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| 20100155545 | MODULAR ROOFTOP PIPE SUPPORT - An extruded or molded elastomeric (e.g., rubber) or polymeric multi-piece (e.g., two-piece) modular pipe support system utilizes a wide base with protrusions and/or recesses, and a separate top with recesses and/or protrusions that engage the protrusions and/or recesses of the top. The tops are configured to securely capture a pipe/conduit without any additional parts, straps, etc. The top may have one or more pipe-receiving recesses for receiving the pipes (conduits). | 06-24-2010 |
| 20130139358 | CABLE LOCKING DEVICE - A device is used for gripping and securing cable for the purpose of suspending objects or loads. The device may be a two-barrel device that allows the user to create a loop of cable to secure to a hanging load, or to a structural member. The user of the locking device feeds the cable through one barrel, around an object to be suspended, and through the other barrel. The device has carriers installed in sockets in a housing, with wedge-shape jaws in openings in the carriers able to engage the cable and hold the cable within the device. Pushing or pulling of the carrier is used to release the spring force pressing the jaws inward, allowing the cable to be removed from the device. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130312997 | ELECTRICAL BOX - An electrical box includes a box portion that surrounds a volume and has an at least partially open back, a mud ring that is coupled to the front of box portion, and structure mounts that extend out beyond a perimeter of the volume enclosed by the box portion. The structure mounts are used to couple to any of a variety of types of structure, such as a stud, an inter-stud bracket, or other structure. The structure mounts may include integral parts of the mud ring, integral parts of the box portion, or separate brackets that are attached to the box portion and/or the mud ring. Advantages for the electrical box include a reduced number of parts, reduced time and labor for installation, and flexibility in installation. | 11-28-2013 |
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| 20090013743 | WATER-DISPERSIBLE PELLETS - A water-dispersible particle for delivery of fertilizer to a plant is disclosed. After delivery wetting of the particles causes particle dispersion so as to prevent secondary pick up to the particles. Methods for making and using the water-dispersible particle are described. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20100248966 | HOMOGENEOUS GAS-EVOLVING COMPOSITION - A homogeneous gas-evolving composition is provided that includes an acid, a gas-evolving acid neutralizing agent, and at least one of an inorganic carbonate, inorganic bicarbonate, alkaline peroxide, or alkaline azide. A water-soluble desiccant is homogeneously intermixed with the acid and the gas-evolving acid neutralizing agent. The desiccant is present in an amount able to absorb ambient moisture equivalent to at least 0.01 total weight percent of the composition before gas evolution of more than 50% of the theoretical gas evolution available from the composition. To confer storage stability, the acid, the gas-evolving acid neutralizing agent, and water-soluble desiccant cumulatively have a water content of less than 1 total weight percent water. Through appropriate selection of a desiccant or inclusion of a surfactant foaming agent, the composition foams upon drenching with water. The composition is particularly well suited for consistent usage of glyphosate herbicide. Plant growth inhibition is provided by wetting a plant with water and then applying the composition onto the plant. After allowing sufficient time, the composition absorbs the water and evolves gas, thereby spreading herbicide on the plant preferential to surrounding soil. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110118117 | PESTICIDE DELIVERY GRANULE - A pesticide granule is provided that includes a base carrier particle. A liquid pesticide coating is applied to the particle surface. The coating may contain adjuvants. The coating has sufficient tack to adhere a second powdered pesticide to the carrier particle. The usage of tackifying agents to render the particle surface tacky enough to adhere powdered pesticide is reduced or eliminated. The powdered pesticide is sized to a mean diameter of less than 10% of the carrier diameter to promote adhesion. The synergistic rapid acting pesticide delivery associated with the granule results in the usage of less pesticide to control a given pest with reduced environmental impact. Bifenthrin is a representative of the liquid pesticide. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110259067 | WATER-DISPERSIBLE PELLETS - A water-dispersible particle for delivery of fertilizer to a plant is disclosed. After delivery wetting of the particles causes particle dispersion so as to prevent secondary pick up to the particles. Methods for making and using the water-dispersible particle are described. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120108429 | SAFENED AND EFFICACIOUS WEED CONTROL PARTICLE - A weed control particle is provided that includes a delivery granule having a surface and a core. A dicarboximide herbicide is adhered to the surface, mixed into the core of the granule, or both. A dinitroaniline herbicide is adhered to the surface, mixed into the core of the granule, or both. A process of weed control includes distributing such particles or two separate types of particles that each have one of the two types of herbicides to a plot around a desired plant. The weed control particles are distributed at a density such that said dicarboximide herbicide is present at between 20% and 80% of full rate for the dicarboximide herbicide and the dinitroaniline is present at between 20% and 70% of full rate for the dinitroaniline herbicide to provide weed control around the desired plant. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120186315 | WATER-DISPERSIBLE PELLETS - A water-dispersible particle for delivery of fertilizer to a plant is disclosed. After delivery wetting of the particles causes particle dispersion so as to prevent secondary pick up to the particles. Methods for making and using the water-dispersible particle are described. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20130116122 | HOMOGENEOUS GAS-EVOLVING COMPOSITION - A homogeneous gas-evolving composition is provided that includes an acid, a gas-evolving acid neutralizing agent, and at least one of an inorganic carbonate, inorganic bicarbonate, alkaline peroxide, or alkaline azide. A water-soluble desiccant is homogeneously intermixed with the acid and the gas-evolving acid neutralizing agent. The desiccant is present in an amount able to absorb ambient moisture equivalent to at least 0.01 total weight percent of the composition before gas evolution of more than 50% of the theoretical gas evolution available from the composition. To confer storage stability, the acid, the gas-evolving acid neutralizing agent, and water-soluble desiccant cumulatively have a water content of less than 1 total weight percent water. Through appropriate selection of a desiccant or inclusion of a surfactant foaming agent, the composition foams upon drenching with water. The composition is particularly well suited for consistent usage of glyphosate herbicide. Plant growth inhibition is provided by wetting a plant with water and then applying the composition onto the plant. After allowing sufficient time, the composition absorbs the water and evolves gas, thereby spreading herbicide on the plant preferential to surrounding soil. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130213102 | WATER-DISPERSIBLE PELLETS - A water-dispersible particle for delivery of fertilizer to a plant is disclosed. After delivery wetting of the particles causes particle dispersion so as to prevent secondary pick up to the particles. Methods for making and using the water-dispersible particle are described. | 08-22-2013 |
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| 20080263780 | Fabric enhancing compositions comprising nano-sized particles and anionic detergent carry over tollerance - A fabric enhancing composition comprising: at least one fabric softening active, wherein said fabric softening active comprises a plurality of particles comprising a intensity weighted particle size distribution wherein at least about 50% said particles have a particle size below about 170 nm. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090042765 | Fabric enhancers comprising nano-sized lamellar vesicle - A fabric enhancer comprising: at least one cationic softening compound, wherein said cationic softening compound comprises a plurality of lamellar vesicles, said lamellar vesicles having an average diameter from about 10 nm to about 170 nm, wherein said fabric enhancer is capable of forming phase stable mixtures with enhanced stability in the presence of at least one cationic polymer and processes for making the same. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090042767 | Clear and/or translucent fabric enhancers comprising nano-sized particles - A fabric enhancer comprising: at least one fabric softening active, wherein said at least one fabric softening active comprises a plurality of particles comprising an intensity weighted particle size distribution wherein greater than about 95% of said plurality of particles have a size below about 170 nm. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20110015113 | Liquid Fabric Enhancer Composition Comprising a Di-Hydrocarbyl Complex - A fabric enhancer composition comprising a di-hydrocarbyl complex formed from a mono-hydrocarbyl amido quaternary ammonium component comprising the structure: | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110245142 | FABRIC CARE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING COPOLYMERS - Fabric care composition comprising copolymers exhibit increased fabric active deposition and acceptable composition stringiness. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110281785 | FABRIC ENHANCERS COMPRISING NANO-SIZED LAMELLAR VESICLE - A fabric enhancer comprising: at least one cationic softening compound, wherein said cationic softening compound comprises a plurality of lamellar vesicles, said lamellar vesicles having an average diameter from about 10 nm to about 170 nm, wherein said fabric enhancer is capable of forming phase stable mixtures with enhanced stability in the presence of at least one cationic polymer and processes for making the same. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20130123165 | FABRIC ENHANCERS - This invention relates to fabric enhancer compositions comprising a hydrophobically modified cationic polymer that comprises a hemicellulose backbone or a starch backbone as well processes of making and using same. Such compositions exhibit improved fabric softener active deposition without exhibiting significantly increased stability negatives such as creaming/phase separation. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130123166 | FABRIC ENHANCERS - This invention relates to compositions comprising a hydrophobically modified cationic polymer and a fabric softener active, for example a fluid fabric enhancer as well processes of making and using same. Such compositions exhibit improved fabric softener active deposition without exhibiting significantly increased stability negatives. Thus, such compositions are more provide increased softening benefits without the normal phase separation potential. | 05-16-2013 |
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| 20080202084 | DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER PLEAT DESIGN AND METHOD - A ceramic fiber-based filter element having a pleated geometry is provided. The pleated filter element comprises an elongated ceramic filter medium disposed circumferentially around a series of alternately opposing convex saddles along an axis. The alternately opposing convex saddles have root portions and orbicular heads. The root portion of each alternately opposing convex saddle is truncated by an opposing juxtaposition of the orbicular heads of the immediately anterior and posterior convex saddles along the axis. Also provided are methods of forming ceramic fiber-based filter elements having a pleated geometry and forming apparatuses that can be employed to form the same, as well as filter units made using filter elements having a pleated geometry. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080223461 | One-Piece Self-Venting Drain Valve - A self-venting drain valve for draining liquid from a vessel having an end opening through which liquid may drain and gas may simultaneously enter. The drain valve comprises a body portion and a stem portion. The body portion having a substantially tubular, internally threaded section and a vent permitting gas to enter. The stem portion has an externally threaded section and an aperture where liquid is permitted to drain from the vessel. The stem portion can be closed by engaging the externally threaded section with the internally threaded section, thereby preventing liquid and gas flow by sealing the vent and the aperture. The stem portion can be opened by disengaging the externally threaded section from the internally threaded section, thereby permitting liquid and gas flow simultaneously and separately by unsealing the aperture to permit liquid to drain from the vessel and unsealing the vent to permit gas to enter the vessel | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090101272 | ADDITIVE DISPERSING FILTER AND METHOD OF MAKING - A method of supplying an additive in an oil filter, the method including: forming a dispersement device housing with a first chamber and a second chamber, the second chamber being sealed from the first chamber by a pair of dividing walls; sealing a first metering opening with an oil soluble material the first metering opening being in fluid communication with the first chamber when the oil soluble material is removed from the first metering opening; sealing a second metering opening with an oil soluble material the second metering opening being in fluid communication with the second chamber when the oil soluble material is removed from the second metering opening; disposing a first liquid additive within the first chamber; disposing a second liquid additive within the second chamber; sealing the dispersement device housing with a cap, the cap being configured to seal the first chamber and the second chamber within the dispersement device housing; and securing the dispersement device housing to a filter element of the filter, the filter element and the dispersement device defining an outlet fluid opening, such that fluid flowing into and out of the filter must pass through the filter element and into the outlet fluid opening and the cap is located between the filter element and the dispersement device housing. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100219112 | ADDITIVE DISPERSING FILTER AND METHOD OF MAKING - A filter, comprising: a housing defining an inlet fluid opening and an outlet fluid opening, the inlet fluid opening and the outlet fluid opening defining a fluid path through the filter; a filter element disposed inside the filter housing, the filter element being disposed in the flow path such that fluid flowing through the flow path must pass through the filter element; and a dispersement device disposed within the housing, the dispersement device comprising a housing having at least one chamber for an additive disposed within the at least one chamber, the dispersement device further comprises a metering opening that is sealed with an oil soluble material the metering opening being in fluid communication with the at least one chamber when the oil soluble material is removed from the metering opening. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110084032 | ADDITIVE DISPERSING FILTER AND METHOD OF MAKING - A method for dispersing an oil additive into an oil passing through a filter, the method comprising: filling a first cavity of an additive cartridge with an additive; locating the additive cartridge within a housing of the filter, the additive cartridge being located within a flow path through the filter, the additive cartridge having a second cavity without any additive disposed therein, the second cavity defining a first fluid path through the additive cartridge and the oil must pass through the second cavity in order to exit the filter; and metering the additive through an opening in the additive cartridge, the opening providing a second fluid path into the additive cartridge. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20130118967 | FLUID FILTER - A fluid filter such as an oil filter for a vehicle is provided. The fluid filter includes a body. A plate is coupled to one end of the body, the plate having a first surface and a threaded portion having a thread pitch. A seal is disposed adjacent the plate, the plate having a second surface opposite the plate. A stop member is disposed adjacent the plate, the stop member having a third surface offset from the second surface. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130134084 | FLUID FILTER - A fluid filter is disclosed herein, the fluid filter having a cylindrical body with a plurality of flutes disposed around its outer circumference, a cap coupled for rotation with the body having a plurality of projections disposed to engage the plurality of flutes, wherein the plurality of projections rotate past the plurality of flutes when a torque exceeding a threshold is applied to the cap. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130196563 | METHOD OF FORMING A SPARK PLUG - A method for forming a spark plug includes positioning an electrode center wire within an insulator and positioning at least one substance within the insulator and proximate the electrode center wire. The method further includes ultrasonically tamping the at least one substance to the electrode center wire. | 08-01-2013 |
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| 20080300370 | Preparation of polyethylene - A process for preparing a polyethylene in a multi-stage process is described. The process comprises pre-treating a Ziegler catalyst in a first stage in the presence of a 1-olefin/ethylene mixture or a 1-olefin to produce a LLDPE or VLDPE, which have the characteristics of a polymer prepared with a single-site catalyst, e.g. high levels of short-chain branching that are uniformly distributed. The contents of the first stage are then transferred to a second stage where an ethylene or an ethylene/1-olefin mixture is polymerized in the presence of the pre-treated catalyst to form a polyethylene with good processability. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090048402 | Preparing multimodal polyethylene having controlled long chain branching distribution - A process to prepare a multimodal polyethylene with controlled LCB distribution is disclosed. In the first stage, ethylene is polymerized in the presence of a Ziegler catalyst that results in a homopolyethylene component having a higher LCB concentration. In the second stage, ethylene is copolymerized with a 1-olefin in the presence of the Ziegler catalyst and a lower concentration of hydrogen resulting in a copolymer component with a lower LCB concentration. The homopolyethylene component and the copolymer component are combined to form a novel multimodal polyethylene. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20100113715 | Olefin polymerization process - A multi-reactor solution process for polymerizing ethylene is disclosed. Ethylene is polymerized in a first reaction zone in two parallel reactors and the polyethylene is transferred to a second reaction zone to continue or complete the polymerization. Ethylene is contacted with a mixture of a titanium halide and a vanadium halide in the first parallel reactor and with a magnesium-titanium based Ziegler-Natta catalyst at a lower temperature in the second parallel reactor. The process gives improved catalyst activity. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100129581 | Process for making ethylene homopolymers - A process for making an ethylene homopolymer in the presence of an oxide-supported chromium catalyst is disclosed. A small amount of an α-olefin contacted with the catalyst before polymerizing ethylene or introduced into an ethylene homopolymerization unexpectedly boosts process productivity. When used at part per million levels, the α-olefin improves productivity while maintaining desirable polymer properties. The invention is particularly valuable for making HDPE resins useful for blow molding applications. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20120116022 | PROCESS FOR MAKING ETHYLENE POLYMER BLENDS WITH CONTROLLED LONG-CHAIN BRANCHING - A high-temperature solution process for making an ethylene polymer blend having a controlled degree of long-chain branching is disclosed. Ethylene is polymerized in the presence of a first Ziegler-Natta catalyst comprising titanium, magnesium, and aluminum in the absence of hydrogen to produce a first ethylene polymer component having substantial long-chain branching. A second ethylene polymer component having little or no long-chain branching is also prepared. Both polymerizations are performed at a temperature from 140° C. to 250° C. The first and second ethylene polymer components are combined to give a polymer blend. The degree of long-chain branching in the blend is controlled by adjusting the relative amounts of the first and second ethylene polymer components. The invention enables the preparation of valuable products having a pre-determined degree of long-chain branching using readily available Zeigler-Natta catalysts, commercially practiced techniques, and conventional equipment. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120232230 | PROCESS FOR MAKING ETHYLENE HOMOPOLYMERS - A process for making an ethylene homopolymer in the presence of an oxide-supported chromium catalyst is disclosed. A small amount of an α-olefin contacted with the catalyst before polymerizing ethylene or introduced into an ethylene homopolymerization unexpectedly boosts process productivity. When used at part per million levels, the α-olefin improves productivity while maintaining desirable polymer properties. The invention is particularly valuable for making HDPE resins useful for blow molding applications. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130172499 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF OLEFIN POLYMERS IN THE PRESENCE OF CHROMIUM CATALYSTS - A process for the polymerization of olefin carried out in the presence of a Cr-oxide supported catalyst and a cocatalyst the improvement comprising polymerizing in the presence of an effective amount of hydrogen thereby obtaining an increased catalyst activity. | 07-04-2013 |
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| 20100326027 | FILTER AND METHOD OF MAKING - A filter formed by the following steps is provided. The steps including: forming a plurality of sheets of filter media, each sheet of filter media having an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein each of the plurality of sheets of filter media are formed by the steps of: thermoforming a first layer of filtration media to have a plurality of channels, the first layer having an upper surface and a lower surface; sonically welding a portion of a second layer of filtration media to the first layer of filtration media after the first layer is thermoformed to form the sheet of filtration media, wherein at least one edge of the first layer is not sonically welded to at least one edge of the second layer, wherein the sheet of filtration media has a plurality of fluid channels each having an inlet opening at the at least one edge of the first layer and the second layer and a sealed end at another end of the sheet; and securing the plurality of sheets together by applying a strip of adhesive between each upper surface of each first layer facing the second layer of another sheet of filter media stacked upon the upper surface of the first layer of the filtration media. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20120060456 | FILTER AND METHOD OF MAKING - A filter is disclosed herein, the filter having: a plurality of sheets of filter media, each sheet of filter media having an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein each of the plurality of sheets of filter media has a first layer of filtration media thermoformed to have a plurality of channels, the first layer having an upper surface and a lower surface; a second layer of filtration media sonically welded to a portion of to the first layer of filtration media after the first layer is formed with the plurality of channels, wherein at least one edge of the first layer is not sonically welded to at least one edge of the second layer, and wherein the sheet of filtration media has a plurality of fluid channels each having an inlet opening at the at least one edge of the first layer and the second layer and a sealed end at another end of the sheet; wherein each of the plurality of sheets of filter media are secured together by a strip of adhesive located between each upper surface of each first layer facing the second layer of another sheet of filter media stacked upon the upper surface of the first layer of the filtration media; and wherein each of the plurality of fluid channels are also in fluid communication with at least one other of the plurality of fluid channels through an opening located between the at least one edge of the first layer and the second layer and the sealed end. | 03-15-2012 |
