Patents by Inventor Alan Edward Barton

Alan Edward Barton 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).

  • METHODS OF FUNCTIONALIZING RECLAIMED ELASTOMER MATERIAL AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160017129
    Abstract: A method of functionalizing reclaimed elastomer material is described. The method involves subjecting particles of the reclaimed elastomer material to shear at temperatures less than 100° C. such that inter-chain bonds of the reclaimed elastomer material are cleaved wherein the particles of the reclaimed elastomer material have a size of 60 mesh or smaller. The reclaimed elastomer material can be subjected to shear in the presence of a modifier which selectively promotes the cleavage of inter-chain bonds in the reclaimed elastomer material. A functionalized reclaimed elastomer material made by a method as described above and an elastomer compound which comprises the functionalized reclaimed elastomer material are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Charles Rosenmayer, Frank Papp, Alan Edward Barton, Kedar D. Murthy
  • Methods of functionalizing reclaimed elastomer material and compositions comprising the same
    Patent number: 9175155
    Abstract: A method of functionalizing reclaimed elastomer material is described. The method involves subjecting particles of the reclaimed elastomer material to shear at temperatures less than 100° C. such that inter-chain bonds of the reclaimed elastomer material are cleaved wherein the particles of the reclaimed elastomer material have a size of 60 mesh or smaller. The reclaimed elastomer material can be subjected to shear in the presence of a modifier which selectively promotes the cleavage of inter-chain bonds in the reclaimed elastomer material. A functionalized reclaimed elastomer material made by a method as described above and an elastomer compound which comprises the functionalized reclaimed elastomer material are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Lehigh Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Rosenmayer, Frank Papp, Alan Edward Barton, Kedar D. Murthy
  • METHODS OF FUNCTIONALIZING RECLAIMED ELASTOMER MATERIAL AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140128535
    Abstract: A method of functionalizing reclaimed elastomer material is described. The method involves subjecting particles of the reclaimed elastomer material to shear at temperatures less than 100° C. such that inter-chain bonds of the reclaimed elastomer material are cleaved wherein the particles of the reclaimed elastomer material have a size of 60 mesh or smaller. The reclaimed elastomer material can be subjected to shear in the presence of a modifier which selectively promotes the cleavage of inter-chain bonds in the reclaimed elastomer material. A functionalized reclaimed elastomer material made by a method as described above and an elastomer compound which comprises the functionalized reclaimed elastomer material are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Charles Rosenmayer, Frank Papp, Alan Edward Barton, Kedar D. Murthy