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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7198848 | Two-phase glass-like carbon member and method of manufacturing the same A two-phase glass-like carbon member has, in combination, a porous glass-like carbon base, and a dense glass-like carbon surface layer formed on the porous glass-like carbon base. The porous glass-like carbon base can be formed in a large thickness. The dense glass-... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7160837 | Mixed conductor and mixed conductor producing method The mixed conductor of the invention includes an electron conductor made of a carbon-based inorganic material with a main chain having a π bond for conduction of electrons, and a proton conductor made of an inorganic material, wherein the electron conductor and the... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7032847 | Method and installation for separating constituents of used tires The invention concerns a method for treating tyres, belts, inflatable boats, boots and other manufactured articles containing rubber, polymers and reinforcing elements, which is a close circuit system consisting in immersing the waste materials to be treated in a ho... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6919063 | Carbon nano-particle and method of preparing the same and transparent conductive polymer composite containing the same The present invention relates to a novel carbon nano-particle and a novel method of preparing the same and a transparent, conductive polymer composite containing the same. The carbon nano-particle has the mean diameter of 1 through 50 nm and the shape of sphere, rod... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6589904 | Activated carbon and method for producing it The present invention provides an activated carbon produced by a process, which includes: activating a carbonaceous material, to obtain an activated carbonaceous material; and contacting the activated carbonaceous material with an acid. Another embodiment of t... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6533859 | Surface treated carbon black having improved dispersability in rubber and compositions of rubber therefrom having improved processability, rheological and dynamic mechanical properties The invention comprises a composition comprising a combination of carbon black and at least one surface treating agent selected from the group consisting of quinone compounds, quinoneimine compounds and quinonediimine compounds, as well as methods of obta... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6399029 | Chemical processing using a dual feeder system, a sample port assembly, and a fluid flow control system Components of a chemical processing system are disclosed. In particular, a chemical processing system is disclosed which includes a chemical mixing or reacting zone, an inlet to the zone, an outlet to the zone, and a vacuum or fluid flow source located do... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6297293 | Mesoporous carbons and polymers A mesoporous material prepared by polymerizing a resorcinol/formaldehyde system from an aqueous solution containing resorcinol, formaldehyde and a surfactant and optionally pyrolyzing the polymer to form a primarily carbonaceous solid. The material has an... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6221329 | Pyrolysis process for reclaiming desirable materials from vehicle tires A process and system for the recovery of desirable constituent materials from vehicle tire pieces through pyrolysis. The system includes a pyrolysis section that is divided into a plurality of individual heating zones. Each of the heating zones is heated ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6099696 | Conversion of carbon or carbon-containing compounds in a plasma A process for converting carbon or carbonated compounds in a plasma into carbons having a defined nanostructure consists of a reaction chamber whose head part contains three electrodes, a plasma gas supply, and a carbon or carbonated compound supply. A pr... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5980853 | Aromatic acetylenes as carbon precursors A novel compound which polymerizes to a thermoset polymer and which pyrols to amorphous carbon, is selected from the group consisting of: ##STR1## where R1 is --C.tbd.C$c;. A novel thermoset polymer is made by heating an aromatic acety... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5859120 | Carbon black and processes for manufacturing Carbon blacks containing silicon and a process for manufacturing them. The carbon blacks containing silicon are suitable as reinforcing carbon blacks for rubber mixtures and give the latter viscoelastic properties such as reduced rolling resistance in tir... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5830602 | Carbonaceous active material and method of making same The present invention provides an electrochemical cell or battery which has a non-metallic negative electrode (anode). That is, no solid metal, free metal, active material is used in the cell. Rather than the conventional solid lithium metal anode, the ac... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5811475 | Method for producing carbonaceous material A method for producing a carbonaceous material including the step of contacting a carbon material with a polymer having in the molecule thereof one or more reactive group(s) selected from aziridine group, oxazoline group, N-hydroxyalkylamido group, epoxy ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5756871 | Treating method for converting wastes into resources and its equipment A continuous treating method for converting waste into resources is provided that includes the steps of comminuting, liquefying, condensing hot gaseous oil, separating organic matter form inorganic matter, and washing the inorganic matter. Prior to the li... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5728361 | Method for recovering carbon black from composites The invention provides a method and system for continuously recovering carbon black from a plurality of composites where each one of the composites comprises carbon black and polymers. The basic method of the invention comprises a heating step which is co... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5690901 | Carbon electrode materials for electrochemical cells and method of making same A method for preparing an amorphous carbon material for use as an electrode, such as the anode of an electrochemical cell. The amorphous carbon is fabricated in a one heating step process from multi-functional organic monomers. Electrodes so fabricated ma... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5635151 | Carbon electrode materials for lithium battery cells and method of making same A method for preparing an amorphous carbon material for use as an electrode, such as the anode of an electrochemical cell. The amorphous carbon is fabricated in a one heating step process from multi-functional organic monomers. The material is then reheat... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5624606 | Carbonaceous host compounds and use as anodes in rechargeable batteries Carbonaceous compounds and methods for preparation are described wherein the compounds comprise a pre-graphitic carbonaceous host having organized and disorganized regions and wherein atoms of other elements are incorporated in the host without changing t... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5609844 | Carbon electrode materials for electrochemical cells and method of making same A method for preparing an amorphous carbon material for use as an electrode, such as the anode of an electrochemical cell. The amorphous carbon is fabricated in a one heating step process from multi-functional organic monomers. Electrodes so fabricated ma... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5506274 | Process for making rubberized carbon black from waste rubber and materials made therefrom Waste rubber containing carbon black is broken down in size into small pieces, purged of air and then fed into a retort, likewise purged of air and continuously rotated or oscillated about its longitudinal axis. The retort is maintained at a temperature r... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5352524 | Carbon film and process for preparing the same (1) A carbon film derived from a polyimide film, which has a tensile strength of at least 15 Kgf/mm2, a tensile modulus of elasticity of at least 5000 Kgf/mm2 and an electric conductivity of at least 200 S/cm. (2) A process for prepa... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5300272 | Microcellular carbon foam and method A microcellular carbon foam characterized by a density in the range of about 30 to 1000 mg/cm3, substantially uniform distribution of cell sizes of diameters less than 100 μm with a majority of the cells being of a diameter of less than about ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5288438 | Carborane catalyzed graphitization of polyarylacetylene (PAA) Carborane is used to catalyze the graphitization of polyarylacetylene (PAA) in order to form a uniform matrix microstructure both in bulk and as a composite matrix.... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5180529 | Process for producing a thin carbon plate The present invention relates to a thin carbon plate and a process for producing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a thin carbon plate excellent in properties such as gas impermeability, mechanical strengths and the like, as we... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5100638 | Method for photochemically decomposing organic materials A method is described for photochemically decomposing organic materials into hydrogen gas and elemental carbon, preferably in the form of carbon black, and to a smaller extent carbon monoxide. The organic materials are induced to decompose primarily and s... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4996009 | Preparation of carbon microballoons A novel process for preparing spherical carbon microballoons is disclosed. In this process, a pitch is admixed with a low-boiling organic solvent to form a pitch-solvent mixture; the pitch-solvent mixture is pulverized and flash heated at a temperature hi... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4950443 | Process for producing carbon product with coarse and dense structure A process for producing a carbon product having coarse and dense structures by carbonizing moldings of a mixture of one or more types of organic polymer substance, asphalt pitches, dry distilled pitches to obtain a dense structure carbon by carbonizing in... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4938941 | Partially carbonized polymeric fibrous material having an electrical resistivity of enhanced stability Partially carbonized polymeric fibrous materials heretofore available have been observed to exhibit unstable electrical resistivity values upon exposure to ambient conditions with such values substantially increasing upon the passage of time. In accordanc... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4938829 | Process of making a diaphragm of vitreous hard carbonaceous material for an acoustic device A process for producing a diaphragm for an acoustic device, the diaphragm being formed of vitreous hard carbonaceous material, including the steps of preliminarily molding, in film or sheet shapes, vitreous hard carbon thermosetting resin which, upon calc... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4917835 | Process for the production of porous shaped articles Porous shaped phenolic resin articles are made by partially curing a phenolic resin to a solid, comminuting the resin, forming into a predetermined shape, and sintering. Porous shaped carbon articles are made by carbonizing the sintered material.... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4894215 | Process for producing porous materials of carbon Porous materials of carbon can be manufactured by introducing particles of organic polymer in a vessel of an arbitrary shape, dissolving a particle surface layer to produce point bondings between the particles, thereby producing porous materials of organi... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4882139 | Improved production of carbon fibers In a process for the production of carbon fibers from high boiling bituminous substances in which a purified and polymerized concentrated carbon fiber precursor is spun into fibers which are oxidized and then carbonized and optionally graphitized, the imp... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4855093 | Process of making a diaphragm of carbonaceous materials for a speaker A process for producing a diaphragm for a speaker of carbonaceous materials which includes the steps of mixing carbon powder in a binder mainly containing chlorine-containing vinyl resin to be carbonized after calcining, applying high shearing force to a ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4847063 | Hollow composite body having an axis of symmetry Method of forming a hollow, carbon/carbon composite article around an axis of symmetry, in which method a heat refractory mandrel is shaped to provide a desired inner surface configuration and tolerances of the article, and one or more plies of thermally ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4250158 | Process for recovering carbon black and hydrocarbons from used tires The invention is a process for economically recovering carbon black, tar, oil and fuel gas from used tires. Used tires are physically sliced and fragmented. The fragments are pyrolized in an oxygen-limited, hydrocarbon vapor at subatmospheric pressure whi... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4231998 | Method for separating carbon black from fiberglass In processes for making carbon black from automobile tires containing fiberglass, or the like, a mat of fiberglass strands intertwined with carbon black trapped in the interstices thereof can be produced. The present invention discloses method and apparat... | 11/04/1980 |
