Patents by Inventor Peter A. Curato

Peter A. Curato 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).

  • Method for bleaching and abrading fabrics
    Patent number: 5215543
    Abstract: Methods are provided for abrading dyed fabric to produce a stonewashed effect by tumbling the fabric with stones of a chemical composition that is soluble in wash or rinse liquid for the fabric, where the stones are of sufficient size and hardness to effect abrasion of the fabric without substantial mechanical disintegration of the stones and in a manner simulating the action of pumice stone. The chemical stonewashing composition may be a compacted powder, agglomerate, coagulate, or other integral mass or solid formed from an alkali or alkaline earth metal carbonate, bicarbonate, silicate, sulfate, borate, halide, hydroxide or hydrate or peroxyhydrate thereof, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Elf Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Milora, David M. Shank, Peter A. Curato
  • Chemical stonewash methods for treating fabrics
    Patent number: 5114426
    Abstract: Methods are provided for abrading dyed fabric to produce a stonewashed effect by tumbling the fabric with stones of a chemical composition that is soluble in wash or rinse liquid for the fabric, where the stones are of sufficient size and hardness to effect abrasion of the fabric without substantial mechanical disintegration of the stones and in a manner simulating the action of pumice stone. The chemical stonewashing composition may be a compacted powder, agglomerate, coagulate, or other integral mass or solid formed from an alkali or alkaline earth metal carbonate, bicarbonate, silicate, sulfate, borate, halide, hydroxide or hydrate or peroxyhydrate thereof, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Milora, David M. Shank, Peter A. Curato