Patents by Inventor Paul Albee, SR.

Paul Albee, SR. 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).

  • System and method for fabricating nanoparticle filler material dispersions and producing improved compounds containing hydrophobic plastic polymers
    Patent number: 11479657
    Abstract: A system and method of forming a plastic blend that includes nanoparticles of filler material evenly dispersed, without agglomeration of particles, throughout a hydrophobic polymer. A slurry is created that contains water and nanoparticles of a filler material. The filler materials are selected from a group consisting of crystalline cellulose, cellulose fiber, chitosan and chitin. A dispersion aid is provided that has a melting point in a temperature range. The slurry is heated and mixed to a temperature that is above the melt point range of the dispersion aid. The dispersion aid is added. The slurry is cooled to a temperature that is below the melting point of the dispersion aid. This causes the dispersion aid to solidify and entrap the nanoparticles within solid compound. The solid compound is dried and then reduced into a powder. The powder is the fill composition that is melt compounded for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventor: Paul Albee, Sr.
  • System and Method for Fabricating Nanoparticle Filler Material Dispersions and Producing Improved Compounds Containing Hydrophobic Plastic Polymers
    Publication number: 20200332086
    Abstract: A system and method of forming a plastic blend that includes nanoparticles of filler material evenly dispersed, without agglomeration of particles, throughout a hydrophobic polymer. A slurry is created that contains water and nanoparticles of a filler material. The filler materials are selected from a group consisting of crystalline cellulose, cellulose fiber, chitosan and chitin. A dispersion aid is provided that has a melting point in a temperature range. The slurry is heated and mixed to a temperature that is above the melt point range of the dispersion aid. The dispersion aid is added. The slurry is cooled to a temperature that is below the melting point of the dispersion aid. This causes the dispersion aid to solidify and entrap the nanoparticles within solid compound. The solid compound is dried and then reduced into a powder. The powder is the fill composition that is melt compounded for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventor: Paul Albee, SR.