Patents by Inventor James R. Van Camp

James R. Van Camp 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).

  • Field method for determining if adequate corrosion inhibition has been applied to thermally processed cans
    Patent number: 5610068
    Abstract: A method for determining the adequacy of corrosion prevention treatments applied to metal surfaces is disclosed. The method provides a qualitative determination of corrosion detection using inexpensive equipment. Generally, the method encompasses wetting at least a first and a second absorbent patches capable of retaining a liquid corrosive to metal surfaces to be tested with the corrosive liquid to obtain wetted patches and then contacting a portion of a first metal surface to be tested with the first patch under corrosive conditions and contacting a portion of a second metal surface to be tested with the second patch, wherein the second metal surface having the same composition as the first metal surface has been treated with an effective amount of a corrosion prevention treatment and subjecting the second patch in contact with the second metal surface to the same corrosive conditions as the corrosive conditions applied to the first patch in contact with the first metal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Nalco Chemical Company
    Inventors: Christine M. Stuart, Deborah M. Rogers, James R. Van Camp, Michael P. Sowinski