Patents by Inventor Louis R. Sims

Louis R. Sims 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).

  • Process for cleansing spent clay from the refining of glyceride esters
    Patent number: 4185026
    Abstract: Elevated temperature process for deoiling spent crystalline clay from the refining of glyceride esters ("oils") wherein a primary dispersion of such spent clay and aqueous alkali are mixed under pH conditions effective for removing a substantial amount of oily phase from such clay in the form of glyceride esters, thus-treated clay is separated and redispersed with additional aqueous alkali under pH conditions effective for saponifying at least a substantial fraction of the remaining glyceride esters present, then the treated clay is separated from the redispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1980
    Assignee: Sylvachem Corporation
    Inventors: Gary W. Smith, Dwight E. Leavens, Louis R. Sims