Mixing With Fluorine- Or Iodine-containing Organic Compound Or Composition; Or Product Thereof Dnrm Patents (Class 524/462)
  • 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: 6183872
    Abstract: Novel silicon-containing organic fluoropolymers which are appliable to materials over a wide range and which have excellent antifouling property. The silicon-containing organic fluoropolymer of the invention is represented by the general formula and has a number average molecular weight of from 5×102 to 1×105: wherein Rf represents perfluoroalkyl; Z represents fluoro or trifluoromethyl; a, b, c, d and e each independently represent 0 or an integer of 1 or above, provided that a+b+c+d+e is not less than 1 and the order of the repeating units parenthesized by subscripts a, b, c, d and e occurring in the formula is not limited to that shown; Y represents hydrogen or alkyl containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms; X represents hydrogen, bromo or iodo; R1 represents hydroxy or a hydrolyzable substituent group; R2 represents hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; 1 represents 0, 1 or 2; m represents 1, 2 or 3; and n represents an integer of 2 or above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Tanaka, Hitoharu Hachisuka, Takuya Arase, Yoshio Negishi, Masayoshi Tatemoto, Tetsuo Shimizu, Sadaatsu Yamaguchi, Keizo Desaki
  • Patent number: 6177058
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that are intimate mixtures of hydrogen fluoride and a polymer. The compositions of the invention are less hazardous and, therefore, more conveniently stored, transported, and handled in comparison to pure hydrogen fluoride. Further, the hydrogen fluoride may be readily recovered from the compositions of the invention for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Rajiv Ratna Singh, Harold John Kieta, Matthew Hermes Luly, Jeffrey Warren McKown, Tadeusz Piotr Rygas, Ian Robert Shankland
  • Patent number: 6174964
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel fluorochemical oligomer, and polymer composition comprising the fluorochemical oligomeric compound and a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer. The polymer composition is useful in preparing shaped articles such as fibers and films which have desirable oil- and water repellency properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Chetan P. Jariwala, Thomas P. Klun
  • Patent number: 6166125
    Abstract: A graded-refractive-index optical plastic material comprising an amorphous fluorine-containing polymer (A) having substantially no C--H bond, and at least one fluorine-containing polycyclic compound (B) having a refractive index higher by at least 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihide Sugiyama, Hidenobu Murofushi, Takashi Okazoe, Masayuki Tamura, Shin Tatematsu, Jun Irisawa
  • Patent number: 6160052
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl resin composition, wherein(a) 4 to 20% by weight of a rubber-like polymer is contained,(b) the rubber-like polymer is dispersed in the aromatic vinyl polymer in the form of grains, and the dispersed grains have a weight-average grain diameter falling in a range of 0.4 to 0.8 .mu.m,(c) the dispersed grains have 1.0 .mu.m or less of a 5% value and 0.2 .mu.m or more of a 95% value in a cumulative grain diameter distribution on a weight basis,(d) a ratio of toluene-insoluble matters to a rubber component each of which is contained in the said composition falls in a range of 1.0 to 2.5, and(e) 0.005 to 0.5% by weight of a silicone oil or the mixed oil of the same amount of silicone oil and a fluorine compound oil of 0.0002 to 0.03% by weight is contained in the said composition. The rubber-modified aromatic vinyl resin composition described above is excellent in a balance between an impact resistance and a rigidity, and has an excellent gloss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Nozawa, Masanari Fujita, Yasuji Shichijo
  • Patent number: 6127498
    Abstract: Hydrogenated fluoromodified polymers obtainable by reaction among hydrogenated polymers and the modifier having a polyether structure:RfO(CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2 O).sub.m (CF.sub.2 O).sub.n --CF.sub.2 --A.sub.q --T.sub.p (I)wherein A is a linking bridge bound to the end group --CF.sub.2 -- of the perfluoropolyether chain, T represents one or more reactive functional groups; p and q are integers, p ranges from 1 to 4, q is an integer from 0 to 1; m and n are integers such that m/n is comprised between 0.2 and 5, Rf is a perfluoroalkyl from 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Ausimont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Claudio Tonelli, Giovanni Simeone, Tania Trombetta
  • Patent number: 6127485
    Abstract: This invention describes hydrophobic and oleophobic fibers, films and molded articles comprising synthetic organic polymer wherein dispersed within the fiber, fabric or molded article and present at the surface of the fiber, fabric or molded article are fluorochemical compounds. Method of preparing such fibers, films and molded articles, as well as articles made therefrom also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Thomas P. Klun, Alton J. Gasper, John A. Temperante
  • Patent number: 6100325
    Abstract: Dispersions, obtained starting from a system formed by a (per)fluorinated polymer in polar solvent, comprising at least:0.1-30% by weight of a polytetrafluoroethylene or of tetrafluoroethylene copolymers with other ethylenically unsaturated, totally or partially fluorinated, monomers;50-99% by weight of fluorinated liquid;0.01-5% by weight of surfactant selected from carboxylic acids with PFPE chain and nonionic surfactants having a perfluoroalkylic or perfluoropolyether chain with a oxyalkylenic repeating unit number lower than or equal to 6;polar solvent (water and/or alcohol) complement to 100; weight ratio lower than that of the initial system containing the (per)fluoropolymer used to prepare the dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Ausimont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alba Chittofrati, Paolo Lazzari, Daria Lenti
  • Patent number: 6087430
    Abstract: A composition of matter formed by melt-blending certain thermoplastic polymers and from about 1.0 to about 7.5 wt. % of a fluorocarbon additive, the additive having a lower surface energy than that of the polymer; the blending resulting in a cooled admixture having a concentration of fluorocarbon additive through a cross-section of the solid composition lower in the interior thereof and higher at the surfaces thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: RES Development Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Sterling, Eugene P. Goldberg
  • Patent number: 6063474
    Abstract: A composition having repellency to low surface tension fluids comprising a material prepared by forming a mixture of a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyolefin, polyamide, polyester, polyacrylate, and blends and copolymers thereof, and a fluorochemical compound comprising a fluorocarbon/hydrocarbon ester of the formulae:R.sub.f --O--C(O)--R.sub.1 or R.sub.f --C(O)--O--R.sub.1whereinRf is selected from the group consisting of:1) F(CF.sub.2).sub.x --(CH.sub.2).sub.m wherein x is from about 4 to about 20 and m is from about 0 to about 6; and2) F(CF.sub.2).sub.x --SO.sub.2 N(R.sub.2)--R.sub.3 where x is a positive integer from about 4 to about 20, R.sub.2 is an alkyl radical of from about 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, R.sub.3 is an alkylene radical of from about 1 to about 12 carbon atoms; andR.sub.1 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon having from about 12 to about 76 carbon atoms; andprovided that said fluorochemical compound is other than perfluoroalkylethyl stearate; andmelt extruding the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kimberly Gheysen Raiford, Theodor Arthur Liss, Edward James Greenwood
  • Patent number: 6048921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator for flowable materials which comprises a generally cylindrical housing having a chamber, a discharge opening, a wick projecting through said discharge opening, and a projecting structure for shielding the user from flowable materials and for preventing placement of the applicator in inappropriate receptacles. Further, the present invention relates to a storage and shipping rack for said applicators and to a method of dispensing flowable materials onto a surface. Preferably, the applicator is filled with metal coating and treating compositions such as aqueous acidic chromate compositions. Most preferably, the acidic compositions contain a very low concentration of a fluorinated surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Ashton White, Lester Steinbrecher
  • Patent number: 6037399
    Abstract: An aqueous microemulsion polymerization procedure is described in which very small colloidal melt-processible fluoropolymer particles are produced from at least one gaseous monomer and optionally TFE. The polymerization procedure involves forming a microemulsion of at least one liquid organic compound; adding at least one gaseous free-radical polymerizable monomer to the microemulsion; and initiating polymerization by adding a free-radical initiator to the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Huey Shen Wu, Jack Hegenbarth, Chen Xin-Kang, Chen Jian-Guo
  • Patent number: 6013712
    Abstract: Dispersions comprising at least:0.1-30% by weight of a polytetrafluoroethylene or tetrafluoroethylene copolymers with other ethylenically unsaturated monomers;50-99% by weight of fluorinated liquid;polar solvent (water and/or alcohol) complement to 100;0.01-5% by weight of surfactant selected from:(a) nonionic hydrogenated or(b) fluorinated, having a perfluoropolyether or perfluoroalkylic chain, both of ionic and non ionic type, selected from the following classes:A') mono and dicarboxylic acid salts;B') sulphonic acid salts;C') phosphoric mono and diesters and their mixtures, as such or salified, optionally containing amounts of triesters lower than 15% by moles;D') nonionic surfactants formed by fluorinated and polyoxyalkylenic chains with a number of oxyalkylenic repeating units higher than 6;E') cationic surfactants having one or more fluorinated hydrophobic chains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Ausimont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alba Chittofrati, Paolo Lazzari, Daria Lenti
  • Patent number: 6013218
    Abstract: Expandable bladders for use in curing presses for hydrocarbon rubbers, such as pneumatic tires, are a crosslinked elastomer composition including isobutylene repeat units. When PTFE and/or graphite is present, they can be cured with brominated phenolic resins in shorter periods of time. The fluorinated ethylene polymer is added in particulate form and thereafter dispersed throughout the bladder. The fluorinated ethylene polymer may or may not form fibers. The bladders may further include graphite. The bladders generally have enhanced lubricity, reduced adhesion to cured tire innerliners, better resistance to cracking during flexing, and have lower tension set than similar compositions without fluorinated ethylene polymers. The above enhancements allow hydrocarbon rubbers such as tires to be molded with fewer defects caused by abraded or deformed bladders. They also enhance the useful life of the bladder reducing the cost of tire curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: George Philemon Patitsas, Paul Harry Sandstrom
  • 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: 5985975
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid composition containing a cationic fluorocarbon surfactant having a general formula [I] or [II] and a polymer compound in a solvent, and a liquid composition containing a cationic fluorocarbon surfactant having a general formula [III] and a polymer compound in a solvent: ##STR1## wherein Rf represents a fluorocarbon group in which at least some of the hydrogen atoms in an alkyl group having 4 to 12 carbon atoms are substituted by fluorine atoms, each of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, and R.sub.5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, HX represents a hydrohalogenic acid, and X.crclbar. represents a halogen anion; ##STR2## wherein n represents an integer from 4 to 12, and X.crclbar. represents a halogen anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Kurabayashi, Katsuhiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5977277
    Abstract: The novel acrylic ester, allyl ether and allyl carbonate of the present invention are characterized by having the structures represented by the following general formulae (I) to (IV): The above acrylic ester, allyl ether and allyl carbonate are used as a starting monomer which forms a polymer matrix for use in a polymeric solid electrolyte. The novel polymer of the present invention comprises structural units derived from at least one compound selected from a group of the compounds represented by the above general formulae (I) to (IV). The polymeric solid electrolyte comprising the above novel polymer as a polymer matrix exhibits high ionic conductivity and is chemically stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Keiichi Yokoyama, Takako Sasano, Akio Hiwara, Masahiro Toriida, Satoko Mita, Masayoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5973055
    Abstract: The invention relates to a water repellent composition (<<Rain Repellent>>), comprising a hydrophobic agent and a solvent compatible with the hydrophobic active agent, characterized in that the solvent comprises at least one fluorinated hydrocarbon, liquid at ambient temperature, and in that the active hydrophobic agent is a compound of organopolysiloxane type.The invention also relates to a disposable pressurized container containing the above composition and an inert gas.The invention finds application in particular in the removal of water from a surface especially the windscreen of vehicles or aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignees: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle, Elf Atochem S.A.
    Inventors: Pascal Michaud, Bruno Costes, Yves Henry, Pierre Lascours
  • Patent number: 5939478
    Abstract: The viscosity of a solvent is modified by thickening the solvent with a silicone latex. A silicone latex having a plurality of crosslinked polysiloxane particles is first prepared by mixing the siloxane polymer, a surfactant, and water; emulsifying the mixture to a gel phase; diluting the emulsion with water; adding a cure package (i.e., a catalyst, a crosslinker, or both, or a self catalytic crosslinker); and then without removing the water from the latex and after the particles of siloxane polymer in the latex have been cured, mixing the latex and solvent to thicken the solvent, forming viscous liquids, gels, and pastes. Water in the latex thickened solvent composition can be stabilized by adding a silicone polyether during mixing of the latex and the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: James Anderson Beck, Vicky Sue Cobb, Cassie Emelia Cuthbert, Eric Jude Joffre, Virginia Kay O'Neil, Burt Michael Wrolson
  • Patent number: 5932645
    Abstract: A coating composition for screen printing containing a fluorine rubber in a dissolved state is disclosed, wherein the solvent for the fluorine rubber comprises 60 to 100% by weight, based on the total solvent, of an ester ranging in boiling point from isoamyl acetate to isobornyl acetate. The coating composition which, even when formulated as a thick solution for providing a thick coat as used in the production of a metal gasket, hardly clogs the screen thereby making continuous coating possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Reinz Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruaki Kawanaka, Eiichi Oohira, Hiroo Buseki
  • Patent number: 5925705
    Abstract: Aqueous dispersion of a vinylidene fluoride (VdF) polymer which comprises a VdF polymer having a particle size of not more than 200 nm and contains 30 to 50% by weight of solids and not more than 1% by weight of a fluorine-containing surfactant on the basis of water. This aqueous dispersion is prepared by emulsion-polymerizing VdF monomer or a monomer mixture containing VdF under coexistence of not more than 1% by weight of the fluorine-containing surfactant and 0.001 to 0.1% by weight of a nonionic non-fluorine-containing surfactant on the basis of water, and is suitably used for paints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Araki, Nobuhiko Tsuda, Masahiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 5922788
    Abstract: A surface coating agent includes a main ingredient compound containing a mixture of white cement and finely ground silica and carbon fibers and a water soluble hardener containing a mixture of a cationic acrylic resin and an anionic acrylic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Inventor: Kaneo Gotan
  • Patent number: 5919878
    Abstract: Amorphous fluoropolymers contain tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro(ethyl vinyl ether).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Paul Douglas Brothers, Richard Alan Morgan
  • Patent number: 5898046
    Abstract: A composition having repellency to low surface tension fluids comprising a material prepared by forming a mixture of a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyolefin, polyamide, polyester, polyacrylate, and blends and copolymers thereof, and a fluorochemical compound comprising a fluorocarbon/hydrocarbon ester of the formulae:R.sub.f --O--C(O)--R.sub.1 or R.sub.f --C(O)--O--R.sub.1whereinR.sub.f is selected from the group consisting of:1) F(CF.sub.2).sub.x --(CH.sub.2).sub.m wherein x is from about 4 to about 20 and m is from about 0 to about 6; and2) F(CF.sub.2).sub.x --SO.sub.2 N(R.sub.2)--R.sub.3 where x is a positive integer from about 4 to about 20, R.sub.2 is an alkyl radical of from about 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, R.sub.3 is an alkylene radical of from about 1 to about 12 carbon atoms; andR.sub.1 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon having from about 12 to about 76 carbon atoms; andprovided that said fluorochemical compound is other than perfluoroalkylethyl stearate; andmelt extruding the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kimberly Gheysen Raiford, Theodor Arthur Liss, Edward James Greenwood
  • Patent number: 5889083
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aqueous jet ink composition suitable for printing scratch and rub resistant identifying marks on substrates such as paper, glass, metal, or plastic substrates comprising water, a colorant, a binder resin, and a wax. An example of the colorant is carbon black. An example of the binder resin is a styrene-acrylic copolymer. An example of a suitable wax is a polyethylene or a polytetrafluoroethylene wax. The jet ink composition may further contain organic solvents, defoamers, conductivity agents, and biocides. Also disclosed are a process for preparing the jet ink composition and a process for producing identifying marks on the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Videojet Systems International, Inc.
    Inventor: Linfang Zhu
  • Patent number: 5883177
    Abstract: Use of amorphous perfluoropolymers based on homopolymers of the TTD dioxole or its amorphous copolymers to prepare solutions in fluoro-containing solvents, to obtain solutions for coatings, wherein TTD has the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.F is a perfluoroalkylic radical with 1-5 carbon atoms, linear or branched when possible; X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 equal to or different from each other being F or CF.sub.3 ; the TTD amount ranges from 40 to 100% by moles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Ausimont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Pasqua Colaianna, Giulio Brinati, Vincenzo Arcella
  • Patent number: 5869560
    Abstract: Materials not releasing gaseous organic materials during use are used as a dry-type sealing material such as a gasket disposed upon mounting an air filter to an opening of a ceiling or the like, a wet-type sealing material filled and used in a gap for connecting wall materials or partitionings, a vinyl chloride sheet or a vinyl chloride cloth as a facing material for walls and floors. Specifically, a carboxylic acid ester having a molecular weight of not less than 400 is used as a plasticizer, a phenolic compound having a molecular weight of not less 300 is used as an antioxidant, an aliphatic hydrocarbon having not less than 19 carbon atoms (for example, microcrystalline wax) is used as a lubricant, and an alkylamine ethylene oxide adduct having a molecular weight of not less than 350 is used as an antistatic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Taisei Corporation
    Inventors: Sadao Kobayashi, Masayuki Imafuku, Yoshihide Wakayama
  • Patent number: 5861452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a scratch resistant polymer composition having a polymer that includes a copolyetherester elastomer, said polymer having a hardness of from 25D to 82D, and a fluorosurfactant having a nonionic organic head and a tail of the formula CF.sub.3 --(CF.sub.2).sub.x --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2, where x is an integer from 3 to 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Peter Laszlo Szekely
  • Patent number: 5854310
    Abstract: The present invention is a curable fluorosilicone composition having improved lubricity, low compression set, and good resistance to fluids such as automotive fuel without post-curing. The composition comprises(A) poly(trifluoropropyl)methylsiloxane, (B) vinylmethyldi(N-alkylacetamido)silane, (C) reinforcing treated silica, (D) chlorotrifluoroethylene polymer, and (E) vinyl specific organic peroxide catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventor: Myron T. Maxson
  • Patent number: 5847070
    Abstract: New compounds including bis-.beta.-hydroxy ethyl bibenzoate containing less than 2.5%, and preferably less than 1%, diethylene glycol and a process for the production of the bis-.beta.-hydroxy ethyl bibenzoate by the condensation of 4,4'-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid and ethylene glycol at low temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalyst are disclosed. Use of the compounds to produce polyesters is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Jawed Asrar, David J. Weinkauff, A. Hameed Bhombal
  • Patent number: 5844034
    Abstract: This invention provides a fluoropolymer dispersion useful for coating applications. The dispersion is a homogeneous and non-ozone depleting dispersion comprising a lubricious fluoropolymer, an inert perfluorinated liquid, a polar solvent, and an effective amount of a surface active agent selected from the group consisting ofa. perfluoroaliphatic amidoalkanols;b. polymerized products formed from the reaction of a mixture comprising a hydrophilic monomer and a monomer of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein p and q are integers between 1 and 4 inclusive, x and y are integers between 0 and 4 inclusive, m is 1 or 2, n is an integer between 3 and 10 inclusive, X' is either a methyl group or a single hydrogen atom, g is 0 or 1, and Q is a sulfonamido constituent group according to the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Mark W. Grenfell, Richard M. Flynn, Patricia M. Savu
  • Patent number: 5830990
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for producing top anti-reflective coating compositions having a very low level of metal ions, utilizing a specially washed and modified ion exchange resin. A method is also provided for producing semiconductor devices using such ion exchange treated top anti-reflective coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventor: M. Dalil Rahman
  • Patent number: 5804633
    Abstract: Permanent aqueous marker inks are provided which include surfactant, a pigment, a film-forming polymer, and water. The surfactant may be a combination of a hydrocarbon, preferably an alkylphenol ethyoxylate and a fluorocarbon, or it may be a silicone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Rachel M. Loftin, Kimberly Borelli Sanborn
  • Patent number: 5798402
    Abstract: Compositions and processes for imparting repellency to low surface tension fluids in thermoplastic polymers, said compositions containing compounds of formulae R.sub.f SO.sub.2 (CH.sub.2).sub.n C(O).sub.2 OR, RSO.sub.2 (CH.sub.2).sub.n C(O)OR.sub.f and R.sub.f SO.sub.2 R wherein R.sub.f is F(CF.sub.2).sub.x --(CH.sub.2).sub.m wherein x is 4 to 20 and m is 2 to 6, R is a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with an average carbon chain length of 12 to 66 carbons; and n is 1 to 4 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Patrick Henry Fitzgerald, Kimberly Gheysen Raiford, Edward James Greenwood
  • Patent number: 5744537
    Abstract: Enhanced fidelity of pattern transfer of aqueous developable photoresist compositions is achieved with top antirefective coatings which are fluorine-containing and have a refractive index approximately equal to the square root of the underlying photoresist and which are removable in the developer for the photoresist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William R. Brunsvold, George J. Hefferon, Christopher F. Lyons, Wayne M. Moreau, Robert L. Wood
  • Patent number: 5733981
    Abstract: A method of dehydrofluorinating a fluoropolymer comprising the steps of: providing an fluoropolymer emulsion comprising water, a fluoropolymer, and substantially no organic solvent; adding to the fluoropolymer emulsion a basic compound, the base compound being added at a concentration and in an mount that does not result in coagulation of the fluoropolymer; and exposing the mixture of fluoropolymer emulsion and basic compound to reaction conditions sufficient to cause dehydrofluorination of the fluoropolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: William D. Coggio, Trang D. Pham
  • Patent number: 5705604
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel tire sealer and inflator compositions. The compositions may be aqueous or non-aqueous and comprise a petroleum residual resin sealant, an amorphous polyolefin, an organic solvent, a vapor pressure depressant, and a non-flammable propellant/inflator having an ozone depletion potential of zero. For the aqueous system, the composition further comprises an emulsifier. The compositions are useful for sealing and inflating a punctured tire in combination with a propellant/inflator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Pennzoil Products Company
    Inventor: Jiafu Fang
  • Patent number: 5690878
    Abstract: Perfluorinated cycloalkane solvents for dissolving high melting polymers containing tetrafluoroethylene, are disclosed. These solvents dissolve such polymers more rapidly, and/or are more stable, than previously known solvents. Also disclosed is a process for dissolution of the polymers and their resulting solutions. The solutions are useful for making polymer films, coatings and for encapsulating objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: William Howard Tuminello, Robert John Cavanaugh
  • Patent number: 5688855
    Abstract: A hydrophilic coating composition used to impart increased lubricity and wettability to the surface of a hydrophobic substrate which is comprised of three essential components:1) Hydrogel-forming polymer component A2) Water-soluble polymer component B3) Common solvent C for the components A and BThe water-insoluble, hydrogel-forming component A consists of a segmented copolymer with long, hydrophilic terminal blocks and the essentially hydrophobic central section. The two polymer components A and B have a limited miscibility in the absence of a common solvent C. Therefore, their blend tends to separate spontaneously into two polymer phases. The phase separation takes place during the solvent evaporation or extraction. A gradient of hydrophilicity and swelling within the coating layer is thus spontaneously created achieving a good adhesion to the substrate and high surface hydrophilicity at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: S.K.Y. Polymers, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir A. Stoy, Gerald A. Gontarz, Jr., Patrick Stoy
  • Patent number: 5686519
    Abstract: Permanent aqueous marker inks are provided which include surfactant, a pigment, a film-forming polymer, and water. The surfactant may be a combination of a hydrocarbon, preferably an alkylphenol ethyoxylate and a fluorocarbon, or it may be a silicone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Rachel M. Loftin, Kimberly Borelli Sanborn
  • Patent number: 5672647
    Abstract: An aqueous nail varnish free from nitrocellulose and having improved spreading properties contains 10 to 59 weight percent of a film-forming polymer present in a dispersed state, 0.01 to 1 weight percent of a water-soluble perfluoroalkyl and 40 to 90 weight percent of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Valerie de La Poterie, Myriam Mellul
  • Patent number: 5648403
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a new formulation for antimicrobial gutta percha cones for obturation of root canals comprising of 20% gutta percha, 55% zinc oxide, 10% Barium, 10% sulphate, 10% triiodomethane, and 5% wax/resin. In order to ensure pliability and compactability, this formula should be varied by no more than 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Inventor: Howard Martin
  • Patent number: 5646197
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a root canal sealer which satisfies the need for obtaining a tight seal. The root canal sealer comprises the following powders in the following weight ratios: 31 to 41% zinc oxide, 25% hydrogenated rosin glycerol ester (staybelite resin), 10% bismuth subcarbonate, 10% barium sulfate, 1% anhydrous sodium borate, and 5-15% triiodomethane. The powders are mixed with 100% eugenol to form a creamy paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Inventor: Howard Martin
  • Patent number: 5631047
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition suitable for use as a combination fire retardant, soil and water protectant, and biocide, and to the method of making and applying the composition. The preferred embodiment contains the following ingredients: from 2.30% to 9.22% by total weight of ammonium phosphate, monobasic; from 2.30% to 9.22% by total weight of ammonium phosphate, dibasic; from 2.30% to 9.22% by total weight of a compound comprising approximately 50% ammonium polyphosphate, 3% urea, and 47% water; from 2.60% to 10.4% by total weight of a fluorinated acrylic polymer; from 0.025% to 0.1% by total weight of coco imidazuline dicarboxylate; from 1.00% to 4.00% by total weight of organotin; and from 57.84% to 89.475% by total weight of water. The composition is applied to porous materials, such as fabrics, wood, cardboard, or fiberboard, for protection from fire, soil and water damage, and virus and fungus growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: American Fire Retardant Corp.
    Inventor: Edward E. Friloux
  • Patent number: 5618912
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel tire sealer and inflator compositions. The compositions may be aqueous or non-aqueous and comprise a petroleum residual resin sealant, an amorphous polyolefin, an organic solvent, a vapor pressure depressant, and a non-flammable propellant/inflator having an ozone depletion potential of zero. For the aqueous system, the composition further comprises an emulsifier. The compositions are useful for sealing and inflating a punctured tire in combination with a propellant/inflator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: Pennzoil Products Company
    Inventor: Jiafu Fang
  • Patent number: 5614575
    Abstract: A sprayable polyurethane composition containing an isocyanate component and a polyol component is provided, wherein the polyol component includes a polyether polyol amine; a nitrogen-free hydoxy-terminated polyether; and a sucrose-polyether polyol. Preferably, these two components are combined while spraying them individually into a mold along with a fibrous-reinforcing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: RPG. Inc.
    Inventor: Rex R. Kotschwar
  • Patent number: 5608002
    Abstract: Process for preparing a water- and oil-repelling agent composition, which is obtained by solution-polymerizing a polymerizable monomer component which contains at least a monomer having a polyfluoroalkyl group in a polymerization solvent which contains at least one compound with a boiling point of 0.degree. to 150.degree. C. selected from the group consisting of a hydrochlorofluorocarbon having 2 to 3 carbon atoms and a hydrofluorocarbon having 4 to 6 carbon atoms and 4 or more fluorine atoms, said solvent containing the compound in an amount of at least 5% by weight, and the water- and oil-repelling agent composition prepared thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motonobu Kubo, Kazunori Hayashi
  • Patent number: 5594088
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a process for preparing plastic lenses having a high-refractive index comprising forming a mixture containing one or more polyisocyanate compounds; one or more active hydrogen compounds selected from the group consisting of a polyol compound having no sulfur atom, a polyol compound having at least one sulfur atom, and a polythiol compound having at least one sulfur atom in addition to the sulfur atom contained in mercapto group and at least one internal releasing agent and then casting and polymerizing the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Teruyuki Nagata, Koju Okazaki, Tohru Miura, Nobuyuki Kajimoto, Yoshinobu Kanemura, Katsuyoshi Sasagawa, Masao Imai
  • Patent number: RE37022
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing polymer composition comprising a polymer having a functional group and a fluorine-containing aliphatic cyclic structure dissolved in a solvent mixture of an aprotic fluorine-containing solvent and a protic fluorine-containing solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignees: Asahi Glass Company Ltd., Iwaki Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihide Sugiyama, Atsushi Watakabe, Shunsuke Yokotsuka, Atsuo Hiroi, Masaki Naritomi, Naoko Shirota, Ko Aosaki, Masaru Nakamura