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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5418271 | Coating composition comprising solids having reversible stress-induced fluidity Coating formulations which behave as elastic solids having reversible stress-induced fluidity are prepared by creating a fluid having distributed therein effective amounts of ionic charge sites and countercharge sites. For instance, elastic solids having ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 4895457 | RF-sealable packaging containers Packaging containers which are closed, except for a pinch-type filling valve or filling-opening, are provided with an RF-sealable polymer, at least in the valve or opening, in order to be able to seal the valve or opening using RF frequency. Preferably, p... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4880691 | Fine denier fibers of olefin polymers Fine denier fibers and/or multi-filaments prepared from linear low density polyethylene copolymers (LLDPE) are found to offer advantages over other forms of polyolefins.... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4842922 | Polyethylene fibers and spunbonded fabric or web Blends of high molecular weight linear polyethylene and low molecular weight linear polyethylene provide improved fiber-forming capabilities over that found with either polymer taken alone. Preferably at least one of the polymers used in the blend is a li... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4839228 | Biconstituent polypropylene/polyethylene fibers Extrudable blends of polypropylene and polyethylene, especially LLDPE, are prepared in a dynamic mixer and extruded as novel biconstituent fibers comprising polypropylene as one phase and polyethylene as another phase. Improved tenacity and hand are obtai... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4835194 | Film-forming compositions and fog resistant film produced therefrom The film-forming composition comprises a mixture of a linear low density polyethylene and an antifogging agent. The antifogging agent comprises a compound of formula I. The composition is useful for preparing films with antifogging properties.... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4830907 | Fine denier fibers of olefin polymers Fine denier fibers and/or multi-filaments prepared from linear low density polyethylene copolymers (LLDPE) are found to offer advantages over other forms of polyolefins.... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4812245 | Intercalations of crystalline lithium aluminates Useful compositions are prepared by incorporating into organic materials, crystalline lithium aluminates which conform substantially to the empirical formula where A represents one or more anions and/or negative-valence radicals, where x represents a quantity ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4795665 | Containers having internal barrier layers Containers for foods, juices and beverages containing essential oils or flavorings are comprised of a laminate structrue in which the inner surface of the container, in contact with the foods, juices or beverage, is a halopolymer, such as a vinylidene chl... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4790954 | Mixed metal hydroxide-clay adducts as thickeners for water and other hydrophylic fluids Novel compositions useful as fluid gelling agents, especially for use in subterranean applications such as drilling fluids, are prepared by reacting an aqueous dispersion of a clay, such as bentonite, with an aqueous gel of a monodispersed mixed metal lay... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4787194 | RF-sealable packaging containers Packaging containers which are closed, except for a pinch-type filling valve or filling-opening, are provided with an RF-sealable polymer, at least in the valve or opening, in order to be able to seal the valve or opening using RF frequency. Preferably, p... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4780265 | Films blown by the inflated bubble method of alloys of vinylidene chloride interpolymers and olefin polymers Blends of a vinylidene chloride polymer, an olefin polymer, and a compatibilizer polymer are successfully fabricated into films using the well-known inflated bubble technique, by using blow-up rates in the range of about 1.5 to 5.0 and a drawn-down ratio ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4780264 | Linear low density polyethylene cast film The draw resonance problems encountered when extrusion casting or extrusion coating linear low density polyethylene, LLDPE, are substantially alleviated by a polymer designed to have an I2 value in the range of about 0.1 to about 25, and an I | 10/25/1988 |
| 4774290 | Ethylene copolymers reacted with metal oxides Melt-reacted blends of ethylene/carboxylic acid copolymers with metal oxides are improved by first incorporating the metal oxide into an ethylene copolymer of LDPE, HDPE, or LLDPE to form a concentrate or masterbatch, then melt-blending a minor amount of ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4769289 | Free-flowing plural extrudates of polar ethylene interpolymers Free-flowing plural extrudates of a polar ethylene interpolymer, and method of preparing the same. The extrudates are essentially coated with about 0.001-2 percent, by weight of the composition, fumed silica, preferably about 0.025-0.05 weight percent. Th... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4766036 | Process for producing porous fibers from orientable olefin polymers having cation-containing, pendent reactive side-groups and the resultant product Novel porous fibers and filaments are prepared from normally solid, thermoplastic, orientable, organic polymers which have reactive or reactable groups pendent from the polymer chain, employing a process which involves reactions of said pendent groups whi... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4766035 | Barrier film structures Articles useful as RF-sealable packaging materials comprise a halopolymer barrier layer coated onto, or adhered to, a carbon monoxide-containing polymer, wherein the carbon monoxide-containing polymer provides RF-sealability to the structure. Other layers... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765830 | Injectable reagents for molten metals Injectable reagents useful for innoculating molten process metals, such as molten iron, are prepared by effecting an impregnation of a minor amount of a molten metal reagent, such as Mg or Al or alloys of these, into small particles of a major amount of a... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4762731 | Barrier film structures using carbon monoxide-containing polymers Articles useful as RF-sealable packaging materials comprise a halopolymer barrier layer coated onto, or adhered to, a carbon monoxide-containing polymer, wherein the carbon monoxide-containing polymer provides RF-sealability to the structure. Other layers... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4762890 | Method of grafting maleic anhydride to polymers Maleic anhydride can be satisfactorily grafted to polymers at low pressures by feeding the polymer through a co-rotating, twin-screw extruder and injecting the maleic anhydride and a free radical initiator into the extruder. The maleic anhydride and initi... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4728566 | High-frequency lamination of polymer foams Olefin interpolymers having carbon monoxide polymerized as a comonomer therein are found to be useful as an HF-bondable layer between various substrates, including, e.g., a foam layer and a surface layer, whereby laminated foams are obtained.... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4714728 | Aqueous dispersions of acidic ethylene interpolymers Aqueous dispersions useful in adhesive and coating applications, and a method of preparing the same. The dispersion contains (a) an ethylene interpolymer having an acid number of at least 117, a melt flow of at least 50, and comprising from 15 to 24 perce... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4678836 | Blends of ethylene/acrylic acid copolymers with linear low density polyethylene Blends of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) with ethylene/acrylic acid copolymer (E/AA) are prepared which exhibit improved optical, impact, heat-seal, and anti-blocking properties as compared to the E/AA copolymer alone.... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4671992 | High frequency lamination of polymer foams Olefin interpolymers having carbon monoxide polymerized as a comonomer therein are found to be useful as an HF-bondable layer between various substrates, including, e.g., a foam layer and a surface layer, whereby laminated foams are obtained.... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4664843 | Mixed metal layered hydroxide-clay adducts as thickeners for water and other hydrophylic fluids Novel compositions useful as fluid gelling agents, especially for use in subterranean applications such as drilling fluids, are prepared by reacting an aqueous dispersion of a clay, such as bentonite, with an aqueous gel of a monodispersed mixed metal lay... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4660354 | Method of filling and sealing RF-sealable packaging containers Packaging containers which are closed, except for a pinch-type filling valve or filling-opening, are provided with an RF-sealable polymer, at least in the valve or opening, in order to be able to seal the valve or opening using RF frequency. Preferably, p... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4661634 | Removal of impurities from amines Particles, fibers, or filaments of alkali salts of ethylene/carboxylic acid copolymers or terpolymers, especially in highly porous form, are employed in removing contaminants from tertiary amines or quaternary amine salts, especially metal contaminants.... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4640865 | Barrier film structures Articles useful as RF-sealable packaging materials comprise a halopolymer barrier layer coated onto, or adhered to, a carbon monoxide-containing polymer, wherein the carbon monoxide-containing polymer provides RF-sealability to the structure. Other layers... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4627388 | Combustion of halogenated hydrocarbons with heat recovery Halogenated hydrocarbon waste materials are burned in a horizontal fire tube boiler. In the disclosed and illustrated embodiments, liquid and/or gaseous waste of highly chlorinated hydrocarbons (often, very inert content) are input along with a flow of fu... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4604178 | Anode For use in assembly of elongate sacrificial anodes consumed in process containers, apparatus for aligning and connecting anode sections to form a single segmented anode is disclosed wherein the aligning and connecting apparatus is composed of the same or ... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4601948 | High-frequency heatable plastics Olefin polymers which are unsuited, or ill-suited, for heating, sealing, or bonding by the action of high-frequency electromagnetic radiation, especially microwave radiation, are rendered heatable by such radiation by incorporating carbon monoxide, as a c... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4572770 | Preparation and use of electrodes in the electrolysis of alkali halides A substrate is coated with a solution of metal oxide precursor compounds and an etchant for etching the substrate, the metal oxide precursor compounds are thermally concentrated by removing volatiles therefrom, and the so-concentrated metal oxides precurs... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4540509 | Crystalline 3-layer lithium aluminates Ion exchange resins in the base form, e.g., DOWEX MWA--1--OH ion exchange resin, which contain crystalline Al(OH)3, e.g., gibbsite, and/or bayerite, and/or norstrandite, are treated with hot, concentrated LiX solutions (where X is anion) to pre... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4093533 | Bonded asbestos diaphragms Improved asbestos diaphragms for use in electrolytic chlor-alkali cells are prepared by using polymeric fluorocarbons as binders for mixtures of chyrsotile asbestos and crocidolite asbestos.... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4073873 | Catalytic decomposition of hypochlorite Hypochlorite ions in aqueous solution are catalytically decomposed by the action of a single-metal spinel of Co3 O4, preferably coated on an inert, stable support. The Co3 O4 catalyst may contain dispersed there... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4061549 | Electrolytic cell anode structures containing cobalt spinels Anodes particularly suitable for use in electrolytic cells are prepared by coating an electrically-conductive substrate with a bimetallic oxide having a spinel structure of the formula Mx Co3-x O4 where O | 12/06/1977 |
| 4059680 | Method of preparing fumed SiO2 Fluorosilicic acid solutions, which normally undergo decomposition when distilled, thereby creating unwanted forms of SiO2, are rendered stable during distillation by providing in the fluorosilicic acid solution an amount of HF which is at leas... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4055598 | Process for preparation of urea autocondensation product A urea-containing reactant is pyrolyzed under controlled temperature conditions of from about 100° to about 150° C. in the presence of an inert hydrocarbon carrier liquid having a boiling point at about the predetermined reaction temperature thereby pro... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4054689 | Method of preparing hydrophobic silica Amorphous silica is rendered hydrophobic by treating the silica with hydrogen fluoride vapors. The hydrophobic silica thus produced is useful in applications wherein either the sorbed fluoride values are desired or else the hydrophobic properties are desi... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4048283 | Removal of heavy metals from aqueous solutions Aqueous process streams or waste waters destined for merging with public waters sometimes contain deleterious amounts of heavy metals, e.g., lead (Pb) compounds. The heavy metal compounds may be substantially removed or reduced to harmless levels by treat... | 09/13/1977 |
