Patents Assigned to Gimborn, Inc.
  • Processes for producing a bleaching clay product
    Patent number: 6288003
    Abstract: A process for the production of a bleaching clay product which includes the steps of selecting a naturally occurring hormite clay product, cleaning and crushing the clay product to form clay clumps less than 2 in. in diameter, aging the crushed hormite clay and activating the clay with extremely small amounts of acid, in the range of less than 1 percent, by weight. The process may also be conducted without an aging step. Also, an acceptable bleaching clay product can be produced without the addition of any acid to the aged hormite clay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Gimborn, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian P. Fabry, Franz K. Kleindl
  • Litter product and process for its manufacture
    Patent number: 6019063
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a clumpable, highly water absorbent litter product wherein hormite is mixed with sodium smectite clay and a basic reacting alkali metal compound. The mixture is then kneaded, extruded and dried to produce the litter product. Also a clumpable, highly water absorbent litter product which contains as its principal components hormite, sodium smectite and from about 1 to about 3 percent basic reacting alkali metal compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Gimborn, Inc.
    Inventors: Otto Haubensak, Werner Huber