Patents Examined by P. E. Willis, Jr.
  • Hydraulic fluids containing cyano derivatives of cyclic ketals and acetals
    Patent number: 4320024
    Abstract: Hydraulic fluids having high wet equilibrium reflux boiling points, good chemical stability and other desirable characteristics are made from certain cyano-substituted derivatives of cyclic ketals or acetals of the formula ##STR1## wherein A, B and R are specified radicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Reierson, Bart J. Bremmer, Joseph W. Hanafin
  • Phosphate ester fluids containing piperazines
    Patent number: 4318817
    Abstract: Fluids based on phosphoric acid esters, or mixtures thereof, containing a corrosion and hydrolysis inhibitor, are useful fire resistant materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1982
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventor: Juergen Huebner
  • Use of poly(oxyalkylated) hydrazines as corrosion inhibitors
    Patent number: 4317741
    Abstract: Disclosed are selected poly(oxyalkylated) hydrazines of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is selected from hydrogen, lower alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, phenyl and mixtures thereof; and the sum of w, x, y, and z is from about 4 to about 20. These compounds are shown to be effective corrosion inhibitors for hydraulic fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1982
    Assignee: Olin Corporation
    Inventors: Henry F. Lederle, Frank J. Milnes
  • Water based window glass and chrome cleaner composition
    Patent number: 4315828
    Abstract: A water based cleaning composition including a major portion of water, a minor portion of a cleaning agent such as ammonium hydroxide or a lower alcohol such as isopropanal and a small portion of a polyethylene and alkoxy polyethylene glycol of high molecular weight and triethylene glycol which not only acts as a lubricant but has a preferential affinity for glass and the like as compared with oil, grease, dirt and/or lubricity component such as ammonium bicarbonate or ammonium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1982
    Assignees: Max L. Wymore, Leisure Products Corporation
    Inventor: Peter K. Church
  • Heat transfer oil and method for driving a Freon turbine
    Patent number: 4313840
    Abstract: Freon stable heat transfer oil comprising polyol ester containing tris-(alkylphenyl) phosphite and benzotriazole ##STR1## or benzotriazole derivative ##STR2## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group. It is desirable to add tris-(alkylphenyl) phosphite or tris-(phenyl) phosphite in an amount in the range between 0.02-5% by weight and to add benzotriazole or its derivative in an amount in the range between 0.02-1% by weight to the heat transfer oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shigeki Komatsuzaki, Moriichi Sato
  • Clear aqueous olefin sulfonate solution
    Patent number: 4309317
    Abstract: Clear and homogeneous aqueous olefin sulfonate solutions having no turbidity and suitable for use, as an active ingredient, in synthetic detergents. These solutions contains (i) 20 through 45% by weight of olefin sulfonate, (ii) 0.1 through 5 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the olefin sulfonate, of component A selected from the group consisting of (a) aliphatic polycarboxylates having carbon atoms of 2 through 6, (b) benzoates and (c) benzene carboxylates having at least one substituent selected from hydroxyl group and sulfonic group, and (iii) 1 through 10 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the olefin sulfonate, of component B selected from the group consisting of monocarboxylate having carbon atoms of 1 through 3 and gluconates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1982
    Assignee: Lion Corporation
    Inventors: Shizuo Sekiguchi, Tetsuo Tano, Kyozo Kitano
  • Detergent and cleaning compositions containing polymeric phosphate builders
    Patent number: 4308158
    Abstract: The invention provides cleaning and detergent compositions containing about:5 to 30 weight % of a surfactant and10 to 30 weight % of a builder mixture consisting of alkali metal orthophosphate, alkali metal pyrophosphate, alkali metal tripolyphosphate and alkali metal melt phosphate, wherein the ratio by weight of the sum of orthophosphate, pyrophosphate and tripolyphosphate to melt phosphate is about 30:1 to 1:30, the ratio by weight of orthophosphate to pyrophosphate is about 10:1 to 1:10, and the ratio by weight of orthophosphate to tripolyphosphate is about 20:1 to 1:20, the balance being detergent auxiliaries and addends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Gohla, Klaus Hestermann, Joachim Kandler, Horst-Dieter Wasel-Nielen, Karl Merkenich
  • Composition for releasing adhesives from a surface
    Patent number: 4306989
    Abstract: A liquid composition for releasing adhesives, especially pressure-sensitive adhesives such as are used on labels. The composition includes a solvent and a carrier, and may advantageously also include perfumes, surface cleaners, and emulsifiers. Among other uses it enables pressure sensitive labels to be lifted cleanly and expeditiously from a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1981
    Assignee: Lift-Off, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregg A. Motsenbocker
  • Plasma develoment of resists
    Patent number: 4307178
    Abstract: Exposed patterns in phenol-formaldehyde Novolak resin/diazo ketone resist layers are developed in an oxygen plasma by treating the resist layers, prior to development, with a magnesium salt. This produces a negative pattern. Positive patterns are produced by combining the process with decarboxylation of the exposed areas followed by blanket exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1981
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Leon H. Kaplan, Steven M. Zimmerman
  • Aqueous hair shampoo compositions comprising sulfated ethylene oxide-propylene oxide condensates
    Patent number: 4304691
    Abstract: This invention deals with novel sulfated condensation products of ethylene oxide with bases formed by condensing propylene oxide with propylene glycol, and having a molecular weight of about 11.phi..phi. to 48.phi..phi.. The sulfated condensation products are useful as components in hair shampoo systems to provide an after-shampoo conditioning effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1981
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Robert F. Farmer, III, Jacob J. Guth
  • Detergent product containing deodorant compositions
    Patent number: 4304679
    Abstract: A deodorant detergent product comprises a non-soap detergent active compound, and a deodorant composition. The product can be used for personal washing of the skin and will as a result reduce human body malodor. The product can also be employed for washing fabrics which when subsequently worn in contact with the skin aid in the reduction of human body malodor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1981
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company
    Inventors: David C. Hooper, George A. Johnson, Donald Peter
  • Cleaning composition comprising 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane and an alcohol
    Patent number: 4303558
    Abstract: An improved cleaning composition for removal of flux from printed circuit boards consists essentially of the azeotropic mixture of 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane and a lower aliphatic alcohol and containing as additive an N-substituted or N,N-disubstituted amide of an aliphatic carboxylic acid wherein there is at least one hydroxyalkyl or hydroxyalkenyl substituent of up to 8 carbon atoms attached to the amide nitrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1981
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventor: David G. Hey
  • Method for cleansing and conditioning the skin
    Patent number: 4303543
    Abstract: Compositions for cleansing and conditioning the skin. The compositions comprise a soap and a conditioning agent which is a salt wherein the cation moiety is a protonated fatty amine or a fatty quaternary ammonium ion and the anion moiety is the anion of a fatty acid soap or an anionic synthetic detergent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1981
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Samir A. Mansy
  • Hot roll cleaning paste and method
    Patent number: 4303545
    Abstract: A cleaning paste for use in cleaning the hot portions of a xerographic hot roll fuser, the paste comprising a mixture of a high molecular weight penetrant, e.g., a plasticizer or surfactant, cleansing agent and a finely divided solid to provide a bodying effect to the cleansing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1981
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert S. Cutler, Robert M. Lindquist
  • Liquid detergent compositions comprising anionic, nonionic and cationic surfactants
    Patent number: 4302364
    Abstract: Liquid builder-free concentrated heavy-duty detergent compositions containing a ternary surfactant system, the majority of which is represented by an anionic surfactant, are disclosed. These compositions provide superior overall performance, especially greasy and oily stain removal and storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Pierrette Gosset, Rainer Lodewick
  • Flame retarding cellulosic materials with sodium or potassium thiocyanate
    Patent number: 4302345
    Abstract: A flame resistant cellulosic insulation material, method of treating loosll cellulosic material and compositions for imparting flame resistance and flame and smolder resistance to such materials are disclosed utilizing thiocyanate compounds interstitially distributed throughout the cellulosic insulation material as a flame retardant. Sodium and potassium thiocyanate are used in extremely small quantities in insulation materials and impart flame resistance due to the hygroscopic migration of the compounds into the insulation material. The effectiveness of such small quantities of thiocyanate make possible the addition and retention of effective amounts of powdered smolder inhibitors such as boric acid, and sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce
    Inventor: Robert J. McCarter
  • Engine degreaser composition
    Patent number: 4302365
    Abstract: A foam type engine degreaser composition consisting of an opaque, viscous emulsion having a high water content. A controlled amount of water is added to middle distillate degreasers such as kerosene, naptha, fuel oil and/or heavy naptha so as to form an emulsion which thickens the solvent and causes foaming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Assignee: American Grease Stick Company
    Inventors: William C. Holmgren, Charles E. Hiddema
  • All-purpose liquid abrasive cleaner
    Patent number: 4302347
    Abstract: A liquid hard surface cleaning composition comprising, by weight, 1% to 20% of water-insoluble, particulate abrasive having a particle size in the range of 1 to 40 microns; 3% to 15% of a synthetic, organic, anionic detergent; 1% to 7.5% of an ethyleneoxylated alkanol nonionic detergent, the weight ratio of anionic detergent to nonionic detergent being from 1.75:1 to 3:1; 1% to 15% of a detergent builder salt, the weight ratio of builder salt to total detergent being in the range of 1:4 to 2:1; and an aqueous medium; the proportions of the components being so adjusted within the specified ranges that some of the detergent is present in liquid crystal form and the abrasive is maintained in stable suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Alan Straw, Edwin Cropper, Alan Dillarstone
  • Hydraulic fluid compositions comprising borate esters of oxyalkylated heterocyclic or alicyclic amines
    Patent number: 4298487
    Abstract: Hydraulic fluid compositions having improved properties to rubbers are formed from (A) a nitrogen-atom-containing borate ester derived from an oxyalkylated heterocyclic or alicyclic amine and (B) another borate ester and/or polyoxyalkylene compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1981
    Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihide Genjida, Kunio Kawakatsu, Motohiko Ii
  • Particulate borate-soap compositions
    Patent number: 4297229
    Abstract: Particulate borate-soap compositions containing sodium bicarbonate are produced by reaction of a fatty acid with a mixture of hydrated sodium tetraborate and alkali metal carbonate in a fatty acid: carbonate mole ratio of about 1:1 to 1:2. The product comprises particles of borate coated with soap and sodium bicarbonate in which the soap represents about 5 to 35% by weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Assignee: United States Borax & Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Richard C. Speak, Donald J. Ferm