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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7141631 | Non-conjugated cyclic diene, non-conjugated cyclic diene composition and method of producing polymer based on non-conjugated cyclic diene It is an object of the present invention to provide a non-conjugated cyclic diene and a non-conjugated cyclic diene composition which enable the production of a polymer based on non-conjugated cyclic diene which makes it possible to produce a (co)polymer at a high d... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7102044 | Process for removal of oxygenates from a paraffin stream The present invention comprises a process for removal of oxygenates from a paraffin-rich or olefin-rich paraffin stream which comprises passing a feed stream, comprising one or more C10 to C15 feed paraffins or C10 to C15 ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7041616 | Enhanced selectivity of zeolites by controlled carbon deposition A method for carbonizing a zeolite comprises depositing a carbon coating on the zeolite pores by flowing an inert carrier gas stream containing isoprene through a regenerated zeolite at elevated temperature. The carbonized zeolite is useful for the separation of lig... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6924406 | Process for separating mixtures of hydrocarbon isomers in gas phase on molecular sieves A process for separating mixtures of hydrocarbon isomers on molecular sieves, including providing columns which include molecular sieves and function alternatively as secondary adsorption, primary adsorption, and desorption devices, feeding the mixtures of hydrocarb... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6784334 | Process for separating multibranched paraffins using a zeolitic adsorbent with a mixed structure A process for separating multibranched paraffins comprised in a hydrocarbon feed comprising hydrocarbons containing 5 to 8 carbon atoms per molecule comprises a separation unit functioning by adsorption and contains at least one zeolitic adsorbent with a mixed struc... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6696615 | Method of separating polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by means of chromatography The invention relates to an effective method of separating polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by means of a chromatographic separation method. This is achieved by using, according to the invention, calixarene-modified separation phases as stationary phase f... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6673979 | Process for separating alkylaromatic hydrocarbons A process for separating at least one C8 alkylaromatic hydrocarbon from a mixture containing at least one C8 alkylaromatic hydrocarbon and at least one C9 or C10 alkylaromatic hydrocarbon using dealuminated sodi... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6483002 | Integrated fractional distillation for adsorptive separation process Construction and operational costs of simulated moving bed adsorptive separation process units are reduced by recovering desorbent from both the extract and raffinate streams of the process in a single column. Both streams are fractionated to recover deso... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6410815 | Agglomerated zeolite adsorbents, process for their preparation, and their use for adsorbing paraxylene from aromatic C8 fractions The present invention relates to agglomerated zeolite adsorbents based on faujasite with an Si/Al ratio such that 1ࣘSi/Alࣘ1.15, at least 70% exchanged with barium and optionally with potassium, and on a binder, preferably a zeolitizable binder. They a... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6403856 | Process for separating alkylaromatic hydrocarbons A process for separating at least one C8 alkylaromatic hydrocarbon from a mixture containing at least one C8 alkylaromatic hydrocarbon and at least one C9 or C10 alkylaromatic hydrocarbon using sodium zeolite Y,... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6395951 | Adsorptive separation product recovery by fractional distillation Construction and operational costs of recovering the extract or raffinate product of a simulated moving bed adsorptive separation process units are reduced by employing a dividing wall column to perform the separation. The raffinate or extract stream is p... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6348636 | Purification of polymeric dispersions by stripping in the presence of adsorbent materials The present invention relates to methods for removing VOCs from an aqueous polymer dispersion (e.g., an SBR latex) in which the dispersion is contacted with a stripping medium in the presence of a particulate adsorbent such as activated carbon. This proce... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6348637 | Multifunction fractionation column for adsorptive separation processes Construction and operational costs of simulated moving bed adsorptive separation process units are reduced by recovering desorbent from both the extract and raffinate streams of the process in a single column. Both streams are fractionated in the same col... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6329562 | Separation process for separating cycloalkenes having at least 2 double bonds from a reaction mixture A process for separating off cycloalkenes having at least two double bonds from a reaction mixture in hydrocarbon solution formed during the metathesis of cycloalkamonoenes or cyclomonoene/cyclopolyene mixtures comprising the steps of treating the reactio... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6281406 | Adsorption process for paraxylene purifacation using Cs SSZ-25 adsorbent with benzene desorbent An adsorption process for the recovery of paraxylene from mixed xylenes using a molecular sieve adsorbent comprising SSZ-25, MCM-22, PSH-3, ERB-1, or ITQ-1. A preferred desorbent for the process is benzene. A hybrid adsorption/crystallization PX purificat... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6274784 | Process for separating alkylaromatic hydrocarbons A process for separating at least one C8 alkylaromatic hydrocarbon from a mixture containing at least one C8 alkylaromatic hydrocarbon and at least one C9 or C10 alkylaromatic hydrocarbon using zeolite Y or zeol... | 08/14/2001 |
| 5900523 | Process for adsorptive separation of metaxylene from xylene mixtures Metaxylene is recovered from admixture with other C8 aromatic hydrocarbons including orthoxylene by liquid phase adsorptive separation using a sodium exchanged Y zeolite as the adsorbent. Performance is improved by maintaining the adsorbent in ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5849981 | Adsorptive separation of para-xylene using isopropylbenzene desorbent The cost of separating para-xylene from other xylene isomers and C9 aromatics by adsorption on zeolitic molecular sieves is reduced by the use of 1,4 diisopropylbenzene as a relatively high boiling desorbent. The desorbent has surprisingly high... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5643442 | Membrane process for enhanced distillate or hydrotreated distillate aromatics reduction Distillate or hydrotreated distillate effluent is separated into an aromatics rich permeate and an aromatics lean retentate by use of a permselective membrane with the aromatic rich permeate being sent to a hydrotreater, thereby increasing the quantity of... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5629467 | Process and apparatus for the separation of p-xylene in C8 aromatic hydrocarbons with a simulated moving bed adsorption and a crystallization To continuously produce and separate high purity p-xylene from a C8 aromatic hydrocarbon charge, successive use is made in combination of (1) a stage of separating low-purity p-xylene (75 to 98%) by simulated moving bed adsorption chromatograph... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5453560 | Process for adsorptive separation of ethylbenzene from aromatic hydrocarbons Ethylbenzene is recovered from a mixture of C8 aromatic hydrocarbons including xylenes by adsorptive separation in a narrow temperature range using a cesium exchanged X zeolite as the adsorbent. A mixture of diethylbenzene and toluene is the pr... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5414191 | Method of removing alkyltetralins from an alkylbenzene mixture According to the method of the invention, it is possible to separate and selectively remove alkyltetralins coexisting in a small amount in a LAB mixture which is an intermediate raw material for surfactants for detergents, the method conveniently being ca... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5382747 | Process for the adsorptive separation of metaxylene from aromatic hydrocarbons Metaxylene is recovered from a mixture of C8 aromatic hydrocarbons including other xylenes by liquid phase adsorptive separation using a sodium or sodium and lithium exchanged Y zeolite as the adsorbent. Performance is improved by maintaining t... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5336837 | Separation of diethylbenzene isomers on silicalite in the presence of high pressure carbon dioxide and propane A process for separating p-diethylbenzene from a diethylbenzene isomers mixture by selective adsorption of p-diethylbenzene on a silicalite adsorbent is disclosed in the present invention, wherein a compressed high pressure CO2 or propane is us... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5329060 | Integrated selective adsorption and crystallization process for para-xylene recovery The eutectic limit of para-xylene crystallization is overcome by enriching the concentration of para-xylene of the crystallization feed. This is accomplished by passing the crystallization feed stream through a selective adsorption zone to produce a para-... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5300721 | Method for separating 2,6-diethylnaphthalene This invention provides a method for separating 2,6-diethylnaphthalene from a mixture of diethylnaphthalene isomers by contacting said mixture with zeolite producing the same powder X-ray diffraction pattern as faujasite and the method can efficiently sep... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5294334 | Benzene removal and conversion from gasoline boiling range streams A totally contained adsorption process for the substantial total removal and conversion of benzene to cyclohexane in gasoline boiling range streams. At least a portion of the gasoline boiling range stream is passed through an adsorption zone containing an... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5284992 | Process and apparatus for the separation of p-xylene in C8 aromatic hydrocarbons with a simulated moving bed absorption and a crystallization To continuously produce and separate high purity p-xylene from a C8 aromatic hydrocarbon charge, successive use is made in combination of (1) a stage of separating low-purity p-xylene (75 to 98%) by simulated moving bed adsorption chromatograph... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5278344 | Integrated catalytic reforming and hydrodealkylation process for maximum recovery of benzene The present invention is an integrated catalytic reforming/hydrodealkylation process that maximizes benzene recovery by incorporating refrigeration and pressure swing adsorption separation units. In the refrigeration separation unit, liquid reformate is u... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5268523 | Selective sorption of dialkylated multinuclear aromatic compounds The invention relates to a process for the separation cf various dialkyl multinuclear aromatic compounds from a feed stream of mixed isomers of those compounds. A shape selective adsorbent is employed resulting in a process that is more efficient than pro... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5245108 | Cycloolefin purification method A process for selectively reducing the 5-isopropenyl-2-norbornene content of a dicyclopentadiene composition by contacting a 5-isopropenyl-2-norbornene containing DCPD composition with an acid clay.... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5223589 | Process for separating durene from substituted benzene hydrocarbons The separation of durene in high purity from coal tar or petroleum fractions by an adsorptive chromatographic process and liquid phase with lithium-exchanged X zeolite as the adsorbent and liquid aromatic desorbents.... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5220099 | Purification of a hydrocarbon feedstock using a zeolite adsorbent A process for purifying linear paraffins in which a hydrocarbon stream containing linear paraffins contaminated with aromatics, sulfur-, nitrogen-, and oxygen-containing compounds, and color bodies, but essentially free of olefins, is contacted with a zeo... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5210333 | Benzene removal from hydrocarbon streams A method for the separation of benzene from a hydrocarbon stream, such as a gasoline boiling range stream, which comprises contacting the hydrocarbon stream with an adsorbent capable of selectively adsorbing the benzene from the stream, hydrogenating the ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5202516 | Process of recovering monoalkylbenzene and pure 1,3,5-trialkylbenzene from a mixture of dialkyl- and trialkylbenzenes A process of recovering monoalkylbenzene and pure 1,3,5-trialkylbenzene from an isomeric mixture containing dialkyl- and trialkylbenzenes. The process comprises transalkylating a monocyclic aromatic compound with a mixture of dialkyl- and trialkyl-benzene... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5146040 | Process for separating dimethylnaphthalene isomers with zeolite L agglomerates Zeolite L in very small crystalline form is prepared by a process in which an alkaline reaction mixture comprising water, a source of silicon (SiO2), a source of alkali metal (M) (KOH) and a source of aluminium (Al2 O3.3H.sub.2 | 09/08/1992 |
| 5019667 | Process for purification of hydrocarbons Clinoptilolites, including both natural and synthetic clinopilolites which have been ion-exchanged with metal cations such as lithium, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, barium, strontium, zinc, copper, cobalt, iron and manganese, are useful for the r... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5004853 | Continuous process for the production of 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene A continuous process is presented for the production and recovery of a high purity stream of 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene. The process comprises the general steps of: fractionating a hydrocarbon feed stream to recover a process stream rich in the various isome... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4962273 | Purification of alpha naphthol-containing feedstock by adsorption An adsorptive separation process useful in the purification of alpha naphthol-containing feed mixtures, said process comprising the employment of a type X, type Y or a de-aluminated type Y zeolite material and a desorbent material comprising a primary alc... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4835334 | Two-stage adsorptive separation process for purifying 2,6 Dimethylnaphthalene A two stage adsorptive separation process for recovering purified 2,6 Dimethylnaphthalene ["2,6 DMN"] from a fresh feed mixture comprising 2,6 DMN and at least one isomer thereof, which process comprises a first stage, employing a first stage adsorbent an... | 05/30/1989 |
