Comminuting Patents (Class 536/39)
  • Patent number: 5792856
    Abstract: This invention provides certain carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) esters of higher acids (e.g., CMC acetate propionate, CMC propionate, CMC acetate butyrate, and CMC butyrate). These new ether derivatives of cellulose esters exhibit solubility in a wide range of organic solvents, compatibility with a variety of resins, and ease of dispersion in a water-borne formulation and are useful in coating compositions as binder resins and rheology modifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Inventors: John Michael Allen, Alan Kent Wilson, Paul Lee Lucas, Larry Gerald Curtis
  • Patent number: 5378826
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of nitrocellulose having particular properties by compression by means of contrarotating rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Wolff Walsrode AG
    Inventors: Lutz Hoppe, Bernd Haase, Oke Brauer, Klaus Szablikowski