United States Gypsum Company

Usg Interiors, Inc.

Terry L Rosenstiel

Salvatore C Immordino, Jr

Salvatore Immordino

Matthew Earle Myers

Joseph Wascow

Aaron Charles Rosso

Brian Alan Retzke

Mark Joseph

Suman Sinha Ray

William White

Weixin David Song

Mark H Englert

Robert H Negri

Jay W Palmer

William A Frank

Guy Rosenthal

Martin W Brown

Runhai Lu

Kumar C Natesaiyer

David D Pelot

Wei Xu

Kevin W Moyer, Jr

Brian A Kemp

Andrew L Schmidt

Vittorio A Immordino

Alexander Dadakis

Erik Luhtala

Allen A Debus

Scott Fong

Kevin W Moyer

A dynamic acoustic system for use in connection with an indoor environment includes a plurality of elongated acoustic bars and a controller operably to each of the elongated acoustic bars. Each of the bars is operably coupled to a ceiling member of the indoor environment and includes an upper portion, a lower portion, a plurality of side surfaces extending between the upper and lower portions, an interior region at least partially defined by the upper portion, the lower portion, and the plurality of side surfaces, and at least one movable element movable between first and second positions. The controller selectively controls operation of the at least one movable element of a desired number of the plurality of elongated acoustic bars to alter an environmental characteristic of the indoor environment.

Smart dynamic acoustic ceiling panel

A building construction product with an electroconductive surface, the building construction product comprising a core with one or more surfaces covered by an electroconductive paper comprising carbon fibers, the electroconductive paper being attached to the one or more surfaces of the core. Methods and materials for producing the building construction products with an electroconductive surface and products and methods for shielding an area from electromagnetic waves.

Conductive paper for making electroactive surface in construction

A decorative interior trim piece is provided for use in a low voltage power transmission system, and includes an outer, decorative surface, an opposite inner surface facing a substrate, a first end surface and an opposite second end surface. At least one conductive element extends from the first end surface to said second end surface on the inner surface. Each conductive element has a connector surface at each of the first end and second ends. At least one magnetic fastener is secured to the inner surface for releasably attaching the trim piece to the substrate. A complementary low voltage power transmission system is also disclosed.

Magnetic decorative trim with DC power transmission

A gap finishing tape for use with drywall applications includes a trim strip body extending along a central body axis, a hot melt adhesive extending along the central body axis, and a backing paper. The trim strip body includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side, and is at least partially constructed from a metallic material. The backing paper is at least partially secured to the second surface of the trim strip body. The trim strip body is at least partially embedded in the hot melt adhesive.

Heat-applied gap finishing tape

Provided are building panels comprising at least one magnet receptive element, methods for making such panels, and kits and methods for attaching objects to a panel without nails or screws.

Magnet receptive panels and methods

An acoustic tile with excellent anti-sagging properties is provided. The tile comprises a soy-protein binder selected from the group consisting of soy flour, soy protein concentrate, soy protein isolate and any combination thereof. In further embodiments, the tile further comprises polyamide-epichlorohydrin. Other tiles include those made with a thermosetting binder selected from the group consisting of an acrylic binder, a polyester binder, an acrylo-polyester binder and any mixture thereof. Energy-efficient methods for making the tiles are also provided.

Acoustic ceiling tiles with anti-sagging properties and methods of making same

A coating for application to the surface of an interior building product comprises: a resin formulation such as a melamine formaldehyde resin characterized by its ability to strengthen the interior building product when applied as a coating to the building product; and an aldehyde scavenger selected from the group consisting of; tetraethylene pentamine, propionamide, caprolactam, ammonium hydroxide, sodium bisulfate, sodium metabisulfite, ammonium primary phosphate, ammonium secondary phosphate, a combination of ammonium primary phosphate and ammonium secondary phosphate, a combination of ammonium primary phosphate, ammonium secondary phosphate and a sulfite, a polyvinyl alcohol; adipic dihydrazide and a combination of a polyvinyl alcohol and adipic dihydrazide.

Use of aldehyde scavengers in interior building products

A wet laid basemat for an acoustical ceiling tile comprising on a dry weight basis, 50% or more mineral wool fiber, including shot, less than 9% binder, and between 5 and 20% chopped strand glass fiber, and, optionally, minor amounts of other constituents, whereby the chopped strand glass fibers serve to promote and/or maintain voids in the mat such that the dry basemat has a density of between about 7&#xbd; to about 10&#xbd; lbs. per cubic foot and an NRC substantially greater than 0.55.

Glass fiber enhanced mineral wool based acoustical tile

A mixer is provided that is configured for attachment to a power tool for mixing a viscous material, and includes a shaft defining a shaft axis, and a plurality of paddles attached to the shaft and extending radially from the shaft. All of the paddles have generally the same axial distance to the first end of the shaft, and the paddles are configured for rotation about the shaft axis in a direction of rotation. Each of the paddles has a general 'S'-shape defined between a top end and a bottom end of the paddle, and between a leading surface and a trailing surface of the paddle.

Mixer having S-shaped paddles for mixing viscous materials

Mixer for viscous materials

This invention relates to the manufacture of hydroxylapatite in a through-solution process wherein monobasic calcium phosphate is reacted with a calcium hydroxide solution. In a preferred embodiment, an acidic premix is formed by reacting phosphoric acid and calcium hydroxide with high shear agitation in a first stage, and thereafter reacting the acidic premix with a saturated solution of calcium hydroxide also under high shear agitation in a second stage. The second stage reaction is carried out in an alkaline solution by carefully metering the acid premix into the calcium hydroxide solution whereby the pH of the solution is maintained above 11 until the reaction is near completion. It is particularly preferred to use a stoichiometric portion of calcium hydroxide in carrying out the reactions. After the hydroxylapatite precipitate is recovered, it may be sintered at a temperature between about 700.degree. C. and 1100.degree. C. for about 5 to 30 minutes to form a crystalline hydroxylapatite.

Process of preparing hydroxylapatite

A method of disposing of wastes, especially wastes containing radioactive or toxic substances, such as the wastes generated in the water associated with nuclear power production is described. A feature of the invention is to incorporate the waste into a hardenable setting mass when mixed with water, comprising calcium sulfate hemihydrate, water soluble melamine formaldehyde resin which when cured is hydrophobic, and a cross-linking agent for curing the resin.

Process for preparing wastes for non-pollutant disposal

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Mount Prospect, IL, United States of America

Terry L Rosenstiel