Two Or More Ether Linkages In The Hydroxyl Group Bearing Molecule Patents (Class 524/762)
  • Patent number: 11884775
    Abstract: A renewably sourced soil release polyester comprising two or more structural units (a1), one or more structural units (a2) and either one or two terminal structural groups (a3) wherein G1 is one or more (OCnH2n) with n being a number of from 2 to 10, preferably from 2 to 6 and more preferably (OC2H4), (OC3H6), (OC4H8) or (OC6H12), R1 is a C1-30 alkyl, preferably C1-4 alkyl and more preferably methyl, p is, based on a molar average, a number of from 1 to 200, preferably from 2 to 150 and more preferably from 3 to 120, q is, based on a molar average, a number of from 0 to 40, preferably from 0 to 30, more preferably from 0 to 20, and most preferably from 0 to 10, where the (OC3H6)— and (OC2H4)-groups of the terminal group (a3) may be arranged blockwise, alternating, periodically and/or statistically, preferably blockwise and/or statistically, either of the groups (OC3H6)— and (OC2H4)— can be linked to R1— and —O, adjacent structural units (a1) are connected by the structural unit (a2), in the case that
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Kevin Mutch, Martijn Gillissen
  • Patent number: 11306228
    Abstract: The present invention provides bonding systems comprising a formaldehyde-based (urea-/melamine-/phenol-/resorcinol-formaldehyde or other combination) and/or a polymeric isocyanate resin system composition for bonding ligno-cellulosic materials to form panels and/or shaped products, which contain a resin hardener, also referred to as resin catalyst, characterised in that the hardener is activated by heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Catalytic Systems C.E.D. LTD.
    Inventors: Karolos Markesinis, Efthalia Markesini, Dimitrios Alexandropoulos, Panagiotis Nakos, Paschalis Tsirogiannis
  • Patent number: 10561597
    Abstract: A cosmetic or dermatological composition comprising at least one aqueous phase, of a branched or crosslinked polymer is obtained by polymerization of an aqueous solution of one or more monomers in water-in-oil inverse emulsion, at least one of the monomers used being an acrylic monomer and one or more of the monomers used being a monomer bearing at least one weak acid function, the molar percentage of monomers bearing at least one weak acid function relative to all of the monomers used being at least 30 mol %. The polymerization is carried out with a concentration of all the monomers in aqueous solution lying in the range 1.3 mmol to 3.6 mmol per gram of aqueous solution. During the polymerization, at most 20% of the acid functions present on the monomers having at least one acid function are in neutralized form. The compositions are intended for treatment of keratinous materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: S.P.C.M. SA
    Inventors: Frederic Blondel, Lionel Champagnon
  • Publication number: 20150065630
    Abstract: A composition comprising linked segments of: (a) a polyhydroxy segment derived from a compound independently selected an acyclic polyhydric alcohol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms and 4 to 6 reactive hydroxyl groups; a cyclic polyhydric alcohol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms and 4 to 6 reactive hydroxyl groups, a poly(hydroxyethyl) polyethyleneamine having 4 to 6 reactive hydroxyl groups and combinations thereof; (b) polyoxyalkylene segments wherein each hydroxyl group of the polyhydroxyl segment is linked to a polyoxyalkylene segment; (d) and aliphatic end segments or aromatic end segments, each end segment having 6 to 32 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl reactive group, wherein the mole ratio of the polyoxyalkylene segment to the polyhydroxy segment is at least 4:1 and the mole ratio of the aliphatic or aromatic end segment to the polyhydroxy segment is at least 0.25:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Eduardus Maria MANGNUS, Onno RIENSTRA, Stanley Leon FREEMAN, Alart MULDER, Kenneth F. SMITH
  • Patent number: 8877863
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a polymer polyol (PMPO) by alkoxylating a starter compound(s) having active hydrogen atoms in the presence of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst, radical initiator(s) and optionally PMPO stabilizers and simultaneously polymerizing unsaturated monomer(s) with radical initiator(s). The polymer polyols (PMPOs) made by the inventive process may find use in the preparation of polyurethane foams and elastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience LLC
    Inventors: Jose F. Pazos, John E. Hayes
  • Patent number: 8871882
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of a fluoropolymer by means of emulsion polymerization of a reaction mixture in an aqueous medium is disclosed wherein the reaction mixture includes a fluoromonomer having the structure of wherein R1, R2, and R3 are each independently hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups, substituted alkyl groups, or halogens, wherein at least one of R1, R2, and R3 is a fluorine atom, and wherein R is each independently a substituent on the styrenic ring, n is an integer from 0 to 5 representing the number of the substituents on the styrenic ring; b) an emulsion stabilizer combination comprising: i) an anionic surfactant; and, ii) a cationic surfactant or a non-ionic surfactant; and, c) a free-radical initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Akron Polymer Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoliang Zheng, Dong Zhang, Jiaokai Jing, Ted Calvin Germroth, Frank W. Harris, Thauming Kuo, Bin Wang, Douglas Stephens McWilliams
  • Patent number: 8802739
    Abstract: Disclosed are low VOC defoaming agents comprising at least one active defoaming compound or combination of defoaming compounds, and a liquid carrier comprising one or more organic compounds having a viscosity of less than about 100 centistokes (cSt) at 40° C. as measured by ASTM D445, having a VOC content as measured by ASTM method D3960 “Standard Practice for Determining Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Content of Paints and Related Coatings” of not greater than about 1% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: John Mangano, Vasudevan Balasubramaniam, Daniel Herzog
  • Patent number: 8772405
    Abstract: A polymer polyol (I) is provided that is formed of a polyol (A), polymer particles (B) obtained by polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated compound (b), and an active-hydrogen-containing compound (d) having an aromatic ring and having a number-average molecular weight of 150 to 2,000, wherein a content of (d) is 1 to 20% on the basis of a weight of (B). The polymer polyol of the present invention contains polymer particles having sufficiently small particle diameters, has a low viscosity, and has excellent handleability. A polyurethane resin obtained by using the polymer polyol of the present invention has excellent mechanical strengths such as elongation at break.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Tsuji, Shigekuni Nakada, Yukiya Kobayashi, Katsuya Uchida
  • Publication number: 20140113985
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing a flexible polyurethane foam having a higher biomass degree than a conventional flexible polyurethane foam and excellent in foam physical properties and its appearance. A polymer-dispersed polyol obtained by polymerizing a vinyl monomer in the presence of the following polyol (a1) derived from a natural fat/oil and/or the following polyoxyalkylene polyol (a2) is used: Polyol (a1) derived from a natural fat/oil: a polyol derived from a natural fat/oil, which is obtained by providing a natural fat/oil with hydroxy groups by chemical reaction, and which has a hydroxy value of from 20 to 250 mgKOH/g and a molecular weight distribution of at least 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takayuki SASAKI, Yasuyuki Sasao, Naohiro Kumagai, Chitoshi Suzuki, Shigeru Ikai
  • Patent number: 8637589
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to silicone prepolymer compositions comprising a silicone prepolymer and a solvent. A soluble silicone prepolymer can be provided having increased average silicon content, thereby attaining a desired oxygen permeability. A solvent can be provided with a desired balance between hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity by selection and modification of the solvent molecular structure, resulting in molded polymer films and articles that exhibit minimal or nonexistent eye irritation and exhibit highly transparent products. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignees: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Toray Industries
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Fujisawa, Mitsuru Yokota, Masataka Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20130253133
    Abstract: The invention is a method of producing an essentially electrically neutral polymer dispersion, comprising a polymerizing one or more monomers in the presence of a nonionic surfactant, wherein the polymerization preferably occurs in the absence of ionic surfactants. The invention also includes methods of producing positively or negatively charged polymer dispersions comprising producing the essentially nonionic polymer dispersion and further adding a cationically-charged or anionically-charged surfactant or electrolyte. The invention further includes dispersions produced by the methods of the invention and polymer films and powders produced from these dispersions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Koichi Takamura, Armin Burghart
  • Publication number: 20130184408
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process of forming a polymer composition by the free radical polymerization of a monomer mixture in the presence of low molecular weight polytrimethylene ether glycol. The polytrimethylene ether glycol has a number average molecular weight in the range of from 120 to 490. The polymer composition can be used to form a coating composition that has a low volatile organic solvent content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
  • Patent number: 8470927
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a polymer polyol (PMPO) by alkoxylating a starter compound(s) having active hydrogen atoms in the presence of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst, radical initiator(s) and optionally PMPO stabilizers and simultaneously polymerizing unsaturated monomer(s) with radical initiator(s). The polymer polyols (PMPOs) made by the inventive process may find use in the preparation of polyurethane foams and elastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience LLC
    Inventors: Jose F. Pazos, John E. Hayes
  • Patent number: 8415444
    Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a curable composition not containing any organotin type curing catalyst of concern because of the toxic feature thereof, or any volatile compound, excellent in curability and storage stability and, further, capable of providing cured products excellent in strength and elongation. The above object can be achieved by a curable composition which includes: an organic polymer (A) containing a hydrolyzable silyl group in a molecule; an amidine compound (B); a plasticizer (C); and an amino group-containing silane coupling agent (D), wherein the amidine compound (B) is preliminarily mixed and dissolved and/or dispersed in the plasticizer (C) and the amino group-containing silane coupling agent (D), and the resultant mixture is added to the reactive silyl group-containing polymer (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako Yano, Noriko Matsushita, Takeshi Sonoda, Shintaro Komitsu
  • Publication number: 20120154811
    Abstract: Presently described are coating compositions comprising a polymerizable resin composition and a non-ionic unpolymerizable surfactant. In some embodiments, the coating comprises greater than 10 wt-% of non-ionic unpolymerizable surfactant. In other embodiments, the coating composition comprises an an additive comprising a silicone group or a fluorinated group and a hydrophobic group. Also described are articles comprising the cured coating compositions. In one embodiment, an article is described comprising a cured coating wherein the cured coating exhibits a property of an initially visible simulated fingerprint reducing in visibility in 1-20 minutes. Also described is a method of determining the fingerprint visibility of a coating composition and a polyacylate composition useful as an additive. In another embodiment a coated surface is described comprising a polymeric organic material comprising a plurality of pores wherein a portion of the pores are interconnected and comprise a lipophilic liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Richard J. Pokorny, Thomas P. Klun, Christopher B. Walker, JR., David B. Olson, Joan M. Noyola, Michelle L. Toy, Evan L. Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20120108692
    Abstract: Monomers and crosslinkers derived from renewable resources that can be used to produce flexible, microporous, open-celled polymeric foam materials having physical characteristics making them suitable for a variety of uses, are disclosed. Monomer compositions derived from renewable resources, and having short curing times for preparing foam materials from high internal phase emulsions are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventor: John Collins Dyer
  • Publication number: 20120041144
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polymer polyols which have low viscosities and high hydroxyl numbers, and to a process for the preparation of these novel polymer polyols. These polymer polyols have hydroxyl numbers of 20, solids contents of about 30 to about 65% by weight and a viscosity that is less than or equal to: be[12.7c]. These comprise the reaction product of a base polyol, a preformed stabilizer and at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, in the presence of a free-radical polymerization initiator and at least one polymer control agent. The base polyol has a hydroxyl number of 60 to 1900, a functionality of 1 to 10, and an equivalent weight of 30 to 900.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience LLC
    Inventors: RICK L. ADKINS, Shriniwas S. Chauk
  • Patent number: 8106121
    Abstract: The invention relates to graft polyols with a bimodal particle size distribution and a total solid content of between 5 and 65 wt. %. Said polyols contain small particles with a particle diameter of between 0.05 and 0.7 ?m and large particles with a particle diameter of between 0.4 and 5.0 ?m, whereby the peaks of the large and small particles measured during a representation according to the light-scattering analysis method do not overlap. The total solid content with the defined particle sizes consists of a volumetric fraction of between 5 and 45% small particles and a volumetric fraction of between 95 and 55% large particles, said volumetric fractions totalling 100%. The invention also relates to a method for producing graft polyols of this type and to the use thereof for producing polyurethanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Zaschke, Andreas Hoppe, Marita Schuster, Marion Wenzel, Klaus Wagner
  • Patent number: 8017664
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the batch or semi-batch preparation of a polymer polyol, which process involves (1) preparing a seed by polymerizing in a base polyol at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer in the presence of a polymerization initiator and macromer, and in the presence of from 0.5 to 50% wt of polymer polyol heel, based on amount of polymer present in the heel compared with total amount of polymer formed, (2) adding additional ethylenically unsaturated monomer to the seed obtained in step (1) and optionally additional polyol, and (3) polymerizing the mixture obtained in step (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Bob Heinis, Willem Karzijn, Martien Krijger, Martinus Johannes Maria Lelieveld
  • Patent number: 7939601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymeric material comprising units capable of having a cationic charge at a pH of from about 4 to about 12; provided that said polymeric material has an average cationic charge density from about 2.75 or less units per 100 daltons molecular weight at a pH of from about 4 to about 12. The polymeric material is a suds enhancer and a suds volume extender for hand dishwashing compositions and personal care products such as soaps, shaving cream foam, foaming shaving gel, foam dephiliatories and shampoos. The polymers are also effective as a soil release agent in fabric cleaning compositions. The polymers are also useful in agrochemical foam, fire-fighting foam, hard surface cleaner foam, and coagulant for titanium dioxide in paper making.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Rhodia Inc.
    Inventors: Vance Bergeron, Dominic Wai-Kwing Yeung, Jean-Francois Bodet, Mark Robert Sivik, Bernard William Kluesener, William Michael Scheper
  • Patent number: 7759423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ultra-high solids content polymer polyols which have good filterability while maintaining a reasonable viscosity, and to a process for the preparation of these ultra-high solids contents polymer polyols. These polymer polyols comprise the free-radical polymerization product of (A) a base polyol, (B) a pre-formed stabilizer, (C) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, (D) at least one free-radical polymerization initiator, and (E) at least one chain transfer agent. The solids contents varies from 60% to about 85% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience LLC
    Inventor: Shriniwas S. Chauk
  • Patent number: 7674853
    Abstract: Process for preparing a polyol comprising particulate material in dispersed form by reacting an MDI-based polyisocyanate and a polyol having an equivalent weight of up to 400 in a relative amount such that the number of NCO-groups is 70-100% of the number of OH-groups in said polyol having an equivalent weight of up to 400, the reaction being carried out in a polyol having an equivalent weight of 500 or more. The polyols are claimed as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Huntsman International LLC
    Inventors: Verhelst Gabriel Albert, Yu Jianming
  • Patent number: 7354747
    Abstract: Carbohydrate-derived side-chain polyethers that may be synthesized by condensation polymerization of monomers derived from natural occurring carbohydrates. These compounds are protein resistant, biodegradable and may be functionalized at location other that the chain ends. Various devices, apparatus and articles of manufacture may be formed, at least in part, of the compounds of the present invention to achieve desirable protein resistance, biodegradability and/or functionalization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Zhibin Guan
  • Patent number: 7335700
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a block polymeric material. Typically the block polymer comprises units capable of having an average cationic charge density of about 15 or less, preferably 5 or less, more preferably from about 0.05 to about 5, even more preferably from about 0.05 to about 2.77, even more preferably from about 0.1 to about 2.75, most preferably from about 0.75 to about 2.25 units per 100 daltons molecular weight at a pH of from about 4 to about 12. The polymeric material is a suds enhancer and a suds volume extender for personal care products such as soaps and shampoos. The compositions have increased effectiveness for preventing re-deposition of grease during hand and body washing. The polymers are also effective as a soil release agent in fabric cleaning compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Rhodia Inc.
    Inventors: Dominic Wai-Kwing Yeung, Vance Bergeron, Jean-Francois Bodet, Mark R. Sivik, Bernard W. Kluesener, William M. Scheper
  • Patent number: 6881783
    Abstract: Process for preparing a polyol comprising particulate material is dispersed from and in an amount 30-80% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Huntsman International LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel A Verhelst, Alphonse E J Bruyninckx
  • Patent number: 6870001
    Abstract: An emulsifier mixture comprising an emulsifier I of the formula in which X is O, S, CH2, NH or NR7, one or two of the radicals R1 to R6 are a group SO3?K? and the remainder of R1 to R6 are H or a C1-C18 alkyl group, R7 is a C1-C18 alkyl group and K is a countercation, an emulsifier II of the formula R8—O—(Z?O)n—SO3?K? in which the variables have the following meanings: R8: C1-C18 alkyl Z: CH2—CH2 or n: an integer from 1 to 50 K: a cation, and a nonionic emulsifier III.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dirk Wulff, Gerhard Auchter
  • Patent number: 6864314
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a block polymeric material. Typically the block polymer comprises units capable of having an average cationic charge density of about 15 or less, preferably 5 or less, more preferably from about 0.05 to about 5, even more preferably from about 0.05 to about 2.77, even more preferably from about 0.1 to about 2.75, most preferably from about 0.75 to about 2.25 units per 100 daltons molecular weight at a pH of from about 4 to about 12. The polymeric material is a suds enhancer and a suds volume extender for personal care products such as soaps and shampoos. The compositions have increased effectiveness for preventing re-deposition of grease during hand and body washing. The polymers are also effective as a soil release agent in fabric cleaning compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Inventors: Dominic Wai-Kwing Yeung, Vance Bergeron, Jean-Francois Bodet, Mark Robert Sivik, Bernard William Kluesener, William Michael Scheper
  • Patent number: 6806348
    Abstract: A method of removing and reclaiming a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst from a polyol is disclosed. A polymeric acid that is soluble in the polyol is introduced into the polyol during or after the polymerization reaction. The polymeric acid reacts with the double metal cyanide catalyst thereby causing the double metal cyanide catalyst and the polymeric acid to form an agglomeration in the polyol. The agglomeration is easily separated from the polyol via filtration, for example. The recovered agglomerated DMC catalyst can then be reconstituted using an acid solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Werner Hinz, Edward Michael Dexheimer
  • Patent number: 6756414
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer polyol composition (I) comprising a polyol (A) and polymer particles (B) dispersed in (A), the polymer particles (B) being formed by polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated compound (b) in a polyol, wherein the content of (B) in (I) is from 35 to 75 mass %, based on the mass of (I), and the amount of soluble polymers (P) dissolved in (A) is not more than 5 mass %, based on the mass of (A), and provides methods for producing the polymer polyol composition (I). Further, this invention provides a method for producing a foamed or non-foamed polyurethane resin, which method comprises reacting a polyol component with a polyisocyanate component in the presence or absence of a blowing agent, wherein the above polymer polyol composition is used at least as a portion of the polyol component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Kawamoto, Tomio Kawazoe, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Munekazu Satake, Futoshi Kitatani, Tsuyoshi Tomosada, Takeshi Furuta, Takayuki Tsuji
  • Patent number: 6750276
    Abstract: A waterborne, soft feeling coating composition and a substrate coated with the composition. The coating composition comprises an aqueous solvent, a resin, and an alcohol alkoxylate surfactant. The invention is also directed to a process of making the waterborne coating composition of the invention, and a process of coating a substrate with the waterborne coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Arch Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Murray A. Ruggiero, Harold W. Chubb, Diane J. Burt
  • Patent number: 6642306
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for preparing stable (co)polymer dispersions in a polyol by polymerising in situ a monomer or a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, in the presence of one or several azocarboxylic acid ester(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Atofina
    Inventors: Martine Cerf, Mieczyslaw Wnuk
  • Patent number: 6624209
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer polyol composition (I) comprising a polyol (A) and polymer particles (B) dispersed in (A), the polymer particles (B) being formed by polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated compound (b) in a polyol, wherein the content of (B) in (I) is from 35 to 75 mass %, based on the mass of (I), and the amount of soluble polymers (P) dissolved in (A) is not more than 5 mass %, based on the mass of (A), and provides methods for producing the polymer polyol composition (I). Further, this invention provides a method for producing a foamed or non-foamed polyurethane resin, which method comprises reacting a polyol component with a polyisocyanate component in the presence or absence of a blowing agent, wherein the above polymer polyol composition is used at least as a portion of the polyol component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Kawamoto, Tomio Kawazoe, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Munekazu Satake, Futoshi Kitatani, Tsuyoshi Tomosada, Takeshi Furuta, Takayuki Tsuji
  • Patent number: 6602940
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of an aqueous solution or dispersion containing a cationic polymer, which comprises the steps of: polymerizing a monomer including an N-vinyl-carboxylic acid amide represented by the general formula CH2═CHNHCOR, wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or methyl group, in an aqueous medium in the presence of either or both of a polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol; and then modifying the resulting polymer with an acid or base. Furthermore, an aqueous composition containing a cationic polymer, which comprises (A) a modified N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide polymer, (B) either or both of a polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol, and (C) water is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Sato, Takahiro Oshida, Takashi Ono, Kiyoji Kuma, Yasuharu Mori, Atsuo Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 6583185
    Abstract: The products of the reaction of epichlorohydrin and compounds having the formula II R3(EO)n(PO)mOH  (II) wherein R3 is an alkyl, alkenyl or arenyl group having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms; a substituted alkyl or alkenyl group having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms wherein; n is a number from 0 to 50 and m is a number from 0 to 50; wherein the mole ratio of epichlorohydrin to (II) is from about 0.60/1 to about 2/1 are used in defoaming compositions for defoaming aqueous systems such as latex paints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Cognis Corporation
    Inventors: Michael S. Wiggins, Ronald W. Broadbent
  • Patent number: 6512016
    Abstract: Defoaming compositions consisting essentially of: A) at least one organosilicone compound having defoaming activity in aqueous based compositions; and B) at least one base catalyzed reaction product of: a) a linking agent of formula I R4(Y)3  (I) wherein each Y group is a halogen atom or a halogen and two Y groups on adjacent carbons in R4 and an oxygen may be an epoxy group, and R4 is an alkane triyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms; and b) a compound of formula II R3(EO)n(PO)m(BO)pX  (II) wherein R3 is defined in the specification; n, m, and p are 0 to 50; X is hydrogen, mercapto group or amino group; when X is other than hydrogen, the sum of m, n, and p must be at least 1; the mole ratio of I:II is from about 0.6:1 to about 5:1; and aqueuos compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Cognis Corporation
    Inventors: Ayaz Khan, Samuel A. Firman, III, David W. Brown, John E. Nowicki
  • Patent number: 6495627
    Abstract: A conductive composition for a biological electrode is capable of reducing the impedance between the electrode and the skin. A conductive gel composition for a biological electrode which is capable of electrically and physically connecting a living body to an electrode element and is composed of at least the following components: (1) a radical-polymerizable unsaturated compound; (2) a moisturizer serving as a plasticizer and functioning to supplementing and promoting the physiological humidifying function of the horny layer; (3) a polymerization initiator; and (4) a crosslinking agent. This moisturizer serves also as a plasticizer and, furthermore, elevates the moisture content in the horny layer at the application of this composition. The above-mentioned composition may further contain a plasticizer selected from among polyhydric alcohols, amines and ethers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Suda, Tohru Kurata
  • Patent number: 6472447
    Abstract: The present invention relates to finely dispersed, low-viscosity polymer polyols which are stabilized in a novel manner and which are characterized by a high content of polystyrene or polystyrene copolymers. This invention also relates to the preparation of such polymer polyols, and their use for the preparation of polyurethane materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Inventors: Klaus Lorenz, Manfred Dietrich, Michael Brockelt, Uwe Scholz, Robert-Joseph Kumpf, Jürgen Grönen, Gundolf Jacobs
  • Patent number: 6455603
    Abstract: Polymer polyols and process for their production are disclosed. The process requires the selection of specified free radical polymerization initiators and amounts thereof to produce a polymer polyol having desired properties including a Brookfield Viscosity of equal to or less than (a e[(0.051)(b)]) where “a” is the viscosity of the carrier polyol and “b” is the [(weight fraction of solids)(100)].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Graeme D. Fogg
  • Patent number: 6417258
    Abstract: An antifoaming composition contains (A) 58 to 90% by weight of an oil compound and (B) 10 to 42% by weight of a mixture. The oil compound (A) consisting essentially of (i) 80 to 99.9% by weight of an organopolysiloxane composed of R13SiO1/2, R12SiO2/2 and R1SiO3/2 units in a ratio of (0.1 to 5):(90 to 99.8):(0.1 to 5) by mol % and (ii) 0.1 to 20% by weight of finely divided silica. The mixture (B) consisting essentially of (iii) 30 to 90% by weight of a polyoxyalkylene-modified silicone oil having a viscosity of 120,000 to 1,000,000 centipoise at 25° C. and (iv) 1 to 70% by weight of a polyhydric alcohol alkyl ether having a molecular weight of 50 to 300. The composition has improved antifoaming properties, water dispersibility and stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Aoki, Akinari Itagaki
  • Patent number: 6410676
    Abstract: The object is to provide a method for producing a polyoxyalkylene polyol and a method for producing a derivative thereof wherein the remaining catalyst compound is efficiently removed from a crude polyoxyalkylene polyol by a simple manner, and a method for producing a polyoxyalkylene polyol wherein a crude polyoxyalkylene polyol is produced by addition polymerization of an epoxide compound to an active hydrogen compound using as a catalyst a compound having a P═N bond, then, the crude polyoxyalkylene polyol is allowed to contact with a solid acid having a specific surface area of 450 to 1200 m2/g and an average pore diameter of 40 to 100 Å to control the catalyst-remaining amount in the polyoxyalkylene polyol to 150 ppm or less, and a method for producing a derivative of the-above-described polyol are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsui chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamasaki, Yasunori Hara, Tamotsu Kunihiro, Fumio Yamazaki, Mikio Matsufuji, Ariko Nishikawa, Shinsuke Matsumoto, Tsukuru Izukawa, Masahiro Isobe, Kazuhiko Ohkubo, Kaoru Ueno
  • Patent number: 6387962
    Abstract: The products of the reaction of epichlorohydrin and compounds having the formula II R3(EO)n(PO)mOH  (II) wherein R3 is an alkyl alkenyl or arenyl group having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms; a substituted alkyl or alkenyl group having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms wherein; n is a number from 0 to 50 and m is a number from 0 to 50; wherein the mole ratio of epichlorohydrin to (II) is from about 0.60/1 to about 2/1 are used in defoaming compositions for defoaming aqueous systems such as latex paints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Cognis Corporation
    Inventors: Michael S. Wiggins, Ronald W. Broadbent
  • Patent number: 6376588
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition useful as a mold release agent, exhibiting viscosities, lubricities and melting points which cover a wide range and fit a variety of types of molding equipment, comprising: a) 5 to 40% by weight one or more water soluble copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide which are in liquid phase at ambient temperatures; b) 15 to 60% by weight a crystalline polyoxyalkylene having a melting point slightly above ambient; and c) 100 to 5000 ppm of one or more antioxidant additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Huntsman Petrochemical Corporation
    Inventor: Edward Chung Yit Nieh
  • Patent number: 6350787
    Abstract: The products of the reaction of epichlorohydrin and compounds having the formula II R3(EO)n(PO)mOH  (II) wherein R3 is an alkyl, alkenyl or arenyl group having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms; a substituted alkyl or alkenyl group having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms wherein; n is a number from 0 to 50 and m is a number from 0 to 50; wherein the mole ratio of epichlorohydrin to (II) is from about 0.60/1 to about 2/1 are used in defoaming compositions for defoaming aqueous systems such as latex paints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Cognis Corporation
    Inventors: Michael S. Wiggins, Ronald W. Broadbent
  • Patent number: 6348541
    Abstract: A process for preparing a water-in-oil emulsion of a water-soluble polymer is disclosed, comprising polymerizing at least one water-soluble vinyl monomer in a water-in-oil emulsion, wherein the dissolved oxygen concentration of the emulsion under polymerization is about 100 ppb or less. The desired emulsion can be obtained without being accompanied by the formation of agglomerates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Kanda, Takeshi Narita, Masahiro Ushigome, Masaharu Nagahama
  • Patent number: 6319978
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved vinyl acetate ethylene pressure sensitive adhesive emulsion polymers. The improvement in the aqueous based, emulsion polymerized pressure sensitive adhesives resides in: a high ethylene content copolymer having a Tg of from −25 to −70° C.; a tensile storage modulus measured at one hertz and at a temperature of −20° C. embraced by the points on a plot of storage modulus and temperature of from 1 times 106 and the points 4 times 109 dynes/cm2 and less that 1 times 107 dynes/cm2 measured at 50° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Leonard Daniels, Chung-Ling Mao, Richard Henry Bott, Menas Spyros Vratsanos
  • Patent number: 6316541
    Abstract: A method for making oil free polysiloxane standard, fine and microemulsions using emulsion polymerization is disclosed. The method comprises reacting a cyclicsiloxane in the presence of a catalyst, ionic surfactant and nonionic surfactant within a certain operating window. Emulsions containing silicone copolymers can also be produced using the method of the instant invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventor: Ronald Paul Gee
  • Patent number: 6294629
    Abstract: This invention relates to cyanoacrylate-containing compositions that include, in addition to the cyanoacrylate component, the combination of two accelerators to improve fixture speeds on certain substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Loctite (R&D) Limited
    Inventors: Liam P. O'Dwyer, Fergal W. Tierney
  • Publication number: 20010005737
    Abstract: Emulsions are claimed which comprise oligoesters as emulsifiers. These oligoesters have hitherto only been used as soil release polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Inventor: Matthias Loffler
  • Patent number: 6168782
    Abstract: Elastomeric silicones, especially elastomeric silicone polyethers, are prepared by combining and reacting (A) an ≡Si—H containing polysiloxane, (B) a mono-alkenyl polyether, (C) an active ingredient such as a vitamin, antimicrobial agent, sunburn prevention agent, astringent, or sex hormone, (D) an &agr;,&ohgr;-unsaturated hydrocarbon, (E) a platinum catalyst, and (F) an oil. The reaction of components (A)-(F) is allowed to continue, forming a crosslinked three-dimensional gelled network of the elastomeric silicone polyether containing the active ingredient and the oil. The compositions are useful in personal and health care applications, personal hygiene, and household cleaning applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Zuchen Lin, William James Schulz, Jr., Janet Mary Smith
  • Patent number: 6075089
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for producing dispersions of watsoluble vinyl polymers and a stabilizer for carrying out this process. Such water-soluble, particularly cationic vinyl polymers, are employed on a large scale as process expediters for carrying out, for instance, separating processes in water treatment or waste-water purification, respectively, in the paper, coal and ore industries, in oil production or also in the food stuff industry, among others, for floculation, coagulation, retention or dewatering. According to the present invention, water-soluble vinyl polymers are homo- or copolymerized in the presence of a dispersion stabilizer of the invention. The stabilizer consists of a graft copolymer whose backbone is formed by polyethylene oxide and its grafted branches of cationic vinyl monomers. Among others, cationic, hydrophobically modified vinyl monomers can be advantageously employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Werner Jaeger, Arvid Zimmermann, Mathias Hahn, Volker Hildebrandt, Karl Heinz Reichert