Patents by Inventor Howard R. Stopper

Howard R. Stopper 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).

  • Patent number: 4655959
    Abstract: The amount of gaseous flammable propellants such as dimethylether, difluoroethane, propane, butane, and the like can be increased to as high as from 30 to 50% by weight of a propellant composition by dissolving the normally gaseous propellant in the dispersed oil phase or an oil-in-water microemulsion. The aerosol propellant compositions can be simply prepared by admixing into a container, pressurizing the container with the normally gaseous flammable propellant whereby simply shaking would result in the spontaneous formation of an oil-in-water microemulsion which is clear and stable and which can contain as much as about 50% by weight of the gaseous propellant without causing flaming when the composition is sprayed directly into a candle flame. The composition may be transferred from the container to aerosol dispensers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: The Drackett Company
    Inventor: Howard R. Stopper
  • Patent number: 4536323
    Abstract: The amount of gaseous flammable propellants such as dimethylether, difluoroethane, propane, butane, and the like can be increased to as high as from 30 to 50% by weight of a propellant composition by dissolving the normally gaseous propellant in the dispersed oil phase of an oil-in-water microemulsion. The aerosol propellant compositions can be simply prepared by metering the ingredients other than the gaseous propellants into an aerosol dispenser, then adding the gaseous propellant, under suitable pressure, into the aerosol dispenser whereby simply shaking of the dispenser will result in the spontaneous formation of an oil-in-water microemulsion which is clear and stable and which can contain as much as about 50% by weight of the gaseous propellant without causing flaming when the composition is sprayed directly into a candle flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Assignee: The Drackett Company
    Inventor: Howard R. Stopper
  • Patent number: 3989640
    Abstract: A combination of corrosion inhibitors which act synergistically to prevent corrosion in compositions containing a chlorinated hydrocarbon and a substantially large amount of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1973
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1976
    Assignee: The Drackett Company
    Inventors: Martin J. Culver, Howard R. Stopper