Patents by Inventor Norbert J. Adam

Norbert J. Adam 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: 5421677
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process of forming a ditch liner by dispensing a solidifiable liquid mixture onto a continuously moving porous blanket, applying pressure against the mixture and the coated blanket to form a continuous matrix within the blanket, laying the resulting coated blanket into a ditch before the liquid mixture has fully cured, conforming the coated blanket to the shape of the ditch, and allowing the mixture to fully cure. The improvement resides in using a reaction mixture of a polyisocyanate, up to 60% by weight of a filler, a specified polyol mixture and, optionally, a catalyst. The polyol mixture requires three different propylene oxide adducts: i) a propylene oxide adduct of an alkanolamine, ii) a propylene oxide adduct of a low molecular weight organic compound having from 3 to 8 OH groups, and iii) a propylene oxide adduct of a low molecular weight diol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Miles Inc.
    Inventors: Norbert J. Adam, Jerome B. LeFebvre