Patents Assigned to Western Industrial Clay Products, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5676729
    Abstract: A particulate urea product having improved anticaking and nonfriable properties and which is useful for either direct application to the soil or as an intermediate product for the subsequent incorporation with other fertilizer materials into solid bulk blends. The product consists of an admixture of urea and a finely divided mineral filler selected from the group consisting of diatomaceous, sodium bentonite, calcium bentonite, kaolin, zeolite and ball clay and is in either granular or prill form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Western Industrial Clay Products, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jim L. Elrod, Peter B. Aylen
  • Patent number: 5094189
    Abstract: An animal litter capable of agglomerating in the presence of animal urine so that the wetted litter can readily be separated and removed from unwetted litter, comprises clay granules which have, exposed on their surfaces, a layer or pregelatinized, cationic starch which is confined to the surfaces of the granules; the starch comprising between 0.2% and 2% of the weight of the litter. The layer of starch is effective to cause agglomeration of adjacent granules when wetted, but is such that the agglomerated granules will readily disagglomerate when placed in water, to allow flushability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Western Industrial Clay Products, Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter B. Aylen, Sanford Wise
  • Patent number: D347573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Western Industrial Clay Products Ltd.
    Inventor: Charles W. F. Bishop