Patents Assigned to Nippon Oil Company, Limited
  • Patent number: 4451688
    Abstract: Olefins are polymerized in the presence of a catalyst which comprises the combination of:[I] a solid substance obtained by the reaction of at least the following two components:(i) a magnesium compound represented by the general formula R.sup.1.sub.m (OR.sup.2).sub.n MgX.sub.2-m-n wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom, m is 0.ltoreq.m.ltoreq.2 and n is 0.ltoreq.n.ltoreq.2, provided 0.ltoreq.m+n.ltoreq.2, and(ii) a titanium compound and/or a vanadium compound;[II] a silicon compound represented by general formula R.sup.1 mSi(OR.sup.2).sub.n X.sub.4-m-n wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom, m is 0.ltoreq.m<4 and n is 0<n.ltoreq.4, provided 0 m+n 4;[III] an organometallic compound, where said catalyst comprises a product obtained by pre-reacting said silicon compound (II) and said organometallic compound (III).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kuroda, Toru Nakamura, Yutaka Shikatani, Kazuo Matsuura, Mituji Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 4450243
    Abstract: Provided is a carrier for an olefin polymerization catalyst which carrier comprises a substance obtained by adding a liquid organic compound not dissolving a magnesium halide into a liquid medium having dissolved therein a substance which contains the magnesium halide as at least one component, the liquid medium further containing an oxide of Group II-IV metal or metals in the Periodic Table, followed by cooling to a temperature not higher than 0.degree. C. and subsequent heat treatment at a temperature in the range of 40.degree. to 200.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1984
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Matsuura, Nobuyuki Kuroda, Takeichi Shiraishi, Yutaka Shikatani, Mituji Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 4419497
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is disclosed a process for producing a novel resin which comprises the step of copolymerizing a five-member cyclic compound (component A) having a conjugated double bond and represented by the general formula (A) given below: ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; m and n are zero or integers not less than 1 and are in the relation of m+n=6; and/or a Diels-Alder addition product thereof (A) with a co-dimer (component B) of said five-member cyclic compound and 1,3-butadiene by heating a mixture of 20 to 90 parts by weight of said component A and 80 to 10 parts by weight of said component B at a temperature of from 200.degree. C. to 350.degree. C. Also disclosed are a process for hydrogenating said novel resin to produce a novel hydrogenated resin and resin compositions containing said hydrogenated resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shozo Tsuchiya, Akio Oshima, Hideo Hayashi
  • Patent number: 4414369
    Abstract: Polyolefins having a wide distribution of molecular weights are prepared in a plural stage process, by initially polymerizing the olefins in the presence of a solvent, hydrogen and a highly active Ziegler type catalyst under pressure, and beneath a gas phase containing an inert gas, to form in the first stage a polymer having a relatively high molecular weight. The polymerization reaction mixture from the first stage is continuously flowed to a second stage reactor. The second stage reactor is maintained at a relatively lower pressure, such that the flow is driven by the higher pressure in the first stage. The second stage is agitated and the polymerization reaction mixture is maintained beneath an atmosphere containing olefins and hydrogen gas. Polymers of relatively low molecular weight are formed in the second stage. The product continuously removed from the second stage contains a polymer having a wide distribution of molecular weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kuroda, Tatsuo Horie, Kazuo Matsuura, Kunimichi Kubo, Mituji Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 4413067
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is disclosed a process for producing a novel resin which comprises the step of copolymerizing a five-member cyclic compound (component A) having a conjugated double bond and represented by the general formula (A) given below:GENERAL FORMULA (A): ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; m and n are zero or integers not less than 1 and are in the relation of m+n=6; and/or a Diels-Alder addition product thereof (A) with a co-dimer (component B) of said five-member cyclic compound and 1,3-butadiene by heating a mixture of 20 to 90 parts by weight of said component A and 80 to 10 parts by weight of said component B at a temperature of from 200.degree. C. to 350.degree. C. Also disclosed are a process for hydrogenating said novel resin to produce a novel hydrogenated resin and resin compositions containing said hydrogenated resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1983
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shozo Tsuchiya, Akio Oshima, Hideo Hayashi
  • Patent number: 4412042
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for preparing a polyolefin cross-linked by silane linkage by contacting a polyolefin modified with silane with water in the presence of a silanol condensation catalyst, the improvement comprising said polyolefin modified with silane being a reaction product produced by reacting an ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer having a density of from 0.850 to 0.910 with a silane compound in the presence of a free radical generating agent, said ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer being prepared by copolymerizing ethylene with an .alpha.-olefin having 3 to 12 carbon atoms in a vapor phase with substantially no solvent present and in the presence of a catalyst comprising an organoaluminum compound and a solid substance containing magnesium, and a metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium and mixture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Matsuura, Noboru Yamaoka, Mituji Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 4410670
    Abstract: This invention provides a process for preparing polyolefins using a new catalyst. According to this invention, .alpha.-olefins can be polymerized or copolymerized to have good stereoregularity and at a high activity by the use of such new catalyst. The new catalyst used in this invention consists of [A] a solid component obtained by contacting (1) a magnesium oxide, (2) an aluminum trihalide, (3) a hydroxy compound represented by the general formula ROH wherein R is an organic radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and (4) a titanium halide and/or an addition product of a titanium halide and an aromatic carboxylic acid ester, and [B] an organometallic compound and/or an addition product of an organometallic compound and an aromatic carboxylic acid ester; or it consists of the solid component of the above [A], the organometallic compound and/or the addition product of an organometallic compound and an aromatic carboxylic acid ester of the above [B], and [C] an aromatic carboxylic acid ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1983
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshio Tajima, Kazuo Matsuura, Nobuyuki Kuroda, Mituji Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 4396534
    Abstract: In an olefin polymerizing catalyst comprising a solid catalyst component and an organometallic compound, there is used, as the solid catalyst component, a substance obtained by contacting and reacting the following compounds with one another:(1) a silicon oxide and/or an aluminum oxide,(2) a magnesium halide,(3) a compound represented by the general formula Me(OR).sub.n X.sub.z--n wherein Me is an element belonging to Groups I through IV in the Periodic Table, z is the valence of the element Me, n is 0<n.ltoreq.z, X is a halogen atom and R is a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms,(4) a titanium compound and/or a vanadium compound, and(5) a compound represented by the general formula R".sub.n Si(OR').sub.m X.sub.4-m-n wherein R' and R" are each a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom, n is 0.ltoreq.n<4 and m is 0<m.ltoreq.4, with the limitation that 0<m+n.ltoreq.4, and/or a polysiloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1983
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Matsuura, Takeichi Shiraishi, Etsuo Kawamata, Mitsuo Okamoto, Nobuyuki Kuroda, Mituji Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 4392968
    Abstract: The oxidation of a lubricating oil caused by metal components can be suppressed effectively by adding to the lubricating oil a compound represented by the formula ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1983
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Noboru Ishida, Harumichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 4385149
    Abstract: An offset printing ink composition is provided which contains a vehicle resin (III) prepared by reacting 5 to 100 parts by weight of a phenolic resin (component D) with 100 parts by weight of a modified resin (II) modified with an acid, said phenolic resin (component D) being prepared by the condensation of a phenol including an alkyl substituent group having 4 to 9 carbon atoms with formalin, said modified resin (II) modified with an acid being prepared by reacting 1 to 15 parts by weight of a component C selected from the group consisting of unsaturated carboxylic acids, unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydrides and mixtures thereof with 100 parts by weight of a resin (I) obtained by copolymerizing 5 to 50 parts by weight of a component B selected from the group consisting of drying oils, fatty acids and mixtures thereof with 100 parts by weight of a five-member cyclic compound (component A) having a conjugated double bond or bonds and a Diels-Alder addition product thereof, such as cyclopentadiene or dicyclop
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1983
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shozo Tsuchiya, Makoto Sasaki, Hideo Hayashi
  • Patent number: 4384080
    Abstract: A process for preparing a hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin is provided which comprises the steps of: (A) polymerizing 100 parts by weight of a hydrocarbon mixture containing fractions of cracked oils obtained by cracking of petroleum and having boiling points ranging within from 140.degree. to 280.degree. C., said polymerization being effected in the presence of 0.1 to 3.0 parts by weight of a phenol and 0.01 to 5.0 parts by weight of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst at - (minus) 30.degree. C. to + (plus) 60.degree. C. to obtain a polymerized hydrocarbon mixture; (B) adding 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a basic substance to 100 parts by weight of said polymerized hydrocarbon mixture, to neutralize said polymerized hydrocarbon mixture at 10.degree. to 100.degree. C.; (C) further adding an activated clay in an amount of 0.1 to 20 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of said polymerized hydrocarbon mixture, to treat said neutralized hydrocarbon mixture with said activated clay at 10.degree. to 100.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1983
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Saburo Matsubara, Sakuya Iwai
  • Patent number: 4384088
    Abstract: According to this invention, there is provided a process for preparing polyolefins wherein olefins are polymerized or copolymerized using as catalyst a solid component and an organometallic compound, characterized in that said solid component is a substance obtained by the copulverization of:(1) a reaction product resulting from a heat reaction of magnesium oxide and aluminum trichloride,(2) a titanium compound and/or a vanadium compound, and(3) if desired, an organic halide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1983
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuo Matsuno, Etsuo Kawamata, Nobuyuki Kuroda, Kazuo Matsuura, Mitsuji Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 4372919
    Abstract: A horizontal agitation bed type vapor phase polymerization apparatus for olefins, having a lower curved surface constructed by a perforated plate so as to allow a olefin gas to be fed uniformly throughout the reaction system through the said perforated plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kunimichi Kubo, Mamoru Yoshikawa, Motokazu Watanabe, Yasunosuke Miyazaki, Mituji Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 4356339
    Abstract: A process for isolating and recovering butene-1 of high purity at a high yield is provided. The process comprises the steps of continuously passing a butane-butene fraction containing 0.1 to 15 wt % of isobutylene and 10 to 50 wt % of butene-1 through a first reactor packed with a strongly acidic cation exchange resin having an average particle size of from 0.2 to 10 mm at a temperature of from 30.degree. to 100.degree. C. and at a space velocity of liquid of from 0.1 to 50 hr.sup.-1 under a pressure of from 1 to 50 atm., dividing the output mixture flowing out of said first reactor into two flows at a division ratio in flow rate of 1.about.15:1, recirculating the first flow having the flow rate of 1.about.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1982
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masao Imaizumi, Tetsuya Takezono, Takaaki Amari, Yutaka Oguchi
  • Patent number: 4339246
    Abstract: A mixed fuel composition comprises (a) a fuel oil, (b) a coal powder having an [H]/[C] ratio according to the coalification band method in the range of 0.4-0.75 and an [O]/[C] ratio in the range of 0.09-0.18 and (c) a partially amidated copolymer obtained by reacting a copolymer of a polymerizable, unsaturated hydrocarbon and maleic anhydride with an aliphatic amine of 2-36 carbon-atoms or a salt thereof as a stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1982
    Assignees: Kao Soap Co., Ltd., Lion Corporation, Nippon Oil Company, Limited, Fats Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Yamamura, Taizo Igarashi, Toshiyuki Ukigai
  • Patent number: 4339276
    Abstract: A wax emulsion is provided which comprises as essential ingredients (A) 100 parts by weight of a petroleum fraction wax having a melting point ranging within 40.degree. to 90.degree. C.; and (B) 3 to 20 parts by weight of an oxygen containing wax; said oxygen-containing wax being prepared by mixing 10 to 80 parts by weight of a petroleum fraction wax (I) having a melting point ranging within 50.degree. to 85.degree. C. with 90 to 20 parts by weight of a polyolefin wax (II) having a melting point ranging within 36.degree. to 120.degree. C., a number average molecular weight of from 310 to 1,000 and 5 to 50 double bonds per 1,000 carbon atoms to obtain a mixture, and then reacting 100 parts by weight of said mixture with 3 to 25 parts by weight of an unsaturated polycarboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof under a condition for forming free radicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1982
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuo Yokoyama, Nobuaki Kawabata
  • Patent number: 4335224
    Abstract: Provided is a polymer composition having a melt index of 0.01 to 5.0 and a density of 0.880 to 0.940 prepared by blending 10 to 80 parts by weight of an ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer having an intrinsic viscosity determined in decalin at 135.degree. C. of 2.0 to 10 dl/g and a density of less than 0.91 which copolymer is obtained by copolymerizing ethylene with an .alpha.-olefin of C.sub.3 to C.sub.12 in vapor phase condition, with 20 to 90 parts by weight of an ethylene polymer having an intrinsic viscosity determined in decalin at 135.degree. C. of not higher than 1.7 dl/g and a density not less than 0.950.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1982
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Matsuura, Noboru Yamaoka, Sinichi Yanahashi, Katumi Usui, Mituji Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 4322514
    Abstract: According to this invention, there is provided a process for preparing a non- or low-crystalline soft copolymer, characterized in that 50 to 98 mole % of propylene, 0.2 to 30 mole % of ethylene and 0.2 to 45 mole % of a straight-chained .alpha.-olefin having not less than four carbon atoms are copolymerized using a catalyst, said catalyst comprising (1) a solid substance containing magnesium and titanium and (2) an organometallic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Mituji Miyoshi, Kazuo Matsuura, Yoshio Tajima
  • Patent number: 4315842
    Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a hot melt composition comprising (A) a hydrogenated resin having a softening point ranging from 60.degree. C. to 130.degree. C., said hydrogenated resin (A) being prepared by hydrogenating a resin at a hydrogenation percentage of aromatic rings of from 10 to 90%, said resin being prepared by copolymerizing at least two components comprising (a) 100 parts by weight of cyclopentadiene or its derivative selected from the group consisting of cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene and an alkyl substituent thereof and (b) 5 to 50 parts by weight of indene or its derivative selected from the group consisting of indene and an alkyl substituent thereof and (B) one or more compound selected from the group consisting of ethylene-unsaturated ester copolymers, polyester resins and waxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1982
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shozo Tsuchiya, Akio Oshima, Hideo Hayashi
  • Patent number: 4315999
    Abstract: An olefin is polymerized using a catalyst obtained by contacting (1) at least one of silicon or aluminum dioxide, (2) a compound of the formula ROH wherein R is a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and (3) a substance obtained by supporting a titanium or a vanadium compound on a magnesium or manganese halide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1982
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuo Matsuura, Takeichi Shiraishi, Etsuo Kawamata, Nobuyuki Kuroda, Mituji Miyoshi