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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8148463 | Alkaline resol phenol-aldehyde resin binder compositions This invention relates to alkaline resol phenol-aldehyde binder compositions and their use in the production of articles of bonded particulate material such as foundry moulds, foundry cores, or feeders. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7902302 | Hydroxy-functional polyester-polyurethane dispersions, methods of preparing the same, compositions containing such dispersions and uses therefor Hydroxy-functional polyester-polyurethane dispersions comprising a reaction product of: (a) at least one, at least difunctional polyol component; (b) at least one ionizable compound having at least one acid group and at least one functional group capable of reacting... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7807748 | Phenol-formaldehyde resin having low concentration of tetradimer A phenol-formaldehyde resin, having a low concentration of tetradimer, making the resin suitable for preparing a binder composition for making non-woven fiber products, such as fiberglass insulation, prepared by reacting phenol and formaldehyde in the presence of a ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7741406 | Phenol-formaldehyde resin having low concentration of tetradimer A phenol-formaldehyde resin, having a low concentration of tetradimer, making the resin suitable for preparing a binder composition for making non-woven fiber products, such as fiberglass insulation, prepared by reacting phenol and formaldehyde in the presence of a ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7390847 | Polymer derivatives for the treatment of metals A composition for the treatment of metal surfaces and for the deposition of metals or metal alloys on plastics surfaces contains a) at least one polymer as component A, composed of the structural element (1) ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7318282 | Pultruded trim members The present invention is an improved method of making cornice assemblies and other trim members utilizing the process of pultrusion. The cornice assemblies and the other trim members made by the method of the present invention exhibit superior strength to weight rat... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7270853 | Glass adhesion promoter A glass adhesion composition containing a copolymer having an acid and a substituted amide, silanol, or amine oxide functionality. The substituted amide, silanol, or amine oxide functionality provide excellent adhesion of the copolymer to glass, silica, sand and oth... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267055 | Inks for use in membrane image transfer printing process The present invention involves an ink for transferring a printed image from a membrane to a substrate. The ink comprises a hydrocarbon solvent, a synthetic resin, and a thixotrope for forming a thixotropic network in the ink. The hydrocarbon solvent has a predetermi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7251959 | Washwater neutralization system for glass forming line A neutralization system for controlling the pH of the washwater used to clean and maintain polyacrylic bound glass forming equipment. The neutralization system introduces a base solution to a washwater solution when the pH of the washwater solution contained in a cl... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7232606 | Sealant for high strength carbon foam A sealant useful for sealing the surfaces of carbon foams to provide a surface useful for, inter alia, composite tooling or other high temperature applications or for bonding of carbon foams together to form larger blocks. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7199186 | Carbon-phenol resin molding compound A carbon-phenol resin molding compound is provided, which is preferably used to obtain molded articles having high electrical and thermal conductivities as well as good mechanical strength. The resin molding compound is prepared by reacting a phenol with an aldehyde... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7186373 | Visual detector for vaporized hydrogen peroxide A method and apparatus for sensing the concentration of a gaseous sterilant in a sealable enclosure. An indicator is provided that has a chemistry such that the indicator changes color when exposed to vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP). The chemistry is adapted to re... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7098268 | Resin composition This invention relates to a resin composition useful as a vibration-damping agent and the like. The resin composition is formulated by adding 1 wt % or more of styrenated phenol obtained by the reaction of a phenol with styrene to a polycyclic aromatic oligomer obta... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7064175 | Adhesive system containing tannin for binding lignocellulosic materials The adhesive system for use in binding lignocellulosic materials into a composite product, the adhesive system consisting essentially of a first part and one of (a) a second part; (b) a third part, and (c) both the second part and the third part; the first part bein... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7041724 | Resol-type phenol resin composition and method for curing the same The present invention provides a resol-type phenol resin composition which can be cured even in a low temperature range, using a curing accelerator which has no adverse effect on other materials or substances with which the resulting cured article is in contact, or ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7026382 | Conductive resin composition A conductive resin composition primarily comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a thermosetting or thermoplastic resin, (B) 5–2,000 parts by weight of a conductive filler, and (C) 0.1–300 parts by weight of organic resin or rubber particulates has a low volume re... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022175 | Initial solids mixture for a later organic coating application An initial solids mixture for a later organic coating, such as pigmented coatings, films, priming coats, etc., e.g., for a coil coating method in which an initial solids mixture is applied to a substrate, e.g., broad strip, and this is thereby pre-coated, wherein th... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019071 | Binder for inorganic fiber and heat insulating acoustic inorganic fiber material A binder for inorganic fiber, which comprises an aldehyde condensable thermosetting resin precursor and a fluorocarbon compound having a polyfluoroalkyl group. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6906130 | Inverted novolac resin-type insulation binder A substantially infinitely water-dilutable resole (P:F) resin solution useful for preparing an aqueous binder composition and the related method of its use for making glass fiber products, especially fiberglass insulation. ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902766 | Two-part aqueous metal protection treatment A two-part metal protection composition includes: an aqueous metal treatment conversion coating component that includes an admixture of an acid and a coating forming component; and an aqueous protective coating component that is applied over metal treated with the a... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6878791 | Aminoplast crosslinkers derived from tall oil rosin powder coating compositions containing such crosslinkers A crosslinking agent that is an ungelled reaction product of (a) at least one aminoplast resin and (b) at least one tall oil rosin wherein the crosslinking agent is essentially free of active hydrogen functional groups and has a glass transition temperature of at le... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6843939 | UV stabilizing additive composition This invention relates to an UV stabilizing additive composition comprising an ortho-hydroxy triazine compound, a hindered hydroxybenzoate compound and optionally a hindered amine compound. This additive composition may be used to stabilize materials from UV radiati... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6818707 | Spray dried phenolic resole molding powder with crystalline phenolic compounds A binder composition comprising a blend of a crystalline phenolic compound having two or more hydroxyphenyl groups and a thermosetting spray dried phenolic resole resin is disclosed. The binder together with a filler is particularly useful in the preparation of mold... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6806343 | Method of preparing a stable, low pH phenolic resin A phenol-formaldehyde resole resin for use as a binder for glass fibers is acidified to a pH of 3 or less after base-catalyzed resinification. An increase in actual solids is observed compared with neutralized resin. Phenol-formaldehyde-urea-ammonia resins are surpr... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6797752 | Use of whitening pigments for whitening paper coating compositions The use of whitening pigments comprising (a) a melamine-formaldehyde or phenol-formaldehyde polycondensation product and (b) a water-soluble fluorescent whitening agent of formula (1), wherein R1 and R2 are each independently of the other —OH... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6780943 | Composition of barbituric acid-modified BMI and PPE chain-broken in phenol resin A resin composition useful in the fabrication of circuit boards comprises (i) 1˜15 W % of bismaleimide modified by barbituric acid (BTA) and its derivatives; and (ii) 20˜50 wt % of polyphenylene ether (PPE) chain-broken in a phenol resin; wherein the phenol resin ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6774168 | Adhesion promoting surface treatment or surface cleaner for metal substrates A coating composition comprising a phenolic resin, an alkoxy silane, and an acid. The coating composition of the present invention promotes adhesion between a multiple layer coating composition and a substrate and between the respective layers of the multiple layer ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6765047 | Microencapsulation of red phosphorus A method for microencapsulating red phosphorus in polymerized urea resorcinol formaldehyde resin is disclosed. The method entails (i) preparing an aqueous mixture containing urea, resorcinol and formaldehyde, (ii) adding hexamethylene tetramine and optionally water ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6762216 | Printing ink composition A printing ink composition comprising: a vegetable oil; and a rosin-modified phenol resin having a weight average molecular weight of at least 30,000, the rosin-modified phenol resin being dissolved in the vegetable oil, wherein the printing ink composition has a co... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6730770 | Method of preparing a higher solids phenolic resin A phenol-formaldehyde resole resin for use as a binder for glass fibers is acidified with sulfamic acid to a pH of 3 or less after base-catalyzed resinification. An increase in actual solids observed compared with neutralized resin, reflecting a desired improvement ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6716907 | Phenolic molding composition A phenolic molding composition containing 40 to 100 parts by weight of inorganic fiber, 30 to 90 parts by weight of natural silica powder with a mean particle size of from 20 to 150 μm, and 1 to 15 parts by weight of a rubber component, as main components, in 100 p... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6706808 | Binder compositions exhibiting reduced emissions The presently disclosed invention relates to a phenolic binder comprising a premix of a urea modified phenol-formaldehyde resole resin, a curing agent, and an additive selected from the group consisting of ammonium lignosulfonate, melamine and a melamine derivative.... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6699958 | Colorless phenol-formaldehyde resins that cure colorless The present invention is directed to compositions and a process leading to colorless or light colored aqueous phicinol-formaldelhyde resoles. Unlike previous technologies, these compositions lead to clear storage stable fast curing, high molecular weight ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6699923 | Flame-retardant polyacetal resin composition A flame-retardant polyacetal resin composition comprising 60 to 90% by weight of a polyacetal resin, 1 to 30% by weight of red phosphorus, 1 to 40% by weight of at least one resin selected from phenol resins and polycarbonate resins, and 0.1 to 5% by weig... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6608162 | Spray-dried phenol formaldehyde resins The invention relates to formulations and methods of manufacturing spray-dried phenol-formaldehyde resin that contain highly reactive phenolic compounds that include resorcinol, alkyl resorcinols, meta-amino phenol or/and phloroglucinol. The powder resin ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6586498 | Ink jet ink An ink jet ink composition comprising from about 0.5% to about 30% by weight of a pigment, a carrier and a dispersant, the dispersant comprising an anionic derivative of an ethoxylated alkylphenol-formaldehyde resin, the ratio of dispersant:pigment being ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6569928 | Phosphorus-containing fire retardant thermoplastic polyester composition A fire retardant thermoplastic polyester comprising a phosphorus containing additive and a high charring polymer containing benzene rings in its main polymer backbone and that has a softening point of no less than about 120° C. exhibits improved fire res... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6569918 | Polymer composition for curing novolac resins A polymer composition that can be used to cure a novolac resin at a lower temperature than conventional curing agents and with reduced emission of volatile compounds is disclosed. The curing agent composition is prepared by mixing and reacting in aqueous ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6538048 | Ink jet printing method An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with ink jet recording elements; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition comprising from about 0.5... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6488893 | Polyamide substrate having stain resistance, composition and method A combination of a semi-soluble methacrylic polymer and a sulfonated naphthalene condensation product, optionally with a semi-soluble or insoluble ethyl methacrylate polymer of high molecular weight, provides improved resistance to staining by acid colora... | 12/03/2002 |
