Patents Assigned to Polypure, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5132383
    Abstract: The present invention provides a copolymer comprising the polymerization product of two or more vinyl monomers wherein one of the monomers is a mixture of 3-methacryloyloxy-2-hydroxypropyltrimethylammonium halide and 2-methacryloyloxy-3-hydroxypropyltrimethylammonium halide salt. The copolymer has an intrinsic viscosity greater than about 5 dl/g. The preferred copolymer comprises the polymerization product of acrylamide and a mixture of 3-methacryloyloxy-2-hydroxypropyltrimethylammonium chloride and 2-methacryloyloxy-3-hydroxypropyltrimethylammonium chloride. The copolymers of the present invention are particularly useful as flocculants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Polypure, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric H. Larson, Benjamin Shultes, III, William G. Chiang
  • Patent number: 5019275
    Abstract: Water soluble terpolymers based on (1) an acrylamide or acrylamide derivative, (2) a cationic vinyl monomer and (3) a hydrophilic vinyl monomer of the formula CH.sub.2 C(R)C(O)O(CH.sub.2 (CH.sub.2).sub.m O).sub.n E where R and E are each hydrogen or alkyl, m is an integer from 1 to 3 and n is an integer from 1 to 25 are useful flocculants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Assignee: Polypure, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick J. Good, Jr., Ronald E. Highsmith
  • Patent number: 5008444
    Abstract: The preparation of 3-(R)acryloyloxy-2-hydroxypropyltrialkylammonium halide monomer is enhanced by carrying out the reaction in a media which is a non-solvent for the monomer, but is a solvent for the reactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Polypure, Inc.
    Inventors: William G. Chiang, Richard M. Jobbins, Michael P. Popule
  • Patent number: 5008319
    Abstract: Homogeneous compositions of a solid, water soluble organic acid, e.g., glutaric acid, and a solid cationic ester-based copolymer flocculant are resistant to mechanical segregation and stratification caused by agitation. The compositions are prepared by coating the polymeric flocculant with the organic acid. The compositions are useful in sludge dewatering, water treatment, paper processing and waste water treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Polypure, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald E. Highsmith, Eric H. Larson
  • Patent number: 4988442
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved biological sludge dewatering process. The process comprises the steps of: (a) heating biological sludge to a temperature of about 90.degree. to about 150.degree. C. which corresponds to a pressure of about 0 to about 55 psig and retaining the biological sludge at that temperature for less than about 15 minutes; (b) centrifuging the heated biological sludge to isolate the solids of the heated biological sludge from the liquid of the heated biological sludge; (c) chemically conditioning the isolated solids; and (d) dewatering the conditioned solids to produce a high solids biological sludge. The present process is used for dewatering any biological sludge to produce a high solids cake. The resulting high solids cake may be used as landfill, incinerated, or used as fertilizer by spreading on land and plowing said fertilizer into the soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignee: Polypure, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald E. Highsmith, Frederick J. Good, Jr., Francis S. Lupton, Kenneth P. Kehrer, Glenn E. Petrie
  • Patent number: 4981936
    Abstract: Water soluble terpolymers based on (1) an acrylamide or acrylamide derivative, (2) a cationic vinyl monomer and (3) a hydrophilic vinyl monomer of the formula CH.sub.2 C(R)C(O)O(CH.sub.2 (CH.sub.2).sub.m O).sub.n E where R and E are each hydrogen or alkyl, m is an integer from 1 to 3 and n is an integer from 1 to 25 are useful flocculants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Assignee: Polypure, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick J. Good, Jr., Ronald E. Highsmith
  • Patent number: 4888396
    Abstract: Novel cationic polymers are provided by reaction of high molecular weight polymers and copolymers of acrylamide with an alkyl epoxide compound such as glycidyldialkylamine or glycidyltrialkylammonium salt to form polymer chain units containing e.g. pendant (N-2-hydroxypropyl) dialkylamine groups of their trialkylammonium salts. Processes for making the graft copolymers are provided in which the reaction is carried out while maintaining the reaction mixture in gel form by swelling the starting solid polymer with a solvent mixture.The reaction may be carried out in a homogeneous reaction environment or in a heterogeneous reaction environment by dispersing the starting solid polymer in an inert liquid that is a non-solvent for both the polymer and the salt. The polymeric products of the reaction may be hardened with a suitable liquid, such as isopropanol, to a solid particulate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1989
    Assignee: Polypure, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert K. Reimschuessel, William G. Chiang, George J. W. Tichenor