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...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158038 | Flame retardant halogenated polymer compositions A halogenated aryl ether oligomer is formed by halogenation of an aryl ether oligomer and is useful as a flame retardant for flammable macromolecular materials. Typically, the halogenated aryl ether oligomer comprises the following repeating monomeric units: ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8142689 | Fire retardancy and shape retention reinforced polyester Disclosed herein is a composition for imparting superior fire retardancy and shape-retaining properties to polyester. The composition comprises 55 to 75% by weight of a sodium silicate solution, 0.5 to 7% by weight of carboxyl methyl cellulose, 0.7 to 10% by weight ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8070990 | Smoke suppressants The present invention is directed to smoke suppressants based on ammonium octamolybdate chemistry. According to this invention, the precipitation of ammonium octamolybdate in the presence of an inert mineral core produce a novel high surface area ammonium octamolybd... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8021581 | Flame retardant composition, flame-retardant resin composition and molded product and fiber made of flame-retardant resin composition To provide a halogen-free flame retardant composition containing no antimony, phosphorus and phosphorus compounds at all, a non-halogen flame-retardant resin composition of environmental type ideal for disaster prevention made of the flame retardant composition, whi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7998373 | Flame retardant composition, flame-retardant resin composition and molded product and fiber made of flame-retardant resin composition To provide a halogen-free flame retardant composition containing no antimony, phosphorus and phosphorus compounds at all, a non-halogen flame-retardant resin composition of environmental type ideal for disaster prevention made of the flame retardant composition, whi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7862749 | Flame retardant polyurethanes and additives therefor A free-flowing, stable liquid flame retardant mixture comprised of or formed by mixing together components comprised of: A) at least one organic halogen-containing reactive flame retardant in which the halogen is bromine, chlorine or both; and B) a liquid additive t... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7695651 | Flame retardant additives, emulsion type coating compositions, and flame retardant compositions A flame retardant additive comprises (A) a gassing agent which is a compound containing both phosphorus and nitrogen, typically ammonium polyphosphate, which is surface coated with (B) a silicone-base water repellent treating agent comprising a co-hydrolytic condens... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7686986 | Magnesium hydroxide nanoparticles, methods of making same and compositions incorporating same Magnesium hydroxide nanoparticles are made from a magnesium compound that is reacted with an organic dispersing agent (e.g., a hydroxy acid) to form an intermediate magnesium compound. Magnesium hydroxide nanoparticles are formed from hydrolysis of the intermediate ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7615168 | Flame retardants and flame retarded polymers There is presented a new flame retardant composition comprising a brominated aromatic composition and a butyl substituted phenyl phosphate. ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7563395 | Flame retardant A flame retardant is provided which has excellent dispersibility in resin ingredients and can give flame-retardant resin moldings excellent in flame retardancy and mechanical properties. The flame retardant comprises magnesium hydroxide particles, a higher fa... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7550099 | Metal hydroxide derivatives containing chemically bound organophosphorus or polyphosphate species as flame retardants Novel metal hydroxide derivatives which chemically combine positively charged metal hydroxide layers with negatively charged phosphorus-containing species, which can be either anionic organophosphorus materials or phosphorus-containing polymeric anions, are describe... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7438748 | Flame retardant composition The present invention is a flame-retardant composition comprising a polyolefin polymer, a nano-silicate, a metal hydroxide, and calcium carbonate. The invention also includes a coating prepared from the flame-retardant composition as well as a wire-and-cable constru... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7420007 | Dialkylphosphinic salts The invention relates to dialkylphosphinic salts of the formula (I) where R1, R2 identical or different, are C1-C6-alkyl, linear or branched | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417083 | Flame retardant composition A flame retardant additive composition comprising a phosphoric acid salt selected from the group consisting of melamine phosphate, melamine pyrophosphate, melamine orthophosphate, diammonium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate, phosphoric acid amide, melamine polyphos... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7396588 | Curable composition, varnish and laminate A curable composition comprises an insulating resin and a halogen-free flame retardant. The halogen-free flame retardant has a particulate form, and whose primary particles have an average major axis from 0.01 to 5 μm, an aspect ratio of 5 or less, and the proporti... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7381354 | Flame retardants with high halogen content and low viscosity Flame retardant formulations comprised of at least one bromine-containing polyol are produced by a process which comprises: A) heating a mixture formed from components comprised of (i) tetrabromophthalic anhydride, (ii) at least on... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378463 | Halogen-free fire retardant system for low heat release polymers An intumescent fire retardant system for making polymeric moldings that is halogen-free and provides fire shielding, thermal shielding and a low heat release rate. The intumescent fire retardant system of the present invention comprises, on the basis of 100 parts by... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7365113 | Phosphate ester flame retardants from resorcinol-ketone reaction products Flavan-based and spirodichroman compound-based phosphate esters prepared by reacting flavans and spirodichroman compounds with phosphorus oxychloride, monophenyl dichlorophosphate, or diphenyl chlorophosphate compounds are described. The flavans and spirodichroman c... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354958 | Photopolymerizable composition and flame-retardant resin-formed article The invention provides a photopolymerizable composition comprising: flame-retardant particles which contains a hydrated metal and have an average diameter of about 1 to 500 nm; and a photopolymerization reactive material. The hydrated metal preferably includes at le... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338533 | Methods of fire retarding textiles with aqueous suspensions of pentabromobenzyl acrylate A process for the fire retardation of textile materials comprising applying to the textile materials aqueous suspensions of finely ground pentabromobenzyl acrylate particles, suspending agents chosen from xanthan gums, anionic purified suspending agents, nonionic pu... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331400 | Fire resistant and smoke suppressing coatings A surface coating includes fire retarding and smoke suppressing constituents dispersed throughout an essentially non-toxic, water-based adhesive binder. The coating comprises a mixture of chemical compounds where each constituent falls into one of six functional gro... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332534 | Flame retardant formulation The invention relates to a novel flame retardant formulation for thermoplastic and thermoset polymers, containing, as flame retardant component A, from 90 to 99.9% by weight of phosphinate salt of the formula (I) and/or a diphosphinate salt of the formula (II) and/o... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323509 | Fire-resistant structural composite material Fire-resistant structural composites are comprised of a phenolic resin system, reinforcing fibers and alumina tri-hydrate. The composites may be formed into structural or load-bearing parts, and are particularly suited for applications requiring high strength and a ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323504 | Halogen-free flame retarder composition and flame retardant polyamide composition The invention relates to a halogen-free, flame retarder composition for use in a thermoplastic composition, in particular a glassfibre-reinforced polyamide composition, which flame retarder composition contains at least 10-90 mass % phosphinate compound according to... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320764 | Phosphite ester additive compositions The invention relates to liquid polymer additive compositions comprising blends of phosphite esters selected from the group consisting of aryl phosphites, alkyl phosphites, aryl/alkyl phosphites, bisphenol-A phosphites, dialkylene glycol phosphites and polydialkylen... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319116 | Flame-resistant polycarbonate molding composition modified with a graft polymer A flame resistant thermoplastic molding composition having improved mechanical properties is disclosed. The composition contains polycarbonate, a graft polymer and a phosphorus compounds of formula (I): and a mix... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314947 | Process for making dialkyl carbonates A process for the production of dialkyl carbonates from the reaction of alcohol, for example C1-C3 alcohols, with urea is disclosed wherein the water and ammonium carbamates impurities in the feed are removed in a prereactor. The water is react... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7297192 | Flame retardant and flame-retardant resin composition containing the same and its use The invention relates to a flame retardant, comprising (A) a triazine-phenolic resin, (B) a nitrogen-containing compound, and (C) at least one metal compound, wherein said triazine-phenolic resin has formula (I): wherein, m... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294661 | Flame resistant aromatic polyamide resin composition and articles therefrom The present invention relates to a flame resistant polyamide resin compositions for moulded articles and articles formed therefrom, comprising aromatic polyamide with phosphinate and/or diphosphinate flame retardant and, optionally, glass fibers. Further provided ar... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288577 | Polyurethane foam containing flame retardant blend of non-oligomeric and oligomeric flame retardants A polyurethane foam can be flame retarded by the incorporation therein of a flame retardant blend that comprises: (a) a non-oligomeric non-halogenated organophosphorus flame retardant (e.g., a phosphate ester) that is adapted for use in a polyurethane foam formulati... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7279592 | Process for making dialkyl carbonates A process for the production of dialkyl carbonates from the reaction of alcohol, for example C1-C3 alcohols, with urea is disclosed wherein the water and ammonium carbamates impurities in the feed are removed in a prereactor. The water is react... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279515 | Resorcinol carbonate-based phosphate ester compounds as flame retardants Resorcinol carbonate-based phosphate esters are prepared by reacting resorcinol carbonates with phosphorous oxychloride or a chlorophosphate. The resorcinol carbonates can be synthesized by the reaction of resorcinol with phosgene or diphenyl carbonate. The resorcin... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273901 | Flame retardant dispersion The invention relates to a novel flame retardant dispersion for thermoplastic and thermoset polymers, comprising, as component A, a phosphinic salt of the formula (I), and/or a diphosphinic salt of the formula (II), and/or polymers of these, ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271219 | Curable resin, curable resin material, curable film, and insulator The present invention uses a curable resin which has: in the molecule thereof, at least two crosslinking functional groups of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of epoxy group, (meth)acryloyl group, alkenylamino group and alkenyloxy group; a glass ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7259200 | Phosphorus-containing flame retardant agglomerates The invention relates to phosphorus-containing flame retardant agglomerates comprising a) from 99.99 to 80% by weight of aggregates and/or primary particles composed of a phosphinic salt of the formula (I) and/or composed of a diphosphinic salt of the f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258823 | Flame retardants with high halogen content and low viscosity Flame retardant formulations comprised of at least one bromine-containing polyol are produced by a process which comprises: A) heating a mixture formed from components comprised of (i) tetrabromophthalic anhydride, (ii) at least one aliphatic polyol, an... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255814 | Flame retardant and stabilizer combined for thermoplastics polymers The invention relates to a novel flame retardant and stabilizer combined, for thermoplastics, which comprises as component A, phosphinic or diphosphinic salts and/or polymers thereof, as component B, a nitrogen containing synergist or a phosphorous/nitrogen flame re... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255927 | Laminate composition This invention concerns a thermosetting resin system that is useful in the manufacture of high performance prepreg, laminate and composite materials as well as, prepregs, laminates and composites made from the thermosetting resin composition. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247657 | Expandable compositions and methods of making and using the compositions A novel expandable composition and method for using the same are disclosed. The disclosed method relates to using the composition, for example, as an automotive cavity sealant. The inventive composition normally is a combination of at least one base polymer, at leas... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247263 | Fire-barrier composition The invention is directed to a system which allows for the rapid application of a water immobilizing dispersion in sufficient quantities to increase the fire protective and wetting characteristics of water. This system also increases the evaporative cooling and quen... | 07/24/2007 |
