Patents by Inventor Terry E. Singleton

Terry E. Singleton 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 preparing an alkaline earth metal tallate
    Patent number: 6069119
    Abstract: A stable, fluid alkaline earth metal tallate dispersion is prepared by (i) forming a pre-emulsion of fatty acids derived from tall oil, water, and a surfactant; (ii) forming an alkaline earth metal salt dispersion from an alkaline earth metal oxide and/or hydroxide, a lower carboxylic acid, and water; and (iii) incorporating the pre-emulsion into the alkaline earth metal salt dispersion under high shear and low pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: High Point Chemical Corp.
    Inventors: Peter M. Robinson, Robert E. Brooks, Terry E. Singleton
  • Method of preparing an alkaline earth metal tallate
    Patent number: 5763373
    Abstract: A stable, fluid alkaline earth metal tallate dispersion is prepared by (i) forming a pre-emulsion of fatty acids derived from tall oil, water, and a surfactant; (ii) forming an alkaline earth metal salt dispersion from an alkaline earth metal oxide and/or hydroxide, a lower carboxylic acid, and water; and (iii) incorporating the pre-emulsion into the alkaline earth metal salt dispersion under high shear and low pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: High Point Chemical Corp.
    Inventors: Peter M. Robinson, Robert E. Brooks, Terry E. Singleton
  • Biodegradable dye leveler compounds for acrylic fibers
    Patent number: 5741338
    Abstract: Biodegradable quaternaries of amidoamines are disclosed for use as dye leveler compounds in the basic dyeing of acrylic and other fibers. The quaternary compounds of the invention have leveling activity equivalent to benzyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, but with much higher biodegradability, and generate low foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: High Point Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Terry E. Singleton