Patents by Inventor Adelaida L. Carbo

Adelaida L. Carbo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Mold resistant acoustical panel
    Patent number: 7056582
    Abstract: A composition for a slurry for manufacture of acoustical panels includes one or more fillers, one or more binders, water and zinc pyrithione. At least of the fillers and/or binders includes microbial nutrients in an amount of at least 1% based on the dry weight of the acoustical panel. In another embodiment of the invention, acoustical panels include a core having a plurality of opposing surfaces and being at least ? inches thick. The core comprises the dried product of a slurry of fillers, binders and water. Zinc pyrithione is present in at least one of the core and a coating applied to at least one of the surfaces of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: USG Interiors, Inc.
    Inventors: Adelaida L. Carbo, Mark H. Englert, Rodney Phillip Musselman
  • Mold resistant acoustical panel
    Publication number: 20040209071
    Abstract: A composition for a slurry for manufacture of acoustical panels includes one or more fillers, one or more binders, water and zinc pyrithione. At least of the fillers and/or binders includes microbial nutrients in an amount of at least 1% based on the dry weight of the acoustical panel. In another embodiment of the invention, acoustical panels include a core having a plurality of opposing surfaces and being at least ⅛ inches thick. The core comprises the dried product of a slurry of fillers, binders and water. Zinc pyrithione is present in at least one of the core and a coating applied to at least one of the surfaces of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: USG Interiors, Inc.
    Inventors: Adelaida L. Carbo, Mark H. Englert, Rodney Phillip Musselman
  • Gypsum/fiber board with improved surface characteristics
    Patent number: 6406779
    Abstract: A paperless gypsum/fiber board with improved surface characteristics has at least one surface comprising a combination of fully hydrated gypsum and reinforcing fiber and has been coated with a primer comprising an aqueous emulsion of a film-forming polymeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: United State Gypsum Company
    Inventors: Adelaida L. Carbo, Peter M. Attard
  • Coated metal container and method of making the same
    Patent number: 4507339
    Abstract: A metal container comprising a seamless body and an end wall integral therewith and having on at least its interior surface a protective coating which is the reaction product of a citric acid ester utilized as a lubricant in forming the container and an after-applied synthetic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignee: American Can Company
    Inventors: Adelaida L. Carbo, Raymond H. Good, Richard J. Karas