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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederick L Kurrle, Laurel, MD (US);
Assignee:
Westvaco Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428330 ; 1621 / ; 1621 / ; 428331 ; 428452 ; 428454 ;
Abstract
A composite silicate pigment is prepared according to a precipitation reaction when spherical, hydrous metal silicate particles are precipitated on the planar surfaces of clay particles having a platelet-type structure. The result of the precipitation reaction is to a product having an unexpected improvement in optical efficiency as compared with the optical efficiency of the clay component alone. When incorporated in a sheet of paper or the like, the spherical metal silicate particles act as spacers between individual clay particles to produce void volume or light scattering sites which in turn provide improved optical properties to the paper.