Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7235293 | Recyclable carpet comprising hot melt adhesive composition A hot melt adhesive is provided that is useful in the production of textiles, such as a tuft carpet, contains a blend of constituents that allows synthetic carpet members to be fully recycled without first separating the adhesive from the carpet members. The adhesiv... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7112626 | Polymer composition for use as aqueous floor adhesive An aqueous composition comprises a mixture of from 10 to 50% by weight of a polymer A) having a gel content of less than 40% by weight and a number-average molecular weight Mn of the soluble fractions of less than 30,000 and from... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6169132 | Flooring adhesives Aqueous composition comprising from 10 to 35% by weight of a water-dispersed polymer A) having a glass transition temperature Tg of below -10° C. from 5 to 22% by weight of a resin B) which is liquid at 23° C. and 1 bar, has a glass transition temperature of... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5702796 | Modified multiphase bitumen composition and floor covering A floor covering having a bitumen composition as a backing layer, such as carpet tiles, which bitumen composition comprises straight run bitumen and a mixture of high density and low density polyethylene polymers blended and dispersed in the straight run ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5684052 | Textile coating and method of using the same The present invention provides an article of manufacture comprising a textile substrate and a coating being a polymer comprising a non-aromatic unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic ester monomer and an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer. An unsaturated mono-... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5585185 | Automotive deck lid piece Method of making a layered carpet construction suitable for use for the automotive industry as a "deck lid" wherein the backing of the carpet construction is specially processed to adhere to the backside of the exposed carpet face and a separate layer of ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5565511 | High-solids adhesives and method of producing same A method of producing a high solids adhesive is provided wherein a buffered latex emulsion, such as, for example, styrene butadiene latex emulsion buffered to a pH of 11.0 using caustic agents, is combined with a non-emulsified mixture of dissolving proce... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5565507 | Adhesive composition An aqueous adhesive composition for bonding reinforcing textiles to rubber products is provided, having an epoxy resin with a functionality of three or greater and a rubber latex functionalized with pendent groups selected from carboxyl, amide and pyridyl... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5472764 | Solid coating composition for textile floor coverings A solid coating composition based on a polyolefin containing a filler is disclosed. The polyolefin is partly or completely reacted with either an unsaturated organic acid or an unsaturated organic acid anhydride.... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5401553 | Compositions for carpet backings A composition for carpet backings which comprises: (a) an aqueous dispersion of a high molecular weight polymer; and (b) a blocked polyisocyanate in amounts of about 0.5-30 parts by weight in relation to 100 parts by weight of the solids of the aqueous dispersion. ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5366779 | Floor covering with bitumen backing layer A floor covering having a bitumen composition as a backing layer, such as carpet tiles, which bitumen composition comprises straight run bitumen and a mixture of high density and low density polyethylene polymers blended and dispersed in the straight run ... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5340392 | Method and product of calcium sulfate dihydrate as filler in aqueous polymer dispersions This invention relates to a method and composition for the incorporation of gypsum as a filler material in aqueous polymer dispersions by means of the addition of a detergent selected from the group consisting of ammonium lauryl sulfate, sodium lauryl sul... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5332773 | Highly filled thermoplastic carpet precoat compositions Highly filled thermoplastic compositions useful as adhesive precoats for carpets are obtained by blending certain ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers with above 60 wt. % filler and processing oil.... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5248719 | Solid coating composition for textile floor coverings A solid coating composition based on a polyolefin containing a filler is disclosed. The polyolefin is partly or completely reacted with either an unsaturated organic acid or an unsaturated organic acid anhydride.... | 09/28/1993 |
| 4749592 | Grouting composition A grouting composition for sealing structures to inhibit water leakage therethrough and for stabilizing soil is provided. The composition is provided as a two-part system. Part A is an aqueous solution of a hydrophililc, water soluble prepolymer having a ... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4397978 | Fire suppressant composition and use thereof A fire suppressant composition is provided for particular use in polyurethane backed carpets for airplanes which suppressant comprises a combination of (1) an organic filler composition comprising (a) a hydrated alumina compound, (b) a hydrated zinc borat... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4368282 | Carpet backing adhesive Corn syrup is used to extend and stiffen carpet backing adhesive containing a carboxylated styrene butadiene copolymer latex.... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4335034 | Thermoplastic compositions and automotive carpeting backed therewith Thermoplastic compositions are disclosed which are useful as backings for automotive carpets. The thermoplastic compositions contain a high filler content of at least 60 percent by weight, about 5 to 25 percent by weight of an ethylene homopolymer or copo... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4322330 | Adhesive for floor coverings, process of its production and its application An adhesive for floor coverings containing (a) 100 parts by weight of an aqueous polymer dispersion having a solids content of from 30% to 70% by weight of the total weight of said dispersion, the solids content consisting of synthetic resin particles of ... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4251416 | Carpet backing adhesive The coagulation of a styrene butadiene latex emulsion which normally occurs upon the introduction of gypsum as a filler in the preparation of an adhesive composition is prevented by the addition of ammonium sulfate or sodium sulfate or a mixture of the tw... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4243568 | Ethylene copolymer compositions and process for the preparation thereof A process is described for preparing compositions comprising ethylene copolymers, such as ethylene-acrylate or ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, and compatible liquid hydrocarbons which act as inexpensive plasticizers or extenders, the process enabling l... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4239563 | Process for the use of vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer emulsions to adhere fibers to carpet backing Use of vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer emulsions as laminating adhesives for rug backing is disclosed. The copolymer emulsions are prepared by admixing vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer, dispersant and thickening agent together, with or without the additi... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4238380 | Disodium ethoxylated rosin half esters of sulfosuccinic acid as foam stabilizers for latices and compositions containing same The disodium ethoxylated rosin half esters of sulfosuccinic acid prepared from the 1-5 mole rosin ethoxylates are disclosed as foam stabilizers for a variety of latices as well as latex compositions containing same which are processable into a non-gelling... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4231912 | Rubber latex compounds Novel rubber latex compounds comprise an aqueous dispersion of a natural or synthetic rubber latex and as a foaming agent an alkyl alkoxy sulphosuccinamate of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents an alkyl group having from 7 to 18 carbon atoms,... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4216130 | Bauxite as flame-retardant filler for polymer compositions Bauxites are rendered compatible with polymer compositions employed in the carpet industry. Suitable bauxites, which can be employed as flame-retarding fillers, are characterized by a surface area of less than about 12 m2 /g, a pH in aqueous su... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4192788 | Modified polyethylene containing hot-melt adhesives useful for carpet tape The hot-melt adhesives of the present invention comprise a blend of at least one modified polyethylene resin, an ethylene/lower alkyl acrylate copolymer and a tackifying resin. This hot-melt adhesive has a novel combination of properties including excelle... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4191799 | Bonding carpet backing using a latex extended with grafted mineral oil Free-radical graft polymerization of an unsaturated monomer like acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and so forth on mineral oils such as rubber processing and/or extending oils provides a "grafted oil" which can be used to extend polymers such as carboxylated... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4064081 | Emulsion polymerization in the presence of lignosulfonate salt Polymer latex (e.g., butadiene-styrene-itaconic acid copolymer latex) resulting from aqueous emulsion polymerization in the presence of conventional anionic emulsifying agent (e.g., dodecyl benzene sulfonate) has increased particle size and improved stabi... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4059552 | Cross-linked water-swellable polymer particles Cross-linked water-swellable polymers are described, having a particle size of less than 4 microns. They are used as thickening agents for aqueous dispersions or solutions, particularly useful where high shear conditions are encountered in the application... | 11/22/1977 |
