George W Ball

Title: George W. Ball: Inventor in Particle Board Manufacturing

Introduction

George W. Ball is an inventor associated with Bury, Great Britain, and Imperial Chemical Industries Limited. His recorded patent concerns a process for manufacturing particle board and other moulded bodies using an isocyanate-based binder.

Latest Patents

Ball is credited with 1 patent: “Methods for the Manufacture of Particle Board Utilizing an Isocyanate.” The invention describes hot-pressing lignocellulosic material with an organic polyisocyanate and a wax release agent. The specified release agents include vegetable wax, modified vegetable oil, microcrystalline wax, or mineral wax, with a melting point of at least 70°C. The process can apply the wax as a dispersion in an aqueous emulsion of the polyisocyanate and is intended to help release the finished sheets or moulded bodies from the press’s caul plates or platens.

Career Highlights

Ball’s listed patent reflects work on improving the manufacture of particle board and related pressed products. By addressing release from press surfaces, the process focuses on a practical step in producing lignocellulosic sheets and moulded bodies.

Collaborations

The patent lists James P. Brown and Graham Gibbins as coworkers. Ball’s work is associated with Imperial Chemical Industries Limited.

Conclusion

George W. Ball’s recorded invention addresses press release in isocyanate-based particle board manufacturing, contributing a practical process for producing sheets and moulded bodies.