Patents by Inventor Deon Bessinger

Deon Bessinger 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).

  • Agglomeration of titania
    Patent number: 7931886
    Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a process for the agglomeration of titania slag particles comprising providing titania slag at a d50 particle size of below 106 ?m; mixing the slag particles with an organic binder; and agglomerating the mixture of the slag particles and organic binder into agglomerated particles with a d50 particle size in the range from 106 ?m to 1000 ?m. The agglomerated particles have a (TiO2 and FeO)/C mass ratio of more than 3.4. The invention also relates to such agglomated slag particles and a chloride process for the production of TiO2 wherein such agglomerated titania slag particles are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Kumba Resources Limited
    Inventors: Pieter Adriaan Botha, Gert Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee, legal representative, Deon Bessinger, Benjamin Alexander Dippenaar
  • AGGLOMERATION OF TITANIA
    Publication number: 20090226365
    Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a process for the agglomeration of titania slag particles comprising providing titania slag at a d50 particle size of below 106 ?m; mixing the slag particles with an organic binder; and agglomerating the mixture of the slag particles and organic binder into agglomerated particles with a d50 particle size in the range from 106 ?m to 1000 ?m. The agglomerated particles have a (TiO2 and FeO)/C mass ratio of more than 3.4. The invention also relates to such agglomated slag particles and a chloride process for the production Of TiO2 wherein such agglomerated titania slag particles are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: KUMBA RESOURCES LIMITED
    Inventors: Pieter Adriaan Botha, Deon Bessinger, Benjamin Alexander Dippenaar