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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7758689 | Nano-talc with hydrophobic coating In one embodiment the invention is a hydrophobic nano-talc composition that is the reaction product of nano-talc with an ammonium, pyridinium or phosponium salt. The composition is characterized by a carbon content of about 5 to about 25 wt %. The compositions are u... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7470319 | Composition and method for crop protection This invention relates generally to crop protection compositions and methods for making and using the compositions. More specifically, the invention relates to crop protection compositions utilizing talc and one or more additives providing for improved aqueous suspe... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7406741 | Water-retention coating for a windscreen wiper blade, wiper blade provided with same and method for coating a blade with same A coating for a rubber or elastomer wiper blade of a vehicle windscreen wiper, of the type comprising an additive for reducing the coefficient of friction between the blade and the window, characterised in that it comprises cavities with microscopic dimensions which... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7261770 | Compositions and methods comprising pigments and polyprotic dispersing agents In various embodiments, a pigment composition is provided comprising a base particle and a dispersing agent, the dispersing agent comprising a salt and/or ester of: (i) an amine, alcohol, and/or alkanol amine and (ii) a polyprotic acid, wherein the mole ratio of the... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258732 | Stabilized slurry composition and method of making the same The present invention provides a high solids mineral slurry having long term stability and a method for producing the same. Specifically, the present invention provides a talc slurry having a solids content of up to 65% and a stability against sedimentation for up t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7118699 | Method of making a composite with a barrier layer in a closed mold process A closed mold method of making a composite having a barrier layer. The method includes providing a mold; applying and curing a layer of gel coat on an inside surface of the mold; applying and curing a layer of barrier composition over the gel coat, the barrier compo... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6833025 | Coating composition for a paper and paper coated therewith Coating composition comprising mineral pigment, for creating a matt or silk coated paper with decreased ink scuff tendency. The coating composition also comprises organic particles, which particles in an amount of 0.5-9.5 weight-% calculated on said mineral pigment,... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6676741 | Methods for producing enhanced interference pigments Methods and apparatus are provided for uniformly depositing a coating material from a vaporization source onto a powdered substrate material to form a thin coalescence film of the coating material that smoothly replicates the surface microstructure of the... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6649684 | Chemically treated fillers and polymeric compositions containing same Described are fillers, e.g., inorganic oxides, that have been chemically treated to have a carbon content of greater than 1 weight percent, a mercapto content of at least 0.15 weight percent, a Silane Conversion Index of at least 0.3 and a Standard Reinfo... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6610136 | Pigments for ink jet paper Aggregated mineral pigments (such as kaolin clay pigments) having a high surface area and useful in coating and filling compositions for ink jet printing media are manufactured by dry grinding an unground mineral composition starting material and then opt... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6565646 | Talc composition and use in paper products This invention discloses a talc additive for use as a filler in making paper products which is useful in preventing dusting or linting of paper. Also disclosed is a method of making the additive and using it in making paper.... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6524381 | Methods for producing enhanced interference pigments Methods and apparatus are provided for uniformly depositing a coating material from a vaporization source onto a powdered substrate material to form a thin coalescence film of the coating material that smoothly replicates the surface microstructure of the... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6478865 | High surface area aggregated pigments Aggregated mineral pigments (such as kaolin clay pigments) having a high surface area and useful in coating compositions for ink jet printing media are manufactured by dry grinding an unground mineral composition starting material and then optionally acid... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6348536 | Lamellar filler process for the treatment of polymers A process for treating a lamella-type mineral in the form of particles constituted of stacks of sheets, in order to obtain a functional filler for a polymer material. The mineral is suspended in a liquid with a predetermined initial particle size, after w... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6342560 | Chemically modified fillers and polymeric compositions containing same Described are fillers, e.g., inorganic oxides, that have been modified to have a carbon content of greater than 1 weight percent, a sulfur content of greater than 0.1 weight percent, a Silane Conversion Index of at least 0.3 and a Standard Tensile Stress ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6270564 | Process for the bleaching of pigments The invention relates to a process for the bleaching of a mineral pigment or a synthetic pigment, in which process the pigment to be bleached is contacted with a solution which contains peracetic acid in order to obtain a pigment with a raised degree of b... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6267811 | Talc slurry dispersion An aqueous talc slurry that exhibits minimal foaming comprises talc pigment, a carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) wetting agent having a molecular weight of between 50,000 and 150,000, an ionic polyacrylate dispersing agent, and has a solids content of between... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6156118 | Filler for use in paper manufacture and method for producing it The invention relates to a filler for use in paper manufacture, said filler containing pigment and noil produced from cellulose fibre and/or mechanical pulp fibre by refining. According to the invention, the pigment has been mixed with noil fibrils, to be... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6133466 | Acryloxypropyl- or methacryloxypropyl-functional siloxane oligomers Mixtures of catenate and cyclic siloxane oligomers of formula I and II ##STR1## wherein the substituents R consist of 3-methacryloxypropyl or 3-acryloxypropyl groups and methoxy, ethoxy and/or propoxy groups alone or together with C1 -C | 10/17/2000 |
| 6074474 | Multi-component pigment slurry and method of making the same A multi-component pigment slurry which comprises at least 50% solids. The slurry is formulated to be admixed into paint and coating compositions to promote TiO2 extension. The slurry includes a structured pigment, a coarse particle size pigment... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6074473 | Low viscosity, high solids content slurry The present invention provides a high solids slurry and a method for producing the same. Specifically, the present invention provides a talc slurry having a solids content of at least about 58% and a viscosity of less than about 500 centipoise. The talc s... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5972494 | Filled fluoropolymer composition for corrosion resistance Compositions of fluoropolymer containing a first filler component such as mica and a second filler component such as talc are resistant to permeation by water and aqueous acid and provide useful coatings for such items as chemical equipment. The compositi... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5882396 | Pigments for paper coating compositions An inorganic particulate material suitable for use as a pigment material in a paper coating composition has a particle size distribution which when represented as a graph of percentage of weight of particles having an equivalent spherical diameter (esd) o... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5843221 | Sprayable coating composition A sprayable, high solids, low-volatiles composition is provided which may be used as a coating on a variety of substrates. The sprayable filler composition comprises a first filler/glazing component formed from a mixture of a resin, a filler, a mixture of... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5731034 | Method of coating paper A method of coating paper with a paper coating composition having a solids concentration of at least 45% by weight, consisting essentially of an aqueous cationic dispersion of a particulate calcium carbonate pigment and a nonionic or cationic adhesive, wh... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5676748 | Bulking and opacifying fillers for paper and paper board A method for producing bulking and opacifying kaolin fillers for filling cellulosic products is disclosed. An aqueous slurry of anionically dispersed kaolin particles is formed at 1 to 30% solids. A low-molecular-weight cationic aggregating agent is then ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5667580 | Pigment compositions The disclosure describes pigment compositions containing an organic pigment and a transparent filler having a mean particle size less than 10 μm and a narrow particle size distribution; as well as methods of preparing the pigment compositions. The pigmen... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5653795 | Bulking and opacifying fillers for cellulosic products A method is disclosed for producing bulking and opacifying pigments for filling paper by the selective aggregation of fine particles in an anionically or cationically dispersed slurry, such that an aggregated structure is formed which contains within it a... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5618342 | Pigment preparation The invention relates to a non-dusting, homogeneous pigment preparation containing at least 70% by weight of one or more flaky pigments, 1-30% by weight of water, 0.1-20% by weight of a humectant, and less than 1.00% by weight of one or more preservatives.... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5605568 | CaCO3 -talc coating pigment slurry, process of preparing the same, and use thereof A CaCO3 -talc coating pigment slurry consists of the following four co-ground components: a. 24 to 64% by weight CaCo3, b. 5 to 48% by weight talc, c. 20 to 40% by weight H2 O, and d. an adjuvant combination consisting of 0.05 to 1.... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5584922 | Stir-in organic pigments Disclosed is a process for coloring high-molecular-weight coatings and ink systems which comprises uniformly dispersing an effective pigmenting amount of a stir-in pigment in the coating or ink system; wherein the stir-in pigment is an organic pigment cru... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5486233 | Pigment extenders A pigment composition includes a pigment extender which optionally contains a pigment, and further includes a non-hydrogenated phospholipid material, such as non-hydrogenated lecithin, and a surface modifying agent. Suitable modifying agents are selected ... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5478388 | Pigment for a coating composition for printing paper There is disclosed a paper coating pigment comprising: (a) from 10% to 100% by weight of a first paper coating pigment having a particle size distribution such that at least 75% by weight of the particles have an equivalent spherical diameter smaller than 2 μ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5468289 | Surface-modified pigments The present invention relates to surface-modified pigments based on platelet-like substrates which, for improving the settling and redispersion behavior, have been recoated with a mixture comprising two metal oxides selected from the group consisting of s... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5407746 | Platelet-like substrates The application relates to deagglomerated and readily dispersible platelet-like substrates with a high degree of softness, which are characterized by a content of 0.5-20% by weight of spherical particles having a small diameter in comparison with the plat... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5384013 | Cationic pigment-containing paper coating composition There is disclosed an aqueous paper coating composition which comprises at least 45% by weight of a particulate pigment dispersed with a dispersing agent, and an adhesive; characterized in that said dispersing agent comprises an anionic polyelectrolyte an... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5380359 | Cosmetics based on naturally derived melanin-coated pigments A melanin-coated pigment obtained by coating a carrier with a readily alkali-soluble natural melanin, and a cosmetic containing the pigment are provided. The melanin-coated pigment is highly safe and has high coloring and high saturation tone, and a cosme... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5352287 | Precipitated encapsulated paper pigments and methods A composite pigment product useful as a paper filler pigment comprises a mineral nucleus coated with a substantially continuous substantially uniform coating of an active paper pigment. The active paper pigment coating is preferably formed in situ under a... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5326392 | Platy pigments Platy pigments with good tactile characteristics are obtained by treating such pigments with a compound of the general formula: ##STR1## where m is an even number from 8 to 18 and n is 3 or 4 under defined conditions. N&3xb5;-lauroyl lysine is prefer... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5312485 | Precipitated encapsulated paper pigments and methods A composite pigment product useful as a paper filler pigment comprises a substantially inert mineral nucleus coated with a substantially continuous uniform coating of an active paper pigment. The active paper pigment coating is preferably formed in situ u... | 05/17/1994 |
