Patents Assigned to EnviroSpecialists, Inc.
  • Hydrotropic additive to water for dust control
    Patent number: 7482386
    Abstract: Methods for controlling dust which include applying an effective amount of a composition including an alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE) surfactant, a polyglycol, an antifoaming agent, and water, to dust-producing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Envirospecialists, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Smith, Morris D. Key
  • Wetting agent formulations for hydrotropic moisture control of substrates and dispersed phases
    Patent number: 7482385
    Abstract: Hydrotropic formulations for enhancing the moisture control in a wide variety of substrates for a range of applications, such formulations include an alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE) surfactant, a polyglycol, an antifoaming agent, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Envirospecialists, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Smith, Morris D. Key
  • Hydrotropic additive for process water used to condition and stabilize soils and other base materials used in construction
    Publication number: 20060093439
    Abstract: Hydrotropic wetting agents enhance the activity of water for earthy materials by lowering surface tension to promote surface-to-surface contact, to neutralize the electric double layer, to destroy protective colloids, to neutralize other charged particles, and to bind water to the materials, thus, significantly reducing the evaporation rate and, concomitantly, reducing the amount of water that must be applied and the energy and time used to prepare the material. A wetting agent suitable for the present invention includes an alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE) and a polyglycol, such as, for example, glycerin or propylene glycol (when toxicity is not an issue), and an antifoaming agent, such as for example, a polysiloxane polymer. These chemicals combined in the concentration ranges of the present invention produce wetting agent/hydrotropic formulations that may be used to provide the advantages of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: EnviroSpecialists, Inc.
    Inventors: James Smith, Morris Key
  • Hydrotropic additive for process water used to condition and stabilize soils and other base materials used in construction
    Patent number: 7004687
    Abstract: Hydrotropic wetting agents enhance the activity of water for earthy materials by lowering surface tension to promote surface-to-surface contact, to neutralize the electric double layer, to destroy protective colloids, to neutralize other charged particles, and to bind water to the materials, thus, significantly reducing the evaporation rate and, concomitantly, reducing the amount of water that must be applied and the energy and time used to prepare the material. A wetting agent suitable for the present invention includes an alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE) and a polyglycol, such as, for example, glycerin or propylene glycol (when toxicity is not an issue), and an antifoaming agent, such as for example, a polysiloxane polymer. These chemicals combined in the concentration ranges of the present invention produce wetting agent/hydrotropic formulations that maybe used to provide the advantages of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: EnviroSpecialists, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Smith, Morris D. Key