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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8038790 | High performance non-combustible gypsum-cement compositions with enhanced water durability and thermal stability for reinforced cementitious lightweight structural cement panels Structural cement panel for resisting transverse and shear loads equal to transverse and shear loads provided by plywood and oriented strain board, when fastened to framing for use in shear walls, flooring and roofing systems. The panels provide reduced thermal tran... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7407996 | Low dust wall repair compound A wall repair compound useful for filling and repairing cracks, holes, and other imperfections in a wall surface includes a conventional filler material, a conventional binder material, and a dust reducing additive which reduces the quantity of airborne dust particl... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7381261 | Expanded perlite annealing process This invention is directed to a method of reducing the water demand of expanded perlite that includes obtaining a vibrating screen supported at an angle and placing expanded perlite on the vibrating screen. The expanded perlite is moved over the screen past toward a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7332026 | Cementitious compositions containing interground cement clinker and zeolite Methods and compositions for wellbore treating fluids, especially cementitious compositions that include interground cement clinker and zeolite, with and without gypsum. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326291 | Cementitious compositions containing interground cement clinker and zeolite Methods and compositions for wellbore treating fluids, especially cementitious compositions that include interground cement clinker and zeolite, with and without gypsum. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7303015 | Cementitious compositions containing interground cement clinker and zeolite Methods and compositions for wellbore treating fluids, especially cementitious compositions that include interground cement clinker and zeolite, with and without gypsum. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7285166 | Zeolite-containing cement composition Methods and cement compositions are provided for sealing a subterranean zone penetrated by a wellbore, wherein the cement composition comprises zeolite, cementitious material, and a mixing fluid. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285164 | Fluid loss additives for cement slurries Methods for cementing in a subterranean zone, which use a cement composition that includes zeolite, cementitious material, proportioned fluid loss control additives and a mixing fluid. Cement compositions containing proportioned fluid loss control additives, and met... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7219733 | Zeolite compositions for lowering maximum cementing temperature Zeolite compositions having a low maximum setting temperature for use in permafrost and waterwell applications are provided. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7189307 | Low odor binders curable at room temperature Topically-applied binder materials for imparting wet strength to soft, absorbent paper sheets, such as are useful as household paper towels and the like, include an epoxy-reactive polymer, such as a carboxyl-functional polymer, and an epoxy-functional polymer. These... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182137 | Cementitious compositions containing interground cement clinker and zeolite Methods and compositions for wellbore treating fluids, especially cementitious compositions that include interground cement clinker and zeolite, with and without gypsum. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7155866 | Cementitious exterior sheathing product having improved interlaminar bond strength The present invention provides exterior building products, such as roofing and siding, shake, shingles, siding, sheathing, panels, planks, vertical siding, soffit panels, fencing, decking, fascia, corner posts, column corners and trim boards in which a plurality of ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150321 | Zeolite-containing settable spotting fluids Methods and compositions for wellbore treating fluids, especially settable spotting fluids, that include zeolite and at least one carrier fluid. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147067 | Zeolite-containing drilling fluids Methods and compositions for wellbore treating fluids, especially drilling fluids, that comprise zeolite and a carrier fluid. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140439 | Zeolite-containing remedial compositions Methods and compositions for wellbore treating fluids, especially remedial compositions such as pills, that include zeolite and at least one carrier fluid. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140440 | Fluid loss additives for cement slurries Methods for cementing in a subterranean zone, which use a cement composition that includes zeolite, cementitious material, proportioned fluid loss control additives and a mixing fluid. Cement compositions containing proportioned fluid loss control additives, and met... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7105587 | Method and composition for polymer-reinforced composite cementitious construction material A method and composition for polymer-reinforced composite cementitious construction materials is described. In one embodiment, a crosslinking component is mixed with a high molecular weight strengthening component and an inorganic cementitious material. The addition... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7047701 | Jointing compound or plaster for construction elements and its method of preparation A jointing compound or plaster for construction elements, particularly paper-faced plasterboards. This plaster includes, in percentages by weight with respect to the total weight of plaster 50 to 85% of a mineral filler; 1 to 20% of an organic binder dispersible in ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048053 | Zeolite compositions having enhanced compressive strength Zeolite compositions having enhanced compressive strength and methods therefor are provided. In particular, methods and compositions for wellbore treating fluids, especially settable spotting fluids having enhanced compressive strength are provided. ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6964302 | Zeolite-containing cement composition Methods and cement compositions are provided for sealing a subterranean zone penetrated by a wellbore, wherein the cement composition comprises zeolite, cementitious material, and a mixing fluid. ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6936099 | Lightweight joint compound containing stable air pockets Low density joint compounds, and methods for their use are disclosed. Joint compounds comprising water, calcium carbonate, a foaming agent, and a rheology modification agent contain a plurality of stable air bubbles. Joint compounds can have densities of about 4 pou... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6913819 | Cementitious veneer and laminate material A cementitious veneer and laminate composition is provided. The cementitious laminate composition includes a substrate, a primer layer applied to the substrate, the primer layer comprising a mixture of polyvinyl alcohol catalyst, Portland cement, and sand; and a cem... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6911076 | Cementitious based structural lumber product and externally reinforced lightweight retaining wall system The invention includes a method for constructing buildings using non-wood construction products and buildings constructed from such non-wood construction products. The invention further includes a method and apparatus for manufacturing high-performance fiber-reinfor... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6902614 | Perlited Portland cement plaster joint compound additive with lime A composition and method for treating a surface is described. In one embodiment, the composition comprises about 10% to 90% by weight of cement, about 10% to 90% by weight of plaster, about 0.01% to about 20% by weight of lime, and about 0% to about 30% by weight of... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902797 | Gypsum-based composite materials reinforced by cellulose ethers A gypsum-based composite structure is prepared from a slurry comprising a mixture of calcium sulfate hemihydrate, a cellulose ether additive other than CMC and an amount of water that is sufficient to form a slurry. The calcium sulfate hemihydrate is hydrated by the... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6881257 | Machinable light weight sisal-based concrete structural building material A machinable light weight sisal-based concrete structural building material and a method of making the same are disclosed. The material includes short sisal fibers in a range from about 22% (v/v) to about 33% (v/v); a cement in a range from about 12% (v/v) to about ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6878200 | Mortar or concrete composition In a cold-curing mortar or concrete composition comprising calcareous and siliceous materials as predominant components, 0.3-2.5 wt % based on the calcareous material of a silicone oil having formula (1) is added. R is C3-12 alkyl, R′ is C1-4 | 04/12/2005 |
| 6846358 | Fire door core The present invention describes an improved building material composition, useful for example as a fire door core and to improved methods of making this composition. The building material of the present invention is prepared from an aqueous mixture of expanded perli... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6773639 | Method of and system for forming a fire door core A method and system of forming a fire door core. Hydraulic binder and resin are supplied from raw material bins and mixed to provide a submixture. Exfoliated vermiculite is then mixed with the submixture to provide a mixture that is deposited into a plurality of com... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6722434 | Methods of generating gas in well treating fluids Improved methods of generating gas in and foaming well treating fluids introduced into a subterranean zone are provided. A method of the invention includes the steps of combining one or more gas generating chemicals with the well treating fluid and combining one or ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6605148 | Fiber-reinforced cement molded product, and process for its production A molded product which has a high strength and which is excellent in surface smoothness and freezing damage resistance. It comprises a fiber-reinforced cement molded OK product which has a bulk specific gravity of from 0.9 to 1.2, and which comprises, by ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6554893 | Fire door core The present invention describes an improved building material composition, useful for example as a fire door core and to improved methods of making this composition. The building material of the present invention consists essentially of expanded perlite, ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6447596 | Bonded aggregate composition and binders for the same Bonded aggregate compositions such as concrete, concrete repair products, high temperature refractories, high temperature insulation and fire resistant insulation are made from an aqueous solution of phosphoric acid and a separate, storable dry mixture of... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6402830 | Lightweight concrete composition The invention is a lightweight, economical and durable concrete which is easily manufactured from commonly available materials, and its method of manufacture. The concrete composition comprises cement, perlite, pumice and water. The cement is common Portl... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6395113 | Process for producing a non-combustible moulded article, especially a building panel A process is proposed for producing non-combustible moulded articles from blown vermiculite, the blown vermiculite granules being mixed with an inorganic binder and then pressed. The blown vermiculite granules are mixed with a solution of an inorganic bin... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6340389 | Fire door core The present invention describes improved fire door cores and improved methods of making these fire door cores. The fire door core of the present invention comprises expanded perlite, a fireproof binder, fire clay or vermiculite, and optionally one or more... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6340388 | Strengthened, light weight wallboard and method and apparatus for making the same A novel wallboard composition is disclosed comprising a unique combination of synthetic binders selected for their ability to establish a strengthened permanent bond in the final dry state for use in a wallboard composition comprising primarily gypsum, an... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6319312 | Strengthened, light weight wallboard and method and apparatus for making the same A novel wallboard composition is disclosed comprising a unique combination of synthetic binders selected for their ability to establish a strengthened permanent bond in the final dry state for use in a wallboard composition comprising primarily gypsum, an... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6290769 | Lightweight insulating concrete and method for using same A lightweight insulating concrete composition includes a cementitious forming material and a lightweight aggregate combination of expanded vermiculite and expanded perlite, the weight ratio of one to the other not exceeding about 2:1. Preferably, the comp... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6238476 | Method of curing drywall compound A method of reducing the curing time of drywall joint compound, and thereby reducing the time required to finish drywall joints or to repair plaster walls, includes adding a predetermined amount of a drying agent to a conventional ready-mixed drywall join... | 05/29/2001 |
