With Conjugated Diene Reactant Patents (Class 521/148)
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Patent number: 4588752Abstract: Closed-cell crosslinked sponges of varying densities are prepared from an admixture of a vulcanizable elastomer, vulcanizing ingredients selected from sulfur or sulfur donor compounds together with metal oxides and/or sulfur vulcanization accelerators and a t-alkylhydrazinium salt and/or carbonylhydrazine. The crosslinked sponges have uniform cellular structures and are easily prepared with the desired density.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1985Date of Patent: May 13, 1986Assignee: Pennwalt CorporationInventors: Chester J. Kmiec, Michael F. Novits
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Patent number: 4552904Abstract: The foam of the present invention, which has a multi-cellular structure including many wrinkles having one end in the boundary portion where at least three cells are adjacent to one another and extending toward the central portion of the cell wall, is a rigid thermoplastic resin foam having an ultra-low density, a high sound-insulating property, a high heat-insulating property and a high flexibility, and it is suitable for adaption for building construction. The process of the present invention is to provide the aforesaid foam of the present invention by subjecting the foam of a rigid thermoplastic resin to expansion, contraction and aging.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1985Date of Patent: November 12, 1985Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Takao Kadota, Masayuki Hashimoto, Itsuo Hamada
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Patent number: 4546127Abstract: A soft, low-resilience, cured rubber composition is prepared by mixing(a) 100 parts by weight of a polymeric material comprising a styrene-butadiene copolymer or styrene-butadiene copolymer mixture having a styrene content of 53 to 75% by weight, and 0 to 40% by weight of the polymeric material of another rubber ingredient,(b) 30 to 300 parts by weight of a filler, and(c) 5 to 100 parts by weight of a plasticizer, adding effective amounts of a vulcanizing agent and a vulcanizing accelerator to the mixture, and then heat curing the mixture. A similar composition further containing a foaming agent may be heat cured into a low-resilience rubber foam. Rubber and foamed rubber compositions have improved vibration-attenuating and shock-absorbing properties.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1984Date of Patent: October 8, 1985Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takatsugu Hashimoto, Takashi Ohashi
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Patent number: 4367290Abstract: A foamed article of poly-n-butyl methacrylate or a copolymer of n-butyl methacrylate and other vinyl monomer is obtained by allowing n-butyl methacrylate alone or n-butyl methacrylate in conjunction with the other vinyl monomer to stand at room temperature under a vacuum.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1981Date of Patent: January 4, 1983Assignees: Agency of Industrial Science & Technology, Ministry of International Trade & IndustryInventors: Katsukiyo Ito, Kazuo Kodaira
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Patent number: 4357428Abstract: A fast curing foamable composition useful for the production of fabric-like materials comprises a resin or latex formulation and a mixture of a highly ethoxylated alkylphenol, an alkali metal N-alkyl sulfosuccinamate and an alkali metal alkyl sulfate.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1981Date of Patent: November 2, 1982Assignee: Union Carbide CorporationInventors: Stuart L. Watson, Paul M. Westfall
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Patent number: 4333970Abstract: Coated beads which exhibit anti-lumping properties upon pre-expansion and which are useful in the formation of soft expanded articles are prepared by coating initial polystyrene beads, in suspension, with a coating composition comprising styrene and a macromonomer of styrene and isoprene or styrene and butadiene, the coating compositions added to the suspension as an aqueous emulsion containing a catalyst and a polyoxyethylene ether of nonylphenol or octylphenol as surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1980Date of Patent: June 8, 1982Assignee: Atlantic Richfield CompanyInventors: Elizabeth A. Blommers, David R. Warfel, Alvin R. Ingram
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Patent number: 4280004Abstract: A mixture of azodicarbonamide and an .alpha.-amidosulphone corresponding to the general formula: ##STR1## in which R represents hydrogen, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl residue and/or halogen,x represents numbers from 0 to 5,y represents numbers from 1 to 3, corresponding to the valency of R.sub.1,R.sup.1 represents an aromatic carboxylic acid residue or sulphonic acid residue with 6 carbon atoms, which is optionally substituted once or several times by halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl residues, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy residues, nitro and/or cyano, or represents an aliphatic carboxylic acid residue or a sulphonic acid residue with 1-4 carbon atoms, a carbonic acid residue, a thiocarbonic acid residue or a phosphoric acid residue which, corresponding to the numerical value of y, contains 0-2 phenoxy residues or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy residues optionally substituted with C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or halogen,R.sup.2 represents R.sup.1, or hydrogen, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl residue, a C.sub.5 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 1980Date of Patent: July 21, 1981Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Werner Jeblick, Ernst Roos, Theo Kempermann, Manfred Abele
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Patent number: 4247651Abstract: A process for preparing a foamed product from a high-melting synthetic resin by decomposing a blowing agent incorporated in the resin, characterized in that the blowing agent is at least one zinc peroxide represented by the formula:ZnlO.sub.m.(H.sub.2 O).sub.n/2wherein l is an integer of 1 to 10, m is an integer of 2 to 20 and n is 0 or an integer of 1 to 5.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 1979Date of Patent: January 27, 1981Assignee: Otsuka Kagaku Yakuhin Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeaki Ohno, Nobuyuki Aburatani, Nobuyuki Ueda
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Patent number: 4226945Abstract: A rubber composition, expansible under vulcanization conditions consisting of at least one vulcanizable synthetic rubber, vulcanizing agents and a propellant gas donor under vulcanizing conditions consisting of(a) from 100 to 900 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of said synthetic rubber, of natural, non-pretreated chalk, and(b) from 5 to 120 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of said synthetic rubber, of at least one natural or synthetic fatty acid having from 12 to 22 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1979Date of Patent: October 7, 1980Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Hans J. Bucken, Helmut Horskorte
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Patent number: 4208485Abstract: An expansion agent comprising a foamable mixture of (a) 15-53 weight % of a foaming agent having 6 to 78 carbon atoms selected from the group of an ammonium salt, aliphatic amine salt and/or an alkali metal salt of an alkyl sulfate, hydroxyalkyl sulfate, alkyl ether sulfate and/or aryl alkyl ether sulfate; (b) 5-42 weight % of a dispersant having 22 to 260 carbon atoms selected from the group of an alkyl alkyleneoxy amine and/or its quaternary alkylsulfate, alkylhalide or alkylphosphate derivative; and (c) 5-40 weight % of a stabilizer having 8 to 68 carbon atoms selected from the group of a sodium and/or potassium salt of an alkyl sulfosuccinate; and the combination of said mixture with a synthetic resin, latex or natural rubber to provide a coating or finishing composition; the process of applying said composition to a substrate and the treated substrate product having incorporated the composition of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 1979Date of Patent: June 17, 1980Assignee: GAF CorporationInventor: Roop C. Nahta
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Patent number: 4203815Abstract: A process for producing a crosslinked and foamed resin sheet which comprises shaping a resinous mixture comprising a thermoplastic synthetic resin and a heat-decomposable blowing agent into a sheet form, applying a high-energy ionizing radiation to the resulting foamable resin sheet to crosslink the resin sheet, and then heating the resulting crosslinked foamable resin sheet to the decomposition temperature of the blowing agent or to a higher temperature; wherein the high-energy ionizing radiation has a range of at least 0.7 .rho.d g/cm.sup.2 in which d is the thickness in cm of the foamable resin sheet, and .rho. is the density in g/cm.sup.3 of the foamable resin sheet, and a low-energy ionizing radiation with a range of not more than 0.6 .rho.d g/cm.sup.2 in which d and .rho. are as defined is applied to the foamable resin sheet before, during or after the application of the high-energy ionizing radiation.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1978Date of Patent: May 20, 1980Assignee: Sekisui Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoichiro Noda, Michio Matsumura, Norio Chiba, Masahito Hata
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Patent number: 4198486Abstract: The flameproof styrene polymer foam in accordance with this invention is obtained by melting a granular mixture of styrene polymer and aluminum hydroxide having a grain size of 20-100 .mu.m and a specific surface of below 1 m.sup.2 /g in an extruder, incorporating a physical expanding agent, and homogenizing and extruding the mixture.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1979Date of Patent: April 15, 1980Assignee: Hoechst AktiengesellschaftInventors: Wolfgang Mylich, Walter Albert
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Patent number: 4190710Abstract: Blowing agents comprising urea dicarboxylic acid anhydride do not give rise to discoloring decomposition residues nor form acid or alkaline by-products. These blowing agents may be used for expanding thermoplastic resins.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1978Date of Patent: February 26, 1980Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Kurt Ley, Hermann Hagemann, Helmut Hurnik
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Patent number: 4169172Abstract: A no-gel latex foam is formed by curing a no-gel latex foam froth on a water vapor-permeable foraminous support means comprising a backing material that has been coated with a water soluble release agent. During curing, the foam froth dehydrates through an upper free surface and at its lower supported surface through the release agent and the foraminous support means. The cured foam is then removed from the foraminous support means free of any backing material.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1977Date of Patent: September 25, 1979Inventor: Eugene J. Bethe
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Patent number: 4129531Abstract: A method is provided for crosslinking polymers at temperatures above 170.degree. C using azo-esters having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.3 is --OOC--R, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1977Date of Patent: December 12, 1978Assignee: Pennwalt CorporationInventors: Kurt Rauer, Harald Hofmann, Heidelinde Schiller, Chester S. Sheppard
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Patent number: 4098727Abstract: This specification discloses a process for the production of oxygenated compounds, more specifically aldehydes and alcohols, by reacting an olefin with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of, as a catalyst, an insoluble polymer containing a functional group, which may be an amine, thiol, phosphine, or arsine group, having chemically bonded thereto a metal of Group VIII of the Periodic Table. The metal can be, for example, rhodium, cobalt, or ruthenium. The olefin can contain more than one carbon-to-carbon double bond, may be an open chain or a cyclic olefin, and may be substituted. Further, the olefin may be contained in a refinery stream such as a cracked gasoline. The reaction may be carried out in the presence of a polar solvent.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1971Date of Patent: July 4, 1978Assignee: Mobil Oil CorporationInventors: Werner O. Haag, Darrell Duayne Whitehurst