Cargill Inc.

H.b. Fuller Licensing & Financing Inc.

Lawrence L Micek

Michael Hoerle

Donald T Ireland

James A Hagquist

Michael J Maksymkiw

Elizabeth Earley

James Schmitz

An apparatus and method for preparing and dispensing a liquid deicer. The apparatus and method allow deicer ingredients or precursors to be combined in an exothermic reaction to produce a heated deicer at the location where it will be used. In one implementation, potassium hydroxide and acetic acid are combined using the apparatus and method to make hot potassium acetate for use in numerous deicer applications, including deicing of airport runways.

Method and apparatus for on-site mixing of liquid deicer

A snow removal machine including a housing with a forward opening through which snow enters the snow removal machine. At least one rotatable member is positioned and rotatably secured within the housing for engaging and eliminating the snow from within said housing. The snow removal machine also includes a surface treatment application system with a treatment material dispensing system connected to the housing for dispensing a liquid or solid deicer and/or anti-icing treatment material over an area from which snow has been removed.

Snow removal machine with system for applying a surface treatment material

A mechanically peelable masking coating composition particularly useful for metals, and the method of preparing same for use is provided. The composition is heat curable in one or two heatings to produce a firmly adhering yet peelable coating. In its preferred form the composition comprises a mixture of a dispersion grade vinyl, a plasticizer, an adhesion promoter such as an epoxy, and optionally a thixotrope where greater resistance to sag and flow are desired. No fugitive solvents are required.

Mechanically peelable masking coating composition

The invention relates to containers for hot melt adhesives containing isocyanate compounds and to such containers used with heated platen dispensing equipment for the hot melt. More particularly, the invention relates to containers and dispensers for isocyanate containing adhesives that can dispense the adhesive to a use locus without generating toxic concentrations of isocyanate compounds in the environment around the dispenser. The isocyanate compounds are sealed within the containers during dispensing, preventing the generation of a toxic concentration of isocyanate in the environment or the atmosphere during dispensing operations.

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Woodbury, MN, United States of America

Lawrence L Micek