Patents by Inventor Malcolm E. Leduc

Malcolm E. Leduc 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: 3983080
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a process for forming stable, low density, fine celled extruded foam from normally crystalline vinylidene chloride polymers such process comprising (1) forming an admixture of a normally crystalline vinylidene chloride polymer in powder form with a blowing agent composed of a compound or mixture of compounds having a boiling point of less than about 40.degree.C, a vapor pressure at the foaming temperature used of greater than atmospheric pressure and less than about 1000 p.s.i. and a solubility parameter of greater than about 6.6 and less than about 8.7, then (2) extrusion foaming the admixture using an extrusion temperature of from about 120.degree.C to about 150.degree.C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1976
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kyung W. Suh, Richard E. Skochdopole, Malcolm E. Leduc