Patents Assigned to Atochem
  • Patent number: 5109046
    Abstract: This invention relates to heat and light stabilizer compositions for vinyl halide resin compositions comprising organotinthioalkanol compounds that are stabilized against gelation and precipitation, to methods of preparing the stabilizer compositions, and to stabilized vinyl halide resin compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Larkin, Robert C. Ringwood, Matthew T. Stershic
  • Patent number: 5107021
    Abstract: The invention relates to polyfluoroalkyl nitrogen compounds of general formula:R.sub.F --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --Xin which X denotes an isothiocynate --N.dbd.C.dbd.S, carbodiimide --N.dbd.C.dbd.N(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --R'.sub.F or thiourea --NH--CS--A group, A denoting an optionally substituted amino group, and each of the symbols R.sub.F and R'.sub.F denotes a perfluoroalkyl radical.These compounds, prepared from the corresponding azides R.sub.F (CH.sub.2).sub.2 N.sub.3 or amines R.sub.F (CH.sub.2).sub.2 NH.sub.2, can be used as surface-active agents or precursors of such agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Societe ATOCHEM
    Inventors: Eric Bollens, Francois Szonyi, Aime Cambon
  • Patent number: 5107024
    Abstract: Selective removal of primary amines from technical grade diphenylamine by contacting a solvent solution of said diphenylamine with a cationic exchange resin having sulfonic acid group functionality in the presence of up to about 3 percent water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem Agri, S.A.
    Inventors: Pieter Kool, Eliezer L. Sigall, Samuel Meghir
  • Patent number: 5104499
    Abstract: The alkali metal chlorates (or perchlorates) are produced by electrolyzing the anolyte contained in the anode compartment of an electrolytic cell compartmentalized by means of a selectively permeable cationic membrane into said anode compartment and a cathode compartment, said anolyte having a pH ranging from about 6.2 to about 6.6 and comprising an aqueous solution of from about 100 g/l to about 200 g/l of the corresponding alkali metal chloride (or chlorate) and such amount of the desired alkali metal chlorate (or perchlorate) that the final product chlorate (or perchlorate) may be directly crystallized from the electrolyzed anolyte, and said cathode compartment containing a catholyte comprising an aqueous solution of the corresponding alkali metal hydroxide and wherein hydrogen gas is evolved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem
    Inventor: Jean-Christophe Millet
  • Patent number: 5104042
    Abstract: An ultrasonic nozzle includes an atomizing surface for producing an atomized liquid spray, a liquid-feed passageway for supplying process liquid to the atomizing surface, the passageway having a first-diameter section and a second fluidly connected smaller-diameter section, with a shoulder defined therebetween; an internal shut-off assembly for controlling the supply of process liquid to the atomizing surface, the shut-off assembly including a shut-off rod slidably positioned within the passageway and having a sealing end adapted to cooperate with the shoulder, an actuator piston connected with the opposite end of the shut-off rod and slidable within a cylinder bore which is in fluid communication with the passageway, and a valve actuator for slidably moving the piston and shut-off rod in the passageway between a first closed position and a second open position, by which operation the supply of liquid to the atomizing surface is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Clem S. McKown
  • Patent number: 5104940
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a mixture of 20 to 30 parts by weight of polynorbornane, 80 to 30 parts by weight of a crystalline olefin-based polymer and a quantity of plasticizer for polynorbornane sufficient to lower its glass transition temperature to the range of rubbers. The crystalline olefin-based polymer is a polymer or mixture of polymers comprising 5 to 100 weight percent of a copolymer of ethylene and at least one alkyl acrylate the group of which contains 1 to 8 carbon atoms, said copolymer having a melt flow rate between 0.1 and 20 dg/min. and 0 to 95 weight percent of a copolymer of ethylene and at least one .alpha.-olefin containing at least 3 to 10 carbon atoms, said copolymer having a density between 0.89 and 0.93, a crystallinity between 15 and 50% and a melt flow rate between 0.5 and 15 dg/min. The composition of the invention is prepared by mixing a mixture of polynorbornane, plasticizer, ethylene/acrylate copolymer, crosslinking system and, if necessary, ethylene/.alpha.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem
    Inventors: Marius Hert, Christian Dousson
  • Patent number: 5104557
    Abstract: A composition is disclosed for dissolving sulfur and preventing or removing sulfur plugs from sour gas and oil wells or other conduits through which sulfur bearing liquids flow which comprises a major proportion of a liquid or gaseous mercaptan, a minor proportion of a catalyst which is a substantially water-insoluble amine, and minor amount of an activator which is a compound of the formula ##STR1## where R is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl or alkaryl and the alkyl moieties have from 1 to 24 carbon atoms, and x and y are independent values between 0 and 24 provided that x or y is at least 1; a method is also disclosed wherein said composition in an effective amount is injected into a conduit to prevent or remove sulfur plugging, and the composition containing dissolved sulfur is optionally recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Elf Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Lindstrom
  • Patent number: 5102563
    Abstract: For replacing cleaning compositions based on 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (F113), the invention provides a composition comprising 55 to 80% by weight of 1,1,1,2,2-pentalfuoro-3,3-dichloropropane (225ca) and 20 to 45% by weight of methyl tert-butyl ether.These two compounds form a negative azeotrope (b.p.=59.9.degree. C. at atmospheric pressure).The composition, which may be stabilized, can be used for cleaning solid surfaces, in particular for removing flux from printed circuits and for degreasing mechanical parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Societe ATOCHEM
    Inventors: Daniel Desbiendras, Jean-Jacques Martin, Pascal Michaud
  • Patent number: 5102568
    Abstract: Novel thiadiazole compounds of the formula[Z--S--Q--S].sub.x Mwhere: Q is a bivalent thiadiazole ring; Z is a succinate group; M is hydrogen, a metal ion selected from the Periodic Table Groups IA, IIA, IIIA, IB, IIB, IIIB, IVB, VB, and VIB, a (MoO.sub.2).sup.+2 radical, or an amine salt; and X is a whole number equal to the valence of M are used as lubricant additives for providing antiwear and antioxidant properties to lubricant compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: ATOCHEM North America, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. King, Billy L. Hill
  • Patent number: 5102575
    Abstract: Storage-stable compositions adopted for the stabilization of hydrogen peroxide in aqueous alkaline media, e.g., bleaching or bleaching/desizing baths, include water and particular amounts of (i) an alkali metal hexametaphosphate, (ii) an alkali metal salt of diethylenetriaminepentamethylenephosphonic acid, (iii) potassium carbonate, K.sub.2 CO.sub.3, and (iv) sodium carbonate, Na.sub.2 CO.sub.3, with (iii) and (iv) characteristically being present in a total amount of about 300 g/l.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem
    Inventors: Genevieve Lanniel, Jean-Claude Bouchenak
  • Patent number: 5102691
    Abstract: A method for producing coatings on a heated substrate, preferably glass, comprises pretreating the substrate with a gaseous composition of water, air and a fluorine compound, and thereafter depositing a fluorine-doped tin-oxide coating on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Russo, Ryan Dirkx, Jerome L. Buchanan
  • Patent number: 5100946
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a stabilized halogen containing polymer, preferably poly(vinyl halide), and more preferably poly(vinyl chloride) composition. A preferred polymer composition is a rigid halogenated polymer such as rigid poly(vinyl chloride). The composition contains at least one metal salt selected from the group consisting of at least one carboxylic acid or derivative thereof having at least two carboxyl groups, at least one carboxyl group and at least one hydroxyl group, at least one carboxyl group and at least one mercaptan, and an aromatic carboxylic acid having at least one carboxyl group. The metal salt is most preferably disodium adipate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul L. K. Hung, William L. Smith, Daniel B. Dess, Sriram Seshadri
  • Patent number: 5101033
    Abstract: N-(2,2,6,6,-tetraalkyl-4-piperidinyl)amide-hydrazides of dicarboxylic acids contain a light stabilizing group, a heat stabilizing group, and a reactive hydrazide functionality in the same molecule. The reactive stabilizers are prepared by reacting 4-amino-2,2,6,6-tetraalkylpiperidines with diesters (or mono ester acid chlorides) of dicarboxylic acids or dialkyl itaconates followed by hydrazinolysis of the ester group of the intermediate mono esteramide. The compounds are useful for introducing permanent heat and light stability to coreactive polymers or copolymers. They are also useful in the stabilization of inert polymeric systems against the degradative effects of heat and light when merely mixed with, rather than reacted with, the polymers for which stabilization is sought.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert T. Kazmierczak, Ronald E. MacLeay
  • Patent number: 5100940
    Abstract: Phenolic N-(amido)imides are provided which are useful as antioxidant stabilizers for organic materials, including a large variety of synthetic polymers, typically subject to thermooxidative degradation. The antioxidant effectiveness of the phenolic N-(amido)imide stabilizers is enhanced by the deactivating potential of the amido-imide moiety towards metals or metal ions that frequently contaminate polymer compositions and serve to catalyze thermal degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerome Wicher
  • Patent number: 5099081
    Abstract: Partial or total separation of a mixture of 1,1,1,3,4-pentafluorobutane and 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane by liquid-liquid extraction with methanol based solvent mixtures, such as methanol with ethanolamine or ethylene glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Bolmer, Maher Y. Elsheikh
  • Patent number: 5098972
    Abstract: A hardenable, fluorinated copolymer of fluorinated monomers and a hydroxylated and/or epoxidized allyl ether, paints and varnishes comprising such copolymers, and the process of making such copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem
    Inventors: Patrick Kappler, Jean-Luc Perillon
  • Patent number: 5098574
    Abstract: Impure solutions or suspensions of the polyphosphazenes, e.g., those containing the reagents and/or byproducts of the chloro-substitution of a polydichlorophosphazene, are purified by contacting such impure solutions/suspension with a semipermeable membrane having a cutoff threshold corresponding to the impurities sought to be removed, and filtering such impurities therethrough, e.g., by establishing a trans-membrane pressure gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Chambrette, Daniel Morin, Jose L. Orozco, Philippe Potin
  • Patent number: 5099082
    Abstract: Partial or total separation of a mixture of 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane and 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane by liquid-liquid extraction with solvents containing ethylene glycol, 2-butene-1,4-diol, ethanolamine, propylene glycol, or mixtures thereof, preferably ethylene glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Bolmer, Maher Y. Elsheikh
  • Patent number: 5096947
    Abstract: A composition comprises a thermoplastic or polymeric resin; an organic peroxide; and an organic sulfide antioxidant represented by Formula I, II or III: ##STR1## wherein m, n, r, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are as set forth in the Summary of the Invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Bohen, Edward P. Hibbard, Vasanth R. Kamath, James L. Reilly
  • Patent number: 5096977
    Abstract: Ultraviolet light stabilizers are chemically bound to anhydride containing polymers or copolymers. Polymeric stabilizers are prepared by the reaction of primary amino or hydrazido-substituted UV absorbers with some or all of the anhydride groups of the polymer or copolymer to form pendant stabilizer substituted imide or amic acid groups. The polymer bound stabilizers are not lost from the polymer system by volatilization, migration, or extraction, even at high temperature. The polymeric stabilizers of this invention may be used as they are or as concentrates to stabilize other polymer systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald E. MacLeay, Terry N. Myers