Patents by Inventor Ernest M. Eissele

Ernest M. Eissele 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).

  • Permanganate-containing pellets and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 5152804
    Abstract: Permanganate-containing pellets for gradual release or permanganate comprise an integrated body of a hydratable, self-curing cement in cured, hydrated form, and finely-divided particles of a water-soluble permanganate salt in substantially uniform distribution therein. The pellets are formed from a mixture of the permanganate salt, hydratable self-curing mineral cement, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Carus Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest M. Eissele, Edward S. Rogers, Arno H. Reidies
  • Method of bleaching dyed cotton garments
    Patent number: 4961751
    Abstract: A method is provided for selectively bleaching dyed, bleachable cotton garments. The garments are tumbled in damp condition with reuseable pre-formed solid pellets of limited porosity having abradable surfaces. The pellets comprise substantially water-insoluble cemented aggregates of mineral particles with a finely-divided particulate bleaching aent imbedded therein. The bleaching agent, which preferably is substantially uniformly distributed in the pellets, bleaches the garments by surfaces of the pellets wearing away during the garment tumbling to release the bleaching agent as the pellets contact the garments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Carus Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest M. Eissele, Edward S. Rogers, Arno H. Reidies