Patents Examined by Valerie Fee
  • Patent number: 5082592
    Abstract: A composition and method for controlling corrosion of steel in aqueous systems such as cooling and boiler systems. The combination of a nonionic surfactant and an anionic oxygen containing group such as one or more alkali metal salts of borate, molybdate and nitrate/nitrite provide improved corrosion inhibition of steel in aqueous systems. The magnetite layers formed in the presence of this combination exhibit decreased porosity and increased corrosion resistance to acidic solutions. This combination also inhibits entry of hydrogen into steel when exposed to acidic solutions thereby inhibiting hydrogen embrittlement. The preferred nonionic surfactant is phenol/polyethylene oxide nonionic surfactant and the preferred alkali metal salt is Na.sub.2 MoO.sub.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Betz Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander C. McDonald
  • Patent number: 5082586
    Abstract: SO.sub.x /NO.sub.x pollution control reagent composition comprising from 0.1 to 25% urea in intimate admixture with dry, finely divided Nahcolite, a naturally occurring form of sodium bicarbonate. The composition is used in a process of removing SO.sub.x /NO.sub.x from the flue gases of utility and industrial plants, incinerators and the like by dry injection into a flue gas duct a sufficient distance upstream of a spent reagent collection device to provide above about 0.25 seconds of residence time of the reagent composition in the flue gas duct at temperatures in the range of above about 200.degree. F. followed by collection, preferably in an electrostatic precipitator. The Nahcolite reacts with the SO.sub.2 to form sodium sulfate and also removes NO.sub.x in the form of NO. The urea prevents the conversion of NO to NO.sub.2 by the Nahcolite, and maintains the concentration of the NO.sub.2 in the exit flu gases below the 50 parts per million visibility threshold (depending on ambient conditions).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: NaTec Resources, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard G. Hooper
  • Patent number: 5082593
    Abstract: A non-reduction agent for dielectric ceramics is composed of a(MnO+RO) and (1-a) (BO.sub.3/2 +SiO.sub.2), or of b(LiO.sub.1/2 +RO) and (1-b) (BO.sub.3/2 +SiO.sub.2). Here, R is at least one kind selected from among Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba. In these compositions, a is within a range of 0.01.ltoreq.a.ltoreq.0.90 (Mol ratio), and b is within a range of 0.01.ltoreq.b.ltoreq.0.80 (Mol ratio). These non-reduction agents for dielectric ceramics are added to dielectric ceramic materials containing lead oxide, for example, and used as materials for capacitors. These dielectric ceramics become hard to be reduced even when fired in reducing atmospheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takagi, Yoshiaki Mori, Yukio Sakabe
  • Patent number: 5073301
    Abstract: A process is described in which, by the addition of formamidinesulfinic acid in association with an ozone or ozone/oxygen treatment, the viscosity and strength of wood pulps are stabilized at the level that is obtained with use of conventional, chlorine-containing bleaching processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Degussa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans U. Suess, Wilfried Eul
  • Patent number: 5073299
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula I: ##STR1## wherein M.sub.1, M.sub.2, M.sub.3 , independently, are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkkyl, phenyl, a monovalent or an equivalent of a polyvalent metal atom, ammonium or a substituted ammonium ion; R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl substituted by one or more hydroxy or carboxyl groups; and p is an integer.The new compounds are useful in the treatment of aqueous systems, in particular to inhibit scale deposition from aqueous systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventor: Barry Cook
  • Patent number: 5071592
    Abstract: An improvement in the process of incorporating a modifier ingredient into the surface region of a resinous article is described herein. The basic process includes immersing the article in a liquid such as water and contacting the immersed article with a solution of a modifier ingredient in a solvent which is immiscible with the liquid. The improvement herein comprises removing a substantial amount of air dissolved in the water layer to prevent droplets of solution from rising to the surface of the water layer during the process, thereby preventing solid modifier material from accumulating on the water surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: M&T Chemicals Inc.
    Inventors: Neal D. Conrad, Joseph Silbermann
  • Patent number: 5068059
    Abstract: A corrosion inhibitor for aqueous systems containing ferrous and non-ferrous metallic surfaces comprising (a) hydroxyphosphonoacetic acid, or a water soluble salt thereof, and (b) an aminoalkylenephosphonic acid derivative, or a water soluble salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Assignee: Drew Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Winston S. Go, Joseph S. Roti, Mark G. Lang, Charles O. Weiss
  • Patent number: 5062992
    Abstract: A corrosion inhibitor formulation for oil and water systems which formulation is resistance to sludge formation and does not tend to stabilize oil/water emulsions when added to oil and water systems. The corrosion inhibitor include an imidazoline dissolved in an aromatic solvent, a 2-hydroxylakylcarboxylic acid such as glycolic acid and a glycol such as hexylene glycol. The imidazoline is preferably prepared from a long chain fatty acid and a polyamine in a molar ratio of about 1.5:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1991
    Assignee: Betz Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: T. Miles McCullough
  • Patent number: 5061403
    Abstract: A process of preparing an alkaline solution of Labiatae antioxidants essentially free of lipids by agitating a solvent extract of the herb with an aqueous alkaline lower-aliphatic alcoholic or polyol solution thereof, separating the aqueous phase from the insoluble phase, and removing the alcohol from the aqueous phase by distillation to give a stable product with an antioxidant strength of 0.2 or more, having a pH above about 8.4, and having less than 75% water, preferably in the presence of a water-immiscible solvent, and a stable aqueous antioxidant solution of a Labiatae extract, consisting essentially of essentially all of the antioxidant substances present in the herb, which is preferably rosemary, sage, or thyme, with an antioxidant strength of 0.2 or more, and less than about 75% water, preferably having a pH between about 8.4 and about 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Assignee: Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul H. Todd, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5059347
    Abstract: Storage-stable, non-sedimenting emulsions comprisinga) 10 to 80% by weight, based on the emulsion, of one or more antioxidants,b) 0.25 to 10% by weight, based on the emulsion, of a surfactant in the form of a fatty acid salt of formula R-COOY, wherein R is straight chain or branched C.sub.3 -C.sub.18 alkyl or straight chain or branched C.sub.3 -C.sub.18 -alkenyl, or is phenyl(C.sub.3 -C.sub.18)alkyl, and Y is an alkali metal, which salt is prepared in situ from the fatty acid,c) 0.25 to 10% by weight, based on the emulsion, of a co-surfactant in the form of an alcohol of the general formula R'--OH, wherein R' is straight chain or branched C.sub.4 -C.sub.19 alkyl or straight chain or branched C.sub.4 -C.sub.19 alkenyl, or is phenyl(C.sub.4 -C.sub.19)alkyl, andd) water to make up 100%.The emulsion are used for stabilizing emulsion-polymerized polymers and copolymers such as ABS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Hans Mollet, Martin Holer
  • Patent number: 5057242
    Abstract: A scavenger composition having utility for removal of water and silicon mu-oxide impurities from chlorosilanes, such scavenger composition comprising:(a) a support; and(b) associated with the support, one or more compound(s) selected from the group consisting of compounds of the formula:R.sub.a-x MCl.sub.xwherein:M is a metal selected from the group consisting of the monovalent metals lithium, sodium, and potassium; the divalent metals magnesium, strontium, barium, and calcium; and the trivalent metal aluminum;R is alkyl;a is a number equal to the valency of metal M; andx is a number having a value from 0 to a, inclusive; andwherein said compound(s) of the formula R.sub.a-x MCl.sub.x have been activated for impurity-removal service by a reaction scheme selected from those of the group consisting of:(i) reaction of such compound(s) with hydrogen chloride to form a first reaction product therefrom, followed by reaction of the first reaction product with a chlorosilane of the formula:SiH.sub.4"y Cl.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: Novapure Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn M. Tom, James V. McManus
  • Patent number: 5055231
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a product formed by reacting under condensation conditions, in effective molar ratios, an orthoboric acid and an alkanoletheramine having the formulaH(OCHR-CH.sub.2).sub.n --OR.sub.1 NH.sub.2whereinR is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sub.1 is lower alkylene andn is 1-5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: REWO Chemische Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Franz-Josef Hadamik, Wilfried Kappa, George F. Urban
  • Patent number: 5051207
    Abstract: A heat-resistant, corrosion-resistant composition comprising a metal alcoholate, a curing agent, a filler and an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Ishikawa, Katsuya Tokutomi, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Shiro Mitsuno, Hideto Nagai
  • Patent number: 5049310
    Abstract: New zinc stabilizing polymers containing at least 5 mole percent of a monomer represented by the structure: ##STR1## wherein: R is independently, at each occurrence, chosen from H and lower (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) alkyl groups;R' is a hydrocarbonaceous bridging group containing from 1-12 carbon atoms;X is chosen from --SO.sub.3 M, --OH, --COOM groups or mixtures thereof,M is hydrogen or some other cation species; andn ranges from 1-10,are described. Also, the use of these polymers in combination with zinc salts, and in further combination with phosphate salts, to inhibit corrosion of iron containing metals, and other metals, when these metals are exposed to industrial waters is demonstrated. Deposit control or scale inhibition on these metals exposed to industrial waters is also observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Nalco Chemical Company
    Inventors: Donald A. Johnson, John E. Hoots, Dodd W. Fong, Guy A. Crucil
  • Patent number: 5043099
    Abstract: New polyamino-polyphosphonic-hydroxybenzenesulfonic acid compounds as the free acid or their alkali or alkaline earth metal salt. Specifically, the compounds are the mono- and di-(1,1-diphosphono-1-alkylaminomethyl)-4-hydroxybenzenesulfonic acid. These compounds are useful as corrosion inhibiting agents for metal/water applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Inventors: Robert P. Kreh, Charles G. Carter
  • Patent number: 5043100
    Abstract: Superior oil-soluble antioxidants are produced by the vacuum steam distillation of alcohol extracts of spent black tea or spent green tea or even the tea itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Stephen S. Chang, Yongde Bao
  • Patent number: 5034156
    Abstract: A new and improved polymerization inhibitor composition, its method of manufacture, and its use in stabilizing the distillation of acrylic acid is made possible by the pre-oxygen-activation of N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine in combination with hydroquinone mono-methyl-ether (often referred to as p-methoxyphenol) whereupon a synergistic performance of these components is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Specialty Chemicals Company
    Inventor: John W. Varwig
  • Patent number: 5034155
    Abstract: Composition for treating cooling water including a combination of ingredients for combatting a variety of problems, such as corrosion, scale control and microbiological growth. Composition obviates the necessity for separately feeding several materials. Compositon includes at least 1% sodium molybdate, at least 0.1% benzotriazole, at least 0.5% citric acid and at least 5% of a microbiocide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Jamestown Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Soeder, Mitchel Helfeld
  • Patent number: 5032317
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for inhibiting corrosion in tin-plated steel aerosol cans which contain aqueous aerosol formulations and a propellant. Compositions such as the isopropylamine, cyclohexylamine, 2-ethylhexylamine and tertiary C.sub.12-14 alkyl primary amine salts of N-acyl sarcosine; morpholine salts of oleic acid, acetic acid, benzoic acid, and N-acyl sarcosine; cyclohexylamine, 2-ethylhexylamine, tertiary C.sub.12-14 alkyl primary amine and tertiary C.sub.18-22 alkyl primary amine salts of benzoic acid are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Philip L. Bartlett
  • Patent number: H951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for corn regeneration from tissue culture which comprises the steps of(a) culturing corn tissue on a callus induction medium comprising the hormone picloram, mineral salts, vitamins, and sucrose to produce embryogenic callus;(b) subculturing the embryogenic callus on a callus maintenance medium comprising the hormone picloram, mineral salts, vitamins, and sucrose for callus maintenance;(c) subculturing the embryogenic callus on regeneration medium comprising mineral salts, vitamins, and sucrose to produce plantlets; and(d) subculturing the plantlets on maturation medium comprising mineral salts, vitamins, and sucrose for root and shoot development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Sandra F. Simpson