With Solvent Or Dispersing Medium Patents (Class 106/271)
  • Patent number: 6562876
    Abstract: A process for cold-producing an oil-in-water emulsion having enhanced consistency and tactile properties involving: (a) providing an oil component; (b) providing an aqueous wax dispersion containing: (i) a wax component; and (ii) an emulsifier; (c) providing water; and (d) cold-stirring (a)-(c) to form the emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Achim Ansmann, Nicole Mertscheit, Rolf Kawa
  • Publication number: 20030075077
    Abstract: Water based waxing mixtures for protecting surfaces providing ionically neutral ingredients adhering to the surface while repelling environmental impurities, such as dirt. Surface precleaning need not precede the wax application because of an exchange, which takes place between the mixture and surface dirt. The mixture constitutes an emulsion of an organic phase in an aqueous phase. The aqueous phase amounts to 70 percent to 92 percent by weight, while the organic phase provides the remainder of the mixture and contains suspended waxes. The organic phase includes natural waxes, silicone compounds, nonionic emulsifiers and suspending agents. The mixture may be applied to wet or dry surfaces in shade or bright sunlight and then wiped off to leave a durable shine. The compound finds use on painted, polished, or smooth texture surfaces such as on an automobile. Surfactants and suspending agents stabilize the phase ingredients to allow suspension of the wax in the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventor: Glenn H. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20030075076
    Abstract: Agent and process for removing pollutants from gases The present invention relates to an agent for removing pollutants from gases comprising a wax which has a drop melting point between 40 and 150° C., a melt viscosity of 2 to 20 000 mPas and a needle penetration of 1 to 50, and which contains at least one alkoxylated compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventor: Michael Bayer
  • Patent number: 6503312
    Abstract: An adhesive for dentures comprising a paste-like carrier substance to which hydrocolloids are admixed. In order to obtain an adhesive which is entirely benign from a health viewpoint, the carrier substance consists of honey mixed with alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Inventor: Oskar Altwirth
  • Patent number: 6491745
    Abstract: The object is to provide a water/oil repellent composition which can simultaneously perform a water/oil treatment and a polishing treatment to leather products such as leather shoes, etc., by using one water/oil repellent composition, and can also exert excellent water/oil repellent effect and excellent polishing effect. It is constituted so that microcapsules, in which a polishing agent is encapsulated, are dispersed in a water/oil repellent agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Masahiro Ashizawa
  • Patent number: 6465398
    Abstract: The invention relates to improved compositions comprising paraffin waxes and fluoropoylmer micro powders, and to their uses in products and articles where reduced friction is desirable, such as snow slider equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Carl Bernard Arnold
  • Patent number: 6432181
    Abstract: Silicone compositions are used for treating nonporous surfaces such as glass, porcelain, ceramic, polished or painted metal, plastic, and the like, to render them water, soil and stain repellent. Volatile organic compound (VOC) free cream, paste, powder and solid compositions are provided by the inclusion of stabilizers in the silicone compositions. Solventless silicone compositions provide numerous advantages and improved water/soil repellency qualities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Resource Development, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Jerome H. Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20020066391
    Abstract: An initial chemical composition comprising selected surfactants, dispersants, and degreasers that liquefy, disperse, demulsify, degrease, inhibit corrosion and scale formation, and lower the pour point of a petroleum, coal, Fischer-Tropsch synthesized, or naturally occurring paraffin-based wax and asphaltene. Such a product is capable of converting crystalline wax (paraffin) in, for example, slop oil into an amorphous form of wax at room temperature, allowing the wax to be dissolved in, for example, crude oil without the need for heating, and maintaining it in solution at room temperature, substantially reducing, indeed in some applications, preventing, for example, wax build-up in pipelines, processing and transportation equipment, etc., and the recovery of the hydrocarbons in the slop oil. In a second aspect of the invention, the pre-blend addition of a hydrotrope-demulsifier, a chelating agent and a wax plasticizer can result in a BS&W of zero for the recovered hydrocarbon blend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventor: Gordon K. Goldman
  • Patent number: 6384112
    Abstract: A bitumen emulsion comprising bituminous binder, emulsifier, and water. The bituminous binder comprises bitumen and an oxidised wax, and optionally one or more polymers. The incorporation of the oxidised wax into the bituminous binder provides modified bitumen with both a high softening point and a low enough viscosity to allow it to be emulsified. The emulsion may be used as a tack coat in applying a waterproofing layer to a roof base. The emulsion may be made using a static mixing emulsion process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventor: Nadjib Boussad
  • Patent number: 6363749
    Abstract: A process for producing surface-sealed hollow glass containers, wherein as part of the production process the hollow glass containers are coated with a water-based cold end coating composition in the region of the exit from the annealing lehr, which is arranged following a machine for producing hollow glass containers, where the cold end coating composition comprises the following components: I. a water-based organopolysiloxane-containing composition prepared from alkoxysilanes which carry a functional group and alkoxysilanes which are selected from trialkoxysilanes, dialkoxysilanes and tetraalkoxysilanes, and II. a silicon-free component selected from a wax, a partial fatty acid ester, a fatty acid and/or a surfactant. The hollow glass containers produced in this way feature an enhanced long-term service strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignees: Degussa AG, Oberland Glas AG
    Inventors: Peter Jenkner, Rainer Lomölder, Peter Speier, Elmar Stäbler, Alois Fickler, Gerd Buchmayer
  • Patent number: 6235070
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rigid sand body consisting of a plurality of sand grains adhering to one another and provided with a coating consisting of wax, wherein the sand body is abradable, as well as to a process for its preparation, which is characterized in that sand grains and wax are heated separately from one another at a temperature of 50-90° C., the heated sand grains and the heated, liquid wax are added together and the composition obtained is allowed to cool for solidification. The sand bodies of the invention are particularly suitable as a sand scrub for skin massage or as a modelling or model component. The invention also relates to a process for producing discrete agglomerated sand grains provided with a coating having burls consisting of wax by abrading the sand body of the invention. The resulting abration sand comprising sand grains surrounded by wax are very well suited as sliding and slipping bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Inventor: Norbert Beermann
  • Patent number: 6231656
    Abstract: The invention provides improved release agents used in processes for preparing molded lignocellulosic articles. The release agents are preferably applied as an emulsion in processes for preparing molded articles such as oriented strand board, waferboard or plywood. The release agents contain a co-oxidized blend of a first wax and a second wax, wherein the first wax has a Brookfield viscosity which is at least about 150 mPas at 140° C. and the second wax has a Brookfield viscosity which is less than about 100 mPas at 140° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Allied Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Dekerf, Manfred K. Seven, Dirk Danneels
  • Patent number: 6193791
    Abstract: A polish composition comprising a base component and a alkylated fluorochemical oligomer. The oligomer comprises a fluorochemical oligomeric portion, an aliphatic moiety, and a linking group which links the two. The base component of the polish composition may be a wax, a silicone oil, or a mixture of the two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Steven J. Vander Louw, Chetan P. Jariwala
  • Patent number: 6190572
    Abstract: An aqueous polishing composition for leather containing in intermixture of a water phase and an oil phase is disclosed. The water phase containing a mixture of an antiseptic, an ethylamine, and water. The oil phase containing a mixture of carnauba, bees wax, an oleic acid, and an antioxidant. The resultant oil phase and water phase forms an emulsion by mixing them together and then cooling. More specific instructions of the preparation of the aqueous polishing composition for leather and leather products are disclosed in the specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Inventor: Shih Yao Chen
  • Patent number: 6165261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to water-resistant gypsum compositions, methods of making such composition, as well as manufacturing methods and products comprising such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Ergon, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven J. Wantling
  • Patent number: 6162290
    Abstract: A release agent method of use and method for production thereof is disclosed and described. The release agent contains release-active substances such as one or more oils, waxes, silicones and/or soaps, and optionally emulsifiers and other conventional additives in a carrier. The latter carrier is a mixture of at least one hydrocarbon and water. Said mixture being in the form of a water-in-oil dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Acmos Chemie GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Angela Schneider, Valentina Schneider, Horst Wochnowski, Peter Niemeyer
  • Patent number: 6156108
    Abstract: Water in oil emulsion formulations comprise:a) from about 55% to about 65% by weight of the formulation of an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent comprising a maximum of 10% aromatic hydrocarbons;b) from about 15% to about 25% by weight of a wax product which is emulsifiable, possesses a polar component and has a melting/softening point in the range of from 60.degree. C. to about 90.degree. C.;c) from about 1% to about 5% by weight of an emulsifier;d) from 0 to about 0.5% by weight of a resin; ande) about 13% to about 18% by weight water, with the proviso that the combination of solvent and wax products comprises at least about 75% of the total composition. The formulations are useful as surface polishes that can be used on any hard surface including wood, metal, stone, and other non-porous surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: The Smithsonian Institution
    Inventor: Melvin Joseph Wachowiak, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6140278
    Abstract: Metal powder compositions for powder metallurgy (P/M) applications contain a high-density polyethylene as a lubricant. The compositions are suitable for either cold or warm compaction. When compacted, the compositions yield parts having relatively high density, high green strength and good surface finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Yannig Thomas, Sylvain Pelletier, Sylvain St-Laurent, Linda Tremblay
  • Patent number: 6132503
    Abstract: Process for the production of sheets or molded bodies from lignocellulosic materials utilizing an organic polyisocyanate binder material and a release agent which is an aqueous emulsion of a polyolefin wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Inventors: Bart Singule, James Anthony Yavorsky
  • Patent number: 6121165
    Abstract: Disclosed are articles useful in cleansing, and particularly wet-like cleansing wipes and toilet tissue. These articles are essentially dry to the touch prior to use, but deliver liquid when subjected to in-use shear and compressive forces. In one aspect, the articles of the present invention comprise a carrier and an emulsion applied to the carrier, the emulsion comprising a continuous external nonpolar phase and an internal polar phase dispersed in the external nonpolar phase, wherein the article is capable of retaining fluid prior to use. In another aspect, the emulsion-treated articles exhibit improved ability to release fluid when subjected to in-use pressures. The articles of the present invention offer a number of significant advantages over prior cleaning products when in the form of wet-like cleansing wipes such as those used for cleaning of hardsurfaces (e.g., floors, countertops, sinks, bathtubs, toilets, and the like) and wet-like toilet tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Larry Neil Mackey, Gregory Charles Gordon, Nancy Kim Enright
  • Patent number: 6069195
    Abstract: A lubricant system providing desirable properties for both internal and external lubricity for polyvinylchloride resins is disclosed. Also disclosed is the use of the lubricants disclosed herein in an extruder. Polyvinylchloride articles obtained using the lubricant mixture of the present invention and/or the extrusion method are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Inventor: Robert A. Lindner
  • Patent number: 6066201
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wax emulsion having thixotropic properties comprising a wax; an emulsifier, and a naphthenic oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Ergon, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven J. Wantling
  • Patent number: 6063177
    Abstract: An improved shimming process and release composition for filling the gap between a releasable composite skin and a supporting body with a liquid shim material, using a novel viscous liquid release composition free of volatile vehicle. The liquid release composition is viscous and easy to apply by brushing or wiping, and enables complete and clean release of the composite skin without delamination. The release composition is easy to clean from the parted surfaces of the cured shim material on the composite skin and the supporting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Haney Samuel Meda, Romeo Racsa Manansala
  • Patent number: 6011104
    Abstract: Footware dressings containing fluorocarbons in a carrier base plus optional colorants and additives. These dressings create a relatively slick and non-stick surface with excellent "contamination" resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Inventor: Joseph D. Udy
  • Patent number: 5968237
    Abstract: A water-based wax emulsion formulation for imparting water repellent characteristics to gypsum wall boards comprising: (a) hydrocarbon wax; (b) an alkyl acid and/or alkyl ester; and (c) a polyvinyl alcohol composition comprising partially and/or fully hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate. The formulation may also contains other ancillary components such as emulsifiers and stabilizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Walker Industries Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Laurence Anthony Sinnige
  • Patent number: 5908496
    Abstract: Process for the production of sheets or molded bodies from lignocellulosic materials utilising an organic polyisocyanate binder material and a release agent which is an aqueous emulsion of a polyolefin wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Bart Singule, James Anthony Yavorsky
  • Patent number: 5888281
    Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting composition, comprising 20%-65% (wt.) of a wax; 10.0%-31.0% (wt.) of an oil; and 4.0%-16.0% (wt.) of a active calcium sulfonate. The wax of the corrosion inhibiting composition is preferably a microcrystalline wax, and may be at least partially obtained from petrolatum. Up to 6.0% polypropylene may also be used, either alone or in combination with up to 6.0% polyethylene. The corrosion inhibiting composition may also include SEBS rubber, in an amount of 2.0% to 6.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Daubert Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew W. Longo
  • Patent number: 5865882
    Abstract: A formable, weldable, VOC-free protective coating for use on a number of substrates including metal, wood, concrete, plastic, pipe and transportation equipment. The composition includes beeswax, ammonia, water and, optionally, paraffin. It may also include fillers, dyes, pigments and corrosion inhibitors, but does not require surfactants or stabilizers. The composition is particularly useful for protecting steel prior to welding. It can be removed without organic solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Molecular Architects, Inc.
    Inventor: Darren E. Lowe
  • Patent number: 5837078
    Abstract: A formable, weldable, VOC-free protective coating for use on a number of substrates including metal, wood, concrete, plastic, pipe and transportation equipment. The composition includes beeswax, ammonia, water and, optionally, paraffin. It may also include fillers, dyes, pigments and corrosion inhibitors, but does not require surfactants or stabilizers. The composition is particularly useful for protecting steel prior to welding. It can be removed without organic solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignees: Molecular Architects, Darren E. Lowe
    Inventor: Darren E. Lowe
  • Patent number: 5821298
    Abstract: Incorporating highly ethoxylated molecules into the traditional aqueous wax emulsion results in significant improvement in formulation compatibility between the aqueous wax emulsion and the water borne urethane dispersions as evidenced by the increase in formulation clarity and stability
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Inventors: Michael A. Reynolds, Lawrence P. Novack
  • Patent number: 5800605
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of electrostatically charged particles of a high resistivity material which process comprises incorporating a unipolar charge into the material at a temperature at or above the glass transition temperature thereof or above the melting point thereof, the said unipolar charge being incorporated into the bulk of the material and the charged material being subsequently comminuted, or the said charge being incorporated into the material while forming particles thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: University of Southampton
    Inventor: John Farrell Hughes
  • Patent number: 5792734
    Abstract: The disclosure deals with a slip enhancer composition for use in printing operations, such as web heatset and gravure printing operations, said composition comprising: (a). about 0.05% to about 7% by weight of a water soluble polymer having an average molecular weight above about 20,000, (b) about 0.01% to about 7% by weight of a biocide agent to assist in preventing rancidity and for stabilizing of the composition, (c) 0.01% to about 25% by weight of water dispersible wax, (d) 0.01% to about 10% by weight of a surfactant to assist as a defoamer/anti-static agent for the composition, (e) 0.02% to about 20% by weight of an olfactory agent, and a liquid carrier as the balance of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Flint Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond J. Mueller, Ted H. Sliwinski
  • Patent number: 5782962
    Abstract: A surface protective composition especially for use on automobiles is prepared which contains about 0.1 to 5% of a film forming fluorine containing polymer, 0 to 10% of micronized wax, a hydrocarbon solvent, an organosilicone compound, a surfactant and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventors: Peter A. Burke, Kenneth J. Flanagan, Abul Mansur
  • Patent number: 5763332
    Abstract: Wet-like cleaning wipes and similar articles that are particularly useful in removing perianal soils. These wipes comprise a carrier comprising at least one polarphobic region, an optional, preferred substrate such as tissue paper web, and an emulsion applied to the carrier. The emulsion comprises a continuous external lipid phase and a dispersed internal polar phase. The continuous lipid phase of the emulsion is sufficiently brittle that it ruptures when subjected to low shear pressures during use to release the dispersed internal phase. Inclusion of the polarphobic region allows the ability to control flow of the internal water phase components following rupture of the emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory Charles Gordon, Larry Neil Mackey, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Patent number: 5762698
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for rendering a water-based coating (i.e., one which contains essentially no organic solvent) fluorescent. Also provided is a method for measuring the extent of coverage and thickness of a water-based coating by incorporating therein a minor amount of an emulsion of an insoluble compound which absorbs ultraviolet light and fluoresces strongly in the visible region of the spectrum, so that the intensity of the fluorescence serves as an indication of the degree of coverage and thickness of the film. Also provided is a method for enhancing the apparent brightness of a film pigmented with light colored pigments. In the case where white pigments such as titanium dioxide are used, the effect is to increase the apparent whiteness of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Inventors: Douglas G. Atkins, Theron E. Parsons, III, William C. Gose
  • Patent number: 5746812
    Abstract: Stable aqueous polyolefin wax dispersions containA) from 5 to 65% by weight of polyethylene wax or polypropylene wax having a mean particle size of from 1 to 50 .mu.m and an acid number of less than 5 mg of KOH/g of wax andB) from 0.5 to 20% by weight of glyceride of predominantly ethylenically monounsaturated or polyunsaturated C.sub.16 -C.sub.22 -monocarboxylic acids which may additionally contain hydroxyl groups, which glyceride has been reacted with from 1 to 50 mol of a 1,2-alkylene oxide of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, as a dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Wolfgang Muller, Paul Klingelhofer, Stefan Weiss
  • Patent number: 5747561
    Abstract: A chemically stable solid surface coating modifier is provided by application to a substrate of a dispersion containing a highly dispersed hydrophobic powder, a silicon liquid, a solvent, and, optionally, an adhesive. The powder has been activated by alkali or alkaline salts and then treated with an organic silylating agent. The modifer is effective in imparting water repellent, anti-fouling, anti-icing, anti-corrosive, anti-friction properties to varies surfaces. The modifer also provides protection against other chemical, biological and atmospheric agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Inventors: Aleksandr Vitalievich Smirnov, Oleg Georgievich Orlov, Pyotr Nikolaevich Golipad, Yurii Nikolaevich Koriakin, Boris Mikhailovich Yegorov
  • Patent number: 5743949
    Abstract: The present invention relates to stable aqueous wax dispersions comprisingA) 5 to 65% by weight of microized wax andB) 0.01 to 7% by weight of polymeric carbohydrate derivatives as dispersing agent.The waxes are amide, montan and polyethylene waxes, and particularly suitable carbohydrate derivatives are cellulose ethers. These wax dispersions are suitable for the preparation of care compositions for automobiles, shoes, floors and stone, drawing compounds, aqueous wood varnishes, printing inks and paints, for leather treatment, in papermaking and as release agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hans Jurgen Kainz
  • Patent number: 5728322
    Abstract: A conductive polymeric coating paste made by thoroughly mixing ingredients in a heated stirring vessel is composed of an aromatic solvent, a quantity "X" of free conductor powder, a substrate-forming elastomer, which contains no diene monomer, equal to 0.25X to 0.40X, by weight, and a paraffin equal to 0.25X to 0.40X, by weight, of said conductor powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Inventors: Yong Chul Kim, Hiroshi Nishino
  • Patent number: 5718835
    Abstract: A heat storage composition characterized in that the composition is prepared by mixing a heat storage component with a component comprising a thermoplastic elastomer and synthetic or natural rubber in an amount of 0.5 to 30 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the heat storage component using mechanical means, the heat storage component comprising at least one of a wax having a main chain of hydrocarbon and at least 0.degree. in melting point and a higher monohydroxy alcohol having a melting point of at least 0.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Cable Industries
    Inventors: Chiaki Momose, Kiyoshi Nakagawara, Yuichi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 5711795
    Abstract: A sand-based molding composition which can be compressed using hand pressure, and which starts as a free-flowing sand mixture, is formed by combining a solvent with a waxy binder and blending this with sand and subsequently stripping off the solvent. The molding composition includes the particulate material, preferably sand, coated with a thin coating of the waxy binder which is preferably a paraffin wax. A pigment can be added which will remain held by the binder and will not tend to stain. The molding composition can be compressed with the hand to form a molded article, and can be easily crushed to form a flowable, sandy product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventor: James D. Browning
  • Patent number: 5695553
    Abstract: A composition suitable for use in making water-resistant gypsum products is provided. The composition is an aqueous emulsion comprising water, a paraffinic hydrocarbon wax, a Montan wax, an alkali metal or ammonium hydroxide in an amount sufficient to at least partially saponify the Montan wax, an emulsifier and a dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Conoco Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Claret, Wesley E. Church, Roy S. Hodgson
  • Patent number: 5681379
    Abstract: A thermal transfer ribbon has a substrate and a coating which contains thermally active ingredients for transferring images onto a receiving medium upon the application of heat to said ribbon. The ingredients are predominately water based and are environmentally acceptable in the industry. The various ingredients provide a flexible coating structure and a good adhesive bond along with improved resistance to smear and smudging of the transferred images. The thermal transfer formulation comprises carnauba wax and paraffin wax emulsified in a mixture of 1-10% volatile solvent and about 90-99% water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Shashi G. Talvalkar, Marion E. McCreight, Yaoping Tan
  • Patent number: 5672401
    Abstract: Metal sheet product, more particularly food can stock and beer and beverage can tab, end and body stock, is treated with a lubricant made by blending a mixture consisting essentially of about 25-90 wt.% of: (i) an ester selected from the group consisting of: bis(2-ethylhexyl)sebacate (or DOS), butyl stearate, and an acetylated, partially hydrogenated soybean oil; and (ii) about 10-75 wt.% of a blend consisting essentially of: (a) about 35-65 wt.% of a polyalphaolefin; and (b) about 65-35 wt.% of a microcrystalline wax; with a balance of incidental additives and impurities. With said composition applied thereon, in preferred average thicknesses between about 3-110 mg/ft.sup.2 for can tab stock and between about 3-35 mg/ft.sup.2 for can end and body stock, the invention produces prelubricated can stock in a suitable condition for conversion without further lubrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Aluminum Company of America
    Inventors: James R. Anglin, Julie A. Urbanski, Theresa S. Knighton
  • Patent number: 5667575
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for reducing the color of an emulsion of functionalized polyolefin wax by treating an emulsion with a water soluble oxidizing agent at a temperature above the freezing point and below the boiling point of the emulsion and below the softening point of the wax. Disclosed herein, also, is the essentially colorless emulsion produced according to the disclosed method which is useful as an additive to floor polishes and other coating products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Paul Andrew Rundquist, Ernest Phillip Smith, Stephen Louis Poteat, Dante Joseph Rutstrom, Richard Kingsley Stuart, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5662732
    Abstract: A wax polish composition for coating pharmaceutical tablets and food/confectionery items to impart gloss thereto, comprises wax, water, and an emulsifier, the emulsifier comprising a combination of polyoxyethylene 80 sorbitan monolaurate and acetylated monoglyeride, the emulsifier being in a range of about 9.46% to 9.60% by weight of the composition, and the emulsifier having an HLB value of about 9.45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie A. Kelley, Susan M. Grillo
  • Patent number: 5658377
    Abstract: Stable high solids aqueous dispersions of hydrophobizing agents can be prepared utilizing combinations of water-soluble protective colloids in combination with hydrolytically stable water-insoluble organic compounds selected from the group comprising organic salts and polar group-containing organic compounds as dispersion stabilizers. These dispersions impart water repellent characteristics when applied to the interfaces and surfaces of materials, and are compatible when blended with synthetic resin emulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Ennis Herder, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Horace Craig
  • Patent number: 5601746
    Abstract: Aqueous dispersions (D) of a wax (W) dispersed in the aqueous phase by means of a dispersant (B), wherein in (D)the wax (W) is(A) an oxidized hydrocarbon wax or a mixture of oxidized hydrocarbon waxesor a mixture or (A) and at least one non-oxidized hydrocarbon wax (P), the acid number of which is.gtoreq.5,and the dispersant (B) isa non-ionogenic, anionic, cationic or amphoteric surfactant or a mixture of two or more of these surfactants, which displays an HLB.gtoreq.7,and the dispersion (D) optionally contains at least one protective colloid (C), at least one agent (E) for pH-adjustment, at least one antifreeze agent (F) and/or at least one preserving agent (D), but is substantially free of other waxes than (A) and (P) and of other surfactants than (B) and (C),are eminently suitable as wet lubricants that are very stable to temperature modifications and to high electrolyte concentrations, especially as occurring in pretreatment and in dyeing of cellulosic substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Sandoz Ltd.
    Inventors: Bernard Danner, Francis Palacin
  • Patent number: 5556450
    Abstract: An aqueous floor-care, self-shine emulsion composition having a pH of 5 to 9 containing a natural or synthetic wax and an alcohol selected from benzyl alcohol, 2-phenylethanol, 2-phenoxyethanol and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
    Inventors: Birgit Skodell, Rainer Osberghaus, Karl-Heinz Rogmann, Heiko Faubel, Harald Bossek
  • Patent number: 5551974
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a maleated polyethylene wax is disclosed. This process entails mixing in the melt phase polyethylene, maleic anhydride, free radical initiator and a chain transfer agent m-di-isopropylbenzene. This process can be a continuous process either in a stirred reactor or twin screw extruder. The resulting maleated polyethylene wax has a high acid number, essentially no objectionable odor, and a Gardner color number less than 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Thomas D. Roberts, Kerry D. Muhlestein, Greg T. Slemons