Patents Assigned to Global Specialty Chemicals LLC
  • Snow and ice-melting granules and method for preparing same
    Patent number: 6849199
    Abstract: Snow and ice-melting granules prepared from compacted blends of salts of alkali and/or alkaline earth metals and a method for preparing such granules, are provided. The inventive granules have improved mechanical properties and, as such, are not readily reduced to a powder when subjected to mechanical loadings during transit and storage. In a preferred embodiment, the inventive granules employ one or more corrosion inhibitors homogeneously distributed throughout the granules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Global Specialty Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Davis R. Vickers, Jr., Thomas P. McGonigle