Patents Examined by Amelia B. Yarbrough
  • Cerium based glass polishing compositions
    Patent number: 4601755
    Abstract: Cerium based glass polishing compositions, well adapted for the polishing, e.g., of optical glass, are comprised of (i) at least one crystalline phase of CeO.sub.2 type, and (ii) a crystalline phase which comprises a rare earth pyrosilicate having the formula Ln.sub.2-x Ce.sub.x Si.sub.2 O.sub.7, wherein Ln is at least one lanthanide or yttrium and x is a number ranging from zero to less than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Specialites Chimiques
    Inventors: Pierre Melard, Marcel Peltier, Francis Tastu
  • Durable silicone emulsion polish
    Patent number: 4600436
    Abstract: Aminofunctional emulsions and aminofunctional silicone polishes are provided which exhibit improved adhesion and resistance to removal by detergent washing when applied to solid surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Frank J. Traver, Raymond J. Thimineur, Anthony A. Zotto
  • Desensitizing ink for wet offset printing
    Patent number: 4599111
    Abstract: A nucleophilic alkoxylated compound is bridged as a polyurethane by a polyisocyanate derivative or as a polyester by a polyacid derivative. A desensitizing ink for wet offset printing on an acceptor surface of a chemical duplicating set is thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Sicpa Holding S.A.
    Inventors: Albert Amon, Roger Weil
  • Recording liquid
    Patent number: 4599112
    Abstract: A recording liquid containing as a coloring component a copper phthalocyanine dye having at least one alkali metal sulfonate substituent is provided. The recording liquid is characterized in that the ratio of the integrated peak areas (A/B) in a liquid chromatogram of said dye is at least 1/6, wherein, provided that the retention time of the main peak is taken as 1.00, A and B represent the integrated peak area of the relative retention time of from 0 to 0.80 and that of from 0.85 to 4.00, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasumasa Yokoyama, Tomoko Komori, Tsuyoshi Eida, Shoji Koike, Masatsune Kobayashi
  • Recording process and a recording liquid thereof
    Patent number: 4597794
    Abstract: In an ink-jet recording process which comprises forming droplets of an ink and recording on an image receiving material by using the droplets, said ink is prepared by dispersing fine particles of pigment into aqueous dispersion medium containing polymer having both a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic construction portion. An average particle size (D micron) of the pigment and an average molecular weight of the polymer satisfy the relationship represented by the following equation.D.times.5.times.10.sup.2 .ltoreq.WAnd the ratio of molecular weight of the pigment to average molecular weight of the polymer is a value in the range from 1:2 to 1:150.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tokuya Ohta, Yasuhiro Yano, Yohji Matsufuji, Masahiro Haruta, Tsuyoshi Eida
  • Desensitizing ink for wet offset printing
    Patent number: 4597793
    Abstract: In a desensitizing ink for the wet offset printing of a given area of the acceptor surface of a duplicating set containing an alkoxylated nucleophilic compound, preferably having a molecular weight lying in the range of from 2000 to 4000 and having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) of from 3 to 6, emulsified water is added to the mass of ink.This rapidly forms a fine stable emulsion of water in the ink which is favorable for continuous wet offset printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: Sicpa Holding S.A.
    Inventors: Albert Amon, Roger M. Weil
  • Fluidized pigment presscake
    Patent number: 4589922
    Abstract: In accordance with the instant invention, a high solids phthalocyanine pigment presscake prepared by methods well known to those skilled in the art is fluidized. The fluidization process comprises the steps of mixing the high solids pigment presscake with alkali metal hydroxide or ammonium hydroxide and rosin. In a preffered embodiment, the rosin, is dissolved in the hydroxide or aqueous solution thereof prior to mixing with the presscake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1986
    Assignee: BASF Wyandotte Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas E. Donegan
  • Ink composition utilized in lithographic printing and a lithographic printing process
    Patent number: 4589920
    Abstract: Use of an ink composition containing an organopolysiloxane having at least one hydrophilic group can bring about such a lithographic printing using a dampening solution as the non-image area is hardly stained, the image area is given a sufficient density, emulsification hardly occurs and tolerance for change of printing conditions is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1986
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd., Shin-Etsu Chemical Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Kanada, Toshiro Kondo, Kenichi Isobe
  • Recording materials
    Patent number: 4585483
    Abstract: A recording material is disclosed which contains an electron donating colorless dye and an electron accepting compound. The electron accepting compound is an aromatic compound having a substituted or unsubstituted sulfamoyl group and a hydroxyl group as substituents. The recording material can provide high density images which provide sufficient fastness during storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Ikeda, Ken Iwakura, Masato Satomura
  • Overlays coating for superalloys
    Patent number: 4585481
    Abstract: Improved coating compositions are described for the protection of superalloys at elevated temperatures. The coatings are of the MCrAlY type where M is nickel or cobalt and are significantly improved by the addition of from 0.1-7% silicon and 0.1-2% hafnium. Coatings of the invention are preferably applied by plasma spraying and as so applied are found to be substantially more effective than prior art coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dinesh K. Gupta, David S. Duvall
  • Recording liquid
    Patent number: 4585484
    Abstract: A recording liquid comprises a dye selected from C.I. Direct Blue 199, C.I. Direct Yellow 86 and C.I. Food Black 2 as the recording agent for forming an image and a liquid medium for dissolving or dispersing said recording agent therein, said liquid medium comprising at least: (a) either one or both of polyethylene glycol and polyethylene glycol monomethyl ether, (b) either one or both of diethylene glycol and sulfolane, (c) either one or both of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone and (d) water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Haruta, Tadayuki Nakousai, Kazuo Iwata, Keiko Nakousai
  • Reversible phase change composition for storing thermal energy
    Patent number: 4585572
    Abstract: A reversible liquid/solid phase change composition for storing thermal energy. The composition comprises at least one hydrated inorganic salt selected from a salt or mixture of salts that are subject to segregation of its chemical components during repeated freezing and thawing cycles, and a surface active thickening agent in the form of a cationic surfactant and selected from an amine, salts of the amine, or a quaternary ammonium salt of the amine, wherein the thickening agent is present in the hydrated salt in an amount sufficient to form a micelle structure throughout the hydrated salt to prevent such segregation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: George A. Lane, Harold E. Rossow, Arthur S. Teot
  • Method for producing industrial asphalts without air-blowing using phytic acid
    Patent number: 4584023
    Abstract: Disclosed is a one-step method of producing an industrial asphalt from a bituminous material which comprises mixing together without air-blowing:(a) a feed material comprising a bituminous material having a viscosity of at least 50 centistokes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit and wherein the feed petroleum residuum forms a single phase when mixed with 5 weight percent phytic acid; and(b) from about 0.1 to 20.0 percent by weight of phytic acid, said mixing being done at a temperature in the range of 351 to 600 degrees Fahrenheit, whereby the softening point of the feed is substantially increased and the penetration is significantly decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: Chevron Research Company
    Inventor: Judson E. Goodrich
  • Aqueous ink for ink jet printing
    Patent number: 4581071
    Abstract: An aqueous ink is disclosed, which comprises a first magenta dye having the formula (I), a second magenta dye having the formula (II), a water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point of 100.degree. C. or higher, water and a preservative and anti-mold agent: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent ##STR2## (in which R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 each represent a lower alkyl group, an amino group, a sulfonic acid group in the form of an alkali metal salt, or a carboxyl group in the form of an alkali metal salt); R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each represent a lower alkyl group, an amino group, a sulfonic acid group in the form of an alkali metal salt, or a carboxyl group in the form of an alkali metal salt; and k, l, m and n each represent an integer of 0, 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichi Akutsu, Kakuji Murakami, Tamotsu Aruga
  • Asphalt compositions
    Patent number: 4571269
    Abstract: Addition of selected dispersants comprising metal petroleum sulfurates and selected oil-soluble esters to asphaltic fractions exhibiting a positive Oliensis spot test to improve the properties thereof so that the asphaltic material will pass the Oliensis spot test and be suitable for use in paving formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Jack N. Finch, Janice S. Sprague
  • Azoic pigments having a silica core
    Patent number: 4566908
    Abstract: An azoic pigment having a silica core comprising a core of a fine powder of silica having a particle diameter of not more than 10 microns and a coating of a mono- or polyazoic dye chemically bound to the surface of the silica core through an aminosilane coupling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: Mita Industrial Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kaname Nakatani, Nobuhiro Miyakawa, Teruaki Higashiguchi, Syoji Nakagama
  • Ink jet printing composition
    Patent number: 4567213
    Abstract: An ink composition for use in ink jet printing to print images on a substrate, the composition being formulated to include, as the resin component, a styrene-acrylic acid copolymer having a molar ratio of styrene to acrylic acid ranging from about 1 to about 4, a soluble dye, a solvent system including a lower alkanol and a lower aliphatic ketone, and, optionally, an evaporation retardant. The composition of the invention has a pH in the range of 1 to about 7 and contains less than about 5% water for use in printing on a variety of substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: Videojet Systems International, Inc.
    Inventors: Yog R. Bhatia, Herman Stallworth
  • Color-developing ink for non-carbon copying paper
    Patent number: 4566907
    Abstract: A color-developing ink containing at least one color developer selected from the group consisting of phenolic resins, aromatic carboxylic acids and metal salts thereof as well as a higher chain ether having total carbon atoms of 10 to 40, has various advantages such as the density of the developed image is high, fading of the developed image with time is at a low level, blurring of the developed letters is also at a low level, there is no abnormal tinting by the developed image, there is no swell of rubber rolls of a printer, and printability on a printer is excellent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Kagota
  • Printing ink of new type and process for preparing same
    Patent number: 4565576
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printing ink of new type which contains pigment(s) and the usual additives, employed in the manufacturing of printing inks, dispersed in fluid vehicle phase. According to the invention the printing ink contains as pigment two pigments of differing particle size, the average particle size of one pigment being 0.1 to 0.9 .mu.m and its amount being 3 to 27% by weight, related to the total weight of the ink, the average particle size of the other pigment being 2 to 15 .mu.m and its amount being 4 to 37% by weight, related to the total weight of the ink. The invention concerns further a process for making this ink. The printing ink according to the invention can be used both for purposes of the textile industry and also in the graphic arts industry and makes it possible to achieve a surface improving effect on absorptive and, respectively, porous printing substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1986
    Assignee: Budacolor Festekgyar
    Inventors: Vilmos Salgo, Jozsef Hanzely, Anna Baross nee Sipocz, Istvan Geri
  • Polyphenylene ether compositions with high impact strength and improved moldability
    Patent number: 4563500
    Abstract: There are provided thermoplastic compositions comprising a polyphenylene ether resin, a styrene resin and an impact modifying combination comprising (i) an elastomeric block copolymer of a vinyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene and (ii) a hydrogenated derivative of (i). The compositions are moldable to articles having impact strength and mold flow properties unexpectedly superior to those expected in view of compositions prepared, respectively, with (c) (i) and (c) (ii) as the sole impact modifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1986
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William R. Haaf, Gim F. Lee, Jr.