality of conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Elf Atochem S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Ravenel, Roland Bachelard
  • Patent number: 5523500
    Abstract: The invention relates to mass catalysts based on chromium and nickel oxides, obtained from a sol of chromium and nickel hydroxides.These catalysts, in which the Ni/Cr atomic ratio is between 0.05 and 5, may be used from the fluorination of halogenated hydrocarbons by HF in the gas phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: d'Elf Atochem S.A.
    Inventors: Bernard Cheminal, Francois Garcia, Eric Lacroix, Andre Lantz
  • Patent number: 5520794
    Abstract: An electrowinning process for lead incorporating a variety of alkanesulfonic acid-based electrolytes in the absence of a redox couple, is disclosed; an inert anode and a lead accepting cathode are utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Elf Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Gernon
  • Patent number: 5520896
    Abstract: The effluent stream from the treatment of glass with vapor-phase coating materials contains tin residues. By washing that effluent stream, in an apparatus having a scrubber bed and flow-control and -recycling means, with an acidic solution having a limited concentration of the tin residue, recovery efficiency of the post-coating treatment is improved, and process emissions are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Elf Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Aart P. de Graaf, Georg H. Lindner, Leendert C. Hoekman
  • Patent number: 5516856
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel antioxidant-peroxide compound of Structure A,(Y--[--R--OO--X).sub.x --An].sub.y Ain which the definitions of X, Y, R, An, x, and y are given in the Summary of the Invention section, for example, t-butyl peroxy-3-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate, processes for producing polymeric compositions of enhanced oxidative stability via initiation of polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, curing of elastomers and unsaturated polyester resins, modification of polypropylene and other polymers and copolymers, and crosslinking of olefin polymers and copolymers, and the resulting polymers having enhanced oxidative stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Elf Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Jose Sanchez
  • Patent number: 5514221
    Abstract: Evaporative cold cleaning of objects wherein the object is contacted in an open environment with a nonazeotropic solvent blend containing an HCFC, HFC or PFC component having no flash point (such as 141b), a higher boiling nonflammable chlorinated solvent (such as perchloroethylene), and a moderately flammable, intermediate boiling, oxygenated organic solvent (such as n-butanol).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Elf Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael S. Bolmer
  • Patent number: 5514301
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is dewetting or degreasing compositions based on halogenated aliphatic solvents containing in solution at least one mono- or dialkyl phosphate of a fluorinated amine, at least one quaternary ammonium mono- or dialkylphosphate and optionally a quaternary ammonium chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Elf Atochem S.A.
    Inventors: Martine Bil, Jean-Charles Boussaguet, Daniel Desbiendras, Stephane Fouquay, Pascal Michaud
  • Patent number: 5511580
    Abstract: The device for the inert rendering of a storage container 21, using a cylinder of pressurized inert gas, which has a pressurizing pipe 3 and an inert-rendering pipe 6 which are intended to be connected to the storage container, and an inert-gas intake pipe 4 intended to be connected to the cylinder of inert gas.It comprises a pilot valve 1 and a supply valve 2 controlled by the pilot valve. The control inlet of the said pilot valve 1 is connected to the pressurizing pipe 3; the inlet and the outlet of the supply valve 2 are respectively connected to the inert-gas intake pipe 4 and to the inert-rendering pipe 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Elf Atochem S.A.
    Inventor: Sylvio Resseguier
  • Patent number: 5510516
    Abstract: An unsaturated (meth) acrylic compound of formula: ##STR1## (X=O, S, NH, NR.sup.3 (R.sup.3 =C.sub.1-12 -alkyl) or O--(CH.sub.2).sub.n (where n=1-16 approximately); R.sup.2 =C.sub.2-20 straight-chain or branched alkyl, monocyclic or polycyclic cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl, or alkylaryl hydrocarbon chain, comprising an olefinic double bond in the chain, or at the end of the chain in the case of alkyl or alkylaryl, or an exocyclic or endocyclic olefinic double bond in the case of monocyclic or polycyclic cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl; and R.sup.1 =H or C.sub.1-5 -alkyl), is reacted at 10.degree.-60.degree. C. with at least one oxidising compound (hydrogen peroxide) in the presence of at least one catalyst (alkali metal molybdates and tungstates) and in the presence of at least one phase transfer agent and when R.sup.2 =polycyclic cycloalkyl or hetercycloalkyl, an organic peracid or hydrogen peroxide in the presence of at least one heteropolyacid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: ATOCHEM
    Inventors: Paul Caubere, Yves Fort, Agnes Ortar
  • Patent number: 5510514
    Abstract: An alkyl (meth)acrylate is prepared by a direct esterification (in 1) of (meth)acrylic acid by the corresponding alcohol, catalysed by H.sub.2 SO.sub.4. To the crude reaction mixture (C.sub.1) comprising the desired ester, alcohol, (meth)acrylic acid, alkyl hydrogen sulphate and traces of H.sub.2 SO.sub.4, there is added (in 3) a base to neutralize the acidic species, the resulting salts passing into the aqueous phase (A.sub.1), which is separated from the organic phase (O.sub.1) containing the desired ester. The light products (L.sub.1) containing the alcohol are recovered (in 4) from the aqueous phase, and the waste waters (W.sub.2) are expelled. A hydrolysis is carried out (in 8) of the alkyl hydrogen sulphate present in the aqueous phase (A.sub.1) obtained after the separation which is carried out after neutralization (in 3), to form the alcohol and H.sub.2 SO.sub.4 in this phase, the acidic species resulting from the hydrolysis are neutralized by introduction of a base .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Elf Atochem S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Fauconet, Norbert Richard, Marc Esch, Nadine Colin
  • Patent number: 5507861
    Abstract: There is provided a corrosion inhibiting composition comprising carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof wherein said acids are monocarboxylic acids containing an odd number of carbon atoms, and the application thereof to the prevention of corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Elf Atochem S.A. and Haber Partners Sarl
    Inventors: Henri-Jean Caupin, Harry Seidl, Pierre Steinmetz
  • Patent number: 5506024
    Abstract: Water vapor permeable films of polymeric material of thermoplastic elastomer type based on polyetheresteramide, and preferably on polyether block amides and articles comprising a film of this kind and capable, in particular, of coming into contact with the human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Atochem
    Inventor: Joseph R. Flesher
  • Patent number: 5506296
    Abstract: Unique hot-melt adhesive compositions that irreversibly crosslink in a few days in the presence of atmospheric moisture comprise a polyisocyanated EVA terpolymer having a melt index at 190.degree. C. ranging from 100 to 1,000, such polyisocyanated terpolymer comprising (1) from 60% to 90% by weight of ethylene, (2) from 10% to 40% by weight of vinyl acetate and (3) from 5 to 60 meq. OH of an ethylenically unsaturated termonomer bearing at least one primary hydroxyl functional group per mole, and the composition being essentially devoid of free hydroxyl functional groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Elf Atochem S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Chenard, Jean-Pierre Dupic, Jean-Claude Jammet