Patents by Inventor Milton C. Tolly

Milton C. Tolly 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 the removal of carbon from solid surfaces
    Patent number: 4363673
    Abstract: A method of removing residual carbon from solid surfaces, such as metal or glass, by contacting the surface with sulfur trioxide and thereafter rinsing the surface. The surface may be subsequently contacted with a passivating solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1982
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: William J. Settineri, Harold E. Klassen, Milton C. Tolly
  • Treatment of interior surfaces of polymerization reactors to retard polymer buildup
    Patent number: 4105841
    Abstract: A process for retarding undesirable buildup of polymeric material on the internal surfaces of reactors used in the polymerization of substantially water-insoluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer, particularly vinyl chloride monomer, and for significantly reducing the tendency of reactor contents to foam during deoxygenation of such contents prior to subsequent polymerization reactions, such process comprising introducing sulfur trioxide into the reactor in an amount sufficient to provide at least about 0.045 grams of sulfur trioxide per gallon of reactor volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1978
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: William J. Settineri, Milton C. Tolly