Patents by Inventor Amos Banin

Amos Banin 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).

  • Method for selecting raw material for bleaching clay
    Patent number: 6093669
    Abstract: A process for making a bleaching clay composition useful for purification of oil is disclosed. The process involves controlled acidification of a palygorskite and smectite clay mineral with sulfuric acid. The clay mineral starting material exhibits, in an aqueous slurry, an electrical conductivity of at least about 50 microSiemens per centimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Oil-Dri Corporation of America
    Inventors: Amos Banin, Dov Shaked, Marc A. Herpfer, William F. Moll
  • Process for selecting raw material and making a bleaching clay
    Patent number: 5783511
    Abstract: A process for making a bleaching clay composition useful for purification of oil is disclosed. The process of involves controlled acidification of a palygorskite--smectite clay mineral with sulfuric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Oil-Dri Corporation of America
    Inventors: Amos Banin, Dov Shaked, Marc A. Herpfer, William F. Moll
  • Clay activation with metal salts
    Patent number: 5749955
    Abstract: High performance activated clays suitable for bleaching oil are produced by mixing a clay mineral with a metal salt that is a Lewis acid. Mixtures of such metal salts can be used as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Oil-Dri Corporation of America
    Inventors: Dov Shaked, Amos Banin, William F. Moll, Iwona M. Aguilar