Patents by Inventor George R. Chapman, Jr.
George R. Chapman, Jr. 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).
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Patent number: 5547761Abstract: Copolymers of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and hexafluoropropylene (HFP) having high HFP content and end-of-melting temperature, T.sub.m (end), as low as 200.degree. C. are disclosed. Exceptional performance as a processing aid in polyolefins results from having T.sub.m (end) of the TFE/HFP copolymer close to the processing temperature of the polyolefin. These TFE/HFP copolymers are soluble in fluorinated cyclic solvents. Copolymer/solvent systems copolymer at significant concentrations in selected solvents are fluid and stable at room temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1995Date of Patent: August 20, 1996Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: George R. Chapman, Jr., Richard A. Morgan, Charles W. Stewart, William H. Tuminello, John G. Van Alsten, Randall A. Vogel, Mark E. Wagman
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Patent number: 5464904Abstract: Copolymers of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and hexafluoropropylene (HFP) having high HFP content and end-of-melting temperature, T.sub.m (end), as low as 200.degree. C. are disclosed. Exceptional performance as a processing aid in polyolefins results from having T.sub.m (end) of the TFE/HFP copolymer close to the processing temperature of the polyolefin. These TFE/HFP copolymers are soluble in fluorinated cyclic solvents. Copolymer/solvent systems copolymer at significant concentrations in selected solvents are fluid and stable at room temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1994Date of Patent: November 7, 1995Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: George R. Chapman, Jr., Lewis E. Crenshaw, Rita S. McMinn, Richard A. Morgan, Donnan E. Priester, Charles W. Stewart, Robert E. Tarney
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Patent number: 5266639Abstract: Copolymers of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and hexafluoropropylene (HFP) having high HFP content and end-of-melting temperature, T.sub.m (end), as low as 200.degree. C. are disclosed. Exceptional performance as a processing aid in polyolefins results from having T.sub.m (end) of the TFE/HFP copolymer close to the processing temperature of the polyolefin. These TFE/HFP copolymers are soluble in fluorinated cyclic solvents. Copolymer/solvent systems copolymer at significant concentrations in selected solvents are fluid and stable at room temperature.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1992Date of Patent: November 30, 1993Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: George R. Chapman, Jr., Lewis E. Crenshaw, Rita S. McMinn, Richard A. Morgan, Donnan E. Priester, Charles W. Stewart, William H. Tuminello, Robert E. Tarney, John G. Van Alsten, Mark E. Wagman
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Patent number: 5132368Abstract: The subject invention provides a composition having excellent extrusion characteristics comprising a difficulty-melt-processible polymer and 0.002-0.5 wt. % of one or more fluoropolymer process aids wherein the fluoropolymer has a fluorine to carbon ratio of at least 1:2, is capable of forming a die-coating film under the prevailing conditions of extrusion temperature and pressure, and contains an effective amount of polar functional polymer chain end groups, --W, wherein --W is selected from --COF, --SO.sub.2 F, --SO.sub.3 M, --OSO.sub.3 M, --COOR, and --COOM, wherein R is C.sub.1-3 alkyl and M is hydrogen, a metal cation, preferably an alkali or alkaline earth metal cation, or a quaternary ammonium cation.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1991Date of Patent: July 21, 1992Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: George R. Chapman, Jr., Donnan E. Priester, Charles W. Stewart, Robert E. Tarney
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Patent number: 5106911Abstract: An extrusion process for difficultly melt processible resins, for example, a difficultly-melt-processible hydrocarbon polymer, having improved processibility and having incorporated therein an elastomeric fluorocarbon copolymer, for example, an amorphous vinylidene fluoride copolymer, and a crystalline vinylidene fluoride polymer.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1991Date of Patent: April 21, 1992Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: George R. Chapman, Jr., Donnan E. Priester
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Patent number: 5089200Abstract: Process of melt extruding through an extrusion die whose surface is coated with one or more metal oxides, M.sub.x O.sub.y, wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Cr, Fe, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Al and Si, and x and y are selected to satisfy the valencies of M, a difficultly-melt-processible polymer containing 0.002-2 parts by weight, based on the weight of the polymer, of at least one melt-processible fluorocarbon polymer processing aid having a fluorine to carbon ratio of at least 1:2 and having metal oxide-reactive sites capable of reacting with or physically associating with the metal oxide of the die surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1990Date of Patent: February 18, 1992Assignee: E. I. DuPont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: George R. Chapman, Jr., Rita S. McMinn, Donnan E. Priester, William L. Phillips
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Patent number: 5057575Abstract: Polymer blend composition having improved processibility and comprising:(a) a major portion of a difficultly melt-procesible polymer, and(b) a minor portion of:1 at least an effective amount, to improve processibility, of a fluorocarbon copolymer which at the melt-processing temperature of (a) is either in a melted form if crystalline, or is above its glass transition temperature if amorphous, and(2) at least an effective amount, to improve processibility, of at least one tetrafluoroethylene homopolymer or copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and at least one monomer copolymerizable therewith, wherein the mole ratio of fluorine to hydrogen is at least 1:1, and which is solid at the melt-processing temperature of (a);masterbatches comprised of the processing aid; and processes utilizing the processing aid.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1991Date of Patent: October 15, 1991Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: George R. Chapman, Jr., Donnan E. Priester, Charles W. Stewart
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Patent number: 5013792Abstract: Polymer blend composition having improved processibility and comprising:(a) a major portion of a difficultly melt-processible polymer, and(b) a minor portion of:(1) at least an effective amount, to improve processibility, of a fluorocarbon copolymer which at the melt-processing temperature of (a) is either in a melted form if crystalline, or is above its glass transition temperature if amorphous, and(2) at least an effective amount, to improve processibility, of at least one tetrafluoroethylene homopolymer or copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and at least one monomer copolymerizable therewith, wherein the mole ratio of fluorine to hydrogen is at least 1:1, and which is solid at the melt-processing temperature of (a);masterbatches comprised of the processing aid; and processes utilizing the processing aid.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1990Date of Patent: May 7, 1991Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: George R. Chapman, Jr., Donnan E. Priester, Charles W. Stewart
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Patent number: 5010130Abstract: Improved polymer blend composition having improved processibility and comprising:(a) a major portion of a difficultly melt-processible polymer, and(b) a minor portion of:(1) at least an effective amount, to improve processibility, of a fluorocarbon copolymer which at the melt-processing temperature of (a) is either in a melted form if crystalline, or is above its glass transition temperature if amorphous, and(2) at least an effective amount, to improve processibility, of at least one tetrafluoroethylene homopolymer or copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and at least one monomer copolymerizable therewith, wherein the mole ratio of fluorine to hydrogen is at least 1:1, and which is solid at the melt processing temperature of (a),said composition further characterized in that it contains an abrasive inorganic filler that retards the processibility of (a) in the presence of (b)(1) and (b)(2), the improvement consisting of minimizing the retarding effect of the inorganic filler by employing (b)(1) having an apparentType: GrantFiled: May 15, 1990Date of Patent: April 23, 1991Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: George R. Chapman, Jr., Lee A. Gorthey, Donnan E. Priester
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Patent number: 4904735Abstract: Polymer blend composition having improved processibility and comprising:(a) a major portion of a difficultly melt-processible polymer, and(b) a minor portion of:(1) at least an effective amount, to improve processibility, of a fluorocarbon copolymer which at the melt-processing temperature of (a) is either in a melted form if crystalline, or is above its glass transition temperature if amorphous, and(2) at least an effective amount, to improve processibility, of at least one tetrafluoroethylene homopolymer or copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and at least one monomer copolymerizable therewith, wherein the mole ratio of fluorine to hydrogen is at least 1:1, and which is solid at the melt-processing temperature of (a);masterbatches comprised of the processing aid; and processes utilizing the processing aid.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1988Date of Patent: February 27, 1990Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: George R. Chapman, Jr., Donnan E. Priester