Patents Examined by John J. Guarriello
  • Patent number: 5677370
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ceramic color paste, in particular a color paste containing alkyd resins, for the production of decorations on surfaces of glass, porcelain or ceramic, and a printing medium for the preparation of the color paste.Known generic color pastes and printing media for producing the same generally have an intense odor and tend to form a skin if an alkyd resin is present.The invention overcomes these disadvantages by the solvent system of the printing medium of the color paste containing substantially at least 50 to 100% by weight, preferably above 70% by weight, of one or more isoparaffins and from 0 to 50% by weight, preferably from 0 to 30% by weight, of one or more solvating plasticisers. Skin formation is prevented by the presence of an aldoxime or ketoxime containing 3 to 6 carbon atoms or an anti-oxidant for polymer systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Cerdec AG Keramische Farben
    Inventors: Adalbert Huber, Silke Schafer
  • Patent number: 5677363
    Abstract: A water base erasable ink composition which comprises:(a) water as a solvent in amounts of 50-90% by weight;(b) a coloring agent dispersed or dissolved in water in amounts of 1-30% by weight;(c) an aqueous emulsion of at least one nonvolatile or only slightly volatile compound which is liquid at room temperatures and is selected from the group consisting of aliphatic carboxylic acid esters, higher hydrocarbons and higher alcohols in dry amounts of 1-20% by weight; and(d) a water soluble resin or a water-solubilized resin which is film forming at room temperatures in amounts of 0.1-15% by weight. The water soluble resin or water-solubilized resin may be displaced by an aqueous emulsion or a hydrosol of water insoluble resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Sakura Color Products Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Imagawa
  • Patent number: 5672640
    Abstract: A grease composition for use as a cable filling material which contains about 25 to 75 parts by weight of castor oil or a ricinoleate polyol, about 13 to 71 parts by weight of a hydroxy-terminated polymer of polymerized castor oil or the reaction product of a polyisocyanate compound and castor oil or a ricinoleate polyol, and about 4 to 12 parts by weight of colloidal particles such as silica, clay or mixtures thereof. Optionally, an antioxidant component can be added to impart high temperature resistance, a bleed inhibitor, typically of a rubber component, can be added to improve bleed resistance, a water blocking agent of a superabsorbent compound can be added to reduce water transmission, microspheres can be added to reduce the weight of the formulation, and/or conventional additives such as fungicides, bacteriocides etc. can be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Caschem, Inc.
    Inventor: Melvin Brauer
  • Patent number: 5670567
    Abstract: A water soluble chemical composition for use as a soil stabilizer, conditer and structuring agent includes a dispersing agent such as a polyanionic sulfonated urea-melamine formaldehyde condensate, an aggregating agent such as a non-ionic water soluble urea-formaldehyde condensate having relative weight average molecular weights between 400 to 10,000 and polydispersity between 2.5 to 10, and a basic salt like di-sodium tetra borate and/or a neutral salt like sodium chloride and a nitrogen potassium or phosphorous containing compound such as potassium nitrate, phosphoric acid, potassium dihydrogen orthophosphate and the like, wherein the ratio of urea-formaldehyde to sulfonated urea-melamine-formaldehyde is between 0.2:1 to 2.0:1 and the final solid contents of this composition is between 1-15%. These compositions are then sprayed on top of sand or soil with conventional equipment and will impart significant improvements in their mechanical properties and their erosion resistance to water and wind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Research Institute
    Inventor: Shawqui M. Lahalih
  • Patent number: 5670571
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of small particles of a phenol/formaldehyde novolac resin, referred to as a dispersed novolac resin, useful for example as a binder in preparing glass fiber insulation. The dispersed novolac resin is produced by preparing a molten novolac resin, cooling, adding water and optionally a surfactant and then adding a protective colloid. Additional water is added to provide the desired dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Resins, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt D. Gabrielson, Rodney R. Conner
  • Patent number: 5663217
    Abstract: An ink jet ink especially for printing on to plain paper comprises a suspension in (a) non aqueous solvent of (b) a disperse phase comprising: (i)) a water-insoluble dyestuff which is insoluble in said solvent at the ink jet operating temperature and below; (ii) a water insoluble resinous dispersant for the dyestuff which in the amount used is capable of forming a solution in the said solvent at the ink jet operating temperature, (iii) a polymer binder to hold the dyestuff on the surface of the paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: XAAR Limited
    Inventor: Jurgen M. Kruse
  • Patent number: 5661204
    Abstract: Mixtures of isomeric decyl alcohols obtained by oligomerization of propylene in the presence of deactivated zeolites as catalysts, followed by separation of the nine carbon olefins from the oligomer mixture, then hydroformylation of the 9 carbon olefins to 10 carbon aldehydes, and hydrogenation of the aldehydes to the corresponding alcohols. The mixtures, when esterified with phthalic acid, or anhydride, provide a mixture of isomeric di-decyl phthalates that can be used as plasticizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Bahrmann, Wolfgang Greb, Peter Heymanns, Peter Lappe, Thomas Muller, Jurgen Szameitat, Ernst Wiebus
  • Patent number: 5661197
    Abstract: An erasable ink composition contains an aqueous dispersion of water-insoluble polymer-encapsulated colorant obtained from the emulsion polymerization of at least one hydrophobic emulsion-polymerizable monomer with at least a portion of the monomer containing colorant dissolved therein. The ink is intended for use in any of a variety of marking instruments, in particular, a ball-point pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: BIC Corporation
    Inventors: David C. Villiger, Aiying Wang, Jeffery H. Banning, Wayne A. Chandler, Barry W. Chadwick
  • Patent number: 5656679
    Abstract: This invention relates to improved water-soluble acrylic latex compositions. In particular, this invention relates to acrylic latex compositions produced by reacting monomers with water-soluble support resins derived from reacting a modified rosin with an alkanolamine containing at least one secondary amine and at least one hydroxyl group. These acrylic latex compositions can be utilized to produce water-based flexographic and gravure ink formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventor: G. Frederick Hutter
  • Patent number: 5654395
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of preparing a reinforced polyester composition comprising the steps of:I. mixing(a) at least one cyclic ester oligomer selected from the group consisting of ethylene terephthalate and cyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate,(b) an organic initiator comprising one to five hydroxy groups which are capable of opening the cyclic ester rings,(c) a catalyst, and(d) a reinforcing material,II. heating the mixture of I at a temperature ranging from 270.degree. C. to 320.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Winston Jerome Jackson, Jr., William Ronald Darnell
  • Patent number: 5648404
    Abstract: A binder composition of a phenolic novolac resin and a (lower) alkoxylated triazine-formaldehyde resin curing agent is disclosed. The triazine resins have sufficient carbon atoms in the alkoxy groups so as to provide a curing agent having a water solubility of less than 15%. The binder cures at high temperatures so as to provide improved flow and prolonged workability to the composition. The compositions are useful in refractory applications having a need for high temperature curing agents such as for maintenance and repair within refractory vessels by gunning/spraying, manufacture of electrodes by the Soderberg method, and for use in blast furnace tap holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Borden Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur Harry Gerber
  • Patent number: 5648414
    Abstract: High-temperature-resistant, flexible screen printing inks containing as binder a thermoplastic aromatic polycarbonate with a molecular weight M.sub.w (weight average) of at least 10,000 which contains bifunctional carbonate structural units corresponding to formula (I): ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another represent hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1-8 alkyl, C.sub.5-6 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-10 aralkyl,m is an integer of 4 to 7R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may be individually selected for each X and, independently of one another, represent hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkyl andX represents carbonwith the proviso that, at least one atom X, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are both alkyl, and halogen-free solvents or solvent mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Bier, Joachim Wank, Peter Capellen
  • Patent number: 5648405
    Abstract: Aqueous ink jet ink compositions comprising an aqueous carrier medium, a colorant, such as a dye or a pigment, and a polyampholyte containing at least one carboxylic acid group and at least one amine group have improved dispersion stability and flexibility in manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Sheau-Hwa Ma, Walter Raymond Hertler
  • Patent number: 5646211
    Abstract: An aqueous autodeposition coating composition that is essentially free of chromium compounds and which produces a film with a much better adherence and corrosion resistance than heretofore obtained, but which does so without a rinse treatment with a chromium-containing solution prior to film curing. The aqueous autodeposition coating composition has a pH of about 1.6 to about 5 and contains(i) water-dispersible or water-soluble organic film-forming resin;(ii) at least one of fluoride ions and flouride ions and complex fluoride ions;(iii) ions of at least one metal selected from zinc, cobalt, manganese, nickel, iron, and aluminum; and(iv) tungstate ion and/or molybdate ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Honda, Kazuhisa Naito
  • Patent number: 5643990
    Abstract: A resin compound having superior electrical, mechanical, and molding properties that includes a synthetic resin and carbon fibrils. At least 50 wt % of the fibrils are intertwined to form fibril agglomerates whose diameter is in the range of 0.10-0.25 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Hyperion Catalysts International, Inc.
    Inventors: Shotaro Uehara, Munehiro Mitsui, Seiichi Atomori, Tateki Furuyama, Atushi Shiota, Mineo Fujimura, Masaki Nagata
  • Patent number: 5641819
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of composition board, particleboard, fiberboard, waferboard and oriented strandboard as well as new and useful products thereof are provided for by the separation of one portion of the solid constituents of the composition board and the separate blending of that portion with adhesive before combining and mixing that portion with the remaining solid constituents of the composition board product. The method and product is particularly adapted to the use of fines as the one portion of the solid component of composition board and utilizing the precoated fines as an adhesive carrier in the final step of mixing or blending of the fines with the remaining composition board components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Inventor: Craig C. Campbell
  • Patent number: 5639804
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a friction material comprising a silicone resin, a phenolic resin, and, in certain embodiments, silicon nitride particles, incorporated into an aqueous paper formulation which is then formed into a friction material. The friction material is prepared by mixing the silicone resin, the phenolic resin (and, in certain embodiments, silicon nitride particles) into a raw paper formulation, forming a porous friction material, and heating the friction material to cure the phenolic resin and silicone resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc A. Yesnik
  • Patent number: 5635552
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for dispersing a pigment to obtain a pigment dispersion. The method involves dispersing 100 parts by weight of a pigment, 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a specific pigment dispersing agent and 5 to 300 parts by weight of a water-based resin in 100 to 2,000 parts by weight of an aqueous medium having a water-soluble organic solvent concentration of 4 to 15% by weight. Pigments are obtained which are suitable for the production of water-based coating compositions or water-based inks excellent in fluidity, storage stability, gloss of a coating, sharpness and tinting strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Endo, Akimitsu Mochizuki, Tadashi Itabashi, Masami Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 5633315
    Abstract: Stable emulsions based on unsaturated polyetherester resins are disclosed. The emulsions have high stability compared with conventional emulsions that are based on unsaturated polyester resins. The invention includes base-stabilized emulsions, as well as emulsions containing fillers or functional additives. The emulsions, which are storage stable for weeks or months, are useful for making water-extended polyetherester thermosets having excellent physical properties, even at high water contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: ARCO Chemical Technology, L.P.
    Inventors: Gangfeng Cai, Shau-Hua Guo, Lau S. Yang
  • Patent number: 5633305
    Abstract: Coating compositions based on waxes, wax-like compounds, drying oils or alkyd resins are improved in their running behavior by the addition of additives which gel at elevated temperature. Other positive properties of the coating compositions, such as for example wetting, penetration (creepage), sprayability, are not adversely affected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Teroson GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Wesch, Dieter Stamm, Dirk Reitenbach, Winfried Schwittay